For me, it was nice to hear the spontaneous, collective responses of the audience. Hearing others observe the absurdity of the whole situation was kind of cathartic. Especially since I read that a fellow DU'er was in the audience!

Tens of millions of similar conversations every day as one-on-one interactions. Showing that a whole group of people has similar judgments against the actions and corruption of this administration is powerful.

I've never watched Chris before, but he lays this out very nicely.

At first I said "they should not be laughing, this is not a funny situation we live, what is being discussed is a very corrupt behaviour that is putting the country in peril." I do cringe when Rachel, or any of the MSNBC hosts laugh at the stuff the creature or his minions do, and I do think we should laugh when he is out of office, but not now.

On the other hand, will the comedy format help people understand the veracity of the problems? Will it sink in through laughter or will be taken as a comedy show and forgotten sooner than it would be if a touch of panic, instead of laughter, was inserted in it. Panic and memes work for republicans, and we do need to panic as the days go on and we don't see the creature, Barr, McConnell, Pompeo, Giuliani in orange suits taking afternoon walks at the backyard of a prison.

I wonder if making comedy about the situation by a serious journalist is the way to go. I hope it has a positive outcome, but I do cringe when people laugh at stuff that should instead create some sort of panic.

Hayes, Colbert, Maddow, Cuomo, or whoever it is you like... We don't really need a dozen shows doing things the same way. And sometimes you can reach people better with "entertainment" than with "serious."

I thought this was an interesting approach, kind of like a newsier Colbert without the jokes, while still maintaining the sense of the absurdity of what's going on.

where it was done matching the result, I do hope that the comedy act does not carry on to the normal show, because then it makes a mockery of news and I feel it will lose its value and maybe even normalize the crooked behaviour of the republicans.

what occurred to me was the thought of more and more live audiences, laughing at him. And his reaction, as an undisputed raging narcissist, would be as though we'd all stabbed him viciously with our mockery.

Yes, I bet that huts him more than the impeachment.

I love watching him. After him, I couldn't stand listening to Matthews' annoying, grating voice. I had to stop even though I was interested in what his guests had to say. I stuck it out as long as I could.

She speaks so flawlessly and so eloquent. Yes, she was fantastic. I am always fascinated by smart people like her.

My wife came a bit late, so she asked "who is she?" and I said "Rachel Maddow's twin sister", and my wife said "really? how cool!" then she read the name and found out I was teasing her, I won't say what she said to me.