One of the all-time great comedies is the 1980 film Airplane!. Its creators gave an interview about how they wrote the script and managed to get a major studio to back the film, especially the idea of using actors such as Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Pater Graves, and Leslie Nielsen, known for playing dramatic roles, to play parts that would have normally gone to comedians.
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We are at the stage where the two leading Republicans are Donald Trump and Ted Cruz who lead the polls but also have high negatives. If these two are the only ones left standing after the early primaries, then party members, especially those in the establishment, will be forced to choose between two candidates they detest. The New York Times, as befits a paper that serves as the mouthpiece for the establishment, has editorially slammed both of them and endorsed John Kasich (and Hillary Clinton on the Democratic side), not that the Republican party base will care what the paper thinks and will actually see it as an endorsement of Trump and Cruz.
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At the last Republican debate, both Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz were shown clips of their previous statements that directly contradicted their claims about their stances on immigration. Were they fazed by this? Not at all. Republicans have learned that these days, all that matters is the ability to look directly at the camera and say whatever the hell you want with a straight face. If you can do that, your fans will stay with you. ‘Never back down, never apologize’ has become their mantra.
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It has been over six months since the US Supreme Court ruled that bans on same-sex marriage were unconstitutional, outraging opponents who warned us that we were willfully thwarting god’s will and inviting horrendous punishments to be inflicted upon us.
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Sarah Palin is Baphomet’s gift to comedians who can mine an endless source of material from her rambling utterances.
Those who try and change racist symbols and names like that of the Washington football team immediately come right up against that brick wall of the ‘It’s our tradition and as long as we think its not racist, it can’t be racist’ argument. I cannot afford to laugh at such ridiculous arguments because the people of Cleveland use that same argument to defend the racist Chief Wahoo baseball logo.
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He is delighted with her re-entrance to the political limelight and points out that like all revival acts, she hauled out her greatest hits in her endorsement of Donald Trump. He then does a dead-on impression of her speaking style.
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Seth Myers points out yet another example of what is well known. There is absolutely nothing that president Obama can do, short of eliminating all government regulations and all taxes for those earning over $250,000, that will not be childishly criticized by the Republicans.
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This year’s nominations for the Academy Awards have been criticized for their lack of diversity despite the existence of worthy contenders. Even the president of the Academy expressed disappointment. Roy Wood Jr. reveals to Trevor Noah why it is so hard for black people to get even nominated and what they should do to get greater recognition.
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