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All the various Jimmys andDaily Showexpats of late night came together this week to address the climate crisis.
It was an unprecedented showing of cross-corporate concern.
Truth be told, the hypercompetitive late-night wars of the 90s are long over.
Guests frequently do multiple shows in one week, something that was completely verboten in the Letterman-Leno wars.
But Climate Night was still different.
One of the most enduring sounds on my TikTok FYP isa song native to the appby Jacob Sigman.
It goes, Why you working so hard?
/ The world is ending / Yay!
Its the apocalypse / Take the day off / Its all meaningless!
I get like three of these guys a day, and I have since Labor Day.
Hence, Climate Night.
I appreciated the anger that bubbled through Jimmy Kimmels climate monologue.
Like his advocacy for more equitable health care, Kimmel has a knack for making it personal.
Kimmel also called out Biden for all the pro-oil work of his administration.
It was also nice hearing Seth Meyers and Trevor Noah call companies that pollute polluting companies or polluters.
Some of the comedy focused too much on personal actions.
Its easy to dunk on a one-night focus on climate from late-night comedy.
We still dont know what effect (if any) political humor really has on political change.
Political will needs to be gathered and directed with purpose.
If these monologues inspired people to cyberbully their reps in Congress, Climate Night will have been a success.
