From Samantha Bee’s YouTube channel, the admirable Michael Forbes at his Scottish home, which Trump tried and failed to buy: Link: https://youtu.be/8m24yYMW2iw For more from Scotland, see this previous post, which includes the Scottish version of Star Trek. by … Continue reading
On the outside chance you haven’t seen this, here’s one of the best things NBC’s Saturday Night Live has been done in years: Link: https://youtu.be/UWuc18xISwI That’s comic actress Melissa McCarthy as White House spokesweasel Sean Spicer, and even Fox News … Continue reading
Chief White House strategist Stephen Bannon recently said that the media “should keep its mouth shut.” CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert devotes 45 seconds to showing how that would work in practice: Link: https://youtu.be/BPMJ3i0riaE by … Continue reading
This is from October 16 but still relevant at least in general terms. It does run longer than most video clips I post, but I think it’s worth your time, and much of it is pretty funny. Link: https://youtu.be/k3O01EfM5fU Oliver’s … Continue reading
Here’s the Trump inauguration as reimagined by the folks at Bad Lip Reading. Some of the lines are remarkably plausible. Link: https://youtu.be/gneBUA39mnI In the interest of equal time here’s their version of Obama’s second inauguration, which I thought less inspired … Continue reading
Stephen Colbert and his conservative identical cousin “Stephen Colbert” say farewell to President Obama. It’s reasonably funny but also has some points to make. This was originally broadcast last Thursday, the night before the inauguration. Link: https://youtu.be/0YmCUgacULs There are a … Continue reading
If you’re in a funk about today’s inauguration, just remember that it could have been worse. No, I don’t mean Hillary Clinton would have been worse. For all her faults, she would be nowhere near as bad as Trump. That’s … Continue reading
One of the best bits on the Key & Peele show had Jordan Peele playing Barack Obama with Keegan-Michael Key as his “anger translator” Luther. It became so popular that Luther appeared with the real President Obama in the 2015 … Continue reading
Two videos from back in September have renewed relevance because U.S. policy is about to change soon based on irrational fear. First Stephen Colbert addresses the fear in 3.5 minutes, then John Oliver goes into a little more detail in … Continue reading
Rahat is still messing with people at the drive-thru. As some commenters have wondered, at this point how far does he have to go to find a fast food place where they don’t immediately recognize him? Not his best, but … Continue reading