Photo: Jimmy Kimmel Live via YouTube
Before we get into the thick of things, we need to talk about the press tour for Now You See Me: Now You Don’t. First of all, this should have been the name for the second movie, and this one should be called Now You Three Me. But more pertinent to this column is that, so far, only Jesse Eisenberg has done a magic trick on a talk show. h cold-read Jimmy Fallonand it was fun. But shouldn’t they all be doing this? We need the razzle-dazzle for late night! Isla Fisher’s big magic trick on Late Night With Seth Meyers was coining the phrase “Wet Dave” when talking about how hot she finds a submerged and/or soaking Dave Franco. She said it a lot. When you’re on late-night TV, you’re essentially a dog performing a trick. We’re going to clap for you, but first, you need to spin around in a little circle or wear a hat or something. So with that in mind, here were the best performing pooches on late night this week.
Remember when The Late Show With Stephen Colbert pitched doing a bit on Gaza to Zohran Mamdani? In fairness to that team, the people trying to “get” Mamdani on Gaza are doing so in bad faith, so it does sort of make sense to offer some bad faith in return. What struck me the most about Mamdani’s talk with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show was that he had enough time to talk serious business up top that he felt free to do bits at the end of the interview. That’s a function of time, yes, but also of how good of an interviewer Stewart is. He’s a real interlocutor, meeting people where they’re at and setting up questions to get the point across. Like Stewart’s talk with Bernie Sanders last weekthis was a real meeting of the minds.
Someone get Billy Zane — it’s a walk-off. Sarah Paulson taught Stephen Colbert how to be a runway model, and Colbert was an apt pupil. He is such a gifted physical comedian. For what it is Strangers With Candy if not an early progenitor of the current alt-comedy clown scene? I hope whatever he does next has dance in it. Plus, Paulson and Colbert so clearly enjoy each other’s company; it’s just nice to hang out with them. I could listen to Paulson explain movie nights with Kim Kardashian all day.
Ethan Hawke did a little sketch! Good for him. Sometimes Late Night With Seth Meyers feels like the last bastion of weird little sketches on late night. It carries the torch for Letterman and Conan in that way. But it’s rare that the guest gets involved. Hawke and Meyers did a bit where the former was trying to rehearse a scene for an upcoming play. At first, it seems like normal chat-show stuff, but slowly the realization dawns: We’re doing a full-on sketch, folks. What a treat to be tricked thusly.
Speaking of tricks, what is Marjorie Taylor Greene up to? She’s been going against the MAGA party line on things like the shutdown and health care. It’s weird, right? Feels like some sort of long con. The Daily Show and Desi Lydic had the best angle on MTG’s shenanigans this week and how destabilizing it is to find yourself agreeing with a woman who may or may not believe Jewish people control the weather. Shout-out to Troy Iwata for his Invasion of the Body Snatchers-esque supporting performance.
Jimmy Kimmel wants to set up an IQ-off between President Trump and either AOC or Jasmine Crockett. His weeklong quest got bigger and bigger, culminating with Representative Crockett appearing on the show. Lord knows she’s got time to kill. It’s the pugnacious, provoking radio-stunt nonsense Kimmel does best. Sure, his game of basketball with Ted Cruz didn’t go as we’d hoped, but at least it happened. Kimmel operates at peak performance when he has the bullshit-artist air of a fight promoter. This cognitive-test cage match won’t happen, but at least we now know Jasmine Crockett can identify an elephant.
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