Seth Meyers roasts the malarkey out of Joe Biden's old-guy debate schtick

"'A bunch of malarkey' is Joe Biden’s 'more cowbell'."
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Seth Meyers roasts the malarkey out of Joe Biden's old-guy debate schtick
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If, like Seth Meyers, you love the word malarkey, Joe Biden's debate performance on Wednesday night is for you.

Going live to air after Debate Night 2.2: The Malarkening had wrapped up, it seemed Meyers had very much enjoyed the former vice president's toothy cantankerousness.

After pointing out that the debate moderators kept cutting everyone off and Biden just stopped mid-sentence every time, Meyers compared it to "when your grandpa tries to speak up at the dinner table and no one hears him. "'I have a story about restaura- oh, never mind.'"

He also made fun of Biden's comment that the detractors of his healthcare plan was "malarkey" "There it is!" Meyers crowed, adding a *chef kiss*. "'A bunch of malarkey' is Joe Biden’s 'more cowbell'."

"And I love it, but again, it does make him sound a little old. It sounds like something that should be yelled from atop an old-timey bicycle."

And then, of course, Diamond Joe messed up the website plug at the end — and you know Meyers had jokes for that malarkey.

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Caitlin Welsh

Caitlin is Mashable's Australian Editor. She has written for The Guardian, Junkee, and any number of plucky little music and culture publications that were run on the smell of an oily rag and have since been flushed off the Internet like a dead goldfish by their new owners. She also worked at Choice, Australia's consumer advocacy non-profit and magazine, and as such has surprisingly strong opinions about whitegoods. She enjoys big dumb action movies, big clever action movies, cult Canadian comedies set in small towns, Carly Rae Jepsen, The Replacements, smoky mezcal, revenge bedtime procrastination, and being left the hell alone when she's reading.


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