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There is nothing funny about an ‘expectant widow’: I miss the decent days of Johnny Carson
American Thinker ^ | 04/28/2026 | Silvio Canto Jr.

Posted on 04/28/2026 9:54:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Once upon a time, a fellow named Carson dominated late night TV. It was more than a show. My father told me that men would be talking about his lines in the coffee break room. Even people who didn’t watch it knew about his one-liners, because that’s the way it was.

Who is repeating Jimmy Kimmel’s jokes these days? Probably not a lot of people, unless you like a joke about an expectant widow or the current First Lady losing her husband, the president.

Let’s check this out:

Jimmy Kimmel mocking Melania Trump at his alternate universe parody WH correspondence dinner saying ..

"OUR FIRST LADY, MELANIA IS HERE. LOOK AT MELANIA, SO BEAUTIFUL MRS. TRUMP, YOU HAVE A GLOW LIKE AN EXPECTANT WIDOW."

Your reminder to cancel @Disney @ABC if you haven't… already. Kimmel and all the rest of the deranged left should be held accountable for COLE ALLEN. pic.twitter.com/scV2uk2IaQ — Patriot Lady (@angelwoman501) April 26, 2026

So this is funny?  Some writer actually presented this to Kimmel for his nightly show?  Maybe Kimmel made it up, but a joke about a woman becoming a widow is not the kind of thing that you’d associate with comedy.

So what’s the joke anyway?  I could understand a joke about a woman becoming a football widow during the NFL playoffs.  I’ve heard women say that and it can be funny, especially when the husband just becomes your neighbor that you watch games with.

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So again—who thinks that this is funny?  If you do, then you need to see a doctor and get Trump out of your head.

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Kimmel answered back saying something about the president’s age rather than an assassination. He is 80 you know, but Kimmel reminded us that he’s against gun violence. No matter what, it was a bad choice of words, given the two previous assassination attempts.

Will ABC fire him? I don’t care, but a little decency might be in order.

1 posted on 04/28/2026 9:54:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

If you have to explain a joke, it wasn’t funny.


2 posted on 04/28/2026 9:56:38 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: SeekAndFind

Here is Johnny making fun of Joe Biden:

https://youtu.be/XGXRvDT2k8I?si=r211XG6SXsqAf7Dt


3 posted on 04/28/2026 9:57:28 AM PDT by MarlonRando
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To: SeekAndFind

Proud Assassin-crat Jimmy Kimmel.


4 posted on 04/28/2026 9:59:51 AM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGA-A)
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To: SeekAndFind

HE IS NOT YET 80.

QUIT DISPARAGING THOSE OF US IN OUR 80’S.

WE STILL CAN OUTWORK MOST 30 YEAR OLDS EACH & EVERY DAY.


5 posted on 04/28/2026 10:01:54 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: SeekAndFind
He is 80 you know

Not yet he isn't.

6 posted on 04/28/2026 10:02:00 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (It seems to be a law of nature...that those who will not risk cannot win. --John Paul Jones)
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To: SeekAndFind

Kimmel is a wretched wreck imitation of a sentient human being. However, his total lack of testosterone does qualify him to be the next Governor of Minnesota.


7 posted on 04/28/2026 10:02:07 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: MarlonRando

E: Here is Johnny making fun of Joe Biden: https://youtu.be/XGXRvDT2k8I?si=r211XG6SXsqAf7Dt

That Joke from Johnny Carson would go way over the head of most young people today. How many today remember what FDR said?


8 posted on 04/28/2026 10:04:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Back during the Bush II presidency, I had satellite radio as I was doing a lot of driving in the wee hours of the morning. They had three cable channels. The redneck channel ran the same program day after day during my commute. I could lip sync it. The other two basically featured “comedians” saying insulting things about Bush II. Here’s what I learned. If the audience applauds the “joke” it wasn’t funny, but they agreed with the sentiment. It seemed that to get your bit on the two comedy channels you had to be attacking the president. I decided I didn’t want my money going to something I truly disliked.


9 posted on 04/28/2026 10:05:30 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Oh, gosh! I said that out loud. I'm so sorry.)
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To: SeekAndFind

As we were told by the brave Yuri Bezmenov, the communists have demoralized us.

The low IQ don’t see that they’ve been corrupted.

But watch what happens.


10 posted on 04/28/2026 10:06:32 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: SeekAndFind

I usually give comedians a break because I have been guilty of making bad jokes when trying to be funny. On occasion, I’ve used very dark humor to break the stress in some bad family situations.

This crap isn’t that. It wasn’t something he said “off the cuff” that fell flat. He wrote it. He thought about it. And he put it into the teleprompter. And he delivered the line and waited for the audience to laugh (and I am sure the laugh track was standing by if the laughs did not come.)

I can’t believe that not a single person raised an eyebrow over this during the vetting process.

That tells you everything you need to know about Disney.


11 posted on 04/28/2026 10:06:53 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: SeekAndFind

Johnny was a good cat


12 posted on 04/28/2026 10:08:36 AM PDT by MarlonRando
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To: Vermont Lt

And of course, the communists have always hidden their fecal content in what’s supposed to be comedy and humor.


13 posted on 04/28/2026 10:10:53 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: SeekAndFind

The very best of Johnny Carson

Sam Kinison

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WipFqwSjSMM


14 posted on 04/28/2026 10:10:54 AM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: ridesthemiles

Are you suggesting that wisdom and deceipt beats youth and brawn?


15 posted on 04/28/2026 10:13:48 AM PDT by HockeyPop
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To: Bratch

Without a laugh track, what would the Kimmel experience bring?


16 posted on 04/28/2026 10:27:27 AM PDT by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: MarlonRando

I remember a Carson joke from the Jimmy Carter presidency: “The White House is hosting a formal dinner this weekend. It will be a black sweater event.”


17 posted on 04/28/2026 10:29:34 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle1
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To: SeekAndFind

If Conservatives begin to spout insidious garbage promoting violence against Liberals then watch them reverse course in a hurry.


18 posted on 04/28/2026 10:32:32 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: MarlonRando

He may have been a Democrat in his private life but was always even-handed with his humor and not hateful or mean-spirited.

He was very smart not to alienate half the country unlike the current crop of late-night douchebags.

I remember seeing a 60 Minutes interview with Johnny where he basically said “if you’re looking to an entertainer like me for political insight, you’re stupid.”


19 posted on 04/28/2026 10:32:58 AM PDT by pburiak (You really think we can vote our way out of this? That's so cute...)
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To: Steve_Seattle1

that’s pretty good. I love the poinsettia joke—

https://youtu.be/Lf4F30EmbkM?si=wAwHf5OlCUEs-7gu


20 posted on 04/28/2026 10:36:22 AM PDT by MarlonRando
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