Desus and Mero.
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Desus Nice and the Kid Mero debut the new version of their late-night series Desus & Mero (formerly on Viceland) tonight on Showtime. It’s been a meteoric rise for the duo, going from two guys with soul-sucking jobs who used Twitter as a distraction to becoming premium-cable late-night hosts going up against stalwarts like Bill Maher and John Oliver.
While their appeal is simple — boiled down to its essence, it’s just the two funniest guys you knew from the neighborhood shooting the shit — getting into the expanded Desus and Mero universe filled with inside jokes and a lengthy past can be a little daunting. As a fan going back to their pre-podcast days, I’ve put together this glossary so the uninitiated can feel like full-fledged members of the Bodega Hive.
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