In this episode, I reference this incredible still from The Roseanne Show:
Let’s Not Tell the "Death of Late Night TV" Story Without Mentioning Our Weird Obsession With Race and Gender
The end of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has led to a flurry of stories about the possible end of late night TV as we know it. It looks like a genre that’s older than velcro and the polio vaccine might be on its last legs. Most Americans can’t remember a time when we weren’t lulled to sleep by an affable guy in suit making pleasant japes, getting peed on by wildlife, and somehow persuading movie stars to gab about their latest film. Unless that time is “right now”, because nobody watches late night TV anymore.
What if the Standard Left-Wing Position on Trans Issues Was to Support Evidence-Based Care But Skip All the Cultish Bullshit?
On Sunday, Jon Stewart trended on Twitter. That sent a chill through my bones; it was unlikely to be for anything good. Best case scenario: He died, thus curtailing his effort to squander all the good will that he earned in the first 25 years of his career. Watching Stewart’s devolution into an unfunny left-wing hack