Sunday, March 11 – First up was Trump
so casually deciding to meet with Kim Jong-un that no one else in the room
could comprehend what was happening, followed by some tone-deaf reactions to
International Women’s Day (from tasteless promotional ploys to seriously-creepy
morning news hosts.) After a hysterical
“And Now This” in which an MSNBC contributor filled his colleagues in on the
latest episode of The Bachelor
(what?!), it was onto the main story on cryptocurrencies. This is a classic Last Week Tonight topic, one I’ve been hearing about but understand
very little. As usual, John brought it
into focus a little more, discussing the potential benefits of digital
currencies like Bitcoin while at the same time urging caution in the present
buying mania (as well as illuminating us on a few choice bits of cryptocurrency
slang.) He brought in Keegan-Michael Key
to wrap things up in an exuberant fashion.
Monday, March 12 – As satisfying as it
was to see Betsy DeVos get schooled on 60
Minutes, I’d prefer a Secretary of Education who knows the first thing
about education. Next was Trump at a
Pennsylvania rally, ostensibly to promote a congressional candidate but mostly
saying whatever he wanted. I laughed at
Trevor appreciating that Trump included “bangability” in his candidate’s
assets. There was also a piece on
Trump’s decision to meet with North Korea, perplexing even the North Koreans –
I liked the analogy that it’s like if catcalling really worked, not knowing
what to do with yourself after being offered what you “wanted.” Roy and Michael introduced this year’s ThirdMonth Mania, a tournament of BS that fills half the bracket with Trump moments
and half with the rest of the news.
Author Junot Diaz was the guest, discussing immigration and finding the
different places that are a part of you in his new children’s book.
Tuesday, March 13 – After quick blurbs
on the Republican House Intelligence Committee toothlessly clearing Trump of
collusion and Trump visiting the border wall just in time for Taco Tuesday, it
was onto the big story: Rex Tillerson’s firing. Trevor hit all the major angles
– Tillerson finding out via tweet, the chronicle of Trump willfully undermining
Tillerson at every turn, the latest addition to the long list of administration exits, and, of course, revisiting the
time Tillerson allegedly called Trump a moron.
I liked the story on a former Russian spy being taken out (presumably by
Russians) with a nerve agent, especially the bit about how Russia couldn’t have
signed their work more obviously if the spy had been crushed by fallen Tetris
pieces and the riff on Putin as a Bond villain.
The guest, David Byrne, talked about his latest album and the new facets
he discovered in his songs when high schoolers performed them.
Wednesday, March 14 – The story on Trump’s
“space force” was so bizarre, admitting he said it jokingly but now apparently
thinks they should do it – I liked Trevor observing that that was probably how
Trump ended up running for president.
Good piece on the high school walkouts, especially Trevor’s reaction to
the mother arguing against the walkouts because they weren’t “safe” (“It’s not
safe in the schools – that’s why
they’re protesting!”) And the bit about
the teacher who hit a student with a bullet fragment when his gun accidentally
fired? Seriously, people. Lewis did a Back in Black on presidents golfing after the news that Trump has golfed 100 days of a fewer-than-500-days
presidency. Guest Krysten Ritter talked Jessica Jones, the #MeToo movement, and
how she occasionally deludes herself into thinking she has Jessica’s super
strength.
Thursday, March 15 – I cracked up at the
idea that the “twin” space experiment (and the resulting altered genes of the
twin who spent a year on the ISS) is an elaborate plot by their mom to explain
their different DNA. More on the high school walkouts, with Tucker Carlson arguing that, because the kids are minors,
they’re not citizens and should have
no say in legislation; I liked Trevor’s rebuttal that anyone old enough to get
shot is old enough to have an opinion on guns.
We examined Larry Kudlow, TV economist and Trump’s new economic
advisor. The old footage of him
vehemently insisting that a) there was no housing bubble and b) there was no recession was a little staggering. Desi and Dulcé kicked off a new women’s history
segment with a piece on Marion Donovan, who invented, but didn’t get credit
for, disposable diapers. Christiane Amanpour, the guest, talked about her new series on sex and love around the
world.
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