Last Week Tonight - April 9, 2017

Exactly this.

I spent the entirety of "Lit Bits" dumbfounded as I had no idea what any of the questions or answers meant. Was I missing some arcane knowledge about the category or did they happen to pick 5 questions I just happened to be ignorant about?

J6:
"____ & Faith"
A: Who is Hope?

One of the Columbine shooters.

Today in "insultingly easy J6 clues":
5-"H": It's the traditional covering for the head worn by Muslim women
Lit Bits: He wrote "Cannery Row"
Entertaining Occupations: In Barry Manilow's "Copacabana," Lola was one of these
Common Bonds: Johnny, sponge, pound
The Explorers Club: In 2012 this film director traveled down to…

I'll vote for "Doubt" as well, just because it's Katherine Heigl.

Today in "what the IMDb thinks they're best known for":
Hugh M. Hefner: Self, The House Bunny
Jackie Evancho: Self, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Paul Robeson: Soundtrack, Pride
Eric Harris: It was literally blank.

This last week in Sillstaw’s entertainment:

Going to see "Your Name" at my local theater. Thankfully, I get off work tomorrow (yes, I'm one of those poor bastards who has to work Saturdays) about two hours before the first showing that's subtitled rather than dubbed. The funny thing is that I'm not much of an anime guy (I find a lot of the time, they tend to…

Given the news stories about how expensive the show was, I wouldn't be surprised if splitting it in half was some way of trying to recoup some of their investment somehow. It escapes me how that would work, but it's my theory.

I wish they'd gone with this real example, from a review of a Peter Ustinov documentary:
"highlights of his global tour include encounters with Nelson Mandela, an 800-year-old demigod and a dildo collector".

It's been a while since I saw the movie. And I couldn't think of any other "joker" characters.

Yep. That's why I asked if someone on the Jeopardy staff had a crush on her. (Not that such a thing wouldn't be understandable.)

If IMDb is anything to go by, she started in porn in 2008 and only did "Ten Inch Mutant Ninja Turtles: The XXX Parody" in 2016.

Today in "what the IMDb thinks they're best known for":
Patricia Arquette: Medium
Kane Hodder: Stunts, Se7en
Biz Markie: Self, 1st Amendment Stand Up

Today in "what the IMDb thinks they're best known for":
Jackie Chan: Producer, Jackie Chan Adventures
Ted Kotcheff: Producer, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Billie Holiday: Soundtrack, Schindler's List

Woody Allen in "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)."

Today in Arizona: The Senate decided to fuck over public schools some more by approving vouchers for private schools. They're essentially giving tax money to private schools at the expense of the public schools who actually need the money. (My area's Senator apparently said he wouldn't be voting yes, then went ahead…

Hey, Maresha, don't sound too excited to be answering.