NBC’s Seth Meyers reacted on Wednesday’s edition of Late Night to former President Barack Obama’s speech to the Democratic National Convention by claiming that “the best Obama is stand-up Obama” as he reveled in Obama’s jab at Donald Trump’s crowd sizes, which was a euphemism for saying Trump is “bad at sex.”
Following discussion of Michelle Obama, Meyers introduced a clip of Barack Obama by being thankful that, “In addition to calling Trump dangerous and weird, Democrats are also treating him like the whiny little loser he is, and then it was her husband's turn to somehow follow that. And he got everyone talking when he took a jab at the size of Trump's crowds.”
In the clip, Obama declared, “Here's a 78-year-old billionaire who has not stopped whining about his problems since he rode down his golden escalator nine years ago. It has been a constant stream of gripes and grievances that's actually been getting worse now that he's afraid of losing to Kamala. There's the childish nicknames, the crazy conspiracy theories, this weird obsession with crowd sizes.”
Meyers loved it, “I mean, he did it—he did it without even saying a word. Just a tiny hand gesture. I've said it for years, and I'll say it again, the best Obama is stand-up Obama.”
Doing an Obama impression, he continued, “"And I mean, you should see the rest of his junk. His balls are lower than his poll numbers. And he's bad at sex too. Bad at sex. I would get into the details, but let's just say, when it starts, it's over—"
He then played a clip of Trump saying, “Approximately, like, quickly.”
Switching back to his normal voice, Meyers concluded, “This is how dramatically Trump's fortunes have changed in just a few weeks. Before Joe Biden dropped out, Trump was coasting, how he's depressed and rambling about electronics, while Democrats bask in the glow of a raucous convention with huge energetic crowds and a popular former president that makes fun of the size of Donald Trump's—”
The sentence was concluded with another clip of Trump saying, “Peanuts.”
In other late night Obama-Trump news, Meyers’s fellow NBC-er, The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon used the opportunity to make word-related jokes with politicians such as Mike, Ron, and Hank Johnson. Meanwhile, The Daily Show was torn between appreciating Obama’s anti-Trump jokes and admitting that it undermines Democrats’ claims that they are the more mature, adult-like party.
Here is a transcript for the August 21-taped show:
NBC Late Night with Seth Meyers
8/22/2024
1:45 AM ET
SETH MEYERS: In addition to calling Trump dangerous and weird, Democrats are also treating him like the whiny little loser he is, and then it was her husband's turn to somehow follow that. And he got everyone talking when he took a jab at the size of Trump's crowds.
BARACK OBAMA: Here's a 78-year-old billionaire who has not stopped whining about his problems since he rode down his golden escalator nine years ago. It has been a constant stream of gripes and grievances that's actually been getting worse now that he's afraid of losing to Kamala. There's the childish nicknames, the crazy conspiracy theories, this weird obsession with crowd sizes.
MEYERS: I mean, he did it—he did it without even saying a word. Just a tiny hand gesture. I've said it for years and I'll say it again, the best Obama is stand-up Obama.
[OBAMA IMPRESSION] "And I mean, you should see the rest of his junk. His balls are lower than his poll numbers. And he's bad at sex too. Bad at sex. I would get into the details, but let's just say, when it starts, it's over—"
DONALD TRUMP: Approximately, like, quickly.
MEYERS [OBAMA IMPRESSION]: That's right, [bleep] I brought clips.
[NORMAL VOICE] This is how dramatically Trump's fortunes have changed in just a few weeks. Before Joe Biden dropped out, Trump was coasting, how he's depressed and rambling about electronics, while Democrats bask in the glow of a raucous convention with huge energetic crowds and a popular former president that makes fun of the size of Donald Trump's—
TRUMP: Peanuts.
