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6 Oct 2023, 8:30 am
"Writes James Parker, in "Comedians Only Care About Comedy/A new book cured me of any attachment to the idea of the stand-up as truth-telling philosophe" (The Atlantic).Donald Trump, the stand-up at the gates of hell, is obviously a massive problem for comedy. [read post]
5 Sep 2023, 11:35 am by Neil H. Buchanan
"  By coincidence, a liberal Jesuit priest (Father James Martin, who has appeared with some regularity on lapsed Catholic Stephen Colbert's show over the years) was interviewed today on "Morning Joe. [read post]
26 Oct 2022, 3:17 am by Cari Rincker
Truth in Advertising Explained Satirist Stephen Colbert coined the term “truthiness” to describe a particular statement that seems or is felt to be true, but is not based on evidence, logic, or facts. [read post]
15 Aug 2022, 8:21 am by jonathanturley
Comedian Stephen Colbert declared the raid to be Christmas come early, while others joked about the possibility of executing Trump as a spy. [read post]
3 Jun 2022, 6:30 am by Jennifer González
Sheahan, James W, The Great Conflagration. [read post]
4 May 2022, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Just a bit of casual TV viewing on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings saw Congressman Jamie Raskin and late-night host Stephen Colbert invoking the story to make the point that Republicans and the judges they have installed on the bench seem hell-bent (pun intended) on imposing a stultifying religious dogma on their unwilling fellow citizens.In Part One, I stipulated that I am using as my reference not the novel but the TV adaptation, also called “The Handmaid’s Tale,” that… [read post]
25 Sep 2021, 7:24 am
"Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, James Corden, Trevor Noah and Samantha Bee traded in comedy for activism on Wednesday night and joined forces to sound the alarm on climate change. [read post]
24 Sep 2021, 8:43 am by Arturo Jara
Alan is often considered the best attorney in the firm and builds his reputation by winning tough cases others would not accept, though perhaps by ethically dubious methods.Cast: James Spader, Julie Bowen, Mark Valley, Candice Bergen, and William Shatner.Genre: Comedy-DramaNetwork: ABCSeasons: 5 Bull Plot: Dr. [read post]
17 May 2020, 7:03 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
Quick comments by Steven Colbert. [read post]
17 Dec 2019, 11:41 am by Jonathan Bailey
More recently, in 2007, Stephen Colbert released Another Christmas Song, his spoof on the genre. [read post]
13 Nov 2019, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
This is the conventional wisdom on the Sunday shout-shows, but it also is the go-to comment from gifted satirists like Stephen Colbert when they want to sound sober-minded.But consider that if something were to happen that would result in Trump actually losing twenty rock-solid Senate votes, the country would actually be in something of a state of unity. [read post]
16 Oct 2019, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
  Again, what people are concerned about is how many dollars they pay—no matter what we call those dollars—and the current system costs many more dollars than it should.Even though this is a silly question, journalists (and even sympathetic talk show hosts like Stephen Colbert) continue to insist to Warren that using the T-word is a matter of great import. [read post]
30 Aug 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Barr Books Trump’s Hotel for $30,000 Holiday Party MSN – Jonathan O’Connell and David Fahrenthold (Washington Post) | Published: 8/27/2019 Attorney General William Barr will hold a family holiday party for 200 people at Trump International Hotel in December that is likely to cost $30,000. [read post]
7 Aug 2019, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
For example, in a recent appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the actor and Michigan native Jeff Daniels pointed out that over 90,000 ballots in his home state in 2016 had votes for every Democrat on the ballot but left the presidential vote blank. [read post]
6 Jun 2018, 5:16 am
Colbert begins by talking about the book — the thriller Bill purportedly co-wrote with James Patterson. [read post]
23 Mar 2018, 6:35 am by David Markus
District Judge James Cohn to file his own court pleadings.The judge consented and Rothstein, who is being held in the U.S. [read post]
22 Mar 2018, 4:17 am by Edith Roberts
In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, James Gottry argues that “[i]n keeping with past decisions, the justices should refuse to allow California to force pro-life centers to be mouthpieces for the state. [read post]