NBC's Jimmy Fallon noted the White House last week named Anthony Scaramucci as the new Communications Dir, saying, "At his first press conference, Scaramucci claimed that he's seen Trump throw a football through a tire with a perfect spiral, swish foul shots in basketball and sink long putts in golf. That's a little hard to believe, but take a look at this commercial I just saw on TV." The broadcast then aired a "commercial" featuring a voiceover claiming to be from Trump who said, "Hey there kids. If you want to be fantastic at sports like me, then come to the Donald Trump Sports Camp. First, I'll show you how to be an amazing tennis player, okay, just like me. Boom, nothing but net. Plus, I'll teach you the secrets of tennis fashion. Look at that, beautiful. Then at the end of the day, I'll show you how to play beach volleyball. Is that Tom Cruise in 'Top Gun?' No, it's me, even sexier. The Donald Trump Sports Camp. No refunds!” ("The Tonight Show," NBC, 7/24).
Comedy Central’s Trevor Noah discussed
Michael Phelps racing a great white shark, noting Phelps did not actually race a real a shark, but a computer-generated version. Noah: "So the whole thing was a lie? A CGI shark? ... This is not a race, I'm sorry. This is just Michael Phelps swimming, that’s it. You can't add the opponent in later and say that it's a race. That’s not the same thing. Imagine that instead of
Mayweather and
McGregor fighting, they used CGI. ... I don't even know why we're doing this. Of course a shark swims faster than a human. This race has been run many times before. It gets reported in the newspaper as 'Swimmer Missing!' We know how it ends” (
"The Daily Show," Comedy Central, 7/24).
