Late Night With Seth Meyers: Seth Bombs His Audience

"Donald Trump Takes Cognitive Test, Goes on Lavish Asia Trip: Late Night News of the Week"

Source:Late Night With Seth Meyers talking about his favorite comedic target, again!

From Late Night With Seth Meyers

So either Late Night With Seth Meyers had a light audience when this segment was produced, (perhaps Seth was just delivering his monologue in front of his closest family members and people he paid to show up) or this wasn't very good. Because just from the reactions to his material here and to a certain extent from Seth trying to deliver it, it didn't go very well. 

Seth Meyers even had a joke about New Jersey and tanning salons. Unless you ae from the Tri-State region, how are you supposed to pick that 1 up? 

And a joke about Donald Trump (who is from Queens, New York) and what he might do if the Philadelphia Eagles win the Super Bowl, instead of the New York Giants. I mean this could've been a local access TV, standup comedy show or something, where only the local convention of insomniacs, are even able to watch it. And those are just the insomniacs who are trying to get some sleep. "(Hey, maybe Seth Meyers will bomb again tonight and we can finally get some sleep) 

And even though The King of Late Night Johnny Carson isn't 1 of Seth Meyers direct predecessors, (that would be Conan O'Brian and David Letterman on Late Night) I think Meyers could've used a little Carson comedic magic and timing here when his jokes felled faster than bricks being thrown out of he 2nd floor of a house. 

Johnny Carson was a pretty good standup comedian, but he didn't make it his career. He started off as a magician and got into music, I think he even had a game show at 1 point, before getting into talk TV where his producers noticed that he had an excellent sense of humor, which eventually led to The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson in the early 1960s. 

I'm just telling you this because I want to see how many people I can send to the nearest bridge to jump off of, so they'll finally be spared of having to hear me talk about this anymore. But the other reason I'm telling you this, is since Carson wasn't a professional standup comedian, (at least not full-time) he delivered his share of bad monologues. But his comedic timing was so spot on and powerful, that he could make his bad jokes sound funny based on how he would react to how his audience would react to his bad jokes. (Now I'm dizzy. But the blog post must go on) 

So when Johnny Carson's monologue would die faster than fish without water, in the middle of a desert, he would pretend his microphone wasn't working, or say something like: 

"Attention, K-Mart shoppers!" Which was his way of lightly making fun of his audience. Any Gen-Xer who sees this, will no what the K-Mart joke is about. 

Carson had a bad Valentine's Day monologue 1 year and he handled that by saying: 

"Look, I want you to be kind to me tonight. One massacre on this date was enough".

Another night where Carson delivered a bad monologue and was tired of sounding like a priest delivering a speech at a funeral, (even a comedic priest) he said: 

"That's it, folks — I've got nothing," to end his monologue for that show. 

You can find these Johnny Carson references on Google

But with Seth Meyers, he's like 1 of those U.S. Senators who gives a filibuster speech and simply runs out of material and gets tired of being the only person in the chamber (other than the presiding officer and the stenographer) and starts telling jokes on the floor, so he doesn't have to give up the floor. He just goes on and on, when a little comedic self-awareness would've been more appropriate. 

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Jackie Collins: Jackie Collins Talks Lady Boss & The Power of Women

"In this rare television interview from the early 1990s, Jackie Collins discusses her smash-hit novel Lady Boss, the latest installment in her beloved Santangelo series. With her signature wit, charm, and Hollywood sparkle, Jackie opens up about creating powerful female characters, the inspiration behind Lucky Santangelo, and why she believed women could — and should — rule their own worlds.

Blending glamour, humor, and fearless honesty, Jackie Collins reminds viewers exactly why she became one of the world’s best-selling authors and an enduring voice for female confidence and independence.

Bold. Brilliant. Unapologetically Jackie."

Source:Jackie Collins & Oprah Winfrey in 1990.

From Jackie Collins

I'll get to what Jackie Collins was talking about with Oprah Winfrey back in 1990, (which feels like 35 years ago... for some reason) but first I want to share a different perspective, which will lead into what these 2 women were talking about. 

So there are 3 types of women in American society and pop culture, from what I see. And these 3 tittles all have their own sub-roles in them. But there are: 

Gold diggers: a woman who becomes or tries to become romantically involved with a rich man in order to get money and gifts from him.

Trad wife: the Phyllis Schlafly ideal for a woman and wife. Even though Phyllis Schlafly argued in the 2nd half of her adult life that the role for American women was to "stand by their man" and be 100% loyal to him and raise their kids and even be subservient to their man and never work out of the home and earn their own money. Mrs. Sclafly had her own professional career as a political activist, author, and columnist, from the time she was 39-40 in the mid-1960s, up until she died in 2016. But the woman she talked about, was sort of the opposite of what she was. Her ideal American woman, was a trad wife, who had zero professional ambition, whatsoever. 

And then the women that Jackie Collies and Oprah Winfrey were talking about, which is essentially the independent women. Not necessarily women who try to have it all. But women who are independent of everyone else, especially men. Women who have their own careers and make their own financial and professional decisions. And some of these women get married and have children with their husbands. And some independent women never even get married or have kinds. But they always have complete control over their own lives. And the independent women was made popular in American pop culture with action shows like Police Woman and Charlie's Angels in the 1970s and 80s. 

Now me personally, the only kind of woman that I would want to get involved with romantically and sexually, would be the independent woman. Now there's a downside there as well. Some of these women are not just independent, but are very judgemental to the point that they are not independent, but they think they should rule the world. And men are just pigs and the biggest idiots in the world (not just physically) to the point, that they're not qualified to decide how they should dress in public and what they should eat. Sort of the straight women's version of the prick. 

But on the upside, independent woman tend to be educated, they're intelligent, tend to be attractive, (especially if they're straight) and you probably won't be financially obligated to them, if the marriage doesn't work out. Especially if you have a good prenuptial agreement with them. 

Gold diggers can be fun... just as long as the man knows what they're getting into. And doesn't marry their plaything, because that woman probably wouldn't sign any prenuptial that wouldn't leave her with most of her husband's wealth and property. 

The trad wife? Out of the question, for me. I mean, if you are married to a woman like that, especially if you get married while you are both fairly young and that marriage goes 20 years, (give or take) you might end up being financially responsible for your ex-wife for the rest of her life, unless she gets remarried. Because she hasn't worked out of the home for a long time. Maybe she didn't have a real career or even a college degree before you were married. It could be like taking care of 1 of your kids who never grows up.

But Jackie and Oprah were talking about what the R&B group Destiny Child's and the movie Charlie's Angels (2000) made popular 10 years after this interview... the independent woman. Women who are just as qualified and able to take care of themselves, as men and in some cases do it better. And those women I can at least respect for that. 

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Tim Miller: Marjorie Taylor Greene Turns On Mike Johnson?

"Tim Miller joins MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle to take on the House taking five weeks off during a government shutdown to the absurd “autopen investigation” that’s distracting from the Epstein files. He calls out MAGA lawmakers for pretending to be populists while their trade wars hammer farmers and consumers, and reacts to Steve Bannon’s bizarre talk of a Trump third term." 

Source:The Bulwark Tim Miller talking to Stephi Baby Ruhle about ex-Crazy Baby Marjorie T. Greene.

From The Bulwark

As Fred Schneider wrote about U.S. Representative Marjorie T. Greene 3 weeks ago: 

"But for someone like a Marjorie Taylor Greene to ever be able to represent anything other than a gerrymandered, MAGA district, in rural Georgia, to getting elected in a big, diverse state like Georgia, (11 million people) she is going to have to drop her political escaped mental patient routine and sound and act like a mainstream Republican. You know, like a Conservative (for example) and be able to compete in the parts of Georgia where most of its residents live, which is the Atlanta metro area and the big counties there, as well as Savannah.  The parts of Georgia that are very urban and suburban, even blue. 

Georgia is not Mississippi. (Duh!!!) You can't win statewide in Georgia as a Republican, with just Anglo-Saxon-Protestant, blue-collar, rural voters. You have to compete and win in the cities as well. This is what Marjorie Taylor Green's call to political sanity campaign is really about: her winning Georgia." 

From The New Democrat

I'm not going to say something like: 

"You know there's something rotten in Denmark, when even Marjorie Taylor Greene can sound like a mature, responsible, sane, and even intelligent politician".

Or, something like 

"It's official: insanity has been cured and we can now let all the mental patients out. How do I know this? Because even our favorite mental patient Marjorie Taylor Greene sounds reasonable, responsible, intelligent, and even sane now. So the next person that calls Marjorie, "Crazy Marge", could be looking at a libel suit". 

Don't worry, I'm not going to say that. Correction: I'm not going to make those two comments again. 

As Fred said 3 weeks ago, the distinguished Representative from the Peach State, wants something more from her career, than to sound a career politician from Mississippi, or West Virginia. She wants to play in the big leagues, politically. And that means not just getting elected statewide, but getting elected statewide in a big, swing state, (like Georgia) where she would have real competition, especially from a Democrat, in the general election. 

To paraphrase Fred: the Crazy Baby act on MTG's part, might just be that. That''s what she did to become a MAGA star. But MAGA might be even to whacked-out, too far from Planet Earth, even for the Marjorie T. Greene's of this world.

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The Hill: Mike Johnson BRUSHES OFF Trump Third Term Rumors

"House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Tuesday morning brushed off rumors that President Trump would be seeking a third term, saying that he has fun 'trolling the Democrats.'"

Source:The Hill with a look at the U.S. Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson (MAGA, Shreveport, LA)

From The Hill

Also from The Hill: 

“It’s been a great run, but I think the president knows — and he and I’ve talked about the constrictions of the Constitution, as much as so many of the American people lament that. 

I don’t see a way to amend the Constitution, because it takes about 10 years to do that, as you know, to allow all the states to ratify,” Johnson said... 

From The Hill

Just to show you the 22nd Amendment and what Speaker Johnson is talking about here: 

"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once". 

From Library of Congress

And the Speaker can try to make fun of Democrats all he wants to, but no question that Donald Trump would try to get a 3rd term, if he thought he could. And there's reason to believe that the President is looking into getting passed the 22nd Amendment. And Steve Bannon has already said as much when he was talking to The Economist last week about this. 

But if even freakin Mike Johnson, who would win a Donald Trump ass-kissing contest 100-100 times (I apologize to anyone who might have had food in their mouths when they saw that) and has probably even risked the future of the Republican Party, by being as loyal as he has to The Donald.... if he even not just knows that the 22nd Amendment prevents a 3rd term as President of the United States, then I would have to think that anyone who understands the 22nd, (like the U.S. Courts, FEC, etc...) that they already know this as well. 

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Inside Edition: New Questions About President Trump's Health After Recent MRI

"There are new questions about President Donald Trump's health Monday after he revealed that he had an MRI at his hospital check-up earlier this month. The White House has not released the results of the president's tests. His doctor wrote a memo, stating in general terms, that Trump underwent "advanced imaging … to ensure optimal cardiovascular health" and concluded that "President Trump remains in exceptional health."

Source:Inside Edition with a look at Don King. I mean King Don... uh, you know what I mean.

From Inside Edition

I'm going to ask you to use some real brain power here and use your imagination skills... sort of pretend you are on an episode of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone and imagine (if you will) that Donald J. Trump was just an ordinary politician. Forget about him being a mainstream Republican... because that went out of the door with disco in the early 1980s. That would seem unimaginable. But try to look at him as an ordinary politician... if you can.

So Donald Trump is just your everyday Joe Jones politician. Except that he's 79 years old and President of the United States. So the President gets an MRI and a physical. If you were President of the United States right now and you were 79 years old, with the same poor diet that DJT has and the same lack of exercise that he gets, and you are saying you latest health results were "perfect", wouldn't you want to release them to the public the day before they came out? (If that were possible) But Donald Trump doesn't do that because he expects everyone to just take his word for it. 

So-called independent journalists like Chris Cillizza and I'm sure others, as well as establishment journalists like Jake Tapper and others, have always argued that they don't report on crazy things that Donald Trump says and does, because he's always been like that and it's not crazy for him. As if always being crazy doesn't make you crazy. I can't explain the logic in that, but you are free to give it a shot. 

People with perfect mental health, don't drop AI videos of someone, or himself taking a dump (to keep it clean) on people who are peacefully protesting their government. And that's just 1 example of 1 of the crazy and irresponsible actions that this man has done as President of the United States. 

People in perfect physical health, don't have swollen ankles and see their hards blackening... especially when they're not of African or South Asian descent. I'm not a doctor, but he obviously has some type of skin condition and issues with his ankles right now. 

But since Donald John Trump sees himself as an American king, (which was 1 of the points of the No Kings protests) he doesn't feel the need to share his health records and updates to his "peasant population", also known as the American public and media. 

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Fran Drescher: Funny Women of a Certain Age

"Funny Women of a Certain Age featuring Fran Drescher, Carole Montgomery, Luenell, Lynne Koplitz, Kerri Louise, and Vanessa Hollingshead is now available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, YouTube, Google Play, Dish, and more." 

Source:Comedy Dynamics with a look at comedian Fran Drescher.

From Comedy Dynamics

"Funny Women of a Certain Age featuring Fran Drescher, Carole Montgomery, Luenell, Lynne Koplitz, Kerri Louise, and Vanessa Hollingshead is now available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, YouTube, Google Play, Dish, and more." 

Source:Comedy Dynamics with a look at comedian Fran Drescher.

From Comedy Dynamics

So I'm guessing this Fran Drescher stand up performance is from late 2017, or early 2018, because she says she just turned 60 in 1 of these videos. But she was born September 30, 1957 (not that I'm her personal biographer or anything) and it's now October, 2025. So she's 68 today. Now, if anyone is still awake from that, I'll give both of you the rest of this story. 

Not that I would ever guess that Fran Drescher is 68 today. She's just too, damn cute, with those eyes, big baby cheeks, and smile. I think even her Jewish, Queens, New York accent, is very cute. Even though some people might think it's as annoying as spam calls at dinner time. I think she sounds like a sweetheart with it. And part of her Jewish Queens background, is how she got the lead in Nanny. So it obviously paid off for her. (Not that I'm trying to sound too ethnic here)

Speaking of very funny women... the hilarious and adorable Joan Collins, who made at least 1 appearance on Nanny with Fran Drescher, is known for the quote: 

"Age is just a number... unless you are a bottle of wine". I guess an old bottle of wine, wouldn't be a fine bottle of wine. But that's besides the point. 

And my point is not it's "not how old you are, but how you feel". That cliche is the great, great, grandfather of "only time will tell" and it's not accurate either. My point and I think it's Joan Collins point as well (even though I've never even spoke to the woman, let alone know here) is that it's not about years that you lived, but your quality of life. And besides, a crazy person could think they can walk on air, even at 85 years old, or jump out of a window, and fly away. But it's about how you are mentally and physically, how productive and happy you are, regardless of how old you are. 

There are 19 year olds who are currently in prison for murder and looking at as many as 30 years, maybe even the rest of their lives, in prison. Are you going to try to convince me that their quality of life and that they should feel better about their life, then a beautiful, adorable, 68 year old woman, who is a professional comedian and a very successful 1 at that? You wouldn't try to convince me that the 19 year old in prison is having a better life... unless you were currently high, drunk, insane, current suffering from brain damage that was never even diagnosed. Or, you drugged me, or spiked my glass of ice tea, with entire bottle of scotch, without me knowing about it. 

And as far as Fran Drescher having a gay husband: I would bet anything (that someone else has) that Fran didn't send her husband into homosexuality. Or broke into his closet, tore it down even, and through him out of it. 

But Fran Drescher's marriage to a gay man does remind me a series of Seinfeld episodes back in the 1990s, when George (played by Jason Alexander) is engaged to marry his girlfriend. And she calls it off, splits up with him and they run into each other later on, only this time she now has a girlfriend. 

Now, George Constanza could send Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, Jaclyn Smith... into homosexuality. 3 of the most beautiful and cutest, most feminine women, in the history of Planet Earth. But have them date George Constanza for a while, they would not just give up men, but they would become so gay that they would all try out to play for the New York Giants football team and all make the team as linebackers, not kickers, or cheerleaders. They would make former Clinton Administration Attorney General Janet Reno, look like Miss America, in comparison, after a few dates with Mr. Constanza. 

I mean George is like: 

5'6-5'7, 190-200 pounds, 

balding, 

can't see his fingers in front of his face, without his glasses, 

unemployed, still living with his aging parents in his mid 30s... 

he couldn't give a damn about anyone other than himself, even for a million dollars. George, is the perfect candidate to send an attractive, feminine woman, into lesbianism. 

But Fran Drescher: 

5'7 and built,

beautiful, baby face brunette, 

who is very sweet and funny, as well as successful. 

I think her ex-husband, was living out-of-a-closet and pretending to be straight man's, man, (meant in the straight man's sense) to keep his secret safe. 

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Columbo: Lovely But Lethal (1973) Review of Vera Miles

"Lovely but Lethal" is a Season 3, Episode 1 episode of Columbo that features Vera Miles as a beauty industry executive, Vincent Price as her rival, and Martin Sheen as a young chemist. Reviews describe it as a solid but not top-tier episode, highlighting Miles' performance as memorable and praising the supporting cast, even while acknowledging that the plot formula isn't as strong as other episodes." 

Source:IMDB with a look at the beautiful & adorable Vera Miles.

From IMDB

As my colleague Fred Schneider write about this episode back in 2023: 

"I got into this episode of the Columbo series 4-5 years ago and was blown away by the fact that Vera Miles was on it. And thanks to Sundance and COZI-TV, probably seen this film 10 times now and even have it on DVD. Only 70 minutes, not a dull moment in it and that plus Vera's presence and her being so cute and beautiful on it and just comes off as a total sweetheart on it, (at least for a two-time murderer) I can see it over and over again, to the point that I wanted to write about it." 

From The New Democrat

I'm just going to give you a little of my own background information about this episode, first and then I'll give you my response to what Schlock Horror (who'll you will hear from later on) said about this episode on YouTube. 

I first started watching Columbo in my mid-teens and when I was just out of high school in the mid-1990s. A&E back in the 1990s had this series on as part of the Mystery Matinee series almost everyday, with other shows like Rockford Files, McMillan & Wife, McCloud, and perhaps a few others. 

And now that classic TV and movies has gone through resurgence that last 10-15 years, with cable networks not just going 24 hours of day of classic TV reruns and even modern TV reruns, but doing marathons of a specific type of programming, like mystery TV, Columbo, which is still 1 of the most popular TV cop detective shows, ever... this series is now on 3-4 cable networks, almost everyday now. If it's not on COZI-TV, you can find it on Hallmark Mystery, or Sundance, METV had for a longtime as well. 

To make a long story shorter... I saw the Lovely But Lethal episode from COZI-TV, 10-11 days ago. Similar with Fred, I've seen this particular episode, at least 10 times the last 7-8 years. Vera Miles is just that good and that great to look at and to listen to. A better looking Lana Turner, who was born to do soap operas and mystery TV, because of her great appearance, but her ability to verbal jab and comedic timing, and keep her counterpart on the run and even guessing as far as what she's doing and how that person might stop her. 

And I'm with IMDB on this... Lovely But Lethal is in my personal top 10 as far as my favorite Columbo episodes. But not in the top 3, or even top 5:  

The Jack Cassidy episodes (which I wrote last December on The New Democrat) 

as well as Lee Grant's episode, (which Kire Schneider wrote about on The New Democrat) 

Robert Conrad's episode (Exercise in Fatality) and the 2 Robert Culp episodes, I think are better than Lovely By Lethal. But what Schlock Horror said about this episode, I think goes too far: 

"We're (finally) back with the weakest season opener of the '70s." 

Source:Schlock Horror with his own review of Lovely But Lethal.

From Schlock Horror

And I think Nicholas Schroeder had the perfect response to Schlock Horror: 

"Completely baffled by the dislike of Vera Mills:  I think she's deliciously evil in this--and she's supposed to be shallow.  She's just an aging, mercenary beauty queen.  This episode is also loaded with humor." 

So Schlock Horror's main criticism of Lovely But Lethal episode, is centered around Vivica Scott. (Played by Vera Miles) He's says there isn't any depth to her and we don't really learn anything about her. He says she's not all that dastardly or that sympathetic. "She's just kind of there". 

So my response to Schlock Horror, is... pre-1974, Columbo episodes were only 70 minutes on NBC. Sure, that's more than a Rockford Files episodes, which were about 45 minutes. (Not including commercials) But when the network is giving you about 100 minutes, (give or take) including commercials, to put together what's essentially a short film, do you really want them to spend a good part of their limited time talking about: 

what it was like growing up in Oklahoma in the 1930s and 40s? 

Or, what it was like breaking into the Los Angeles cosmetics industry in the 1950s? 

How about Viveca Scott explaining what life was like without TV when she was growing up in Oklahoma?

Anyone who is familiar with the Columbo series, knows this is not A&E Biography. It's a police detective show. All they're going to give you is a little background as far as what the murderer does for a living, the pressures that person is under, why they killed the person that they did, and the actual homicide itself. You are not going to see Peter Graves or Harry Smith, Jack Whitaker (3 A&E Biography hosts) talk about the life and career of Vivica Scott in the Los Angeles cosmetics industry, before she murdered 1 of her cosmetics designers, Carl Lessing (played by Martin Sheen) in 1973. 

And the thing about Vincent Price... I agree he's great at playing the bad guy. He can be both very evil and hilariously funny at the same time. Which is an impressive talent, especially in Hollywood. But replace Vera Miles with Price and it's no longer "Lovely But Lethal". The episode would be more like: "Tall, Gruesome, and Lethal". With of course Vincent Price playing the lead, because who better, (at least from Price's generation) at scaring the hell out of people... while making them laugh at the same time, then Vincent Price

But as Fred got into on his post, Vera Miles is perfect for Lovely But Lethal, because that's exactly what she was. She's 44 at this point and still as cute as a doll and beautiful as most young women back then, even in Los Angeles. So who more perfect to play a cosmetics company owner, who is struggling financially and needs a new hit product, or risk having to sell off her business, then Vera Miles. 

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