2013-05-21T04:52:01-04:00 Matt Wilstein http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/index.php?author=matt-wilstein Copyright 2008, HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. HuffingtonPost Blogger Feed for Matt Wilstein Good old fashioned elbow grease. tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/theblog//3.2356124 2012-12-23T12:48:01-05:00 2013-02-22T05:12:01-05:00

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Matt Wilstein http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-wilstein/ late night TV online the morning after, if celebrities want as many people as possible to see their appearances they have to make them count. The 15 people below went above and beyond to deliver some of the best TV moments of the year.

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Matt Wilstein http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-wilstein/ tragic events of Newtown, Connecticut occurred, Jon Stewart was wondering aloud: when exactly is the right time to talk about gun control in America? Stewart was referring to Bob Costas' much-criticized Sunday Night Football speech about gun violence after Jovan Belcher's murder-suicide, but he could have been talking about shootings at the Aurora, Colorado theater, the Sikh temple in Wisconsin or this latest massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

It's not easy to laugh during times like these, but in this last week before several late night shows go on extended hiatus for the holidays, there were many moments of joy to be found.

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Matt Wilstein http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-wilstein/ year of the 99%, 2012 was all about the 47%. Once the video of Mitt Romney dismissing just under half of the country leaked, that number would prove to haunt the rest of his short political career. Not only did Romney end up winning just 47% of the popular vote, but as of this week it's also his post-election approval rating.

So it only seemed fitting to look back at the 47 funniest political videos of the year. From the best political bits on late night, to web videos by Funny or Die, The Onion and other lesser-known producers, to a few unintentionally hilarious moments from the politicians themselves, 2012 was a great year to laugh at politics in America.

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Stephen Colbert received the greatest gift of all, hosting the four major players from The Hobbit as the "King Tolkien Geek" he is at heart. Jimmy Fallon enlisted friends like Mariah Carey and Tracy Morgan to deliver new essential versions of Christmas classics.

Meanwhile, Jon Stewart was decrying the War on Christmas that Bill O'Reilly was pushing on Fox News and the Tonight Show. And David Letterman was joined by his old friend Bill Murray to enjoy a cozy holiday tradition.

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Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert had a lot of catching up to do on the news they had missed the previous week, including the Israel-Gaza conflict, the great Grover Norquist defection and the Susan Rice witch hunt.

Other more lighthearted stories that drew the attention of late night this week were the annual Black Friday/Cyber Monday madness and the $7 cup of coffee from Starbucks that has everyone so upset.

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Matt Wilstein http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-wilstein/ departing The Daily Show next month. During that time, he grew from a puppet version of Michael Steele to a puppet version of himself, with many hilarious correspondent pieces in between.

Here's a look at some of his best moments before he moves on.

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First and foremost, the David Petraeus affair scandal gave us the type of soap opera story we hadn't seen since Herman Cain sexually harassed his Godfather's Pizza employees.

And if you thought Mitt Romney would quietly fade away with dignity, you seriously underestimated his gaffe potential. After Romney dropped his Obama's "gifts" theory on a private conference call, it became
not only a late night punchline, but also the Republican establishment's punching bag.

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Matt Wilstein http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-wilstein/ week of late night marred by Hurricane Sandy, all eyes were back on the election this week, with predictions, results and the aftermath dominating the conversation.

The seemingly endless political season has created so much material for the late night shows that they may have some trouble finding enough stuff to talk about in the coming weeks. Fortunately for everyone, 2016 speculation is already beginning!

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At the beginning of the week, David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon decided to go forward with their shows even if couldn't safely get audiences to show up. Jimmy Kimmel's first night in Brooklyn was postponed. And Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert took an unprecedented two days off just one week before the 2012 election.


Once the shows were able to get back on the air, it turned into one of the best weeks of late night in recent memory. This was particularly thanks to Jimmy Kimmel, who invited his idol David Letterman and fellow competition Stewart and Colbert to join him in Brooklyn.


Meanwhile in L.A., Conan O'Brien kept things sunny and dry, but you can only imagine that at least a small part of him wished he was still in New York.


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Matt Wilstein http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-wilstein/ money will have been spent on TV advertising during this election than ever before. From the fiercely competitive GOP primary, to the massive injection of money by super PACs, to the final race to the finish between President Obama and Mitt Romney, voters across the country haven't been able to turn on the television without hearing someone approve some message.

All along the way, comedians have done their best to point out how ridiculous the vast majority of those messages have been.

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Matt Wilstein http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-wilstein/ final debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney drove a good amount of late night comedy this week, but the two men who really dominated were Tom Hanks and Donald Trump.

Hanks went on a whirlwind late night tour to promote his new movie Cloud Atlas, starting with a surprise appearance on SNL last week and ending with an impromptu Saving Private Ryan reunion on The Colbert Report.

Trump didn't get quite as much publicity as he would have wanted from his October surprise stunt, but he did get made fun of relentlessly by almost every late night host (as well as the president).

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Matt Wilstein http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-wilstein/ Clinton Global Initiative conference and lobbed jokes directly at one another at the Alfred E. Smith dinner.

But in the comedy world, they've been hanging out regularly since Romney rose above his less disciplined GOP rivals. If months of stump speeches, campaign ads, talk show appearances and general punditry haven't helped you choose who to vote for on November 6th, perhaps these direct comparisons between the two candidates will help you make a final decision.

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Of those four shows, Kimmel's the only one that tapes live and can actually talk about an event like the debate on the same night it happens. But he produced one of the stand-out clips of the week by asking people on the streets of LA to review the debate before it happened. The other late night shows, which need to wait more than 24 hours to cover many news events, could take a cue from this inspired move.

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Matt Wilstein http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-wilstein/ lamented President Obama's failures, Stephen Colbert celebrated Mitt Romney's comeback, and David Letterman tried to figure out why Romney won't come on his show.

With the VP debate happening Thursday night, there wasn't a lot of time for the late night hosts to weigh in, but Jimmy Fallon's recap Friday night through the eyes of Obama and Romney was one notable exception.

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