{"id":1562158,"date":"2022-07-20T06:30:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T10:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1562158"},"modified":"2022-07-20T07:05:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T11:05:30","slug":"late-night-sea-change-colbert-rips-biden-over-saudi-trip-and-age-fallon-now-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/late-night-sea-change-colbert-rips-biden-over-saudi-trip-and-age-fallon-now-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Night Sea Change: Colbert Rips Biden over Saudi Trip &#8212; And Age &#8211; Fallon Now Too?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flate-night-sea-change-colbert-rips-biden-over-saudi-trip-and-age-fallon-now-too%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1562158&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Has Joe Biden become so unpopular that late-night comics might actually move away from their clapter production and start being funny again? Bill Maher made this transition months ago, but the rest of the late-night comics have been as loathe to target Biden for pointed political jokes as they were with Barack Obama. Or so it has seemed, anyway; late-night TV comedy has been pointless for well over a decade as it went from being funny to being didactic.<\/p>\n<p>However, it appears that Joe Biden\u2019s infamous fist-bump with Mohammed Bin Salman shook loose some ancient instincts on CBS\u2019\u00a0<em>Late Night<\/em>. In his monoloue last night, Stephen Colbert blasted Biden for meeting with MBS, for his age, and for his hypocrisy over gas prices. It\u2019s almost as if \u2014\u00a0<em>gasp<\/em> \u2014 Colbert decided to speak truth to power, or something!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Colbert: The Crown Prince Is Infamously a \u2018Murderer\u2019 But on the Other Hand, Gas Is Five Bucks a Gallon <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pi4JuVQKoZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Pi4JuVQKoZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandra Datig | Front Page Index \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@alexdatig) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexdatig\/status\/1549282361006624768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitchy.com\/gregp-3534\/2022\/07\/19\/stephen-colbert-mocks-bidens-age-during-his-meeting-with-mohammed-bin-salman-changes-his-tune-on-gas-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitchy\u2019s Greg P<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Switching over to the guy who actually won the election. President Biden was on a trip to the Middle East last week, where he had a bit of a controversial meeting with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman, seen here saying, \u201cno, you drink York tea first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This was always going to be a touchy trip because the Crown Prince is infamously and I\u2019m putting it delicately here, a murderer. But on the other hand, gas is $5 a gallon. So nah. So it was important that Biden put a lot of thought into how he would greet MBS. This was the decision.<\/p>\n<p>OK, he got out of the car, approaching Mr. Bonesaw, and boom go the ethics. Can we see that from another angle, Jim? Okay.<\/p>\n<p>Bang. There it is. Maybe that\u2019s not a fist bump, maybe at 79 that\u2019s as hard as Joe can punch. Throw them dukes out, Mohammed Bin Jack band. Okay, here we go. Here comes [\u2026]. Here we go. Watch this one.<\/p>\n<p>Here it comes. Where\u2019s it coming from? Where\u2019s it going? You blocked me. The guy\u2019s fast.<\/p>\n<p>Okay? I hope they have some air conditioning over there because his bones are made of peanut brittle. Okay, I know I\u2019ve made a lot of jokes about Joe being old, but in my defense, since I made those jokes, he has gotten even older. That\u2019s on him. That\u2019s not me.<\/p>\n<p>There is something older than Joe Biden. It\u2019s the universe. Thank you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Don\u2019t get\u00a0<em>too<\/em> excited. That\u2019s 110 seconds out of one five-minute monologue, one of an estimated 130 monologues or so. That comes to roughly 39,000 seconds of 2022 Colbert monologue time as an estimate, which puts this sharp attack at about 0.28% of Colbert\u2019s focus in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Still, this seems like it\u00a0<em>could<\/em> signal a sea change among television comics. Samantha Bee will never abandon her angry clapter strategy, but the others have to look at Biden\u2019s collapsing ratings on both job approval\u00a0<em>and<\/em> personal favorability and wonder if they\u2019re missing the boat. Jimmy Kimmel just got caught <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/ed-morrissey\/2022\/06\/09\/biden-were-doing-great-we-just-dont-um-communicate-major-things-or-something-n475019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dragging a nearly incoherent Biden across the finish line<\/a> on his late-night show five weeks ago or so rather than use his comic skills to address what everyone else already sees. Colbert\u2019s sudden opening \u2014 and the fact that Maher has been doing this for months already \u2014 could put pressure on other comics to finally follow suit.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d advise against betting that way for now, of course. But just as the Afghanistan fiasco turned into a tipping point for voters eleven months ago, it\u2019s possible that the fist bump with MBS could push late-night comics into recognizing reality rather than ignoring it almost completely.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/fallon-jabs-at-biden-amid-fauci-retirement-news-anything-youd-like-to-announce-too\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hmmmmmmmm<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fallon on Fauci saying he&#8217;ll retire: &#8220;Everyone&#8221; is hoping Biden announces his retirement next <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U9ooyB0LKq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/U9ooyB0LKq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1549373352204181507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden held the controversial meeting with the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, but the real controversy was that Biden greeted him with a fist bump,\u201d [Jimmy] Fallon said. \u201cBiden said that wasn\u2019t a fist bump. That was me trying to punch him as hard as I could. Not a great look, it\u2019s like a greeting Putin with a chest bump and a bro hug.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile, I read that Dr. Fauci said that he plans to retire by the end of President Biden\u2019s term. And then everyone turned to Biden. Like, \u2018Is there anything you\u2019d like to announce too?\u2019\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has Joe Biden become so unpopular that late-night comics might actually move away from their clapter production and start being funny again? 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