I actually don’t agree with this at all. There are a huge number of minorities / women / non-straight wealthy white guys who are completely apolitical. A lot of the poorest people I knew growing up aren’t even a little interested in politics, even now. They keep their heads down and try to do as best they can.

Oh, I don’t think MIB is secure at all in his career or social standing. I think that’s why he acts the way he does on Twitter. I think his career is teetering on the precipice, and has been for awhile. Would anyone be talking about him today if he wasn’t inflammatory on Twitter?

The general impression I get of MIB is that he would do literally anything for the right amount of money.

Singing with Farley was his last-ever appearance on SNL as a cast member, though he did come back to host once.

In 1997, I was at Tulane, and Jerry Springer was the grand marshal for homecoming (he’s an alum). I got to interview him for the school paper. The guy could not have been nicer. A couple of years later, the paper got a call from a political operative, asking if we knew anyone who might be interested in spending the…

He was a college-radio DJ in the early ‘60s and claims to have read the news of JFK’s assassination on-air.