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April 6, 2023:
Since Trevor Noah left "The Daily Show" they have been trying out new hosts. This week it is Roy Wood Jr, who is also, so far, my favorite.
On Tuesday Wood reported:
" it’s not all bad for Trump,” Roy Wood Jr explained on the Daily Show. . Because it’s been reported that in the 48 hours following his indictment, Trump managed to raise $5 million from his supporters. “Do you know how many cigarettes that will get you in prison?” Wood asked.
“Honestly, this might be teaching this man the wrong lesson,” Wood concluded. “Trump will start telling people to snitch on him for other crimes he did, just so he can get that bag, too. Trump will be the first man in history to pay un-hush money.”
Since Trevor Noah left "The Daily Show" they have been trying out new hosts. This week it is Roy Wood Jr, who is also, so far, my favorite.
On Tuesday Wood reported:
" it’s not all bad for Trump,” Roy Wood Jr explained on the Daily Show. . Because it’s been reported that in the 48 hours following his indictment, Trump managed to raise $5 million from his supporters. “Do you know how many cigarettes that will get you in prison?” Wood asked.
“Honestly, this might be teaching this man the wrong lesson,” Wood concluded. “Trump will start telling people to snitch on him for other crimes he did, just so he can get that bag, too. Trump will be the first man in history to pay un-hush money.”
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Feb 6, 2023: HuffPost: ‘Daily Show’ Guest Host Chelsea Handler Fact-Checks ‘Moron’ Marjorie Taylor Greene
“Daily Show” guest host and comedian Chelsea Handler tore into Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after the conspiracy theorist complained that her job is “practically year-round” and doesn’t allow lawmakers to be “regular people.” Handler was left in disbelief. “First of all, you’re not a ‘regular person,’ you moron. You’re a congressperson because you campaigned and somehow won, which requires you to work year-round,” she fired back. “I also don’t want to work year-round, and that’s why I don’t.” |
Feb 6, 2023: #DailyShow #Comedy
Chelsea Handler tackles the latest news, including a Chinese spy balloon getting shot down in South Carolina, Marjorie Taylor Greene complaining about her job, George Santos being accused of groping an aide, and Mount Washington being reportedly colder than Mars.
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Jan 28, 2023: New York Post: Bill Maher and Bryan Cranston butt heads over critical race theory
Comedian and podcast host Bill Maher locked horns with actor Bryan Cranston on whether schools should be teaching critical race theory.
The two discussed whether the hotly debated ideology — which holds that race shapes social and political movements, the media and laws — should be included in school curriculum on Maher’s “Club Random” podcast.
The topic came up after they talked about slavery, and Maher said people like former presidents should not be canceled for having slaves.
“It’s 400 f–king years that we’ve dealt with this, and our country still has not taken responsibility or accountability,” Cranston said.
The “Breaking Bad” actor said he believes critical race theory is “essential” to schools.
Comedian and podcast host Bill Maher locked horns with actor Bryan Cranston on whether schools should be teaching critical race theory.
The two discussed whether the hotly debated ideology — which holds that race shapes social and political movements, the media and laws — should be included in school curriculum on Maher’s “Club Random” podcast.
The topic came up after they talked about slavery, and Maher said people like former presidents should not be canceled for having slaves.
“It’s 400 f–king years that we’ve dealt with this, and our country still has not taken responsibility or accountability,” Cranston said.
The “Breaking Bad” actor said he believes critical race theory is “essential” to schools.
Jan 20, 2023: New York Times: David Crosby, a King of Twitter
David Crosby tweeted around 79,000 times in over a decade spent on the platform, a pace that dramatically eclipsed his contemporaries. Credit...
David Crosby tweeted around 79,000 times in over a decade spent on the platform, a pace that dramatically eclipsed his contemporaries. Credit...
Jan 19, 2023: NewsHounds: Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Is The NM Shooting Fox Wants To Talk About
While Fox News ignored the politically-motivated shootings at four NM Democrats’ homes, the same network loved talking about the upcoming charges for Alec Baldwin’s accidental shooting on the NM movie set of Rust.
While Fox News ignored the politically-motivated shootings at four NM Democrats’ homes, the same network loved talking about the upcoming charges for Alec Baldwin’s accidental shooting on the NM movie set of Rust.
Jan 6, 2023: SFGate: A review of disgraced comedian Louis C.K.'s sold-out San Francisco show
After a split second, in which he seemed to nervously brace himself for a heckler, his face curled into a smile. Then the sold-out crowd rose into a standing ovation, as if to say they forgave him for his history of masturbating in front of young female comedians without their consent.
In 2017, C.K. issued a written statement expressing regret for those actions, which date back to the early 2000s and are just one of many examples of his disgusting behavior. The statement didn’t stop him from losing his television and movie deals, but he returned to stand-up comedy within a year, albeit in smaller venues. He was greeted with protests at his last Bay Area show in San Jose in 2019. Before the sexual misconduct allegations came to light, he played at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and Oakland Arena in 2016; the combined capacity of those two venues is four times that of this tour, which also stopped at Oakland’s Paramount Theatre on Thursday.
After a split second, in which he seemed to nervously brace himself for a heckler, his face curled into a smile. Then the sold-out crowd rose into a standing ovation, as if to say they forgave him for his history of masturbating in front of young female comedians without their consent.
In 2017, C.K. issued a written statement expressing regret for those actions, which date back to the early 2000s and are just one of many examples of his disgusting behavior. The statement didn’t stop him from losing his television and movie deals, but he returned to stand-up comedy within a year, albeit in smaller venues. He was greeted with protests at his last Bay Area show in San Jose in 2019. Before the sexual misconduct allegations came to light, he played at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and Oakland Arena in 2016; the combined capacity of those two venues is four times that of this tour, which also stopped at Oakland’s Paramount Theatre on Thursday.
Jan 3, 2023: CNN: What ‘Avatar’ does (and doesn’t) tell us about going to the movies
Like “Titanic” a quarter-century ago (which is a lifetime in media years), “Avatar: The Way of Water” is swimming against the usual box-office tides – triumphantly so. Yet searching for lessons in the film’s commercial success as the industry seeks beacons of hope about movie-going defies simple answers in much the way Pandora’s floating islands defy gravity.
Like “Titanic” a quarter-century ago (which is a lifetime in media years), “Avatar: The Way of Water” is swimming against the usual box-office tides – triumphantly so. Yet searching for lessons in the film’s commercial success as the industry seeks beacons of hope about movie-going defies simple answers in much the way Pandora’s floating islands defy gravity.
