Best Late-Night TV Clips Of 2016
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Chappelle's Show/The Walking Dead Mash-Up
Chappelle revives a series of fan-favorite characters — including Tyrone Biggums, Silky Johnson, Chuck Taylor and Lil Jon — and gets to play the menacing Negan in this SNL parody of TV's top-rated drama.
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Samantha Bee theorizes that Donald Trump can't read
Is our president-elect illiterate? The Full Frontal host has a hunch that he is — and the evidence to back it up.
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Carpool Karaoke with Adele
Say "Hello" to the first — and best — Carpool of 2016, which finds The Late Late Show's James Corden in London for a musical ride with the 10-time Grammy winner.
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The return of "Stephen Colbert"
Colbert revives his Colbert Report persona to define the term "Trumpiness."
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Conan "masters" the art of dance
O'Brien's recent visit to the Alvin Ailey School proves he still doles out some of the best remotes in late-night.
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John Oliver pledges to #MakeDonaldDrumpfAgain
The Last Week Tonight host was the first to really stick it to Trump, pulling out all the stops to connect the then-candidate to a far less powerful name.
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"Farewell, Mr. Bunting"
What began as a homage to Dead Poets Society took on a life of its own, thanks in part to a shocking decapitation. Hands down the best pre-taped SNL sketch of the year.
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Trevor Noah's best interview yet is with an unlikely guest
Jon Stewart's Daily Show successor manages to stay calm, cool and collected during this interview with ultra conservative commentator Tomi Lahren, who voices her controversial opinions on Trump, Obamacare and the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Seth Meyers and Rachel Dratch star in Boston Accent
The former SNLers commit to a variety of "wicked pissah" accents, lampooning films such as The Departed, The Town, Black Mass, Mystic River and Good Will Hunting in this fake movie trailer.
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Laura Benanti unveils her perfect Melania Trump impersonation
Still bummed about the election outcome? Look on the bright side: "Melania" is bound to resurface on The Late Show at least once or twice over the next four-to— [gulp] eight years.
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SNL host Larry David suits up as Kevin Roberts
Sure, Tom Hanks' David S. Pumpkins was great, but how can you ignore the (self-proclaimed) coolest bitch in town? Kevin Roberts just wants a donut, y'all. Is that too much to ask?
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Jon Stewart excoriates Sean Hannity for supporting Trump
The former Daily Show host hijacks one of Colbert's live Late Show broadcasts to point out that the Fox News anchor loves the Republican candidate for all of the reasons he hates President Obama.
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Jimmy Kimmel invades The X-Files
Mulder and Scully are stuck in the '90s — and stuck with FBI Agent Keith! — in this top-notch spoof.
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Trevor Noah envisions a bleak future under President Trump
Let us all hope that this creatively ambitious episode isn't actually indicative of Trump's first term.
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James Corden and Anna Kendrick's epic "Love Story"
If CBS ever does a live, primetime musical (a la Hairspray Live!) and it doesn't star this Into the Woods twosome, we'll be incredibly disappointed.
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Trump stalks his prey during SNL's riff of the second presidential debate
Alec Baldwin's Trump comes at Kate McKinnon's Hillary Clinton like Jaws. Subequent Trump sketches just haven't lived up to this one.
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Samantha Bee confronts the trolls
The late-night MVP travels to Russia to have a dialogue with some of the "thinkfluencers" being paid to interfere with the U.S. presidential election.
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Conan visits refugees in Berlin
The comedian speaks to a group of refugees about their hopes of one day returning to a more peaceful Afghanistan, then joins them for a game of soccer.
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Seth Meyers speaks directly to the first woman president — whoever she may be — after Hillary loses to Trump
"I imagine this moment... will be a defining one for you — one that will make you work harder, and strive farther. Whoever you are, I hope I live to see your inauguration, and I hope my mom does, too."
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John Oliver says "F—k you, 2016!"
Much like the rest of us, the Last Week Tonight host is ready to be done with this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year — so he literally blows it up.