Sunday,
March 31 – After a quick bit on David
Bernhardt and the swamp creatures protesting his confirmation hearing for
Secretary of the Interior (love it!), it was onto William Barr’s summary of the
Mueller report. The main thrust of the
piece was that we haven’t seen it, so
the pundits “rounding up” to “no collusion, no obstruction” are taking the cart
way before the horse. Next was an
amusing And Now This montage of a baseball commentator talking about everything
except baseball. The main story on the WWE was good, looking
at how poorly its wrestlers are treated – calling them “independent
contractors” to avoid having to provide insurance was super shady, and one
wrestler’s story about having to perform through a concussion was really
awful. After the past week, I couldn’t
help but wish for a main story that was a little more political, but like John
said, there’s really nothing to dissect at this point.
Monday,
April 1 – I liked the joke about an El Chapo clothing line being like Tommy Hillfiger crack, along with the point that
George Clooney’s call to protest several ultra-luxury hotels was an
immensely-doable “ask.” Insane that
people take cute selfies at Auschwitz – good bit on how people get stupid when
a camera’s in front of them. Excellent
story on Joe Biden invading women’s personal space in uncomfortable ways. Trevor was on fire, getting into the
creepiness of a number of incidents. I
especially liked the clip of Biden with a female biker on his lap at a campaign
stop, with Trevor pointing out the unsettled faces of the male bikers on either
side of them. I don’t know what to think
of Trump’s threats to “close” the southern border – as funny as the “cutting aid
from ‘three Mexican countries’” thing is, it’s just gross. The guest, New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries,
talked about holding it down in Brooklyn and Democratic 2020 strategies.
Tuesday,
April 2 – We opened on Jeff Bezos (with
Trevor deciding he might as well just send his dick pics to Saudi Arabia if
they can hack Amazon’s CEO,) recent Supreme Court decisions on the death
penalty (denying a condemned prisoner an imam still makes me mad,) New York’s
new congestion tax, and “Old Town Road” being taken off the country charts (I
loved Trevor speculating what could possibly
be explain Lil Nas X and Taylor Swift’s different treatment.) The story on the White House leak about overridden
security clearances was good, especially Trevor’s disgust at the
middle-school-bullying-level retaliation taken against the whistleblower. Amusing bit on Miami Beach being overrun by
spring breakers – the jokes about the police DJs made me smile. Black-ish’s
Marsai Martin was the guest, promoting Little
and talking about life as a young mogul; her reaction to finding out she was The Daily Show’s youngest guest was
cute.
Wednesday,
April 3 – Nice point on Joe Biden’s “apology” video bringing up handshakes and hugs but not kissing the tops of
women’s heads or rubbing noses. Other
opening blurbs on a possible Mar-a-Lago spy (“maybe she has four phones because
she’s an Instagram influencer!”), Lori Lightfoot becoming Chicago’s first Black
female mayor (I liked the jokes on her and her opponent’s Harry Potter-esque names,) rich Nigerian paying people to fly to
England (past Italy, Trevor notes) to
buy them pizza, and airlines introducing “standing seats.” Insane story on recent Trump remarks,
covering his immensely-pointless lie that his father was born in Germany –
loved the crack about Trump needing to get his in daily 10,000 lies on his
“Fibbit” – and his bizarre claim that noise
from wind turbines “causes cancer.” Guest
PJ Morton, “the only maroon in Maroon 5,” discussed his musical influences
before performing a song from his new album.
Thursday,
April 4 – A long Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That kicked off with “news” that the Mueller report is worse for Trump than
William Barr’s summary lets on (no shit, Sherlock) and Trump’s continued
refusal to turn over his tax returns. It
also checked in on the college admission scandal and covered a teacher getting
fired after someone else leaked her
topless selfie (loved the comparison that nobody blames the Louvre if the
Louvre gets robbed,) Rep. Tim Ryan running for president, and the blatant
errors on the Spanish versions of presidential candidates’ websites (great bit
on how Spanish speakers’ election experience is entirely different.) The rest of the show was dedicated to guest
Bernie Sanders. I liked what he said
about doing a town hall debate on Fox News, as well as a lot of his message. However, I think he whiffed some remarks, dismissing
considerations of identity (gender, race) as just being about “personalities”
and not answering how he’d unite Congress as president when he’s often at odds
with his own party.
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