CORRECTIONS Episode 39: Week of Monday, March 7

[@thorthunderpants7292]

How could people hate corrections? I literally get excited for this segment every week. Jackals be damned! Make corrections 40 minutes long!

[@jonofthehill]

make it an hour and damn the overtime!!!

[@BlacknessWirefly]

I could live on a whole show of just closer look and corrections NGL

[@missyquill5709]

I know right? I listen to it to relax. Seth's voice fending off Jackals is actually very soothing!

[@joet3935]

The world is not capable of handling that level of humor.

[@AhKiOye]

Thor, you silly Thunder Pants... it's the Jackels that made this show happen. We owe them our gratitude ( •̀ .̫ •́ )✧

[@jdropje8]

Seth, I love Corrections. The premise alone is amazing: adult host of a successful late night television show argues with the comments section of KZbin.

[@mmanzanox]

Right? And we demanded that it be without live audience. He' OURS not to be shared with the crowd heathens, they would't understand the nuances, 9-layered jokes and jackal-whistle words

[@lesleyghostdragon3149]

@@mmanzanox LOL nice 🐾

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

We prefer the term "Helpful Assholes"

[@sunshine3914]

@@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing or “Special Assholes”

[@lizisasleep]

@@mmanzanox Truly this is the best worst place on the internet.

[@edgarfan317]

One of my favorite adages that I learned from my English teacher in High School is, "Knowledge is knowing that the reanimated corpse is not Frankenstein, but Frankenstein's Monster. Wisdom is knowing that Frankenstein was the monster."

[@JacWarner]

You had a great teacher.

[@aaronleverton4221]

I get around the Jackal-Briggs Personality Test by asking "wasn't he the doctor?"

[@playnicechannel]

Excellent ! Though Mary Shelley didn’t call him a Dr. She describes him as a medical student studying the natural sciences, my middle school English teacher who was sick to death of having to teach this book said, ok class here we go. This is the first recorded version of this classic one liner joke “ what’s the difference between God and a doctor? God doesn’t think he’s a doctor”. I thought he was so chill. Until my Mom had to go to both the Principals office and a meeting of the PTA, when later that year we had to write a book report on a book we were reading outside of class. I wrote mine on Kurt Vonnegut’s Welcome to the Monkey House. Apparently according to the upright citizens brigade of my small hometown, that wasn’t suitable literature for a 12 year old. My Mom really let all of them have a piece of her mind…. Something about only Nazi’s and morons ban books, I had an out of body experience watching my Mom yell at my Principal … kind of a Jr High version of Godzilla vs Mothra.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

My friend and I agree that Frankenstein's Monster should just be called Frankenstein as well. Victor is his Father, and you get your name from your father.

[@Rosie-xf8hu]

I’m pretty sure I read this in last week’s Corrections, so I can’t claim it as my own, but I think it bears repeating: “Knowledge is knowing that Frankenstein was not the monster; intelligence is knowing that Frankenstein was the monster; wisdom is knowing that the real monster is the person standing there informing you that Frankenstein is the man, not the monster.”

[@asterix7842]

Not a complaint or correction- I just thought this was an interesting bit of trivia about the Stuart Little movie. According to Wikipedia: “ One of the paintings used as set dressing for the Littles' home was Hungarian avant garde painter Róbert Berény's 1920s painting Sleeping Lady with Black Vase, which had long been considered lost. A set designer for the film had purchased the painting at an antiques store in Pasadena, California for $500 for use in the film, unaware of its significance. In 2009, art historian Gergely Barki, while watching Stuart Little on television with his daughter, noticed the painting, and after contacting the studios was able to track down its whereabouts.[7] In 2014, its owner sold the painting at an auction for €229,500.”

[@sagittated]

OMG who owned it? A new buyer? A previous owner who reclaimed it because it had been stolen? The set designer? The studio?

[@corvus2512]

I have to say that Barenaked Ladies “if i had a million dollars” deep cut joke was *chef’s kiss* 👌🏻

[@makiburgess5733]

I didn’t know Americans would even know that song. Canadian classic.

[@mnchls]

@@makiburgess5733 it's not as deep a cut as, say, "northwest passage," let's be real

[@timearle3329]

@@mnchls granted, but we'll take it!

[@rolandfischer931]

Real deep cut. Made me feel in the know 😂

[@kaileeoram6188]

I grew up listening to that song!

[@estasheff]

I just love the fact that Seth added to the ending of Stuart Little so his kids wouldn't be disappointed. My father loved to sing Puff the Magic Dragon to us when my sibs and I were little kids but I always found the ending to be sad. So he wrote an extra verse to make it happy and I still sing it at the end whenever I hear the song. I know classic works shouldn't be changed but screw it, sometimes little kids need to feel more secure in an ever changing and often frightening world, and a father who adds a new ending to cheer them up or bring them closure before they fall asleep at night is a beautiful thing. It also teaches children that they have the power to write their own ending when they don't like what the world hands them. If you don't have closure for something, then take it into your own hands and bring about that closure yourself. If the world makes you sad then find a way to add a new verse and make it happy again. I'm SO glad to find out my dad isn't the only one willing to change the ending and make a child's night a little better. You're a great guy and an amazing father!

[@celing99]

I just would like to applaud the beauty of your writing about this topic -- in a comment long enough to be automatically truncated with ellipses and a "Read more" button that displays the whole thing. Before clicking that button, the comment ends with "If you don't have closure for ..."

[@kayapapaya]

Please share the extra verse of Puff! I also find it really sad, and I would love an update :)

[@pstuff]

If you see the live performance by Peter, Paul and Mary where they explain the song then the last verse has a subtle change - it goes from lived by the sea to LIVES by the sea. Yarrow explains more here kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4XJgGOMgLCria8

[@LeeStJohn-ym4df]

Wow, most poetic response to a Seth moment ever written. Thank you very much 💖

[@estasheff]

@@kayapapaya the extra verse was: One day ten years later Puff heard a sound with joy. And standing there outside his cave was Jackie's little boy. Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sails And he would keep a lookout perch on Puff's gigantic tail. Then it would go into the refrain and finish the song. I loved the way it made it happier, and also the feeling that Puff would live forever as a story passed down through the family and each new generation would get to play with him.

[@jayg.9255]

I have to say this was the most literary of all the Corrections to date. The way the unfinishedness of Stewart Little tied into the the unfinished magic trick at the ending was profound.

[@HateCamel1]

Well, the dude sending the letter was asking for it and E.B White had it coming.

[@robertcolontonio7775]

Its actually Stuart Little. Damn it I'm a Frankenstein's Monster asshole.

[@doombird7977]

🧐

[@LE-te9vx]

Oh wow, good point!

[@nadya6295]

I think you can add M. Night Shyamalan and a twist ending to that literary mix.

[@MariaVosa]

The props department outdid themselves this time, with the letter and the card at the end. No matter how much abuse Seth thows at us Jackals, it's clear he loves us.

[@commonsense571]

True! I feel loved.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

The jackal in me wants to tell Seth that aged paper discoloration is called "foxing" But I won't. I'm not that passive aggressive.

[@MariaVosa]

@@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing Seth! SETH! LOOK HERE!

[@brenobacci]

I used to think so, but when I heard "zeroes in a half-shell", I reacted on a Shoemaker-esque way: "Wooh, where is this coming from?". Come on, Seth. You know better. You know we can empirically prove even the worst of us jackals is not a zero.

[@normjones4204]

Correction. NO way you would run into cans of tuna in the seafood section, it's in the canned good section next to the tuna, sardines, and flaky turkey. You don't go to grocery stores Seth it's okay to fess up.

[@kotkaconforza]

Some stores have canned seafood displayed on the seafood section. Maybe the more high end stuff.

[@rabbit251]

Or Meth maybe needs glasses because he can't tell the difference between cans than from actual fish. .... Ok, you're right. Meth has never been to grocery store. And this is a real burn. It's like asking Trump how much a gallon of milk cost!

[@stephencraig5938]

You know seth gets his servants to shop online.

[@jemert96]

Clearly you've never taken the VIP entrance

[@vysharra]

@@kotkaconforza this, though I mostly see fancy spanish sardines in tomato sauce and smoked clams

[@ShanthaBunyan]

I LOVE that Seth called it the Jackal-Briggs personality test, rather than the Meyers-Jackal personality test... Wait, is this a test?

[@AnonEyeMouse]

Went back to time the gap before you corrected yourself in the Holly Hunter gaff and it was indeed seven seconds. Well done, Seth. Now we know you are capable of such meticulous attention to detail and diligence, we will no longer accept anything less. Signed, The Jackals.

[@rebmcr]

Wait, the rest of you guys were previously accepting less?

[@tylerlewis6813]

I was so tempted to check him on that! Thanks for saving me the trouble.

[@anthonylegg6055]

You are clearly our leader. All hail President Jackal

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

This is the kind of real-time interactive feedback that is only possible with the technology that is YouValve.

[@chonqmonk]

Thank the gods that jackals eat their young or the goddamned things would be everywhere.

[@pakyoungchae]

CORRECTION OF THE CORRECTORS: In South Korea, the McRib comes out every Lunar New Year holiday. It's called the Luck Burger. So it is seasonal in some places.

[@gp8719-l9t]

i hOLLERED at the end. I tried to explain this segment to my husband and he said "I'm glad you're happy" and walked away.

[@molliewatts6445]

I have tried explaining corrections to a few people and I can never convey it's true brilliance. Oh well! I'm glad we're both happy. :-)

[@stillhere1425]

They’d a hadda been there.

[@anro7137]

I learned real fast not to talk about Corrections. If you were here before the beginning, and watched what led up to this segment, it truly is incredibly funny how it all came about and keeps going! But try to explain this to someone else? Nope!

[@avisrobinson452]

😂😂

[@Farzlepot]

@@molliewatts6445 It's easy to explain - "talk show host accidentally read the comments section on KZbin one day and took it personally"

[@celestehansen4056]

Thank you for Corrections. I think this has become a truly remarkable phenomenon. I love the dry pedantry woven seamlessly through the warp and weft of your comedy. I'm sure the sentiment has been often repeated, but each week this segment gives me a sense of community, of belonging, of finally knowing and understanding the 'inside' joke. It is something to look forward to with warm anticipation, like curling up with a good book on a rainy afternoon.

[@AnotherParamoreFan]

Well said! I completely agree.

[@tentardigrades968]

CORRECTION: last week you quoted a jackal as saying “eggs would be bursting from her thorax” in reference to Charlotte the spider. Spiders do not have a thorax, they have a cephalothorax where the head is fused to the thoracic segment. Secondly, the cephalothorax is where the legs connect to the body. The eggs of a spider would be bursting from its abdomen. As an entomologist I demand this be corrected.

[@spongy_mothra]

As another entomologist, I second this!

[@aimankhan5377]

Yes!

[@clarewillison9379]

Thank you. As a non-entomologist but knows-a-little-about-a-lot pedantic jackal, this pained me in the extreme. (Which is somewhere in my abdomen.)

[@dahawk8574]

As an etymologist myself, I demand that it be explained that Thor’s weapon was actually a hammer. So the very notion of a Thor ax is incorrect.

[@jenn288]

@@dahawk8574 you win

[@SeanMcGloon]

I've tried to watch this twice today while holding my six month son and he fell asleep both times. Maybe it's not long or boring, maybe Seth's voice is just soothing.

[@sigil8386]

Or the dude watching was a baby too.

[@brownkemosabe]

This is the longest series of inside jokes I've been privileged to be a part of since the first iteration! I knew the Frankenstein's Monster bit was bait.

[@solvseus]

I half jokingly did that at a convention where a guy was selling horror comics and referred to the monster as just "Frankenstein". Don't you mean "Frankenstein's monster" I said with a smirk. His reply, "but the monster thought of himself as the Doctor's son". Making him a Frankenstein. He got me. Mind. Blown.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

But if there were two Frankensteins, then the name “Frankenstein” just becomes ambiguous. The monster should more correctly be “Frankenstein Jr”.

[@johanvajse8410]

@@lawrencedoliveiro9104 but wasn't Victor continuing his father's work so the monster would be the third? (I don't actually know, may be confusing the book with the Young Frankenstein movie)

[@DavidJWGibson]

@@solvseus Two things. First, yeah, the monster would absolutely be his child and be a little Frankenstein. Second... (*pushes up glasses, jackal-style*) well, actually, in the source novel Victor Frankenstein created the monster while a student in university and he left before completing his doctorate.

[@dustinmorrow8184]

@@lawrencedoliveiro9104 He refers to himself as "The Adam of your Creation." So, Adam Frankenstein?

[@katherinelately]

It’s my favorite thing when the corrections reference previous corrections and it just becomes its own mini series throughout these videos

[@StephanieAly]

"I think it is a fine thing to be headed in the right direction, whether you find what you are looking for or not." Thank you for sharing that letter. I never expected to be brought to tears during Corrections, but I guess I needed that reminder more than I realized.

[@alyssadalessio2887]

me too!

[@sunshine3914]

Looking for this. Never has a letter made me more emotional. Now I need to go back & reread Stewart Little cause, honestly, I don’t remember any of the book nor the movie.

[@SorendeSelbyBowen]

@@sunshine3914 Stuart Little. ;-)

[@overkall1691]

How did they get the letter that his mom sent back? Did he send it back inside his letter or something? I am missing something here.

[@Farzlepot]

@@overkall1691 Have you heard of scanners?

[@Thortok2000]

"It's almost like they had a list of what to do if they had a million dollars" made me smile, and also shed a tear at how little laughter it got.

[@powerdavid6235]

Tipping your cap is just touching the brim while nodding, what you did was Doffing your cap, taking it completely off and lowering it before the person you're saluting.

[@andybaldman]

This.

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

Chapeau…

[@LindaC616]

@@dr.OgataSerizawa 😄

[@vysharra]

Does a trucker hat/snapback count as a “cap”?

[@MrBreezeLI516]

😭😭😭😂😂!! well played sir!!! hear that Seth!!! muuuuuhahahaha!!!

[@mooxim]

I predicted the end card at about 4:07 when Seth smirked. "There's no end to the trick"!?!?!? Yeah right Seth. Super pleased with myself. Also super entertained by the gag. Bravo.

[@Knickerson]

Correcting Seth in real time is the new Wordle.

[@WL27875]

Correction: Seth started doing Corrections in March, 2021, and Wordle launched in October, 2021. So this can't be the new wordle; Corrections came first.

[@sharongarrett4356]

😆

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

@@WL27875 Is your last name German for licking rocks?

[@WL27875]

@@EmpyreanLightASMR yes

[@WL27875]

@@EmpyreanLightASMR so what?

[@ReadyPlayerPiano]

Corrections is my favorite thing that any late night host does and is a clear example of Seth's excellence. Also, all things are things that could only happen in time.

[@Catherinzsl]

I suggest a third version of Seth's book in which spelling, grammatical and mechanical errors are intentionally included. Erotica for jackals, if you will.

[@embrio.]

And then a fourth version that corrects all of those errors with a red pen... Errata Erotica!

[@xerendil]

Gramatica, if you will.

[@nicholasleemarks]

I suspect the first version may already satisfy that criteria. So far, it’s 100% grammatically incorrect. The title is a run-on

[@rsl12]

Errata-ca

[@Catherinzsl]

@@rsl12 *Errotica!*

[@manfredbobski8114]

Every time Chris Angel was mentioned as "Chris Angel, Mind Freak" as if it was his proper name had me rolling

[@sunny8307]

That Bare Naked Ladies joke was absolutely underrated! I laughed my ass off at it!

[@maret1729]

So did I. Then I was disappointed that he didn't have anything more to it. I was expecting him to list a few items and wrap it up with something like "and a green dress " leaving a jackal treat for us to grab. Now I'm just let down.

[@molliewatts6445]

I'm only 2 minutes in and I'm already loving the Barenaked Ladies joke. They must be loving their new Dijon ketchup. :-)

[@laci_lulu7805]

I laughed so hard, I almost threw up. #Deep90sCut

[@jeannekeller1275]

Dare I jackel a jackel? Dijon is mustard, not ketchup.

[@molliewatts6445]

@@jeannekeller1275 it references one of the jokes in the song. They want "fancy ketchup" and so they assume it would be dijon. :)

[@elyssay3157]

That fake green dress must be awesome, as well. I wonder who wears it...

[@Tao_Tology]

'Mmmmmmmmm'

[@kaileeoram6188]

That Chris Angel *mind freak* story was incredible. Even the flipped setup of Seth doing stand-up at everyone was comedy gold! And then you brought it back in the end with a correction favorite - a joke on the card. I'm less of a jackal and more of a fox. A frequent observer with fewer, more precise attacks. Typically my comments oppose jackals who are too quick to criticize. Keep doing what you're doing, Seth! As someone who is (clearly) long-winded, make corrections as long as you want. Gotta Ketchum all!

[@chrisobrien6313]

Don't most magicians dislike the word "trick" though? Like that's what a prostitute does. They perform "illusions".

[@bennyshambles]

This is a great comment. I like how you differentiated yourself from the jackals as a more cunning fox. And yeah, the Criss Angel (Mindfreak) story and callback was hilarious.

[@milesgillespie6665]

Did you not notice the image of the '9 of diamonds' had two too many numbers?

[@kaileeoram6188]

@@milesgillespie6665 there's 9 diamonds in the rectangle and one diamond in each corner to indicate the suit. The actual number 9 is in every corner which isn't standard but that's also not incorrect. Besides, the graphics department is awfully naughty so they like to toe the line haha

[@milesgillespie6665]

@@kaileeoram6188 I had to look it up... you're right. I don't think I've ever seen that before. I stand corrected and sheepish.

[@marydunn3416]

I look forward to Corrections every week. I watch it Saturday morning to get my weekend off to a good start. Thank you!

[@denkoulo0073]

Loved how he managed to end the episode while combined all the callbacks from it ( m night shyamalan , mind freak and Stuart little ) A twist ending with a final apropos reveal

[@jimuicker4731]

Don't forget the extra jackal-bait in the design of the playing card.

[@phoenixluk]

This was my favorite Corrections. From Ash Ketchum to the magic card to E. B. White. Thank you, person who shared such a wonderful gift with the world. They could have left it private and intimate like it had been for almost 70 years, but they chose to share it. No matter how big or small the letter is to others, it is obviously precious to the recipient. And for that, we become closer as people, as humans. Also, daps👊🏼

[@sunshine3914]

Hard to top this one.

[@lowkey2923]

Loving the oblique reference to Barenaked Ladies' early hit, "If I Had $1000000" -- I heard that and thought, "Pinch me! It's been so much more than one week since I've heard anyone reference that golden hit from their early years. ...and now, it's all been done." Thanks, Seth! :D

[@cagedtigersteve]

Well done

[@mynhardtcronje8103]

Thank you Mr Meyers. You, consistently, lift the spirits in a world that seems to be on fire. Bravo!

[@janelleamber]

Hello there 👋 Do you care for some chat Just To Know Each Other Better that's if you don't mind Leaving Me a Reply

[@louisjones2653]

Fun fact: The 9 of diamonds also called "The Curse of Scotland" is regarded as the most unlucky card in the deck as it is a 17th century callback to the English Crown's crushing defeat of the Jacobite Macdonald clan at Glenn Coe.

[@AdamSchoales]

Woah. Freaky! What are you? Some kind of mind freak?

[@LeeStJohn-ym4df]

Very cool knowledge. But that's the kinda fan Seth has, sharp, witty, knowledgeable, sarcastic, sweet, loving and poetic.

[@calumproctor981]

*Glencoe. Beautiful place. The Glencoe massacre was in 1694, so people in the 17th century wouldn't have had long to make that callback! In any case, there is no consensus as to why the card has that name. Last thing: it was Scottish government forces who were responsible for the Glencoe massacre. Mind you, they were representatives of the Scottish monarchs, who were also the English monarchs. Most important point: Glencoe is very, very pretty.

[@calumproctor981]

*Glencoe. Beautiful place. The Glencoe massacre was in 1694, so people in the 17th century wouldn't have had long to make that callback! In any case, there is no consensus as to why the card has that name. Last thing: it was Scottish government forces who were responsible for the Glencoe massacre. Mind you, they were representatives of the Scottish monarchs, who were also the English monarchs. Most important point: Glencoe is very, very pretty.

[@teresaparkerson5224]

The one important point that was missed,was the fact that Seth reads to his children. Great job dad!😊

[@elyssay3157]

A-fucking-men

[@phobos258]

How do these keep getting better? Had me in tears, emotionally and hysterically.

[@jamesb4523]

Being insulted by Seth for one of your corrections is the greatest achievement a jackal can attain.

[@rhodfalewis1239]

Starting my day off with corrections is the only way to get going in the morning! Love this segment more than anything else on KZbin and this is not an exaggeration at all. It's just brilliant

[@ericminch]

So...do you only get going on Friday mornings? Or do you re-run older corrections on other mornings?

[@sunshine3914]

IKR. Mondays Ask Joe is the only way to get going.

[@dereksherwood3794]

Totally should have gone with Seth Meyers Briggs Test (even though it's called the Myers Briggs Type Indicator). Love these corrections segments!

[@kidlitfanful]

Education is knowing that Frankenstein was not the monster. Wisdom is knowing that he WAS!

[@ernestomarcos0103]

When I was younger I was one of those that said "It's Frankenstein's monster!". Then I realized if he considered him his child it made sense for the monster to also be Frankenstein so I stopped. And yea, Doc was a monster for sure.

[@sorormimm493]

I love how corrections is sooo layered and how Seth just moves on from the BEST puns without a beat. “Just Peter’s off” got me rollin’! 🤣

[@rawdog9674]

Old wornout grown ash ketchum...LMAO so true. That had me dying

[@thomasleity437]

The "that's a fair hit" comment made it all even better.

[@lovelight9261]

Love that you added lines to the book for your kids. I think you should write them in on your copy, and sign it Love, Dad 2022

[@emiliabolsas]

Jackals can run 40 mph. We can’t help it if we jackals are also quick out of the gate: We’ve been in training for a lifetime with our silent corrections of others’ grammatical mistakes. You’ve finally given us an outlet. Don’t hate the players, hate the game.

[@AthenaGoddess]

I love how passive aggressive you get Seth. So defensive. In all honesty corrections could be an hour long and I would still watch it. It has helped me through some tough days.

[@JoshtheSmith]

Correction on this Corrections: Tuna cans wouldn't be in the seafood section, they would be in the canned goods section.

[@andybaldman]

If he did his own shopping he’d know that.

[@canadianhappyinitalytruest6556]

That’s a meta correction.

[@canadianhappyinitalytruest6556]

Correction: it’s a metacorrection.

[@peter_meyer]

Who ever mentioned cans?

[@normjones4204]

Darn I just posted that, guess I should have read down there are fast jackals here.

[@CoCoLaFousFous]

watching these from the beginning has filled my heart

[@Rosie-xf8hu]

As a teacher, my teaching partner took on reading Charlotte’s Web to the kids because I couldn’t do it without crying at the end. It was that ending, though, that led to the best class discussions.

[@brynpookc1127]

Corrections might be my favorite thing to watch each week! Seth at his best, nearly as good as during the Covid-19 lockdown shows.

[@cinemaguy1]

It's CORRECTIONS. :)

[@canadianhappyinitalytruest6556]

That second E.B. White letter!!! I laughed so loud and suddenly that I scared my neighbor’s dog into a barking fit.

[@canadianhappyinitalytruest6556]

Yes, fellow jackal! You’re right, as a Canadian I should spell it that way, but my iPhone doesn’t recognize my true nature.

[@canadianhappyinitalytruest6556]

@@Henry-W-Schlemmer Good catch! I think its a capital "I" letter because the 1960's Smith-Corona Corsair deluxe that I have here (just a cool decor piece lifted from my parent's basement) doesn't even have #1 key but one was expected to use a capital "I" when writing the #1.... just a theory, totally unverified, but seems reasonable.

[@canadianhappyinitalytruest6556]

Not much can top hearing “you’re right” from a jackal! Thank you for making my night!!

[@januliatko]

I am perplexed as to how almost no one laughed at BNL joke! That was one of the finest jokes Seth has ever made... i salute you sir!

[@CalamityCannon]

This is such a weekly injection of joy into my life. As someone who has the mind, but not the typing paws, of a jackal.

[@D.A.OhK.]

The jackals were WRONG. Seth used "leitmotif" correctly. The term refers to recurring themes in art and literature, both of which "Corrections" could be argued to be.

[@HiroJJ94]

was about to say just that

[@MicheleEngel]

Correct! I was an English major, and I absolutely agree.

[@thesubhumancomedy]

We know, too well.

[@JeremiahBurns]

"If I Had A Million Dollars" ... deep cut, that one. Great job.

[@atticwind0w]

I had to scroll way too far for someone else to get the reference! Now I'm gonna go buy the fanciest Dijon ketchups.

[@christinecrawford]

As a HUGE Barenaked Ladies fan, the mention of them in Corrections made my day! 💟

[@crimps321]

The Barenaked Ladies joke was priceless!! (not a real green dress, that's cruel)

[@makiburgess5733]

I had Kraft Dinner for lunch. With fancy ketchup. Dijon ketchup.

[@Kit-se3zs]

I always find Corrections soothing to listen to while I work. It's the understated comedy I guess. And the supportive laughter in the background. Awesome.

[@generalZee]

Seth today with the big reveal that the Sloth may have been "A man in a sloth suit." Meanwhile over at Last Week Tonight, John Oliver reminded us last week, "Is this man a furry? The clues are all there." So who was the man in the Sloth suit? John Fuckin' Oliver (And yes, that is his middle name). That's the real reason Seth won't have any animals on the show: he's too afraid they might stage a late night coup. Seth's already got enough to worry about with Wally constantly snapping on his heels, so he just has a "No Animals" policy to keep sneaky little John from surprising him. No, if John Oliver is going to be on the show, he's going to be in plain sight, and sitting in the guest chair where he belongs. But hey, that's just a theory. A Jackal Theory! Thanks for reading.

[@lynnhettrick7588]

I’m all in on this theory!

[@crafterjlh6321]

Very Oliver-esque. Love it.

[@amandag1329]

Well done, sir. Well done.

[@famousgoldentouch]

Omg … who else doesn’t like when corrections is over but is also curious what’s on the back of his cards ?! Thanks for this episode Seth & team 🙏👍

[@anro7137]

No, I never like when Corrections is over….

[@awesomarium370]

I love corrections, but I also occasionally listen to it when I want to sleep, Seths voice makes me feel safe XD

[@zackthome1691]

Had me dying the whole corrections. This needs to be a full episode each week.

[@wblomgren]

I was 110% sure the Frankenstein thing was a jackal trap. Almost called it out as such.

[@MonsterSound.Bradley]

110%? Math is hard? UB-Jakalled

[@ysteinalgry4091]

@@MonsterSound.Bradley Saying 110% on purpoise is also a jackal trap.

[@MonsterSound.Bradley]

@@ysteinalgry4091 Touché - The old 110% double back jackal trap. I've been pwnd.

[@theolddoctor4492]

I’m getting a little worried, this is the second week without any contribution from the graphics department. I hope they’re OK.

[@madeleineprice9645]

I miss the evil coyness that Seth uses when he mimics the Graphics department. Is it inhabited totally by frisky flirty females?

[@Traci_Websinger]

I think the second letter from E.B. White was from the Graphics Department. Although who had the typewriter is anyone's guess.

[@nattie_ceee5989]

Graphics seems to have had a bit of fun with the 9 of diamonds. Or maybe they’ve just never seen a deck of cards?

[@anotherb7068]

I effin love corrections! Keep it coming jackals🤣

[@valeriesuttonpayne7413]

Yes, I’m always looking forward to Corrections! They can go on forever as far as I’m concerned.

[@puellanivis]

Before anyone complains, yes, alliteration is a kind of rhyme. It is alternatively known as head rhyme, or initial rhyme.

[@ScapegoatLoveWarrior]

And assonance?

[@puellanivis]

@@ScapegoatLoveWarrior Resources I find suggest… maybe? At the very least, all rhymes are assonance, but I don’t think I could accept a definition that says all assonance is rhyme. Placing the two terms as pure synonyms seems unnecessary, and assonance clearly has the potential to be applied to places where rhyme is inappropriate. Partial rhymes are for sure still assonance, but should they be considered rhymes? “vox” and “tom” share a vowel, but don’t even share consonant properties! I would have a hard time saying these rhyme in any way… that is, unless an author made it deeply clear that this assonance was not accidental but intended: “Tom caught† a rock fox on a log.” Is there rhyme in this piece? †: N.B.: I am in the caught-cot merger, so “caught” shares the thematic vowel here.

[@Tegres1]

That story with E. B. White, is maybe the best story I have ever heard.

[@StephanieAly]

Prop correction: The second letter says "Isn't it [redacted] up that two humans has a kid mouse?" "Has" should be "had," as Seth read, or "have," if we're considering characters to always exist in the present.

[@nicholasleemarks]

I don’t think it would be appropriate for props to correct E. B. White’s original letter

[@jb888888888]

That's what sells it as a real letter for me. I thought it was a graphics department fake until I saw it. In the olden days before computers, when it would have been hand typed on a manual typewriter, in informal settings such as this letter misspellings were more tolerated because otherwise White (or more likely his personal secretary) would have to retype that whole letter over again due to a minor grammar mistake.

[@Traci_Websinger]

@@jb888888888 Ah, but white out, as used by E.B. 😉

[@elyssay3157]

Using the literary present isn't some sort of requirement. You can think of characters in the past tense.

[@StephanieAly]

@@elyssay3157 correct - it should be “had” or “have.” “Has” isn’t grammatical in either case.

[@rae7305]

It's ridiculous how excited my husband and I get for Corrections. Well done, Seth

[@LindaBrandtmph]

My partner and I are cut from the same cloth as the two of you.

[@shanam6016]

Correction: you can’t rip out just the last three pages, you would be ripping them out in even numbers since there are two pages to a sheet of paper. Unless your book ends with a blank page at the end, which would be odd, but even then a blank page is still a page.

[@Trevin_Taylor]

Now we debate the difference between “page” and “leaf”

[@bg6b7bft]

If a book ends with a blank page, it would indeed be odd.

[@Trevin_Taylor]

@@bg6b7bft more common than you think. Some publishing uses essentially groups of leaves rather than individual pages. The leaves are put in the book in groups. If the manuscript doesn’t end exactly in the right number they would still have extra pages as part of the group. I know a publisher who does all pages in groups of 8, so if your book ended on the 65th leaf there would be 7 blank pages. This really only effects large hardbacks, but it happens.

[@bg6b7bft]

@@Trevin_Taylor I just meant that if it doesn't end in a blank page, it would be _even_

[@Trevin_Taylor]

@@bg6b7bft ah, I get it now. Whooosh, apparently.

[@e-manr.486]

I just want to say hello to all you jackals! I am really grateful to be a part of this long-running inside joke community 🐾

[@lanapowell]

Two things: The creature considers himself to be the child of his creator, and children carry their parent's family name. A work of art is often referred to by the artist's name, e.g., a painting by Picasso is called a Picasso. The creature is a Frankenstein.

[@thork6974]

A Frankenstein Original.

[@michaelsalais7393]

That was one of the best. And there have been a lot of bests. Ripping out the last three pages still has me laughing. Corrections is more addictive than any soap opera. I love watching Corrections and seeing the ones that caught my eye or ear also. You better take care of Frisbee!

[@CyclopsWasRight616]

at my grocery store, you have to swerve left of the entrance to get to produce and the bakery. if you just walk straight, you're in canned / prepared meats, which means you'd be smack dab in tuna town. That being said, someone tell Seth that the tuna's not in the seafood section. It's with stuff like pig's feet and spam.

[@anro7137]

Ack, I think I threw up a little

[@bearsikes1311]

I absolutely love Corrections! I am not a "Jackal"; I have never made a correction, but damn, I love it and watch it every week. The raw nature of it makes it fun and personable for me. I love your show and look forward to "Closer Look" a few times a week. Thank you, and may this continue. For me, it has a "Weekend Update" vibe that i miss so much. Thank you; it brings much needed joy to a slightly depressing time in history.

[@alias093001]

There's a reason Seth doesn't give notes to his writers. He lets the jackals do that. P.S. Did the graphics department print the playing card wrong on purpose so Seth can bring our complaints to them?

[@LindaC616]

Of course they did!

[@damionwhitehead1165]

What's wrong with the playing card?

[@Invariel]

There's nothing wrong with that playing card; playing cards with numbers in all four corners are "left-handed playing cards" or "ambidextrous playing cards". (A quick Google search reveals a company that sells "left-handed playing cards" where the values are in the upper-right and lower-left corners, but common usage of the term has the values in all four corners.)

[@cobrasys]

@@Invariel Thank you for that. I keep seeing comments about the playing card being wrong and that had me staring at it for like 5min and still not finding any problems with it.

[@rosemdhar4767]

Loved the concept of 'E.B.White Version' of Seth's book... Literally Laughed Out Loud ... Thank you for making us smile and laugh on a regular basis...

[@antoniasteins3131]

Was scrolling through the comments and when I caught the word literally I thought: Whoa, is someone using "literally" ironically in *this* bubble?!? Spent 5 minutes looking for your comment again - now I tip my hat to you for doing as jackal does and using literally in the correct manner. ;)

[@rosemdhar4767]

@@antoniasteins3131 😁😁 Thank you... Glad you enjoyed the comment 🙏🙏

[@evercurio]

You should make the last three pages of your book perforated, so parents can decide whether to make it the "original" or "E.B. White" version. Would probably be cheaper than publishing two versions.

[@kinsmed]

Waiting for class to start. A guy is seated at a table doing card tricks, he drops one in front of the table. I pick it up and say "is THIS your card"?

[@cindyoser9988]

Worked with children for many decades and changed the ending numerous times when I saw the horrified look on the kids' faces. Obviously when authors write books they're not in a noisy room with screaming kids hyped up on adrenaline so they think subtlety works. Ha! No.

[@ivyinabottle]

The ending with the cut off “Criss Angel” is quite possibly the funniest thing I’ve seen today

[@ProudPapaJD]

I laughed way too hard at that ending. Thanks Seth, I wish I could do this at my job, but in customer service it would be deemed “unprofessional”.

[@tanadarko6991]

I've watched every single corrections and I always forget the little troll at the end with the back of his card. this one REALLY delighted me.

[@puellanivis]

For your graphics department: “P.S. Isn’t it f- up that two humans has a kid mouse?” You read it differently from what was on the page, but you read it correctly.

[@frolickinglions]

Good spotting!

[@casinomann]

*oooooh did we mess up on the grammar~~~?*

[@Michael-Masi-911]

Superbly spotted fellow Jackal

[@nicholasleemarks]

Not the graphics dept’s fault. E. B. White’s fault. GD was merely photocopying what was clearly a very old letter

[@megmccauley6902]

Was searching the comment section for this one. Glad someone caught it too

[@justaguy6100]

I wonder why I wind up laughing at the things that no one on set laughs at. Like the "apathy" thing and "to me this is music." Still love this bit though. Every single time.

[@j10ant]

Dangerous watching corrections on a busy bus. It’s normally just me in my kitchen making breakfast. Pray for me. 🤭

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

…..as long as you’re not driving said bus…..

[@margaretoneill3570]

Genius. I love Corrections. Please don’t stop.

[@elmando6522]

The irregularities with the budget are because of all of Wally's lines.

[@bubblesezblonde]

Good point! How insideious Wally's coup has become. Blaming the irregularitites on Shoemaker is genius.

[@birbluv9595]

Excellent

[@bad6975]

Corrections is by far one of the best biproducts of the pandemic. It always gets a huge laugh out of me every week.

[@anro7137]

Byproduct, I think you find those next to the canned tuna.

[@heatherm2140]

@An Ro A.K.A. "SPAM" .... which I do find tasty, but still... 😆

[@tentardigrades968]

!!! JACKAL ALERT !!! Correction: You said “Stuart was born to adult parents”, well of course they were adults, that’s not the weird part. The weird part was that they were human.

[@rastolewandowski9721]

Am I getting you right? Are you suggesting that only adults can have children?

[@arche2460]

@@rastolewandowski9721 No, he's saying the weird part isn't that he was born to adult parents, the weird part is that he (Stuart Little- a mouse) was born to human parents

[@joet3935]

@@rastolewandowski9721 Elijah is a entomologist, so his education does use that classification. Adult buggies have kiddies.

[@tentardigrades968]

@@arche2460 Thanks for the backup 🤜🤛that is exactly what I meant.

[@TheMonroemomma]

@@rastolewandowski9721 Physically mature, not social definition of adult

[@cxstanley]

This is brilliant. Thank you for doing corrections. During the darkness of the pandemic, I've looked forward to Corrections throughout. Seth Meyers is a comic genius.

[@jb888888888]

Oddly, "fingers crossed" could both mean you hope Shu is going to come back next week and that you're lying when you say you hope he comes back.

[@takkieterror5152]

Not exactly. The expression fingers crossed you say when you hope for something. The gesture fingers crossed you do when you are purposely lying. And you do that hidden behind your back. So... You can skip this one Seth 🤞

[@kaileeoram6188]

@@takkieterror5152 Agreed. Otherwise you could say someone's making the same mistake anytime they use the phrase. I was in Texas and heard an Australian woman use the phrase...So it's pretty well known.

[@RobertJohnson-bj5lk]

9:52 - Each person can choose to be Loved, or choose to be Correct. Obviously, we Jackals choose to be Correct.💘

[@eco2geek.]

So this is when Corrections comes out. I'm on the West Coast and am wondering -- what are you people on the East Coast doing up in the middle of the night? I didn't know Jackals were insomniacs.

[@stevnye45]

Who would have guessed that a segment narrowcasted at overly online pedants with too much time on their hands would attract an audience with bad sleep hygiene. Sent From The Eastern Time Zone

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

Who isn’t an insomniac these days?? Columbia, MO here.

[@Catherinzsl]

I'm in New Zealand, so Corrections comes out at the perfect time. I watch it and post my comments/corrections in the evening, and then the next morning, there are hundreds more comments to read and enjoy. I don't necessarily sleep much in the interim, though.

[@ebybeehoney]

@@dr.OgataSerizawa - that's hilarious. I was going to write the same thing from the same city.

[@anro7137]

West Coast as well and I save Corrections for closing out a Friday evening. But really, it’s reading the comments that takes the time. I love reading before sleeping and Seth’s Jackals have the best reads!

[@roactheraven]

Correction: The expression is to 'peter out', not to 'peter off' (12:10). Also you said that Steward the mouse was born to two adult parents (11:00), which is not that strange. The strange thing is that the parents are human, while Steward is a mouse.

[@crafterjlh6321]

Wish I could give this more likes. Perfectly worded.

[@Jivolt]

That Bare-naked Ladies joke. Golden And for that million dollars they bought your love.

[@chrisobrien6313]

You misspelled "Gordon". FTFY

[@Jivolt]

@@chrisobrien6313 I was spelling golden. Totally forgot that the song was from Gordon. Lol.

[@chuckaudio3191]

The best Saturday morning coffee companion.

[@kotkaconforza]

That ending was a stroke of genius.

[@thomaswdyoung]

CORRECTION: Last week, you said "I'm not scared, YOU'RE scared!" is the book jackals say is grammatically correct. However, the title itself is a comma splice. A semicolon would be more grammatically correct. (Of course, this is not really true, and E. B. White would surely agree with your choice. From Elements of Style: "A comma is preferable when the clauses are very short and alike in form, or when the tone of the sentence is easy and conversational.")