How is his stance on abortion "in stark contrast" with something unrelated? Sam, you aren't one of those guys who feels that if you're in favor of one plank, you have to support the whole platform, are you? Folks like that sometimes wind up growing funny beards and wearing twee caps simply because they enjoyed a…

Division is spread when ideas can't be shared or argued. If we're going to stop people from talking, we should begin with those who would suppress anyone's speech.

Many actors used to change hairstyles every off season. Or perhaps, the show changed them. It never indicated trauma; it broached fourth wall territory.

No one expects…sorry, hang on a sec…what? Okay…Sorry, I'll get back to you when I get done with this…

Are there other allegations of molestation by women against Allen or should that sentence be reworded?

Thanks for making series possessive by spelling it "series'." I am teaching Language Arts to 5th and 6th grades and the text book indicates that it should be "series's."
In other news, headlines say this makes me psychotic.

My son met Al this summer and the Weird One isn't as friendly as you'd think.

Are you planning a life with her?

Books? We talk about moving pictures and insipid music here, sir. The only books we read that aren't hypermodern fiction are books about moving pictures and insipid music! Shame on you for proceeding as if we care about true literature here.

Steve Harvey has a radio show? Was it called The Rest of the Story?

You, then, would be the person to ask: What makes Bill Murray interesting / likable ?

Does the author understand what it means to "shred" on the guitar?

This one. Definitely ironic, right?

My mind has just been boggled! I was going to ask, "Did anyone who is anyway involved with the AV Club see the part about political correctness being a joke?" Then, I realized that the AV Club wrote this. Has the touchy-feely thing here all been ironic?

He might be considered that but so would Chomsky. He would certainly eclipse any entertainers. If those entertainers were around then, they would not be considered intellectual by those who could afford to purchase and were able to read Darwin. Twain wrote his own material and lectured but was considered a wit…

Darwin wasn't necessarily a public intellectual. And he didn't have ghost-writers. You're comparing apples and orange-flavoured Halloween candies.
Anyone watching a heavily scripted reporter or mock-reporter in television might not understand what is meant by "public intellectual."

Stewart's stand-up wasn't that great but he had a winning personality. Again, though, there's funny and there's intellectual and seldom the twain shall meet. I think the article was referring to intellectuals who discussed important matters. When Stewart and Colbert discuss things, they are limited in what they can…

Colbert's quick within his own realm. Intellectual wouldn't be a good description for him.

Colbert (and Stewart to a much lesser extent) seem intellectual because of their writers. If they had to perform with only their own wits, they would devolve into making funny noises and strange facial expressions.
Public intellectuals (many were much deeper than Mailer) were on the wane in the 70's due to the…

Friends plagiarized Mr Bean