9-minute video with the co-creator of the greatest TV comedy I've ever watched.
Related: "60 Minutes Australia: Much Ado About Nothing | Jerry Seinfeld" and "Jerry Seinfeld Interview: How to Write a Joke".
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Pitch-perfect satire.
At this moment I notice that Cody doesn’t appear to be listening. White cis-gendered males never listen, but nevertheless, I persist.
‘They don’t want you to know the truth, Cody, but your aunt Lauren does. She wants you to shed your privilege and to stop raping people. . . .
‘Although, if your grandparents continue to eat beef and drive fossil fuel burning cars, you’re going to be dead in 10 years anyway. Climate change is real, Cody and it’s going to murder you.
‘Anyway, I’m sorry, Cody. I’m sorry this family, except me, failed you.
‘And while Papa’s chat with the imaginary guy in the sky involved lots of thank yous for lots of things, make no mistake — every thank you was for the privilege of being white.’
Suddenly Cody pipes up and says that isn’t what Thanksgiving is about. ‘But Aunt Lauren, I thought Thanksgiving was about being grateful, like I am grateful for you!’
I’m literally shaking.
Is this five-year-old mansplaining to me?
Usually good for a laugh. (If you're an academic.) This is a recent entry:
The result does improve the state-of-the-art, but it is not strong enough for acceptance.
Can you imagine? How did anybody survive?
5.5 minute video of her appearnce on the Tonight Show, May 2009.
Provided you're not a member of the Resistance, you may find this, as I do, funny. (2 1/3 minute video.)
Not something I see every day.
Made my wife and me smile. (40 second video.)
Pretty impressive, all right.
Not a Geico ad.