Allow me to explain it to you in Billy Joel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwSWEJmQgkE

It’s a little late for that.

No shame at all. Mel Brooks cast her for a reason and it wasn’t just her comedy skills.

Hey. You be nice to drummers. And remember that if you air drum to Def Leppard and you use both arms, you’re an asshole.

I am absolutely not defending this racist’s jokes, so please do not think I am.

I am just going to explain why he still did the joke because I used to do stand-up (nowhere near at this high a level).

Sometimes, you are just convinced a joke is funny. You are absolutely convinced. Nothing will tell you it isn’t funny. The audience isn’t laughing? You told it wrong. Something was off. You have to tell it again because of course it’s funny. It makes you laugh every time you think of it. So you have to try again. And you can get stuck in that loop very easily.

Part of me sure wants to say, “is it?” The media wants a horse race. Any foregone conclusion wouldn’t get people on the edge of their seats on election day.

It wasn’t just racist, it was a threat.

He said to Hasan that he hoped his pager didn’t go off.

When someone tells you they condone violence, believe them. Even if they lie all the time.

He’s been talking to Putin regularly for years now. The damage has already been done.

Are you saying the drummer is a little wuss that can’t fight? Because get that fucker out here in the parking lot.

Yep. Head. It’s an insane movie. Many drugs were taken.

Hm. Doesn’t sound like much of a joke to me.

Your initial post:

Again, I did not think it was cool. You speak only for yourself.

Oh thank you, doctor!

Weird. Somehow I can be both imperfect and not a bigot. In fact, lots of people can.

Weird how that works.

Oh yeah! She was terrific in that. She definitely could do drama and comedy equally well. She was good in The Conversation, the Coppola thriller with Gene Hackman.

And, of course, there was her role on Star Trek.

Assignment: Earth never becoming a series like Roddenberry wanted is one of TV’s great missed opportunities.

She also did some cool VO work. She was Terry’s (the new Batman) mom in Batman Beyond.

Edit: I forgot she was also in The Black Stallion! I haven’t thought about that movie since I was a kid.

Sorry, are you seriously claiming I was okay with pedophilia in 2005? Seriously?

After Woody Allen and Michael Jackson a few years before that?

Fucking R. Kelly got arrested in 2002. You think no one gave a shit?

Where were you in 2005?

No problem! I’m just glad we’re all here contributing.

Don’t bring me into your schemes! 😆