Late Night Comedy Highlights: The Happiest Boy in the Hospital

Welcome to the Late Night Roundup, providing a summary of the previous evening’s notable comedic moments.

‘The Happiest Boy in the Hospital’

Senator Mitch McConnell recently shared a photo from a rehabilitation center, confirming his well-being after remaining silent for weeks. On Monday’s episode of ‘The Daily Show,’ Jon Stewart humorously commented on McConnell’s appearance in the photo: ‘totally believable evidence that Mitch McConnell is not only alive, but the happiest boy in the hospital.’

“That’s the smile of a Make-a-Wish kid whose wish was that everyone else in the hospital lost their health insurance due to his policies.” — Jon Stewart

Guest host Ike Barinholtz on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ quipped, “First of all, thank God he’s still hot as hell.”

Jimmy Fallon added, “Yeah, nothing says perfect health like having someone hold you up when you’re already sitting. Looks like a husband-and-wife ventriloquist act.”

Barinholtz also extended genuine well wishes, saying, “I hope you get the quality health care you’ve fought so hard to deny everyone else.”

The Punchiest Punchlines (Stages of Grief Edition)

“Now, a lot of you may be wondering, as I was, how did Lindsey Graham die before Mitch McConnell?” — Jon Stewart

Ike Barinholtz commented on the mixed weekend news: “What a crazy weekend. Mitch McConnell is alive, Lindsey Graham is dead. There’s so many opportunities to get Jimmy’s show pulled off the air again.”

Seth Meyers noted President Trump’s reaction in an interview with ‘Fox and Friends,’ recalling Trump’s remark that Senator Lindsey Graham often called him, adding, “I’d say, ‘Stop calling me, Lindsey.’”

“[Imitating Trump] I’ll never forget the way that I always let him go to voicemail. It was our thing.” — Jon Stewart

Stewart humorously reflected on Trump’s grief process: “Well, I think the president has zoomed through the first five stages of grief and gone straight to number six: [expletive] that guy.”

Barinholtz elaborated on the grief process: “We all grieve in different ways. You know, there are stages to grief — it’s denial, anger, spacing out, pissing yourself, forgetting what you were talking about, then changing the subject completely. It’s a process.”

The Bits Worth Watching

On Monday’s ‘Tonight Show,’ English singer-songwriter Sienna Spiro performed ‘Great Expectation’ from her debut album, ‘Visitor.’

What We’re Excited About on Tuesday Night

Molly Shannon, starring in ‘The Hawk,’ is scheduled to appear on Tuesday’s ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers.’

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