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* July 19th: After Donald Trump's wife Melania had allegedly plagiarized portions of a speech by Michelle Obama during the 2016 Republican National Convention, his chief strategist (and now press secretary) Sean Spicer compared quotes vaguely similar to lines from the speech, including a random line from a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode, to prove that they were common ideas and not necessarily copied. Larry's reaction?

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* July 19th: After Donald Trump's wife Melania had allegedly plagiarized portions of a speech by Michelle Obama during the 2016 Republican National Convention, his chief strategist (and now then press secretary) Sean Spicer compared quotes vaguely similar to lines from the speech, including a random line an out-of-context quote from a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode, [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E13DoPrincessesDreamOfMagicSheep episode]], to prove that they were common ideas and not necessarily copied. Larry's reaction?
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Ricky Valez's name is Ricky Valez, not Nicky


* January 22nd: Larry talks to contributor Nicky Velez about US-Cuba relations, but Nicky talks about UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} in films, including ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', ''Film/TheGodfather'' and ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}''.

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* January 22nd: Larry talks to contributor Nicky Ricky Velez about US-Cuba relations, but Nicky talks about UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} in films, including ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', ''Film/TheGodfather'' and ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}''.
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* July 19th: After Donald Trump's wife Melania had allegedly plagiarized portions of a speech by Michelle Obama during the 2016 Republican National Convention, his chief strategist compared quotes vaguely similar to lines from the speech, including a random line from a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode, to prove that they were common ideas and not necessarily copied. Larry's reaction?

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* July 19th: After Donald Trump's wife Melania had allegedly plagiarized portions of a speech by Michelle Obama during the 2016 Republican National Convention, his chief strategist (and now press secretary) Sean Spicer compared quotes vaguely similar to lines from the speech, including a random line from a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode, to prove that they were common ideas and not necessarily copied. Larry's reaction?
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* August 19th: Larry is visited in the studio by Donald Trump (represented by a troll doll) in a remote-controlled helicopter to demonstrate Trump's new great idea to send illegal immigrants back over the border -- with a catapult. Then a scaled-down demo model is hoisted down from the ceiling.

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* August 19th: Larry is visited in the studio by Donald Trump Creator/DonaldTrump (represented by a troll doll) in a remote-controlled helicopter to demonstrate Trump's new great idea to send illegal immigrants back over the border -- with a catapult. Then a scaled-down demo model is hoisted down from the ceiling.
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* On the all-women panel discussing the sexism directed at Hillary Clinton--specifically the idea that a post-menopausal woman would be a better president than one not--staff writer Holly Walker bluntly states that she's having her period ''right now'', before mocking [[AllPeriodsArePMS the idea that a menstruating woman would start a war out of PMS]].

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* On the all-women panel discussing the sexism directed at Hillary Clinton--specifically UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton--specifically the idea that a post-menopausal woman would be a better president than one not--staff writer Holly Walker bluntly states that she's having her period ''right now'', before mocking [[AllPeriodsArePMS the idea that a menstruating woman would start a war out of PMS]].



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* July 19th: Donald Trump's wife Melania had plagiarized portions of a speech by Michelle Obama during the 2016 Republican National Convention, his chief strategist used quotes vaguely similar to lines from the speech, including a random line from a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode, to prove that these were common ideas and not necessarily copied. Larry's reaction?

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* July 19th: After Donald Trump's wife Melania had allegedly plagiarized portions of a speech by Michelle Obama during the 2016 Republican National Convention, his chief strategist used compared quotes vaguely similar to lines from the speech, including a random line from a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode, to prove that these they were common ideas and not necessarily copied. Larry's reaction?
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* July 19th: Donald Trump's wife Melania had plagiarized portions of a speech by Michelle Obama during the 2016 Republican National Convention, his chief strategist used quotes vaguely similar to lines from the speech, including a random line from a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode, to prove that these were common ideas and not necessarily copied. Larry's reaction?
--> '''Larry:''' Melania Trump even lifted from Twilight Sparkle?! You couldn't even steal from a ''medium-sized'' pony--you had to steal from a ''little'' pony. Have you no decency?!

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* January 22, 2015: Larry talks to contributor Nicky Velez about US-Cuba relations, but Nicky talks about UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} in films, including ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', ''Film/TheGodfather'' and ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}''.
* March 18, 2015: During a montage of televangelists apparently making their followers fly backwards in healing, Larry includes the clip of Obi-Wan Kenobi force-pushing some battle droids from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.

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* January 22, 2015: 22nd: Larry talks to contributor Nicky Velez about US-Cuba relations, but Nicky talks about UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} in films, including ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', ''Film/TheGodfather'' and ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}''.
* March 18, 2015: 18th: During a montage of televangelists apparently making their followers fly backwards in healing, Larry includes the clip of Obi-Wan Kenobi force-pushing some battle droids from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.



* April 15, 2015: Larry sees a screencap of his show on the TV's schedule guide, in which due to being compressed by being partway through the show, unfortunately shortens the title of his show to just "The Nig".
* June 15, 2015: When it's revealed that Rachel Dolezal, a head of a local NAACP chapter, is actually a white woman claiming to be black, yet still tries to assert that she's black, describing herself as "transracial", Larry has this to say:

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* April 15, 2015: 15th: Larry sees a screencap of his show on the TV's schedule guide, in which due to being compressed by being partway through the show, unfortunately shortens the title of his show to just "The Nig".
* June 15, 2015: 15th: When it's revealed that Rachel Dolezal, a head of a local NAACP chapter, is actually a white woman claiming to be black, yet still tries to assert that she's black, describing herself as "transracial", Larry has this to say:



* June 23, 2015: After the black CNN newsanchor Don Lemon [[NWordPrivileges held up a sign that said the N-word]] during discussion of the Charleston AME Church shooting, Larry wonders how awkward it must have been for the (presumably) white intern to have ordered the sign at a copy shop.
* August 19, 2015: Larry is visited in the studio by Donald Trump (represented by a troll doll) in a remote-controlled helicopter to demonstrate Trump's new great idea to send illegal immigrants back over the border -- with a catapult. Then a scaled-down demo model is hoisted down from the ceiling.
* November 3, 2015: Larry explains about Ben Carson's enduring popularity in the polls despite not having political experience, not charismatic enough, or using GodwinsLaw a ''lot''. As he shows how in the ways of a magician; Holly Walker, Mike Yard, and Robin Thede Black React hysterically while Rory Albanese is reacting calmly to the tricks done by Larry.
* December 1, 2015: In response to Texas textbooks are rewriting or omitting facts about American slavery, Larry reads the children's story "Goodnight, Slavery" to some children.

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* June 23, 2015: 23rd: After the black CNN newsanchor Don Lemon [[NWordPrivileges held up a sign that said the N-word]] during discussion of the Charleston AME Church shooting, Larry wonders how awkward it must have been for the (presumably) white intern to have ordered the sign at a copy shop.
* August 19, 2015: 19th: Larry is visited in the studio by Donald Trump (represented by a troll doll) in a remote-controlled helicopter to demonstrate Trump's new great idea to send illegal immigrants back over the border -- with a catapult. Then a scaled-down demo model is hoisted down from the ceiling.
* November 3, 2015: 3rd: Larry explains about Ben Carson's enduring popularity in the polls despite not having political experience, not charismatic enough, or using GodwinsLaw a ''lot''. As he shows how in the ways of a magician; Holly Walker, Mike Yard, and Robin Thede Black React hysterically while Rory Albanese is reacting calmly to the tricks done by Larry.
* December 1, 2015: 1st: In response to Texas textbooks are rewriting or omitting facts about American slavery, Larry reads the children's story "Goodnight, Slavery" to some children.children.
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* April 7th: As part of his 2016 March Madness dare competition, because Villanova University won, Larry hosted the show playing his [[SoulBrotha 70s alter-ego Soul Daddy]].
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Not funny. This show's jokes are too predictable.


* March 24, 2015: When Ted Cruz announced his intentions to run for president, Creator/LewisBlack offered this opinion of him.
-->'''Lewis:''' I took LSD in my youth, and it didn't prepare me for Ted Cruz.



* March 8, 2016: Larry sends Mike Yard (a black man) to report on "[[UnfortunateImplications Confederate Flag Day]]" arranged by Sons of Confederate Soldiers. [[spoiler:Mike drives all the way to the gathering, gives them a [[FlippingTheBird Double Deuce]], and drives off again.]]
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* March 8, 2016: Larry sends Mike Yard (a black man) to report on "[[UnfortunateImplications Confederate Flag Day]]" arranged by Sons of Confederate Soldiers. [[spoiler:Mike drives to the gathering, gives them a Double Deuce, and drives off again.]]

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* March 8, 2016: Larry sends Mike Yard (a black man) to report on "[[UnfortunateImplications Confederate Flag Day]]" arranged by Sons of Confederate Soldiers. [[spoiler:Mike drives all the way to the gathering, gives them a [[FlippingTheBird Double Deuce, Deuce]], and drives off again.]]
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* March 8, 2016: Larry sends Mike Yard (a black man) to report on "[[UnfortunateImplications Confederate Flag Day]]" arranged by Sons of Confederate Soldiers. [[spoiler:Mike drives to the gathering, gives them a Double Deuce, and drives off again.]]
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* December 1, 2015: In response to Texas textbooks are rewriting or omitting facts about American slavery, Larry reads the children's story "Goodnight, Slavery" to some children.
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* November 3, 2015: Larry explains about Ben Carson's enduring popularity in the polls despite not having political experience, not charismatic enough, or using GodwinsLaw a ''lot''. As he shows how in the ways of a magician; Holly Walker, Mike Yard, and Robin Thede Black React hysterically while Rory Albanese is reacting calmly to the tricks done by Larry.
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* On the all-women panel discussing the sexism directed at Hillary Clinton--specifically the idea that a post-menopausal woman would be a better president than one not--one of Larry's writers bluntly states that she's having her period ''right now'', before mocking [[AllPeriodsArePMS the idea that a menstruating woman would start a war out of PMS]].

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* On the all-women panel discussing the sexism directed at Hillary Clinton--specifically the idea that a post-menopausal woman would be a better president than one not--one of Larry's writers not--staff writer Holly Walker bluntly states that she's having her period ''right now'', before mocking [[AllPeriodsArePMS the idea that a menstruating woman would start a war out of PMS]].
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* August 19, 2015: Larry is visited in the studio by Donald Trump (represented by a troll doll) in a remote-controlled helicopter to demonstrate Trump's new great idea to send illegal immigrants back over the border -- via trebuchet.

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* August 19, 2015: Larry is visited in the studio by Donald Trump (represented by a troll doll) in a remote-controlled helicopter to demonstrate Trump's new great idea to send illegal immigrants back over the border -- via trebuchet.with a catapult. Then a scaled-down demo model is hoisted down from the ceiling.
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* August 19, 2015: Larry is visited in the studio by Donald Trump (represented by a troll doll) in a remote-controlled helicopter to demonstrate Trump's new great idea to send illegal immigrants back over the border -- via trebuchet.
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1: Not Blackface. 2: It\'s Artistic License Biology. 3: Bruce Jenner. Nuff said.


* June 15, 2015: When it's revealed that Rachel Dolezal, a head of a local NAACP chapter, is actually a white woman masquerading in {{blackface}}, yet still tries to assert that she's black, [[YouFailBiologyForever describing herself as "transracial"]], Larry has this to say:

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* June 15, 2015: When it's revealed that Rachel Dolezal, a head of a local NAACP chapter, is actually a white woman masquerading in {{blackface}}, claiming to be black, yet still tries to assert that she's black, [[YouFailBiologyForever describing herself as "transracial"]], "transracial", Larry has this to say:
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* April 15, 2015: Larry sees a screencap of his show on the TV's schedule guide, in which due to being compressed by being partway through the show, unfortunately shortens the title of his show to just "The Nig".
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* June 23, 2015: After the black CNN newsanchor Don Lemon [[NWordPrivileges held up a sign that said the N-word]] during discussion of the Charleston AME Church shooting, Larry wonders how awkward it must have been for the (presumably) white intern to have ordered the sign at a copy shop.
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** Larry evaluates the reactions of other African-Americans to this scandal. Some, like Mike Yard, are welcoming, thinking that allowing conversions will help them stop being a minority. Others, like Holly Walker, are terrified by the possibility that other fake blacks, or "incog-negroes", could be hiding amongst African-American communities.

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* June 15, 2015: When it's revealed that Rachel Dolezal, a head of a local NAACP chapter, is actually a white woman masquerading in {{blackface}}, yet still tries to assert that she's black, [[YouFailBiologyForever describing herself as "transracial"]], Larry has this to say:
-->'''Larry:''' It is her opinion that she is black. Much like climate change denial, this is not based on science.
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Can\'t remember her name, or the date, but it was great

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* On the all-women panel discussing the sexism directed at Hillary Clinton--specifically the idea that a post-menopausal woman would be a better president than one not--one of Larry's writers bluntly states that she's having her period ''right now'', before mocking [[AllPeriodsArePMS the idea that a menstruating woman would start a war out of PMS]].
-->"RRRAAAARGH! ''Chocolate! Salted nuts!'' [...] There's people bleeding in the audience right now, and we're not burning the studio down!"
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* March 24, 2015: When Ted Cruz announced his intentions to run for president, Creator/LewisBlack offered this opinion of him.
-->'''Lewis:''' I took LSD in my youth, and it didn't prepare me for Ted Cruz.
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* March 18, 2015: During a montage of televangelists apparently making their followers fly backwards in healing, Larry includes the clip of Obi-Wan force-pushing some battle droids from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.

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* March 18, 2015: During a montage of televangelists apparently making their followers fly backwards in healing, Larry includes the clip of Obi-Wan Kenobi force-pushing some battle droids from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.
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* March 18, 2015: During a montage of televangelists apparently making their followers fly backwards in healing, Larry includes the clip of Obi-Wan force-pushing some battle droids from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.
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* January 22, 2015: Larry talks to contributor Nicky Velez about US-Cuba relations, but Nicky talks about Cuba in films, including ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', ''Film/TheGodfather'' and ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}''.

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* January 22, 2015: Larry talks to contributor Nicky Velez about US-Cuba relations, but Nicky talks about Cuba UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} in films, including ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', ''Film/TheGodfather'' and ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}''.
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* January 22, 2015: Larry talks to contributor Nicky Velez about US-Cuba relations, but Nicky talks about Cuba in films, including ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', ''Film/TheGodfather'' and ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}''.
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