Stephen Colbert has sat in the "Late Show" spinny chair for a decade now. He spoke with Entertainment Weekly about his office decor — his kids' old art projects hang beside a copy of Donald Trump's impeachment resolution — how he fell in love with the monologue, and the fine art of blending stupid and smart.
#MAGAts do this shit all the time. They invent stories that reflect a worldview they wish existed, then promote it as fact, often perpetuating these #LIES though a complicit and unscrupulous #rightWingMedia. MAGAts don't have a sense of humor, and they fundamentally do not understand #comedy, or satire. Their idea of a joke is to invent meanspirited lies about people they don't like, and then say, "Har dee har har, just kidding!" when they get called out.
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin. I knew when I first saw the trailer of this vaguely historical comedy series with Noel Fielding in the title role that me and my daughter would love it. And indeed we did, laughed wholeheartedly at the silliness of it all, and the many dick jokes brought on by the lead character's first name. It's nowhere near on par with Blackadder, but it's clearly in the same vein. The series reinvents Dick Turpin (one of the most notorious and ruthless highwaymen in English history) as a shallow but good-hearted man ticking all the boxes of modern deconstruction (vegetarian, gender-fluid, etc.) who falls into highway robbery by accident and likes the fame that comes with it. It's a laugh, although I doubt I'll be watching it again (unlike Blackadder). #tvseries#comedy#history#noelfielding
On today’s #GreatestTrek, Burnham and Moll teleport onto a set leftover from Apple TV’s Foundation, and engage in a little Mortal Kombat to determine the future of the Federation, and life itself.
I started rereading The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy on a whim a few days ago. I’ve read it many times, but for some reason this reread is particularly enjoyable.