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Some of the most interesting stuff on late night this week wasnt particularly funny.

to the point that I never saw what the CDC said were actually allowed to do.
The piece barely tried for jokes, but that wasnt the point.
The point was he talked about something that has seemed completely off-limits in late-night comedy for decades.
It was as earnest as aConansegment can get.
Still, the majority of late night was joke-focused this week.
Seth Meyerss Mitt Romney Fanfic
Late night has been transfixed with theLiz Cheney oustersince it began last week.
Would that world be more interesting than the one were currently trapped in?
One Minute of Ziwe and Fran
Ziwe Fumudohs new Showtime half-hour showdoes not yet have its own YouTube channel.
It would be higher on this list if one could post the whole thing.
3.Full FrontalAsks: Swords?
Full Frontal With Samantha Beededicated its May 11 episode to pushing for gun control.
But then a left-field appeal was made: What about swords?
How much better would life be if we all carried/fetishized swords the way the NRA does with guns today?
The Mothers Day memes would be infinitely danker.
On the one hand, she sings beautifully and clearly has fun doing these routines.
On the other hand, Peacock seems to mix her backing tracks out of a childs Casio keyboard.
Even the shows intro song sounds muffled.
Ruffins vocals were very live, and the backing track was very filtered.
section earlier in the monologue.
But you might also just laugh in some dummies faces that works, too.
Klepper laughed in the faces of an audit liaison and a volunteer, something they did not appreciate.
But sometimes the only thing you might do is laugh.
Like, for example, when ballots are being inspected for bamboo because something-something China.
Klepper brought back a classicDaily Showlaughing-at-rubes field piece.
Welcome back, America.