“I’ll do anything Gal [Gadot] asks me to do.” - Kristen Wiig

Nice. Good catch.

As for how this happened, that actually seems to be an interesting story: As the organizers explain it, they received a surprise donation at the last minute so the event could hire this singer (who everyone now agrees was Sacha Baron Cohen), set up sound equipment, and pay for security.

I did not.

Won’t someone show some sympathy for those angels? They get a bad rap.

I’m assuming that he didn’t give them actual money, but “gave them a donation” by hiring “security” for them.

I totally missed that. He was such an unimportant character before this last season to me, that I must have forgotten what he looked like between seasons.

Of course we should be hiring people of color for all sorts of roles and jobs. But if we can’t even hire them for roles portraying people within their demographics, we’re never going to get to the point where we truly have equality of opportunity. It’s like Scarlett Johansson starring in Ghost in the Shell. As an…

“Colorblind hiring” doesn’t work. Because none of us are actually colorblind and we can’t just shut off the part of our brain that sees differences in people. Businesses that attempt to hire without considering race or gender usually end up with more people who look like whoever’s doing the hiring anyway because human…

Sure. There are underlying reasons why Last Week Tonight is better, but it’s still better and I’m glad that we have it now.

I haven’t seen Problem Areas. Would you recommend it? As I said in another comment, I think there’s still value in educating people about issues they may not have been aware of even if you’re largely preaching to the choir.

True. They do seem to take a hiatus more often and for longer than a lot of similar shows. The perks of being on pay cable I suppose.

I agree that they’re mostly preaching to the choir, but even those of us in the choir need to be better educated. There’s a lot of systemic injustice out there and I know that I’m not as well-versed in a lot of those injustices as I should be. Some of them may have even escaped my notice altogether. The episode on…

I suppose that’s true. My only counter would be to question how much of what a person got from a week’s worth of The Daily Show is actually going to change that person’s point-of-view or stick with them after that week is over? Learning that “Haha, these politician did these dumb things” is a lot less meaningful even…

Absolutely. Being on HBO as opposed to Comedy Central helps as well I’m sure. But the point still stands that it’s a better, more useful show.

You think? I feel like Stewart did silly voices more than Oliver does. The very article we’re commenting on mentions one of them.

The idea that Bolton can now claim that the impeachment failed because Democrats in the House had a scope that was too narrow when Republicans were complaining constantly at the time that it was just a partisan witch hunt trying to throw stuff at the way to see what would sick is so completely shameless.

I liked the Stewart-era Daily Show a lot, but Last Week Tonight is a better show. It’s actually educational rather than just being a Weekend Update snarkfest. Though Stewart’s interviews with newsmakers and politicians, after 9/11 caused him to get more serious and push to have guests who weren’t promoting a movie,…

Gotcha. I figured it was probably him.

Interesting. Which DCEU actor did the cameo? I don’t think I heard about that one.