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"The Daily Show": Week of 1/12/15


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1/12: Jimmy Carter (former president, promoting the Guinea Worm Eradication Exhibit at AMNH)
1/13: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL & author – promoting book “American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone”)
1/14: Julianne Moore (actress – promoting movie “Still Alice”)
1/15: Sienna Miller (actress – promoting movie “American Sniper”)

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1/12: Jimmy Carter (former president, promoting the Guinea Worm Eradication Exhibit at AMNH)

1/13: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL & author – promoting book “American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone”)

        Hands down, the "Former President who Shares the Same Birthday as Me" is what I'm looking forward to next week. 

        Marco Rubio - eh. I wonder if Jon will mention his "Water Gaffe" by setting a cart of water bottles beside Rubio. 

1/15: Sienna Miller (actress – promoting movie “American Sniper”)

        As happy as I am seeing Sienna Miller promoting this movie, I was hoping the director, Clint Eastwood, would be promoting it. I guess his routine after the 2012 RNC puts him in a more glorious spot between celebrity and GOD. Perhaps he's too good to go toe-to-toe with Jonny-bun.

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I am more and more convinced that it is the media that decides who is going to run for president. Marco Rubio was the subject of the NY Times magazine and now people are going to "promote" him as a viable candidate.  Ugh! At least it will be entertaining to see his ass being kicked during the primaries .The man-boy is all over the place when it comes to policies, has knowledge of absolutely nothing and is ignorant of everything. Unless it is about him. Like the spooled brat he is, to him it is "me, me, me"

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The water thing from two years ago? I'd rather Jon stayed away from that and hammered him over something relevant.

Something relevant from Rubio? LEt's see…….

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nope, can't find anything. 

I am all for hammering him though. For his irrelevance, that would be a good start

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Worst. French. Impressionist. Film. Ever! As for why Obama didn't attend the rally, the security measures taken to protect the leader of the free world would have been a nightmare. Of course, that wouldn't have stopped the president's critics, many of whom mocked France for not participating in Gulf War II by renaming French fries "freedom fries". They would have criticized Obama for putting Europe first and being arm and arm with the socialist president of France. He can't win with these creeps.

 

The panel was spot on. I just can't help wonder how Aasif would have handled it. Hilariously over the top, I hope?

 

Jimmy Carter doesn't get a whole lot of credit as president. His bringing peace to Egypt and Israel alone should assure his status.

 

O.o That turtle face of Mitch McConnell's will haunt my nightmares.

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A lot of the leaders who showed up in Paris are not really proponents of freedom of expression, so one could make a case that hypocrisy ruled. 

To me it was a hijacking of an event that should have been truly about democracy, you know, by the people (even though I am still not convinced that Charlie Hedbo deserved the new status of a beacon of whatever - imo spelling out individual names would have been better)

I also read somewhere that they will publish a "picture" of the prophet. I wonder if all the supporters will step up and show the picture in support of their convictions.

 

Jimmy Carter is also in line to help the world to get rid of Guinea Worm

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I think its awesome how tickled Carter is about eradicating guinea worm, down to the 'here's a straw!" detail. I dig a fella (or lady) who digs his work.

 

'Condemnier' made me laugh.

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A lot of the leaders who showed up in Paris are not really proponents of freedom of expression, so one could make a case that hypocrisy ruled. 

To me it was a hijacking of an event that should have been truly about democracy, you know, by the people (even though I am still not convinced that Charlie Hedbo deserved the new status of a beacon of whatever - imo spelling out individual names would have been better)

I also read somewhere that they will publish a "picture" of the prophet. I wonder if all the supporters will step up and show the picture in support of their convictions.

 

We've moved past the point where any of that matters. We've moved on to the groupthink phase where anything less than full throated endorsement of any response is considered helping the terrorists "win." I remember this phase after 9/11. We had to get Wall Street open as quickly as possible or else the terrorists won. We had to go shopping or the terrorists won. We had to buy a Ford or the terrorists won. Now I'm supposed to race to buy a magazine I'd never heard of and based on some of what I've seen, want nothing to do with under normal circumstances. I feel like we've learned nothing since 9/11.

 

If I were Hassan, I'd have lost my mind at knowing that Jimmy Carter saw and commented on my performance.

 

And because it can't be said often enough: Jimmy Carter is a fucking superhero.

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Jimmy Carter doesn't get a whole lot of credit as president. His bringing peace to Egypt and Israel alone should assure his status.

 

One could say that he doesn't get any credit. I was tiny when he was in office, and I was aware of the peace accord. It's studied in HS still I'm sure. I didn't make the connection that Israel and Egypt basically were at each others throats, literally, for a generation. That really puts his efforts into context.

 

Basically, I think he got screwed with the Iran hostages and out maneuvered by Reagan.  

 

Even though the leaders who marched in Paris are total hypocrites, the White House did admit yesterday that they should have sent someone. I can get why Obama can't just go, but Holder was there, and Kerry probably could have gone too. They could have been like, 'this is great everyone is here, so what's the next step? Are you promoting freedom in your countries now too?' 

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Even though the leaders who marched in Paris are total hypocrites, the White House did admit yesterday that they should have sent someone. I can get why Obama can't just go, but Holder was there, and Kerry probably could have gone too. They could have been like, 'this is great everyone is here, so what's the next step? Are you promoting freedom in your countries now too?'

Yes, this White House bends over backwards to "please" the media, or the perceptions the media decides the public has. Annoying. 

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Yes, this White House bends over backwards to "please" the media, or the perceptions the media decides the public has. Annoying. 

 

It's one of the things that drives me crazy about Obama. He knuckles under to poutrage way too quickly for my taste. This reminds me of his response to Shirley Sherrod faux controversy. He threw that woman under the bus all to placate people who hate him.

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Oh, the whole condemn-y, condemnier, condemniest bit was stellar. Jason Jones calling the new guy Aasif was spot-on.

 

I certainly hope Jon doesn't needle Rubio much about that silly water thing. Jon's a better comedian than using years-old material that certainly wouldn't rattle Rubio one bit.

 

Like Jon, I would like Jimmy Carter to adopt me. He's just such a comfortable, safe, home-y presence.

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If I were Hassan, I'd have lost my mind at knowing that Jimmy Carter saw and commented on my performance.

 

And because it can't be said often enough: Jimmy Carter is a fucking superhero.

        I checked out the description before the interview began. Looks like I know who shined brighter in the panel segment, which by the way, seems to be pretty accurate. Like love, segue-blaming makes the world go round.

 

       I side by that second comment. 'Still can't believe Mr. Carter shares the same birthday as me by a 70-year gap. 

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It's one of the things that drives me crazy about Obama. He knuckles under to poutrage way too quickly for my taste. This reminds me of his response to Shirley Sherrod faux controversy. He threw that woman under the bus all to placate people who hate him.

 

Its further annoying because it doesn't really matter.  The media still skewers him no matter what he does.

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Showing my age:  I cast my very first vote for President, as a college student in 1976, for one James Earl Carter.  I was even part of the 3% of the population at the beginning of the year who actually knew who he was. 

 

The whole Iran hostage situation completely derailed his Presidency.  That and the fact that he wouldn't suck up and tell people they were wonderful--the whole "malaise" bullshit.  He tried to get rid of the pomp and circumstance and waste, and that asshole Reagan brought it back and tripled it.

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I wonder what Jon thinks about showing the drawing of the Prophet. The NY TImes is "excusing" itself and will not show the image. The excuse is because they don't want to offend Muslims. But drawing an image of the prophet is only considered blasphemy by some - imo - extremists. I wonder - and I asked the editors - if they would take into consideration the "feelings" of some very extremist Christians that would be offended with a black Jesus. Because I personally know quite a few, they are my neighbors. 

Hoping Jon does show it.

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PBS News didn't show it either. That's kind of the fucking point, guys. It's not a universal islam rule. 

 

I don't know much from back in the 70s, but it seems post-Presidency, both Carter and Clinton have been rather productive. I don't remember Ford. I was still in a onesie. 

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You tell 'em Jonny! You tell those bigoted ignorant dumbfucks down in Florida that they have no business denying gay people the right to marry when it's the rule of law. In fact, it would only help to bring long needed class to that state.

 

So Marco Rubio gets two segments and Jimmy Carter only had one. Was this requested by the lizard breath himself?

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Well, that was an interesting 'Ode to Florida' Jonny-bun's pulling off. Even though he slammed Florida pretty hard on its prevention from gay marriage, I feel like he just needed to bring Marco Rubio to solidify Florida's absurdity. 

 

On second thought, they could've just had Marco Rubio blabbing nonsense the whole episode to prove Florida is still... in need of readjusting their system*. Not that I want Rubio for all three segments, but he sounds like he was adding more to the jokes from the segment without knowing it. Bye-bye, hopeful presidential contender. 

 

*I would've said "BatShit" crazy, but I think Florida has jumped beyond the meter of craziness.

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*I would've said "BatShit" crazy, but I think Florida has jumped beyond the meter of craziness.

No, not crazy. I know crazy people and they would be offended by it. Just think about something really undesirable to be compared to and apply it to Florida. 

Values, education, it is all upside down and inside out. But as long as the golf courses keep coming, everyone is happy

 

I am relishing - but not really reading about - the gay marriage in Florida. I live in an extreme corner of the conservative world and the letters to the local newspaper makes me smile, not because of the content (since I am not reading, just skimming) but because I picture a bunch of assholes desperate to find an outlet to their chattered dreams of a "pure" nation.

Call me evil, at least it is a small satisfaction

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I really enjoyed the clip of the guy sputtering "You can't get gay married!", because I imagine the gay-marrying guy's response would be "Oh, can't I? Watch this!" and then heads would explode à la Scanners.

 

I also enjoyed the condescension in Jon's voice when he pointed out how Rubio's rhetoric is at odds with his policies. Make him walk that invisible tightrope! In my view, more scorn should be heaped on that kind of nonsense -- that they are treated with such respect by every other media outlet is why that kind of thing flourishes.

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Kids if you enjoyed the segment on the batshit craziness of Florida, you definitely need to check out the Sklarbro County podcasts, available on iTunes or Earwolf. 

 

Randy & Jason Sklar with Daniel Van Kirk reading and commenting on just these types of stories.  Everything TDS covered last night regarding the insanity that is daily life in Florida could be a County story.  If you're looking for a hilarious podcast, look no further.  

 

Randy & Jay of course are known to fans of the sports and the podcasts, Dan does a lot of stuff at UCB, and he also appears on Doug Loves Movies as Mark Wahlberg.  

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The minimum wage is pretty high in San Francisco and there hasn't been the job losses Rubio talked about. It's also been recently raised in Seattle but I suppose there still needs to be time to take away decent conclusions from that. So there's 2 examples. 

 

I don't think Rubio is delusional, but by and large the tea party's "platform" is anti-Obama. We're still trashing on the ACA? I like how JS pointed out correctly that they don't think health care is a public service. That pretty much underscores it. *Except* the ACA is based on free market principles that conservatives love so much. And you're not forced to by insurance. You can pay the penalty and opt out. 

 

These people need to tell the tea party that their lily-white heterosexual vision of the world is a delusion. That's not how it is. Get over it and move on. Grow up.

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The minimum wage is pretty high in San Francisco and there hasn't been the job losses Rubio talked about. It's also been recently raised in Seattle but I suppose there still needs to be time to take away decent conclusions from that. So there's 2 examples.

 

As it happens, there have been a number of minimum-wage hikes in several locations in the past 10 years (every time it's on a ballot anywhere, it wins, go figure), and NONE of them have caused job loss or economic contraction. So Rubio's claim that "everybody thinks it will cost jobs" flies in the face of the ACTUAL EVIDENCE it does not. Not for the first time or last, no doubt. 

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I just don't get Marco Rubio.  I completely agree with the title of his book.  And I agree that the lower class is being held back by the upper class.  And yet I disagree with pretty much every solution he proposes to the problem.  I thought the interview was a bit too "giggly".  I guess he's 1 of the politicians that Jon likes on a personal level, but I would have appreciated getting into substance quicker without even more of the "Florida looks like a penis" jokes..

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I guess he's 1 of the politicians that Jon likes on a personal level, but I would have appreciated getting into substance quicker without even more of the "Florida looks like a penis" jokes..

 

I thought Jon just had a case of the giggles from the first segment, and then was kind of embarrassed to bring out Rubio after the trashing he did on Florida.  But then when Jon brought up the water drinking, that was the best. 

 

Also loved how everytime Rubio called it "Obamacare", Jon corrected him.  Those GOP morons know the ACA is popular, but they throw red meat to the base with the Obamacare bullshit.  It could be the same goddam program, and just re-name Ronald Reagan Healthcare Coverage, and those dipshits would piss their pants to get on board. 

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I still find it ridiculous that when you list out all the provisions of the ACA, people are like, "oh, that's good." Then slap Obama's name on it, and "That's the worst law since Hammurabi." The ship has sailed. 

 

I've been hearing this new line a lot: Despite the lowest unemployment, highest growth since before the recession, record lows in the deficit, people feel like it's not affecting them. Can you give examples? Would raising the minimum wage for them help?

 

I liked the "a machine will take your order at McDonalds so those people won't have a job." Well, maybe with 2 years of free community college, those people can become certified on AutoCAD or other technical software suites and gets jobs at engineering companies instead. You think they might like that?

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I guess he's 1 of the politicians that Jon likes on a personal level,

If Jon likes Rubio on a personal level, I like Jon less than I did before. I know Rubio on a personal level (well, as a policy maker, not personal, personal) and he is as unlikable as he is ignorant. There is nothing that comes out of his mouth that is not about him, nothing that he does that is even disguised as something that might be of value to another human being. He just can't and won't

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Also, I find it very frustrating and disingenuous when people like Rubio brag about how Florida is free because it has no income tax.  States still need money.  If a state doesn't have income tax, it will have higher sales and property taxes.  Or it will cut back on public services.  Case in point, I live in Washington state, which doesn't have an income tax, but the sales tax is 9.5%.

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I didn't get the sense at ALL that Jon likes Rubio on a personal level. I think doing the Florida segment before he came on put him on the defensive immediately and Jon just kept scoring points throughout the entire interview. I was initially tempted to FF through it, but I'm glad I didn't, because it was pretty entertaining. My guess is that Rubio was not a happy camper afterward.

 

However, I feel I must say a few words in defense of America's Wang. I have family in the Sunshine State and have spent a LOT of time there over the course of my life; in fact, I'm going to St. Petersburg next month. The parks and beaches there are spectacular, and St. Pete has some fine cultural attractions. And then there's the weather. I know Florida produces a lot of wacky news items, but I've visited the state at least once a year since the early 90s, and I can honestly say I've only had good experiences there. (Who knows, maybe something crazy will happen during my upcoming trip...)

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they could've just had Marco Rubio blabbing nonsense the whole episode

 

Isn't that what they did?

 

 

Also, I find it very frustrating and disingenuous when people like Rubio brag about how Florida is free because it has no income tax.

 

And I found it frustrating that Jon didn't jump right on that and point out how the lack of income tax disproportionately favors wealthy corporations and individuals. Billionaires save millions and millions of dollars while someone living on minimum wage saves a couple of bucks. That's not going to lift anyone out of poverty, that's just a giveaway to the rich and not a very well disguised one.

 

I was also angered that Jon let Rubio get away with jokingly saying "We call it Obamacare" without making him clarify who "we" meant. We, as in the entire Republican party? Tea Party? Certainly not every person in Florida calls it that, so make Rubio say exactly who he's speaking for.

 

Frankly I was somewhat offended that this jerk got two whole segments. I just wanted someone to smack him around, and while Jon did manage to get one or two pointed comments into the interview he still basically handled the guy with kid gloves. I know this isn't Hardball or whatever but these right wing extremists have so many media outlets at their disposal it kills me to see Jon Stewart give them yet another platform and then let them get away with so much bullshit.

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However, I feel I must say a few words in defense of America's Wang. I have family in the Sunshine State and have spent a LOT of time there over the course of my life; in fact, I'm going to St. Petersburg next month. The parks and beaches there are spectacular, and St. Pete has some fine cultural attractions. And then there's the weather. I know Florida produces a lot of wacky news items, but I've visited the state at least once a year since the early 90s, and I can honestly say I've only had good experiences there. (Who knows, maybe something crazy will happen during my upcoming trip...)

I would move away from here in a heartbeat, if I could

I agree with you in one thing: the beaches in the gulf are beautiful. That's it. The parks are full of mosquitoes all year long, the vegetation is ugly, the whole state looks like a swamp, the weather is sticky and too hot. 

There are some places where one can find culture but nothing more than other urban areas.

So, no. Florida sucks. And most people are uneducated and ignorant. Of course, one can find niches but that's not the rule.

 

 

Also, I find it very frustrating and disingenuous when people like Rubio brag about how Florida is free because it has no income tax.

Worse than the one who brags are the ones who believe it.

If you need anything that is supposed to help, improve, support the ones who are in the bottom - and in Florida, that's a lot of people - you must be prepared for a long fight and you must be prepared to lose. 

If Jon had done his job, he could have hit Rubio with the "why Florida, the State with the highest number of people without health insurance and health care did not expand Medicaid?" Or he could have said "yes, Obama-Cares, because the supermajority Republican legislature and the Governor Voldemort certainly don't". This is not news and I use this words to deliver my message when I meet the legislators (the only reason I haven't said it to Rubio is because he never meets people who might disagree with him. In fact, I was left waiting for him to come for an appointment and he never showed up)  

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FYI, I live in the Chicago suburbs, and we have 10% sales tax plus 3% income tax, and our sales tax is on everything, including food and clothing (although the food tax is only about 6 or 6.5%). My mom, who lived most of her life here but retired to NJ (where the grandkids are), is always surprised when she comes back and has to pay tax on food and clothes, since they don't have that sales tax in NJ.

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I would move away from here in a heartbeat, if I could

I agree with you in one thing: the beaches in the gulf are beautiful. That's it. The parks are full of mosquitoes all year long, the vegetation is ugly, the whole state looks like a swamp, the weather is sticky and too hot. 

There are some places where one can find culture but nothing more than other urban areas.

So, no. Florida sucks. And most people are uneducated and ignorant. Of course, one can find niches but that's not the rule.

 

You live there and I don't, so I bow to your hard-won experience on all things Floridian. I will admit that my parents live in an enclave of mostly transplanted New Yorkers and Canadians, so I haven't experienced the hinterlands. 

 

The Obamacare nomenclature confuses me a bit because I KNOW I have heard Obama himself refer to "Obamacare" on multiple occasions (here's a speech I found from 2013 where he says "Obamacare" a dozen times, and he's NOT just quoting the Republicans). I've also seen "Obamacare" used by other Democrats interchangeably with "Affordable Care Act," which leads me to believe the Obamacare label must test well on some level, because I can't imagine they would use it if focus groups said it was a nonstarter. (Yes, I assume everything in modern day politics is focus group tested.) I honestly think an entire book could be written on that subject alone.

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As I recall, President Obama essentially tried to reclaim the term "Obamacare" -- it's what Republicans were calling it pretty much from the beginning, as an insult (because, of course, anything originating from Obama is evil) and the media was picking it up, as a nickname (because everything must have a cutesy name these days), so he tried to redefine the term (a "yes, Obama cares" type deal) so that if use of the term was going to be widespread, anyway, the connotation wouldn't be negative, or at least not exclusively negative.

 

(I prefer to say ACA.)

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Obama told Romney it was ok to use Obamacare during one of the debates.

 

If they focus grouped it, they made a tremendous mistake. 
 

"Sure, I like shopping for the best coverage. It will foster competition and provide me with better choices."

 

That's what Obamacare is.

 

"That's a terrible idea. Who does Obama think he is to tell me what kind of coverage I can have?"

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Yeah, they tried to reclaim it as a positive term, but I think that was a mistake. Clearly it hasn't worked if people like the law when it's described as the ACA or the individual components of it, but balk when it's called Obamacare.

 

People are idiots.

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You had to think the gang in the booth showed a pull away version of Jon playing with his stationary for laughs. Or that they needed Jon to explain the pen. Either way, French expression films is what Americans shouldn't attempt. That French "comedian" sure sounds like an asshole. But banning him was a big mistake in light of what just happened. Way to set the example, French dumbasses.

 

Jason is TDS's go to guy for humiliating, put on situations. At least he wore a shirt for this. All he needed was his mommy to comfort him (Samantha).

 

Quite a story behind Julianne Moore's movie. Hope for the best for the director. She does look amazing in it, from what I've seen.

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Quite a story behind Julianne Moore's movie. Hope for the best for the director. She does look amazing in it, from what I've seen.

 

Nothing against Alec Baldwin, but having him play her husband in this is kinda off putting as it just makes me think of them in 30 Rock as Jack Donaghy and Nancy Donovan.  I saw the clip on TDS and I kept thinking he sounded just like Jack. 

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French expression films is what Americans shouldn't attempt.

 

Perhaps, mon ami, you do not know of Henri, le chat noir!

 

In other news, I'm finding increasing use for "Shut up, Le Pen!" on my desk today.

 

It used to be Ed Helms's job to go pantsless for bits; Jason has ably taken up the standard.

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Nothing against Alec Baldwin, but having him play her husband in this is kinda off putting as it just makes me think of them in 30 Rock as Jack Donaghy and Nancy Donovan. 

I didn't even think of that! Still, I really want to see this movie. My mother had Alzheimer's. Also I fear I may be getting it. :(

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