The 1st Amendment protection on parodies has never been 100%. You have to be close enough to be considered a true parody without sounding TOO much like the original. You have to keep the parody topic to something that makes the justice/jurists hearing the complaint against you believe you meant to parody that…

The only thing I’m anticipating is how much money I’ll save in 2024 but not going to the movie theater.

I’ve seen greenlit used in the production sense as well and it’s the word used by Martin in his blog. Maybe consider saving your complaints for more deserving targets?

Why is it whenever something enters the public domain, the first thing it spawns is a cheap horror version? It’s fucking lazy and makes me think our excessive copyright laws aren’t such a bad thing after all.

“The most anticipated films of 2024"

The remarkable thing about his performances is that you can easily recall them just from looking at the film title.

The wrong people keep dying.

Every scene with him and Sissy Spacek in In the Bedroom was an acting masterclass on the screen. Still think that’s one of the best movies of the 2000s.

He was very memorable in most films, most of which sported quite impressive casts. 

With each passing year it seems Merchant is to Gervais as Larry David is to Seinfeld.

When it comes to The Office I often wonder how much of the genius of that show was a result of Stephen Merchant, the same way I often wonder if the genius behind Chappelle's Show is actually Neal Brennan.

Ah, Rickles subbing in for Lenny Bruce in the example today, I see!

Rickles always ended his bits with “but I kid...”. Whether he actually believed it or not is debatable but at least that part was said.

This response was much funnier

Um, Stephen Merchant is the reason the office is great, first of all.

I’ve long been of the opinion that no one finds Ricky Gervais as funny as Ricky Gervais does.

The thing about fuckers like Gervais, Chapelle, John Cleese, Rob Schneider, Tim Allen, and others that are always spouting this bullshit about “cancel culture” and “wokeness”, is that their whole schtick is “We should be allowed to joke and mock anything, everything, all the things, without limits”. And then they the…

I’m not one to be offended by jokes. But I am offended by comedians who sideline comedy to complain about people being offended by jokes. 

One of my favorite episodes of the original TZ