Opinion: Late-night’s best: Arnold returns, Trump’s trick, Obama’s call and Michelle’s diet
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As The Ticket’s 60,000-plus Twitter followers here and 6,600 Facebook fans here know, we regularly share our daily picks of the late-night jokes of interest, usually before broadcast each night. Feel free to pass them on to friends using the Share buttons above.
Here’s the usual Monday morning collection:
Fallon: A Russian airline now has clowns and musicians performing in-flight. ‘Cause with crowds and crying babies my first thought is, there should be clowns here.
O’Brien: Arnold Schwarzenegger is returning to the movies. In a ‘Terminator’ sequel he’ll travel back in time to kill the person who suggested he run for governor.
O’Brien: According to Forbes magazine, the richest man in the world is now a man from Mexico. He’s Oprah’s gardener.
O’Brien: Donald Trump denies pretending to run for president just to gain publicity for his TV show. Trump said:....
...’Anyone who says that is clearly an ‘apprentice’ deserving to be ‘fired’ Thursdays at 9 (8 Central). O’Brien: In Florida, a man was arrested for allegedly trapping a girlfriend’s mother inside a foldout couch. The man could face a year in prison and a lifetime of high-fives.
O’Brien: Charlie Sheen is looking for a college intern. It will be the first such internship where the student actually LOSES college credits.
O’Brien: President Obama phoned the crew of the space shuttle Discovery during its last flight. He told them, ‘You are not going to believe what’s happening with Charlie Sheen down here.’
Fallon: A new study finds sheep are much smarter than we thought. Turns out this whole time they’ve been counting US!
Fallon: Remember that huge sports news when the New York Knicks got Carmelo Anthony from Denver for NINE players? That explains their new name: The New York Knick.
Letterman: Baseball spring training is underway. The Yankees had an intra-squad game for 2 1/2 hrs. But don’t worry They’ll have that up to five or six hours by April.
Fallon: A year ago, Michelle Obama announced her plan to fight childhood obesity, ‘Let’s Move.’ I think Americans have pretty clearly announced their answer: No!
Leno: Chevrolet is coming out with a new feature so you can update your Facebook page right from the car. Finally. It’s so boring to just text and talk while driving.
Fallon: More tech news. Sprint plans a two-screen phone called the Echo. It’s nice. One screen is for you. The other displays an apology to the person you’re eating dinner with.
O’Brien: Virgin Air fired a flight attendant for placing a baby in the plane’s overhead compartment. In the flight attendant’s defense, that baby did not fit under the seat.
Fallon: Russia’s navy gets a new submarine that’s been under construction since 1993. You can tell it’s old -- on the stern is a sticker that says, ‘Whoomp! There It Is!’
Letterman: These New York City potholes are amazing! One on Eighth Ave has a scenic overlook. Teenagers go there to neck. It’s so deep, gravity and light disappear.
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-- Andrew Malcolm
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