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You follow couples eating cake. im all about that, yo. i cant stop. >> i need to believe him. >> best case of art imitating life. "the people versus o.j. simpson: an american crime story." it was deja vu all over again for those who saw the real thing. >> it went on for a long time. and every day, i was glued to the television. i couldnt get enough of the o.j. trial. >> im o.j.. >> best "do it yourselfers." give it to the gaines and their hit home makeover show. >> i do love a good "fixer upper"...

Life? the people versus o.j. simpson. it was déjà vu all over for those who saw the real thing. >> it went on for a long time, and every day i was glued to the television. couldnt get enough of the o.j. trial. >> im o.j. >> best do-it-yours? give it to the gaines and their hit home makeover show. >> i do love a good fixer upper marathon. chip and joanna gaines are adorable. >> animation brought us the best comedy writing on tv, "bobs burgers." >> what is going on? >> your mom. >> what? >> the ...

Mills. i am sorry, the president kept me up late with intersectionality. but look, there is something for me about this idea. in addition to like just me being jealous about the fact that colbert has 19 writers. but that it just -- you would look around the room and not notice that women and people of color are missing. >> right. i think part of why that happens is writing staffs are largely made up of people that that person has worked with or they know. so it seems like people keep hiring the ...

Became what became a stampede of lampoon graduates into comedy writing via "saturday night live." but by the time colin conan obrien was president the job had become so undesirable he couldnt find a successor to hand it off to and had to serve an unprecedented second term. the last lampoon presidential election to earn national media attention was won by lisa henson, who became the first female president in 1982. the year before, maya williams had become the first african-american woman on the h...

Solutions that makes sense for middle class families. >> all right, congressman israel. we did not get a chance to talk about this. i want to point out. you have something in common with steve martin and woody allen. you have been published in the shouts and mur murs column of the "new yorker." you have a piece thats new in there, sort of making fun of the dear american express, i have reachedpy personal debt ceiling its called, to encourage people to check this out. we will try to tweet it out....

120 years later, president reagan, to his eternal shame requested only three. which led al franken to ask in his book, why did reagan gut our military? and so, to the list of those who worked hard helping president obama prepare for last nights debate, a list that includes john kerry, david axelrod and self several others, perhaps we should add the name of the man whose comedy writing may have planted the seed for the best line of the neat. al franken. >> you mention the navy, for example, and t...

>> why is it complicated? >> in the way that we dont have time for, but if youve worked inside new york politics especially on the democratic side, this is a complicated event, to put it mildly. >> i bet its a nightmare. >> the cardinal archbishop is, in effect, chairing a political event. and pretty -- all of the statewide democratic-elected officials in my adulthood have been in favor of roe versus wade as written. that would be the governors cuomo, all of the senators over the years. so whene...

In real trouble. >> obviously it is all great news for us who cover these things. the longer that any of these candidates stay in, the more fun it is. i really felt blessed last night with the results. it turns out that there is a god and he has a great sense of humor. at least when it comes to comedy writing for politics. so if thats the case, obviously rick perry will stay in. i think it makes essential for him to stay in. he could come up again as melissa was saying. there is a sort of a cycl...

For, its my if you if you if y. >> um, i cant wait to taste your muffin. >> look what i wrestled up. >> oh. >> young woman, you get that fish out of my parlor. what has gotten into you? >> she is a lesbian. [ laughter ] >> you think well ever catch this guy? >> its like my underwear, depends. >> you never returned your 2010 census form so if i could just ask you a few questions. >> absolutely, dear. will i need a calculator? >> no maam. >> because i have one but i just -- batteries out to use th...

If there is one thing im known for, its my if you if you if y. >> um, i cant wait to taste your muffin. >> look what i wrestled up. >> oh. >> young woman, you get that fish out of my parlor. what has gotten into you? >> she is a lesbian. [ laughter ] >> you think well ever catch this guy? >> its like my underwear, depends. >> you never returned your 2010 census form so if i could just ask you a few questions. >> absolutely, dear. will i need a calculator? >> no maam. >> because i have one but i ...