Tonight is the premier of the Nightly Show! Tonight's guests are Mike Huckabee on The Daily Show and Bill Burr, Cory Booker and Talib Kweli on The Nightly Show.
Mike Huckabee is the former govenor of Arkansas, former 2008 Republican primary candidate for President, former televison host, minister, and author. Tonight he is own to promote his book
God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy
In God, Guns, Grits and Gravy, Mike Huckabee asks, “Have I been taken to a different planet than the one on which I grew up?” The New York Times bestselling author explores today’s fractious American culture, where divisions of class, race, politics, religion, gender, age, and other fault lines make polite conversation dicey, if not downright dangerous. As Huckabee notes, the differences of opinion between the “Bubble-villes” of the big power centers and the “Bubba-villes” where most people live are profound, provocative, and sometimes pretty funny. Where else but in Washington, D.C. could two presidential golf outings cost the American taxpayers $2.9 million in travel expenses?
Government bailouts, politician pig-outs, and popular culture provocations from Jay-Z and Beyoncé to Honey Boo-Boo to the Duck Dynasty’s Robertson family. Gun rights, gay marriage, the decline of patriotism, and the mainstream media’s contempt for those who cherish a faith-based life. The trouble with Democrats, the even bigger trouble with Republicans, our national security complex, and how our Constitution is eroding under our noses. Stories of everyday Americans surviving tough times, reflections on our way of life as it once was, as it is, and as it might become…these subjects and many more are covered with Mike Huckabee’s signature wit, insight, and honesty.
At times lighthearted, at others bracingly realistic, Huckabee's brand of optimistic patriotism highlights American ideals, offering a bright outlook for future generations.
With a wry eye for the ridiculous and a clear-eyed look at the most controversial issues of our time, God, Guns, Grits and Gravy is Mike Huckabee at his very best.
So is it as bad as it seems?
Huckabee: Beyoncé, Obamas Do Not Come from ‘Land of God, Guns, Grits and Gravy’
Appearing on ABC’s This Week, potential Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee contended that there exists a “cultural divide” separating the media and political hubs of the country — Washington, D.C., New York City, and Los Angeles — from the America in which most people live. His criticism of singer Beyoncé and husband Jay-Z — and their good friends, the Obamas — in his new book, God, Guns, Grits and Gravy, is, he says, focused on precisely this point.
“Beyoncé is a wonderful talent,” said the former Arkansas governor . “My point is, she doesn’t have to do some of the things that she does in the lyrics, because it’s not necessary. She has nothing to make up for. She’s an amazing talent.”
Concluded Huckabee, “I think if people read the chapter they see it’s about this cultural divide, this disconnect, between the three bubbles of New York, D.C., and Hollywood, versus the land of God, guns, grits, and gravy.”
I am quite tired of this real America bullshit. I live in area where the Revolutionary War was fought. I live in the area that was among the first to begin what would be called the American industrial revolution. My church is older than the state Huckabee governed; in fact my church was already 138 years old when Arkansas was admitted to the Union. We may not eat grits here, but country music is pretty popular as is NASCAR. Hell, we even have a top rated NASCAR driver from this state. We have farms as well as vineyards, some big cities some suburbs and some rural areas too. This place is just as much America as anywhere else in this country. On top of the "real America" crap, the fact that he has singled out Obama, Beyoncé and Jay-Z reeks of racism. The clock in the corner of my computer's desktop tells me is 2015. It would be nice if Republicans could start acting like it was.<rant off>
I have posted this video before, it is still my favorite to chill out to, and I might need that tonight! :D It is just a recorded drive around some of Tokyo's highway system set to a song by a British band named after a prominent feature of the British highway system; yet it is very beautiful and relaxing.
What is the Nightly Show and how does it compare with the Colbert Report?
If you’re looking for differences, though, you’ve got a wealth of options. There’s the format, which host Larry Wilmore describes as a love child of The Daily Show (where he served as “Senior Black Correspondent” for eight years) and the lion’s den that was Bill Maher’s Politically Incorrect. And then, of course, there’s the host. While Colbert featured a self-aggrandizing caricature basking in his own cluelessness, Nightly ditches the fake TV pundits for real debates among real people.
That realness is reflected in the on-set clocks, which eschew the usual global capitals for locations more fraught: East St. Louis, Shenzhen, and “Obama’s Birthplace.”
And indeed, those clocks are just one part of a sensibility—confronting issues head-on, with less of the satirical bobbing and weaving that The Colbert Report so excelled at—that has been the show’s mission since before there was even a host. When Jon Stewart first pitched the idea (a show originally titled The Minority Report, a title ultimately scrapped to avoid confusion with the movie of the same name), he wanted a vehicle to showcase voices that aren’t normally showcased. And he wanted Wilmore to host. So to fill the rest of the seats at that table, the show’s looking for people who might be, in Wilmore’s words, a little “dangerous”—especially comedians “who aren’t on networks’ radar, but are respected in comedy circles.”
Wilmore says that since his new show’s premiere date coincides with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, much of early episodes’ discussion will likely focus on the racial issues that consumed the United States in 2014. “[King] is the patron saint of the nonviolent protest,” Wilmore says. “Protests, in particular, will I think be our first topic.”
But it’s not all doom and gloom; Wilmore insists he’s looking to create a mood that straddles “provocative” and “light.” “This is my barber shop,” he says. “No matter how heated it gets, we’re all in the barber shop—we’re having fun. Nobody is ever threatened in the barber shop. But your point of view is going to get challenged. And we’re going to call you on your shit.”
Larry Wilmore’s The Nightly Show Premieres Tonight. Here’s What to Expect
Larry Wilmore nearly succeeded Stephen Colbert with a TV show called Meet the Rest.
The title was a cheeky reference to the way Sunday politics shows tend to feature only one kind of guest. But it was also a reminder that his new Comedy Central series — which he eventually settled on calling The Nightly Show — is also a distant parody of all the panel shows and group discussions that clog Sunday morning television and cable news.
At least, that's the plan for now.
But he isn't disappointed his new show had to change its name from its original title, The Minority Report, when Fox decided to make a scripted TV series with the same name.
"The challenging part about having a show like The Minority Report is that it creates an image in people's minds," he says. "There's a lot of explaining away what the show isn't. And I'd rather explain what a show is rather than what it isn't."
Larry Wilmore's 'Nightly Show' Brings A New Voice To Late Night TV
I am very excited to see this show tonight. Tonight's guests are comedian, writer, and actor
Bill Burr, former Mayor of Newark and current US Senator from New Jersey
Cory Booker and hip hop recording artist
Talib Kweli.
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