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Kimmel Fawns Over Hunter, Claims GOP Looked Like It Was 'On Crack'
When it comes to Republican battles with Hunter Biden, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel knows which side he’s on. As Hunter showed up at his contempt vote at the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, Kimmel claimed that the stunt showed that it was Republicans who “were the ones on crack.”
STUDY: 81% Of Late-Night Political Jokes Mocked Conservatives In 2023
Throughout all of 2023, the late night comedians told a total of 9,518 political jokes, and of these 7,729 or 81 percent were directed at someone or something on the right side of the political spectrum, an MRC study has found.
Late Night 'Comedy' Bottom Ten Moments of 2023
It was a year of change for late night comedy. The Late Late show was cancelled by CBS after 5,300 episodes since 1995 after James Corden decided to return to England, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show used a series of temp hosts after Trevor Noah walked away at the end of 2022, CBS host of The Late Show Stephen Colbert finally stopped giving Donald Trump the He Who…
NewsBusters Podcast: Christmas Comedians Kick Over the Nativity Set
Comedians wouldn't cast a shadow on a single page of the Koran, but it's always fair game to mock the marriage of Mary and Joseph, and joke that Joseph was gay. Christians and their New Testament stories are irresistible grist for mockery. But mock Hillary Clinton, and there's hell to pay on the Jimmy Kimmel set.
Kimmel Show: 'Pretty Much Every Christmas Character Is Gay'
On Monday, The Daily Show proclaimed that Christmas was the “queerest holiday of all,” on Tuesday it was ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel’s turn as he “interviewed” Sean Hayes, who was playing the role of a gay nutcracker. Hayes claimed that “pretty much every Christmas character is gay” and like The Daily Show, he including Joseph from the Nativity.
Bill Burr to Jimmy Kimmel: 'You Idiot Liberals' Made Trump a 'Martyr'
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel got more than he bargained for when he welcomed actor and comedian Bill Burr on to his Tuesday show. Before Kimmel could ask what it is like to play a talking turtle, Burr would explain to Kimmel that “you idiot liberals” have made Donald Trump a “martyr.”
Kimmel Freaks GOP May 'Make Stuff Up' On Hunter's Testimony
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel expressed his concern with Hunter Biden possibly going before the House Oversight Committee on his Tuesday show claiming Republicans’ desire for a closed-door hearing will lead them to “make stuff up” because “they’ve seen no evidence that Joe Biden had anything to do” with Hunter’s business operations.
Kimmel Hires Drag Queen To Speculate About Cruz's Nipples To Children
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel reignited his long-running feud with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday as he hired Trixie Mattel of RuPaul’s Drag Race to read portions of Cruz’s new book, Unwoke: How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America, to children and to speculate about the senator’s nipples.
Obama Aides Tell Kimmel GOP 'Doesn't Care If We Live Or Die'
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel welcomed the cast of Pod Save America to his Tuesday show where the trio of former Obama aides urged the audience to devote themselves to progressive causes, Democratic Party activism, and to buy their new book Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps which won’t release for another seven months. Speechwriter Jon Lovett admitted he wasn’t thrilled…
Silverman, Kimmel Mock Johnson For Using Porn Accountability Software
Sarah Silverman returned to Comedy Central for round two of temp hosting The Daily Show on Monday and spent the majority of the program attacking Speaker Mike Johnson, including for putting porn accountability software on his and his son’s phones. Meanwhile, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel did the same, labeling it “strange.”
Late Night Smears Johnson An 'Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice' 'D*ck'
The late night comedians welcomed Mike Johnson to the Speakership on their Wednesday shows by not just by noting his generic name, but also labeling him “anti-gay, anti-choice, pro-conspiracy” “dick” who Republicans selected to “bore everyone into forgetting how extreme he is.”
Late Night Loves Trump and Santos Jokes, But Not Biden and Menendez
In the first three weeks after the writers’ strike, the late night joke tellers picked right back up where they left off: telling Trump jokes at the expense of almost everything else, including comedy gold mines in Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption scandal and Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulling a Congressional fire alarm, a NewsBusters study has found. At the same time, jokes about Republican…
Kimmel Compares Trump, Cruz to STDs, Speculates About Cruz's Sex Life
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel returned to attacking his old nemesis, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, on Thursday’s show as he compared Cruz and former President Trump to STDs while also speculating on the former’s sex life.
Kimmel Mocks Scalise For Not Embracing Gun Control After Getting Shot
During his opening monologue on Wednesday, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel took time to recap the House GOP’s decision to nominate Rep. Steve Scalise to be Speaker of the House. As part of these developments, Kimmel profiled Scalise whom he attacked for not embracing gun control despite almost being assassinated.