Oh I agree, you just want to believe that even the world's stupidest person could eventually learn something. It's not like this is a case of him being deliberately obtuse, which we often see, he truly believes his own nonsense.
It's honestly madness.
The former President, running a multi-million dollar campaign, with access to the best information in the world, has nothing to say but rambling "but the TV said, but the TV said!"
Just an absolute fool.
I'm a tease.
Black is just playing his character from Tropic Thunder.
Shows like Simpsons & Seinfeld are obvious choices for jumping in and watching the one episode.
Shows like Community & Parks and Rec help to know the characters a little bit, but similarly you can jump right in.
Then you have shows like Atlanta & Bojack where they have traditional story episodes, and then special one offs. The episode selected is the one off, so you can watch that and have all the context needed for a great episode.
However on that same note you can have the Leftovers and the episode they choose is wild. It is arguably a one off, however I don't think you could just watch it alone.
We also have heavy story episodes like Succession, but really what makes the episode memorable is the acting. You'd be lost with some of the story threads, but the reason they chose the episode they did is that is displays a raw human emotion that I think everyone can understand.
And then finally you have Breaking Bad type episodes. You need the full context. Not that it wouldn't be good without it, but is the connecting piece of so many different things you'd be missing too much without it.
So to answer the question... Yeah, it's tricky.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/24/travel/spirit-airlines-6-year-old-wrong-flight/index.html
But also once you're past security, which as I recall in the film where Kevin gets lost, he could definitely get on the wrong plane. Any sort of on flight check could easily be excused away with a new flight attendant or Kevin being covered by a cost or any other silly reason.
Anything I'm missing?
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle & Jumanji: Next Level could be described the same way, they made ~$900 million & ~$800 million respectively.
I use them as a reference because this looks like Jumanji: A Minecraft Movie.
Sure, Minecraft will have a higher CG budget, but Minecraft also has a HUGE built-in audience. So they'll be making plenty of money.
But also, those Jumanji movies were fine. You know the Sonic movies? They are silly, but ultimately fine.
Not really.
In August 2016 he said he couldn't support Trump, https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/03/politics/election-2016-adam-kinzinger-american-before-a-republican/index.html
And I don't see him reversing that position anywhere.
Yes but PROVE IT. Define what wrong they did. That's my point.
Take a look at the recent monopoly trial, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/05/technology/google-antitrust-ruling.html
They claim that spending $18 billion per year to be the default search engine makes them monopolistic. That's it? That's all they got?
So the result will be Google stops paying $18 billion and device/browser manufacturers have to put up a Browser Choice dot EU type option.
Go back 10 years and put that law in place. AFAIK Apple has always defaulted to Google. Samsung probably would have sold out to Bing to be the default (although in this case Bing wouldn't reach a monopoly, so I guess that's ok for some reason).
I'm not saying paying to be the default didn't help, but is that the reason they have 90% of the searches? No.
Did they do some else? Maybe. Someone should prove it and we can have an actual change.
In short, yes, it is a show worth watching. Take it season by season, stop when it's not worth it anymore.
As a show you can binge I expect it will be better than the ratings reflect. The weaker episodes will just be forgotten.
Luckily that's a problem for later on as the show starts strong. Maybe by season 4/5 are where things start to fall off, but you'll have plenty within the first three seasons that are great. Even 4/5 have their moments, it's just that the show has shifted dramatically by then.
Being a monopoly and engaging in negative monopolistic behaviors are also different things.
For example if the only two burger joints in the world were McDonalds and Burger King, and Burger King decided to replace their burgers with literal shit, actual human and animal feces, would McDonalds be a (I hope and assume) monopoly? Probably. Are they engaging in negative monopolistic behavior? Not necessarily.
Obviously, as a quick aside, fuck Google for their shitty software decisions, their cancelling of great products and their enshittification of a majority of their applications.
However simply having 90% of the market does not technically mean they have done anything wrong. You can't say they have 90% of the market therefore they have done something illegal or have abused being a monopoly.
You have to be specific. You have to call out payment to companies to be the default. But even that isn't quite enough because companies sold access. Can a company be at fault for buying access as the default? It was for sale. It's a weak argument, or at least an incomplete one. You need to prove they abused their position. Or you need to make a case that the industry they are in requires additional regulation as a whole.
I say this because although it sounds like I'm defending Google I'm not. There is a difference between something feeling illegal and something being illegal. Technically, although a recent judgement would disagree with me, they haven't done anything wrong. It feels like they have. I agree it feels like they have. But they haven't (or there are further pending results which will prove otherwise).
+1 to Trevor Noah. I think he, like many late night shows (maybe just Sett Meyers) really had a reset during COVID and built some of their best shows. Working from home gave him a much more relaxed and personal feel. It likely is what ultimately caused Trevor to leave the Daily Show. I think once he returned to the traditional studio setting he realized he wanted the ability to do more. You can do a lot with the Daily Show, but you're still stuck in a particular frame. Hell Stewart had similar issues which ultimately caused him to leave as well.
I hope Stewart sticks around after the election. He doesn't need to be on once a week, just give him an open invitation. Same with Trevor, give him a few slots to come back. I like the rotating host thing they're doing at the moment. (I wish Roy Wood Jr stuck around.) So I hope they keep things rotating.