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This made me smile

Lin-Manuel Miranda is thinking ahead "Hamilton" cancels tour date scheduled to celebrate the 250th birthday of the Declaration of Independence. I wonder what next season will look like at the Kennedy Center... (gift link to the NYT)

Laura Benanti can do no wrong! I also like Meanwhile...

This was the best part of the show for me - my sister lived just off Reisterstown Road and most of my family is in that area. They also did a sketch earlier this season using Dundalk as a place (but didn't use the accent unfortunately...)

I think she's fantastic! I'm not quite caught up to her song, but she's great.

Other than the cold open and a couple of update jokes, that was the unfunniest show I've seen in a really long time.

Cold open was actually funny. Then the show started...

I'm not sure how I've not seen this movie before tonight (I'm old - I should have seen it), but I watched "Network". And now I'm really depressed. The film was made in 1976, but feels like it could have been made last week. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. As for leaving the country, my brother lives in Italy and my SIL lives in Australia. Possible options...

From The Athletic: Rose served five months in prison after pleading guilty to filing a false tax return in 1990. I don't know why Reuters doesn't know this if The Athletic does. Still, the whole thing is ridiculous.

I can't wait to find out what Putin has on him.

And the worst thing to me is he's the same guy in the Hyundai Tucson bad date commercial, so although I wasn't looking up the first time the Chase commercial came on in my house, I knew immediately who that was and hated the commercial. He's so... blech. And, the commercial is annoying.

Anyone posted yet about how they're going to pick which reporters get to ask questions during briefings? We're doomed... Gift link from the NYT

Mr. ebk says if you want to go to a strip club, go to a strip club (I agree with that sentiment). Sometimes, the food there is quite good, although I have no firsthand experience to confirm. Hooters, OTOH, is just exploitative.

Another Wait, Wait alum, Negin Farsad, was on last season and I'd never seen her before either. Not that I couldn't look any of them up, but this is more fun.

I thought this was an exceptionally funny show. I loved that Michael kept asking Lawler the question that he was refusing to answer (and wish that the actual journalists would do that). The heckling from the audience was great. I really enjoyed Joyelle Nicole Johnson (and I love seeing what the people who are on Wait, Wait look like!). I like that they've pretty much admitted this isn't a game show and don't do point anymore. This one worked really well for me.