VIDEO Funniest Jokes From Late Night TV: Pence's Turn On Docs Hot Seat
Just when late night talk show hosts thought they had exhausted their supply of jokes about classified documents, former Vice President Mike Pence entered the fray on Tuesday with revelations that he -- like Joe Biden and Donald Trump -- kept similar materials at his Indiana home.
That was news to the ears of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," which seized the opportunity to use Pence and other former VPs as punch lines.
"So now both Joe Biden and Mike Pence both have been found to have material dating from the time they were vice president," Colbert said. "This never used to happen. Previous veeps had methods to dispose of this kind of thing. For instance, Al Gore would immediately recycle documents, and Dick Cheney, of course, would shoot them in the face."
"Jimmy Kimmel Live" was also taken aback by the news that Pence had joined the growing list of prominent politicians who had violated rules about the handling of classified documents -- as well as a few other closely guarded keepsakes.
"Mike Pence has them too now? It's an epidemic," Kimmel quipped. "His attorneys found the documents in a box with some of his other secret items, including a four-pack of Zima and Polaroids of mother in her swimming costume."
"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" also took some shots at the normally mild-mannered Pence for breaking protocol.
"The craziest part about these documents is they were found stuffed between a dozen Wu Tang albums," Fallon joked.
"The Late Late Show with James Corden" had an interesting take on why classified documents are suddenly turning up.
"Honestly, I'm starting to wonder if I have classified documents," Corden quipped. "... Is everyone just handed a box of them when they leave the White House?"
"Late Night with Seth Meyers" also cracked on Pence, but saved its best material for Republican freshman congressman George Santos and his growing list of tall tales.
"According to a new poll, 60% of voters say he should resign," Meyers said, "while according to him, 180% say he shouldn't. That's his internal polling."
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