Counterpoint: They are celebrities. Everything they do attracts a measure of attention. Sometimes people pay them for that attention and those are called commercials. Sometimes you invest your own celebrity capital on your own dime to create awareness, ostensibly in the service of charity toward people who definitely…

Absolutely. This is a Very Serious matter, and it should be treated with all the attendance Gravity and Moroseness it demands. We need to rub our noses in the Profound Suffering involved, and make no attempt to lighten up this Deeply Grave and Horrible Tragedy so we can fully commit to the Unrelenting Misery of…

Even Joe Piscopo got to star in a couple of movies, even one directed by Brian De Palma (Wise Guys), sandwiched right between Scarface and The Untouchables.

First off, in what universe would Melanie Hutsell, Laraine Newman, or Brad Hall be considered “standout performers?” The others on your list at least had a character or two that broke through, but I’d say every single one of them had a better career than Darrell Hammond: Chris Kattan got his own starring vehicle…

Cameron didn’t walk back anything by referring to Wonder Woman as “a good film,” both because he said that when he originally made these comments, but more to the point because he isn’t criticizing the movie, he’s criticizing the response to the movie.

This reminds me of when he lost the Colonel Sanders gig for KFC. He went public saying that originally they had told him they were going to build the campaign around him and only him as The Colonel, and then recast him almost immediately, changing their story to how it was always the plan to bring in an assortment of…

1) Um, no. What does that have to do with anything I said?

So what if he didn’t have power, money, and influence? What if he was the basement-bound loser he was otherwise destined to be if he hadn’t won the internet lottery and broken through to an audience? What if instead he just showed up Comic-Con and the like and got grabby with women there? Is he still a “predator”?…

“How does the joke function without homophobia behind it?”

“It was clearly intended as a joke, but the idea of someone becoming gay from a TV show is also pretty homophobic.”

“Predator”? Come on, look at the guy. He’s a Fat Internet Loser, for crying out loud. He’s no predator; he’s a skeevy, creepy dude who probably thinks this sort of thing is funny, and if he gets to touch a boobie or a heinie once a while, that’s a bonus for him. A short time ago this is a person who would be avoided…

Hey, it’s not merely interesting, it’s “wonderful,” “great,” contains “real artistry,” and is something “anyone with good sense [would put] on repeat for the rest of the day.”

Satellite: a device designed to be launched into orbit around the earth, another planet, the sun, etc.

Hmm, Sean Hannity vapes and drinks water while his pre-taped segments are running. You know, there was this guy I used to work with who vaped and drank water during his breaks. I had no idea he was a Nazi sympathizer. I should probably go punch him or something.

Well, Trump supporters are largely unreachable for myriad reasons. If presented with this context as an excuse, I would tell them it couldn’t matter any less who its target was. It’s like throwing a grenade to kill one guy and taking out the other 100 people in the room. When you dismissively say “I like the ones who…

“Colin Kaepernick in a widely quoted interview had apparently claimed that the he was bigger than God, and was reported to have gone on to say that God had never been to a Superbowl”

I too will be burning my NFL merchandise, using my Beatle records as kindling.

I think it was Max Kellerman I heard saying that it’s not the players politicizing football by not standing for the anthem, it’s the NFL politicizing football for having the anthem open every single game. We don’t do this for other entertainments. I don’t think the circus opens with the anthem. Or the opera. I suppose…

If you press anyone who claims to be terribly offended by those who kneel for the anthem, it’s because the flag stands for the ideals of our nation which people have fought and died for, and failing to stand is essentially like spitting in the face of those who sacrificed themselves for their country. Which is kind of…

I was always pretty sure that Changes was a terrible song, and I say this as a fan of early Black Sabbath. It turns out I was very wrong; it just needed a plaintive soul version and a very talented, emotive performer to reveal its greatness.