Scrubbed ‘Late Night’ Joke Makes Audience Groan So Long, Seth Meyers ‘Thought Somebody Had Turned on a Sound Machine’ | Video

A scrubbed monologue joke pulled a visceral reaction from the “Late Night” audience – one that lasted so long, host Seth Meyers admitted he briefly thought someone was piping the audio in.

Following his monologue to start the show, the NBC host kicked off another surprise inspection of his writers, noting that, like many people, they’re on edge right now because the election is just days out. But that anxiousness did not excuse some of their unused jokes.

Some were just low-hanging puns, others were just overly complicated plays on words. The joke that pained the audience the most though? Well, that centered on National Chocolate Day.