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Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 15h

🔥 Hot take 🔥
If you’re stupid enough to believe this based on how obviously untrue it is you shouldn’t get to vote for anything, ever

Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 3d

Aziz Ansari once wrote about how perturbed he was as an adult to learn the guy who played the Indian character in Short Circuit 2 was a white guy. And how it compelled him to question the system. I loved it. Sent it to everyone

Seeing him shovel this hypocritical bullshit is so pathetic

The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 3d

The Riyadh Comedy Festival has become the most divisive of Saudi Arabia's many forays into the entertainment sphere

Aziz Ansari defends performing in Riyadh as the comedy world debate rages on

www.avclub.com

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Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 4d

I know it's low on the totem pole of enraging things in that tweet, but also spelling it "Ice" in a manner that clearly demonstrates he doesn't even know what it stands for also leaps off the page at my OCD ass

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Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 5d

No body:

Literally, no one:

Not a single soul:

LeBron James:

Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 9d

Waking up to see Matty Healy trending on a Taylor Swift album release day is always, by far, my favorite part of a Taylor Swift album release day

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Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 9d

Anyone know if Paula Abdul and that cartoon cat are still together? It’s for a case I’m working on

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Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 11d

Bill Burr when asked to comment on his Riyadh Comedy Festival appearance

Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 13d

There's a non-zero chance someone could convince Trump Weapons is real right now

Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 13d

What is the funniest movie trump could think is really breaking news

I gotta say, basically any Batman movie. Imagine him furiously posting about sending the national guard to Gotham, talking about Gotham as if it's a real place, etc

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Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 14d

My kid was just describing to my wife a Jaws pinball game he played at an arcade today and he said, “So Jaws appears and you have to try to blow him up and it says on the screen, ‘JAWS. Prepare to get blown up!”

…which, famously, is a legendary line from the film…Jaws

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Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 19d

🚨 Not a drill 🚨

S5, E1 of #SlowHorses is available on Apple right now

Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 20d

I love Steve. Dearly

He’s the kindest, most selfless, hardworking, funniest SOB you’ll ever meet

He was severely injured at work this weekend during the heinous shooting in Nashua, NH

If you can, please donate to help him get back on his feet

Donate to Help us with Steve Burtman's Recovery!, organized by Joseph Chaitin

Hey, it's your old pal Joe. As most of you have probably heard, my good buddy St… Joseph Chaitin needs your support for Help us with Steve Burtman's Recovery!

gofund.me

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Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 20d

#FuckYouMakeMe

Ed Bott @edbott.com · 20d

"And when they come to you with stupid, ridiculous demands—picking fights you know you can win in court—instead of rolling over, why not stand up? And use four words they don’t tend to teach you in business school, the only phrase that can genuinely make a weak bully go away: Fuck you. Make me.”

John Oliver Offers Four Defiant Words of Advice to Disney Over the Kimmel Situation

It works. Try it out, Bob Iger.

www.pajiba.com

Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 21d

Elite

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 24d

Solid material tonight from Colbert, Seth & Jon Stewart.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdGL...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GXN...

Watch the Seth clip if you like farting effects and the Stewart clip if you like Jon Stewart shouting.

Jimmy Fallon also has a late-night show.

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Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 24d

One way you can meaningfully protest the Jimmy Kimmel situation is to not tune into Monday Night Football

Disney’s broadcast is the 2nd most watched TV broadcast of the week every single week (behind only SNF) and boasts 15-20M viewers a week. Real problems for Disney if people don’t watch that

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 24d

Good for him. Leftovers rules go watch it by the way. bsky.app/profile/matt...

Matt Belloni @mattbelloni.bsky.social · 24d

LOST writer-producer Damon Lindelof says he won’t work with Disney unless Kimmel js reinstated. I’m hearing other talent weighing similar pledges.

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 24d

FWIW, I'm happy to boycott reviewing any and all new ABC Fall TV Shows.

[Does ABC have any new fall TV shows?]

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Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 24d

A lot of you waking up today acting like you didn’t read Project 2025

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 25d

Disney learned nothing from Andor.

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Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 25d

Only Murders in the Building added a missing element to its continuous spiral into irrelevance this week…predictability. Anyone who didn’t see the “twist” at the end coming is…well..probably exactly the viewer they’re going for at this point

Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 28d

I’ve been watching Noah Wyle be brilliant my whole life. What a deserving win #Emmys

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Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 28d

I legit am incapable of deciphering if Bargatze is doing a bit or not every single time he hits the stage. This is a full “uncle” from me, on this guy

Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 28d

HE GOT THE NAME OF GILMORE GIRLS WRONG?!?!?

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Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 28d

Owen Cooper is gonna be a massive superstar in this industry #Emmys

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Ryan Benharris @ryanbenharris.bsky.social · 28d

We got wins for The Pitt, Severance, Andor, and Slow Horses already, tonight. Impossible to predict what’s winning Outstanding Drama Series, at this point #Emmys