Sunday, March 1 – John touched quickly
on the end of Tom Steyer’s campaign before jumping into the main story on the
coronavirus. As a mild-to-moderate germophobe, I’d already read a lot of the
information featured in the story, but it was still excellent. John hit the
facts, breaking down what the stats mean and sorting through misinformation. He
focused a lot on government mishandling of outbreaks in various countries, and
while numbers in the U.S. are still low, he noted Trump’s worrying trend of
directly contradicting public health officials. He shared an extremely-catchy
PSA song from Vietnam about washing your hands, and he also managed to work in
his ongoing obsession with Adam Driver: “shatter my kneecaps, you fuckable
redwood.” We couldn’t end without switching gears to the Phillie Phanatic. With
news that the mascot might become a free agent if the Phillies lose the rights,
the show’s gearing up for a bidding war.
Monday, March 2 – Opening blurbs on
Nespresso and child labor, the US peace deal with the Taliban, and New York
getting rid of its last pay phones (featuring Trevor’s speculation that
Superman was just an exhibitionist.) Update on the Democratic primary, with Joe
Biden winning big in South Carolina and three moderates in the race dropping
out. Great jokes about Biden’s worst enemy still being himself (I loved
Trevor’s take on his gaffe of the Declaration of Independence: “That’s one
small step for man, one… medium coffee no cream,”) and I liked the bit about
Trump being the one debate opponent who wouldn’t notice Biden’s gaffes. More on
the coronavirus – we got drive-through testing in South Korea, an uptick in
previously-unknown US cases, and Roy making Trevor’s germophobia flare up.
Actress Nina Dobrev was the guest, discussing her new movie on Tom Ford, who
she felt was a precursor to the Trump era.
Tuesday, March 3 – Live show for Super Tuesday. We got updates through the night on the latest victories, with Joe Biden
surging after a slow start in the earlier primaries. I liked the bits on other
politicians supporting either Biden or Bernie Sanders – Beto O’Rourke reminding
people he still exists, Ilhan Omar getting everyone to hold hands because she
knows “people with coronavirus will want free healthcare.” I laughed at Trump
emphasizing that another moderate endorsing Biden and then getting a spot in
his administration would be a quid pro quo, especially the joke that it’s like a
Word of the Day calendar for crimes. We also looked at Michael Bloomberg’s big
payout seeming not to pay off. Desi interviewed an Elizabeth Warren supporter
who’s trading porn for donations to her campaign. Former Obama campaign manager
David Plouffe was the guest, looking at what’s needed to prevent a second term
for Trump.
Wednesday, March 4 – First up was the
coronavirus in New York (“Even the subway masturbators have switched to Purell!
You have to do it for at least 20 seconds….”), followed by the discovery of
dinosaur DNA (Trevor felt we need to make Jurassic Park – “We all know how it
ends, but those first two days are gonna be dope!”), and Twitter experimenting
with disappearing tweets. More on Super Tuesday, looking at Michael Bloomberg
dropping out after “spending half a billion dollars not to become president” and Joe Biden staying ahead despite mixing
up his wife and his sister (oh, Joe….) Lewis did a Back in Black on parents
oversharing about their kids on social media. People stealing kids’ identities
thanks to parents posting on Facebook? Yikes. Disability rights activist JudithHeumann was the guest, sharing stories about her time advocating for the
passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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