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The Onion and Colbert Going Live After Trump’s First Address to Congress

February 28, 2017

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Tonight, President Trump will address Congress for the first time and as Trump appearing on anything is as unpredictable as a sporting event, there will be live commentary.

Specifically, there will be:

The Onion Presents Trump’s Address to Congress 6PM PST on Fusion
A special live edition of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 11:35PM

So, you’ll have in-game color commentary as well as post-game wrap-up of what’s very likely be a bunch of things that Trump will say that make you bury your face in your hands while sighing heavily and cursing.

Veep Made a Real Campaign Site and Campaign Videos for Jonah Ryan

June 1, 2016

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*Spoiler Alert*: Veep’s Jonah Ryan is attempting to make out on his own, finally, and running for Congress in the show.

Thankfully, the wonderful people at Veep made an actual campaign site complete with campaign ads that really show the top shelf buffoonery of Jonah, as exemplified in the above picture that’s on the site, that’s masterfully played by Timothy Simons.

Visit JonahRyanforCongress.com and please thoroughly enjoy how awesomely bad each and every one of these ads are.

Inside Amy Schumer Shows Congressmen Taking the Place of an OB/GYN Because Mostly Men Are Still Legislating Women’s Bodies

April 27, 2016

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Even in 2016, many issues regarding the health of women are still largely being decided by male politicians who are far from being experts on women’s bodies.

This latest season of Inside Amy Schumer decided to juxtapose an OB/GYN visit with that reality in order to show how unbelievably ridiculous that is.

Per usual, they nail the absurdity of the matter on the head and keep driving it further and further.

Sen. Al Franken Talks Using a Bit of Comedy To Combat Gridlock in Congress on The Daily Show

June 24, 2015

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Though Sen. Al Franken has been a senator for quite some time now, it’s still kind of crazy to think of how he has made the transition from a comedian that was on SNL to being a veteran lawmaker.

Yet, he has done just that.

Watch his chat with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show showing how he has put his background in comedy to good use in making an overall better work environment in The Senate for both sides of the aisle as well as getting a good laugh.

Here’s the extended interview parts one and two.

Lewis Black on The Tonight Show

May 4, 2014

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Lewis Black was on The Tonight Show this week and gave us all some great perspective on Congress as well as some tips on colonoscopies. Of course, there’s Black’s trademark rage to enjoy as well.

Watch his set here.