The Late Show with Stephen Colbert riffed on the Democratic primary debates in Detroit on Thursday night with a sketch called Motown Sings the Debates. In the spoof, a Motown-style soul quartet performed sing-along renditions of the most common Democratic talking points.
Papas got a kidney stone/Got no insurance, so hes on his own/But Bernies got a plan so Papa wont lose his home, goes one song, to the tune of Papa Was a Rolling Stone.
Other songs include an ode to Marianne Williamson to the tune of My Girl (Shes got crystals/And magic sprays), and a play on I Heard It Through the Grapevine that pokes fun at all the interchangeable straight-white-male candidates whove seemed to have just entered the race on the debate stage: I bet youre wondering if we knew/Michael Bennet was running too/With some other guy named Jay Inslee/Also whos John Delaney?/It was a surprise to our eyes/Just who the hell are all these guys?/Today I saw them for the first time.