Late-night comedians worked overtime during Neyine the presidential election season, and now that Donald Trump is president, they're still taking satirical aim at politics and the tumultuous early days of the Trump administration.
For example, we've seen former "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart visit "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert"; Bill Maher lambaste liberals for being so overly concerned with political correctness that they let the election get away from them; Jimmy Kimmel, James Corden and Trevor Noah weigh in on the controversial Trump executive order that temporarily banned refugees from predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States; Samantha Bee reacting to Trump's inauguration ceremonies; Jimmy Fallon imitating Trump; and Seth Meyers regularly mocking Trump.
Here's a round-up of the clips, starting with a "New Rules" segment from the Jan. 27 "Real Time With Bill Maher," in which Maher lectured liberals for overreacting to occurrences such as Steve Martin mentioning that Carrie Fisher was beautiful in his Twitter appreciation of her.
While what Maher called "self-involved fools" were, as he said, "policing language at the Kids' Choice Awards, a madman talked his way into the White House."
NOTE: Maher's language is definitely NSFW and is totally R-rated, so if you're sensitive to expletives and coarse language, be warned:
On Tuesday night's "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert," Stewart -- who has shaved off his beard -- came out in an odd outfit, explaining, "The president sets mens' fashion," so after watching the inauguration, Stewart opted for a long red tie and a dead animal strapped to his head.
Stewart read some supposed additional Trump executive orders, including requiring China to send us their wall, which Mexico will pay for. He also did an impression of Johnny Carson's old Carnac the Magnificent character, and then segued into some anti-Trump commentary, delivered, supposedly, as Trump. NOTE: There are some bleeped-out obvious swear words in this one, too.
On "Jimmy Kimmel Live," the host made fun of Trump's Press Secretary Sean Spicer defending the airport detention of a 5-year-old boy.
On "The Late Late Show," host James Corden, who's from the United Kingdom, featured a video of Corden getting ready to board a flight at LAX. At the end, came the message: "Freedom of movement should be this easy for all legal immigrants. Not just the white and Christian ones."
On "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee," the host let loose on Trump and his inauguration, attacking the new president, and his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, who Bee said was filling Trump's head with "more Nazi code than Enigma." NOTE: There's some raunchy language here.
On "The Daily Show," host Trevor Noah also addressed Trump's "de facto Muslim ban," and mocked Democratic Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi's problems getting the microphone to work at a rally on the steps of the Supreme Court. Noah also mentioned Trump's dismissive Tweet about the rally, adding that since Trump is president "this Tweet is now government record," which kids are going to have to learn in school someday.
Noah went on to criticize Trump as "Butterscotch Fog," who's made "the West Wing seem less like an office and more like Wal-Mart on Black Friday," among other things. NOTE: There are bleeped-out expletives here, too.
"Late Night" host Seth Meyers, who has consistently mocked Trump from the primaries on, has been taking regular shots at the president. In a recent monologue, for example, Meyers joked that when Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates, the former star of "The Apprentice" uttered a catchphrase -- not the one you're thinking of -- "I'm bad at being president."
"The Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon brought back his Trump impression, making jokes comparing Trump's decision-making to a game show.
-- Kristi Turnquist
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