Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
Theres a reason Jay Leno has so manyIMDb credits, and its not his surprising late-in-life pivot to voice-over.
Late-night monologues are still the shorthand for This is so big that everyone knows about it in movies.
These are the moments when late-night comedy is, theoretically, still very much stuck in its temporality.
For the most part, the late night of late night is in name only.
These shows tape during the day and are consumed via YouTube whenever.
Heres what the late-night hosts did with the news of Her Majestys passing.
Stephen Colbert: A title card.
Presumably, Colbert will have more to say tonight.
Or maybe hell keep talking about Trump without saying his name whos to say?
Jimmy Fallon: What Ill remember most is the laughter.
Apparently, Fallons pat answer to Whos your dream guest?
was always the queen, and he always admired her sense of humor.
Fallon said the queen had jokes, and theWashingtonPostagrees.
Are yall sure you werent actually talking toKids in the Halls Scott Thompson?
James Corden: Is gutted.
Corden obviously had the most earnest and fawning things to say about the queen.
It was obvious not just because hes English but because he does these serious desk pieces a lot.
Hes lamented mass shootings from the desk andspoken out against the Super Leaguein soccer.
He spoke of her as a constant source of comfort likeFriendsreruns or God.
Desus Nice: The disrespect will not be televised.
Oh, forDesus & Meroto still be on the air.
It was not the somber occasion Corden felt it should be.
My timeline wasnt somber remembrances; it wasnt even tweets calling out rampant disrespect.
Jimmy Kimmel: A Friars Club roast.
Kimmel had the late-night-iest take on the queens death.
Unlike about half the hosts, he made jokes.
My goal is to make it a Hot 97 or even a Power 106. Who knows?
Trevor Noah: Teach the controversy.
There was a real giving-a-shit gap in the reactions to the queens death.
We had expressions of unmitigated mourning like Cordens, but we also hadIrish TikTok.
to illustrate the least respectful end of the reaction spectrum.
And by actually noting that not everyone was stoked on the monarchy, Noah did that best.
