Biden Takes Out Chinese Spy Balloon After Fox News Spends Days Freaking Out: A Closer Look

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  • Seth takes a closer look at the incredibly dumb Chinese spy balloon melodrama that exposed just how vacuous and silly much of the right-wing media discourse is.
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  • @Rebar77_real
    @Rebar77_real Рік тому +2751

    Don't know why they're freaking out so hard over a balloon. There was a Russian blimp in the Whitehouse for years...

  • @RansomeStoddard
    @RansomeStoddard Рік тому +1241

    So first they say the balloon could be filled with bio weapons and then they ask why if wasn’t shot down over US soil?

    • @MyMarsham
      @MyMarsham Рік тому +76

      Yeah, I don’t know either.

    • @duelgundam
      @duelgundam Рік тому +212

      It's Republicans, don't think too hard about it

    • @RansomeStoddard
      @RansomeStoddard Рік тому +65

      @@duelgundam good point

    • @panzerwolf494
      @panzerwolf494 Рік тому

      Don't ask for sense out of Republicans. They huffed their own farts for the last 30 years and now they're brain dead

    • @michaeld4861
      @michaeld4861 Рік тому +84

      They were even concerned it might have covid in it! 🤣

  • @Sitania
    @Sitania Рік тому +121

    Mike pompeo's quote was the best. "it would have been shot down already if we were still in there"
    Meanwhile, back in reality. They let it happen multiple times. With no shooting down

    • @mustafa1name
      @mustafa1name Рік тому

      It's fairly alarming how dishonest the powerful are: they lie to your face with impunity. Voters let them get away with it. The DOJ are extremely reluctant to prosecute them.

    • @KaiserBlade
      @KaiserBlade Рік тому

      You know that was proven a lie ,right? Try and keep up Satania.

    • @janicetribbiani7535
      @janicetribbiani7535 Рік тому +1

      It has happened multiple times over the past 50 years. So, yeah. Never shot down before that we heard about. And Pompeo’s an idiot.

    • @IDGem100
      @IDGem100 Рік тому +1

      @Aquatic Ape Try looking it up on CBC, BBC, AP, Snopes.

    • @kingayy9267
      @kingayy9267 Рік тому +1

      Trvmp claimed China "respects" him too much to have done that, yet it happened multiple times under his reign of terror.

  • @peterharris38
    @peterharris38 Рік тому +23

    Oh man I never get tired of Seth doing his impersonations it's gold every time

    • @jenniferlee8507
      @jenniferlee8507 Рік тому

      Wakeup dude! I'm Chinese. This is insane!! Even Taiwan, Japan, and South Korean media outlets have reported China's ballooning presence over US territories and military as an extremely serious concern. What is the reason behind people laughing and continuously making joke and making fun of Trump? He’a no longer president! Isn't America your own country? you are now facing the consequences, and it's likely that you will witness more challenging situations in the near future

  • @julianchiu8893
    @julianchiu8893 Рік тому +1283

    Can we talk about Fox news anchors saying solar energy would provide the balloon with "unlimited surveillance". Did Fox news just promote solar energy?

    • @sagesufferswell
      @sagesufferswell Рік тому +63

      Please find the fox news clip and comment this 🤣

    • @ask_why000
      @ask_why000 Рік тому +14

      With chemtrails causing cloud cover the FOX solar angle would come up short.

    • @lealmelisa
      @lealmelisa Рік тому +8

      Backfire!!

    • @AloisAgos
      @AloisAgos Рік тому

      More like denigrate it by tying it to China.

    • @prettyevil6662000
      @prettyevil6662000 Рік тому +165

      Same for the 'boom we're all on ventilators again'. Did they just admit the covid virus was a serious problem?

  • @414rl
    @414rl Рік тому +476

    The way they said they were scared of it popping because of potential bio weapons then questions why it wasn't shot down sooner wothout information on it🙄

    • @JasonLeclere
      @JasonLeclere Рік тому +44

      Thank you. You saved me the trouble of writing it haha

    • @PhilLesh69
      @PhilLesh69 Рік тому

      You can't become a right wing reactionary by putting thought before actions or words. Thinking before speaking is such lefty socialist behavior that they simply can't do it.

    • @414rl
      @414rl Рік тому +16

      @@JasonLeclere bahahaha 😅here to help

    • @andrewstewart7231
      @andrewstewart7231 Рік тому +8

      Yes!

    • @nugboy420
      @nugboy420 Рік тому

      Not to mention Biden did want to shoot it down but the smarty pantses in the military explained it’s not that safe to drop something from 60000feet or whatever

  • @LogicAtItsFinest
    @LogicAtItsFinest Рік тому +78

    It's hard to believe that people could be that dumb. It's even harder to believe that someone actually put them on TV AND let them talk.

    • @tomidancingbird233
      @tomidancingbird233 Рік тому

      Why not, I mean they let all the Joy’s and Joe’s froth at the mouth and incite folks into tribal hatred, fox is just the other side of the idiot coin that is our MSM.

    • @jenniferlee8507
      @jenniferlee8507 Рік тому +1

      I'm Chinese. This is insane!! Even Taiwan, Japan, and South Korean media outlets have reported China's ballooning presence over US territories and military as an extremely serious concern. What is the reason behind people laughing and continuously making joke and making fun of Trump? He’a no longer president! Isn't America your own country? you are now facing the consequences, and it's likely that they will witness more challenging situations in the near future

    • @jenniferlee8507
      @jenniferlee8507 Рік тому +1

      Totally crazy! In China, we call Biden as the China’s most expensive spy. You are seriously dumb and naive!

    • @lisahenry20
      @lisahenry20 8 місяців тому

      I can't remember which comedian said it, it may have been a couple who all said something similar, but it's not that the US is the only country with idiots, it's that other countries tend to shame their idiots into being quiet while in the US, they're encouraged to run for office.

  • @UnkleBen
    @UnkleBen Рік тому +10

    That closer look was so freaking funny I'm actually watching it again. 😆🤘🏼 thank you

  • @popeyesweetpea
    @popeyesweetpea Рік тому +94

    So, they're afraid the balloon is filled with virus, and at the same time angry that it wasn't shot down over populated areas of the US? Does that make sense?

    • @danmcgriff1421
      @danmcgriff1421 Рік тому

      No one ever said shoot it down over a populated area don't be stupid

    • @cdca1973
      @cdca1973 Рік тому

      What doesn't make sense is how stupid libs are, it could have been shot down once it entered U.S. air space in the Pacific.

    • @Scoopy2022
      @Scoopy2022 Рік тому +9

      Nothing they do or say really makes sense!!!

    • @4plus20isHappy
      @4plus20isHappy Рік тому +11

      “Not making sense” is one of Fox News’s slogans.

    • @nancychandler3673
      @nancychandler3673 Рік тому +6

      Nothing makes sense in MAGA World 🌎

  • @thomasa8814
    @thomasa8814 Рік тому +582

    "Tears pouring down their face" always gets me 😆

    • @davidturner3655
      @davidturner3655 Рік тому +31

      I couldn’t agree more - “a big, strong balloon with tears running down his latex face” was the chef’s kiss on Seth’s Trump impression

    • @michaelhernandez3041
      @michaelhernandez3041 Рік тому +10

      Trumps tax dollars at work.

    • @shadoudirges
      @shadoudirges Рік тому +16

      Pretty sure the squeaking was balloon for _"Sir..."_

    • @clayman1980
      @clayman1980 Рік тому +2

      Same here! 😆

    • @joeybleu66
      @joeybleu66 Рік тому

      theatrical trick reality fake TV stunt

  • @ekdaufin1485
    @ekdaufin1485 Рік тому +41

    Love the “your jobs a lot easier than ours” line!😂

    • @lynnhettrick7588
      @lynnhettrick7588 Рік тому

      It cracked me up!

    • @jenniferlee8507
      @jenniferlee8507 Рік тому

      Dumbest people. I'm Chinese. This is insane!! Even Taiwan, Japan, and South Korean media outlets have reported China's ballooning presence over US territories and military as an extremely serious concern. What is the reason behind people laughing and continuously making joke and making fun of Trump? He’a no longer president! Isn't America your own country? you are now facing the consequences, and it's likely that you will witness more challenging situations in the near future

  • @ianb9028
    @ianb9028 Рік тому +3

    That ballooned out of all proportion

  • @jonathanraithel5726
    @jonathanraithel5726 Рік тому +108

    George Santos is outraged that it took three days for him to get permission to shoot down the balloon with his missile expertise.

    • @Richard--
      @Richard-- Рік тому +12

      But he was even more outraged that the Pentagon scrapped his plan of skydiving onto it and commandeering it safely to the ground.

    • @DiustheZ
      @DiustheZ Рік тому

      @@Richard-- This genuinely sounds like fun though... I volunteer for the next one

    • @markmac2206
      @markmac2206 Рік тому +4

      he IS THE BALLOON.

    • @jeffbaer5851
      @jeffbaer5851 Рік тому +5

      "MY OWN MOTHER died in the great Balloon Pogroms of 1864. Hundreds of thousands of innocent balloons were popped by the Czar... give me a moment to collect myself... and to check my eyeliner... oh, damn, my blush is uneven..."

    • @SeansModelBuilds
      @SeansModelBuilds Рік тому +1

      @@Richard-- So he thought he was Tackleberry in Police Academy 4?

  • @voltrevolt8731
    @voltrevolt8731 Рік тому +191

    The balloonacy must end.

    • @peartfaldo
      @peartfaldo Рік тому +2

      yeah. lets go brandon.....

    • @Thurston86
      @Thurston86 Рік тому +1

      @@peartfaldoGood retort. 10/10. Must’ve taken you _hours_ to come up with such a witty response.

  • @JonnoPlays
    @JonnoPlays Рік тому +2

    Big balloon, strong balloon 🎈 tears rolling down his face 😭
    😂 👌 💯

  • @Anna-tj7mp
    @Anna-tj7mp Рік тому +5

    The way distract myself from lingering over Seth's good looks is by enjoying his wonderful journalism.

  • @TouchofShunshine
    @TouchofShunshine Рік тому +32

    Why didn't Sarah Palin see the ballon? She can see it from her house.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Рік тому +2

      She would have, but she was out on the snowmobiles

    • @user-st3wd3jb8o
      @user-st3wd3jb8o Рік тому

      How much was Hunter getting from China that Biden allowed this spy balloon to fly all over USA?

  • @ZachariahWest
    @ZachariahWest Рік тому +252

    News Balloons is the best way to refer to the "reporters" at fox news.

    • @shawnr771
      @shawnr771 Рік тому +13

      Another older term is Gas Bags.
      I think it is more approoriate.

    • @chenzen1578
      @chenzen1578 Рік тому +3

      My thoughts exacly!

    • @johnobrien2373
      @johnobrien2373 Рік тому +2

      Actually kind of does a disservice to Helium. All their hot air is CO2!

    • @claudiotagini
      @claudiotagini Рік тому

      do you mean that reporters at MSNBC work for Fox News?

    • @AbidingDude420
      @AbidingDude420 Рік тому +1

      Fox are the kings of right wing outrage clickbait. UA-cam knows this, and that’s why they push them in their algorithms.

  • @jbeyond7402
    @jbeyond7402 Рік тому +3

    I've never seen so many well armed, grown men so terrified of a BALLOON!!!

  • @alrightyru
    @alrightyru Рік тому +39

    I just don't want this episode to end! I want Seth to just keep talking and telling stories! P.s. where's my mug??

    • @kingayy9267
      @kingayy9267 Рік тому

      I totally agree with you.
      No matter how long these videos are, they always end too soon.

    • @jenniferlee8507
      @jenniferlee8507 Рік тому

      Dumbest people. I'm Chinese. This is insane!! Even Taiwan, Japan, and South Korean media outlets have reported China's ballooning presence over US territories and military as an extremely serious concern. What is the reason behind people laughing and continuously making joke and making fun of Trump? He’a no longer president! Isn't America your own country? you are now facing the consequences, and it's likely that you will witness more challenging situations in the near future

  • @mswen1983
    @mswen1983 Рік тому +190

    It's funny how the Chinese can get "Unlimited Surveillance" out of a few solar panels, but the US can barely charge a cell phone.

    • @artbargra
      @artbargra Рік тому +14

      I love how that dumbsack emphasized the solar part, as if it is just as bad as the spy thing. Republicans certainly are a kind of their own, bless their smooth brains.

    • @KaiserBlade
      @KaiserBlade Рік тому +1

      Or an EV.

    • @Kyle_P
      @Kyle_P Рік тому +9

      That is the Republican way. Every data point will always suit their needs perfectly.
      Greatest country ever USA solar power? Pathetic, keep burning that coal forever!
      Chinese solar? (Emperor Palpatine voice) UNLIMITED POWER!!!

    • @inkblots
      @inkblots Рік тому +2

      We've lost the solar balloon wars.

    • @joeybleu66
      @joeybleu66 Рік тому +1

      yeah they are doing so good over there. Mao's social engineering has reaped bitter fruit. Xi wants three children. the chinese are working 6 days a week ,men and women. he just admitted his population has peaked. there are too many men and not enough women. reproduction and fertility are based on a women who does not work outside of her home. so we will just have to wait and see how an absolute ruler digs himself out. maybe he will start ww3 that's what absolute rulers do to take their population minds off the internal problems. look how well Putin is doing.

  • @xxxLoyalFeliciaxxx
    @xxxLoyalFeliciaxxx Рік тому +81

    The whole "Big _, strong _, tears streaming down its _, and it said to me, it said 'sir...'" routine never fails to make me laugh out loud.

    • @jenniferlee8507
      @jenniferlee8507 Рік тому +1

      Dumbest people. I'm Chinese. This is insane!! Even Taiwan, Japan, and South Korean media outlets have reported China's ballooning presence over US territories and military as an extremely serious concern. What is the reason behind people laughing and continuously making joke and making fun of Trump? He’a no longer president! Isn't America your own country? you are now facing the consequences, and it's likely that you will witness more challenging situations in the near future

  • @oregonsbragia
    @oregonsbragia Рік тому +5

    I'm so glad that I was not the only one who saw the humor in all of this. If I couldn't laugh at the stupidity, I'd have tears streaming down my face.

    • @danbsports6760
      @danbsports6760 Рік тому +1

      Would you also be a big guy, strong guy?

  • @urinluk24
    @urinluk24 Рік тому +577

    I never knew so many clowns were afraid of balloons 🎈

  • @truthhurts3524
    @truthhurts3524 Рік тому +69

    “Tears pouring down its latex face”
    😂😂😂

  • @loganlabbe9767
    @loganlabbe9767 Рік тому +1

    I often just listen to these while driving, and this time I had to replay it at home to see wth the graphics were

  • @Typhis19
    @Typhis19 Рік тому +97

    I'm gonna say that graphics nailed it on the balloon in first class, it legitimately looked relaxed! XD lmao

    • @francescaa8331
      @francescaa8331 Рік тому +6

      It did. Sipping its champagne.

    • @alrightyru
      @alrightyru Рік тому

      I would have liked a straw into some opening ...

  • @MeissnerEffect
    @MeissnerEffect Рік тому +243

    Mike Pence could’ve popped that balloon with his unique pendulum hand-clap technique.

    • @reannas2225
      @reannas2225 Рік тому +3

      Okay that's actually really good, I'll give it to you😂😂

    • @gorak9000
      @gorak9000 Рік тому +2

      He would've sent his buddy, that fly that landed on his head, to go up and chew a hole in the balloon

    • @CT-vm4gf
      @CT-vm4gf Рік тому +7

      MTG could’ve got a space laser pointed at it.

    • @KlaximumSkroeft
      @KlaximumSkroeft Рік тому +4

      The only clap that is 100% guaranteed to keep the gay away.

    • @johnobrien2373
      @johnobrien2373 Рік тому +4

      @@KlaximumSkroeft *Offer not valid in Indiana

  • @MicJaguar
    @MicJaguar Рік тому +1

    Seth, the proper term for the dealership tube guy is. "Whacky inflatable flailing arm tube man!" As a Family Guy cut away so gloriously described them and how they can so easy "raise the roof" at parties. 😆

  • @RHCole
    @RHCole Рік тому +5

    Best A Closer Look in awhile. Well done.

  • @kadeshdubose5535
    @kadeshdubose5535 Рік тому +156

    If the balloon was "filled with virus" or a "bioweapon" as Fox feared, it makes even less sense that they wanted to shoot it down over the US 🤣😂

    • @farleytrading
      @farleytrading Рік тому +29

      since when did they ever make sense?

    • @redjellonian8126
      @redjellonian8126 Рік тому +3

      Unless it has some sort of magical release function

    • @noahkarpinski1824
      @noahkarpinski1824 Рік тому

      Unless you believe the theory that Fox New wants to get its viewers killed

    • @4plus20isHappy
      @4plus20isHappy Рік тому

      Fox News-The Ministry of Truth
      War is Peace.
      Freedom is Slavery.
      Ignorance is Strength.

    • @kadeshdubose5535
      @kadeshdubose5535 Рік тому +12

      @@redjellonian8126 Stormy claims Trump has a little magic release button. More of a mushroom cap but anyway lol

  • @TwoTreesStudio
    @TwoTreesStudio Рік тому +18

    "did that balloon take of from wuhan?" fox news asking the real questions as usual lmao

  • @sammarks9146
    @sammarks9146 Рік тому +1

    Hearing them say "Chinese spy balloon" so many times in a row made it sound like it was nonsense words- "Chaiynee Spiabaleune"

  • @LastBastion9999
    @LastBastion9999 Рік тому +23

    I got dibs on naming my new post-punk band Chinese Spy Balloon. Out first single: a cover of the 5th Dimension's "Up Up and Away."

    • @Lucifer-qt9gh
      @Lucifer-qt9gh Рік тому

      Spry baroon

    • @michaelrmurphy2734
      @michaelrmurphy2734 Рік тому

      99 Red Balloons by Nena. And Balloon For A Cat by Ai Otsuka.

    • @davidalexander3320
      @davidalexander3320 Рік тому +1

      Pink Floyd's "Great Gig in the Sky"

    • @johnobrien2373
      @johnobrien2373 Рік тому

      A punk, or post-punk, take on that particular song would be a very interesting cover! How you do it is up to you, but please send me a sample, because that's not one I tended to think of as needing a ""post-punk upgrade!"
      Tbh, it always kinda sounded like a used-car commercial jingle to me, but please don't let that stop you!

  • @winesap2
    @winesap2 Рік тому +752

    I LOVE how now every time Trump is referenced on this show he reminisces about someone he met, tears running down his eyes. I was just waiting for the balloon to have tears running down its eyes, and I was not disappointed.

    • @skycat04
      @skycat04 Рік тому +51

      These fake anecdotes should win an Emmy... perfect every single time.

    • @markmac2206
      @markmac2206 Рік тому +45

      and the balloon said "pppppfffffffffftttttttt!"

    • @indigowolf556
      @indigowolf556 Рік тому

      He should walk around with one of those little packages of Kleenex to wipe away the tears

    • @jvhobson
      @jvhobson Рік тому +33

      There was an omission, though. In Trump's description, the very first thing the balloon would have said to him would be "Sir," ...and only then "psssstht...."

    • @jwchell
      @jwchell Рік тому +43

      Big balloon, strong balloon

  • @colleenedgren5143
    @colleenedgren5143 Рік тому +1

    They cannot even settle on what conspiracy to go with it's so ridiculous...

  • @acbenepe
    @acbenepe Рік тому +47

    Hey, kudos to the sound team for the deflating balloon gag.

    • @mrychards6682
      @mrychards6682 Рік тому

      I laughed so hard that I couldn't breathe!

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage Рік тому +140

    OMG, I'd pay good money to hear Donnie try to pronounce 'dirigible'

    • @ellengrace4609
      @ellengrace4609 Рік тому +33

      I’d pay good money to never hear Donnie speak again.

    • @missunderstanding357
      @missunderstanding357 Рік тому +5

      @@ellengrace4609 Me too!

    • @utezahn3174
      @utezahn3174 Рік тому +4

      Ha! Torn now - how about we give him three tries at “dirigible” and after, he has to hold his peace forever?

    • @shenanigansagain5273
      @shenanigansagain5273 Рік тому

      I'd pay more to hear Biden try it.

    • @georgestuart8656
      @georgestuart8656 Рік тому +8

      Person woman man camera TV dirigi... dirgab ... digi... balloon.

  • @angeline12345
    @angeline12345 Рік тому +1

    That Pompeii needs investigation

  • @lynnhettrick7588
    @lynnhettrick7588 Рік тому

    3:00 Seth, you can add Flailing Inflatable Man to your impressions list! lol, nailed it!

  • @ASM881
    @ASM881 Рік тому +35

    I love that they say “the balloon is still on the move”, like yeah Dude, balloons tend to keep moving.

    • @liquidmagma
      @liquidmagma Рік тому

      Too stupid to understand that people were saying it should be stopped?

    • @My-Pal-Hal
      @My-Pal-Hal Рік тому

      Yeah,.. why is that 🤔
      If only we had an Extremely Well Educated, Orange Clown. That knows the Best Words. To tell us all about how BALLOONS Work.
      ... that might get Stormy 😂🤣😂

    • @jenniferlee8507
      @jenniferlee8507 Рік тому

      Dumbest people. I'm Chinese. This is insane!! Even Taiwan, Japan, and South Korean media outlets have reported China's ballooning presence over US territories and military as an extremely serious concern. What is the reason behind people laughing and continuously making joke and making fun of Trump? He’a no longer president! Isn't America your own country? you are now facing the consequences, and it's likely that you will witness more challenging situations in the near future

  • @WaywardVet
    @WaywardVet Рік тому +1

    Is it bad that my biggest takeaway from this isn't joy of laughter, but that "box wine" triggered me to go "have I thrown that out yet?"

  • @jeffreyraven6288
    @jeffreyraven6288 Рік тому +1

    Hi Seth, I love the sarcasm and irony in your opener - it cracked me up!

  • @ja0129
    @ja0129 Рік тому +6

    I think I just lost 5 pounds laughing so hard 🤣🤣🤣 thanks Seth!!!!

  • @spameranne
    @spameranne Рік тому +20

    no way he knows the word "dirigible," but I love the concept

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Рік тому +2

      Too many syllables for Donny

  • @commonsense571
    @commonsense571 Рік тому +33

    Fox rant is hilarious 😂😂😂…”is it filled with CANDY?!”..😂

  • @curiousnerdkitteh
    @curiousnerdkitteh Рік тому +2

    I have a feeling that's EXACTLY how the conversation between the writers and the graphics team went.

  • @blanketfortressofsolitude5270
    @blanketfortressofsolitude5270 Рік тому +1

    In the age of spy satellites, a balloon just seems like amateur hour.

  • @angrysaxman2246
    @angrysaxman2246 Рік тому +158

    Lmao graphics department deserves a raise that balloon in first class was hilarious made my day 😂

    • @christinebenson518
      @christinebenson518 Рік тому +2

      I was hoping for a tie on the balloon

    • @rabbit251
      @rabbit251 Рік тому +3

      Seth always references Graphics, but he never gives them credit like he does with his writers. About a spot inspection on the graphics department? Surely not all their graphics land. (Pun intended at the end).

    • @lizardog
      @lizardog Рік тому

      @@christinebenson518 a really long red tie.

    • @MariaVosa
      @MariaVosa Рік тому

      I want to give a special award for that wig on the inflatable figure. What the heck was that!? 😂

    • @hurrly9036
      @hurrly9036 Рік тому

      what was the little beep just as the graphic was teken down?

  • @catha.j.stuart2200
    @catha.j.stuart2200 Рік тому +14

    Big balloon, strong balloon 😂

  • @neatofication
    @neatofication Рік тому +1

    Lol ok I just got to the balloon but 🤣 I should have waited til the end to comment. This episode is HILARIOUS 🎉

  • @howdy4504
    @howdy4504 Місяць тому

    love that this episode essentially recreated Doofenshmirtz and Balloony as a bit

  • @kod5660
    @kod5660 Рік тому +7

    Wait don't they always complain about Solar now its an unlimited power source.. How does the US actually allow these TV networks to masquerade as news channels?

  • @tclarke2277
    @tclarke2277 Рік тому +3

    Seth is so darn good with the impressions and impersonations he just turns it on and off like its nothing

  • @smiller4659
    @smiller4659 Рік тому +112

    I listen to "A Closer Look" while driving to work. I love when there's a new one!

    • @kanishkmair2920
      @kanishkmair2920 Рік тому +11

      You miss all the graphics man

    • @GiarkReleos
      @GiarkReleos Рік тому +6

      you are going to work, now!

    • @frogneckmen857
      @frogneckmen857 Рік тому

      Same

    • @elaexplorer
      @elaexplorer Рік тому

      Well have a good night at work then.

    • @JohnDoe-jh5yr
      @JohnDoe-jh5yr Рік тому +2

      If I listened to the end of this one while driving, I might've had to pull over from laughing so hard

  • @jaysoderberg8635
    @jaysoderberg8635 Рік тому

    The 'air dancer' looks just like Anthony Kiedis! lol

  • @garytheo
    @garytheo Рік тому +2

    Myers still has the best Trump impression 😂

  • @noahdelo
    @noahdelo Рік тому +88

    The sheer quantity of balloon jokes is astounding

    • @bmonroe6947
      @bmonroe6947 Рік тому +7

      it's that darn inflation, thanks Biden!

    • @My-Pal-Hal
      @My-Pal-Hal Рік тому

      @@bmonroe6947
      ... and you 'Edited' that 😂
      They do love the uneducated 🤤

    • @KlaximumSkroeft
      @KlaximumSkroeft Рік тому +6

      They really blew it out of proportion.

    • @claudiotagini
      @claudiotagini Рік тому

      So true! but they still don't keep the idiot afloat: now only 37% would want him to run again in 2024

    • @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing
      @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing Рік тому +2

      Writers just riding a bubble destined to burst

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage Рік тому +102

    'Chinese Spy Balloon' was my favorite late 80's New Wave band!

    • @michaelrmurphy2734
      @michaelrmurphy2734 Рік тому +9

      99 Red Balloons by Nena!

    • @perryshaffer8358
      @perryshaffer8358 Рік тому +12

      Personally I was more a Marjie and the Jewish Space Lazers fan.

    • @daydreamer8662
      @daydreamer8662 Рік тому +4

      @Zach Hogan people who like balloons don't like the word "pop"

    • @daydreamer8662
      @daydreamer8662 Рік тому +6

      I was more into Zeppelin

    • @ThomStanton
      @ThomStanton Рік тому +1

      Red Rocks at sunset. 1988... sublime. 😁

  • @brettjones4300
    @brettjones4300 Рік тому

    ALL media outlets freaked out. 🤦‍♂️

  • @21anusha
    @21anusha Рік тому +1

    Loved the English accent!👍🏼...
    🤣🤣🤣

  • @user-em6ie2be7x
    @user-em6ie2be7x Рік тому +371

    Knowing Trump he'd stare at the balloon like it's a Solar Eclipse. 💁🏿‍♂️🌘

    • @richsackett3423
      @richsackett3423 Рік тому +18

      Maybe he did the three times a Chinese balloon did before.

    • @thaddeusroberts2393
      @thaddeusroberts2393 Рік тому +14

      @@richsackett3423 That explains that NFT card. He really does have laser eye vision!

    • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
      @lawrencedoliveiro9104 Рік тому +2

      So ... Lara Clips, my old nemesis! We meet again!

    • @firestream93
      @firestream93 Рік тому

      More than likely, Trump would have had it shot down, before it ever reached our airspace.
      But, seeings how the Chinese have Biden in their pocket, the balloon was given a chance to obtain what data it needed.

    • @7thMack
      @7thMack Рік тому +8

      I try to entice ppl to never capitalize “trump” - he and his name don’t deserve the effort, and it’s offensive to the senses when ppl take the time to bestow ANY respect in his general direction. 😊

  • @ryanakers1372
    @ryanakers1372 Рік тому +201

    8:40 Honestly, the most unbelievable part of this joke is that Trump could accurately pronounce 'dirigible.'

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Рік тому +14

      Definitely too many syllables

    • @tedmom3029
      @tedmom3029 Рік тому +16

      Yes, could have been a “bigly” balloon … lol

    • @itsme123669
      @itsme123669 Рік тому +15

      Some say it's the bigglyest balloon ever made. CHINA sure knows how to make balloons. We don't do that anymore in the US. Sad. The proud balloon farmers are going out of business... But I'm gonna turn that around...

    • @muddro420
      @muddro420 Рік тому +11

      he would have mispronounced it once, known he fucked up, and said "or a..." and then mispronounced it a second time in a different way

    • @TimTE01
      @TimTE01 Рік тому +12

      @@muddro420 ‘I love the dirgibells. Big dirgibells. We all know what they are.’

  • @backyardadvocate9377
    @backyardadvocate9377 Рік тому +1

    The rumor is that Xi was delivering Skittles to the great Orange scrud at Mar a Lago.

  • @Dra6nheart
    @Dra6nheart Рік тому

    NOTHING that balloon could see was secret! LOL

  • @firestream93
    @firestream93 Рік тому +7

    Apparently, to get in our airspace, all you have to say is, "It accidently drifted."

    • @RebeccaOre
      @RebeccaOre Рік тому +3

      The US said the same thing about the U2 accidently overflying the Soviet Union in 1960 because they assumed the pilot didn't survive the crash.

  • @Mene0
    @Mene0 Рік тому +265

    Seth trying not to laugh is so good

  • @fdoe9184
    @fdoe9184 Рік тому

    Of all shows, can't believe you didn't use the classic F Troop line:. "It is balloon!"

  • @ChristinaRicks144
    @ChristinaRicks144 Рік тому +1

    I love Seth Meyers!

  • @mscoyote50
    @mscoyote50 Рік тому +92

    Seth has the BEST imitations of the former guy - i always feel tears running down my face because I'm laughing so hard!

    • @Invariel
      @Invariel Рік тому +7

      "Jackal came up to me, tears in their eyes, big jackal, strong jackal, ..."

    • @kiriuxeosa8716
      @kiriuxeosa8716 Рік тому

      Excuse me but you will address him by his appropriate name!
      "DIPSH!+"

  • @PoeticProse7
    @PoeticProse7 Рік тому +47

    I was waiting for that Pennywise joke, Seth. Thank you.

  • @karenatha7890
    @karenatha7890 Рік тому

    Just the word balóooón is funny. Watching this. Best coverage yet. Thank yo!

  • @beeble2003
    @beeble2003 Рік тому +2

    Holy crap, Seth's English accent is amazing. I'm English.

  • @monkeymalletsvideos
    @monkeymalletsvideos Рік тому +7

    If Vance pulled the trigger in that moment, he would have separated his own eggs from his 'lap.'

  • @thebrightest1230
    @thebrightest1230 Рік тому +11

    Thank you Seth and hi friends

  • @cibriis1710
    @cibriis1710 Рік тому +2

    Truly one of the moments of history.

  • @Rayal1979
    @Rayal1979 Рік тому +1

    Oh man. I love Seth's Trump impressions especially the "Big guy, strong guy" shtick...also MEL?? MEL??😄

  • @hopesnopes
    @hopesnopes Рік тому +162

    Two of the things that make me happiest during these weirdass times are 1) Seth doing trump- it was incredible tonight and 2) Seth doing Lindsey Graham, especially when Lindsey's talking with Mee-Maw!! Y'all are wonderful, keep it up.

    • @gorak9000
      @gorak9000 Рік тому +10

      Every time I see Lindsey in a Closer Look clip, I just know the Mee-Maw bit is coming up and the smile is hard to hold back

    • @canadianhappyinitalytruest6556
      @canadianhappyinitalytruest6556 Рік тому +7

      Meemaw is the best! Imaging grown-ass Lindsay yelling at his mom always makes me laugh!

    • @zeusnitch
      @zeusnitch Рік тому +6

      Those are good impressions, but Mike Lindell is my favorite..."da Bears"

    • @bloopbleepnothinghere
      @bloopbleepnothinghere Рік тому +1

      This makes you happy? Imagine behaving like this in your personal life - it's just so childish. Scoffing with your friends at folks who annoy you at work, I mean it's just so childish and undignified.
      How has our culture come to be like this? It's our lives, our countries, our prosperity and what we've reduced it to is a bunch of kids squabbling over power while the public cheers it on and sleeps through inequity that they slide in while we are distracted.

    • @zeusnitch
      @zeusnitch Рік тому +3

      @@bloopbleepnothinghere Get outta here with your childish kill-joy ways.

  • @ImJustSaijan
    @ImJustSaijan Рік тому +6

    What if that balloon just had a big happy face and a sign that said hi we love you? That's what we should send back.

  • @kalebsuedfeld6651
    @kalebsuedfeld6651 11 місяців тому

    When he said, "I don't know, probably not" after Bartiromo's fear mongering, I laughed probably the hardest I have during any Closer Look.

  • @ekdaufin1485
    @ekdaufin1485 Рік тому

    The last part! Great!

  • @seraphonica
    @seraphonica Рік тому +8

    okay but can we paint a Star of David on it to distract MTG?

  • @clayman1980
    @clayman1980 Рік тому +38

    Nearly choked on my breakfast when the "balloon in the Oval Office" bit came up. 🤣

  • @kazza6078
    @kazza6078 Рік тому +1

    Every few days I can't help but think of that one quote: "The American people are not intellectual, to put it mildly."

  • @crisathome
    @crisathome Рік тому +1

    Omg i can't stop laughing about the Trump balloon story. "Big balloons strong balloon, with tears running down it's latex face and it said eeeeeeeeeeeeee!" LMFAO!! 😂

  • @Galivantin
    @Galivantin Рік тому +74

    Thank you for not going on break this week Seth. Also thank you for uploading your "closer look" segments by 8PM Central. ♥

  • @nvpd
    @nvpd Рік тому +44

    All the helium in that balloon wouldn’t make me laugh as much as you made me, Mr. Meyers.

    • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
      @lawrencedoliveiro9104 Рік тому +4

      Helium isn’t laughing gas.

    • @liquidmagma
      @liquidmagma Рік тому

      Easily entertained, as most dullards are.

    • @marvinmartin4692
      @marvinmartin4692 Рік тому +2

      Just think how all that helium could have improved the fox broadcast! Oh to hear that!

  • @AlxParrish
    @AlxParrish Рік тому +1

    Most of the time, I'm more frightened of the derangement of the American right. This week though, I just felt embarrassed for them.

  • @rarabbb
    @rarabbb Рік тому +1

    It was 3 stories high and weighed 3 buses that would've been fun to take down in a busy town

  • @mystronghand4038
    @mystronghand4038 Рік тому +174

    That ballon was just delivering tRumps latest batch of Chinese made MAGA hats

    • @pietrojenkins6901
      @pietrojenkins6901 Рік тому +4

      Goodyear should send its blimp hovering over China as tourism.

    • @RealBradMiller
      @RealBradMiller Рік тому +4

      @@pietrojenkins6901 why did we not use blimps, hot air balloons and a bunch of tennis nets to capture this balloon like a God-fearing, red-blooded American would do?!?

    • @Marijuanifornia
      @Marijuanifornia Рік тому +2

      America legalized weed to make equipment for the military during World War II.
      Watch the 1942 USDA film, *Hemp for Victory.*
      We can legalize weed to make MAGA hats and that would replace foreign imports from China just like the video shows.
      We can also legalize weed to make tactical gear for police SWAT teams in the war on drugs. Think about it, America.

    • @mystronghand4038
      @mystronghand4038 Рік тому +2

      @@Marijuanifornia I smoke weed everyday! ✌️ Dr dabber life

    • @janicebunch7599
      @janicebunch7599 Рік тому +4

      And picking up classified documents from Mar a lardo for the return trip

  • @keithpoissotjr1781
    @keithpoissotjr1781 Рік тому +1

    Seth is really good at imitating our worst President ever Thanks for the humor Seth it helps!!

  • @LindaC616
    @LindaC616 Рік тому +58

    The best idea that I have heard floated (pun intended) is to send a giant Winnie the Pooh balloon back over China

    • @dylanchangedeverythingfore1312
      @dylanchangedeverythingfore1312 Рік тому +12

      Or one of those giant
      BABY TRUMP balloons!

    • @jb888888888
      @jb888888888 Рік тому +3

      Their bees are endangered and probably don't make the right kind of hunny.

    • @johnobrien2373
      @johnobrien2373 Рік тому +4

      I'll help you inflate that even if we have to use bike pumps! AWESOME IDEA!

    • @ChubbyUnicorn
      @ChubbyUnicorn Рік тому

      Jinping really does look like Whinnie the Pooh. It's uncanny. Even Jinping can't unsee it. 😉

  • @honeybadger1847
    @honeybadger1847 Рік тому

    What, no spin-off from “Oscar Bait?” I was expecting “Balloon Leg: The Revenge.”

  • @paulbaker847
    @paulbaker847 Рік тому +2

    Why didn't we send up a huge hand balloon holding a giant pin?

  • @jcobbs4523
    @jcobbs4523 Рік тому +9

    "we're on ventilators again"?! I thought it was a hoax?!?!

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage Рік тому +41

    But... what if that was 'Balloon Boy' making a triumphant return?

    • @brettvanwagner7998
      @brettvanwagner7998 Рік тому +1

      I remember watching that live!

    • @kadeshdubose5535
      @kadeshdubose5535 Рік тому +5

      As the prophecy foretold

    • @Rebar77_real
      @Rebar77_real Рік тому +2

      Escaped Uyghurs trying for freedom but got swept too high.

    • @moniqueengleman873
      @moniqueengleman873 Рік тому

      Thump Jr. Posted of the TFG baby balloon in diapers. I didn't understand the joke but it looked like he was making fun of his daddy

    • @TheNzFox
      @TheNzFox Рік тому

      that whole thing was. ... questionable. Look into with the information that came out once the media had lost interest and it seems to be another 'mcdonald's coffee' situation, as in the media taking something that had a grain of truth and fabricating a narrative to push ratings

  • @Rad9000
    @Rad9000 Рік тому

    When that ding bat brought up the laptop I involuntarily screamed at the screen.

  • @storywala88
    @storywala88 Рік тому

    Always love your ending stick.

  • @kayleighlehrman9566
    @kayleighlehrman9566 Рік тому +7

    "What's in the balloon? A bioweapon?"
    "Why didn't they shoot down the balloon while it was over US soil?"

    • @TommyMuriel
      @TommyMuriel Рік тому

      Funny how Faux News don't even care about contradicting themselves in the most ridiculous ways....in a matter of mere minutes.

  • @Zahaqiel
    @Zahaqiel Рік тому +10

    Every time Fox News says something wouldn't have happened under Trump, I'm reminded of that time Boris Epshteyn tweeted *_a photo of a riot that occurred during Trump's presidency_* with the comment "This would be @JoeBiden's America".