Best Late Night Jokes Of The Week: Palin, Sanford, Sotomayor, And More! (VIDEO)

Good afternoon, my late night lovers! It's been quite a week, hasn't it? Our beloved comics have struggled, but ultimately succeeded, in wresting comedy from the extraordinary monotony that were the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings. Hats off to them for that feat.

The Sarah Palin fallout continued because the woman cannot open her mouth without causing every comedian to jump for joy.

Same goes for Governor Mark Sanford. The man seems to be trying his hardest to make late night comedy as easy a process as possible. We're excited to see what other embarrassing details the man has in store for us.

Michael Jackson's death (sad) and the resulting media coverage (funny!) were exhausting. Next week will undoubtedly bring more.

So, we bid goodbye for now. We've gathered some of our favorite clips from throughout the week, sprinkled with a few new ones from last night, to gently ease you into the weekend.

Enjoy, and see you next week!

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Comments

[rachel88]

I love me some Jimmy Fallon.

[LemonMeringue]

Stewart was the best. Nailed Palin.

[elr50]

You know the media in this country is pathetic since we get our news from comedy shows and our comedy from "news" shows.

[indy100]

Amen to that!!

[lentinelia]

Conan's head looks like the bottom of a foot.

[SparkyAdams]

This is the worst streaming technology on the Net.

Please just use YT.

[Canuknotusa]

Oh Man! Most of that was sooo un-funny!

The only clip that qualified as comedy in my book was Stewart.

[BMFZ]

Ferguson likes Palin. In a "special" way.

[ProudToBeVeryLiberal]

Funniest comedian: Palin.

[godsense2]

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/07/peggy_noonan_sarah_palin_jealo.html

Sounds like you've got the liberal version of what Noonan's got. Better get that checked.

[zer0ne]

Nice comeback. Did it take you all day to come up with that one?

[maxwellinformed]

LMAO at Jimmy Kimmel!

[Joyana]

How does Palin think she has a credible shot at the presidency doing these rambling press conferences? These videos will be shown again and again in ads that'll easily tank her. Let's face it, comparing quitting her governorship to basketball and fishing?!! She sounds like she's in a state of disorientation or altered reality.

[godsense2]

Disagree. You are wrong. You're a victim of PDS. She makes sense to me and frankly it doesn't matter what she says, you wouldn't lie her anyway. You've been afflicted.

Its either that or this:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/07/peggy_noonan_sarah_palin_jealo.html

[walk0nwalls]

Sadly you can't be flagged for idiocy

[Bj Decker]

Do you mean PTSD?
I think you have caught 'stupid Palin syndrome'.
Whatever she needs you to hear from her is what comes out of Palin, not reality.

There is one word for Palin: Quitter.
Dispute that.

[susanthe]

Jimmy Fallon so not funny.

[BannedInBoston]

He's improving. I think they got him better writers.

[FrankenPC]

He seems to be becoming less rigid on stage.

[KillgoreTrout43]

You either have it or you don't. Fallon just doesn't have it.

[ChampLessFuzzy]

Agree

[OhComeOnNow]

Never is.

[marymansour]

Stewart wins 'quitty fish' down. Luv that man and his take on the news.

[BannedInBoston]

The best laughs were the Palin clips themselves.

[tb92]

Isn't it great? A full minute of Palin speaking makes it into the best jokes of the week. If all politicians were that funny, we wouldn't need comedians.

[KillgoreTrout43]

"Qitty fish," I love it.

[jbunyon]

JOHN STEWART. MY THIRD FAVORITE JEW:)

[PoliticalAmazon]

Oh, dang it. I'll bite.

Who are the first two?

[FrankenPC]

I use the same trick. There really aren't two others. It just makes us look more ethnically diverse.

[Lahonda]

Stewart!!!

[Norge321]

Ever notice Keith Obermann never has different/­contrastin­g views?

[Mike Keough]

It's OK with me. If you want opposing views he lets you know where to find them. Thank God for the purity of his show. When Rachael has Pat Buchanan on I want to barf...

[swimbiker]

I hear ya. Like with Ed Schultz has Michael Medved on. Why talk to wackos?

[Antacid]

Ever notice Norge321 never has different/­contrastin­g views?