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The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart had a bit of fun with the wise and beautiful people that curate his show’s segments on their websites, mocking headlines that claim he eviscerates, destroys, obliterates, and crushes things. The Daily Show/Comedy Central “We demolished. Crushed. We annihilated things,” Stewart joked. “I can remember one night even the Hulk…
On September 12, 2000, Jon Stewart started The Daily Show’s Headlines segment with the following joke: “The GOP accused of using subliminal advertising. Bush says, ‘Why would we advertise underwater?’” After a run of jokes about then-candidate George W. Bush, Stewart chuckles, “He’s making it so easy.” Laughs were easy in the late summer of…
Jon Stewart had one final message for Fox News on Monday night’s “The Daily Show”: “Adios motherf*ckers!” With still three shows (including the hour-long finale) remaining, Stewart couldn’t help himself from issuing a premature goodbye to the conservative news network — while the display behind him became engulfed in flames. There’s a good reason Stewart is…
On Friday, the Disney Channel premiered Descendants, a TV movie about the children of Disney heroes and villains. No surprise, it is basically a mix of Once Upon a Time and High School Musical. Sober, it is a rough sit. Drunk? It is a delight. Spoilers… Here’s how the plot works: After they got married,…
Image: FOX By Laura Vitto2015-07-29 11:00:49 -0400 Way back in 2000, a Donald Trump presidency was still a joke. Just ask The Simpsons.In the Season 11 episode “Bart to the Future,” future President Lisa Simpson and Secretary Van Houten — or, rather, adult Milhouse — discuss the debt crisis former President Trump left. View post…
Actor Derek Luke‘s online followers became concerned with the race of his wife recently, and he’s not having it. Luke, 41, addressed the issue via Instagram after he noticed some comments on one of his social media accounts concerned with the fact that his wife is not Black. He has been married to actress Sophia Adella…
Sonic the Hedgehog’s current animated series, Sonic Boom, ventured into bizarre territory for about three seconds during an episode that aired in the U.S. this week. A brief live-action moment in the otherwise computer-animated cartoon is either a just a pretty good gag… or a shocking reveal about the strange nature of the Cartoon Network show….
When I see news of a black boy being shot dead by police on a playground because he was holding a plastic gun; or a black woman being pushed to the ground with a knee at her neck, then ending up dead while in police custody, I’m not wondering whether a white girl in Arizona…
▶ DayMan V NightMan: Dawn of Troll Toll – YouTube.
Sometimes things in pop culture align perfectly. Whether it’s synching up Pink Floyd’s “Echoes” with the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey, or a bunch of anime clips cut to “The Becoming” by Nine Inch Nails, a combination of seemingly disparate elements can come together and perfectly distill both to reveals their true essence. Such…