Todd S. Purdum
Tom Lehrer
A mordant Harvard math whiz who used musical satire to skewer the Establishment and pioneer a new kind of nonconformist comedy
I Love Lucy’s Other Half
Raised as a prince in pre-Guevara Cuba, Desi Arnaz fled to America and revolutionized TV with Lucille Ball—but he couldn’t escape the trauma of his youth
The View from Here
Who are you going to believe? Joe or your lying eyes?
Exit Laughing
The producer of the legendary comedy show Laugh-In has one regret: allowing Richard Nixon to do a cameo
The View from Here
Will a billionaire yachtsman and former Republican become mayor of oh-so-woke Los Angeles?
Exposing Her Weiner
Huma Abedin claims she had never heard of sex addiction until her husband’s sexting scandal broke
The View from Here
American presidents are swathed in way too much pomp and ancien régime regality
Das Capitol
Trump’s lumpen insurrectionists tried to end democracy as I knew it
Citizen Mank
David Fincher and Gary Oldman illuminate the tortured psyche of one of Hollywood’s greatest screenwriters
The View from Here
Read ‘em and weep: all the president’s biographers find different ways to paint the same horrifying portrait
The View from There
Trumpageddon live!
