"The thoughts of others screech at them like the forced laughs of a billion arthouse movie patrons."

Jennifer Garner

How long do you think it would've lasted if NBC had given it a fair chance?

Reminds me of Patton Oswalt saying there's nothing safer than a comedian who tells you he's dangerous.

I loved it when the audience realized that Stephen was actually kinda trying to be serious with his "impression" when he started talking seriously about voting rights and stuff.

Anyone remember when Sharpton didn't show up for a Daily Show interview so they had Colbert pretend to be him?

Is there a way to get child beauty pageants banned in America?

Does the premise remind anyone else of the '80s interactive fiction game Planetfall(and its sequel, Stationfall)?

Yes.

It's not uncommon for people to regret stupid things they did when they were young, even if it was only a few years ago. Trump, on the other hand, is 69 and still has the maturity of a toddler, so I have a much easier time believing Noah regrets something he said 5 years ago than believing Trump regrets something he…

Just saw that too. I've been a fan of his books since I was a kid, but I just now got around to watching most of his movies. I watched Westworld a few years ago, but just recently got around to watching Coma, The Great Train Robbery, Looker, and Runaway, and I liked them all.

Speaking of Crichton movies, I just watched Runaway and thought it was really good.

If I believed he sincerely regretted it I would, but nothing Trump's ever done makes me believe he would actually regret saying something like that.

To be fair, it's not like the No Fun League encourages individuality and showboating either.

Hypocrisy is "Do as I say, not as I do." "Do as I say, not as I did" is just recognizing past mistakes.

He's been pretty apologetic about his embarrassing past tweets.

Anyone think he looks like he could play a young Giles?

From what I've read Kindler seems really bitter and angry to me, so as much as I find Maher obnoxious I don't think Kindler's the best person to rip on him.

I've heard people say, though, that he got really smug when PI went to ABC, so I wonder if it's really the show that was constraining his smugness or whether he just became more smug as he became more high-profile.

Can anyone confirm or deny that Maher wasn't so much of a dick back then? I have a book of highlights from the early years of Politically Incorrect, and based on that I'd say he didn't quite have the overweening smugness he has now, but I was wondering if anyone who actually saw it back then could comment.