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‘Broad City’ Will Bleep Every Mention of Donald Trump’s Name for Season 4

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‘Broad City’ Will Bleep Every Mention of Donald Trump’s Name for Season 4

According to a recent USA Today interview, Ilana Glazer says that every time they mention Trump’s name in season 4 of Broad City, it’ll be bleeped just like the myriad of graphic language that is flagged by Standards and Practices or like the recurring Unnecessary Censorship segment on Kimmel or even, in a way, be regarded like the name Voldemort.

It wouldn’t be hard to imagine that every mention of Trump’s name on Broad City is probably surrounded with actual expletives as well.

David Mandel Details How Trump Administration Makes Running “Veep” So Much Harder

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Veep showrunner David Mandel talking about having to reconfigure Veep because of the incompetence of Trump and his cronies could be a show by itself a la Talking Dead.

On last night’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, you can see how that would be show worthy as Mandel explains what he has had to do thus far because of Trump’s first 100 days.

Megan Amram Pens an Open Letter from Trump’s Doctor Harold Bornstein

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Megan Amram Pens an Open Letter from Trump’s Doctor Harold Bornstein

Every once in awhile, Megan Amram posts a gem on her Tumblr. This latest work is a send-up of Trump’s doctor that you probably know from pictures of his goofy looking mug, Dr. Harold Bornstein, via a satirical open letter.

Amram writes as Bornstein:

Mr. Trump is not only the healthiest president that has ever served, but also the most handsome. I usually want to kiss President Trump when I see him, but I would never break the doctor-patient trust, so instead I kiss the portrait of him I drew on my little note pad. There have been no presidents that even come close to President Trump in terms of overall health and hotness. Franklin Pierce was pretty hot, but his body wasn’t great. James Garfield was more cute than hot. President Trump is the total package. I know this because of my stethoscope.

Read and enjoy the rest here.

Complaints Have Led FCC to Investigate Stephen Colbert Over Donald Trump (Not Really) Controversial Monologue Joke This Week

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Complaints Have Led FCC to Investigate Stephen Colbert Over Donald Trump (Not Really) Controversial Monologue Joke This Week

By now, you’ve probably caught wind of #FireColbert controversy, which has a certain group of people up in arms against Colbert for this line about Trump:

“…the only thing your mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin’s c— holster.” Watch the whole monologue here.

There have been accusations that the joke is homophobic, which we vehemently disagree with. The joke may be blue, but it hardly comes across as reflecting negatively on the sexual congress of the LGBTQ community. Even with that line taken out of context and transcribed here, the idea that Colbert should be sacked for this is ludicrous and sounds more like cries from people who already hate Colbert and we’re looking for a reason to launch a #FireColbert hashtag.

The new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai commented on the incident, “It’s a free country, and people are willing and able to say anything these days.” Yet, Pai and the FCC have somewhat changed their tune and will now be looking into the joke and whether it falls under “decency rules” in response to a number of complaints that the FCC has gotten about the joke.

We personally weren’t even going to write anything about this because we saw controversy being made where there wasn’t any controversy to be made.

However, Pai (who was promoted to FCC Chairman by Trump after Tom Wheeler stepped down) announcing that they will be officially looking into the monologue, after he was clearly aware of the “situation” and pretty much dismissed it, seems problematic and unnecessary.

Andrew Jackson Visited The President Show and Donald Trump as a Hallucination and Gave a History Lesson

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This segment shows how The President Show can satirize Trump happenings and gaffes beautifully and in a way that other late night shows really can’t do.

So, watch Neil Casey and Anthony Atamanuik as Andrew Jackson and Donald Trump address Trump’s very poor understanding and knowledge of U.S. History displayed this week.

Hasan Minhaj Delivers (and Then Some [and Even More]) as Host of 2017 White House Correspondents’ Dinner

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It was only a year ago that Hasan Minhaj was at a different podium as host of the RTCA Dinner (the “JV nerd prom”?), delivering a set that was both unapologetic in its clever barbs as well as heartfelt in its message.

Most RTCA Dinner hosts don’t get to graduate to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner the very next year. Then again, these are times that are often without precedent.

Hasan Minhaj, as we’ve seen him do time and time again as a stand-up, storyteller, and a correspondent on The Daily Show, dished out his finely detailed jokes last night with a certain brutal grace and was more on point than several WHCD hosts before him. Had this been the Obama Administration, we think Hasan might have not had trouble following him like other comedians have had over the years.

Don’t be surprised if Hasan ends up getting his very own show soon from this performance.

Thus far, Trump has not tweeted about the happenings of the WHCD dinner directly, but we can imagine that it might include something like “Sad!” a few dozen times.

So, for free speech, for free press, for comedy, and for all of our sanity, you now might want to watch and enjoy Hasan at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

Anthony Atamanuik Dissects How to Do His Perfect Trump Impression

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Tightening the face, sharp arm gestures, and Shih Tzus all figure into our favorite impression of Trump as done by the amazing Anthony Atamanuik.

Watch Anthony break it down to Stephen Colbert on The Late Show.

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But as I’ve thought so much more about Trump in the last year, there’s nobody more Trumpy than Selina. In some ways, she has been Trumpy for six seasons. So much of the show is her barging into things headfirst, saying the wrong thing, screwing up, getting caught, lying about it. If that’s not Trump, I don’t know what is. Everyone keeps asking, “Well, how has Trump changed things?” Trump, in a weird way, is sort of doing us. We’re not doing him.

David Mandel, Veep Showrunner in Guest Column for THR

With Trump Planning to Be Absent, Hasan Minhaj Will Host This Year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner

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With Trump Planning to Be Absent, Hasan Minhaj Will Host This Year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner

We love that Hasan Minhaj will be the host for this year’s White House Correspondents Dinner. Not only is he a great Daily Show correspondent, but he hosted last year’s RTCA Dinner and took no prisoners with both his jokes and his message.

Even though Trump isn’t attending, Hasan will very likely make the most of the evening and, perhaps, a very historic roast of what might be one of the most despised Presidents in U.S. History.

The 2017 White House Correspondents Dinner is set for April 29th.

Louis C.K. Shares His “New” Thoughts on Trump

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Louis C.K. has now realized that Trump is just a normal lowlife liar as opposed to Hitler, whom he made an original comparison in an e-mail to his mailing list.

Watch him explain it during last night’s Colbert.

The Onion and Colbert Going Live After Trump’s First Address to Congress

February 28, 2017

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Tonight, President Trump will address Congress for the first time and as Trump appearing on anything is as unpredictable as a sporting event, there will be live commentary.

Specifically, there will be:

The Onion Presents Trump’s Address to Congress 6PM PST on Fusion
A special live edition of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 11:35PM

So, you’ll have in-game color commentary as well as post-game wrap-up of what’s very likely be a bunch of things that Trump will say that make you bury your face in your hands while sighing heavily and cursing.

Jon Stewart Pops in at Late Show to Give Some Tough Love to the Media Over “Break-Up with Trump”

February 28, 2017

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Apparently, Jon Stewart misses being behind the desk. Thus, he came from underneath the desk and shared some words of wisdom with the media in what he calls a break-up in contrast to the “war” that Bannon paints in regards to Trump and the media.

Luckily, he probably can pop in almost any show of the Daily Show alums.

Also, don’t forget that Jon is supposed to have an animated HBO show coming sometime this year.

President Trump Will Break Tradition and ‘Chicken Out’ of the White House Correspondents Dinner

February 26, 2017

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Let’s be honest though– he’ll probably watch the hell out of it and live tweet it too.

Though Trump is breaking yet another POTUS tradition, the announcement that he’ll not be attending the annual White House Correspondents Dinner (that’s effectively a presidential roast) comes with little surprise.

Dozens and dozens of times, President Trump has demonstrated that he can’t stand the parody and satire done of him. On top of that, Trump’s war on the mainstream media, including the recent ‘gaggle’ on the NY Times, Politico, BuzzFeed, CNN, and others, and kicking off his 2020 reelection campaign paints Trump as someone who can’t handle criticism at almost any level.

Unfortunately, the criticism probably isn’t going to stop and, in turn, his whining as being depicted as an awful president probably won’t stop either. Even if his approval ratings reached new lows (they already have by the way) or he got impeached, we’d bet that Trump would never admit that he did what could be described as a “bad job”.

Teddy Roosevelt said it best regarding this matter: “To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American Public.”

Again, it’s not shocking that he won’t be going to the WHCD, but it’s still regrettable.

He could do a sliver of good for his image if he sat down and took the scorching jokes that he deserves right on the chin just like President George W. Bush did when Stephen Colbert hosted the WHCD back in 2006.

White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders remarked on Trump not attending the event, “I think its kind of naïve of us to think that we can all walk into a room for a couple of hours and pretend that some of that tension isn’t there,” she continued. “One of the things we say in the South, if a Girl Scout egged your house, would you buy cookies from her? I think this is a pretty similar scenario.”

Unlike the Girl Scouts of America, being the President of the America comes with the territory of millions of people hating you in some way, shape or form every single day (even if you’re a well liked Commander in Chief).

One should note that The White House Correspondents Dinner has a secondary function of exhibiting and celebrating the importance of freedom of speech and a free press, as guaranteed in our Constitution. The President attending, no matter if they’re popular or not, is a renewed vote of confidence in those sacred ideals.

With no President there, it would seem that Trump doesn’t really think such things matter that much.

Conan O’Brien Sees if Mexicans Are Willing to Give Donations to Build Trump’s Border Wall

February 24, 2017

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For Conan O’Brien’s upcoming “Conan Without Borders: Made in Mexico”, one of Conan’s brilliant segments will be going around to see if the people of Mexico are really going to pay for the border wall that Trump promised.

Watch to see how much, if any, money Conan collected for that “big, beautiful” wall. (spoiler alert: he doesn’t get any money, but what Mexicans offer up to Trump is pretty great.)

This very special episode of Conan premieres on Wednesday, March 1st at 10PM on TBS.

Last Week Tonight Returns to 2017 to Examine Trump’s War with Truth and Buys Ads on Morning Cable News to Keep Him Informed

February 13, 2017

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Trump was not yet President since John Oliver and his Last Week Tonight team went on hiatus.

Now that we are on the other side and Trump is actually POTUS, it’s just a bit relieving to see that Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is also still here and doing the work that has gotten them so much well-deserved praise.

For their latest segment, they have to take on ‘you know who’ and not only do an exquisite job breaking down Trump’s constant battle against truth and offering up a direction to move forward, but they bought ads on the morning cable news shows that Trump watches in hopes that he might learn a real thing or two.

Full Frontal’s Amy Hoggart Tells Stories of the Scottish That Have Successfully Stood Up to Trump

February 9, 2017

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If you’re looking for your feel good story of the day, look no further than Amy Hoggart’s report for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on a handful of Scottish people who have defied Trump’s golf course in Scotland.

In addition to gleaning lessons for future resistance to unjust Trump Administration policies, you also get to see a bunch of Scots curse the hell out of Trump.

It’s pretty damn satisfying all around.

February 6, 2017

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Over five days last week, each executive order related to a story we’ve done in the past three years,” Oliver said Monday during a roundtable with journalists to promote the fourth season of the show, which bows Sunday. He called it a “depressing exercise” for his producers to re-tweet links to stories on the fate of Iraqi military translators, the immigrant visa application process, and financial industry rules governing retirement and investment programs (“wave goodbye to it as it sails away in the distance”), among other topics.

John Oliver on Trump Administration (via Variety)

Here’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver YouTube page which features all of their deep dive pieces in case you want a comedic refresher of much of what’s at stake right now.

Also, take a deep breath, and realize that Last Week Tonight finally returns this Sunday.

Jon Stewart Reveals Trump’s Next Set of “Executive Orders” on Colbert

February 1, 2017

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Jon Stewart also made his latest appearance on Colbert by taking some fashion cues from the new POTUS taking note of how Trump doesn’t know how to wear a tie correctly.

Oh, this is probably a good time to remember that Stewart still has something brewing at HBO for this year.

January 20, 2017

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In general I’m interested in seeing if the Trump presidency will be shocking enough to finally see the emergence of comedy that is politically dangerous and appropriately disrespectful of power, like the situation demands, and like we really needed all along.

I’m looking forward to mainstream television continuing its decline, to the point where publicist-driven celebrity non-satire is ignored in favor of the more dangerous stuff we’re seeing in live comedy (and some podcasts like Chapo Trap House), and where this underground culture could very well overtake the official televised culture that has failed so thoroughly to matter.

James Adomian in Brightest Young Thing’s 2017 Will Be Funny Article

And Now, For a Special Inauguration Day Episode of Hack Into Broad City

January 20, 2017

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As this latest webisode of Hack Into Broad City shows, Abbi and Ilana have made it through the inauguration and we’re all still here.

There’s a pretty great, searing rant of the Trump inauguration there too.

Also, by the way, new Broad City will be coming this year.

January 16, 2017

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After a long absence, The Twilight Zone returns with one of the most ambitious, expensive and controversial productions in broadcast history. Sci-fi writers have dabbled often with alternative history stories – among the most common is the “What If The Nazis Had Won The Second World War” setting – but this huge interactive virtual reality project, which will unfold on TV, in the press, and on Twitter over the next four years, sets out to build an ongoing alternative present. The story begins in a nightmarish version of 2017 in which huge sections of the US electorate have somehow been duped into voting to make Donald Trump president. It sounds far-fetched, and it is, but as it goes on it becomes more and more chillingly plausible. Today’s feature-length opener concentrates on the gaudy inauguration of President Trump, and the stirrings of protest and despair surrounding the ceremony, while pundits speculate gravely on what lies ahead. It’s a flawed piece, but a disturbing glimpse of the horrors we could stumble into, if we’re not careful.

Damien Love’s TV Highlights describing Trump’s Inauguration in Scotland’s The Herald

Andrés du Bouchet Plays a Recently Defected Kompromat on Conan

January 13, 2017

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Breaking the fourth wall, rolling with whatever comes along, clever ridiculousness, and Andrés du Bouchet are just some of the reasons why some of best late night sketches are on Conan.

Watch du Bouchet’s latest turn as a recently defected Russian ‘kompromat’ (state sponsored blackmailer) here.

Please Enjoy Emily Heller’s Latest Conan Set

January 10, 2017

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We’d wager that you will probably not ever hear a better joke that includes Trump and Air Bud and you have the brilliant Emily Heller to thank for that.

Watch her whole set from last night’s Conan here.

Obama’s Anger Translator Gets in Final Words on Trump Becoming President

January 6, 2017

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Keegan Michael-Key and Jordan Peele team up once more for their Obama and Anger Translator Luther sketch that just might sum up how you’re feeling with less than two weeks before Trump’s inauguration. It actually might sum up your feelings more loudly than you could have imagined.

Here’s a Live Version of Fiona Apple’s Trump-ed Version of The Christmas Song

December 19, 2016

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Earlier this month, renowned singer-songwriter Fiona Apple did her own version of the classic holiday tune, The Christmas Song, with a bit of a zeitgeist-y twist.

The satirical, Trump inspired version of the song that give a ‘darkest timeline’ vibe to the normally heartwarming song went viral, almost a forgone conclusion of a Fiona Apple anti-Trump holiday parody.

Apple has been performing the song live and in this recent performance gives a bit of extra bite to the changed lyrics.

We really have a feeling this song might get more play even beyond Christmas over the next few years.