Jackie Broyles and Dunlap (in real life Tennessee comics Travis and Jonathan) do live commentary on the most recent presidential candidate debates, with the results edited down a bit over ten minutes for the Republicans and under eight for the … Continue reading
Category Archives: News and politics
I haven’t said anything yet about the barbaric attacks in Paris, mainly because I couldn’t think of anything, but I just saw a news item worth mentioning: At the start of yesterday’s Army-Tulane game, the football team of the United … Continue reading
Here are the latest New Rules from Bill Maher’s HBO show. As usual with Maher this is not for the easily offended. (In fact, even I get offended by some of his stuff.) But much of it is funny, and … Continue reading
An alien humanoid film critic analyzes the hidden meanings in the film Frozen (reviewed here). (On the outside chance you haven’t seen the movie yet on your planet, be aware that there are some spoilers in this analysis.) Link: https://youtu.be/WpmKW10d_TU … Continue reading
Tomorrow is election day in many states, counties, and cities in the U.S., and in some places the results really are a matter of life and death for many people. Once again John Oliver performs a public service by explaining … Continue reading
When I was growing up there were urban legends of evil people slipping razor blades into apples to give to kids on Halloween. Yes, kids, back in those days razor blades were paper-thin pieces of metal rather than plastic cartridges … Continue reading
In case you missed it, here’s the opening bit from the last episode of Saturday Night Live, worth watching especially for Larry David (co-creator of Seinfeld, star of Curb Your Enthusiasm, etc.), who does a perfect impression of Bernie Sanders. … Continue reading
As I’ve made pretty clear by now, I really admire John Oliver and his staff for their intelligent political commentary and investigative reporting. Here’s his take on the Canadian election taking place today, supported by a musical beaver, a moose … Continue reading
From Bill Maher, how regular people hear Bernie Sanders and how some Republicans hear him. Reasonably funny: Link: https://youtu.be/LATqcoGOsxE by … Continue reading
At something over 17 minutes, the clip below is longer than I normally post here, but it really is worth seeing, and it gets better as it goes along. The best parts have to do with a charming, smiling 16-year-old … Continue reading