I like Trevor, but yeah... Sam was the shit and should have Bee(n) the one to follow Jon.

Nobody knew who Trevor Noah was when he was named the new host after Jon Stewart left. He wasn’t a big name comedian yet and he wasn’t connected to the show.
I like Desi a lot in all her correspondent pieces, but I didn’t feel like her stint as host worked as well as Roy’s. I’d still per her in my top 3 or 4 though.   

In general terms perhaps, but I think the situation does become greyer when it comes to the kind of Nanette-eseque “this is My Truth” autobiographical-confessional-didactical strain of stand-up comedy which has become a lot more common of late, where the whole point is that the comedian is supposed to be expounding…

*smirks in Last Week Tonight*

I’d like to see them rotate it somehow. HIGNFY has had a long, long life rotating hosts on a news/current events comedy panel show. It can probably work stateside too.

No. A lot of TV outside of the prime-time scripted arena are covered by a separate contract, the “Network TV Code.” Soaps, variety shows, talk shows, game shows, reality/competition shows, award shows and the like are not affected by the SAG-AFTRA strike. SAG members who do interviews on talk shows would still be…

Aren’t these guys SAG members, and therefore crossing a picket line?

I agree that it’s mutilation, but we should be clear that FGM is way, way, way worse. We’re cutting off foreskins, here, not the equivalent of the entire glans.

If they play guitar, they’re musicians. If they don’t, they’re not. Sorry, I don’t make the rules. 

No snippy messages at Pink concerts?

I tend to be more appreciative of artists who play instruments and write their own material personally, but the idea that someone who creates and records music professionally is not a musician is pretty silly.

Congresscritters don’t give a shit how many companies are part of your lobbying group, just whether or not the check clears.

“I just keep chiseling away.”

Most car dealerships are not Mom and Pop operations any more. They are basically all owned by multimillionaires at this point. I live in Charlotte and am basically forced to deal with buying a car from Rick Hendrick if I want a certain brand. He is a billionaire. Do you think if he has to float 200k it is an issue for…

Tarantino didn’t actually need to put a gang of crooks together to carry out a diamond heist then betray each other to make Reservoir Dogs.

Well, 7th graders are well-known for their trenchant observations about the inappropriate behind-the-scenes activities from film versions of Shakespeare.

So the actress meets this business manager 50+ years after making the movie. He introduces her to a therapist who convinces her she’s been traumatized (sounds a lot like the ones who convinced their kids their parents molested them), hires her a lawyer (who fabricates quotes from his client), tries to find connections…

I’m not going to worry about the dealers. I’m sure somehow they will turn this credit to their advantage to fleece customers

He’s a Michelangelo guy. What do you expect from a party dude?

Illya Kuryakin was far smarter and cooler than Napoleon Solo.