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17 Jan 2025
Trish Bendix


NextImg:Biden’s Farewell Address Leaves Late Night Befuddled

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.

Parting Words

President Biden gave his farewell address on Wednesday, warning Americans of an oligarchy taking shape that “threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms.”

On Thursday, Seth Meyers joked that Biden had waited until his “last day at work to start stuffing the suggestion box.”

“Now you warn us that America’s becoming an oligarchy?” — SETH MEYERS

“Powerful message, and I just hope that one day this enterprising young man runs for public office so he can do something about it.” — SETH MEYERS

“Look, I know you’ve only got a few days left, but don’t just give us problems; maybe offer some solutions, you know? ‘There’s a dangerous threat of oligarchy from a rich elite, and that is why I’m pardoning Luigi Mangione. Go get ’em, tiger!’” — JORDAN KLEPPER

“It was more like a stern talking-to than a speech. Biden warned us about threats to democracy, including the decline of American journalism and the dangerous seeds of oligarchy, where too much power and influence is in the hands of a wealthy few. Basically, his message was, ‘I’m getting the hell out of here; you probably should, too.’” — JIMMY KIMMEL

“Yes, Biden used his last speech as president to warn us about a new American oligarchy. And you can tell the message hit home because of how many people — and this is true — how many people immediately went to Google to search ‘What is oligarchy?’ And weirdly, Google responded: ‘Don’t worry about it.’” — JORDAN KLEPPER

“Where was this guy? Biden couldn’t sing ‘Happy Birthday,’ suddenly he pulls out ‘oligarchy’ and ‘tech industrial complex’?”— JIMMY FALLON

“Thank you, sir, for that stark warning. But I got to say, delivering it in your trademark low-power-mode whisper ramble robbed it of a certain essential urgency.” — STEPHEN COLBERT

“He said, ‘Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation and disinformation,’ and then I thought he was about to start rapping and I got nervous.” — JIMMY KIMMEL

“I mean, I agree, but why are you giving us a to-do list on your way out?” — SETH MEYERS


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