Each episode of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” over the previous few weeks has supplied a contemporary reminder that the ultimate one is quickly approaching. Oprah Winfrey swung by to inform Mr. Colbert that she wanted to “say goodbye.” Jake Tapper got here armed with a farewell present. Billy Crystal sang him a tune….
A girl who farts each time she’s shocked isn’t probably the most promising thought for a sketch. But on “Saturday Night Live,” Ashley Padilla took this premise and made it distinctive largely due to one daring selection. As quickly as she enters the scene, Padilla’s character is began by co-workers throwing an workplace birthday celebration,…
When Infowars, the web site based by right-wing conspiracist Alex Jones, got here up on the market two years in the past, an unlikely suitor stepped up. The Onion, a satirical information outlet, deliberate to convert the positioning right into a parody of itself. That sale was scuttled by a chapter courtroom. Now, The Onion…
One might imagine that jokes about slavery would be off the table in 2026. “Not at all,” Mr. Cross said. The bit, in which he imagines that he would have been a generous, benign slave owner, grew out of an exchange he had during preparation for an earlier tour. At the time he needed a…
