Time for some general humor. Get it? Sorry, these jokes are funnier:
Fallon: What Does Petraeus Think of Skyfall?
The general couldnât have picked a worse weekend to come clean about his affair. (Well, there were probably worse options, like in the middle of a âsurgeââbut it was pretty bad.) The new James Bond film, Skyfall, happened to hit theaters right as the former CIA chief revealed his scandalous news, which got Jimmy Fallon wondering: with all of Bondâs sexy spy intrigue, how would Petraeus review the flick?
Stewart: Meet the Conspiracy Theorists
âWhile we donât have facts, we do have feelings,â Jon Stewart said Monday night, aptly summing up the chattering classâs response to the affair. He then proceeded to debunk (read: mock) the array of conspiracy theories emanating from Petraeusâs, sudden resignation. Hereâs one such theory: âEither the president of the United States blackmailed the head of the CIA, forcing him to agree with the administrationâs lie,â Stewart said, âor that theory is stupid.â Stewart: a thousand; Gretchen Carlson: still zero.
SNL: Just the Tip
Seth Meyers got a jump start on the Petraeus joke-making on Saturday Night Liveâs âWeekend Update,â riffing off of Broadwellâs unfortunate (albeit hilarious) decision to title her biography of General Petraeus All In. âOf course, when they first started working on the book,â Meyers mused, âit was called Just the Tip.â Boom.
Colbert: Another Biographer Gets Busy?
Breaking news: Stephen Colbert has breaking news. âThis explosive revelation puts every biographer and subject under suspicion,â the satirical news host said of the Petraeus affair Monday night. âMeaning, we can now say with some certainty that Doris Kearns Goodwin banged Abraham Lincoln.â Get on it, FBI!
Kimmel: Jerry Springer, CIA Edition!
Ladies and gentlemen, we have found a winner! Bringing the Broadwell-Kelly cat fight down to its lowest form, Jimmy Kimmel wins the late night âjoke-offâ with this Jerry Springer spoof. If only he had thrown in a âyou canât fight in here; this is the war room!â joke âŚ