Monday, January 20 – Opening blurbs on a gun rally
(Trevor’s right – where but in the U.S. can you say, “Everybody grab your guns,
we’re heading down to the Capitol”?), a guy who found over $50,000 in a
thrift-store couch, and research into synthetic coffee. The show reported on the
New York Times’s primary endorsements of Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar. Next
was Michael Bloomberg trying to appeal to Black voters – I loved the line that he’s
“privileged the shit out of his whiteness.” Roy had a great piece on misguided
MLK Day celebrations, from a clothing store’s “20% off everything black” sale
to a gun-rights advocate claiming Dr. King would’ve supported gun rights, since
giving slaves the right to own guns
would’ve ended slavery sooner (what even?!) The guest, historian Mary Frances Berry, discussed people’s misconceptions of MLK and how thoughts on protest
have changed since the ‘60s.
Tuesday, January 21 – We got quick bits on Delta employee
bonuses, a dad attacking his son’s wrestling opponent at a meet, and Hillary
Clinton’s unfiltered thoughts on Bernie Sanders. I laughed so hard at Trevor’s impression of Clinton campaigning for Trump
instead – “Let me introduce my dear friend, CROOKED HILLARY!” and “Lock me up,
lock me up!” The big story was the start of the impeachment trial. My mind
boggled at one of Trump’s lawyers defending his own contradictory statements by
claiming that he wasn’t wrong before, he’s simply “far more correct” now.
Michael did a bit on the GOP-led Senate rules. I enjoyed, “Not all the rules
are against Democrats! Only Democrats get free iced tea, it says so right
before it says absolutely no bathroom breaks!” BD Wong was the guest; he had
some great remarks about the differences between being in “an Asian show”
versus a show about Asian characters.
Wednesday, January 22 – Good jokes on the Coronavirus,
especially Trevor asking why they always show us an image of the virus as if
we’ll be able to “spot” it. We also covered Jeff Bezos being hacked by possibly
the crown prince of Saudi Arabia and an awkward moment at a Pete Buttigieg
rally (once Trevor pointed out that he laughed like Krusty the Klown, I
couldn’t unhear it.) The impeachment trial kicked off with senators traded
rhetoric, followed by a montage of them shirking their duties, from bringing in
electronic devices to doing crossword puzzles to sleeping on the job (not just
nodding off – as Trevor noted, you have to really be out for a courtroom sketch
artist to have time to draw you!) Desi reported on Arizona’s refusal to adopt
Daylight Savings Time, featuring a good refutation of the “it’s for the
farmers” excuse. The guest was Kim Ghattas, challenging America’s usual U.S.-centric
focus on the Middle East.
Thursday, January 23 – We opened on Justin Trudeau’s “donut
scandal” (“How would Canadians survive a day
with Trump?”), new safety features on Tinder, Steve Mnuchin taking a swipe at Greta
Thunberg, and ridesharing issues at LAX. The impeachment trial continued with
more on senators not paying attention and straight-up skipping out early. That
pissed me off, and I appreciated Trevor’s remarks about what would happen if a
juror in an ordinary case tried to pull that. Next was a piece on the ERA,
which has spent nearly 100 years
trying to be passed/ratified. I loved Desi’s, “You finally bring us to the
point of ratification and then tells us it’s not the right time? I guess women
know what it’s like to have blue balls.” Artist Kehinde Wiley was the guest. He
discussed his major pieces, including his portrait of Obama and his
Confederate-style statue of a Black man astride a horse.
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