Thursday, April 30, 2026

Meyers, 'The Daily Show,' Kimmel, and the Marsh Family take closer looks at the royal visit

Happy Throwback Thursday! Before I look back at last year's top posts, I'm returning to current events, namely the royal visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Take it away, Seth!

Seth takes a closer look at Trump getting roasted by King Charles III over his $400 million golden ballroom, which Republicans are now insisting should be funded by taxpayers.
I'm repeating what I wrote yesterday.
Donald "Hoover Harding Cleveland" Trump doubling down on his ballroom and going after Kimmel and James Comey is just him persuing his pet projects. It's also an example of "never let a good crisis go to waste." It's just a shame that the projects being pursued are so petty.
Even more of a shame that he's getting so many to go along with him, including shifting its funding from private donors to the taxpayers. Ugh.

By the way, I'm not surprised at the beehive shaped like the White House. Queen Camilla is a beekeeper and I'm sure this was her idea.

Seth didn't mention the new indictment of James Comey, but The Daily Show did in Trump Indicts Comey Over Seashells & King Charles Is King of Congressional Comedy.

King Charles visits Congress for open mic night, and Trump tries to out-tyrant His Majesty with another indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, this time for the "crime" of posting a photo of seashells spelling out "8647." Josh Johnson breaks down MAGA world's feverish accusations against Comey, and Grace Kuhlenschmidt decodes other treasonous hidden messages at the beach.
I'm old enough to retire and in all my years I don't think I've ever written that the King is funny, but he is, and not unintentionally like Joseph II, the Austrian Emperor in Amadeus. Oh, we're getting a remake of that, too.

On the other hand, the second indictment of Comey is both serious and ridiculous. The Daily Show managed to get the right level of comedy out of this personal vendetta disguised as an official act.

Speaking of personal vendettas, I'm returning to Jimmy Kimmel, who both Melania and her husband have called to be canceled, for Trump’s Totally Unhinged Assault Rifle Pic, Big Night with King Charles & James Comey Vendetta.

King Charles and Queen Camilla spent the day in New York, last night they were honored with a lavish dinner at the White House, Charles is here trying to mend the fractured relationship between the U.S. and everyone else, he gave Trump a big shiny golden bell, his MAGA-sty offered some remarks about the royal mess he’s made in Iran, he posted a truly unhinged picture of himself this morning holding an assault rifle, the State Department is planning a limited edition passport with Trump’s face on it, Donald welcomed the astronaunts from Artemis II to the White House, he has an absolutely pigeon-brained vendetta against former FBI Director Jim Comey, and with everything going on it’s very clear that Trump isn’t well, but help is a TrumpRX prescription away!
I need a new passport, but I'm definitely not going to Washington D.C. to get one with Hoover Harding Cleveland's face on it. Yuck!

Stephen Colbert is off this week, so I'm embedding The Marsh Family singing "The British King is Here!" - parody of "The British Grenadiers" about King Charles's US state visit.

King Charles arrived just a few hours ago on a diplomatic mission that has been ludicrously overegged, given the track record of the man he is visiting. So here's our adaptation of a classic British Army marching song (that developed in the seventeenth century and became a staple in the eighteenth - including in the colonies and the Revolutionary War that saw the USA declare its independence). The British Grenadiers is a rousing tune - for many still a regimental quick march - and often a feature of the Trooping the Colour ceremony. Before people wring their hands at adapting it, it's been a recurring theme throughout its history - including notoriously by Joseph Warren (his was called "Free America") in 1774, just before the War of Independence began. We kept to some archaic language to give it the right feel, and had a stab at our own arrangement for who had instruments at home - though a hasty one, on a school night. There are references in there to scrofula, a recent UK ambassador and we removed powwow but kept kowtow after checking about usage and implications - but apologies if any offence caused. We're thinking about recording a few like this in the run-up to the 250th anniversary, so this is a kind of test case :)
Hah! Make more like this!

Follow over the jump for a retrospective of the top posts featuring late-night talk-show hosts during the 15th year of Crazy Eddie's Motie News.


I shared Colbert, Meyers, and Stewart take closer looks at sending troops to Portland and medbeds from September 30, 2025 at the Citizen Connect/Coffee Party USA Facebook page at the beginning of October 2025, which earned it 463 default and 474 raw page views, ranking it first by both measures during the month. It ended the blogging year with 474 default and 749 raw page views to place eighth by default views, 25th among entries posted during the year by raw page views and 33rd overall. It earned 1 comment (tied for most during month and year on Facebook) on 23 views, 19 viewers/reach, 4 interactions, including 2 likes/reactions and 1 share, and 1 link click.


I shared Kosta, Colbert, and Meyers take closer looks at tariffs on Flashback Friday from April 4, 2025 at the Citizen Connect/Coffee Party USA Facebook page, then Steve in Manhattan linked to this entry in Mike's Blog Roundup at Crooks and Liars. Both helped it earn 272 default and 305 raw page views during April 2025, which ranked it fourth overall for the month by both measures and second among entries posted during April 2025. It ended the blogging year with 558 raw page views to place 40th among entries posted during the blogging year and 56th overall.


I shared Colbert, Lydic, and Meyers take closer looks at the EPA and Epstein and Kimmel goes down the rabbit hole on 'windmills' from July 31, 2025 at the Citizen Connect/Coffee Party USA Facebook page, helping it earn 156 default and 184 raw page views during August 2025 to rank 15th overall by both measures for the month. It accumulated 454 default and 507 raw page views by March 20, 2026 to place ninth by the former and 43rd among entries posted during the blogging year and 62nd overall by the latter measure.


I shared Lydic, Meyers, Kimmel, and Colbert take closer looks at the 'Melania' documentary and other news from January 30, 2026 at the Citizen Connect/Coffee Party USA Facebook page during February 2026, earning it 306 default and 318 raw page views to rank second by the former measure and third by the latter duing the month. It ended the blogging year with 386 default and 415 raw page views to place tenth by the former, 60th among entries posted during the year, and 90th overall. This is the cutoff post for inclusion in these retrospectives.

That's a wrap for April's blogging. Stay tuned for a drum corps May Day for Flashback Friday.

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