{
  "id": 15900103,
  "title": "Seth Meyers Pauses Monologue After Torchy’s Tacos Joke Falls Flat: ‘Let’s Do That One Again Tomorrow’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/seth-meyers-pauses-monologue-after-torchys-tacos-joke-falls-flat-lets",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-21T14:09:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TheWrap",
    "slug": "thewrap",
    "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/tv/late-night-seth-meyers-pauses-monologue-torchys-tacos-joke/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "During his Tuesday \"Late Night\" monologue, host Seth Meyers paused after delivering a joke about a Torchy’s Tacos lawsuit falling flat. He informed his longtime head writer and producer, Alex Baze, \"Let’s do that one again tomorrow.\" Meyers had presented a news story involving a customer suing Torchy’s Tacos in Texas after allegedly finding a cow’s tooth in their food, while showing a photoshopped image of a restaurant worker missing a tooth. The joke received less laughter than expected from the audience, despite Meyers maintaining a straight face to give it more time to land. He then directed his head writer to come up with a completely new punchline without any prior discussion. Earlier in the monologue, Meyers made jokes about President Trump’s recent update on the Washington, D.C. Reflecting Pool, as well as his remarks about a deceased friend who allegedly died from COVID.",
  "summary": "\"I think we're going to crack this one,\" the \"Late Night\" host says The post Seth Meyers Pauses Monologue After Torchy’s Tacos Joke Falls Flat: ‘Let’s Do That One Again Tomorrow’ appeared first on TheWrap .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}