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Late Night Roundup: The Trump Circus

Late Night Roundup: The Trump Circus

The Daily Show‘s Jordan Klepper figured out exactly what Donald Trump’s campaign is: It’s literally a circus. And so Jordan went to a Trump rally in New Hampshire, featuring boisterous crowds of fans, reality-TV stars, and a big-talking ringmaster at the center of it. “A memory that will last for — possibly four years. God help us all.”

Larry Wilmore looked at the latest developments in Flint, Michigan, with the effort by citizens of Michigan to recall Gov. Rick Snyder — only to see some of the petitions rejected by the state for spelling and grammatical errors. “Hold on, the water is filled with poisonous particles — and you’re concerned about dangling participles? ‘For crimes against humanity, knowingly poisoning the people of Flint, the citizens demand the immediate resignation of the governor, who we must hold responsible.’ ‘Who?’ I believe in this case it should be whom! The murderer stays!”

And on a better note, Conan O’Brien sat down with the legendary Carl Reiner, who told stories about his service in World War II, where even then he became a performer to entertain his fellow troops throughout the South Pacific. Carl summed it up, to great applause: “I must say, I killed.”

Late Night Roundup: ‘Ferguson Fatigue’

Late Night Roundup: ‘Ferguson Fatigue’

Larry Wilmore looked at the recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, one year after the police shooting death of African-American teenager Michael Brown — and how everything is still the same.

“Okay, for those of you playing along at home, let’s just sum this up real quick: Police acted up, people protested, government took action, police ignored it, people are protesting again. Or as black people call it — summertime.”

Larry also discussed how much progress has occurred, in a segment called “Look How Far We’ve Come” with The Nightly Show contributor Mike Yard. The verdict from Mike: “We’re f#@$ed, Larry.”

Conan O’Brien also discussed the long running issues of police brutality with rapper Ice Cube, who is promoting the Straight Outta Compton biographical movie about rap group N.W.A.

Seth Meyers talked with Anderson Cooper about what it’s like to make an enemy of Donald Trump — who will instantly tweet an insult about you, at the moment you end up in the news again. Seth explained: “The thing he always says about me is that I have marbles in my mouth — which is so great, because it’s something like a 1950s bully would say.”

James Corden sat down with the legendary Carl Reiner — and was actually embarrassed to find out that Carl likes to share YouTube videos of James’ show to Mel Brooks.

James also sat down with comedian Marc Maron, who talked about what it was like to interview President Obama in his garage — and all of the elaborate Secret Service preparations that went on in his neighborhood.