I recently listened to Adam Carolla’s podcast, which I enjoy for its snappy discourse, diversity of opinion and quality guests. Carolla’s guests on this episode were Nick Santora – a successful TV producer – and Walter O’Brien, a self labeled genius, who claims to be “1 in 1.4 billion” because he says his IQ score ranks him ...

And American Idol. And any of the other bullshit shows where old hacks judge talent for obese Americans. For those unfamiliar with the format, Last Comic Standing starts with a tour through several American cities, and invites people to audition for the opportunity to compete on the show and win $250,000 dollars. In each city ...

A friend of mine recently wrote me, via postal mail, with this complaint: Dear Matt, I was really pissed off yesterday, because I really wanted to watch the National Championship Game, and when I arrived home, my friend was watching a movie on the big screen. I asked him if he wanted to watch the ...

Undercover Boss is arguably the most offensive thing I have ever seen. And I’ve seen Toby Keith. Here’s how the show works: The C.E.O. of a major company pointlessly and self-indulgently puts on a wig or something and goes undercover because we all know that the garbage-men employed by Waste Management know exactly what the drab, nondescript middle-aged ...