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Like everything else in the world,late-night television was turned upside down by 2020.
This year showed what happens when everything that makes late-night television late-night television is taken away.
Here, then, are the most memorable moments from the bizarro DIY year in late-night TV.
Mayor Petes monologue on Kimmel was the first true WTF?
moment of the COVID late-night era.
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It all started with a few cheap yet hilarious shots at the city for seemingly no reason whatsoever.
Amber Ruffin Unpacks What Would You Do?
by City High
No one had a bigger 2020 in late night than Amber Ruffin.
She parlayed writing onLate Night With Seth Meyersinto getting her ownrecently renewedshow on Peacock,The Amber Ruffin Show.
A perfect example was when Ruffin railed against the song What Would You Do?
by City High in her October segment Being Mad Like Its 1999. is definitely problematic, at the end of the day, its still an extremely catchy song.
At that moment, everything looked bleaker than ever.
Luckily,Full Frontal With Samantha Beeresponded to the news with a segment devoted to RBG and her legacy.
And somehow, it managed to be darkly comedic as well.
It was a tribute fitting to a fallen hero and a salient reminder to not give up the fight.
And not for nothing Corden sounded pretty damn good while doing it.
I love my girl, but my girl put the knives in the dishwasher blade up …
I cant trust her with the nuclear codes.
Its not often that you see yourself reflected onscreen on late-night television.
We all knew he would do this, said Colbert, directly to the camera.
What I didnt know is that it would hurt so much.
I didnt expect this to break my heart.
The cops pulled a gun on me, Ruffin shared.
The cops have followed me to my own home.
And every Black person I know has a few stories like that.
More than a few.
Black people leave the house knowing that, at any time, we could get murdered by the police.
Ultimately, these segments werent about entertaining or educating the masses.
