Friday, May 3, 2024

Colbert and Kimmel comment with comedy on Trump's hush money trial

Happy Flashback Friday! I'll get to today's look back at the 13th year of this blog over the jump after continuing with the main topic of yesterday's Meyers, Colbert, and Kimmel take closer looks at Trump's trial and other news with last night's monologue by Stephen Colbert, Michael Cohen’s Mean Nickname For Trump | Noem Defends Killing Her Puppy | Boeing Sends A Message.

While Donald Trump snoozes in court, his former lawyer Michael Cohen is mocking him on TikTok. Elsewhere, Governor Kristi Noem tried to explain away her puppy murder story, and another Boeing aircraft lost a crucial part mid-flight.
Courtroom drama? In the hands of Colbert and his writers, it's more like courtroom comedy, which makes the news a lot easier to digest. This includes Kristi Noem, who acts like she thinks she's the latest version of Sarah Palin, right down to shooting canines (wolves in the case of Palin) and being the running mate on a Republican presidential ticket. I'll get back to that and Boeing's problems, but I'm moving on to Jimmy Kimmel Made it Into the Trump Trial, Donald "Can't Even Testify" & Crazy Abortion Law Repealed, which didn't bleep out what Michael Cohen called "Naptain America." I guess showing a cable news clip slipped it past the censors.

We are officially part of the record of the People vs Donald Trump, prosecutors entered into evidence a series of text messages between lawyers for Trump and Stormy Daniels about our show, Trump has been encouraging supporters to come to the courthouse and support him and was greeted by a single fan, he is very upset about reports that say he’s been sleeping during the trial, the courtroom sketch artist appears to hate him, today he tried to float the idea that because of the gag order he’s not allowed to testify, he played shows in Wisconsin and Michigan yesterday where he fired up the crowd telling them everything’s a disaster and America is dead, we have a new water pressure edition of Drunk Donald Trump, the state Senate in Arizona finally voted to repeal their antiquated and crazy abortion law from 1864, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem went on Hannity last night to do damage control after she revealed she shot her puppy, and This Week in Unnecessary Censorship.
Kimmel and his writers and editors made up for not bleeping CNN's Jake Tapper with "This Week in Unnecessary Censorship." They should do that to Marjorie Taylor Greene more often.

Speaking of CNN, I'm returning to Stephen's show with his interview of a CNN anchor telling him that “Both Sides Are Framing It Incorrectly” - Laura Coates On Trump’s Hush Money Trial.

CNN Chief Legal Analyst Laura Coates breaks down the arguments on both sides of Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York City, and explains why it’s important for the public to know what really happened. Watch “Laura Coates Live” weeknights on CNN.
That's enough for me to pay attention to Coates. She sounds smart and knowledgeable.

I close this portion above the jump with two of The Late Show's cold opens about the trial, beginning with Trump’s Aggressive New Attorney.

Angry that his lawyer wasn’t tough enough, Donald Trump hired someone much more aggressive.
That's only a slight exaggeration. Trump is in the WWE Hall of Fame and a telegenic lawyer who used to be a wrestler would be right up his alley.

Now last night's cold open, which asked Do You Have Trouble Falling Asleep?



Reach for a Magatonin!

This trial is teaching me to appreciate a good fart joke.

Follow over the jump for the Flashback Friday retrospective of the most active shares from the blog on Instagram and Threads during its 13th year.


Six posts tied for most liked on Instagram with four likes during the 13th year of Crazy Eddie's Motie News, beginning with two during April 2023, Vox explains 'The Trump investigations you should actually care about' from April 8, 2023 and 'The Klingon Hamlet' and Klingons quoting Shakespeare for Talk Like Shakespeare Day from April 23, 2023. Both earned 4 likes and 1 reply to tie for the most active on Instagram during April 2023.

LegalEagle explains 'Trump's Bombshell Federal Document Indictment' was the most liked on Instagram during June 2023 with 4 likes.

Closer looks at Steve Scalise running for Speaker and George Santos indicted again from Colbert, Meyers, and Kimmel from October 12, 2023 had 4 likes to be the most liked during October 2023. This is in addition to it ranking 29th among entries posted during the blogging year and 38th overall by raw page views.

'NASA 2024: Onward and Upward' and 'ESA’s future of space travel' and Golden Globes, Critics Choice, and Emmy screenplay and writing nominees for National Screenwriters Day tied for most liked during January 2024.

MSNBC and FiveThirtyEight react to the second Republican debate had the most comments during both September 2023 and the 2023-2024 blogging year with four. It also had one like.

Now for the most active on Threads between December 2023, when I started posting there, and March 20, 2023.


I posted National Day Calendar and Adam Sandler for Hanukkah, which begins on Pearl Harbor Day this year from December 7, 2023 that same day, earning 3 likes to be the most liked that month and for the 2023-2024 blogging year.

Bill Nye joins the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists as the Doomsday Clock remains at 90 seconds to midnight had two likes and a reply to be the most replied post on Threads during the previous blogging year.

'Darwin Missed An Example of Evolution Right Under His Nose' by PBS Eons on Darwin Day had a like and a repost to be the most reposted thread during the 2023-2024 blogging year.

That's it for today's retrospective. I plan on finishing this series next week with a retrospective on Twitter, most likely for Wayback Wednesday, although I've posted those on Revenge of the Sixth before. Speaking of which, stay tuned for Star Wars Day. May the Fourth be with you!

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