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It seemed as though late-night was going to be all aboutGame of ThronesandAvengers: Endgamethis week.
For an entire monologue, Stephen Colbert tried to dunk on Joe Biden.
But the audience wouldnt let him.
Incensed that time moves ever forward, Little Pete and Artie punch waves on the Jersey shore.
It does nothing, of course.
Summer ends, things change, the waves keep coming.
That was Colbert trying to stem the tide ofclapterthat the mere mention of Bidens name evoked.
Before he was officially running, Biden had a cycle of late-night creep jokes.
Jason Sudeikis evenreprised his oldSNLimpressionfor it.
The eager Colbert audience, perhaps the most reactive in late-night, is conditioned to clap against Trump.
(Oh God, Clap Against Trump is our generations Rock Against Bush, isnt it?)
They still chant, Stephen!
more nights than not.Conanaudiences, on the other hand, are used to semi-ignoring OBriens asides to Andy Richter.
Trevor Noah has done multiple pieces solely on Biden, as has Colbert.
TV news coverage has shifted almost entirely to Biden.
A CNN poll put him 24 points ahead of Bernie Sanders, his closest competitor.
The poll didnt have statistically significant data on people under 45.
- But the 24-point lead was reported byJimmy Fallon, OBrien, and Jimmy Kimmel.
And his policies, character, and slogans must be interpreted through Trump rather than on their own merits.
OnThe Daily Show,Noah evaluated Biden against Trump.
Biden is better than Trump because hes willing to serve the whole country.
Biden is worse than Trump because he admits when he misspeaks.
Bidens messaging is impacted by Trumps nickname for him, Sleepy Joe.
But we dont have a Democratic nominee yet.
If we are comparing Biden to anyone, it should be his fellow candidates, right?
Yet even shows that didnt focus on Biden used his name for SEO.
If politics is truly controlled by search-engine optimization, we are doomed.
But hey, at least Donald Duck doesnt have asthma anymore.
The CNN poll instead did not have a statistically significant sample size from responders under 45.
