All the Fanfare

All the Fanfare

The "Wait But Why" of Pop Culture

Introducing the next iteration of Fanfare

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Eric Pierce
Feb 23, 2023
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Joker - "You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?" - YouTube
You ever dance with the devil in the pale moon light? Warner Bros.

There is a brief scene in The Morning Show (Apple TV) that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about since I saw it over a year ago. Mitch Kessler (Steve Carell) is a newscaster eerily reminiscent of Matt Lauer. His gross behavior sees him removed from the morning news program he starred…

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