Thursday, January 18, 2024

Colbert, Meyers, and Kimmel return from the Emmys to take closer looks at the Iowa Caucus

The late-night talk show hosts returned from the Emmy Awards to tell jokes about the Iowa Caucuses. I begin with Stephen Colbert's Trump To Iowa: Vote, Even If It Kills You | Haley: America Is Not Racist | Ramaswamy Can’t Let Go, his first monologue told after flying back to New York.

The former president values votes more than the lives of his voters, his opponent Nikki Haley thinks she lives in a country free from racism, and Vivek Ramaswamy lovingly embraced the GOP frontrunner after exiting the presidential race.
Stephen, I feel your pain. I thought your show would win Outstanding Talk Series, too.

That was the second time The Late Show with Stephen Colbert made fun of Trump calling for his supporters to risk their lives to caucus for him. The show opened with The MAGA Casket Is Available Now.

Just because you died after voting for Donald Trump doesn’t mean you can’t continue to support him.
I'm reminded of the villain from the first Shrek movie.


Seth Meyers paid as much attention to what Trump did after the Iowa Caucuses as the caucuses themselves in Trump Lawyer Embarrassed After Judge Scolds Her; Low Turnout in Iowa Caucus: A Closer Look.

Seth takes a closer look at Trump immediately returning to court for a defamation trial where his lawyer was scolded by the judge after winning the Iowa caucus and solidifying his status as the likely GOP nominee for president.
Turnouts like these are among the reasons I'm glad that Democrats rearranged the dates of their primaries and caucuses to make them more representative, solving the party's Groundhog Day problem. The Democrats postponed their delegate selection in Iowa until March.

As for Trump's many legal problems — the second E. Jean Carroll trial isn't even one of four criminal cases he is facing — I'm being a good environmentalist by recycling my reaction: "'The wheels of justice are grinding slowly in this case, but I expect they will indeed grind exceedingly fine.' May they also grind exceedingly fine for Trump and his seditious supporters, if not as slowly."

Jimmy Kimmel was able to comment on both the Emmy Awards and Iowa Caucus a night earlier than Colbert and Meyers because he tapes his show in Los Angeles, so he didn't have to spent a day flying home; he was already there! Watch Trump Graciously Wins Iowa Caucus, Vivek Ramaswamy Drops Out & Guillermo Back-to-Back at the Emmys.

80% of the country is in the grip of what they call an “Arctic Blast,” there was so much snow in Buffalo the NFL had to postpone Sunday’s Wild Card game, it was -4 degrees at the Kansas City Chiefs game, Dallas fans were very upset over their early exit from the playoffs, the Iowa caucuses were held on Monday and Trump won tiny handily, he even went so far as to predict that all of the other Republican candidates will rally behind him, Vivek Ramaswamy only got 8% of the vote and dropped out of the race, Trump was back in court today with the woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her in the 90s, and Guillermo went to the Emmys to chat up the winners and get them drunk!
Jimmy and the rest didn't include Elise Stefanik calling for everyone else but Trump to drop out and endorse the former President, but I saw that and reacted on Twitter/X. Follow over the jump for the actual winner of Outstanding Talk Series at the Emmy Awards.



As I wrote above, I thought The Late Show with Stephen Colbert would win. So did most of the experts at Gold Derby, with seven of the ten ranking it first in August, two choosing The Problem with Jon Stewart, and one picking Late Night with Seth Meyers. None of us picked The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, even though it was tied with The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in total nominations. Surprise!

On that note, watch Talk Series: 75th Emmy Awards from the Television Academy.

The Team from The Daily Show With Trevor Noah accepts the Emmy for Talk Series at the 75th Emmy Awards.
Congratulations!

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