How These Comedians Turned MAGA Men Into Laughingstocks

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🗓️ 24 December 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Rudy Giuliani tried really hard this year soil himself: the hair-in-the-can, the Russian agent pal, the presser by the sex shop, the buckets of conspiracy drool. But it wasn’t until he got caught red handed with Borat’s daughter that his reputation was smeared fully, finally, and forever. The hand-down-Rudy’s-pants incident was one of a whole bunch of different ways that political comedians rammed into Trumpworld in 2020. Matt Wilstein, The Daily Beast’s resident comedy guru, breaks down the highs and the lows with Molly Jong-Fast and Jesse Cannon on a special crossover episode of The Last Laugh and The New Abnormal podcasts. From Jordan Kleppler’s head-first dives into the maskless hordes at MAGA rallies to the viral impressionists who took over your Twitter feeds, Matt, Molly, and Jesse break down the funniest moments, and answer some of the biggest questions as we finally leave this hell year behind: What does Sarah Cooper do if she can’t channel Trump? How did Balire Erskine manage to become Tiffany Trump’s bestie? How does Kleppler prep to make unintentional comedy with MAGAmen? What was up with Jim Carrey’s impression of Joe Biden? Was Saturday Night Live ever really funny? Ever? For more great political comedy, listen to The Daily Beast's The Last Laugh podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi folks, it's Rick Wilson and welcome to the Daily Beasts, the new abnormal.
0:04.6	Hi, I'm Molly Zhangfast, a left-wing pundit and editor at large at the Daily Beast.
0:09.7	I'm also an editor at the Daily Beast, a former Republican political strategist, best-selling
0:14.1	author and full-time troublemaker.
0:16.2	We're here to have fun, sharp conversations with some of the smartest people in media,
0:19.9	politics, business and science that help make what's happening in the country and the world
0:24.9	clear.
0:25.9	We try to keep Rick to the minimum number of F-bombs and try to keep our kids, pets and
0:31.8	other wildlife sounds from invading our respective bunkers.
0:35.5	Matt Willstein is the senior writer for the Daily Beast covering the interception between
0:39.8	politics and pop culture as well as the host of the Daily Beast, the last laugh podcast.
0:46.3	Hi Matt Willstein.
0:47.3	Hi Molly, how's it going?
0:49.5	You know, trying not to die, it's good.
0:52.8	Can I say that on the podcast?
0:53.8	Yes, I can say that on the podcast.
0:55.8	We're all trying not to die.
0:57.4	Yes.
0:58.4	Everyone's trying not to die every day.
1:00.2	That's right, that's what it's all about.
1:01.6	So talk to me about political comedy.
1:04.2	Well, it's been a year, hasn't it?
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