My family originated in Alsace, where the border between France and Germany was in flux for hundreds of years. They got sick of all the wars and the border shifting and moved to the greener pastures of America. In the late 1850's. Just before the start of the Civil War.

Did he not notice the fat line that is clearly visible on most maps? Now there is a tiny gap that will allow the peas to touch the carrots, I mean mix Belgium with France. Put it back, plug the hole before the contamination spoils dinner completely. 

I tapped out at “Beverly Hills,” and I feel no regret. I’m sure that Weezer has written some good songs in that time, but I’m also certain they’ve written plenty of junk. There are so many better, lesser known bands that write poppier rock music for when I want to listen to that sort of thing. 

Can we meet in the middle and just smoke a brisket?

I wouldn’t insist on a PoC show runner, either, but I keep thinking of W. Kamau Bell’s appearance on, coincidentally, Conan last summer, when he said, “If I come back in a year and see that there are people of color at all levels of your show, I’ll know we’re moving in the right direction.”

I wonder if Fey would want to do it as this point? Her career’s slipped a bit, but I don’t see her really wanting to do the grind of a weekly show. (I’m not sure she’d be good for it either; her stint as head writer wasn’t one of SNL’s better periods overall)

As someone who lived in New Orleans for 2 years, you’d be hard pressed to find a NOLA resident who hadn’t stabbed a fellow or two.

There would be no stabbings if we used this day to honor all things Audrey Hepburn. Only delightful breakfasts and rides on Vespas.

Yeah, as to the topic at hand—taking over SNL—I’m with you. Let a younger person take it over.

Ahh, I did not know that. I have an acquaintance who worked with her at one point, and their comment was, “She’d kill her own grandmother if it meant getting one step further in the business.”

In all seriousness, I’ve wondered if he might be a candidate to take over for Lorne Michaels at Saturday Night Live. I think that ship has sailed by now, but you never know...

They’re probably closer to Fox than NBC, but that just may be due to the other shows airing on the network. They are the main cable home of Big Bang Theory, Friends, Seinfeld, and 2 Broke Girls, have another political comedy show in Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, and have delved into game shows with The Cube,…

I like Conan and NBC definitely did him dirty, but I still think he was an odd fit for the Tonight Show. If NBC had come out and said they were dramatically revamping the show and looking forward to Conan’s fresh take or whatever, that would have been one thing. But the impression you got was that NBC wanted someone…

I think it would have always been a struggle with NBC, and I don’t think he would have ever found the ratings of Leno. Unless Conan was pulling in Hugh Grant interview level ratings, NBC would have constantly pressured Conan to dull his edge and be broader and pointed at the viewer numbers as the reason why, they…

If NBC had given him a fair chance at The Tonight Show I wonder if he would’ve eventually improved enough in the ratings to stay there long-term. The thing that makes me wonder that is that after 4 years at TBS he was still trailing the Stewart/Colbert FakeNewsHour.

Hah! No, I am not a public entity, nor would I wish to be.

I have taught 6th grade-graduate school classes. Other than most coollege professors have 0 minutes of pedagogical training. Teaching students that have been programed from birth with anti-science crap (mostly Sunday mornings) and with thinking hard and accepting bullshit easy, we cannot lay this all on public…

That’s also how I see him, but as he still pops up on various podcasts and web shows of those who see themselves as being on the left, I’m not sure it’s a common view.

Could be worse.  All those containers packed full of chipwood furniture will start popping in a year or two do to being exposed to humidity.

8 years from now, when this is finally over and when no one wants them, a container will be opened, packed rim to rim with GTX 3080 and PlayStation 5 paperweights.