Welcome to Best of Late Night, a roundup of the previous night’s highlights that can help you sleep – and get us paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies now on Netflix†
Sounds like a ‘mushroom’
A researcher in England recently discovered that mushrooms and other fungi communicate in the same way as humans.
“When they poked them with electrodes, they showed spikes of cognitive activity that resembled vocabularies of about 50 words — like an Eric Trump-level vocabulary,” Jimmy Kimmel joked Wednesday.
“JetBlue’s CEO said, ‘Customers shouldn’t have to choose between a low rate and a great experience, and JetBlue has shown that it is possible to have both.’ And Spirit Airlines has shown that it is not.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
Spirit is, in real estate terms, what you would call a fixer-upper. This would certainly be a clash of cultures. Spirit is a budget airline, no frills. Ever flown with Spirit? And then JetBlue offers things like free Wi-Fi, snacks, drinks – they have a real bathroom instead of a bucket where everyone is walking around.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
“If there’s no more Spirit, who are we going to laugh at? Watch out, Allegiant, you’re on deck.’ — JIMMY KIMMEL
The Pieces Worth Watching
“Carpool Karaoke” returned from a two-year hiatus that saw Nicki Minaj join James Corden on Wednesday’s “Late Late Show.”
What we’re excited about on Thursday night
Pete Holmes, star of the new CBS show ‘How We Roll’, will drop by on ‘Late Show’ on Thursday.