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Tuesday was the first official day of summer, so of course the late-night hosts are going on break.
But one host keeps chugging along, despite getting COVID.
It was a week of things teetering on the verge, a week of sartorial whoopsies.
But hed better not.
Seths cozy sweaters give the proper disregard for the second-string late-night show on a data pipe.
Anyhoo, heres what was funny in late-night TV this week.
But we perform for each other because we want to communicate specific thoughts and feelings.
Jenny Slate Talks to Tom Cruise
Jenny Slate is a perfect, bubbly talk-show guest.
Hes definitely gonna do it, especially since she gotThe ClientandThe Firmconfused while doing it.
The punny pans were a hoot, but the menace of Minions needs to be addressed.
You just know hes out there, waiting.
Air travel has become such a crapshoot that talk-show guests are being denied their gowns.
British talk-show guests are on another level, because theyve trained under thepanel-show system.
Its like if short-form improv was good.
Plus, El DeBarge is here!
Amber Ruffin uses her show to meet her heroes and sing silly songs.
This silly song manages to do both, while also giving voice to our wounded sense of justice.
WatchingThe Amber Ruffin Show, you get the sense that shes doing this just for her.
The studio could be empty, the cameras could be off, and shed still be singing these songs.
Like Herzog said, its a performance.
But its an authentic one.
