YouTube is a melting pot of user-uploaded content, and it produces videos that are about 90 percent garbage and 10 percent good. Add two more to the latter category, with this great exchange of videos from two YouTube veterans. It all started back in 2017, when Elliott Morgan—of the Valleyfolk, but previously of widely popular YouTube channel SourceFed—needed … Read more
In the very first episode of Flight of the Conchords, which first aired more than 11 years ago, Bret McKenzie and Jermaine Clement perform “I’m Not Crying,” a dramatic song dedicated to their boiling emotions, despite their best efforts to pocket them. “These aren’t tears of sadness/They’re tears of joy/I’m just laughing/Ha ha ha-ha ha,” … Read more
A week after Kanye West went on a bizarre rant just when Saturday Night Live was going off the air, praising Donald Trump and ripping the show on which he’d just performed, Pete Davidsonhad quite a response on Weekend Update. Davidson, who’s long riffed on his own mental issues and who made a big splash this summer thanks to his relationship with Ariana … Read more
If Bradley Cooper‘s A Star is Born is anything like its predecessors, it’s going to do well come awards season. The original 1937 film (in which the female lead wanted to be an actress, not a singer) was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won for best writing. The 1954 Judy Garland musical was nominated for six, and although it … Read more
After a set at Purdue University over the weekend, comedian Andy Gross is facing accusations of sexual harassment. According to the Indy Star, Gross, a magician and ventriloquist, performed on Saturday night as part of a yearly orientation event known as Boiler Gold Rush. The turning point in his set appears to be when he … Read more