{"id":3537,"date":"2023-10-26T04:59:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T08:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/speaker-mike-johnson-is-butt-of-late-night-comedy\/26\/10\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T04:59:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T08:59:09","slug":"speaker-mike-johnson-is-butt-of-late-night-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/speaker-mike-johnson-is-butt-of-late-night-comedy\/26\/10\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Mike Johnson Is Butt of Late Night Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night\u2019s highlights that lets you sleep \u2014 and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the <\/em><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/arts\/television\/best-movies-on-netflix.html\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">50 best movies on Netflix right now<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-kypbrf eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-108b1920\">Who is Mike Johnson?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After three weeks of Republicans struggling to agree on a nominee, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/25\/us\/politics\/mike-johnson-house-speaker.html\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana was voted speaker of the House<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cOur long national nightmare is finally different,\u201d Stephen Colbert said on Wednesday. He called Mr. Johnson \u201cthe most generic-sounding congressional leader since the election of Speaker James Kirkland Brand.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Jimmy Kimmel joked that the House \u201cswiped way right\u201d on Johnson, who he remarked couldn\u2019t be definitively \u201cthe best Mike Johnson they could have chosen.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"css-1ggt3fz etf134l0\">\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere\u2019s Mike Johnson from Louisiana. He\u2019s a Republican state representative who may have been a better Johnson overall. Mike Johnson might not make the list of the top 10 Mike Johnsons. You have quadruple Olympic gold medalist Mike Johnson, you\u2019ve got Canadian bodybuilder Mike Johnson, you\u2019ve got Swedish chef Mike Johnson, who would made everyone little meatballs every day. You could\u2019ve given the gavel to any one of the at least five Mike Johnsons from the N.F.L., or even country music\u2019s No. 1 Black yodeler Mike Johnson would have been great.\u201d <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u2014 JIMMY KIMMEL<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<blockquote class=\"css-1ggt3fz etf134l0\">\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">\u201cThat\u2019s right, Republicans said Mike Johnson is their first choice, after the first 10 choices lost.\u201d <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u2014 JIMMY FALLON<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">\u201cLet\u2019s just say if speaker nominees were Halloween candy, this guy\u2019s a Necco Wafer.\u201d <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u2014 JIMMY FALLON<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s like being at a restaurant and hearing, \u2018Do you have Coke?\u2019 \u2018No.\u2019 \u2018Pepsi?\u2019 \u2018No.\u2019 \u2018Sprite?\u2019 \u2018No.\u2019 \u2018Fine, I guess I\u2019ll have the Mike Johnson.\u2019\u201d <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u2014 JIMMY FALLON<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"css-kypbrf eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-3f07bc9e\">The Bits Worth Watching<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Sydney Colson, a two-time W.N.B.A. champion, talked about her team, the Las Vegas Aces, and her unscripted comedy series, \u201cThe Syd + TP Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-kypbrf eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-1a7073d0\">What We\u2019re Excited About on Thursday Night<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The horror filmmaker John Carpenter will sit down with Stephen Colbert on Thursday\u2019s \u201cLate Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-kypbrf eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-12f48db0\">Also, Check This Out<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/26\/arts\/television\/mike-johnson-stephen-colbert.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night&rsquo;s highlights that lets you sleep &mdash; and lets us get<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/speaker-mike-johnson-is-butt-of-late-night-comedy\/26\/10\/2023\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3537"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}