Variety reports. We liked Borat and some Ricky Gervais, but there's only so much we can take. Really, it's hard to understand why humor would translate across cultures. There's the initial novelty, but British come…
Michael Parsons writes: The complex fractal circular time-shifted way in which my media habits now play out – hear about Tina Fey doing a Saturday Night Live impression of Sara Palin on an RSS feed, watch the clip at work on YouT…
"Crash" is #3 on New York's list of "Ten Liberal Movies So Lame They Make Even Democrats Want to Vote Republican." I'm especially pleased to see "Bob Roberts" on the list. ( #10. ) That movi…
They made a great cover! If you're looking for the old posts about the great, hotly controversial New Yorker cover by Barry Blitt, they're here and here . The EW interview: STEWART: I keep hearing that [Sarah Palin is] &…
"I feel it clears out irritants of the eye." This bit about blinking on "The Daily Show" really cracks me up. [NOTE: Start at 3:50 if you like Palin, or you'll be turned off before you get to the really fu…
I was just checking Memeorandum to see what people are blogging about right now, and suddenly everything seems to be at a taste level below the standards of this blog. For your protection, I am collecting these items in one post…
I'm glad to see the title — on a NYT Magazine article previewed here — because I was just calling Matthews a comedian in the context of explaining his "sexist" remarks about Hillary — on video that you'll see …
Jon Stewart assails Chris Matthews about his book that tries to get you to use political strategies to succeed in your personal life. ADDED: Here's the video. (I took down the YouTube version that became unavailable.)
Joe Biden is on "The Daily Show" tonight, and Jon Stewart confronts him with his dreadful quote about Barack Obama: "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and …
The Dawn of the Dead/Passion of the Christ Joke. I predicted here that Jon Stewart would go for the ready-made joke about Dawn of the Dead getting the better of The Passion of the Christ at the box office over the weekend. And …