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Its official:Trump is bad for comedy.
Three late-night shows made the same Trump has no bones joke this week.
All three of these shows werenominated for Emmys this year.
Two even used the same photo.
It makes sense that writers would jump for this easy, appearance-based joke.
Things that should have bones are funny when they have no bones.
Whats not funny is the countrys descent into an authoritarian state.
Did Jimmy just have a particularly musical week, even for him?
Thats one way to steer around the horror.
Colbert also turned inward Thursday night, asking his crowd to yo chant responsibly.
Colbert is getting sick of the Stephen!
Im beyond sick of it.
The cult of personality swirling around Colbert is a shadow image of the one surrounding Trump.
And both could learn something from Desus and Mero.
Desus and Mero have loyal stans, a.k.a.
Theyve got a call-and-response noise.
But when they talk about Trump, its way more fun.
OnLate Night With Seth Meyers,Nicole Wallace said her show made a point of not rereading Trumps tweets.
This is the way to go.
Responding to Trump is letting him dictate the agenda, both politically and comedically.
Just talk about fishing instead.
I guarantee that the audience will still go nuts for it.
