Famous Men Foreshadow Their Own Downfalls in “Careers in Memoriam” Montage
A recap of 2017 would not be complete without calling out all the powerful men whose alleged sexual ..
A recap of 2017 would not be complete without calling out all the powerful men whose alleged sexual improprieties have finally caught up with them. And so, as it commemorated the year in an hour-long special, The Daily Show made sure to include a quick montage of this year’s disgraced men—titled Careers in Memoriam.
The Daily Show’s video archive team knows how to dig up videos that only grow richer in retrospect, and this clip is no exception. Come for Harvey Weinstein saying, “God is gonna get me some day,” and stay for Al Franken musing, “I’d be a really hard subject to satirize. Because I’ve just been impeccable.”
This montage is not exactly comprehensive; if it were it would have needed to be substantially longer. But it hits most of the biggest stories of this watershed moment, including Charlie Rose,Matt Lauer, and Kevin Spacey, in addition to Weinstein and Franken. Oh, and who could forget Bill O’Reilly, who laments in a clip that he cannot comment on the appearance of a beautiful woman “because if you do, you’re a barbarian, and you need to go back to the cave from whence you came.” The comedy world, too, is represented, as Louis C.K. complains in a stand-up routine that “these days, my problem is very simple; it’s trying to find a place in my house where I can masturbate without somebody bothering me.”
But perhaps the most eerie of all of the clips is the one in which Kevin Spacey says, “When I’ve seen examples of people who, you know, mistreat others on a set, I call them out on it. I’m a big believer in confrontation—because I also think that bullies are not used to being confronted.”
Ominously, the montage ends with on-screen text that reads, “More to come . . . Like, so many more.”
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Ilana and Abbi, Broad City
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Arnold and Friends, Hey Arnold
There’s an entire episode of this 90s Nickelodeon staple about Arnold and the gang getting on a subway after dark, thanks to a movie that ran long. There’s a claustrophobic woman chanting “big open spaces,” a homeless guy telling everyone to “get out of my house,” and a dog that unexpectedly gives birth to puppies, bringing everyone together. The episode ends with everyone holding hands and singing—which, though imaginative, is perhaps the most unrealistic thing this cartoon ever did.Photo: From Hulu.
Cory Matthews, Boy Meets World
What was it with 90s sitcoms and trapping people in trains? Cory, Sean, Eric, and Topanga get stuck underground on their way to a New Year’s Eve party—as a woman gives birth. But hey, they also manage to throw their own party on the train and find a P.S.A. starring Mr. Feeny.
The Tanner Family, Full House
Poor Uncle Jesse just wants to get to his long-delayed high-school graduation, but alas, Team Tanner gets stuck on a motionless B.A.R.T. train instead. (See, the subway is awful no matter where you live!) The silver lining? Jess convinces an aspiring high-school drop-out to stay in school, and ends up having an underground graduation ceremony of his own. Fun fact: something similar happened to a real-life Hunter College student this summer.
Oscar and Felix, The Odd Couple
This one’s an oldie but a goodie: Oscar gets tired of New York City, so Felix tries to show him what a magical place this town can be. Unfortunately, they get stuck in a subway car with some very unfriendly company—including a woman who carries a defective flashlight just so she can hit people over the head with it, should they get too close. She’s clearly well versed in New York etiquette.Photo: From CBS.
The Golden Girls
This one isn’t technically a subway story, but it’s a Golden Girls classic: remember the time our favorite four ladies got stuck at a train station overnight? They recall the incident in a flashback episode called “Bedtime Story” back in Season 2, remembering how they were stranded by the one train station from which trains actually left early. That’s how you know it’s fiction.Photo: From NBC/Getty Images.
Elaine Benes, Seinfeld
Remember when poor Elaine gets stuck on a train that just keeps stopping? She also experiences that horror that every New Yorker knows so well: the lights cut out as the train sits motionless. Her silent, internal, vastly relatable screams of profane frustration will forever ring in our ears.Photo: From Castle Rock Entertainment/Everett Collection.PreviousNext
Ilana and Abbi, Broad City
No tale of two girls’ misadventures in the Big Apple would be complete without at least one ill-fated subway ride. In Season 3, Abbi and Ilana experience just that in an episode titled, appropriately, “Getting There.” They just want to get to the airport—but as any New Yorker knows, the train has other plans.
Arnold and Friends, Hey Arnold
There’s an entire episode of this 90s Nickelodeon staple about Arnold and the gang getting on a subway after dark, thanks to a movie that ran long. There’s a claustrophobic woman chanting “big open spaces,” a homeless guy telling everyone to “get out of my house,” and a dog that unexpectedly gives birth to puppies, bringing everyone together. The episode ends with everyone holding hands and singing—which, though imaginative, is perhaps the most unrealistic thing this cartoon ever did.From Hulu.
Cory Matthews, Boy Meets World
What was it with 90s sitcoms and trapping people in trains? Cory, Sean, Eric, and Topanga get stuck underground on their way to a New Year’s Eve party—as a woman gives birth. But hey, they also manage to throw their own party on the train and find a P.S.A. starring Mr. Feeny.
The Tanner Family, Full House
Poor Uncle Jesse just wants to get to his long-delayed high-school graduation, but alas, Team Tanner gets stuck on a motionless B.A.R.T. train instead. (See, the subway is awful no matter where you live!) The silver lining? Jess convinces an aspiring high-school drop-out to stay in school, and ends up having an underground graduation ceremony of his own. Fun fact: something similar happened to a real-life Hunter College student this summer.
Oscar and Felix, The Odd Couple
This one’s an oldie but a goodie: Oscar gets tired of New York City, so Felix tries to show him what a magical place this town can be. Unfortunately, they get stuck in a subway car with some very unfriendly company—including a woman who carries a defective flashlight just so she can hit people over the head with it, should they get too close. She’s clearly well versed in New York etiquette.
The Golden Girls
This one isn’t technically a subway story, but it’s a Golden Girls classic: remember the time our favorite four ladies got stuck at a train station overnight? They recall the incident in a flashback episode called “Bedtime Story” back in Season 2, remembering how they were stranded by the one train station from which trains actually left early. That’s how you know it’s fiction.From NBC/Getty Images.
Elaine Benes, Seinfeld
Remember when poor Elaine gets stuck on a train that just keeps stopping? She also experiences that horror that every New Yorker knows so well: the lights cut out as the train sits motionless. Her silent, internal, vastly relatable screams of profane frustration will forever ring in our ears.From Castle Rock Entertainment/Everett Collection.
Laura BradleyLaura Bradley is a Hollywood writer for VanityFair.com. She was formerly an editorial assistant at Slate and lives in Brooklyn.
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