'Take that, Russia!': Stephen Colbert pokes fun at Elon Musk's attempt to fistfight Vladimir Putin.
'Take that, Russia!': Stephen Colbert pokes fun at Elon Musk's attempt to fistfight Vladimir Putin
This week, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk posted a tweet challenging Russian President Vladimir Putin to "single combat," with the entire country of Ukraine at stake. The billionaire was almost certainly joking, and it's highly unlikely that Putin would accept even if he wasn't. Further, there is absolutely no chance that Ukraine will stop defending itself just because Putin won a fistfight.
But considering the number of bizarre antics Musk commits to, as well as the significant real-world impact his tweets have had in the past, it's fair enough that people such as Late Show host Stephen Colbert have taken notice of the weird gauntlet hurl.
"'C'mon Elon," said Colbert. "You might be the richest man who ever lived, but you can't go challenging evil dictators to fistfights. You're a father now. You have to think of your kids. I wanna say... little Skrillex and his sister Ctrl+Alt+Del?"
Musk should take his pocket change and buy Colbertās whole neighborhood and populate it with real whackadoos. Oh, and disable his Tesla.
ReplyDeleteDidnāt expected that coming from him
ReplyDeleteI would watch that
ReplyDeleteAnd WTF is Colbert?
ReplyDeletePlane Is Going Well After Vaccine History now War Happened And Soon Poor People Pay The Price
ReplyDeleteThis is the guy that told people to buy electric cars ;D and stop whining about gas prices then goes into the senate to dance with democrats
ReplyDeleteThat Russian lady who held up the sign on Russian state tv is incredibly brave. She knew she was going to punished yet did it anyways. From what I understand, one of her parents is Ukrainian and the other other is Russian. In that sense, she had to understand that her risk was coming from a place invested in both countries. When a person can put the better of society above political party or state intervention then that is when true good humanity can thrive.
ReplyDeleteA lot of Russian news media people are resigning. Brave.
DeleteThe best news I've heard all week is that Ms. Marina Ovsyannikova is alive, and so far out of jail. Her bravery shall never be forgotten.
ReplyDeleteI like how the band ended the segment by playing Zangief's theme from Street Fighter to tie up the Elon Musk / Vladimir Putin challenge joke. I like the show's attention to detail, well thought out.
ReplyDeleteI really need a plain white tee shirt with "Is Potato" on it, and I want all or most of my money to go to help Ukrainians. Please do this LSSC!
ReplyDeleteI love Colbert and have a very broad sense of humor, but... I'm having a hard time laughing at all this right now.
ReplyDeleteIf I were that astronaut, i'd just wait for the next SpaceX capsule.
ReplyDeleteMayor McCheese's doesn't get enough credit for inventing the 'Buns of steel' series.
ReplyDeletethat news woman has some balls, much respect
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DeleteI would like to invite you on the podcast as a guest. We can talk about anything & everything..
It's not "bizarre" to try and settle a war with single combat of the leaders or champions. Its how you avoid pointless bloodshed and shows us the leaders are willing to put there lives on the line to achieve there goals. Not just us.
ReplyDeleteStay strong ppl of ukraine.. and I am worried for our own Astronaut , he should wait until the next space X comes up.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching Zelensky address Congress this morning, I cried and was upset... until I watched last night's monologue. You are all so right and decent and darling. Thank you.
ReplyDelete11:03 As a decades long Zangief specialist, I couldn't help but recognize his original theme song! Awesome!
ReplyDeleteSomething tells me Jon is a beast at Street Fighter! ;D ;D
DeleteKudos to Jon Batiste playing Zangief's theme from Street Fighter 2 at the end!!!
ReplyDeleteUkraine ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ crazy I love it they wonāt make it easy!!!! God bless Ukraine ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½
ReplyDeleteI think Steven's mining abilities are underrated. They really sell his jokes
ReplyDeleteErrata: Musk is NOT a founder of Tesla, he's just a very naughty boy.
ReplyDeleteThose 30,000 Rubles is worth $280, she can afford that
ReplyDeleteAnd she was actually a producer of much of Russia's nationalist propaganda until the war and she couldn't stand being a part of that so she tried to get the truth out there
I pity the poor fellas who try to arrest Vitali Klitschko. He's 6' 7" and he'll probably be backed by his brother Vladimir, who's 6' 6". And both of them can really handle themselves.
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Stephen opened his monologue by suggesting Putin's assassination in the most subtle way!
ReplyDelete"...asking you to guess if the next thing he does will be cool or embaressing" Loved, loved, loved it :D
ReplyDeleteI preferred when he filmed at home. Didn't have to sit through people cheering everytime he'd say "I'm your host Stephen Colbert"
ReplyDeleteAnd also we had his wife's laughter which was a lot better.
Yes, I'd say that the joint space missions between Russia and the rest of the world are a miracle of diplomacy and must be allowed to continue.
ReplyDeleteThere's my comment, it's not funny or trolling. But it's how I feel while everything turns to garbage down here on Earth!
People will look back on this as the time when Elon got his first country.
ReplyDeleteāSpider doing push ups on a mirrorā absolutely destroyed me. Thank you for the morning laugh.
ReplyDeleteThat Zangief's theme cover was spot on!!! Love it when Jon Baptiste plays video game covers.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of when they played Blanka's theme when Bernie Sanders walked out. It's always good to hear VGM getting recognition.
DeleteSo proud of our Czech prime minister for his journey to the warzone!
ReplyDeleteLol I love how they ended the monologue with Zangiefās theme from Street Fighter.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, Putin even though he's getting on a bit would destroy Elon Musk in a fight.
ReplyDeletedoes it change your mind to know that elon's planning on wearing his iron man suit?
DeleteWow, you know a country isnāt evil dictatorship when you still have channel one on your TV!
ReplyDeleteI would buy a āis potatoā hat, t-shirt, engraved potatoā¦ ANYTHING! Send the proceeds to Ukraineā¦ GENIUS!
ReplyDeleteYes, Stephen, I would buy "is potato" tee shirt. Thank you for keeping up morale around the world. Icht bin ein Ukrainer.ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½
ReplyDeleteRussia hasn't had a sophisticated military in centuries, if ever. During WWII they used human waves and scorched earth to overwhelm the German Army. The Russian winter was the greatest tool at their disposal. During WWI the Russian Army was devastated leading to revolution. The Japanese obliterated their navy at Tsushima. Nothing has changed much.
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm stoked! If Elon Musk thinks one-on-one is the way to resolve ownership disputes, I'm ready to armwrestle him for $100 billion!
ReplyDeleteThat woman had me teary-eyed with inspiration and admiration. ā¤
ReplyDeleteI almost spat my coffee out at the ruble joke.
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU Stephen for continuing to speak about Ukraine!!!!
ReplyDelete"I will fight...it will not be easy to do that!" That guy is a stud
ReplyDeleteDying laughing at the Les Nessman style Eyewitness traffic bit with Steven beating on his chest to imitate a copter noise. ;D
ReplyDelete"The invasion is buffering " had me laughing out loud!
ReplyDeleteMissed opportunities:
ReplyDelete"They could transfer her to another show, like 'Shark Tank.' Only it's a tank filled with sharks!"
"Sharks with lasers attached to their heads," or "And not baby sharks. Doo do do doo."
I have friends in Russia they know about the War and they do have the internet. It's crazy how everyone thinks every part of Russia is the same they are not all isolated. They have News Channels like we do that lie that even show Tucker Carlson.
ReplyDeletePutin should give part of Russian land to Ukraine as condition for peace.
ReplyDeleteThe band playing Street Fighterās Ryu Theme after Stephenās Elon beat was just great! ;D ;D ;D
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