LOS ANGELES — Actor Vince Vaughn reportedly confirmed this week that late-night comedy has officially evolved into what insiders are calling “a fully accredited ideological course with occasional jokes,” sources have confirmed.
“It used to be about making fun of everybody,” Vaughn said.
“Now it’s like I accidentally signed up for a class called ‘Intro to Their Approved Thinking’ and I can’t drop it.”
Sources say modern late-night shows now follow a strict curriculum: opening monologue, applause cue, lecture, applause cue, reminder of acceptable opinions, and a closing segment where the audience is congratulated for “growing.”
“If you don’t clap, they just assume you’re failing,” one viewer said.
“If you’re a Republican, you automatically fail the class,” one viewer noted, “which is ironic since they’re the only ones not reading from the answer key.”
Network executives defended the shift, noting that comedy has simply become more “refined.”
“We still do jokes,” one executive explained.
“They’re just carefully designed so none of our “squad” are ever the punchline.”
Insiders say writers now spend less time crafting humor and more time ensuring every joke passes what they call “The Agreement Test,” where anything even slightly risky is immediately replaced with a safer, longer explanation.
“At one point someone suggested making fun of both sides,” a writer said.
“Security escorted him out.”
Meanwhile, Vaughn reportedly summed it up simply:
“I came here to laugh, not take notes.”
As of press time, late-night writers were reportedly finalizing jokes by checking whether Democrats would laugh—or just tell them what the joke is supposed to mean.
It’s all political. I remember I was watching Seth Myers and practically the entire show was about Donald Trump. Same as Jimmy Kimmel. Jimmy Fallon, does it too, but not for nearly as long. There’s way too much about politics and bashing the Republicans they need to take you from Johnny Carson read the room. It’s boring now.
I am not even a Republican. I am a Registered Democrat. I find late night TV unwatchable. Its not funny, its not entertaining, its not informative. It has become Activist TV ranting and spreading the CORRUPT ESTABLISHMENT FAKENEWS AGENDA. I am not a Trump supporter or Trump fan. He says and does a lot of irritating things. His TAX THE MIDDLE-CLASS TO DEATH & BIG OIL and DEFENSE CORPORATE WELFARE ARE TOP 1% THUGGERYand CORRUPT. But some of Trumps other policies are necessary.
I tuned into Jay Leno every night for years. Leno was neutral and an equal opportunity political joker, and funny, Fallon he takes plenty of shots at Trump but may be the only one who does not seem to spew HATEFUL negativity asshole themed monologues.
Anyone who has ever seen Sasha Baron Cohen, or hung out with his insane wife, ( as Vince Vaughn has, circa “ Wedding Crashers “ ) knows that humor is about making fun of everyone in every way, everywhere, all the time. It’s about “poking” the strange quirks we all have, and doing it in an incongruous way that we don’t see coming and naturally makes us ponder our own beliefs and perceptions about the subject of that humor.
Late night is NOT humor ! It’s not about all of us or the quirks we all share. It’s not done in an incongruous way that we don’t see coming. It doesn’t make us ponder. It’s about specifically targeted subclasses of us. It’s about “poking” us not our quirks. It’s about isolating us and it couldn’t be more transparent or easy to see coming. Most of all, rather than ponder, it attempts to seduce us to accept, commit too and spread a specifically engineered propagandist point of view about the subject of its supposed humor ! And, the way, if you don’t comply with all its demands and requirements prepare yourself to be part of one of its “censured” subclasses !
( Shit ! Late night humor sounds more like a cult than humor…
probably is ! )
It’s no surprise that these three DNC propaganda shows masquerading as comedy acts are filmed in NYC and LA; where they can be guaranteed that TDS obsessed liberals and lesbians will fill the audience seats. Why anyone would lose sleep to watch this banality is beyond me.
I stopped watching all late night so called comedy shoes 25 years ago.
I like comedy shoes.
I surely hope you find some!
Not one of the current late night comedy show host losers could fill the comedy shoes of Carson, Letterman or Leno ! ( I said losers… So Gutfeld is exempt ! )