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LOL: Late Night "Comedy" Shows Are Slashing Staff and Reducing Their Output to Four "Shows" Per Week Because No One Is Watching Their Unfunny Bullshit Any Longer
Afternoon, everyone. How about a happy story for once?
Seth Meyers has been forced to fire his (lame) band to save money.LOL. Not so many people now. Jimmy Fallon's "Tonight Show" will no longer produce "shows" on Friday, instead running repeats, as they shift to a four-day-a-week schedule so that they can slash salaries.
The 8G Band will be playing its last tunes on Late Night With Seth Meyers this summer. NBC-imposed budget cuts to the show mean that the house band -- keyboard player Eli Janney, guitarist Seth Jabour and bassist Syd Butler -- will be going away when Late Night begins its new season in the fall. The trio have been part of the show since its debut in 2014; Fred Armisen was the bandleader for much of that time but has been more of a guest performer in the past few years. "Seth Meyers and Mike Shoemaker, the showrunner, brought us in in person to talk about it. They expressed their regret and frustration about it," Janney said in an interview with Vulture. "They had been trying to work it out for months, but in the end NBC was adamant about where they wanted the budget to go. It's not just the band; there's a whole crew that works with the band, so there's a lot of people employed."
How Late Night TV Is Downsizing As 'The Tonight Show' cuts to a four-day weekly schedule, the genre -- perhaps more than any other entertainment format -- is struggling to adapt to a streaming world.So it's just the challenge from streaming that is causing millions of people to simultaneously reject all of these leftwing propagandist unfunny clowns? How's the downsizing going on Greg Gutfeld's show? Weird, I haven't heard of them downsizing or having trouble with competition from streaming. This article will not even mention Greg Gutfeld, because, 1, the Hollywood Reporter will not admit it exists, and 2, the success of Gutfeld would destroy their central (dishonest) thesis that "streaming" is causing problems for all late-night hosts.
No. The format is as dated as the variety show, and the staffs of all of these "comedy" shows are filled with nasty unfunny communists with drug addictions and rampant sexual dysfunction. Next question.
Do late night talk shows have a future?
There's an unexpected Tater sighting for you. You're welcome. No mention of Gutfeld. How did I predict that. I must have a time machine or something. In a sign that HBO leftwing propagandist John Oliver's ratings also suck, HBO is now blocking the release of clips of the "comedy" show to YouTube, in order to force people to watch the show on HBO if they want to see the "comedy."
A couple of decades ago the question would have been crazy, given their young audience and pop cultural relevancy. But with the world of entertainment shifting to an on-demand streaming world, late night -- perhaps more than any other entertainment TV format -- has struggled to adapt. Late night, it appears, is now firmly in belt-tightening mode. Or as one veteran late night producer says, "there's definitely a new reality when it comes to budgets." On Sept. 6, NBC's long-running Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon announced plans to trim back its production schedule, airing four nights per week instead of five, swapping its Friday edition for a rerun. The network noted that The Tonight Show was the last of the major late night shows to produce five days per week. Earlier this year, NBC's Late Night With Seth Meyers had to drop its house band as part of budget cuts. And last year CBS opted to end its Late Late Show after James Corden left, opting to replace it with the less expensive After Midnight comedy game show. "It's kind of surprising, because, you know, these late night variety shows were cash cows for years," notes media analyst Brad Adgate. "They brought in a younger audience, it was relatively inexpensive to produce, and they had a bigger ad load than, say, primetime TV." That, in turn, meant that the margins on late night were higher than primetime. But the world has changed. Now of course, the cultural cache is built on YouTube and TikTok, and while the shows are present there (and even quite successful on those platforms) the revenue just doesn't line up to what they invest in the product. And the older audiences still watching linear TV just aren't as valuable to marketers. ... The audience for Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel has -- like much of traditional TV -- been on the decline for years as viewers have shifted their habits toward streaming and, specific to the late-night shows, viewing clips on YouTube and social media. Five years ago, The Late Show finished first in total viewers among late-night talk shows with 3.81 million, to 2.44 million for The Tonight Show and 2.04 million for Jimmy Kimmel Live. In 2023-24, The Late Show remained No. 1, but with only about 2.6 million viewers -- a decline of about 32 percent from 2018-19. Kimmel moved into second with 1.82 million viewers, down about 11 percent from five years earlier (having Monday Night Football as a lead-in once a week last fall helped some; the show averaged 1.77 million viewers from January to May). The Tonight Show slipped to third in viewers with 1.43 million, losing 41 percent of its 2018-19 total. Things were no better at 12:35 a.m., where Late Night With Seth Meyers (983,000 viewers) was down by about 470,000 viewers (32 percent) from 2018-19. ... Last year, Brian Stelter reported in Los Angeles magazine that CBS' Late Late Show was losing $15 million-$20 million per year, and while Corden's departure was a long time coming, the losses were all-but-certainly a factor in why CBS pulled the plug after he left.
"It's massively frustrating to me. I was not happy with it at all," Oliver said of the decision.In other words: Propaganda, not profit, is the driving consideration.
He further explained, "What I love about having the show on YouTube is that we can reach beyond HBO subscribers. That feels really important to me."
"I really, really appreciate the fact that they do that. I would rather they did it straight after the show the way we've always done it, but I'm very grateful that they are willing to still do it at all." When announcing the decision earlier this year, HBO said they were holding back segments on YouTube is an effort to get more people to stream the show on its sibling streaming platform, Max.Despite the fact that Oliver's ratings are so bad that HBO is forced to take action, they renewed him for three additional seasons in 2023. Because propaganda, not profit, is the goal of all modern corporations, and this is particularly true of media corporations. Update, just remembered:
"When Last Week Tonight With John Oliver premiered on HBO, the convenience of watching on Max did not exist, so YouTube allowed flexible viewing for the main story as well as promotional exposure," an HBO spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter at the time. "We are now delaying that availability and hope those fans choose to watch the entire show on Max." When first announced, back in February, Oliver said in a post on X that he had hopes the plan would change: "I know I usually share a link to our main story here on Mondays, but HBO has decided they're going to wait until Thursday to post them to YouTube from now on. I hope they change their mind, but until then, you can see our piece about the Supreme Court on HBO, on Max, and on YouTube in a few days."
Ace of Spades
@AceofSpadesHQ Jay Leno famously voluntarily took, IIRC, a $10 mil per year pay cut to keep his staff at full strength. Weird that the Heroes of the Workin' Man -- Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, Jimmy Kimmel -- aren't voluntarily cutting their salaries to save their staff.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: thathalfrican - steady mobbing at October 01, 2024 02:44 PM (eZwyX)
Posted by: thathalfrican - steady mobbing at October 01, 2024 02:44 PM (eZwyX)
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Posted by: jmel at October 01, 2024 02:45 PM (RWHIh)
Because propaganda, not profit, is the goal of all modern corporations, and this is particularly true of media corporations.
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Since HBO is a subsidiary of WB/Discovery, there's a lot of room from profit centers like the magnificently successful DCEU to prop these sorts of things up!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 02:45 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 01, 2024 02:46 PM (uHLvs)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2024 02:46 PM (MQJVv)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 01, 2024 02:47 PM (kOPxh)
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Paywalls happen to companies in desperate search for new revenue streams.
Oh, by the way, CNN is putting up a paywall.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 02:47 PM (GBKbO)
472 Machines are just tools. They can do a thing for a while so you're free to do something else productive. They can probably do it faster. They can usually do it more accurately. But if a worker fails at piece work, one piece is ruined. If a machine fails, it could be hundreds or thousands ruined before its caught and stopped.
true story, my word as a chronda.
for a while, my little sister worked at a place that made some electronic components. her job was take the things and shove them into a machine that bent the leads so that they could be put on a pcb; these were through-hole components.
heard from her a couple of times that she had a bad day at work because people were yelling at her, claiming that she was putting the things into the lead-former upside down.
some time after that, she got fired. she had, indeed, been putting the things in the lead-former upside down, for quite some time. long enough that customers had been getting faulty parts and called to complain.
not only was she fired, but the quality control person that was supposed to catch the problem was also fired.
Posted by: anachronda at October 01, 2024 02:47 PM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 01, 2024 02:47 PM (kOPxh)
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He was sort of funny in Community.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 02:47 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 01, 2024 02:47 PM (kgE5c)
There is no humor presented.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 01, 2024 02:48 PM (uHLvs)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 01, 2024 02:48 PM (Vyll1)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 01, 2024 02:48 PM (N1DT3)
John Oliver's appeal is becoming more selective.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 01, 2024 02:48 PM (r++TH)
Posted by: Eddie Baby at October 01, 2024 02:48 PM (s19xO)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 01, 2024 02:49 PM (s3qiR)
Posted by: SturmToddler at October 01, 2024 02:49 PM (nXhwP)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 01, 2024 02:49 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 01, 2024 02:49 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at October 01, 2024 02:49 PM (bNf8H)
Posted by: Archer at October 01, 2024 02:49 PM (IDphi)
RIP. And by that I mean "Rest In Pieces of Your Own Body Parts Cut Off And Shoved Up Your Ass While You're Still Alive And Screaming In Pain."
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 01, 2024 02:49 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: anachronda at October 01, 2024 02:47 PM (sGtp+)
I see that as more of an engineering problem, not a staff problem.
Why would you design your process so that that's even possible?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2024 02:49 PM (DDGz9)
Dear Ace.
I'm never tired of your Disney posts, but I'm really, really, *really* never tired of these posts either.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 01, 2024 02:50 PM (r++TH)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 01, 2024 02:48 PM (r++TH)
He did the meme.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 01, 2024 02:50 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 01, 2024 02:50 PM (L/fGl)
Never dated that one.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 01, 2024 02:50 PM (67maw)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 01, 2024 02:50 PM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: Nigel West Dickens at October 01, 2024 02:50 PM (Y8lzz)
Posted by: Archer at October 01, 2024 02:49 PM (IDphi)
Comedy = Tragedy + Preposterous Shoes
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2024 02:50 PM (DDGz9)
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ummm...
Could someone tell me what "America's Got Talent" "the Voice" "American Idol" "The Masked Singer" etc... are other than a variety of Variety shows?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 01, 2024 02:50 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 01, 2024 02:51 PM (tT6L1)
No. The format is as dated as the variety show, and the staffs of all of these "comedy" shows are filled with nasty unfunny communists with drug addictions and rampant sexual dysfunction. Next question.
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That's as good as articulating a situation gets.
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 01, 2024 02:51 PM (JeYYB)
It's the shoes. Those shoes are tragic.
Posted by: Archer at October 01, 2024 02:49 PM (IDphi)
The Brothers Judd Blog (don't bother going there, it's Never Trump nonsense these days) had an ongoing series of posts under the heading "All Comedy Is Conservative". Very funny.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 01, 2024 02:51 PM (r++TH)
Posted by: Lacra at October 01, 2024 02:51 PM (4pwAx)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 01, 2024 02:52 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 02:52 PM (J2vNu)
The company was fun too. We were all engaged in watching the show and being together. Now, kids are all on their frigging phones, barely acknowledging each other.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2024 02:52 PM (s2K/A)
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Hey! They understand humor just as well as they understand economics!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 01, 2024 02:52 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 02:53 PM (yL/az)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 01, 2024 02:50 PM (N1DT3)
They're the Gong Show without the gong.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2024 02:53 PM (DDGz9)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 02:53 PM (LCr8f)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 01, 2024 02:53 PM (ufFY8)
IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari tells reporters that the Israeli Air Force “continues to operate at full capacity, and tonight will also continue to strike powerfully in the Middle East, as has been the case for the past year.”
...
“Iran carried out a serious act tonight and is pushing the Middle East to an escalation. We will act at the place and time of our choosing, in accordance with the guidance of the political echelon,” he continues.
“Tonight’s event will have consequences,” Hagari adds.
[cue Dragnet theme - VII]
Posted by: Braenyard at October 01, 2024 02:53 PM (rwlGT)
Is she hot? Because if she's hot that could be fun. I'll take a shot! I'm free tonight. Meet me at my place at [REDACTED], New York, New York 1002x, PH1.
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 01, 2024 02:53 PM (iFTx/)
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Yeah, blame it on the "streaming world" idiots.
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2024 02:53 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 01, 2024 02:53 PM (s3qiR)
huh, I didn't think of those. i want to say they're different just to preserve my point but I don't know how. I guess the "competition," "reality show" format changes them.
There aren't any pure variety shows on any longer, are there?
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2024 02:53 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 01, 2024 02:53 PM (67maw)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 01, 2024 02:53 PM (ufFY8)
Note: Its never funny.
And...it shouldn't be that hard. Carson, Leno, and Ferguson all had funny bits. With the amount of money being spent on Noah or Colbert they should at least occasionally be funny.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2024 02:54 PM (oZhjI)
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Hey! They understand humor just as well as they understand economics!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Hey! They understand humor just as well as they understand meme-ing.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 02:54 PM (yL/az)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2024 02:54 PM (5p7su)
question on sanctions) totally legit question, but I am not answering it here
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 01, 2024 02:54 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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I beg to differ, the Gong show was a lot funnier.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 01, 2024 02:54 PM (rwlGT)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 01, 2024 02:50 PM (N1DT3)
They're the Gong Show without the gong.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
JD Vance needs a gong at tonight's debate, just to liven things up. Every time Tampon Timmy or a moderator lies, GONG!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 01, 2024 02:54 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 02:55 PM (LCr8f)
Give him some pretty starlets to flirt with and he'd do fine.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2024 02:55 PM (oZhjI)
Because propaganda, not profit, is the goal of all modern corporations, and this is particularly true of media corporations.
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Which brings to mind the unwritten "law" that Legacy Communist media outlets shall never be sold to non-communist entities. Ever.
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2024 02:55 PM (rj6Yv)
Amateur hour.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 02:55 PM (yL/az)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 01, 2024 02:55 PM (JWQTr)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 01, 2024 02:55 PM (LxER7)
Sure, they have communists, hardcore communists, Maoists, Stalinists, and for comic relief, a socialist or two.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2024 02:55 PM (xCA6C)
lol.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2024 02:55 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 02:55 PM (LCr8f)
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"Here's why the electoral college is stupid because it doesn't help Democrats win elections enough!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 02:56 PM (GBKbO)
I'd put the first two more in the talent show category. Nobody has ever heard of the people before they show up on those shows. The last is sort of a variety show but also sort of a game show.
Leno was the last of the really good talk show hosts. He was pretty apolitical and basically wasn't a dick to anyone.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2024 02:56 PM (LkLld)
Who's there?
Trump.
Trump who?
Trump faked the assassination attempts to garner sympathy!
(Standing ovation)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 01, 2024 02:56 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: BlackOrchid
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He went over the top with Bush. Drop kick him into the sewer with the rest of them.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 01, 2024 02:57 PM (rwlGT)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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I beg to differ, the Gong show was a lot funnier.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 01, 2024 02:54 PM (rwlGT)
Now *that's* the show that needs to be brought back.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 01, 2024 02:57 PM (r++TH)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 01, 2024
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It would sound like Quasimodo ringing the Notre Dame bells!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 02:57 PM (J2vNu)
Then the steward said within himself, ‘What shall I do? For my lord taketh away from me the stewardship. I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
Luke 16:3
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2024 02:57 PM (BkEzK)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2024 02:57 PM (DDGz9)
Woohoo! Four-day workweek- Workers Unite!
Posted by: t-bird at October 01, 2024 02:57 PM (3l0s/)
Posted by: Cheri at October 01, 2024 02:57 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: JackStraw
Didn't he even have Rush on once?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 01, 2024 02:57 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 01, 2024 02:57 PM (q7hip)
And as usual, the guy they get to imitate Trump does an intentionally bad imitation, not as bad as Alec Baldwin's but close enoush.
They need to hire Shane Gillis just to do Trump impersonations.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 01, 2024 02:57 PM (XV/Pl)
right but as of today I have trouble arguing with bush-hating
Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 01, 2024 02:57 PM (s3qiR)
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2024 02:58 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Kathy Griffin at October 01, 2024 02:58 PM (oZhjI)
The company was fun too. We were all engaged in watching the show and being together. Now, kids are all on their frigging phones, barely acknowledging each other.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Rarely political, guests who didn't take themselves too seriously, amazing musical guests . . . yeah, it was damn good
Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 01, 2024 02:58 PM (YyT8D)
Ferguson just wanted to flirt with women.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2024 02:58 PM (KRtlO)
I participate in a gardening club at my church, and the person who organizes it just sent out something about how worried she was about a war with Iran, because this is just what Trump wants.
Through a supreme effort and iron self-discipline, I responded that it would be best to leave politics out of the gardening club threads.
I am very curious, though, as to how this is Trump's fault.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2024 02:58 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2024 02:57 PM (DDGz9)
There's...competitions?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 01, 2024 02:58 PM (q7hip)
Posted by: Liberal Late-Night "Comedy" Show Hosts at October 01, 2024 02:58 PM (AwNwS)
The problem, as with SNL, is that these people (the on-air talent and the writers) are Trump-obsessives and cannot conceive of anything being funny that isn't an insult directed at Trump, Republicans, and/or their supporters. It's the sun around which they've been orbiting for nearly a decade.
Craig Ferguson was funny and entertaining. What about bringing him back?
Posted by: Alec Leamas at October 01, 2024 02:58 PM (ssz2a)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2024 02:58 PM (fwDg9)
As a not so wise man once said "Stay out da bushes!"
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2024 02:58 PM (oZhjI)
Speaking of unfunny tricks.
Lol
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 01, 2024 02:58 PM (SEAA9)
Posted by: Potato Of The United States at October 01, 2024 02:58 PM (OgWfa)
Every Oct my home city does a reenactor version of the Burning of Kingston. The British burned my city , the first capitol of NYS after they heard about the loss at Saratoga. My local rag has a story that there will be a discussion of LGBT+ life in colonial times as part of the events. America has a good run. Sigh
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2024 02:59 PM (RTfY1)
Don't know but it wouldn't surprise me. He had people from all walks of life.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2024 02:59 PM (LkLld)
Through a supreme effort and iron self-discipline, I responded that it would be best to leave politics out of the gardening club threads.
I am very curious, though, as to how this is Trump's fault.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2024 02:58 PM (xCA6C)
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DU outlined it:
"So plainly obvious - Trump collusion with Bibi. Ever since Bibi was with trump at maralago:
1. Ceasefire talks have stopped
2. Pager explosions
3. Excalating rhetoric from Israel
4. Curious Hezbollah killing as if Bibi didn't know what was going to happen
5. Trump team wanting full defense briefs"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 02:59 PM (GBKbO)
Also, the current crop of hosts stink, but that seems inevitable with the networks being run by these commies.
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at October 01, 2024 02:59 PM (7PziG)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2024 02:53 PM (KRtlO)
I don't watch TV anymore, so I don't know.
I firmly believe there's nothing new under the sun though, so all these "contest" shows (of performances, at least) are just the modern version of the old variety shows.
I will be we'll have the old version of variety shows come around again. Everything old becomes new... (and the creators will think they invented it.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 01, 2024 02:59 PM (N1DT3)
Didn't Leno claim that he lived off his standup income the whole time he did the Tonight Show? I mean, still a baller move to cut your own salary by 8 figures to keep the crew employed, but it may not have been quite the belt-tightening it appears to be a first glance.
Posted by: Octochicken at October 01, 2024 02:59 PM (oCS0o)
And as usual, the guy they get to imitate Trump does an intentionally bad imitation, not as bad as Alec Baldwin's but close enoush.
They need to hire Shane Gillis just to do Trump impersonations.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 01, 2024 02:57 PM (XV/Pl)
They did hire him. They then dropped him like a hot potato before he made an official appearance.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 01, 2024 02:59 PM (r++TH)
Posted by: Hard Times at October 01, 2024 02:59 PM (CV8a5)
The gender-indeterminate, moon-faced Brit who bought Russel Crowe's codpiece from Gladiator so he could wear it as a mask.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2024 02:59 PM (Odg76)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 01, 2024 02:57 PM (XV/Pl)
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Been watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which I mostly find amusing, but Samberg is my least-favorite character on it.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 01, 2024 03:00 PM (LxER7)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2024 03:00 PM (fwDg9)
No. The format is as dated as the variety show.
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We need a new format. We should shut down and re-tool.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 01, 2024 03:00 PM (Dm8we)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Ryobi battery powered train horn.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 03:00 PM (yL/az)
It's called "Only Stupid People Don't Want Electric Cars".
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:00 PM (LCr8f)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 01, 2024
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There was an actual Avengers episode (Steed and Mrs. Peel, not Marvel) called "The Girl From Auntie"! It aired in America in late '65, so no doubt the writer and producers were familiar with The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (by that time the whole world was familiar with it).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 03:00 PM (J2vNu)
anyway I finally saw the infamous "trannie" ep of The IT Crowd! that part wasn't THAT funny actually and I fail to see how it wasn't handled pretty nicely tbh. but the IT / speech / internet part KILLED
I was dying! like basically my life/my career played out lol
Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 01, 2024 03:00 PM (s3qiR)
Posted by: Braenyard at October 01, 2024 02:54 PM (rwlGT)
Now *that's* the show that needs to be brought back.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 01, 2024 02:57 PM (r++TH)
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I think there was a reboot of it, but it wasn't funny. Didn't work without Chuck Barris.
Posted by: No Name Today at October 01, 2024 03:00 PM (I+KxP)
huh, I didn't think of those. i want to say they're different just to preserve my point but I don't know how. I guess the "competition," "reality show" format changes them.
There aren't any pure variety shows on any longer, are there?
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2024 02:53 PM (KRtlO)
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I don't think these "variety" Late Night TV shitshows are variety shows at all. "Variety" means there should be some, you know, variety. But these shows are all cookie-cutter repetitious boring bullshit. There's no variety at all. You pretty much know exactly what's gonna happen before you tune it (assuming your a fucking masochist and want to tune in). That's the opposite of variety. Boring, boring, boring.
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 01, 2024 03:01 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Sifty at October 01, 2024 03:01 PM (0lJMA)
Didn't Leno claim that he lived off his standup income the whole time he did the Tonight Show? I mean, still a baller move to cut your own salary by 8 figures to keep the crew employed, but it may not have been quite the belt-tightening it appears to be a first glance.
Posted by: Octochicken at October 01, 2024 02:59 PM (oCS0o)
Between the time Conan left NBC and then landed at Turner, he paid the salaries for his entire staff out of his own pocket while they were between gigs. A Hahvahd man, but a classy move nonetheless.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 01, 2024 03:01 PM (r++TH)
Posted by: DAN at October 01, 2024 03:01 PM (kAzG3)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 01, 2024 03:01 PM (MeG8a)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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Snoops' commentary on the last Tyson fight; 'Looks like my uncles at the family bar-b-que'.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 01, 2024 03:01 PM (rwlGT)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
I hope he's been practicing his wanking motion, because he might get tendinitis from overuse.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2024 03:02 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 01, 2024 03:02 PM (q7hip)
No. The format is as dated as the variety show.
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Only one thing to do: go further left.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 01, 2024 03:02 PM (YqDXo)
Conan is awesome. He has a new show and it's fun. I also liked his podcast. Good guy; funny too.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 01, 2024 03:03 PM (s3qiR)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2024 02:58 PM (xCA6C)
Because your friend wants Iran to flourish.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:03 PM (LCr8f)
Posted by: No Name Today
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That's, Chuck 'the assassin' Barris.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 01, 2024 03:03 PM (rwlGT)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at October 01, 2024 03:03 PM (QyT5w)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2024 03:04 PM (fwDg9)
yes that is what he says. He says that he considers himself a standup first, so he never wanted to live on money except that he earned as a standup.
But giving up $10 mil per year is still a big deal. And these other assholes can still offer to cut their salaries to save staff. After all, they're the reason ratings are down. It's not the camermen's fault, is it?
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2024 03:04 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Alec Leamas
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He is producing movies and a bit of acting I think.
He was sadly underrated by his network probably because he kept his shows largely devoid of politics.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2024 03:04 PM (SI97o)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:04 PM (LCr8f)
>>Been watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which I mostly find amusing, but Samberg is my least-favorite character on it.
Dick in A Box is peak Samburg, the dude can be funny, and he's practically Buddy Hackett next to the current crop of retards in the current cast.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 01, 2024 03:04 PM (XV/Pl)
Lettermen was required watching in our dorm crew too.
"I'll have the nitro-buring prawns and the funny car veal."
Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at October 01, 2024 03:04 PM (IIOyJ)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2024 02:58 PM (xCA6C)
Because your friend wants Iran to flourish.
No, she's good people. I think she's just unable to connect the obvious dots. She's reasonably bright, so I can't understand why not, but there it is.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2024 03:04 PM (xCA6C)
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Now *that's* the show that needs to be brought back.
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What if I told you that there has been an attempt to revive The Gong Show in each of the preceding four decades, and every single one flopped?
Posted by: The Dogs with Bees in Their Mouths, So When They Bark, They Shoot Bees at You at October 01, 2024 03:04 PM (7kSOl)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 01, 2024 03:04 PM (q7hip)
.......
Only if the women are topless and the men all speak Esperanto.
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2024 03:04 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher
DO NOT watch the final post Saint George Floyd season.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 01, 2024 03:05 PM (CIS44)
Trump 50%
Harris 44%
That would be 6 points for the math challenged.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2024 03:05 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 01, 2024 03:05 PM (CIS44)
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YOU'RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 03:05 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2024 03:04 PM (xCA6C)
She thinks Iran are the bad guys but doesn't want war with them?
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:05 PM (LCr8f)
Nobody wants to watch a whole show when they can wait and see a 30 second clip of it passed around on social media within 20 minutes of it airing.
The attention span of people now is short.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (+oR7L)
Posted by: Settled Science at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (jyRIG)
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Only if the women are topless and the men all speak Esperanto.
I mean, do we really need the men?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 02:59 PM (GBKbO)
is that a fact ?
Posted by: runner at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (XMwZJ)
Trump 50%
Harris 44%
That would be 6 points for the math challenged.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2024 03:05 PM (LkLld)
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They were only off by 7 in 2020 in GA. They're a quality pollster.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (GBKbO)
So the value to the Dem propaganda machine is minimal. I see a few firings in the not too distant future for the unfunny hosts and their writers.
Learn to code, sweet cheeks.
Posted by: Czech Chick at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (fpVC1)
Posted by: free tibet at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (hdbMk)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sifty at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (W2IS8)
Late night died with Hollywood and Norm.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (wBaIH)
Morning shows are in the same boat. "Hoda" quit NBC rather than taking the deserved pay cut that comes with losing half your audience.
Tonight's legacy media debate for VP will probably be the last time they have the juice to summon contestants before them to speak.
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (j4U/Z)
Lettermen was required watching in our dorm crew too.
"I'll have the nitro-buring prawns and the funny car veal."
Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz
It was such a fun show. And the bands were fantastic. So many good bands!
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (mZt2Q)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
I am very much on Team Superbad.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (CIS44)
Popular podcasters have that same appeal.
I'd pay to have this crop of late nighters attend other people's parties.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 02:59 PM (GBKbO)
is that a fact ?
Posted by: runner at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (V13WU)
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It comes from DU, so probably not.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Ryobi battery powered train horn.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices
It would need to be a huge battery, or on line power. Otherwise, the battery will be dead before half an hour.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2024 03:04 PM (xCA6C)
She thinks Iran are the bad guys but doesn't want war with them?
Yup. I can't explain it. I think the "I hate Trump" template has warped all her thinking.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (xCA6C)
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Only if the women are topless and the men all speak Esperanto.
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2024 03:04 PM (v0R5T)
For a language that everyone was supposed to understand, I could never make sense of it.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 01, 2024 03:07 PM (r++TH)
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 01, 2024
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The last time I looked at one of the late-night shows, it seemed merely a succession of male and female stars coming out to talk about their latest upcoming movie. It's always nice to see Emma Stone, now, but that routine of hyping one's newest project gets old fast.
Carson would have actual writers on his show, authors like Truman Capote (the first time I saw him I thought that voice was a put-on), even notable everyday people who'd done something newsworthy. They'd be saved until last, and might get bumped if something big happened, but he did do it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 03:07 PM (J2vNu)
Shit on have the country for a decade + and act shocked your ratings blow and you have to fire staff.
LOLGF!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 01, 2024 03:07 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Ribbed at October 01, 2024 03:07 PM (B0mGw)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 01, 2024 03:07 PM (q7hip)
Lettermen was required watching in our dorm crew too.
"I'll have the nitro-buring prawns and the funny car veal."
Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz
It was such a fun show. And the bands were fantastic. So many good bands!
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (mZt2Q)
Norm MacDonald cried during Dave's final show.
That says quite a bit.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:07 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 01, 2024 03:07 PM (4Nt1t)
They're not. They're talk shows like Carson.
Variety shows were Carol Burnett, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Uncle Miltie, etc
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 03:07 PM (yL/az)
Posted by: BlackOrchid
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Another guy out of step with the acrid talk show model that Jon Stewart made so hip with network execs.
The networks pivoted to politics at the time when network audiences are literally dying off. Making their audiences more selective via purity spirals means eventually you piss off enough people that you have literally chased off your audiences.
Only so many Stalinist Karens out there in late night when you have so many other choices to view.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2024 03:07 PM (SI97o)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
I am very much on Team Superbad.
Posted by: BruceWayne
Not Superbad. Hot Rod.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 01, 2024 03:07 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: free tibet
The Japanese never got past Tulsa!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 01, 2024 03:08 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 01, 2024 02:53 PM (ufFY
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THIS^^^^
So mush so THIS
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 01, 2024 03:08 PM (1FWWQ)
Posted by: whig
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We've got different perspectives here. I quit watching his show because of his constant liberal politicing.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 01, 2024 03:08 PM (rwlGT)
Posted by: Settled Science at October 01, 2024 03:08 PM (jyRIG)
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 01, 2024 03:07 PM (CIS44)
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Yeah, Superbad is Seth Rogan and Bill Hader.
Probably more Hader than Rogan. Hader feels smarter...by a lot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 03:08 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
I am very much on Team Superbad.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (CIS44)
Samberg is a dude whose politics I hope I never discover.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:08 PM (KbCG3)
I only stream now... and stream shows with multiple episodes available... no Broadcast news, no late night, no sitcoms... no commercials.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 01, 2024 03:09 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Henauder Kloseoff at October 01, 2024 03:09 PM (dzZCL)
No, it's been on the decline because they've been producing extreme left wing shit shows. Period. Even their own side won't watch their dead horse beating anymore.
LOLGF!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 01, 2024 03:09 PM (Zz0t1)
https://tinyurl.com/5bczn3cn
Posted by: m at October 01, 2024 03:09 PM (VnUSN)
Probably more Hader than Rogan. Hader feels smarter...by a lot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
also an Oklahoma boy.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 01, 2024 03:09 PM (CIS44)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 01, 2024 02:52 PM (ufFY
Will the dei navy have enough balls to go in and do another beach head evac?
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 01, 2024 03:09 PM (SEAA9)
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2024 03:09 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 01, 2024 03:09 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:09 PM (LCr8f)
Posted by: Settled Science at October 01, 2024 03:09 PM (jyRIG)
When Stephen Colbert danced around with people dressed as covid needles and nurses/doctors, that was the Jumping of the Shark for late night shows.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2024 03:09 PM (+oR7L)
I was dying! like basically my life/my career played out lol
Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 01, 2024 03:00 PM (s3qiR)
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It's a top 5 all-timer for me.
"The elders of the internet...KNOW WHO I AM??!!??"
Posted by: jhawk90 at October 01, 2024 03:09 PM (ggOdn)
Posted by: ShainS
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Started with Jon Stewart's Daily Show model during the Bush years that suddenly all the networks wanted to replicate in late night. Letterman himself became a sour nasty prick during the Bush years as well.
Reputations and audiences take years to build but both can be flushed down the toilet much quicker.
Even Stewart redux is no longer hip and cool and is being largely ignored for his return.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2024 03:10 PM (SI97o)
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 01, 2024 03:10 PM (CIS44)
This reminds me: Why do we no longer get bags for "shakin'" in Shake & Bake?
Should just be called "Make a Big-A$$ Mess & Bake" now.
Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at October 01, 2024 03:10 PM (JCLJi)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 01, 2024 03:03 PM (
I liked his trips to Italy with Jordan I've prepared my body in various ways Schlansky.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 01, 2024 03:10 PM (6gSPY)
Was that his true voice, or was it more like Michael Jackson who consistently used a fake voice?
Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2024 03:10 PM (Odg76)
Late night died with Hollywood and Norm.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
Late night truly died with Johnny Carson. Everyone else was just a pretender. Sorry.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 03:10 PM (yL/az)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
also an Oklahoma boy.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 01, 2024 03:09 PM (CIS44)
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He talks about movies a lot, and I see the clips on James Whale Bake Sale a lot.
He's got a deep appreciation for movies that's fun.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 03:10 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2024
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For a language that everyone was supposed to understand, I could never make sense of it.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 01, 2024
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Esperanto? David McDaniel used it to good effect in one of his U.N.C.L.E. novels. It looked a lot like Spanish and Italian with some funny jogs: "sendifekte," for example, meant "safely." Apparently the deal was supposed to be that it offered a very regular grammar that would be easy to learn, and a lot of loan words from existing languages too.
Interlingua was another artificial language of the Sixties. I've never seen any samples of it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 03:10 PM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 01, 2024 03:09 PM (VNX3d)
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Production on the next Mission Impossible has gone on for a VERY long time.
I think it finished recently.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 03:11 PM (GBKbO)
He came out on stage once and read some bland PSA, Then he said
"Now. To the sonofabitch in the red Camaro who cut me off today on the L.I.E. - I will find you, I will kill you."
Posted by: Don Black at October 01, 2024 03:11 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2024 03:11 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:08 PM (KbCG3)
The rule is if you don’t know their politics they’re conservative. Or at least not batshit leftist.
Posted by: Settled Science at October 01, 2024 03:11 PM (jyRIG)
No, it's been on the decline because they've been producing extreme left wing shit shows. Period. Even their own side won't watch their dead horse beating anymore.
LOLGF!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 01, 2024 03:09 PM (Zz0t1)
Look another interview with Rachel maddow and Liz Cheny
Trump sucks!
Har har har
Seal clap.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 01, 2024 03:11 PM (SEAA9)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (XMwZJ)
Maniacally unfunny lalelatelate SNL grad communist who makes Colbert look like a MAGA spokesman.
He and Olbermann share a box on the lunatic left grid.
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2024 03:11 PM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: ...
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I watch reruns of Carson on streaming channels now and again. Twas not always so about the scripting. Wasn't even so famously for early SNL either.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2024 03:11 PM (SI97o)
Probably more Hader than Rogan. Hader feels smarter...by a lot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 03:08 PM (GBKbO)
South Park's behind the scenes show had a scene with Hader and Stone recording dialogue on some slow-talking hillbillies talking about someone shitting their pants.
Neither could get through it. Hader seems like a good dude.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:11 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2024 03:04 PM (KRtlO)
Think how much money the studios could save if they went back to the Monkey-Cam.
Posted by: Just Lily at October 01, 2024 03:11 PM (6isAc)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:11 PM (KbCG3)
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He directed a few episodes of Barry.
I suspect he'll start directing features soonish.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 03:12 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 01, 2024 03:07 PM (q7hip)
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Right.
Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 01, 2024 03:12 PM (4Nt1t)
Yup. I can't explain it. I think the "I hate Trump" template has warped all her thinking.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (xCA6C)
Possibly. OTOH the Trump times have been as revealing as it has been warping.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:12 PM (LCr8f)
Posted by: runner at October 01, 2024 03:12 PM (V13WU)
He's got a deep appreciation for movies that's fun.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,
I got that from him talking about how you made the first couple seasons of Barry. Also some of his SNL portrayals really seemed to be rooted in that.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 01, 2024 03:12 PM (CIS44)
Pig: "What are you watching, Rat?"
Rat: "These insecure people with various addictions being reassured that they're okay and that their lives have value."
Pig: "What's it called?"
Rat: "The Academy Awards."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 01, 2024 03:12 PM (WPL6O)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2024 03:12 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 01, 2024 02:47 PM (kOPxh)
I think he was that little blonde headed kid, that looked like John Denver, that they brought on the Brady Bunch the last season or 2.
I could be wrong. Or not.
Posted by: zigggggy at October 01, 2024 03:13 PM (K5Rdg)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices
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I want one.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 01, 2024 03:13 PM (rwlGT)
Posted by: Cheri at October 01, 2024 03:13 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 03:13 PM (yL/az)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (XMwZJ)
Maniacally unfunny lalelatelate SNL grad communist who makes Colbert look like a MAGA spokesman.
He and Olbermann share a box on the lunatic left grid.
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2024 03:11 PM (j4U/Z)
I will always be grateful to Seth Myers, however. He wrote the sketch Obama performed at the 2015 White House Correspondents Dinner that made Trump decide to run for POTUS, after getting the Carrie Treatment from the Mean Girls at the dinner.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 01, 2024 03:13 PM (r++TH)
Posted by: jhawk90 at October 01, 2024 03:13 PM (ggOdn)
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Was that his true voice, or was it more like Michael Jackson who consistently used a fake voice?
Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2024
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To this day I'm not dead sure. I think I've seen other filmed interviews with him where he also sounded like a gay Alvin the Chipmunk.
The story goes (TC said) that when he was dining out one night, a drunk staggered up, whipped out his penis, and snarled, "Famous writer! Autograph *that*!"
The entire dining room heard Truman's reply: "Well, I don''t know if I can autograph it, but I can initial it."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 03:13 PM (J2vNu)
Posted by: No Name Today
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That's, Chuck 'the assassin' Barris.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 01, 2024 03:03 PM (rwlGT)
Did HE have an Intersect?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 01, 2024 03:13 PM (QAkQ3)
When Stephen Colbert danced around with people dressed as covid needles and nurses/doctors, that was the Jumping of the Shark for late night shows.
Posted by: Frank Barone
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It was a big celebration of Government forcing the products of Big Pharma upon an unwilling population. I regard it in the vein of Springtime for Shitler.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2024 03:13 PM (SI97o)
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2024 03:13 PM (j4U/Z)
*rising voice* "Bush??"
*audience laughs and applauds.*
Posted by: Any given 5 seconds on a Jon Stewart show at October 01, 2024 03:14 PM (PiwSw)
Hiyoooooo!
Posted by: Ed McMahon at October 01, 2024 03:14 PM (+oR7L)
https://tinyurl.com/5a9fznty
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 01, 2024 03:14 PM (q7hip)
Posted by: runner at October 01, 2024 03:12 PM (V13WU)
Whenever Norm appeared on Conan, magic happened. They had a great on-camera relationship.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 01, 2024 03:14 PM (r++TH)
Posted by: Fat Travolta at October 01, 2024 03:14 PM (v0R5T)
Gutfeld ain't that funny. If comedy was more even-handed from a political standpoint, he'd be outed as pretty mediocre.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:14 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 01, 2024 03:15 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2024 03:12 PM (KRtlO)
This is just more proof that Arsenio Hall actually ruined it for the black community.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 01, 2024 03:15 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: runner
Hell, I can be funny at times.
And I'm not a professional.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 03:15 PM (yL/az)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 02:59 PM (GBKbO)
is that a fact ?
Posted by: runner at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (V13WU)
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It comes from DU, so probably not.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 03:06 PM (GBKbO)
NO WAY IN HELL I GIVE THAT PONYBOY A PAIR OF MY DEPENDS BRIEFS.
Posted by: Preznit Ruprect the Monkeyboy at October 01, 2024 03:15 PM (SEAA9)
The entire dining room heard Truman's reply: "Well, I don''t know if I can autograph it, but I can initial it."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 03:13 PM (J2vNu)
Truman was a bitchy one.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 01, 2024 03:15 PM (6gSPY)
Speaking of unfunny tricks.
Lol
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 01, 2024 02:58 PM (SEAA9)
Colbert still holds the record for the most recitations of the Nicene Creed while dancing on stage.
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2024 03:15 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Sponge - F*c
*Magic has entered the chat*
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 01, 2024 03:15 PM (CIS44)
The reason why a good documentary well done is captivating is due to the revelations of humanity in the subject matter.
When some tardish boobette sits down with some braindead Paycheck Theater host, and starts talking about the "hilarious" thing that Wolverine does on set to everyone, it is a one way trip to yawnsville. And there's a 75% chance it's a lie anyway.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:15 PM (LCr8f)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2024
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To this day I'm not dead sure. I think I've seen other filmed interviews with him where he also sounded like a gay Alvin the Chipmunk.
The story goes (TC said) that when he was dining out one night, a drunk staggered up, whipped out his penis, and snarled, "Famous writer! Autograph *that*!"
The entire dining room heard Truman's reply: "Well, I don''t know if I can autograph it, but I can initial it."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 03:13 PM (J2vNu)
___________
Well ... he was a gay Alvin the Chipmunk, wasn't he?
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 01, 2024 03:16 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2024 03:12 PM (KRtlO)
MZH is a National Treasure.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 01, 2024 03:16 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: runner at October 01, 2024 03:12 PM (V13WU)
Not really...
Posted by: Thulsa Doom at October 01, 2024 03:16 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 01, 2024 03:16 PM (wBaIH)
https://shorturl.at/O4xAL
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 01, 2024 03:16 PM (X/sOO)
Posted by: Auspex
=======
Some of the better clips are still out there on youtube.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2024 03:16 PM (SI97o)
Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at October 01, 2024 03:16 PM (JCLJi)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinize
Yeah his humor is kinda yo mama jokes. Funny a few times but gets old quick.
Posted by: Settled Science at October 01, 2024 03:16 PM (jyRIG)
Posted by: free tibet
***
I was watching that night and saw that!!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 03:16 PM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2024 03:13 PM (j4U/Z)
Chicks dig the accent. Had a Britisher friend in grad school, his accent was a magnet to the young ladies.
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at October 01, 2024 03:16 PM (C26rB)
Trump 50%
Harris 44%
That would be 6 points for the math challenged.
Posted by: JackStraw
We're going to have to cheat harder this time.
Posted by: Brian Kemp at October 01, 2024 03:16 PM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 01, 2024 03:16 PM (1FWWQ)
Gutfeld ain't that funny. If comedy was more even-handed from a political standpoint, he'd be outed as pretty mediocre.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:14 PM (KbCG3)
I agree with you on that one. I also think his writers steal material from the Horde.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 01, 2024 03:16 PM (r++TH)
Guy got famous spoofing a straight man conservative then came out of the closet as an aged lesbian.
Posted by: Ribbed at October 01, 2024 03:16 PM (B0mGw)
And I'm not a professional.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot
Not at times. You are funny.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:16 PM (LCr8f)
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Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 01, 2024 03:17 PM (CEzQx)
Posted by: Auspex
=======
Some of the better clips are still out there on youtube.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2024 03:16 PM (SI97o)
Starlet: Asks some question about why women should care about men.
CF: Because we're awesome.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:17 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 01, 2024 03:17 PM (72W6e)
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 01, 2024
***
A brilliant writer, too . . . but yes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 03:17 PM (J2vNu)
It's not even a complicated formula he had. Pretty easy to copy if the host has any talent.
But, it did make "those people" laugh.
And he dared make jokes about Democrats.
And business death is preferable to either of those to these unfunny losers.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2024 03:17 PM (BnEjh)
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2024 03:13 PM (j4U/Z)
Chicks dig the accent. Had a Britisher friend in grad school, his accent was a magnet to the young ladies.
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at October 01, 2024 03:16 PM (C26rB)
I'm thinking of that classic scene from Love Actually right now.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 01, 2024 03:17 PM (r++TH)
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Posted by: Braenyard at October 01, 2024 03:17 PM (rwlGT)
MadTV was funny. Good stuff.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2024 03:17 PM (+oR7L)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2024
***
He was pretty funny in Murder By Death.
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Posted by: Braenyard at October 01, 2024 03:18 PM (rwlGT)
Doris Day interview on Carson with high beams on.
Wowza.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 03:13 PM (yL/az)
Yep. They're on BRIGHT.....
https://youtu.be/BvmTij1PxPM
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 01, 2024 03:18 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 01, 2024 03:18 PM (q7hip)
Weird wild stuff.
Posted by: Settled Science at October 01, 2024 03:18 PM (jyRIG)
Yes it was. Stuart and Mrs. Swan are two of my favorite sketch characters ever.
Posted by: Ribbed at October 01, 2024 03:19 PM (B0mGw)
Posted by: Lady Who Lurks
......
I'm a Tyrus fan, and we agree that Ding-Dong is going to lose in a landslide.
Oh, and the occasional Charly Arnolt visit.
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2024 03:19 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 01, 2024 03:18 PM (q7hip)
Holy hell. If you wanted to blanket insult everyone I'm not sure you could have found a better way.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:19 PM (LCr8f)
>>New trailer for Clint Eastwood (possibly) final film Juror #2 has dropped. Looks pretty good!
That cast looks dynamite.
At least he's attempting to go out on a high note.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 01, 2024 03:19 PM (XV/Pl)
It's not even a complicated formula he had. Pretty easy to copy if the host has any talent.
But, it did make "those people" laugh.
And he dared make jokes about Democrats.
And business death is preferable to either of those to these unfunny losers.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
Dean Martin Comedy Roasts.
Foster Brooooo, Foster Broo, Foster Brooooookkkksss.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 03:19 PM (yL/az)
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2024 03:17 PM (+oR7L)
Concur. Probably the last show I made a point to watch.
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2024 03:20 PM (rj6Yv)
At least he's attempting to go out on a high note.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 01, 2024 03:19 PM (XV/Pl)
======
Cry Macho was not a high note. This will probably be better.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 03:20 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: ace
Same in our house. We would watch no matter how tired we were and it was really good. Letterman has turned in to a cranky old communist with a long grey beard.
Posted by: Cheri at October 01, 2024 03:20 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Tracy at October 01, 2024 03:20 PM (xbo5+)
When some tardish boobette sits down with some braindead Paycheck Theater host, and starts talking about the "hilarious" thing that Wolverine does on set to everyone, it is a one way trip to yawnsville. And there's a 75% chance it's a lie anyway.
Posted by: ...
I find most documentaries tedious. I read a lot faster than people speak on the documentaries and so would rather read a book about the subject than watch something.
I watch TV to relax and be entertained--never watched it to be informed.
The two documentaries that I did appreciate were ITV's The World At War due to its primary source interviews of a generation that was dying off by that time. The other was Clarke's Civilization which is a nice counterpart to the Durant's History of Civilization but with the bonus that you can actually see the artwork that the Durants merely can discuss.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2024 03:20 PM (SI97o)
*Magic has entered the chat*
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 01, 2024 03:15 PM (CIS44)
Ah, but Arsenio OPENED THE DOOR for the "Magic Show."
He is the precipice.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 01, 2024 03:20 PM (Zz0t1)
>>Cry Macho was not a high note. This will probably be better.
Any cast with Cyclops, Tony Coulette and Jk Simmons, is going to give the director a fighting chance at being good.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 01, 2024 03:21 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Ribbed at October 01, 2024 03:19 PM (B0mGw)
Ares Spears and Alex Borstein were superb.
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2024 03:21 PM (rj6Yv)
Doris Day interview on Carson with high beams on.
Wowza.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 03:13 PM (yL/az)
Yep. They're on BRIGHT.....
https://youtu.be/BvmTij1PxPM
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 01, 2024 03:18 PM (Zz0t1)
Johnny didn't look down even once. Superhuman effort.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 01, 2024 03:21 PM (r++TH)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 03:20 PM (GBKbO)
Agreed. This on looks really good on paper. And a unique story to boot.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 01, 2024 03:21 PM (q7hip)
It's not even a complicated formula he had. Pretty easy to copy if the host has any talent.
But, it did make "those people" laugh.
And he dared make jokes about Democrats.
And business death is preferable to either of those to these unfunny losers.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2024
***
And he *listened* to what his guests were saying, or at least gave an extremely good impression of it. When he had an everyday person as a guest, he did not make fun of him or her. He found humor in the stories the guest told, and his reactions were funny, but he did not give the impression he thought this woman from Iowa, say, was a hayseed.
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Posted by: Braenyard at October 01, 2024 03:21 PM (rwlGT)
***
Will Sasso doing Steven Segal and Jesse Ventura will hilarious
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at October 01, 2024 03:21 PM (1FWWQ)
Posted by: ace
Same in our house. We would watch no matter how tired we were and it was really good. Letterman has turned in to a cranky old communist with a long grey beard.
Posted by: Cheri at October 01, 2024 03:20 PM (oiNtH)
Didn't Dave get caught boinking interns on a cot in his office?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:21 PM (KbCG3)
Ah, but Arsenio OPENED THE DOOR for the "Magic Show."
He is the precipice.
Posted by: Sponge
Ah but Magic slammed it shut, locked it, piled furniture behind it, and then burnt the house down just to be sure.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 01, 2024 03:22 PM (CIS44)
I've never seen such stuttering clusterfuck of a mess come together like this, and polls were moving in Trump's direction before this goddamned mess of docker strikes hurricane aftermath and middle eastern war exploded in the country's face
Look forward to Vance skullfucking Tampon Tim tonight
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Yearner for Zooey Deschanel's Bosom and Mighty Searcher of Wagsham at October 01, 2024 03:22 PM (M7vhK)
Posted by: Settled Science at October 01, 2024 03:22 PM (jyRIG)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2024 03:22 PM (BnEjh)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
That's where you let them float in your peripheral.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 03:22 PM (yL/az)
Yes it was. Stuart and Mrs. Swan are two of my favorite sketch characters ever.
Posted by: Ribbed at October 01, 2024 03:19 PM
LOL. Ms. Swan. I also liked Lorraine Swanson, the old lady who kept clearing her throat and messing with her glasses.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2024 03:22 PM (+oR7L)
oh nice! he's awesome
and also very, very odd
he should host a late night talk show!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 01, 2024 03:22 PM (s3qiR)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 01, 2024 03:20 PM (Zz0t1)
The only song I know that has "precipice" in the lyrics:
https://youtu.be/3yNj2b7KTIQ
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 01, 2024 03:22 PM (PiwSw)
You know I'm not high brow like you. I'm talking like The King of Kong. The British do good docs but its hard to avoid commie bs anywhere.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:23 PM (LCr8f)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 01, 2024 03:23 PM (+H2BX)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 01, 2024 03:23 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Brian Kemp at October 01, 2024 03:16 PM (/U5Yz)
==============
In Ohio, Trump is up 8-10 points in some polls. Given that there are fewer ticket splitters than in the old days, or so I keep hearing, I gotta believe that means the trust-fund commie, Senator Mrs. Connie Schultz Brown does not get re-elected.
In fact, any state where PDJT is up by 5 or so points on election "night", just to pick a number, I bet the Republican gets the Senate seat too.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 01, 2024 03:23 PM (aFG7E)
I've never seen such stuttering clusterfuck of a mess come together like this, and polls were moving in Trump's direction before this goddamned mess of docker strikes hurricane aftermath and middle eastern war exploded in the country's face.
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger
That's what happens when you stab your boss in the back.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 03:23 PM (yL/az)
Posted by: Cheri at October 01, 2024 03:20 PM (oiNtH)
Didn't Dave get caught boinking interns on a cot in his office?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:21 PM (KbCG3)
I thought it was his long-time assistant. IIRC, some really ugly rumors started floating around.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 01, 2024 03:23 PM (LxER7)
Foster Brooooo, Foster Broo, Foster Brooooookkkksss.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 03:19 PM (yL/az)
------------
Red Buttons, with his "so-and-so never got a dinner" schtick would have me in tears gasping for air. Friggin' brilliant ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 01, 2024 03:23 PM (bHRDR)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2024 03:24 PM (W/lyH)
He suffers from over exposure. He does two shows a day where he is expected to carry the comedy. It's too much.
He has his moments but overall I agree.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2024 03:24 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 01, 2024 03:24 PM (MeG8a)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 03:24 PM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Cheri at October 01, 2024 03:20 PM (oiNtH)
Didn't Dave get caught boinking interns on a cot in his office?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:21 PM (KbCG3)
I thought it was his long-time assistant. IIRC, some really ugly rumors started floating around.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 01, 2024 03:23 PM (LxER7)
All I remember is thinking that he escaped the Me Too scrutiny.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:24 PM (KbCG3)
Ferguson just wanted to flirt with women.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2024 02:58 PM (KRtlO)
*****
Craig threw Bill Mahr ass right the fuck off his show with no apologies or fucks given...so Craig is alright in my book.
Posted by: EFG at October 01, 2024 03:24 PM (/F4Jb)
https://youtu.be/3yNj2b7KTIQ
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 01, 2024 03:22 PM (PiwSw)
Wow.
Well played, sir. Well played.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 01, 2024 03:25 PM (Zz0t1)
"oh."
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:25 PM (LCr8f)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 01, 2024 03:25 PM (72W6e)
So go start your own YouTube channel, you whining d-bag. It'll take you all of 10 minutes. What, don't think you'll make as much without a leftist propaganda machine subsidizing you?
Posted by: bearski at October 01, 2024 03:25 PM (Bhsk7)
Posted by: Settled Science at October 01, 2024 03:25 PM (jyRIG)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 01, 2024 03:25 PM (72W6e)
======
False.
Comedy committed suicide.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 03:25 PM (GBKbO)
huh, I didn't think of those. i want to say they're different just to preserve my point but I don't know how. I guess the "competition," "reality show" format changes them.
There aren't any pure variety shows on any longer, are there?
Posted by: ace
Those are variations on a theme.
The theme being there are no writers for each and every one of them.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 01, 2024 03:25 PM (uHLvs)
>>He has his moments but overall I agree.
I kind of enjoy Gutfelds aggressively corny Comedy.
His writers room consists of him and Bob from accounting, so cut the guy some slack.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 01, 2024 03:25 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 01, 2024 03:25 PM (72W6e)
======
False.
Comedy committed suicide.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 03:25 PM (GBKbO)
Ironically, the world's silliest people were comedy's downfall.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:26 PM (KbCG3)
I was out stocking up.
The Cave of Diogenes is ready. Well, I can always use more bier.
A lot of like minded folks hitting the Costco for the same reason. Ya know how you can recognize a fellow veteran? Our shopping carts were al stacked with the same stuff.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2024 03:26 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 01, 2024 03:23 PM (wBaIH)
Western NC has been anti-Democrat since during the Civil War. Most counties outside of Asheville are strong Republican.
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2024 03:26 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2024 03:26 PM (jBzY/)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 01, 2024 03:25 PM (72W6e)
No. The lack of spine in the comedic community to go after the cornucopia of material left out there during the Owebama years destroyed comedy. They did this to themselves.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 01, 2024 03:27 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: ...
------------------
Remember what Nancy said, 'Just Say No'.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 01, 2024 03:27 PM (rwlGT)
Posted by: runner at October 01, 2024 03:27 PM (V13WU)
It gets underestimated because I suspect a lot of it was behind the scenes.
A lot of cable "news" has followed suit. I'm not a huge Gutfeld fan but neither do I think he's just a monologue guy.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:27 PM (LCr8f)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 03:23 PM (yL/az)
---------------
Hell hath no fury like dementia scorned.
Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 01, 2024 03:27 PM (bHRDR)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 01, 2024 03:28 PM (Hkcdp)
Posted by: jhawk90 at October 01, 2024 03:28 PM (ggOdn)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, terrorizing teenagers with Michael Myers at October 01, 2024 03:25 PM (GBKbO)
Yeah. Just like Epstein.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:28 PM (LCr8f)
Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 01, 2024 03:29 PM (bHRDR)
You know I'm not high brow like you. I'm talking like The King of Kong. The British do good docs but its hard to avoid commie bs anywhere.
Posted by: ...
========
Not so much highbrow as I find it harder to sit still and watch for lengthy periods of time. I can get up and shift positions or seating reading books.
I saw the World at War when Ted Turner brought it to the US via his superstation early on (70's) and Civilization about 2018 or so after reading the Durant series of books.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2024 03:29 PM (SI97o)
I hear her laughing and I'm tempted to find something else to do.
Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at October 01, 2024 03:29 PM (JCLJi)
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2024 03:29 PM (+oR7L)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2024 03:26 PM (W/lyH)
-------------------------
Why are we stock piling? What's up?
Posted by: Braenyard at October 01, 2024 03:29 PM (rwlGT)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2024 03:29 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 01, 2024 03:27 PM (Zz0t1)
Since politics flows downstream from culture, capturing and regulating the Comedy Industry was a top priority for the communists.
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2024 03:29 PM (rj6Yv)
Apparently most of Gaga's performance was left on the cutting room floor, and Todd Phillips turned Joker into a Cuck because he apparently was upset that people enjoyed and identified with his Joker in the first film, so he nutted him and turned him into a feggila.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 01, 2024 03:30 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 01, 2024 03:30 PM (iFTx/)
University of Connecticut professor says racism is responsible for natural disasters: "Not unpredictable attacks or acts of God"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 01, 2024 03:30 PM (L/fGl)
I saw the World at War when Ted Turner brought it to the US via his superstation early on (70's) and Civilization about 2018 or so after reading the Durant series of books.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2024 03:29 PM (SI97o)
Just so we're clear where you and I stand, the bulk of my reading in this lifetime has been Mad Magazine.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:31 PM (LCr8f)
Cartons of cigarettes and handle bottle liquor?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 01, 2024 03:31 PM (67maw)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at October 01, 2024 03:32 PM (pohLc)
It's massively frustrating to me. I was not happy with it at all," Oliver said of the decision.
Lol
Posted by: E Buzz at October 01, 2024 03:32 PM (y3Nc1)
Posted by: Doof at October 01, 2024 03:32 PM (vNIMs)
Posted by: mrp
-------
Same as Eastern Tennessee and why West Virginia split from Virginia during the Civil War.
Most of the folks in the Appalachians more or less hated slavery and hated the plantation masters as well which dominated the political establishments and economies in those states.
Interesting political phenomenon that lasted for generations because Appalachia was an area to be from and not a destination to move to. It kept its culture unlike a lot of other places.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2024 03:32 PM (SI97o)
well? is it worth seeing? i've avoided it on the expectation that it's a greenpalooza.
Posted by: anachronda at October 01, 2024 03:32 PM (sGtp+)
Fritz had left the show two years ago amid rumors of serious addiction problems, then had a stroke. He was assigned a guardianship for his finances and word recently was that he was recovering from the stroke.
That seems to have ended.
Posted by: jen the original at October 01, 2024 03:33 PM (KbNdf)
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2024
***
There was the famous night when Freddie Prinze performed, and Johnny asked him to come over, sit by the desk, and talk. That was like the emperor of Rome placing a hand on your shoulder and announcing, "This man is under my protection."
Pretty sure Pryor and Dangerfield were on multiple times, and of course Joan Rivers. Can't think of other names right now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 03:33 PM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 01, 2024 03:30 PM (L/fGl)
Therefore, in countries in which there is not a scintilla of "racism", there will never be "natural" disasters. Right?
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2024 03:33 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: ...
========
Heh. I read that too along with EC Comics, Weird War, and other such wholesome reading.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2024 03:33 PM (SI97o)
Max Meyer
@mualphaxi
Harold Daggett, the ILA boss who pledged to "cripple" the United States, owns a 76-foot yacht, a Bentley, and gets paid over $900,000. He was acquitted on RICO charges after the main witness against him, mobster Lawrence Ricci, was found decomposing in a car trunk in New Jersey.
Posted by: IrishEi at October 01, 2024 03:34 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 01, 2024 03:30 PM (L/fGl)
Professor Dipshit.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2024 03:34 PM (W/lyH)
George Carlin, David Letterman, Seinfeld, Steven Reich, a whole bunch of others.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 01, 2024 03:34 PM (MeG8a)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
=======
Tim Conway, Carol Burnett, Gene Kelley, and all the other 'stars' of the fading Hollywood studio scene were also frequent visitors.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2024 03:35 PM (SI97o)
Posted by: JackStraw
Didn't he even have Rush on once?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
Yes, Rush was on Leno's show. Jay had Rush driving a Prius through an obstacle course, and there was a cutout of Al Gore which Rush hit with the car and then backed over it.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at October 01, 2024 03:35 PM (3I4cv)
well? is it worth seeing? i've avoided it on the expectation that it's a greenpalooza.
Posted by: anachronda at October 01, 2024 03:32 PM (sGtp+)
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Actually I didn't get that out of it. I thought it was OK, the wife and kids loved it.
There was an Aspen Institute bit during the trailers that got me going but no I didn't get any eco-terrorism out of the film.
Posted by: jhawk90 at October 01, 2024 03:35 PM (ggOdn)
Posted by: ...
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Heh. I read that too along with EC Comics, Weird War, and other such wholesome reading.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2024
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For some reason I came to Mad a little later. My comics, after I graduated from Dell's Disney cartoon character series, were the DC Superman family, Jimmy Olson, Batman, etc.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 03:35 PM (J2vNu)
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 01, 2024 03:36 PM (NMT5x)
https://youtu.be/3yNj2b7KTIQ
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper
This guy plays a mean home made cigar box guitar.
https://is.gd/rNKEq5
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 01, 2024 03:36 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Jon Oliver at October 01, 2024 03:37 PM (BLBGH)
Posted by: Don Black at October 01, 2024 03:37 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 01, 2024 03:37 PM (JeYYB)
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2024
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There was the famous night when Freddie Prinze performed, and Johnny asked him to come over, sit by the desk, and talk. That was like the emperor of Rome placing a hand on your shoulder and announcing, "This man is under my protection."
Pretty sure Pryor and Dangerfield were on multiple times, and of course Joan Rivers. Can't think of other names right now.
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Ellen, making jokes about how her mom doesn't like her boyfriend.
Uh ...
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2024 03:37 PM (BnEjh)
Posted by: Mongerel at October 01, 2024 03:37 PM (Id9xa)
Posted by: Stephen Colbert at October 01, 2024 03:38 PM (SEAA9)
Posted by: Don Black at October 01, 2024 03:38 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Lincolntf at October 01, 2024 03:38 PM (2cS/G)
Fritz had left the show two years ago amid rumors of serious addiction problems, then had a stroke. He was assigned a guardianship for his finances and word recently was that he was recovering from the stroke.
That seems to have ended.
Posted by: jen the original
He's stable.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 03:38 PM (yL/az)
Posted by: EFG
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Craig was very proud also about his move to become an American citizen and spoke movingly about it on the show.
Did not know about throwing shithead off his show but that makes me like him all the more.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2024 03:38 PM (SI97o)
Apparently most of Gaga's performance was left on the cutting room floor, and Todd Phillips turned Joker into a Cuck because he apparently was upset that people enjoyed and identified with his Joker in the first film, so he nutted him and turned him into a feggila.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 01, 2024 03:30 PM (XV/Pl
The cucked the Joker?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 01, 2024 03:38 PM (q7hip)
George Carlin, David Letterman, Seinfeld, Steven Reich, a whole bunch of others.
Jay Leno.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2024 03:38 PM (LkLld)
I volunteer to play kazoo and slide-whistle ironically as the new replacement band for Seth Meyers.
And I'll only charge 1 million per year to do it.
I'm practically paying for myself!!!
Call me NBC.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 01, 2024 03:38 PM (eDfFs)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 01, 2024 03:30 PM (L/fGl)
________________
OK, I'll bite. Professor ... of what? Sociology - a joke if there ever was one - is my guess.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 01, 2024 03:38 PM (YqDXo)
Don't....Don't ..... Don't...... FART on the Beach because it may be a Wet Fart...........
VP Harris said that the 100+ missiles fired at Israel were mostly Peaceful .....
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at October 01, 2024 03:39 PM (1t11C)
I loved when Jonathan Winters was on Carson. That was a funny man.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2024 03:39 PM (+oR7L)
Posted by: mrp
You know, like Haiti.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 01, 2024 03:39 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 01, 2024 03:37 PM (JeYYB)
Let us consult the written record left to us by the noble indigenous peoples of North America ...
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2024 03:39 PM (rj6Yv)
… THE IRONY
Posted by: SMOD at October 01, 2024 03:39 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 01, 2024 03:40 PM (JeYYB)
George Carlin, David Letterman, Seinfeld, Steven Reich, a whole bunch of others.
Jay Leno.
Posted by: JackStraw
Sam Kinison.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 03:40 PM (yL/az)
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2024
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Did Robin Williams ever appear? I think of him because he famously said that JW was his inspiration.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 03:40 PM (J2vNu)
I loved when Jonathan Winters was on Carson. That was a funny man.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2024 03:39 PM (+oR7L)
Starred in my favorite Twilight Zone episode.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:40 PM (KbCG3)
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That was ruled a suicide too, he shot himself 6 times in the back before driving himself into a river and then locking himself in the trunk before he drowned
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Yearner for Zooey Deschanel's Bosom and Mighty Searcher of Wagsham at October 01, 2024 03:40 PM (M7vhK)
https://tinyurl.com/26pdhajz
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2024 03:40 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 01, 2024 03:41 PM (72W6e)
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2024 03:39 PM (+oR7L)
Before seeing him on Carson, I'd only seen Winters on Mork & Mindy.
AFTER seeing him on Carson I was like: Oh, NOW I get it!
Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at October 01, 2024 03:41 PM (JCLJi)
"Joker 2" is apparently based on the most famous Batman comic title-
"The
Posted by: naturalfake at October 01, 2024 03:41 PM (eDfFs)
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 01, 2024 03:36 PM (NMT5x)
OK, since we're talking about Letterman and bands and such, this is a very interesting musical guest:
https://youtu.be/HT2ENDHIZ3c
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 01, 2024 03:41 PM (PiwSw)
Simple. It makes the admin look bad. Which it is.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 01, 2024 03:42 PM (MeG8a)
I loved when Jonathan Winters was on Carson. That was a funny man.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2024 03:39 PM (+oR7L
I remember him wearing a civil war costume on the show
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 01, 2024 03:42 PM (q7hip)
Posted by: MikeN at October 01, 2024 03:42 PM (HVZOH)
Posted by: Settled Science at October 01, 2024 03:42 PM (jyRIG)
Posted by: Seems Legit
......
Too much like work reporting facts on the ground.
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2024 03:42 PM (v0R5T)
Why are we stock piling? What's up?
Posted by: Braenyard
Because you don't need Tariffs if there isn't anything arriving by any east or gulf coast ports.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 01, 2024 03:42 PM (uHLvs)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 01, 2024 03:42 PM (eDfFs)
Posted by: Settled Science
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 03:43 PM (yL/az)
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2024
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Did Robin Williams ever appear? I think of him because he famously said that JW was his inspiration.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 03:40 PM (J2vNu
Yes. They were on together.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 01, 2024 03:43 PM (q7hip)
That one guy tripped over a pallet of U.S. dollars.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 01, 2024 03:43 PM (ewjUl)
https://tinyurl.com/26pdhajz
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2024 03:40 PM (xCA6C)
Russians are not holding Americans hostage, nor directly killing them... yet, we can seize their bank accounts and property.
Palestinians have directly killed Americans, hold Americans Hostage, and their allies have attacked US Navy ships multiple times... yet somehow we DO NOT grab their property or bank accounts?
Posted by: Thulsa Doom at October 01, 2024 03:44 PM (QAkQ3)
The US is too in debt to pay for any relief, and the stores for such an emergency have been depleted or not built back up so we can send money to 'lil Z.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 01, 2024 03:44 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Settled Science
Dear Bibi,
Blow up the Dome of the Rock.
CNN just gave you cover.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 03:44 PM (yL/az)
>>@CollinRugg
BREAKING: 120 accusers have just come out against Sean 'Diddy' Combs with new s*xual assault allegations, vow to expose everything.
https://tinyurl.com/383byx57
No wonder he needed so much baby oil.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2024 03:44 PM (LkLld)
Simple. It makes the admin look bad. Which it is.
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Also, it's only deplorables.
Who support Trump and don't have faith in Climate Change.
So they deserved it.
Don't believe me? The very first day after, DU was saying exactly this.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2024 03:44 PM (BnEjh)
Posted by: Seems Legit
It’s deplorables. Subhumans. Who cares if they die?
Simple as that.
Posted by: Settled Science at October 01, 2024 03:44 PM (jyRIG)
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Not good for the incumbent
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:45 PM (LCr8f)
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 01, 2024 03:46 PM (JeYYB)
Posted by: Seems Legit
It’s deplorables. Subhumans. Who cares if they die?
Simple as that.
Posted by: Settled Science at October 01, 2024 03:44 PM (jyRIG)
Swing state that would shine too much attention on the lack of federal competency and the amount of money we're giving to Ukraine.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:46 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Yearner for Zooey Deschanel's Bosom and Mighty Searcher of Wagsham at October 01, 2024 03:40 PM (M7vhK)
He must have been very depressed.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:46 PM (LCr8f)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 03:33 PM (J2vNu)
Some guy, Jerry something....
Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2024 03:46 PM (xhfG9)
Biden is president and Harris wants to be.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2024 03:47 PM (LkLld)
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They don't want to be kill-joys.
Posted by: Just Lily at October 01, 2024 03:47 PM (6isAc)
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 01, 2024 03:36 P
Or tried to be, you know. Funny. Kimmel and Colbert. I'd love to see them both cancelled. Good question though Ace. Why aren't these oh so caring lefties helping out their crew? I think I know.
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 01, 2024 03:47 PM (ewjUl)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 03:40 PM (J2vNu)
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One night in the early 80s, Robin Williams was the first test on Carson -- and he basically took over the show.
Manic, running into the audience, messing with the camera men.
I just remember one mean-spirited political joke: he grabbed a pencil from Johnny's desk and said: "Look, it's a Ronald Reagan pencil ... it has no point."
Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 01, 2024 03:47 PM (mDn/q)
I'd also ask about accessibility. Even if the house is standing, if you can't get to it, it won't be usable.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2024 03:47 PM (xCA6C)
"We are not Pussy's"...
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at October 01, 2024 03:47 PM (1t11C)
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no political bloc they care about lives there
Posted by: Don Black at October 01, 2024 03:48 PM (/7KEl)
It was a medium for a liquid cocaine and ecstasy.
Posted by: Seems Legit
That's nasty.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 03:48 PM (yL/az)
Simple. It makes the admin look bad. Which it is.
---
Also, it's only deplorables.
Who support Trump and don't have faith in Climate Change.
So they deserved it.
Don't believe me? The very first day after, DU was saying exactly this.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2024 03:44 PM (BnEjh)
__________
But isn't Asheville a blue city? The demos certainly suggest it is.
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 01, 2024 03:48 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 01, 2024 03:48 PM (72W6e)
~~~~~
What devastation?
Posted by: MSM at October 01, 2024 03:48 PM (3ImbR)
Never saw that before or since ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 01, 2024 03:48 PM (mDn/q)
......
Can't let the cat out of the bag:
The government will not save you.
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2024 03:49 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 01, 2024 03:49 PM (q7hip)
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 01, 2024 03:49 PM (JeYYB)
Never saw that before or since ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 01, 2024 03:48 PM (mDn/q)
Williams was great when he wasn't doing comedy. Man I hated his interviews and appearances.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:49 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Accomack at October 01, 2024 03:49 PM (cUkpv)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:50 PM (LCr8f)
I recall him talking about when he became an American citizen. It was one of the most profound moments in his life.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 01, 2024 03:50 PM (Ad8y9)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 01, 2024 03:48 PM (72W6e)
Kimmel?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 01, 2024 03:50 PM (q7hip)
Posted by: Cheri at October 01, 2024 02:57 PM (oiNtH)
They were supposed to be a little lame, really. He might have comedians on later and didn't want to upstage them. The good hosts let the guests shine.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2024 03:50 PM (n7h9X)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 01, 2024 03:48 PM (72W6e)
Barack Obama?
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:50 PM (LCr8f)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 01, 2024 03:48 PM (72W6e)
Barack Obama?
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:50 PM (LCr8f)
Michelle Obama?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:50 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 01, 2024 03:51 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 01, 2024 03:51 PM (JeYYB)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at October 01, 2024 03:51 PM (67maw)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:50 PM (LCr8f
No, Katrina was perfect to destroy Bush. Just live Covid was useful to attack Trump.
Helene isn't useful because it's rednecks and the liberals are in charge.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 01, 2024 03:51 PM (q7hip)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 01, 2024 02:52 PM (ufFY
Will the dei navy have enough balls to go in and do another beach head evac?
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 01, 2024 03:09 PM (SEAA9)
We still have all those troops up in Syria, send them south to hold a evac zone.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2024 03:51 PM (n7h9X)
Posted by: Lincolntf at October 01, 2024 03:38 PM (2cS/G)
See if you can get there:
https://drivenc.gov/#incidents
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 01, 2024 03:52 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 01, 2024 03:52 PM (MeG8a)
https://youtu.be/HT2ENDHIZ3c
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 01, 2024 03:41 PM (PiwSw)
Huh, I've never seen him do a 'real' song. And he can play guitar more than just his goofy songs. And that clip has a bonus: Waddy Wachtel!
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 01, 2024 03:52 PM (NMT5x)
The government will not save you.
It might make people ask why we can't afford recovery in the US when we are sending billions to Ukraine, the Palis, and every pedo-friendly NGO in the world
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2024 03:52 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Lincolntf at October 01, 2024 03:52 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 01, 2024 03:52 PM (ERw09)
......
jake is another candidate for a rope.
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2024 03:53 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade
Can't save just the city and ignore everyone else.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 01, 2024 03:53 PM (yL/az)
Never saw that before or since ...
Posted by: ShainS
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Cocaine is a helluva drug.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2024 03:53 PM (SI97o)
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 01, 2024 03:53 PM (JeYYB)
Saw "Megalopolis".
A very well made, sometimes brilliantly directed total failure, where everyone speaks with Marlon Brando's Colonel Kurtz style dialog from "Apocalypse Now".
Coppola basically sets out to tell the fall and rise of a Trump/Elon Musk type character only to realize at the last minute that "The horror" he's made a movie that generally portrays Trump/Elon Musk in a mostly positive light. Then tries to clean it up by having his antifa/blm stand-ins parade around with "Make New Rome Great Again" signs and gives us a-
new Pledge of Alliegence to the Globalist/Greentard World, literally on-screen recited by a group of children.
See it if you wish but wait till it's on streaming for "free".
Posted by: naturalfake at October 01, 2024 03:53 PM (eDfFs)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 01, 2024 03:54 PM (tT6L1)
I do know that "dirty whitey" turns stones into cities while DEI turns cities into stones.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 01, 2024 03:54 PM (rHxhM)
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That is just sad.
There are more people watching Gilligan's Island re-runs.
Posted by: Jay in PA at October 01, 2024 03:54 PM (i7Q7S)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 01, 2024 03:48 PM (72W6e)
Barack Obama?
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2024 03:50 PM (LCr8f)
Michelle Obama?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:50 PM (KbCG3
I get it.
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 01, 2024 03:54 PM (72W6e)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2024 03:52 PM (oZhjI)
One would think...
Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at October 01, 2024 03:54 PM (JCLJi)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:21 PM (KbCG3)
Was that wrong?
Posted by: Dave's not here at October 01, 2024 03:55 PM (iODuv)
I can say the same thing about Steve Martin.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 01, 2024 03:55 PM (Ad8y9)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2024
***
If a joke bombed, he used the fact that it bombed to get a real laugh.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 03:55 PM (J2vNu)
Palestinians have directly killed Americans, hold Americans Hostage, and their allies have attacked US Navy ships multiple times... yet somehow we DO NOT grab their property or bank accounts?
Posted by: Thulsa Doom at October 01, 2024 03:44 PM (QAkQ3)
Interesting side note - one of the Hezbollah leaders that got killed was an employee of the UN. How does that happen? Oh we know how.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2024 03:55 PM (n7h9X)
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Service to the party is paramount.
Posted by: Jay in PA at October 01, 2024 03:55 PM (i7Q7S)
Posted by: Jay in PA at October 01, 2024 03:54 PM (i7Q7S)
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I'd sure as shit watch that before any late night show.
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 01, 2024 03:56 PM (JeYYB)
Posted by: Jay in PA at October 01, 2024 03:54 PM (i7Q7S)
So Ginger, or MaryAnne?
Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2024 03:56 PM (xhfG9)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2024 03:56 PM (oZhjI)
I can say the same thing about Steve Martin.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 01, 2024 03:55 PM (Ad8y9)
After watching "Good Morning, Vietnam," all I could think was that there was a whole crew of people making that movie and not one had the guts to yell, "Stop!"
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 01, 2024 03:56 PM (KbCG3)
Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2024 03:56 PM (xhfG9)
Now that I'm 29: Mrs. Howell.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 01, 2024 03:57 PM (Ad8y9)
And yes, cocaine is one helluva drug.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 01, 2024 03:57 PM (Zz0t1)
Which I was called during a team-based battle game for no other reason than my nom de guerre had a last name that ended with "tt'.
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2024 03:57 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Jay in PA at October 01, 2024 03:54 PM (i7Q7S)
So Ginger, or MaryAnne?
Posted by: blaster
......
Which one is wearing a coconut bra?
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2024 03:58 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Telling War Stories at October 01, 2024 03:57 PM (Ad8y9)
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Ginger and Mary Anne are your age, now.
Mrs. Howell, umm, well, might want to rethink that.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 01, 2024 03:58 PM (tT6L1)
Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
JOY REID: Trump wants his supporters to “do violence” to black people if he loses the election, “to stop another peaceful transfer of power."
This is the kind of deranged and dangerous conspiracy theory that passes for analysis on MSNBC:
Reid on Trump’s message: "These blacks are stealing the election. Black Haitians are violent cannibals. Black people are the enemy. Black people are going to be responsible if and when I lose. And you are permitted through my language to do violence to them, if necessary, to stop another peaceful transfer of power."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 01, 2024 03:58 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 01, 2024 03:58 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 01, 2024 03:54 PM (tT6L1)
There is zero reason why getting a band into a room for an hour or so to play a short set costs 6 million dollars. Hell, a lot of bands might pay to get the exposure.
This is like back in IL there was a mini scandal that the state was storing their funds in interest free accounts. As if any bank would kill to get state funds in their vaults.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2024 03:59 PM (n7h9X)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 01, 2024 03:59 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 01, 2024 03:52 PM (PiwSw)
I am headed to a Western NC/Eastern TN event in a week and a half. People who are local say that the DriveNC site is just not accurate. A lot of closures not reflected, a lot of listed closures that are incorrect.
Not downplaying the tragedy at all - just that the DriveNC site is not a great resource.
Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2024 03:59 PM (xhfG9)
https://youtu.be/HT2ENDHIZ3c
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 01, 2024 03:41 PM (PiwSw)
Fell asleep on the couch one night and woke up to Robyn w/teddybears. That was weird in a half-asleep state. https://youtu.be/kbtDM2LPQ0o?si=0cCtP_5SLzJ29rjW
Posted by: Bacon Jeff at October 01, 2024 03:59 PM (VGRuw)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 04:01 PM (J2vNu)
I don't remember who posted it first.
https://tinyurl.com/bdnmyran
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 01, 2024 04:01 PM (NMT5x)
Posted by: Settled Science at October 01, 2024 04:03 PM (jyRIG)
Posted by: Don Black at October 01, 2024 04:06 PM (/7KEl)
I don't remember who posted it first.
https://tinyurl.com/bdnmyran
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 01, 2024
***
OrangeEnt posted one by that guy where he did Bewitched as if it were a '70s Grandhouse horror film
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 01, 2024 04:07 PM (J2vNu)
Could someone tell me what "America's Got Talent" "the Voice" "American Idol" "The Masked Singer" etc... are other than a variety of Variety shows?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 01, 2024 02:50 PM (N1DT3)
They're the Gong Show without the gong.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2024 02:53 PM (DDGz9)
Gene Gene the Dancing Machine made the Gong Show into a must-see.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 01, 2024 04:08 PM (y9nCu)
Lovie definitely had that MILF-y goodness
Posted by: Don Black at October 01, 2024 04:10 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: MikeN at October 01, 2024 04:36 PM (HVZOH)
He's a decent actor, that's all.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 01, 2024 04:44 PM (xcxpd)
Just spitballing here....
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at October 01, 2024 04:51 PM (bufu1)
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