Thursday's late-night TV wrap-up

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential campaign. A sampling from Thursday night:

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"If you watched the debate last night, you know John McCain kept talking about this guy Sen. Obama met on the campaign trail named Joe the Plumber. You know the saddest part of the Joe the Plumber story? Last month he was an investment banker." — Jay Leno, NBC's "Tonight Show."

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"Sixty-seven percent of Americans say they've seen enough and they don't want any more presidential debates. The other 33 percent are plumbers who want to hear their name on television." — Conan O'Brien, NBC's "Late Night."

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"With just 19 days left until the election, Barack Obama warned supporters today to guard against overconfidence. Then he boarded Air Force One, blasted 'We Are The Champions' and shouted 'I'm King of the World.'" — Amy Poehler, NBC's "Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday."

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"It was interesting last night during the debate. At one point, John McCain brought up Barack Obama's relationship with '60s radical William Ayers. And then Barack Obama brings up McCain's relationship with John Brown at Harper's Ferry." — David Letterman, CBS' "Late Show."

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"This Joe the Plumber is all over the place. He's been on 'Good Morning America,' Fox News. He was talking to The Associated Press. This plumber's done more interviews today than Sarah Palin has done since being chosen by John McCain." — Leno.

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"It was a different John McCain, wasn't it? He was electric. He electrified the crowd. And afterwards, Cloris Leachman tossed him her hotel key." — Letterman.

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"Barack Obama has begun running ads within video games. Obama ads can be seen in video games such as 'Madden NFL '09' and 'Burnout.' Not to be outdone, John McCain has begun putting ads inside many MRI machines." — Seth Meyers, "Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday."

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"He (McCain) does a lot of weird stuff with his face. For one thing, he blinks like he's sending Morse code signals through the TV set. ... It's almost as if he's saying, 'Is that a black guy beating me? I can't believe my eyes.'" — Jimmy Kimmel, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

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"During last night's debate, Hillary Clinton watched from the audience of Hofstra University's auditorium. Bill Clinton was also at Hofstra University but he watched from the Delta Gamma Sorority House." — O'Brien.

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Top 10 Messages Left on Joe the Plumber's Answering Machine: "1. It's Madonna. Are you seeing anybody?" — Letterman.

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On the Net:

http://www.nbc.com/The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno/

http://www.nbc.com/Late_Night_with_Conan_O'Brien/i...

http://lateshow.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/

http://abc.go.com/latenight/jimmykimmel/index

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