The rise and fall and rise and fall of Roseanne
by What to make of Roseanne Barr? Yet another hot take? No. Her personal and professional lives, to both the most casual observers and the most …
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The Simpsons ineptly defends Apu as once upon a time “applauded and inoffensive”
On Sunday night’s episode of The Simpsons, the writers had little Lisa give advice to her mom about something or other, using it instead as …
Hank Azaria responds to Hari Kondabolu’s truTV documentary on The Simpsons: “The Problem with Apu”
Here’s something you don’t see much: A celebrity thanking TMZ for stopping him to ask a question. But here was Hank Azaria, who voices Apu …
Brett Gelman splits from Adult Swim
I want to applaud Splitsider and the site’s lead writer, Megh Wright, for fighting the good fight for the past several months against the ongoing …
Episode #95: Dick Gregory
At 83, Dick Gregory remains an active comedy legend, logging more than 200 stand-up gigs a year. Gregory changed the game in 1961 when he performed …
Three questions following a viewing of Jeff Dunham’s NBC primetime special, “Unhinged in Hollywood”
If NBC can attract 6.41 million viewers to Jeff Dunham at 8 p.m. Thursday against the kickoff of Thursday Night Football on CBS, then will …
SNL’s 40th season finale monologue from host Louis C.K.
The mild racism bit is going to resonate and go over well. The Israel and Palestine stuff will push a lot of buttons and get …
Native American actors walk off set of Adam Sandler’s Ridiculous Six movie for Netflix
Not everyone is in on the joke when it comes to Adam Sandler’s first Netflix movie, currently in production in New Mexico. Actor/musician Loren Anthony …
Larry Wilmore on The Nightly Show says all of the bad words and slurs in “Knowledge College”
On Wednesday night’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, the decision by Florida to ban the term “climate change,” which conservatives previously decided to say …
The truth behind racial/ethnic jokes and stereotypes tackled: “That’s Racist with Mike Epps”
Mike Epps got into trouble last week for posting a joke photo and caption on Martin Luther King Day depicting a black man with white …