WARNING: Some cussing, foul language, and poor Hamilton Morris gets it!
Mermaid Island LIVE @ Knucklehead Hollywood, California
(Blur's Dream) KNUCKLEHEAD HOLLYWOOD. I brought my Sony A7R IV to Knucklehead Hollywood to document this up-and-coming punk rock ensemble. The bill consisted of M-16, Spunk, Mermaid Island, and Spray Allen. The energy at this show was wild. Shoutout to the Latex Vixens for dancing during the live sets. I had a ton of fun, and the bands played super dope music! Apologies to M-16 for not filming the first half of the set. Go check out Mermaid Island.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is back, but New York Times reporter Adam Liptak and former Washington Post editor Martin Baron say the Trump administration is using federal power to control speech and [stifle] the press.
TERRY GROSS, HOST:
This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Jimmy Kimmel and his show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" returned to ABC last night after he was suspended indefinitely a week ago. The story of his suspension and return has implications beyond Kimmel, pertaining to conglomerate ownership of broadcast networks and news publications, the First Amendment and freedom of the press, the FCC and Pres. Trump. Here to talk about the larger story are [journalists] Marty Baron and Adam Liptak.
Baron was the editor of The Washington Post from 2013 until his retirement in 2021. During most of his tenure, The Post was owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Baron's memoir about that time is titled Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and the Washington Post. He was previously the editor of The Boston Globe. In the movie Spotlight, a drama based on The Globe's investigation, revealing sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, Baron was portrayed by Liev Schreiber.
Adam Liptak covers the courts and legal issues for The New York Times. Before joining the Times' news staff, he practiced law for 14 years, concentrating on First Amendment issues, including in The New York Times Company's corporate legal department. Let's start with a clip from Jimmy Kimmel's monologue last night.
(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!")
JIMMY KIMMEL: I've been hearing a lot about what I need to say and do tonight, and the truth is, I don't think what I have to say is going to make much of a difference. If you like me, you like me. If you don't, you don't. I have no illusions about changing anyone's mind. But I do want to make something clear because it's important to me as a human, and that is you understand that it was never my intention to make light of the murder (CRYING) of a young man. I don't...
(APPLAUSE)
KIMMEL: ...I don't think there's anything funny about it. I posted a message on Instagram on the day he was killed, sending love to his family and asking for compassion, and I meant it. And I still do. Nor was it my intention to blame any specific group for the actions of what -- it was obviously a deeply disturbed individual. That was really the opposite of the point I was trying to make. But I understand that to some that felt either ill-timed or unclear, or maybe both.
And for those who think I did point a finger, I get why you're upset. If the situation was reversed, there's a good chance I'd have felt the same way. I have many friends and family members on the other side who I love and remain close to, even though we don't agree on politics at all. I don't think the murderer who shot Charlie Kirk represents anyone. This was a sick person who believed violence was a solution, and it isn't. It - ever. And also selfishly...
(APPLAUSE)
KIMMEL: ...I am a person who gets a lot of threats. I get many ugly and scary threats against my life, my wife, my kids, my coworkers because of what I choose to say. And I know those threats don't come from the kind of people on the right who I know and love. So that's what I wanted to say on that subject. But I don't want to make this about me because - and I know this is what people say when they make things about them.
(LAUGHTER)
KIMMEL: But I really don't. This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this.
KIMMEL: I've had the opportunity to meet and spend time with comedians and talk show hosts from countries like Russia, countries in the Middle East, who tell me they would get thrown in prison for making fun of those in power, and worse than being thrown in prison. They know how lucky we are here. Our freedom to speak is what they admire most about this country. And that's something I'm embarrassed to say I took for granted until they pulled my friend Stephen [Colbert] off the air and tried to coerce the affiliates who run our show in the cities that you live in to take my show off the air. That's not legal. That's not American. That is un-American. And it is so dangerous.
(CHEERING)
I am the King of the USA!
GROSS: All right, so that was an excerpt of last night's monologue by Jimmy Kimmel. Kimmel went on to praise Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, for forgiving her husband's assassin. And he added while tearing up...
(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!") KIMMEL: There it was. That's it, a selfless act of grace, forgiveness from a grieving widow. (Crying) And it touched me deeply. And I hope it...
(APPLAUSE)
KIMMEL: ...It touches many. And if there's anything we should take from this tragedy to carry forward, I hope it can be that, and not this.
GROSS: So, Marty Baron, Adam Liptak, welcome to FRESH AIR. What was your reaction to last night's monologue?
MARTY BARON: Well, it was very moving, very emotional and, I think, very effective. I really think that this could end up being an extraordinarily important moment in the history of the country. And you know, I think back to the 1950s, actually. It recalled for me the Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954, when Joseph Welch was representing the U.S. Army. He told Senator Joseph McCarthy, have you no decency, sir? And that really proved to be a turning point when the country turned against McCarthy and his incredibly malicious behavior.
So, you know, now we live in a time where - era where performative behavior is rewarded. It's all about spectacle. You know, we have a president who really revels in showmanship. So maybe what we need is a different spectacle in this instance, from an entertainer like Jimmy Kimmel, really, as a counterweight, as a corrective, because the standard forms of argument just aren't as effective as they once were. So I thought it was highly effective and effective in a way that traditional debate hasn't been.
ADAM LIPTAK: I agree with Marty. It was, among other things, a robust defense of free speech in the sense that you don't have to agree with what Jimmy Kimmel was saying, although it's hard to disagree with much of what he said because it was so moving. But what free speech requires is that you hear him out and you consider it, and you don't try to stifle it or censor it. That said, my viewing of this was a little frustrating because I live in Washington, D.C., and I learned last night, as I tried to watch Jimmy Kimmel, that the local ABC affiliate is owned by Sinclair, and they had chosen not to air it. And while it appeared on YouTube soon enough, this is not an unalloyed victory. In much of the country, Kimmel remains unavailable, and this fight is not over.
GROSS: Yeah. I think that between Sinclair and Nexstar, they own about 20% of the ABC affiliates.
BARON: Yeah, I think they...
GROSS: They own 70 stations, and I think it's like 20% of...
(Access Hollywood) Sept. 4, 2025: The fourth episode of “South Park” Season 27 highlights the Labubu [aka demonicPazuzu] doll craze while continuing to focus on P-Diddy Trump.
In the latest episode (shown on Comedy Central, which aired Sept. 3rd, and is now on Paramount+), Fox News questions the 47th president’s sexual relationship with [a possibly underage] Satan as they note that Mrs. Melania Trump has been away in New York City, asking the diseased and decrepit 79-year-old Diddler Trump directly if he and Satan are sleeping together.
As the Fox News hosts speculate what is going on between them and how their gay romance works, they also praise the pairing.
At one point, a miniature Vice Pres. JD Vance appears at the White House with Satan, who reveals that he is struggling with the relationship but is holding on to a big secret.
Simultaneously, Butters and other South Park students are buying Labubus, which are only going up in price due to Trump's tax-raising tariffs. At the end of the episode, Satan reveals he’s pregnant with Trump’s baby, leading to overjoyed reactions from Fox News.
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - Trump's press conference with Satan
01:28 - Fox News asks if Trump is sleeping with Satan
02:24 - J.D. Vance talks with Satan
03:31 - The Labubu Satanic ritual
04:17 - Satan reveals he's pregnant
06:05 - How the White House has responded to South Park
Pazuzu is real and lives on via Labubu craze (British Museum)
WARNING: Bad words used for attempted comedic effect to play on cable (HBO), funny but foul!
Deep-Sea Mining: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
(LastWeekTonight) June 13, 2024: John Oliver discusses deep-sea mining, whether or not it’s worth doing, and which undersea creature he most wants to kill and devour.
Connect with Last Week Tonight online...on YouTube for more almost news as it almost happens, on Facebook like your mom would, on Twitter for news about jokes and jokes about news, or visit official site for all that other stuff at once: hbo.com/lastweektonight
Editors, Wisdom Quarterly: How is Saturday Night Live still a going concern? SNL survives!
Museum of Hip-Hop Panel: SNL
(Saturday Night Live) 11/11/23: A host (Ego Nwodim) moderates a panel on hip-hop featuring Mary J. Blige (Punkie Johnson), Rick Rubin (James Austin Johnson), Dr. Cornel West (Kenan Thompson) and Smoke Chedda Da Ass Getta (Timothée Chalamet). #SNL49#TimothéeChalamet#boygenius
Chinese Australian Jenny Tian, 11/17/23; CC Liu, Crystal Quintero (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
WARNING: Adult themes, dating, being single, love, sex, virginity, parents, cussing, profanity, race!
Being Asian
Show Jenny Tian: Picture This - full comedy special
(Jenny Tian) Premiered Nov. 17, 2023: It's my very first comedy special! Picture This is filled with jokes, drawings, and three very funny and completely true tales of betrayal.
00:00 - 01:09 Intro
01:10 - 03:10 Drawings - Tits
03:11-04:24 Getting Drunk
04:25-08:28 Being Asian
08:29-16:46 The Betrayal of Culture
16:47-17:29 Drawings - Guessing Commonalities
17:30-25:34 Dating
25:35-32:19 The Betrayal of Love
32:20-34:22 Drawings - The Most Beautiful View
34:23-35:30 BJJ
35:31-37:18 Being a Naughty Girl
37:19-39:05 Worst Video Interview
39:06-41:16 Marriage
41:16-51:20 The Betrayal of Friendship
51:21-52:09 CEOs
52:10-52:49 Credits
Enjoy it. :) And if you do, share it with your mates. The special is free, so if you want to support me, I've got merch available: sound-merch.com.au/collection...
(Netflix Is A Joke) Nov. 23, 2022. Kevin Hart, Gabriel Iglesias, Amy Schumer, Cedric the Entertainer, and others dunk on that inscrutable Gen Z. Will those "kids" never learn? It won't matter. Z2 is already on its way. Subscribe.
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(Laugh Up Club) Bill Burr is bad, doing stand up that can be interpreted as sexist and full of profanity and vulgar expletives. It may be funny, but who's laughing and why? How has this form of humor survived our woke and politically correct era? Who know, but thank goodness it has.
WARNING: Strong language! Not suitable for most people!
(Dystopian Space Saga) As a woman I can tell he [Bill Burr] still loves, appreciates, and respects women despite his complaints. He just acknowledges women are flawed and society is unfair but is an equalist who points out the hypocrisies and double standards. No incel misogynist with a podcast vibes from him despite also having a podcast. But to be fair I’ve listened to his podcast for years and love his relationship with his wife the lovely Nia and how he just adores his daughter.
Insane Clown Posse is a phemom with legs. Every year in troubled Ohio, drug enthusiasts gather for sex, drugs, and rap 'n roll. Violent J and Company really appreciate the chemical alterations and their gathering of "family" members, whippets, weed, dab, tar, shatter, meth, alcohol of all kinds, coke and, of course, fentanyl. It's the underbelly of American culture. Sea Bass from The Woody Show (98.7 FM Los Angeles) was there.
THE SECRET GENIUS OF INSANE CLOWN POSSE
(The Punk Rock MBA, 7/28/22) What is the secret genius of Insane Clown Posse aka ICP? * Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope's early years with Insane Clown Posse and origins of the Dark Carnival * The lyrics to Insane Clown Posse songs like "Hall of Mirrors" and "Riddle Box" * Their beef with Disney/Hollywood Records on "The Great Milenko" * The Gathering of the Juggalos and Psychopathic Records.
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Indian guru tries to convince Gordon Ramsay to be vegetarian | Gordon's Great Escape
(Food Network UK, March 27, 2020) TV Chef Gordon Ramsay goes to an ashram in southern India to try out vegetarian food made by a guru [or the guru's spiritual-business organization, temple, cult]. Do you think Chef Ramsay will be convinced that it's better to have a vegetarian diet than the carnivorous one he's been feeding off of for many years?
25 Family Guy deleted scenes that were too much for TV
(Screen Rant) Family Guy is one of the edgiest shows on American television, but these deleted scenes step over the line!
Family Guy is one of those shows that has never been afraid to push some buttons and get a reaction from critics and fans. That’s why we love it. They'll say just about anything about anyone and make no apologies. But sometimes certain things prove just too much for the network to handle. There are a tons of jokes that never make it to air.
Peter is a d*ck, and his chin is a pair of... Whether it’s Peter's offensive tattoo, a super graphic hallucination of Peter’s butt turning into a fly trying to eat Quagmire, Peter being present as Roe's date at the Roe v Wade Supreme Court abortion case, or Peter and Cleveland doing drugs (ten rounds of chemo) to outdo each other's recreational consumption.
The Buddha makes an appearance in the Bed, Bath, and BEYOND store.
There was also a scene of Meg being shot in the head at the dinner table, a joke about cold Asian in-laws, Peter trying to find out if Jillian is Jewish, Dr. Hartmann eating Lois’ tumor, Peter commenting on the race of Brian’s new bi-racial girlfriend, a leper colony doing the hokey-pokey, or Quagmire making a very weird sexual comment about when his daughter will turn 21.
Hey, funny show, Seth. See you in the afterlife!
It doesn’t stop there, as one scene with Jesus Christ trying to pick up a girl, a political joke about the slave conditions in China where iPads are made, a cutaway during the already controversial stroke episode, a scene about a White missionary evangelizing a new tribe which is likely to offend Christians, a bit where Joe runs over a squirrel with his wheelchair, and of course, about a million jokes about Jewish character Mort which never made it to air.
All those and more remind us just why Family Guy is still one of the edgiest shows on TV.
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