POTD: Tim Minchin
For the Picture Of The Day, I offer you a Tim Minchin twofer — a song from his new album, plus a classic from his 2011 Royal Albert Hall concert (which is now streaming on Prime Video).
POTD: Amanda Gorman
A star is born. For the Picture Of The Day, this is Amanda Gorman, the National Youth Poet Laureate (and first to hold that title), reciting her work “The Hills We Climb” at Joe Biden’s inauguration today.
The Capitol Steps
A tribute to the theatrical troupe that’s closing up shop after forty years of poking fun at politicians and other newsmakers with song parodies and Lirty Dies. That’s not a typo, as you’ll see when you click here.
POTD: Dr. Rick’s Progressive Ads
Picture Of The Day: I don’t sit through most commercials, but the very clever Dr. Rick series of ads for Progressive Insurance never fails to put a smile on my face. Here are four of my favorites.
Best Thing I’ve Seen Today
MSNBC’s Joy Reid on how the domestic terrorists who attacked the Capitol today would have been treated if they were Black.
POTD: Gary Mule Deer
For the first Picture Of The Day of 2021, let’s start with something that has nothing to do with current events, but should put a smile on your face.
POTD: Tim Minchin’s “Woody Allen Jesus”
Here’s one of the ballsiest things I’ve ever seen on television. It’s a Christmas song Tim Minchin wrote specifically for a British TV chat show — but after he performed it, management refused to air it.
POTD: Are You A Robot?
This Picture Of The Day is for all those times you’ve been forced to prove to a robot that you’re not a robot just to access your own information.