People get their kicks and laughs from the strangest sources. We, both being political scientists, love ending a strenuous day by watching some very silly political satire shows.
Poltico (www.politico.com) has a great daily video summary on the US elections, drawn from the evening's late night shows. It's pretty basic, but these shows all seem to be rather slap-stick.
In Germany, when I used to watch more TV (I stopped 1.5 years ago when we moved flats, and feel much happier this way), we regularly used to watch the Heute Show, which parodies German politics. I felt rather rooted here when I realized I truly found this funny.
Social media and in particular Youtube is full of this stuff. I haven't quite befriended any unedited versions that someone hasn't already sifted through. There's just too much out there that is plain stupid.
Humor is such an important aspect in life. Even in politics.
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