March 22, 2016

Chris Hardwick’s Ridiculous Star Wars Selfie Fail

Chris Hardwick is a big star which means he can get access to geek out at Comic Con. He also got to moderate a Star Wars panel last July- a dream come true for any fan. But he was so nervous, that when he got to take a selfie with the cast, he got a photo so terrible, that it almost looks like he did it on purpose for the story.
March 22, 2016

Paul Reubens Demonstrates His Balloon Skills on The Tonight Show

Paul Reubens just released the latest Pee-Wee Herman movie, Pee Wee's Big Holiday. To promote, he stopped by the Tongiht Show Monday night and demonstrated his talent for playing a balloon like a musical instrument. Spoiler Alert: Jimmy Fallon gets way too excited.
March 22, 2016

Review: John Oliver Takes a Glorious, Serious Look at Trump’s Wall

All that said, Oliver gave us an outstanding effort this past Sunday to last us until April. The main segment featured—once again—Donald Trump. Yes, as I have pointed out before, that makes a lot of segments for just one person, but this one person provides more material than anyone else we can think of, in or out of politics.
March 15, 2016

Review: Samantha Bee and the Bluegrass Goober

What, you may well wonder, is this joker talking about? I am referring to a good portion of Samantha Bee’s most recent stint on Full Frontal, this past Monday night on TBS. She did a scathing segment on current Kentucky governor Matt Bevin
March 15, 2016

Review: John Oliver Takes on Encryption and The FBI vs Apple

In past shows, there had been little such controversy. Is Donald Trump a buffoon? Is the bear Catholic? Are swindling televangelists the scum of the Earth? Does a pope shit in the woods? (Actually, yes. There were popes long before there was a Vatican). But when we come to the issue of encryption, the issue is not so clear in terms of good guys vs. bad guys. Of course, we are talking about the Department of Justice wanting to compel Apple to write code that would allow them access to the cell phone of the San Bernardino terrorist.
March 13, 2016

SNL Gets Musical and Ariana Grande Nails Vocal Impressions of Britney, Shakira, Rihanna, Celine, Whitney

The sketch may not have made a lot of sense, but Ariana Grande got to show off an impressive array of musical impressions Saturday night on SNL playing an intern for Jay-Z's musical streaming company Tidal.
March 9, 2016

Review: This Week on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

I had known about Samantha Bee’s new show, Full Frontal, from the time of its debut, but it was only with the March 7th episode that I actually started to follow it. Part of the confusion was that Ms. Bee had been billed as the only female late night “talk show host.”
March 7, 2016

This Week on Last Week: John Oliver Tackles Special Districts

Let it be said at the outset, your narrator hates, loathes and despises the word “infotainment,” but, if ever a show fell into that category, John Oliver’s latest addition of Last Week Tonight did just that. Of course, there was a good measure of Oliver’s brand of comedy throughout the broadcast, and more about that later. The more important aspect of it was that he brought up a subject many of us would have gone on blissfully ignoring to our everlasting detriment: Special Districts.
March 6, 2016

Jonah Hill, Wrestling Hero #TigersForever

Last night on Saturday Night Live Jonah Hill hosted. In what was probably the best sketch of the night, Hill played high school wrestler Nate who becomes a hero after he wins the big match, beating the reigning champion, Tyler Stevens. But all isn't what it seems for Nate, who isn't an athletic hero after all. And he has a strange affection for pumpkins.