Jimmy Kimmel wins Peabody Award, skewers Trump in acceptance speech
Jimmy Kimmel accepted a Peabody Award Monday and used his acceptance speech to directly mock Donald Trump, joking about Trump’s recent health exam. He name-checked Olivia Wilde and staged bits including a mock "Spencer Pratt for Mayor" gag while delivering profanity-laced jabs at Trump’s claims. The pointed, political turn in his remarks underscores late-night comedy’s role in offering sharp, satirical takes on public figures and helps frame election-year coverage for viewers.
We live in a country where some of the best journalists are late night comedians & editorial cartoonists. THANK YOU Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, John Oliver, Jimmy Fallon, Tom Tomorrow, Mike Luckovich & Michael de Adder ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! #LAUGH_DO_NOT_DESPAIR ✊
and some of the best not mentioned here don’t even work for daddy billionaire! shocking but true
We need comedians, not Republicans.
A former actor and comedian is now leading the greatest active military libration movement being conducted on the planet at this time. Slava Ukraini!
In other news, Marco is ready to hit the stage when called upon. 🤣
It's just sinking in for me how much Colbert was part of keeping me sane 😭
The great Jimmy Kimmel’s monologues very funny— but just as importantly, chalked full of information! That is why Trump is desperate to silence him. Trump-Epstein Files™️ #LAUGH_DO_NOT_DESPAIR
Mr de Adder is Canadian. Another great editorial cartoonist is Bruce MacKinnon. Also Canadian. A few of his recent cartoons.
Love these guys. BTW, this @deadder.bsky.social cartoon concerning Trump and Iran rules . . .
True, We live in a country where some of the best journalists are late night Comedians & Cartoonists, YET NOBODY THANKS “OUR GREATEST PRESIDENT EVER” FOR MAKING AMERICA 🇺🇸 TRULY INSANELY CRAZY 😝 FUNNY AGAIN! TRUMP IS FULL-GOOSE BOZO 🤡 & DESERVES MORE RECOGNITION & AWARDS for making THE WORLD🌎 LAUGH!
Canadian here Mark and just so you know, Michael de Adder is ours and yes, he’s brilliant!
And thanks to those journalists brave enough to stand up to their media overlords and tell the truth (Scott Pelley and Sharon Alfonso).
Don’t forget graphic designers! ; )
The DT Tunnel of Terror....
Don’t forget Jon Stewart and The Daily Show! 💙
Just fyi - Michael de Adder is one of us - Canadian, eh!
Fallon not so much, he tries not to say anything from what I have seen.
One of my favorites is Pulitzer prize winning editorial cartoonist @claybennett.bsky.social. He is with the Chattanooga Times.
Agreed! #DumpTrump and his tiny hands
Amen. I love that you include editorial cartoonists too.
CNN for entertainment. Comedy Central for news.
The late great George Carlin.
can you just imagine what Laugh-In would've done to Fat Loaf????
American journalism is a weak shadow of its former self.
Is 🍁 @deadder.bsky.social also 🇺🇸 🤔
Been feeling Stephen withdrawl for sure. Though maybe he should recall what happened when another comedian lost his show, he became the president of Ukraine. Shout out to the ladies too. I recall when Samatha Bee had a show and the ladies from the Daily show we knew. 😉🦆💞💙
Mark, you are definitely one in a million. Thank you for being here on BlueSky. I do enjoy seeing you each day.
You missed out Jon Stewart !❤️
It would be amazing if journalists started not worrying about their jobs and started throwing real hard questions to Trump They could lose their jobs anyway so might as well go down fighting like Steven Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel People will respect them
Thank you for the specific shoutout to the fantastic @mluckovich.bsky.social of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. May have local bias here, but as far as I can tell Mike is the best editorial cartoonist in the biz
You forgot @johnbuss.bsky.social and if you aren’t familiar with his work you’re missing out.
Don’t thank Fallon. He did PR for Trump in 2015 by having him on. He knew what he was doing.
Luckovich and de Adder never fail to nail it. They're excellent.
Jimmy Kimmel. Love that guy. He has such a good heart
Thanks for including DeAdder - huge fan!!!
Please also consider Chattanooga's own Clay Bennett.
Can we start including women in the boys club? I adore a lot of these guys, but there are women who are being excluded, even by them. Colbert platformed 4 to 5 men for each woman in his last two weeks. If we’re going to fix what’s wrong with this country, it needs to include the patriarchy.
Mark, please include Marc Murphy! @murphycartoons.bsky.social
Seems like they're the only ones brave enough to stand up to the wimpiest bully in the world.
I thought this back when Jeff Daniels was playing a better newsman than I had seen in my lifetime in HBO's 'The Newsroom.' Really need advertising out of news.
Jon Stewart, Christopher Titus, and that Liberal Red Neck Trae Crowder. And Since the fairer sex appears to be under represented : Samantha Bee, Amber Ruffin, Desi Lydic and Taylor Tomlinson.
All excellent but this cartoon of Stephen Miller is the best!🤣
I guess Jon Stewart doesn’t count since he’s once a week, right? 😆
Imagine thinking that is journalism. Yikes.
Michael de Adder is Canadian, but Thanks.
Please add David Rowe, Australian political cartoonist, to your list.
Strike Force Five are mental health professionals at this point.
Jimmy Fallon can step aside.
The world has seen this kind of evil before.
Comedians are not journalists. The best journalists are journalists. They do original reporting. Comedians may well be the best *observers* of our time, which is important but not the same. Like op-ed columnists, they comment on the news that journalists investigate and report.
I waited inline on my 9th bday for 3hrs to see Star Wars and since then I’ve heard republicans tout- law & order, free speech, states rights, national security, fiscal & personal responsibility etc. and they have abandoned every one. Going forward they’re gonna have some credibility issues.
They are all great but I’m a big Luckovich fan. He continually hits the mark.
White men are not our saviors
And the daily show writers!!
Also! The brilliant @rubenbolling.bsky.social ‼️
Those late night guys... Forever StrikeForce Five! So funny AND so accurate! Good cartoons also.. Our president (and his Butt-snorklers) have such thin skin it's hard to believe!
Don't forget The Daily Show.
They speak the truth with a few jokes sprinkled in!
Ive never understood why you haven’t had a revolution against the oligarchs who run your so called leaders, you’re all armed to the teeth….ffs
Forgot Jon Stewart, and the crew at The Daily Show, Mark.
Preach! They're the ones keeping us informed, entertained, and slightly less despondent.
You won’t find any journalists on network or cable news, that’s for sure.
Been true for the past 20 years.
Yes, thank you for keeping us all sane during this nightmare.
And props to all their researchers and writers as well.
Humor is so very effective because it bypasses the regular filters. Delivers the message!
Props to @tomtomorrow.bsky.social . American politicians are so absurd, we need the laughs.
Their incredible courage shines an unflattering and very bright light on the cowardice of so many others.
The Force is strong with them.