Larry Wilmore went easy on NBC anchor Brian Williams after his fall from grace, calling him a fellow traveler on Monday’s “The Nightly Show.”
“As a fellow purveyor of fake news,” Wilmore began to laughs from the audience, “part of me sympathizes with Brian Williams.”
“Look, I understand how stories get blurred over the years,” he added, referencing Williams’ bogus story about his time in Iraq that sparked an internal NBC investigation. “Once I reported I cold-cocked George Foreman in his grill.”
“Turns out, I just put cold cuts on a George Foreman grill,” he said.
Wilmore called Williams’ foggy memory a perfect metaphor for the ongoing war on terror.
“I don’t know if we won, I know we kind of left, but we’re still kind of hanging out there?” the host said. “It’s like when you graduate from high school and you still go to the dances and it’s kind of awkward.”
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It’s going to be interesting to see what Comedy Central does with this show when Colbert starts his new gig. Wilmore has been outstanding, but obviously Colbert will take lots of his viewers. Maybe move this show to the 10:30 PM slot?
Aha, as suspected, Stewart leaves Comedy Central, Wilmore’s show takes his slot. Look for Stewart to do his own gig, possibly prime time on a network or a cable news thing, or his own version of Meet the Press.