Sunday, November 5 – Good piece on the
indictments in the Mueller investigation, particularly John’s dissection of
Trump’s chief defense: not knowing
anything about anything. I loved his
point that either Trump knew and had a hand in it, or else he’s so dangerously
incompetent that he had no idea, in which case he’s not guilty of collusion but
shouldn’t be trusted with the White House.
I thought the main story on economic development incentives was pretty
interesting. The ridiculously low
margins of actual job-creation requirements for many incentive programs was
insane, and the sorts of loopholes companies (naturally) exploit were wild. Best story of the night, though, was the
capper on the US Postal Inspection Service, which has been trying to drum up
extra business through a Saturday morning
crime procedural every bit as ludicrous as it sounds; John’s delight for
the show was infectious.
Monday, November 6 – Nice opening bit
about an American woman winning the New York City marathon for the first time
in decades; I enjoyed the joke about the African runners who usually win
deciding that America had “had a rough year” and deserved a win. From there, it was back into that rough year
with Trump’s trip to Japan. I don’t even
know what to say about the frickin’ president 1) calling Japan a “country of
samurai warriors” and 2) wondering, based
on that, why they couldn’t shoot down North Korean missiles. Just… what?!? Yeesh.
Two-guest night. First up was
Senator Jeff Flake, talking about standing up to Trump within the GOP; it was
fine and Flake came off pretty well, but I felt like it could have gone deeper. The second guest was Tig Notaro. She discussed her show One Mississippi, having an all-female writers’ room, and what it’s
like to write a fictional version of her real-life relationship.
Tuesday, November 7 – Kind of a catch-all
to start with – short blurbs on Twitter doubling its character limit and Papa John’s
unintentionally becoming “the official pizza of the alt-right” (and denouncing Nazis
more definitively than the president.)
Next was Rand Paul getting attacked by his neighbor over a lawn
dispute(?) in what Trevor called the “whitest fight ever.” I cracked up at his riff about the cognitive
dissonance of getting beaten up by a doctor.
Decent story on Saudi Arabia’s prince rounding up dissenters/possible
rivals in his family – of course
Trump praised the move, and I liked the jokes about the arrested princes being
held at the Ritz-Carlton and Saudi Arabia having “more princes than a
Minneapolis Halloween party.” Comedian
Jeff Ross showed up to promote his latest comedy special, in which he roasts
migrants at the border. While he didn’t
seem to have any new insights on immigration, I appreciated his sincerity.
Wednesday, November 8 – Loved Trevor’s
derision for Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacy’s “sex rehab,” pointing out that
sex crimes are still crimes regardless and imagining an SVU episode where Ice-T sends a perp to a lavish rehab. I thought the story on Tuesday’s elections
was pretty good. I loved the montage of
karmic victories (a Liberian refugee beating a xenophobe, a trans woman beating
Virginia’s “chief homophobe,” etc.,) and the goodbye to Chris Christie was
great. Interesting little story about
how Trump makes George W. Bush look good.
It’s wild how high his approval rating is right now, and Trevor adding
Iraq-related lyrics to Bush’s dancing on Ellen
was hilarious. The guest, Kenneth Branagh, was there to talk about Murder
on the Orient Express, but, in discussing Poirot’s mustache, they somehow
got onto the subject of how Trevor got tricked into eating dog food as a kid.
Thursday, November 9 – Trevor had a great
reaction to Facebook’s “brilliant” idea to prevent revenge porn by sending
Facebook your nude pictures, then excellent remarks on Louis C.K.; I loved the
line about how all Hollywood actresses should get “double Oscars” for acting
like Hollywood wasn’t a disgusting cesspool for so many years. Amusing story on Trump’s visit to China, with
China being quite savvy in its seduction of Trump. Doing the Bachelor
parody with Trump and President Xi was an obvious joke, but I laughed
anyway. Lewis had a good Back in Black
on politicians “honoring” veterans by using them as talking points (NFL
protests, etc.) while ignoring things that could actually help them, like
funding mental health care for PTSD. Van Jones was the guest – he celebrated Democratic wins in the recent election but
warned against complacency moving forward.
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