A picture of Carl Reiner with daughter Annie and recent birthday boy, Mel Brooks all in Black Lives Matter shirts. Fourteen hours ago, he tweeted a multi-part appreciation of Noel Coward. Reiner turned 98 in March. That's a lot of time spent being a good human.
Since Yoko Ono is trending, it's a good opportunity to remind you that she's a fascinating musician and lifelong badass, and your jokes are old and tired.
The term "Gilded age" was coined by Mark Twain to describe an era of corrupt politics, monopolies and out of control industrialization. It's a reference to applying a thin layer of gold to a cheaper material. But yeah, sure, have a costume party with Jared Leto.
What Simpsons quote do you think about most often? Mine is probably "Welcome to Itchy and Scratchy Land. The amusement park of the future, where nothing can possi-blie go wrong. Possibly go wrong. Huh. That's the first thing that's ever gone wrong."
I've long been of the opinion that comedy has a far shorter shelf life than other forms of entertainment. But The Jerk has been one of very few films that stands up as more than just a time capsule of the era in which it was made. It remains one of the funniest films to this day.
My interview with
@CHAPOTRAPHOUSE
is in the new issue of
@Playboy
and if I'm being honest, I'm a little bummed I didn't get to hang for the photoshoot.
Al Jaffee turns 102 today. 102. I'm honored to have interviewed him several times over the years. He's a true genius of the form, a deeply thoughtful person and a huge cornerstone of my youth. Happy birthday to one of the best to do it.
What To Expect From CES 2019
-A cold
-Lots of traffic
-Poor internet connectivity
-Long lines for terrible food
-A disheveled Gallagher roaming the halls
-I don't know, some tech, I guess
There was ton to unpack from from my conversation with Boston Dynamics yesterday, but here are the big takeaways as the company works to commercialize its robots for the first time in its 25 year history.
#tcrobotics
We've lost Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Diane Noomin and Justin Green in the past six months. Many of the giants of the underground comix scene are now in their 70s/80s. Come now, let's celebrate some of the ones who are still with us.
This is a pretty remarkable glimpse into what Trump looks like when (he believes) the cameras have stopped rolling, right down to the way he picks up the sound bite like a good reality star.
Just over 20 seconds into this clip Trump gruffly asks Mick Mulvaney to leave the room because he coughed. No, seriously. Watch it for yourself.
Well adjusted people with a shred of empathy simply donโt behave this way.
Last year's top four corporate contributors to
@Wikimedia
:
Google (more than $1 million)
Humble Bundle ($456,000)
Craigslist Foundation ($250,000)
Cards Against Humanity ($35,000)
Corporations only make up around 4% of the company's donations.
I'm sure all of the musicians Spotify has underpaid over the years will be excited to learn that their CEO just invested โฌ100 million in a military AI company.
Sitting in Astoria, reading Blood Meridian, when a woman in a DSA shirt asks me to sign a petition for the UPS union. I sign it and then we talk about The Sopranos. Love doing leftist praxis.
Several people has asked this question, and the answers are mostly bad. So, a thread about pitching.
My Qualification: I have been a TechCrunch editor for seven years.
In the run-up to the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Donald Trump is doing interviews with conservative media - in this case, Hugh Hewitt - suggesting Osama Bin Laden wasn't that big of a deal and wasn't a "monster."
The speed with which NFTs went from "democratizing the arts" to "rich people scam" is a perfect crash course on the status of art and artists under capitalism.
Popular lines:
-Weโve tried nothing and weโre all out of ideas!
-Bake โem away toys
-Everything's coming up Milhouse
-Stupid sexy Flanders
-The Goggles Do Nothing!
-Me fail English? That's unpossible.
-To Alcohol! The cause of... and solution to... all of life's problems.
@realDonaldTrump
@Morning_Joe
You're very good at recapping TV shows. If I could get you a gig at Vulture, would you give this whole presidenting thing a rest?
Don't make fun of Trump for drinking water during a press conference. Make fun of the fact that he needed two hands to drink out of one of those small Fiji bottles.
@realDonaldTrump
The Chinese didn't create the concept of global warming. But credit where credit's due -- they do make a lot, like Trump suits and ties.
It both pains and relieves me to say that
@TechCrunch
has decided to opt-out of the in-person element of CES this year. There are simply too many unknowns around omicron at the moment, but our team will continue covering the show remotely.
To mark the release of his new book,
@tfadell
gave us a peek at what's been taking up space in his garage all these years -- including this wild iPod/iPhone hybrid concept device.
I spoke to
@BostonDynamics
' CEO and VP of Biz Dev about their first major acquisition. It's a big step toward commercializing their groundbreaking robots.
@Techmeme