Samantha Bee Pushes Back Against the 3-D Printing of Guns

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Three courts on Tuesday issued last-minute rulings barring a gun advocate from posting instructions online for a functional gun that can be created with a 3-D printer. But the issue is far from settled. Samantha Bee voiced her anxiety about it after playing a clip of the NBC correspondent Tom Costello saying that 3-D printed guns could slip through security on Capitol Hill.

“Sneaking guns into Congress? Jesus, isn’t it bad enough that Ted Cruz manages to sneak in every single day? Interesting coincidence, since he is also made of extruded plastic.” — SAMANTHA BEE

Jimmy Kimmel is not sure he trusts Facebook to keep him off Facebook. On Wednesday, the company unveiled a tool to help people limit the amount of time that they spend on the site. (It also revealed a similar feature for Instagram, which is owned by Facebook.)

On “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” he said he was dubious about the idea of a company helping people limit their usage of its product.

“Facebook and Instagram today rolled out new features that will allow you to put a time limit on how much you use Facebook and Instagram. The way it works is, you set a limit for yourself and when you hit that limit you get an alert. And then you ignore it, and you keep going.” — JIMMY KIMMEL

“According to a survey they just did, Americans check their phones an average of 47 times a day — more, if you’re president.” — JIMMY KIMMEL

President Trump’s ongoing blast of tweets regarding the Russia inquiry included a painful misspelling Wednesday: In a since-deleted post, he misquoted the Republican writer Marc Thiessen as saying, “We already have a smocking gun.”

“Yes, we have found the smocking gun! It was not the Trump champagne that was collaging with Russia. Crocked Hillary is the one guilty of that contusion. Switch punt.” — STEPHEN COLBERT

James Corden noticed HBO’s announcement that LeBron James would soon host a talk show taped in Los Angeles, where Corden makes “The Late Late Show.” Corden got territorial fast.

“Yeah, LeBron James is getting a talk show. This is war. I have no choice now but to start up a side gig — and become the greatest basketball player in the world.” — JAMES CORDEN

“Apparently, LeBron’s talk show is going to be him and four random guests you may or may not have heard of. You know, like when he plays basketball.” — JAMES CORDEN

Samantha Bee took on a tough and rarely discussed topic: male victims of sexual assault.

Kimmel lamented a historic lowlight: The Mets, his favorite baseball team, lost 25-4 on Tuesday in the most lopsided defeat in franchise history.

Ray Romano will sit down with Kimmel on Thursday. The two are good friends, and Romano’s son Matt has worked for “Jimmy Kimmel Live” for years. When his father appears on the show, Matt tends to wind up publicly humiliated onstage.

A new app allows you to pay low-to-mid-range celebrities for personalized video messages. Our critic has some thoughts.