Trivia / After Midnight

• Approval of God:
  • Original host Chris Hardwick had nothing but praise for the show, and Taylor Tomlinson, and was especially happy that such a great platform for comedians is on television again.
  • For a specific segment, TikToker Samantha Hart, responsible for the infamous "shart" segment, got a good laugh out of being on the show.
• Corpsing: For all her virtues as a host, and there are many, it doesn't take a whole lot to give Taylor the giggles. Expect this to happen the more a game goes Off the Rails. Probably the most she's ever lost it was courtesy of the Sklar brothers — comedians are reacting to a video of people racing on ostriches (as one does) and Randy Sklar starts making up a voice for a kid watching by the rail ("DADDEH CAN I STAND BY THE RAIL?!"). Taylor finds this voice absolutely hilarious, so Randy just keeps going and going and cracking her up more and more... and just when you think it's over, something sets Taylor off again. We're talking actual physical pain from laughing here.
• Dear Negative Reader: There was a sizable amount of backlash after the premiere from commenters saying that they expected Taylor Tomlinson to be hosting a talk show, rather than the Panel Show they got. The show was content to laugh this off with the intentionally tedious and pointless Talk Show Portion, up until a "fan" posted a TikTok spinning this into a conspiracy theory, saying that Taylor had been "tricked" into hosting this instead. This was the point when Taylor finally addressed this directly on-air, by playing that very TikTok and making a game prompt out of it, but not before she set the record straight:
  Taylor: And I really appreciate this man, and all of my fans, but I promise you I have not been tricked. I signed up for this on purpose. I didn't want to do a talk show! You think I want to ask Daniel Day-Lewis about preparing for his role as an 1800s Polish butcher? No! I wanna make him do #FartSongs! Yeah! Like "Farty In The USA!" Like, Daniel, that's for you; come on the show!
• What Could Have Been: Kurt Braunohler became the first panelist to make a second appearance (specifically, for the show on March 5, 2024), and it was by necessity after comedian Steph Tolev was unable to make the show. (For those familiar with Steph Tolev and her trademark brand of Vulgar Humor, try rewatching the episode's game Be Sexy with her in mind.)