First and foremost, let’s pour one out for After Midnight. I’ve already written at length about what the show brought to the late-night ecosystem — namely, a British-style panel hang. But now that it’s really over, I’m getting mad all over again. The show was so good! So many people got to be on TV who otherwise wouldn’t get a network platform for their nonsense. Who else will stage Chris Fleming’s plays, or humor Pete Holmes’s dad jokes, or let Lauren Cook call in a bit? No. 1: What late-night show is giving away prizes? And No. 2: Who is giving away prizes as ludicrous as Taylor Tomlinson’s old extensions? RIP to a real one.

Speaking of late-night history, Yakov Smirnoff was on The Tonight Show this week and he killed. He’s got that Biden forehead, but the audience was eating up his jokes about what can and cannot happen only in America. And he closed with a sincere thank you to the American people for being welcoming to immigrants like him. Timely! As the rest of this list will show, we’re all processing these extraordinary events in real time together, aren’t we?

Colman Domingo Sings!

While watching the Tony Awards last Sunday, I was struck by how odd it is that two actors have spent their Hollywood capital on making tributes to the guy who did “Splish Splash.” Colman Domingo has two passion projects about Nat King Cole in the works right now, and that feels way more proportionate to the man’s talent. Bobby Darin did a lot, but real croon-heads know he’s a medium talent at best. Domingo broke into song during his stop at The Late Show, and the band immediately jumped into backing him up. Now, whether that was a rehearsed bit or if the band is just very good at their job and found Domingo’s key immediately doesn’t matter. What does matter is live music. It slaps, and it makes for better and more spontaneous TV.

After Midnight Panelists Are Going Through It

Milana Vayntrub, Affion Crockett, and Marcella Arguello played the last game of “Untangle This” in After Midnight history, and it immediately got political. It almost worked like EMDR therapy, with the untangling of cords helping the comics process their anxieties, hopes, and wishes without a filter. Vayntrub was asked “How much money is enough?” and she immediately went to how much an underground bunker might cost, which felt psychologically revealing. And Arguello was just speaking facts when she said the poison at the heart of America is individualism, and it’s making us all miserable. Again, there was nothing like this show on network TV.

Only Photograph Bryce Dallas Howard From Her Good Side

BDH did VPR on WWHL. Channeling Lady Gaga and Seth Rogen’s favorite Vanderpump Rules cast member, Scheana Shay, Howard entered the Clubhouse Playhouse. She reenacted that time Scheana got horrifically rejected by SURver Adam, choosing to do the whole thing to camera. It was as if we were having to tell ScheSchu that we only saw a friendship with her and not a relationship. Then we got pressured into giving her a hug. Harrowing.

Atsuko Okatsuka Loves L.A.

Longtime Angeleno Atsuko Okatsuka spoke on the protests in L.A. while on Late Night With Seth Meyers and managed to find a way to make this horrific time in the city’s history funny. How, you ask? By talking about the Nightstalker. Duh. Okatsuka herself was once an undocumented immigrant, and it’s really great she got to speak on this issue on national television. Many celebs have spoken out against the ICE raids happening now (except Dr. Phil; he’s joining in), but none were as funny about it.

One Last Dumb Game for the Road

The game is simple: Guess how many breakaway pants a person is wearing. Simplicity, understandable stakes, and something one can make an educated guess at and feel at least a little confident about it. Also terminally stupid. In short, it’s a perfect After Midnight game. At the top of this clip, Taylor Tomlinson says segment producer Dominique Bañas asked multiple celebs to do this bit, and they all said no, like craven and despicable cowards. It’s nice Bañas got to be on TV. But wouldn’t you love to have seen, like, Guy From Tracker ripping off pant after pant? Maybe next week. Oh, wait, never mind.

 We’ll miss you, After Midnight.