Laura Ingraham has never heard of Netflix's You, never had measles
Or, what happens when two hot-heads attempt to discuss a show called You
Netflix’s You is a very good and very popular show. Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle is a feeding tube shoveling nightly garbage smoothies down its fans’ throats. Unfortunately, it is also a very popular show.
Laura Ingraham’s patented brand of white resentment politics plays very well to her main viewership demographics of pissed-off uncles and women who demand to “speak to the manager” roughly two-to-three times per month. They—host included—are deeply humorless people, but that’s what made last night so absolutely pure and incredible.
On Monday evening, Ingraham’s frequent culture critic (we’re using both “culture” and “critic” very loosely here), Raymond Arroyo, stopped by her show to expound on some absurd argument about how audiences much prefer “woke-free” TV nowadays, using what appears to be Yellowstone as its strawman example. Eventually, he attempts a digression on Netflix’s mega-hit, You, at which point begins a stunning masterclass in narcissism and/or comedic writing:
“I was watching an episode of You where measles came up,” Arroyo starts before being interrupted by a confused Ingraham. “Wait, wait. When did I mention measles?” she asks.