How The Thorn Birds Took Flight as a Running Seth Meyers Quarantine Joke

Eagle-eyed viewers help turn a neighbor’s book into an ongoing gag

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It took Seth Meyers a few tries to figure out the best location to broadcast Late Night from home—but his comedy instincts remained sharp as ever.

One of Late Night With Seth Meyers’ funniest recurring bits since Meyers began filming at home in March has been his use of The Thorn Birds, a 1977 bestselling novel about the romance between a New Zealand girl and a priest, which was turned into one of the most-watched TV miniseries of all time in 1983.

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