Name: Stephen Colbert Hosts "2020: The Year That Took Years, What A Clusterfond Look Back"
Uploaded: 2020-12-19T18:46:07.000Z
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WELL, FOLKS, IT'S OUR LAST SHOW OF 2020, AND HOPEFULLY IT'S OUR

LAST 2020, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN-- AND I'M NOT SURE I DO.

TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT THE YEAR THAT WAS-- AND, BOY,

WAS IT-- IN A SPECIAL REPORT >> "2020: THE YEAR THAT TOOK

>> Stephen: 2020 BROUGHT US SO MUCH: THE CLUMSIEST COUP IN

HISTORY, THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC, COMMERCIALS FROM DOMINOE'S

SAYING THEIR PIZZAS WOULD NOW GO RIGHT FROM THE OVEN INTO THE BOX

WITHOUT ANYONE TOUCHING IT, WHICH REALLY RAISED A LOT OF

QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THAT ALL WORKED BEFORE.

2020 WAS SO BAD, THE TOP ARTIST ON SPOTIFY WAS A MAN SCREAMING

HERE'S A STORY YOU MIGHT HAVE FORGOTTEN: THE PRESIDENT WAS

I'LL RECAP IT IN MY BACK-FOR-A-LIMITED-TIME-ONLY

>> Stephen: THE SAGA OF THE PRESIDENT'S IMPEACHMENT BEGINS

>> Stephen: YES, OUR PRESIDENT WAS TALKING WITH THE

NEWLY-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, WHO ASKED FOR MILITARY

ASSISTANCE, AND OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF RESPONDED,

"I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO US A FAVOR, THOUGH," WORDS THAT WILL

GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BEING JUST FINE, FOR SOME REASON.

THERE WAS ONE THING LACKING FROM THE PRESIDENT'S IMPEACHMENT

TRIAL: A TRIAL, BECAUSE THE SENATE VOTED 51-49 NOT TO HEAR

IT'S LIKE THE OLD SAYING, "IF A TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST AND NO

ONE'S AROUND TO HEAR IT, YOU CAN'T PROVE THE TREE BLACKMAILED

UKRAINE FOR DIRT ON ITS POLITICAL OPPONENT."

I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE COMMITTING TREE-SON.

♪ "GROOVE IS IN THE HEART" ♪ >> THAT SLAM GOT WOOD!

>> Stephen: WITHOUT WITNESSES OR EVIDENCE, ON FEBRUARY 5, THE

SENATE ACQUITTED THE PRESIDENT OF THE IMPEACHMENT CHARGES.

AND WITH THE IMPEACHMENT BEHIND HIM, THE PRESIDENT FINALLY HAD

TIME TO FOCUS ON IGNORING THE CORONAVIRUS.

FOR WEEKS, HE SAID IT WAS GOING TO DISAPPEAR LIKE A MIRACLE.

TURNS OUT, IT WAS THE ECONOMY, BECAUSE BY MARCH 16, THE WHOLE

I THINK WE'LL ALL REMEMBER WHERE WE WERE THAT DAY, AND EVERY DAY

IN THE FIRST WEEKS OF THE LOCKDOWN, NETFLIX'S "TIGER KING"

POUNCED ON AMERICA'S HEARTS LIKE A CLINICALLY DEPRESSED JUNGLE

IT WAS A GRIPPING DOCUMENTARY SERIES ABOUT HOW JOE EXOTIC AND

HIS ARCHNEMESIS, CAROLE BASKIN, SHOULD MAYBE CONSIDER SWITCHING

NOW, WHILE THE PRESIDENT SHFN USING HIS PLATFORM TO TELL

AMERICANS TO WEAR MASKS HE INSTEAD GAVE THEM SLIGHTLY LESS

>> IS THERE A WAY WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE

AND IF YOU HAD FORGOTTEN THAT HAPPENED, IT COULD BE BECAUSE

IN THE MIDDLE OF DEALING WITH COVID, ANOTHER CRISIS ROCKED

AMERICA: EVEN MORE SHOCKING EXAMPLES OF POLICE KILLING

INNOCENT AND UNARMED BLACK PEOPLE, INCLUDING GEORGE FLOYD

THE CELL PHONE VIDEO OF THAT INCIDENT ENRAGED AMERICA AND LED

TO MARCHES EVERY DAY AND NIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IN BIG

IN FACT, PEOPLE PROTESTED IN EVERY STATE AND IN

IT WAS INSPIRING TO SEE AMERICANS IN 2020 COMING

TOGETHER AND USING THEIR COLLECTIVE VOICE FOR A CAUSE

SLIGHTLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN "I WANT A HAIRCUT."

THE DEMONSTRATIONS GREW OVER THE SUMMER AND INCLUDED PEOPLE FROM

IN FACT, BLACK LIVES MATTER MAY BE THE LARGEST MOVEMENT IN U.S.

AND THAT INCLUDES THE VIETNAM PROTESTS, THE MILLION MAN MARCH,

AND THE 1980's SOCIAL MOVEMENT DEMANDING THE LOCATION OF THE

THE PROTESTS WERE OVERWHELMINGLY PEACEFUL, INCLUDING ONE IN FRONT

THEIR PEACEFULNESS DID NOT STOP THE PRESIDENT FROM USING FEDERAL

TROOPS TO ASSAULT PROTESTERS WITH FLASH-BANG EXPLOSIONS AND

TEAR GAS SO HE COULD CROSS THE STREET FOR A PHOTO OP, HOLDING

FOR AS JESUS SAID, "IF SOMEONE STRIKES YOU ON THE RIGHT CHEEK,

BUT IF SOMEONE COMES BETWEEN YOU AND A PHOTO OP, DADDY GONNA POP

OPEN A CAN OF WHOOP ASS!" NO GROUP WAS MORE SUPPORTIVE OF

THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT THAN N.B.A. PLAYERS, BUT BECAUSE

OF COVID, HALFWAY THROUGH THEIR SEASON, THEY ALL WENT INTO THE

IT WAS EQUAL PARTS FIERCE COMPETITION AND DISNEY

NOW, THIS BUBBLE HAD VERY STRINGENT PROTOCOLS.

PLAYERS WERE ADVISED NOT TO SPIT OR CLEAR THEIR NOSES, WIPE THE

BALL WITH THEIR JERSEYS, LICK THEIR HANDS, OR TOUCH THEIR

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