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Late Laughs for the week of June 13 - 19, 2021

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The Late Late Show with James Corden

President Biden was in Michigan today visiting Ford Motor Company's electric vehicle plant. As part of the visit, Biden was given a test drive of the new, electric version of Ford's popular pickup, the F-150 Lightning. It was only a test drive, but Biden made sure to install his dancing hula girl on the dashboard.

 

Last night, the New York State attorney general's office announced that it is now pursuing a criminal investigation of the Trump organization. This is a huge deal! I mean, I think it is. I have no idea. I also thought the multiple impeachments were a huge deal at the time. ... It's just like that old saying: "Crime doesn't pay (except for the first 74 years of your life, then probably longer depending on appeals)."

 

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

According to [a CDC] poll, people are feeling better emotionally, possibly because 59% of Americans visited friends in the last week, which is the highest of the pandemic. Finally, Americans are seeing friends again instead of bingeing "Friends" again.

 

With things starting to get back to normal, I was struck by this headline: "Hugs are coming back. Not everyone is thrilled." For instance, everyone who works for Gov. Cuomo.

 

We don't know what [Joel Greenberg pleading guilty to sex crimes and agreeing to co-operate with prosecutors] will mean for Matt Gaetz yet, but he could be charged any minute. Just ask [the] actual plane banner someone flew over the courthouse today, reading "Tick tock Matt Gaetz." Which is ironic, since TikTok is where he finds most of his dates.

 

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy ... came out against the bill [to investigate the Capitol riot] yesterday and then the previously neutral GOP whip, Steve Scalise, "sent a letter to members informing them that the leadership was now advocating Republicans vote against the legislation." You could say that the whip asked them to vote "nay nay." That joke is for the kids out there — who are now 35. Did you fill out your taxes? Deadline was Monday!

 

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

I've got to ask: Why is financial literacy not taught in schools ASAP? I was taught calculus but not how to do my taxes, and I'm just saying, no one's ever been thrown in jail for not reporting their derivatives, OK?

 

Another issue when learning about money is that it's taboo to talk about, just like sex. Which is strange because both of these things can leave you very screwed.

 

We can all agree that social media has a ton of negative consquences: cyberbullying, screen addiction or food delivery apps convincing us that it's normal to pay $30 for one burrito.

 

Fox News went as far as claiming that there was going to be a new four-pound-a-year max of meat that would limit you to one burger a month. ... Yeah, we haven't gotten Congress to do anything about gun control, but red meat? That's where they're really cracking down.

 

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Today President Biden gave his first commencement address as commander in chief at the Coast Guard Academy graduation. Biden's speech lasted about 30 minutes until a Coast Guard captain fired off a rescue flare. Even Navy SEALs were looking at the Coast Guard like, "How'd you make it through that?"

 

I saw that kids age 13 to 17 can officially trade stocks with Fidelity's new youth investing accounts. You'll know your kid's too into trading when they're up at 3 a.m. for the Asian markets, downing Pixy Stix.

 

Google just announced a new privacy feature that will allow users to delete the last 15 minutes of their search history. It's easy, just go to Settings and turn on Perv Mode.

 

Some more business news: Dunkin' Donuts just announced a new partnership with a paint company for the chain's first-ever paint collection. It's perfect for anyone who's ever walked into a Dunkin' Donuts and thought, "I want to live here!"

 

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

[The military has] known about [unidentified aerial phenomena] for a couple years but waited until now to talk about it because, I guess a couple of years ago, they would have been too embarrassed if the aliens said, "Take us to your leader." They would be like, "Eh, not a great idea."

 

We learned over the weekend that Joe Biden had a Venmo account. I say "had" because he had to delete the Venmo account. He apparently used it to send money to his granddaughters. It’s weird to hear about a politician using Venmo to pay teenagers for something other than sex, isn’t it?

 

[New York governor candidate] Andrew Giuliani — if you don’t know too much about him — is a former professional golfer, which is good. That way, when he gets the lowest number of votes, he'll think he won.

 

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The House voted today on legislation to create an independent commission tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. While House Republicans are still claiming that there was no Jan. 6 this year.

 

A strip club in Las Vegas will begin offering coronavirus vaccinations later this week. They'll have Moderna and AstraZeneca, but just know their real names are Cynthia and Beth.

 

The CDC announced last week that fully vaccinated Americans no longer need to wear masks in most indoor or outdoor settings. "Oh my god, finally!" said unvaccinated Americans.

 

A new law in Utah went into effect yesterday that reduces the punishment for bigamy to essentially a traffic ticket. Which, as you know, is about $120 and one angry wife.