Jimmy Kimmel: “Now I think he might be an alien trying to convince us he’s a human being. I have never personally heard anyone call a basketball hoop a ‘ring,’ but maybe that’s just me.”
Parody of ‘The War Room’ Planned
Fred Armisen and his former “Saturday Night Live” colleagues Bill Hader and Seth Meyers are planning a parody of the classic political documentary The War Room, called “The Bunker,” for cable channel IFC this fall, Politico reports.
The Case for John Kasich
Jimmy Kimmel offers a possible ad for Gov. John Kasich to use in the remaining Republican primaries.
Joe Biden Had a Good Ted Cruz Joke
The Washington Post reports Vice President Joe Biden poked fun at Sen. Ted Cruz as the Gridiron Dinner:
“An inspiration to every kid in America who worries that he’ll never be able to run for president because nobody likes him. He’s running. And look, I told Barack, if you really, really want to remake the Supreme Court, nominate Cruz. Before you know it, you’ll have eight vacancies.”
Trump Confounds Late Night Comics
New York Times: “His style has rendered him, weirdly, almost comedy-proof. Election parodies traditionally exaggerate candidates. But Mr. Trump exaggerates himself — he’s the frilled lizard of politics, inflating his self-presentation to appear ever larger. Satire exposes candidates’ contradictions and absurdities. But Mr. Trump blows past those, while his supporters cheer.”
“Whatever anyone thought of Mr. Trump as a candidate, the consensus was that he would be a one-man stimulus program for comedians. He’s given them plenty of material, but little of it has stuck. As Mr. Trump has defied conventional politics and confounded conventional pundits, so has he frustrated conventional satire.”
Politico: Trump to phone in to Late Night with Stephen Colbert
Bernie Can’t Be The Only Candidate With An Ice Cream
Stephen Colbert corrects the “ice cream equal time rule” by introducing flavors for the other candidates.
Stephen Colbert Speaks ‘Palin-ese’
After tasing the part of his brain that understands sentence structure, Stephen Colbert delivered his own presidential endorsement speech in “Palin-ese.”
SNL on the GOP Debate
Saturday Night Live opened with the Republican presidential debate.
‘Winners Aren’t Losers’
Jimmy Kimmel is the ghost writer for a new Dr. Suess-style children’s book for Donald Trump.
A sample: “Winners do deals and winners get rich / While sad little losers just sit there and bitch.”
Will Ferrell Returns as George W. Bush
“You got to admit it’s a pretty good plot twist that I turned out out to be the smart one.”
Donald Trump Hosts ‘Saturday Night Live’
Donald Trump’s “highly touted and almost certainly inappropriate hosting gig on NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ turned out to be an anemic and halfhearted dud,” the Washington Post reports.
New York Times: “Mr. Trump, a man famed for his self-aggrandizing ways, seemed to relish the chance to show that he could take a joke — a point that he made explicitly in his opening monologue as host on the NBC show. But it was a stilted and sometimes unfunny performance, suggesting Mr. Trump is most at ease when hosting his own, seemingly never-ending TV show, rather than appearing as a guest host on somebody else’s.”
Debate Reactions, Before It Happened
Jimmy Kimmel asked people on Monday what they thought of the Democratic debate that wouldn’t occur until Tuesday.
All Eyes on Bitter Chafee-Webb Rivalry
Andy Borowitz: “When the curtain rises on the first Democratic debate of the 2016 campaign, all eyes will be on the bitter rivalry between the former Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee and the former Virginia senator Jim Webb. While both camps are mum about the vicious hatred that has consumed the two men on the campaign trail, political insiders familiar with the Chafee-Webb blood feud are expecting fireworks in Las Vegas on Tuesday night.”
Trump Interviews Trump
Before his interview with Jimmy Fallon, Donald Trump interviews his “reflection” in the mirror.
Why Jon Stewart Is Sticking Around
Jon Stewart almost quit his show early but changed his mind when Donald Trump officially filed paperwork to run for president.
The ‘H’ Is for Hillary
Jimmy Kimmel gets people’s reactions to fake Hillary Clinton campaign logos.
Clinton Prepares to Announce
Saturday Night Live offered a behind-the-scenes look at Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign announcement.
Quote of the Day
“Over the past few months, my administration has received a lot of recognition for our bipartisan approach to governance. It seems to me that approach is something that is desperately lacking in Washington, D.C. So after much encouragement and reflection, I’ve come to the decision today to announce my candidacy for the president of the United States.”
— Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), quoted by the Baltimore Sun, before noting it was April Fool’s Day.
Politico: Pols celebrate April Fools’ Day with terrible, terrible jokes
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