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Bluejay
Bluejay
Mon, May 15, 2017 4:49pm

Constitutional crises tend to bring out the best in satire. At least until they start arresting the satirists.

Trevor Noah is on top of his game these days as well. I think he’s even funnier — looser, sharper — in his “between the scenes” banter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd9GEQkJLqQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LUNq03VnEg

Danielm80
Danielm80
reply to  Bluejay
Mon, May 15, 2017 5:29pm

The sad part is that in the first clip, he’s not even making jokes, he’s just describing the situation with perfect accuracy.