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Eddie Pappani is host of The Show on Rock 105.3 FM in San Diego and Q103.3 in Temecula.

ROLAND WHITE: The title of Help (C4) was slightly misleading. For this was a gruelling lockdown drama in which much-needed help pointedly failed to arrive.

Norman Lear is making his thoughts known. On Sunday evening, ahead of becoming the third-ever recipient of the Carol Burnett Award at the 2021 Golden Globe Awards, the 98-year-old actor shared his thoughts on the controversy surrounding the Hollywood Foreign Press Associations lack of Black members. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following Youll get the latest updates on this topic in you...

Rating: Spine-tingling jazz, yes. Thrilling tales of gunfights and adventure under vast skies, of course. Big hats. Soap operas dripping with diamonds and greed. The Deep South of America is the natural home of all these. But not cuisine. Heading to the former Confederate states in search of delicious food, as Bake Offs Nadiya Hussain did in her American Adventure (BBC1), is like taking a rocket ship to Mars to sample its party atmosphere. She was there for the wrong reason. The locals were pr...

Anymore. but he wasnt done. >> enter the loss of these comedy legends just like the ones we mentioned earlier, the reactions of the fans and fellow comedians is very strong. why do people feel even if they didnt know them personally, that there is such a connection? >> when you think about your favorite friends, forget about comedians for just a second, but who are your favorite friends? theyre usually the people who make you laugh, you want to hang out with those people. and thats sort of what ...

In your office with your 19 emmys on the wall. the glare. they might open the door and not see you right away. >> i also blend into the white wall. like casper the friendly ghost. i really look forward to this. i love the first series. do you think therell be another? >> yeah, with wel-- well, i thi so. because theres so many more topics that we want to cover that fall on the umbrella of certain specific areas of comedy. you know, this season, like i said, theres those -- all those topics, anima...

Yeah. >> yeah, yeah. well, its hard to see you. sometimes people cant see you in your office with your 19 emmys on the wall. like, the glare. open the door and not see you right away. >> and i blend into the white wall like casper the friendly ghost. i like forward to this. loved the first series. do you think there will be another? >> yeah. you know, well, i think so, because theyre so, theres so much, so many more topics that we want to cover that fall under the umbrella is certain areas of co...

On a night celebrating david lettermans television career, the president was also center stage. comedy legends came out to honor him was a night filled with political commentary, some pointed, some poignant. look whats going on now and i think this is your fault. all of it. everything was fine until you went off the air. you abandoned us, went out for a pack of cigarettes and let us to live with an abusive orange stepfather. jimmy kimmel, the man who got more done in congress this year an anybod...

Go and tell your master that we have been charged by god with a sacred quest. if he will give us food and shelter for the night, he can join us in our quest for the holy grail. >> well, ill ask him, i dont think hell be very keen. hes already gone one, you see? >> what? hes already got one. are you sure hes got one? >> oh, yeah, master. >> told him he already got one. >> a clip from monty pythons "the holy grail." the british troupe announced theyre reuniting for a one-night show in london. >> s...

Hug and my heart was swelling in all the right moments. is it incredibly passionate? are we getting a ton of insights about the college admissions process? no. but paul rudd is tina feys love interest in the movie. theyre both genetically engineered for me to love them essentially. so it works just enough. if youre a die hard fan of any of these comedy legends then i think youre going to go and enjoy the movie. dont take it too seriously. >> how does it rank on your tomato meter? >> well, the cr...