Q&A
Late laughs The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon:
— I don’t know, read her emails or something?
Jimmy Fallon
The Late Late Show with James Corden:
In a recent interview, Sarah Palin supported Donald Trump’s immigration policies and said that when immigrants are in the U.S., they should “speak American.” Then immigrants were like, “You first!” It seems like everyone is weighing in on Trump. In an interview last week, Hillary Clinton called Donald Trump’s candidacy “an unfortunate development.” Incidentally, “an unfortunate development” is also what Trump says when his wives turn 40.
The Late Show:
James Corden Kim Davis says that issuing marriage licences to gay people violates her religious beliefs. The state of Kentucky says that it’s her job. Gay people in Kentucky say: “Why the hell am I living in Kentucky?” Davis was only in jail for four nights. To put that in perspective, Nelson Mandela was in prison for 27 years and he walked out calmly wearing a suit. Kim Davis was in jail for four nights and she came out like she was about to fight Manny Pacquiao.
Stephen Colbert These days, one of the most important factors in a successful campaign is the online merchandise store, where you can buy candidatethemed T-shirts, mugs and trucker caps. Lots of great gift ideas for everyone you know named Rand. At the beginning of the summer, everyone thought Hillary Clinton was inevitable. But right now in New Hampshire, she’s 11 points behind Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, proving that even people in New Hampshire can’t tell the difference between their state and Vermont. Yes, Ms. Clinton is clearly qualified for the office, but to be elected, that isn’t enough. You have to appear genuine. If only there was some way we could get a glimpse into the private side of Hillary Clinton
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Late Night With Seth Meyers: Seth Meyers President Obama has announced plans to rename Mt. McKinley “Denali” after its original native American name. Because it turns out it’s easier to rename a mountain than a football team. Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania say they have developed a football helmet material that may be able to detect when a hit is hard enough to damage the brain. They’re calling the helmet: “Too Late.” Justin Bieber’s new song “What Do You Mean” is his first-ever Billboard No. 1 single. Bieber wrote the song in response to the question: “Does the defendant understand the charges before him?”
hollywood By Adam Thomlison TV Media
Q: Was there a Hanna-Barbera character who was the ghost of an American founding father or something? Or am I making that up? Didn’t he have his own show at one point? A: Though it certainly does sound like you’re making him up, the Funky Phantom was very real. Well, relatively real. He was the main character in a shortlived 1971 series called, appropriately, “The Funky Phantom.” In it, three teens who are driving around aimlessly with their dog inadvertently free the ghost of a Revolutionary War soldier. The ghost (who, it should be said, was not particularly funky — certainly not by 1970s standards) follows the kids around, helping them solve mysteries. If the teenagers-and-a-dog-solvingmysteries premise sounds familiar to Hanna-Barbera watchers, it gets worse. The Funky Phantom was voiced by HB mainstay Daws Butler, doing the exact same voice he used for the much betterknown character Snagglepuss (Butler voiced loads of characters for the company over the years, including such notables as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound and Quick Draw McGraw). The advantage to the fact that the show didn’t last very long is that now, true fans can get the complete series in one DVD boxed set. Q: Will there be another season of the miniseries “Sons of Liberty”? It was entertaining and historical! A: The short answer is that nobody knows. As you say yourself, “Sons of Liberty” was produced as a miniseries, which means there was no commitment to more at the time, but that the option is open. It also means that, if the producers do decide to make another series of some sort, they’re not committed to any kind of timeline the way a regular series would be. “I don’t know if there’ll be another part,” actor Jason O’Mara told TheHDRoom.com, “but it would be interesting to see how it all plays out.” Of course, he means specifically how the producers and writers of the History show would tell it, since of course we already have a rough idea of how the American War of Independence “plays out.” And though the series takes some liberties (ha!) with the actual material, it sticks to the major historical points.
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O’Mara played George Washington. This was before he became the country’s first president, of course, when he was a soldier: first in the colonial British army and later as a general with the American rebels. If there is another season, it won’t be any time soon. The three-episode miniseries aired in January, there’s been no word of anything new since, and many of the actors have gone on to other commitments. O’Mara is one of them. He’s slated to play yet another American president, this time Ulysses S. Grant, in another miniseries, “To Appomattox” (if it can ever get its funding together — the producers have turned to the crowdfunding service Kickstarter to get backing). Ben Barnes, who played Samuel Adams in “Sons of Liberty,” is part of the ensemble cast of HBO’s upcoming sci-fi/ western series “Westworld.” Jimmy Akingbola, who only appeared in one instalment of “Sons of Liberty” as former slave Peter Salem, has landed one of the highest-profile roles of anyone on the cast. He’s signed on to play comic book villain Baron Reiter, also known as Baron Blitzkrieg, in the hit CW drama “Arrow.” Q: My husband and I were discussing the old cartoon “C.O.P.S.,” but we can’t remember when it was supposed to be based. Was there any mention about what year it was supposed to take place? A: The 1988 animated series “C.O.P.S.” — not to be confused with the reality TV staple “Cops,” which debuted on Fox in 1989 — was subtitled “Fighting Crime in a Future Time.” Of course, “a future time” covers a lot of ground. In fact, it is said in the show that the actual year is 2020. But this is a 2020 as imagined in the year 1988 and for a kids cartoon, so the logic doesn’t always work. Some of the characters have guns that shoot something like bullets, others use lasers. Some cars look remarkably futuristic, but the police squad cars look more or less like the boxy sedans that were standard police cars in the ‘80s. Also, most of the characters are dressed like they’re in a Humphrey Bogart movie.
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Friday, October 2, 2015