Late Night Told 94% Of Jokes About U.S. and Allies in War's First Week
The late night comedians reacted to the start of the Iran War with not only a week of disapproval but also a lopsided joke count. According to a new Media Research Center study, the hosts told 94 percent of their war-related jokes about the United States and our allies.
Kosta Smears Conservative Scout Leaders As Molesters
Comedy Central’s Michael Kosta wrapped up his week of bad military hot takes on by denouncing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for pressuring Scouting America to reverse certain changes it has made in recent years to align itself with the left side of the culture war. While imitating a conservative Scout and referencing the sexual abuse scandal, Kosta quipped, “We signed up to molest biological…
Kosta Condemns Hegseth For Saying Iran War 'Is Not a Fair Fight'
If a nation decides to go to war, it has a moral obligation to those it sends into harm’s way to give them every possible advantage to allow them to win as quickly and with as few casualties as possible. Somehow, this basic idea was offensive to Comedy Central’s The Daily Show host-of-the-week Michael Kosta, who ridiculed and condemned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for articulating…
Daily Show's Kosta Thinks F-15 Friendly Fire Incident Is Hilarious
It is one thing for critics to question the politicians’, including President Trump, rationale for supporting the war with Iran, but Comedy Central’s Michael Kosta began his week hosting The Daily Show on Tuesday by going several steps further and mocking U.S. Air Force pilots and Kuwaiti air defenders for a friendly fire accident that downed three F-15s.
Comedy Shows Claim Iran War Is a Distraction From Epstein
The late night comedy shows were largely upset on Monday at combat operations against Iran that began on Saturday. Three of the five hosts tried to argue they were simply a distraction from the Epstein files while the others still managed to offer up some underwhelming criticisms.
Stewart Claims Americans Have Been 'Sore Winners' After Hockey Wins
Not content with Monday’s edition of The Daily Show, Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart took to The Weekly Show podcast on Wednesday to continue his Olympic-sized hot takes about Team USA’s gold medal-winning hockey teams, where he also threw in some bad takes about health care in a capitalist system for good measure.
Lydic: Dems Didn't Stand Due To Trump's 'Tyranny And Lawless Behavior'
Comedy Central’s The Daily Show host-of-the-week Desi Lydic tried to rebuke President Trump on Wednesday for condemning Democrats for not standing and applauding certain moments during his Tuesday State of the Union Address. According to Lydic, the reason they refused to stand was because of Trump’s “tyranny and lawless behavior,” but the specific situations that Lydic highlighted did…
Kimmel Bashes Trump, Stewart Hails Canadian Socialism Post-Hockey Wins
Both ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show returned on Monday after a week off to offer up some Olympic-sized hockey hot takes. Kimmel would try to turn the gold-medal-winning women’s team into a symbol of the anti-Trump resistance, while Daily Show host Jon Stewart and this week’s Tuesday-Thursday host Desi Lydic used the opportunity to explain why Canada,…
Michelle Gushes How Daily Show Gets People To Eat 'Their Vegetables'
In the latest instance of DNC-late night comedy show synergy, Comedy Central's occasional host of The Daily Show, Josh Johnson, joined former First Lady Michelle Obama and her brother, former college basketball coach Craig Robinson, on their IMO podcast on Thursday to discuss his career, which naturally included The Daily Show. Obama gushed about how he and The…
Daily Show Mocks Americans Illegally In Mexico, Hails Anti-ICE Protest
Thursday's episode of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show had a remarkable double standard on the idea of illegal immigration. On one hand, Americans living illegally in Mexico were sarcastically mocked and denounced for not assimilating into the local culture and having a negative economic impact, but later, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey joined host-of-the-week Jordan Klepper to lead a…
Stewart: 'Had No Idea' People Would Be Mad At Me For Being Clueless
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart is the pioneer of the dishonest idea that comedy show hosts can use humor to talk about serious political issues, but the moment you criticize the argument behind the jokes, they retreat to the idea that they are just a comedian and should not be taken seriously. On Wednesday’s episode of The Weekly Show podcast, the clown nose was definitely off as he…
Stewart, Beshear Strategize On How To Combat Trump's 'Body Count'
In the latest example of the late night comedy shows degenerating into Democratic strategy sessions, Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart welcomed Kentucky Andy Beshear to The Daily Show on Monday to suggest ways for Democrats to win again and on how Democratic governors can band together to stop Trump and his immigration policies that come with a “body count.”
'Nobody's Country': Daily Show Rants Against 'Small-Pecker White Men'
The idea that the late night comedy shows aren’t actually that funny has been discussed at length, but even by their own standard, Wednesday’s interview featuring The Daily Show’s host-of-the-week Michael Kosta and actress Ms. Pat about her BET+ sitcom was so painfully unfunny that Comedy Central might need to change its name. According to Ms. Pat, the United States is “nobody’s…
Lydic Cheers For Sherrill's Price Controls
The Daily Show’s host-of-the-week, Desi Lydic, took a break from all things Minneapolis on Wednesday to welcome New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill to Comedy Central to gush over her recent executive order to order price controls for utilities.
