Comedy Central
Liberal Late Night Yearns for Obama: ‘Could Go a Week’ Without Mockery
July 31st, 2017 4:42 PM
The writers from liberal late night shows pine for the days of Barack Obama when they could go a whole week without making fun of the president. According to an article in Variety, “the general consensus” among writers who appeared at a panel in Beverly Hills is “I don’t want this job.” Writer for The Daily Show Hallie Haglund complained, “To try to find a new way to go after that can be really…
Comedy Central to Mock Conservative Media in Their Colbert Slot
July 30th, 2017 8:15 AM
As if late night television needed another liberal comedian, along comes comedian Jordan Klepper, set to host his own Comedy Central talk show that will to take aim at the average American and the “alternative” media. Debuting on September 25 in the Colbert Report slot at 11:30pm, “The Opposition with Jordan Klepper” the new host will apparently try a new version of the Colbert shtick, as an…
WH Claim: Schiff Fetched Over 14 Hours of TV Hits Post-Inauguration
July 24th, 2017 5:46 PM
The Washington Free Beacon’s video editor and 2016 Noel Sheppard Media Blogger of the Year Award recipient David Rutz published on Monday afternoon a study put out by the Trump White House, showing how camera-loving Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff (Calif.) has spent over 14 hours on cable and network TV since President Trump’s inauguration.
'Daily Show' Stars Claim Show Is the Most Accurate News Source
July 24th, 2017 1:53 PM
Last week, Bustle.com published an interview giving insight into the detached reality of two members of Comedy Central's The Daily Show. Desi Lydic is a field correspondent and Michele Wolf is a writer and on-screen contributor for the not-so-funny comedy show. Lydic lamented the horrible world of Trump.
Comedy Central Show: Be a Cop to 'Shoot a N****’
Culture
July 24th, 2017 1:23 AM
The two major plot points in the July 23rd episode of Comedy Central’s Legends of Chamberlain Heights, titled “Confederate Flags of Our Fathers,” disrespects police as murdering pot smokers and compares the Confederacy to Al-Qaeda.
Daily Show Writers Claim to be ‘Factually Accurate’
Culture
July 20th, 2017 2:12 PM
Liberals love being depicted as modern saints. The members of the Daily Show cast are just another example of the snowflake daydreams surrounding feminist rights and Hillary Clinton. Bustle writer Martha Sorren did an interview with Desi Lydic and Michelle Wolf of the Daily Show on July 19, 2017.
‘Legends of Chamberlain Heights' Trolls with Rachel Dolezal Tanning
Culture
June 26th, 2017 5:57 PM
In the episode airing June 25th, Comedy Central’s Legends of Chamberlain Heights struck a blow against white appropriation with a smack at Rachel Dolezal along the way. “Chocolate Milk” deals with the white character Milk’s obsession with appropriating black culture and he looks for a way to become black – at least on the outside.
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FLASHBACK: Comedy Central, HuffPo Mocked Capture of Otto Warmbier
June 19th, 2017 9:28 PM
Tragic news broke Monday evening when the family of Otto Warmbier, the American college student taken by North Korea and returned in a coma, put out a statement that their son passed had away earlier that afternoon. “Unfortunately, the awful torturous mistreatment our son received at the hands of the North Koreans ensured that no other outcome was possible beyond the sad one we experienced today…
Comedy Central Sitcom Mocks Hipsters, CNN’s Don Lemon
Culture
June 19th, 2017 12:55 AM
Season Two of Comedy Central’s Legends of Chamberlain Heights kicked off its first episode titled “The G-Word” Sunday night. G stands for gentrification and the hood isn’t happy about it. Along the way, hipsters and the intrusion of CNN’s Don Lemon are solidly mocked.
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Comedy Central Host Trashes Melania Trump: ‘Wooden,’ ‘Dirty’
June 17th, 2017 2:15 PM
Remember when First Lady Michelle Obama was off-limits to political satirists? Comedians know not to cross certain lines with their jokes. Take the First Family. It’s all well and good to mock the president, but the First Spouse is a different matter. That’s how it was for eight years when First Lady Michelle Obama lived in the White House.
Crazed TV Show ‘Bleeps’ Out Trump’s Name Like Curse Word
Culture
June 13th, 2017 4:32 PM
Typically when the “bleep” sound is heard on television, it means that someone used an expletive or took something to the extreme. But not for Broad City, the Comedy Central show co-created by Ilana Glazer. On that show, when you hear the bleep, it means someone said the word “Trump.” The horror.
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New Comedy Central Host Hates the NRA
Culture
June 12th, 2017 10:03 AM
For an hour, Mr. Mackey sat on my screen chanting “Guns are bad, Mkay.” Just minutes into the June 11th comedy special, all was clear: gun owners are “dumb people” with small—what drives liberals’ constant fascination with human sexual anatomy—who are being led like mindless sheep by the big, bad NRA. Although he never mentions the Brady Campaign or any of Michael Bloomberg’s bevy of anti-gun…
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New Comedy Central Host Calls President a Racist ‘Dick’
June 10th, 2017 12:15 PM
The latest addition to late night's comedy lineup sounds ... familiar. Here comes the latest “fresh” voice from Comedy Central. Stand-up comic Jim Jefferies joined the growing ranks of late night talkers Tuesday with his own weekly program. The Jim Jefferies Show promises to add a fresh voice to the political conversation.
'Daily Show' Host Trevor Noah Says He ‘Exists Beyond Trump’
Culture
June 9th, 2017 12:04 PM
Trevor Noah, host of late-night talk show The Daily Show, would like to inform his audience that he actually “exists beyond” Trump. If his statements of facts “happen to be a thorn in his side, then that’s a byproduct.”
