Sunday, May 13 – John quickly
clarified that he did not pack up and
end the show last week after getting everything he ever wanted in the form of a
koala chlamydia ward, then moved onto Michael Cohen. I loved his point that Cohen’s scams were
basically the encapsulation of the Trump White House: zero political experience, only in it for
personal gain, of no use whatsoever. The
main story looked at the situation in Venezuela, which had its roots in Hugo
Chavez’s unsustainable economic practices but really exploded under Nicolás
Maduro’s leadership. John looked at the
out-of-control inflation, the desperate food shortages, and through it all, Maduro’s
callous indifference to the suffering of his people. In a final plea for Maduro to do something,
John brought out Wilmer Valderrama dressed like a bird in a hat (Maduro once
claimed Chavez’s spirit came to him as a bird) to urge Maduro to action.
Monday, May 14 – Quick blurbs on
Spotify removing R. Kelly from their playlists and Trump vowing to bring jobs
back to China via ZTE. Next up was the
U.S. embassy in Israel moving to Jerusalem.
I liked Trevor’s reaction to Trump pulling that and then still acting
like he’s interested in real peace talks.
Great story on John Kelly and immigration; a note on parents being
separated from their children at the border led into Kelly’s remarks that the
people coming over aren’t “the sort of immigrants” who “assimilate well.” Trevor tore this apart, asking why Kelly’s
bringing up the law at all if it’s really about the people and pointing out how
his own ancestors, Italian immigrants, weren’t thought of as the “right” sort
when they came over, either. The guest,
Michael C. Hall, talked about moving on after an iconic role – at one point, he
jokingly declared that Dexter was
“like Friends in England,” which is
all kinds of awesome.
Tuesday, May 15 – I liked Trevor
questioning how Melania is the one in the hospital when she’s married to
Trump. Crazy claims about Trump and Hannity calling each other almost daily, with Hannity creating a feedback loop
on Fox of the BS he and Trump talk about – I don’t even know what to think
about that prospect. The latest on White House leaks, with an aide’s callous remark about John McCain. I enjoyed Trevor’s take on the dramatic press
coverage (that it was like the White House was holding “the apology” hostage,)
and there were good points about the administration’s go-to move of acting like
something won’t exist if they don’t acknowledge it. Ronny had a funny piece on a new “feline detective” at a precinct in Michigan, culminating in a silly story about his
own law-enforcement cat. Anchor Gayle King was the guest, talking about a book she compiled of prominent people
writing letters to their younger selves.
Wednesday, May 16 – After quick bit on
the great Laurel-Yanny debate for these our modern times and sex jokes found in
Anne Frank’s diary, it was onto the Department of Education quashing fraud
investigations into for-profit colleges.
Seeing that a higher-up from DeVry oversees the investigations was
depressing but not surprising, and I liked Roy’s more honest commercial for his
own “DevRoy University.” Good story on
Kim Jong-un’s misigivings about the upcoming summit, fueled by U.S./South Korea
military drills in their backyard and less-than-encouraging remarks about John
Bolton; I loved Trevor’s exclamation that drawing comparisons to Libya is not the way to sell a dictator on peace
talks. The guest was Terry Crews. He took a victory lap on Brooklyn Nine-Nine and talked keeping secrets for Deadpool 2 before turning the
conversation to toxic masculinity and his sexual assault allegations against
his former agent.
Thursday, May 17 – Not sure why, but
there was no new episode tonight.
Instead, it was another correspondent “best of” clip show, a second one
for Roy. It contained some good repeats;
I especially liked the Black woman who got the apology for white people
touching her hair in the story on the how-to-be-more-woke “Safety Pin”
subscription boxes, as well as the 2nd Amendment rally in Montana
featuring a guy who said “guns make us safer” while at the same time arguing
for see-through backpacks to make sure teenagers don’t bring guns to
school. We also got a revisit of his
State of the Union response, Roy’s “State of Black Shit” – I enjoyed his
celebration of a Black speed skater at the winter Olympics and Black
Twitter. The final two stories, while
enjoyable, weren’t quite as good:
helping Toys R Us pick itself back up after bankruptcy (liquor license!)
and his “CP Time” on some of the more unsung Black politicians.
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