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Happy uncanny valley to this, the most liminal week of late night.
5.After MidnightClaps Back
This was the most truly onlineAfter Midnighthas felt.
The clapbacks were well-observed, but what most intrigued me about this clip was the meta-narrative.
The guy fucking around and then finding out.
Itsdiscourse like thisthat makes the internet the heaven/hell twofer it is.
In wrestling terms, its a work.
And conflict is the essence of story.
Its givingScrew You, Taxpayer,one of the most high-conceptKids in the Hallsketches.
2.The Tonight ShowReinvents Carnac
Babygirl literally reinvented the wheel with Tonight ShowConnections.
Which is good, because the wheel is structurally sound but old as shit.
Thats essentially what Johnny Carsons Carnac the Magnificent did …
I am assuming, because they only time I ever saw Carnac was in theSimpsonsepisode Homers Barbershop Quartet.
The point is: Old things should, in fact, be new again.
A truly transformative piece of reenactment.
