Funnies: Teabagging, Taxes and Gay Marriage
A look at the best in late-night political comedy.
April 19, 2009 — -- Here's a roundup of the late-night comics.
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Jimmy Kimmel [regarding "tea party" protests]: Because nothing shakes a politician up like a complimentary bag of tea.
The Tonight Show
Jay Leno: President Obama should get a big refund here ... a lot of dependants: AIG, Citibank, Morgan Stanley. All dependents.
Late Night
Jimmy Fallon: The [White House] dog arrived just in time, because Sasha and Malia were getting tired of throwing Frisbees at Joe Biden.
The Daily Show
News video clip: That's what a million bags of tea looks like.
Jon Stewart: Let me get this straight, to protest wasteful spending, you bought a million tea bags. Are you protesting taxes or irony?
The Colbert Report
Steven Colbert: Today, Gov. David Paterson [of New York] introduced legislation to legalize gay marriage in my state. New York can't handle a flood of gay marriage. As it is, it's impossible to get a wedding announcement in the Times.
The Tonight Show
Jay Leno: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States is now ready to talk to Cuba. You know what that means? Apparently, we are already interviewing replacements for Texas. That's unbelievable!