The differences between the way the language is used by the two countries provides an endless source of material for comedians. Here is British comedian Michael McIntyre on a TV show discussing some of the differences.
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Jerry Seinfeld has president Obama as his guest on his show Comedians in Cars getting Coffee. He usually picks his guests up in a vintage sports car and they go to a restaurant. In this episode, the first part went fine with Seinfeld driving a 1963 Corvette to the White House but the second part was thwarted because the security detail would not let them leave the grounds.
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler host a game show where they can see into the future and introduce contestants to their future wives while their current wives are in the audience.
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They had two sketches last night, the first one reminding us once again of the low-level of rhetoric we heard during the Republican debate earlier in the week. The actor who did the Donald Trump impression was pretty good.
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The Republican debate on Tuesday was once again an awful display of the extremely low level of political discourse that we have descended to. This state of affairs is not funny but the debate itself was laughable and sometimes you have to laugh at such things simply to deal with the unpleasant truth. So here are some comedic reactions.
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Trevor Noah looks at the fortunes of some of the Republican candidates, starting with the precipitous drop in the popularity of Ben Carson and then the stagnating John Kasich and Jeb Bush.
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There is something vaguely creepy about Ted Cruz.
It is more than the smug expression that is his standard face. He also has the sly expression of someone who thinks he is way smarter than you and can argue better and thus can make you believe what he says. This confidence is shown in the way he flatly distorts things and uses his skills in sophistry to try and make his lies sound truthful.
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Remember Black Friend Finder, a service that provides people who need them with black friends? Now Funny or Die introduces Muslim-meet, a service that introduces people to real Muslims to help them overcome their prejudices.
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You may recall Will Ferrell doing his impersonation of George W. Bush during his presidency. On Saturday Night Live, he reprises his role to announce that he is entering the race for the Republican presidential nomination and while doing so sizes up all his main competitors.
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