Colbert, Meyers, Noah, and Kimmel take closer looks at the first day of Trump's second impeachment trial

I closed Seth Meyers and FiveThirtyEight take closer looks at Trump's second impeachment trial by telling my readers "I'll have more about impeachment...with more comedy" today. I begin with Stephen Colbert's monologue Cowardly GOP Senators Look Away As Devastating Footage Shows Exactly Who Incited The Capitol Riot.

Republican Senators Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Rick Scott couldn't bring themselves to watch as House prosecutors opened their impeachment case with a video demonstrating in no uncertain terms that the former president bears responsibility for the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Building.

While the description called out the Republican Senators who very studiously paid no attention to the House's impeachment managers, the heart of the video focused on the impeachment managers and their counterparts, former President Donald Trump's defense lawyers. The former pointed out that impeachment trials of former officials took place while the Founding Fathers were still alive; if it was constitutional then, it's constitutional now. The latter provided a lot of unintentional comedy by either bumbling their way through their arguments (Bruce Castor) or making stupid and insulting arguments (David Schoen).

While the description of Seth Meyers Impeachment Managers Make Powerful Case Against Trump to Open Trial: A Closer Look focused on the prosecutors more than the jury or defense, Seth himself concentrated more on Trump and his supporters.

Seth takes a closer look at former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, where House impeachment managers laid out powerful evidence of his guilt while most Republican senators had no interest in holding him accountable.

My reaction to Senator James Lankford's assertion that the Senators' votes were "locked down" is to note that the vote on January 26 to proceed was 55-45, while the vote yesterday was 56-44. The prosecutors made progress while the defense lost ground.

Speaking of the defense losing ground, Trevor Noah targeted them in Trump Rolls Out Trash Lawyers for His 2nd Impeachment Trial.

As Trump’s second impeachment trial begins, Democrats show a video of Trump’s speech on January 6 interspersed with scenes of violence from his supporters, and his defense team struggles to make its case.

First, Castor sounds even worse when he's not interrupted. Second, Trevor is right about why the trial should take place; we need to see the evidence and the refusal of the Senate to convict despite it.

I conclude with Jimmy Kimmel's Trump Circus Back in Washington for Impeachment Trial #2.

The circus is back in Washington for the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, Republicans are too afraid to do the right thing, the two lawyers defending Trump formed a disaster duo and Trump was said to be deeply unhappy, officials in Palm Beach are discussing whether or not he is allowed to live at Mar-a-lago, Trump sycophants always use his middle initial when saying his name, plans are in place to safely re-open Broadway, and while Jimmy is more than happy to wait his turn but with that being said – he gives a list of people he should get the vaccine before, and he chats with a “vaccine hunter” (Andy Daly).

I never tire of writing that Kimmel's videos have the most complete descriptions. I'd write more, but today's proceedings are on, so I'm going to watch that now. See you tomorrow with more comedic observations of the trial!

Seth Meyers and FiveThirtyEight take closer looks at Trump's second impeachment trial

Former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial in the Senate begins today, so it's time to begin covering it. I begin with Seth Meyers expressing his comedic outrage in GOP Senators Want to "Move On" from Trump's Second Impeachment Trial: A Closer Look.

Seth takes a closer look at former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial being a chance to hold Trump accountable for his crimes and to shine a national spotlight on the decay of the GOP and our democratic institutions.

Seth did a good job of expressing his hopes for the trial while making it funny. I think it's important to at least try to keep Trump and hopefully his supporters accountable, although I expect the prospects of convicting him and disqualifying him from office are slim to none. Politics will almost certainly trump the merits, pun intended.

FiveThirtyEight took a more realistic view of impeachment in What To Expect From The Senate Impeachment Trial.

In this episode of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Tia Mitchell of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution joins to discuss what to expect from former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial. The crew also looks at Republican proposals to change election laws in Georgia and other states in the wake of their 2020 presidential election loss.

That's a good preview of the arguments both the House managers and Trump's defense team will make along with an eye-witness account by Tia Mitchell, who was covering the certification of the election inside the Capitol. Mitchell and Perry Bacon, Jr. had compelling things to say about both. Nate Silver came off as more cynical. Maybe that's the appropriate attitude about a proceeding that won't result in a conviction by the Senate, but will serve to sway the court of public opinion.

In addition to impeachment, the panel discussed House Republicans' handling of Marjorie Taylor Greene and Liz Cheney, pandemic relief, and Georgia Republicans' attempt to restrict mail-in voting after Democrats won the Georgia Senate runoff elections, which led to the possibility of eliminating the filibuster to allow the For The People Act to pass in the U.S. Senate. Greene and to a lesser extent Lauren Boebert will continue to be irritants for as long as they are in Congress, but I doubt their fellow Republican representatives will do anything about them. Pandemic relief will pass in one form or other. Georgia will probably restrict voting-by-mail. Finally, I'm for the For The People Act, but I don't know if it will pass the Senate; it already passed the House last year and will do so again this year.

I'm sure I'll have more about impeachment tomorrow with more comedy. Stay tuned.

Samantha Bee, Rachel Maddow, and Vox on environmental racism, including the Flint Water Crisis and 'Cancer Alley'

I'm looking at another pair of stories I tell my students today today, environmental racism, thanks to Samantha Bee uploading Environmental Racism: How It Started vs. How It’s Going last week.

Great news! Joe Biden is signing climate change-based executive orders AND appointing people of color to take the lead on environmental justice for the first time ever. And it's not a moment too soon for communities of color who have been disproportionately suffering the ill effects of corporate greed and environmental racism. It's time to get those resources to the people who need them the most. And also, some f*cking clean water, please.

In addition to this being a good survey of the subject, it includes two examples of environmental racism, the Flint Water Crisis, which I've been blogging about for years, and "Cancer Alley," a location I've never written about before. It's about time I did.

I last updated the Flint Water Crisis in Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and others likely to be charged for roles in Flint Water Crisis. That happened; the State of Michigan charged Snyder and eight others with crimes related to it. Rachel Maddow reviewed the conditions that helped create the crisis in Years Later, Michigan Officials Are Made To Answer For Flint Water Crisis.

Rachel Maddow looks at how former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder's suspension of democracy brought about the mistakes that created the Flint toxic water crisis, and only now is Snyder, along with other officials, being held to account for their role in what happened.

Maddow's history goes back 9 years and not only demonstrates how the Republicans in Michigan's legislature along with former Governor Snyder turned Michigan into Ignoreland, but focused their anti-democratic efforts on majority African-American municipalities, showing that the Emergency Manager law had racist effects, if not an outright racist intent. The resulting disregard of local rule allowed the health and environmental disaster of Flint's contaminated water supply to happen. Maddow may not call the Flint Water Crisis environmental racism, but she doesn't have to; it's clear it is.

Now for "Cancer Alley." Vox examined the locale and how racism contributed to it becoming a "zone of sacrifice" earlier this year in One reason why coronavirus hits Black people the hardest.

Toxic air can weaponize the coronavirus.
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Across the US, black people are dying from Covid-19 at disproportionately high rates. While there are many different factors at play behind the stark racial disparities — there’s one possible reason that’s been lurking in the air for decades: pollution.

The long history of segregation and housing discrimination has long put black people at greater risk of living near chemical plants, factories and highways, exposing them to higher levels of air pollutants. These pollutants have had a chronically negative impact on health, leading to conditions like hypertension and asthma. Now, those same diseases are associated with severe cases of Covid-19, and showing that where you live can determine whether you survive from Covid-19.

Dr. Robert Bullard, who Vox interviewed for this video, spoke to my environmental science class about his work in fighting environmental racism 13 years ago. I have featured him in my slide show about the politics and economics of the environment ever since. Now I have a video of him to add to that slide show so my current students can see and hear him.

I also tell my students the story of Commoner's Laws. These videos serve as good examples of three of them, "everything must go somewhere," "there is no such thing as a free lunch," and "everything is connected to everything else." The first two laws weave through all three videos, but the last video connecting environmental racism to air pollution to the pandemic serves as a good example of the third law I listed. That's yet another reason to add the Vox video to my presentations. Welcome to blogging as professional development.

Inauguration and Super Bowl poet Amanda Gorman interviewed by Trevor Noah and James Corden, plus her Inauguration reading

Happy, Super Bowl Sunday! I'm celebrating this year by concentrating on a featured entertainer probably for the first time since Predictions vs. reality for Katy Perry at the Super Bowl, although calling Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman mere entertainment does her a disservice. I expect her reading will be truly inspirational instead of merely sentimental.

I begin with Trevor Noah's interview of Gorman on "The Daily Show," Amanda Gorman - “The Hill We Climb” & Activism Through Poetry.

Amanda Gorman discusses reading her poem “The Hill We Climb” at President Biden’s inauguration, what poetry means to her and her upcoming Super Bowl performance.

This is the one interview I'm embedding today that mentions Gorman speaking at the Super Bowl, so of course I'm placing it first. I don't think she realizes how much larger an audience she will have during the game than for the Inauguration, even though the latter is technically more important. Remember, entertainment gets Americans to act.

A week earlier, James Corden interviewed her in Amanda Gorman Is Giving Americans Hope.

James Corden connects with Amanda Gorman, who captured the collective attention of Americans with her striking poem, "The Hill We Climb," during the inauguration ceremony for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. James asks Amanda about her journey from being selected to standing at the podium delivering her art to the world. And Amanda talks about her coming children's book, "Change Sings," which is already atop the chart.

Welcome to fame, Amanda. May it treat you well and may you continue using your fame for good.

All this attention came from her Inauguration poetry reading, so watch ABC News Poet Amanda Gorman reads 'The Hill We Climb' to hear her speak.

The nation's first Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman recites "The Hill We Climb."

Wow. May Gorman's reading today be as hopeful and inspirational.

Bill Maher recognizes Henry Waxman's long career of public service with the first Baldy Award

Last week, Bill Maher and his crew at "Real Time" recognized former Representative Henry Waxman in New Rule: The Baldy Awards.

Bill's "bringing unsexy back" with a new award honoring dull, dedicated civil servants who know how to make actual progress, as opposed to doing progressive theater.

For my reaction, I'm sharing my comment to Infidel753's Video of the day -- tantrums vs achievement, which features this video: "I'm proud to say that Henry Waxman was my mom's representative in Congress for at least a decade. That's why I recognized him immediately." Infidel753 replied "Waxman's been an achiever for a long time. I remember reading about his efforts on the early AIDS epidemic, when there was still widespread resistance to real action." This Crazy Eddie approves, both of Waxman's long career of public service and of "Real Time" recognizing it. Here's to this award being continued and a new member of Congress being honored next year.

Meyers, Noah, Colbert, and Kimmel take closer looks at Marjorie Taylor Greene being removed from committee assignments

I predicted a topic of future blogging in the middle of Noah, Colbert, Kimmel, and Corden explain GameStop, a funny tale of the stock market and Retail Apocalypse.

The opening of this monologue harks back to the failed self-coup and the kind of people who supported it. Consider that a preview of coming attractions on this blog as I make fun of Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, and other members of the "QAnon Caucus" in the coming months.

Today is the first of my promised "coming attractions" as I share the reactions of late night talk show hosts to Greene being removed from her committee assignments. I begin with Seth Meyers: House Votes to Remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from Committees: A Closer Look.

Seth takes a closer look at Republicans standing by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as her committee assignments were stripped from her after making a series of deranged, bigoted statements.

I'm glad Seth tied Greene and the Republican Party's QAnon problem to an undemocratic system that gives the Republican Party no incentive to get the support of a majority of Americans. That hearkens back to the actions listed in John Oliver examines the Supreme Court after 'Last Week Tonight' wins four Emmy Awards.

Oliver explained how the U.S. got here with an anti-democratic but pro-republican (double meaning intended) governing structure and what can be done to fix it. I'm in favor of all of them except maybe reforming the Senate. I don't think that's a bad idea in the abstract, but actually trying to do it will get the reformers stuck in the concrete (pun intended). It's difficult to the point of being almost impossible and will suck energy away from other reforms that are more attainable. On the other hand, eliminating the filibuster is worth doing, even if it's a double-edged sword. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is a work-around that will make the Electoral College more democratic, both upper- and lower-case d, without a constitutional amendment. I'd like that, too, but I consider it extremely difficult, while not impossible. That's a long-term effort that I may not live to see accomplished. Expanding the Supreme Court has its risks, but I'm not against it. Finally, anyone who has read my blog for any time knows I'm in favor of admitting Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., as states.

That's a long-term agenda and not one I want to address further in today's post. Later.

Back to Greene. Trevor Noah got more personal in Marjorie Taylor Greene Gets Punished By House & Disavows QAnon.

Despite publicly disavowing QAnon, the House votes to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committees while GOP lawmakers continue to stand by her.

Trevor focused on Greene's dodging responsibility for her words instead of how the system enables her. If the people who voted for Greene wanted someone who was "not a typical politician," this is one way that she might disappoint them. On the other hand, it shows that the Republican branding of the GOP as "the party of personal responsibility" is just that, branding, not reality.

Stephen Colbert lampooned both the system and the people running it in Kevin McCarthy Is Playing Both Sides Of The GOP's Civil War.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to distance herself from "words of the past" today, but she need not have bothered as House minority leader Kevin McCarthy declined to take action against her, effectively adopting her conspiracy theories as mainstream GOP values.

Stephen's roasting of Kevin McCarthy was my favorite part of his monologue. It demonstrates why my nickname for McCarthy is "Pickled Tongue" after a menu item at the Wool Growers Basque restaurant in Bakersfield, California. How do I know about the place? I lived in Bakersfield nearly 40 years ago and my then-girlfriend's family ate there.* Local knowledge is a good thing.

I conclude with Jimmy Kimmel's Nutso Marjorie Taylor Greene Booted From Committees After Years of Lies & Conspiracies.

Guillermo made an appearance on ESPN Deportes to talk about the Super Bowl, the CDC is saying no to parties for the big game, the White House is working on a plan to send masks to every American, the House voted to remove Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from the education and budget committees after years of spreading misinformation and crazy conspiracies, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Sean Hannity pretended to not know what QAnon was, the QAnon Shaman from the Capitol Riots claims he didn’t eat for nine straight days because they wouldn’t provide him with organic food, Donald Trump resigned from SAG-AFTRA, and in honor of Tom Brady making it to his 10th Super Bowl, an all-Tom Brady edition of #MeanTweets.

I'm going to take a break from writing about Greene to react to Trump resigning from SAG-AFTRA: "You can't fire me. I quit!" LOL, loser.

That's it for today's news about Representative Greene. I'm sure I'll have more to write about her and Representative Boebert in future entries. In the meantime, stay tuned for my reaction to the Golden Globe nominations.

*Different ex-girlfriend from the one I usually write about here, in case you were wondering. She wasn't from Bakersfield.

Samantha Bee, Trevor Noah, and Legal Eagle have more funny things to say about GameStop, a tale of the stock market and Retail Apocalypse

It's time to update GameStop with another funny tale of the stock market and Retail Apocalypse. I begin with Samantha Bee asking The Stonk Market: 2008 All Over Again?

GameStop, Reddit, and hedge funds, oh my! It's the upper middle class vs. the rich and we just can't wait to see who wins this class war! Maybe it'll be ordinary Americans if the SEC can actually start regulating the market?

As always, Bee and her writers have the most distinctive takes on an issue of all the late night comedians. I'm glad she examined the good government angle of regulating the markets instead of just laughing at both Wall Street and Reddit. Speaking of which, I'll get to Elizabeth Warren's comment about the SEC not knowing if what the stock market traders on Reddit did was legal later. Right now, I'm sharing Trevor Noah explaining Here’s How Wall Street Has Always Manipulated the Markets.

Day traders took down a massive hedge fund by artificially inflating GameStop stock, and now, Wall Street is whining about it. But Wall Street manipulating the market is nothing new.

Good lord, JP Morgan's manipulation of electricity prices reminds me of Enron. That's a name I haven't mentioned here for 10 years. Back then, I recommended "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" as a documentary for my students to watch. Since then, I've moved on to other suggestions, but I'd still accept a review of the Enron documentary for extra credit if they submitted it. Also, manipulating aluminum prices (hey, Trevor, there is no "ium" in the name of that element on this side of the Atlantic, so I'm pleased that you got with the program), is a new one on me, but I'm not the least bit surprised. Anything to make a buck.

Both Bee and Noah concentrated on Wall Street's bad behavior in their monologues, while Legal Eagle looked at the actions of the traders on Reddit as well in Illegal Trading on GameStop? or WallStreetBets: The Stonkening.

Did the hedge funds illegally manipulate the market? Did the redditors of Wallstreet Bets? STONKS

As Elizabeth Warren said in the clip Bee included in her monologue, the SEC doesn't know if what went on with GameStop was illegal, so as Legal Eagle says, "it depends." I bet the traders on Reddit hope it isn't. Otherwise, the SEC will say to them what Legal Eagle says to his viewers to close his videos: "I'll see you in court."

Doomsday Clock remains at 100 seconds to midnight for 2021

When I wrote "Since I'm in an 'I can't be all DOOM all the time mood,' 'tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight!' suits me just fine" in Emmy-winning comedy series feature diversity in front of and especially behind the camera for Black History Month, I was thinking ahead to my telling my readers to "stay tuned for The Doomsday Clock." NBC News has that story in Scientists Keep Doomsday Clock At 100 Seconds To Midnight, Same As 2020.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that the Doomsday Clock will remain at 100 seconds to midnight, the same time it was set to in 2020. The group cited the coronavirus pandemic and the rejection of science coupled with climate change and threats of nuclear warfare.

The good news is that The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists didn't move the clock any closer to midnight. The bad news is that its editors didn't move it any farther away.

For reporter commentary, a more complete video description and an additional portion of President and CEO of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Rachel Bronson's address that NBC News didn't include, watch Global News Doomsday clock remains at 100 seconds to midnight, scientists warn.

The symbolic Doomsday Clock remained at 100 seconds to midnight on Wednesday, as University of Chicago-based scientists from Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists warned the world is dangerously close to devastation.

The time was unchanged from 2020, when scientists from the organization cited concerns over nuclear proliferation and climate change as factors in setting the clock to its most dire time since the Cold War.

President and CEO of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Rachel Bronson, said last year's statement anticipated the denial of COVID-19 and refusal of political leaders to work together, which has led to 2.16 million coronavirus deaths worldwide.

Here's to people listening to scientists and other experts instead of to those who spread conspiracy theories and other dangerous nonsense. Until then, as the catchphrase in "Watchmen" goes, "tick, tock."

Why every day feels like 'Groundhog Day' and other tricks the pandemic has played on our sense of time

Happy Groundhog Day! The master of ceremonies at this morning's ceremony at Gobbler's Knob, Pennsylvania remarked that people all around the world have said the past year felt like "Groundhog Day" with the same day repeating itself over and over. That inspired me to examine the science of why people's perception of time has been distorted that way.* I begin with WDIV in Detroit asking Has the [perception] of time changed due to COVID-19? Study show it's possible.

A study shows the COVID-19 pandemic may change people's [perception] of time based on certain factors.

So, yes, it happens and this clip describes who is most likely to experience it, but it's a little weak on why. For that, watch WUSA9 ask How is COVID-19 affecting our perception of time?

March was so long ago and April barely lasted a week. Professor Peter Tse talks about how our perception of time has changed because of the pandemic.

The sped-up montage by itself does a good job of depicting the sameness of days during the COVID-19 pandemic, while Professor Peter Tse's explanation is good as far as it goes. PBS Digital's It's Okay To Be Smart goes farther and explains more in Why Time Moves Fast...and Slow.

Time passes for all of at the [same] rate of one second per second. But why does it sometimes feel like time is passing so fast, or so slowly? Especially during COVID? Let’s learn about how our brains keep track of and try to make sense of time, and how they get fooled.

That's enough science about how people perceive time for now. May it have made my readers understand why they feel the way they do about the passage of time and that they're not alone.

*USA Today included those remarks in 135th Groundhog Day celebration from 3:00 to 4:00.

Will Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow? Watch Groundhog Day live from Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania.

Yes, there's hope; the cycle will be broken and the monotony will end.

All the above makes Punxsutawney Phil's prediction that there will be six more weeks of winter, a forecast echoed by Michigan's own Woody the Woodchuck, secondary. Stay warm and stay safe, everyone!

Emmy-winning comedy series feature diversity in front of and especially behind the camera for Black History Month

I concluded Zendaya and other Emmy winners of color in drama series for Black History Month by telling my readers to "Stay tuned for comedy!" Since I'm in an "I can't be all DOOM all the time mood, "tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight!" suits me just fine.

While I've already recognized Eddie Murphy winning Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series and Maya Rudolph winning Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance in 'SNL' lampoons the debate, Trump's COVID diagnosis, and Supreme Court nomination in season premiere after winning six Emmy Awards, It won't hurt to repeat what I placed below the fold in October above the fold today. Just to mix things up, I'm featuring the two wins by Maya Rudolph before the one win by Eddie Murphy. Ladies first!

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Angela Bassett as Mo on A Black Lady Sketch Show (Episode: "Angela Bassett Is the Baddest B***h") (HBO)
Bette Midler as Hadassah Gold on The Politician (Episode: "Vienna") (Netflix)
Maya Rudolph as The Judge on The Good Place (Episode: "You've Changed, Man") (NBC)
Maya Rudolph as Senator Kamala Harris on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Eddie Murphy") (NBC)
Wanda Sykes as Moms Mabley on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Episode: "A Jewish Girl Walks Into the Apollo...") (Prime Video)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Host on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Phoebe Waller-Bridge") (NBC)

On the one hand, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" won this category last year. On the other, the Emmy went to a different actress in a different role, so I'm not considering Wanda Sykes as Moms Mabley to be the nominal favorite, as talented as Sykes is. That means that someone else actually has a good shot at winning. My personal favorite is Maya Rudolph as The Judge on "The Good Place," but she also earned a nomination for playing Kamala Harris crashing the December Democratic debate. I'd prefer her winning as The Judge, but I'll take her carrying home an Emmy for either performance. I just hope vote-splitting doesn't hurt her chances.

I got my wish, as Rudolph won. ET Canada interviewed her in Maya Rudolph Reacts To ‘SNL’ Emmy Win.

It’s been an exciting week for actress Maya Rudolph, who took home two Emmys, including Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy for her portrayal of Senator Kamala Harris on “SNL”. The former "SNL" cast member says she feels lucky to still be a part of the show and reveals which other characters she may play in the upcoming season.

Congratulations on Rudolph for both of her Emmy Awards!

Now for Eddie Murphy's Emmy.

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Adam Driver as Host on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Adam Driver") (NBC)
Luke Kirby as Lenny Bruce on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Episode: "It's Comedy or Cabbage") (Prime Video)
Eddie Murphy as Host on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Eddie Murphy") (NBC)
Dev Patel as Joshua on Modern Love (Episode: "When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist") (Prime Video)
Brad Pitt as Dr. Anthony Fauci on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "SNL at Home #2") (NBC)
Fred Willard as Frank Dunphy on Modern Family (Episode: "Legacy") (ABC)

SNL has three nominees in this category, Adam Driver, Eddie Murphy, and Brad Pitt. The two strongest are Murphy and Pitt, whose nominated performance I used to open SNL at Home on last week's coronavirus news. That alone is enough to get me to root for him. However, he has tough competition. Luke Kirby won for playing Lenny Bruce on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" last year, so he's the nominal favorite. Also, Fred Willard passed away, so he might earn a sympathy vote in tribute. Dev Patel is also a talented actor, so I have to mention him.

I was rooting for the wrong SNL guest actor, as ET Canada reported Eddie Murphy Wins First Emmy For 'SNL' Appearance and interviewed the winner.

Eddie Murphy reacts to winning his first-ever Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy for hosting “Saturday Night Live”, 36 years to the day he made his "SNL" debut. During a virtual Q&A session following the award show, the legendary comedian called the win "special" and opens up about his plans to return to the standup comedy stage.

Congratulations to Murphy on his first Emmy!

Now that I'm done being a good environment by recycling, it's time to follow over the jump to recognize the winning people of color on comedies behind the camera.