 December 19, 2020  Stop me if you've heard this one: What happens when you take jokes about politics and subtract President Donald Trump? Give up? It loses its orange a-peel. (Yikes, right?)
After four years of shows like "Saturday Night Live" having Trump as an easy punchline, is political comedy due for a slump? Some people may think so.
"But for those who truly want to 'make comedy great again,' Trump leaving office is a big step in the right direction," Dean Obeidallah argues in his latest essay. Will the end of the Trump era make satire funnier than reality again?
You can read the full analysis at the top of your Saturday MSNBC Daily.
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