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Late Night Roundup: No More Whitewashing In Whitesboro!

Late Night Roundup: No More Whitewashing In Whitesboro!

The Daily Show aired a special report, revealing the secret role that the show played in addressing the controversy over the racist-looking official seal of the Village of Whitesboro, New York, which appears to show a white man choking a Native American. And as a bonus, Jessica Williams had some special news: The town is going to change the seal!

Larry Wilmore tore Sarah Palin apart, for her declaration that her son’s arrest for domestic violence was President Obama’s fault for not sufficiently respecting the troops. “You can’t just crawl out of your frozen eatin’-bull@#$t shack once every election cycle, just so you can become nauseatingly relevant, and spew recycled partisan crazy sauce over everybody — and then use an issue as serious as PTSD, let alone pimp out your own son and problems.””

Seth Meyers talked about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan: “The water was so bad, it caused car parts to rust — and yet they let human beings keep drinking it. When it comes to poison, everyone knows the human body is more durable than a Chevy Cruise.”

Stephen Colbert looked at Trump’s pandering to religious voters.

“Conan O’Brien: “After her rambling endorsement of Donald Trump, Sarah Palin failed to show up at a Trump campaign event. Palin apologized and said, ‘I was fresh out of nonsense.'”

Late Night Roundup: ‘Back To The Future Day’ — Great Scott!

Late Night Roundup: ‘Back To The Future Day’ — Great Scott!

Jimmy Kimmel celebrated “Back to the Future Day” — with a surprise visit from none other than the real Marty McFly and Doc Brown!

Thing is, Jimmy had to explain to them why there are no flying cars or peace in the Middle East — and they also talked about the threat of their great adversary “who became a a rich, evil and megalomaniacal casino owner and ruined the world.” But at least he was able to get in a selfie with these two cultural legends.

Jimmy also sat down with Bernie Sanders, who made his case for why he really would be electable:

Larry Wilmore looked at all the hype that CNN put into the run-up to Joe Biden’s announcement on Wednesday, and all their heated speculation of what he might say: “Why don’t you just wait five f@#$ing minutes?!”

Trevor Noah and Jessica Williams examined Paul Ryan’s demands of House Republicans, if they want him to become Speaker of the House:

And Conan O’Brien put forward another possible candidate for speaker: Andy Richter. “He’s a white male form the Midwest; he looks Christian; he’s comfortable behind a lectern; and he has a closet full of mildly ill-fitting suits.”

Late Night Roundup: Paul Ryan Got ‘Playboy’d’

Late Night Roundup: Paul Ryan Got ‘Playboy’d’

Trevor Noah examined the sheer dysfunction going on in the House of Representatives, as no Republican seems to even want to become the new speaker — and how even Paul Ryan isn’t good enough for right-wingers who are now calling him a communist.

The Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams explained the problem: “Paul Ryan is getting Playboy‘d”: With all the sleazy right-wing sites on the Internet, there’s nothing he can really do to keep up with them — and what’s even worse, conservatives can’t possibly be satisfied anymore from any real-life act of governance. And while she was it, she explained the similarities between modern right-wing politics and pornography.

James Corden highlighted the news that Playboy will no longer publish nude photos — which got him listing all the places you can still find a picture of a naked woman.

Larry Wilmore and Holly Walker looked at the controversy over the pirate ship toy set that appears to depict a slave.

Jimmy Fallon listed the “Pros and Cons” of watching the first Democratic debate.

Late Night Roundup: ‘A Pap Smear Campaign’

Late Night Roundup: ‘A Pap Smear Campaign’

Larry Wilmore looked at the political fight over Planned Parenthood: “Another failed attempt to defund Planned Parenthood by the right? This is the eighth vote to defund them in eight years — two more, and they get a free breast exam taken away from a low-income woman!”

Larry also lambasted the willful lack of nuance, context, or facts in the anti-Planned Parenthood campaign — such as refusing to discuss the key information on medical research — and he coined a new phrase for what’s going on: “That’s why I’m calling this Planned Parenthood attack for exactly what it is — it’s a Pap smear campaign. It is, I’m sorry, but it is, that’s exactly what it is. And in a Pap smear campaign, people don’t care about facts. So these attacks don’t seem to be revealing any illegal activity. Instead, they’re shaming women, their health practitioners, and doctors.”

Larry also teamed up with the rest of The Nightly Show crew — Holly Walker, Robin Thede, and even Mike Yard — to show the makeshift substitutes procedures that women will need if their health services all get defunded.

Over at The Daily Show, Jon Stewart and Jessica Williams looked back at the crazy people the show has interviewed over the years, who seem so amazingly willing to say outrageous stuff. “They are real, and they do know who we are,” Jessica explained, “and they don’t care, because we bring a camera with us.” And after working on an update segment, Jessica even found that they’re still happy to keep on talking.

Conan O’Brien was looking forward to Thursday night’s Republican debate: “Just like Celebrity Apprentice, you’ll see Donald Trump on TV yelling at people you barely recognize.”

Jimmy Fallon and The Roots band all got specially heckled — by the legendary Don Rickles.