Trevor Noah's recap of Donald Trump's campaign style rally in Phoenix, Arizona this past weekend is a must watch. Noah expertly skewered the president for doing exactly what he accuses the mainstream media of doing -- selectively quoting himself.  “Although Trump’s rally was an ...read more

Alec Baldwin, Kate McKinnon and Melissa McCarthy are absolutely heroes during this otherwise dark ride through American history. Their impressions of both Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway and Sean Spicer on Saturday Night Live are so scathingly accurate, while also endlessly ...read more

(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images) Several years ago I was lucky enough to be invited to the legendary Friars Club in New York City as a guest for its roast of ex-Star Trek star and current professional kitschy gay man George Takei. By now just about ...read more

The Colbert Report is over, and the reign of The Nightly Show has begun. Unlike many of Colbert's fans, I'm very happy that Comedy Central's  11:30 p.m. timeslot now features Larry Wilmore. Here's why. The Colbert persona never really resonated with me, for a few reasons. I'm ...read more

For fans of The Daily Show who have been wondering how they would be spending their late nights after Stephen Colbert shuffled off to CBS, the wait was finally over Monday night. The debut of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (they missed an opportunity by not calling it The ...read more

By Chez Pazienza: There are a few subjects that I feel like I've written about so often that when they inevitably come up again, I'm at a loss to say anything about them that I haven't said before. It's one of the occupational hazards of blogging steadily for six years: You ...read more