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Watch: The Nightly Show explores stoney side of life with Larrys Dank News Stash
Comedy Central host Larry Wilmore takes jabs at the NFL, senior smokers and weed-funded scholarships in Pueblo, Colorado
By Katie Shapiro, The Cannabist Staff
May 20,2016
News flash: Last night, Larry Wilmore made his marijuana coverage official on Comedy Centrals The Nightly Show introducing an all new segment, Larrys Dank News Stash, at the top of the show.
The room-silencing host of last months White House Correspondents Dinner and anchor of The Daily Show spinoff opens with: Guys, I have to tell you Im excited about tonights show. You know why? Because were going to be talking about weed.
Wilmore kicks it off with a CBS News report on how Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Eugene Monroe is trying to change the NFLs current marijuana substance abuse policy, interjecting, They should be trying to change their approach to that other abuse policy, and making an argument that the NFL should love the idea of marijuana in football, because first of all, its the only way to make league sponsor Papa Johns seem edible.
The weed news roundup continues with Monroes argument for marijuana in place of opioids, to which Wilmore chimes in, Guys, I dont mean to bum you out, but opioids might have taken Prince from us. Its awful, right? Meanwhile, the only bad thing pot has done is turn Seth Rogen into a movie star.
The next hit jumps to the senior set with stats on how theyre the fastest-growing demographic of cannabis users in the country.
We could do without the bubbling bong sound bite between topics. And Wilmore agrees. Thats just strange, isnt it?
Wilmore wraps up the segment with a final story he introduces as, Shockingly, this marijuana news comes to us from Colorado (hes totally over the bong at this point too Do we have to do this thing every time?). An overly enthusiastic MSNBC reporter tells us that pot smokers in Colorado are helping send kids to college! Wilmore replies, But it kinda makes sense because the only thing that can make you feel smarter than a college education is weed.
He cuts to a report from KRDO in Colorado Springs in a clip that explains marijuana tax money is going toward scholarships in Pueblo County, which is now telling students its time to apply for that money. Theyre looking for Pueblo high school seniors who plan to stay in Pueblo for college.
MSNBC shares, Analysts report that Colorado growers and buyers paid over $135 million in taxes last year, to which Wilmore slyly says, Yeah, they paid it of course to the High-R-S. A joke hes proud of, Yeah, yeah, thank you worked on that one all day, yall, yeah.
Its a confusing scenario for Wilmore, so he throws it to Pueblo County Comptroller Slade Kinnebrew in a smoke-filled office via satellite. The original sketch attempting to outline the details of how the program really works is pretty funny, but poor Pueblo.
Watch video of Larry's Dank News Stash here: http://www.cc.com/video-clips/tjzf8...arry-s-dank-news-stash---marijuana-in-america
http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/05/...buts-new-segment-larrys-dank-new-stash/54595/
Watch: The Nightly Show explores stoney side of life with Larrys Dank News Stash
Comedy Central host Larry Wilmore takes jabs at the NFL, senior smokers and weed-funded scholarships in Pueblo, Colorado
By Katie Shapiro, The Cannabist Staff
May 20,2016
News flash: Last night, Larry Wilmore made his marijuana coverage official on Comedy Centrals The Nightly Show introducing an all new segment, Larrys Dank News Stash, at the top of the show.
The room-silencing host of last months White House Correspondents Dinner and anchor of The Daily Show spinoff opens with: Guys, I have to tell you Im excited about tonights show. You know why? Because were going to be talking about weed.
Wilmore kicks it off with a CBS News report on how Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Eugene Monroe is trying to change the NFLs current marijuana substance abuse policy, interjecting, They should be trying to change their approach to that other abuse policy, and making an argument that the NFL should love the idea of marijuana in football, because first of all, its the only way to make league sponsor Papa Johns seem edible.
The weed news roundup continues with Monroes argument for marijuana in place of opioids, to which Wilmore chimes in, Guys, I dont mean to bum you out, but opioids might have taken Prince from us. Its awful, right? Meanwhile, the only bad thing pot has done is turn Seth Rogen into a movie star.
The next hit jumps to the senior set with stats on how theyre the fastest-growing demographic of cannabis users in the country.
We could do without the bubbling bong sound bite between topics. And Wilmore agrees. Thats just strange, isnt it?
Wilmore wraps up the segment with a final story he introduces as, Shockingly, this marijuana news comes to us from Colorado (hes totally over the bong at this point too Do we have to do this thing every time?). An overly enthusiastic MSNBC reporter tells us that pot smokers in Colorado are helping send kids to college! Wilmore replies, But it kinda makes sense because the only thing that can make you feel smarter than a college education is weed.
He cuts to a report from KRDO in Colorado Springs in a clip that explains marijuana tax money is going toward scholarships in Pueblo County, which is now telling students its time to apply for that money. Theyre looking for Pueblo high school seniors who plan to stay in Pueblo for college.
MSNBC shares, Analysts report that Colorado growers and buyers paid over $135 million in taxes last year, to which Wilmore slyly says, Yeah, they paid it of course to the High-R-S. A joke hes proud of, Yeah, yeah, thank you worked on that one all day, yall, yeah.
Its a confusing scenario for Wilmore, so he throws it to Pueblo County Comptroller Slade Kinnebrew in a smoke-filled office via satellite. The original sketch attempting to outline the details of how the program really works is pretty funny, but poor Pueblo.
Watch video of Larry's Dank News Stash here: http://www.cc.com/video-clips/tjzf8...arry-s-dank-news-stash---marijuana-in-america
http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/05/...buts-new-segment-larrys-dank-new-stash/54595/
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