Jon Stewart's last episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart was on August 6, 2015. During his absence, American politics has imploded with the election of Donald Trump and the obliteration of the norms we took for granted. Polarization has only become more extreme as social media giants and other Internet companies further exploit our differences for money. With so much chaos in the world and frequent refrains that we're living in the "dumbest timeline," fans have looked for Stewart's return. Five years ago, there were murmurs of a four-year deal with HBO, but nothing …

I honestly thought that the Toy Story franchise didn’t have anything left in the tank. Toy Story 3 was good, but when your characters are holding hands as they descend into a fiery pit, that seems like you’ve reached the point where you’ve wrenched maximum drama from your franchise. But Toy Story 4 is an unexpected delight, and while other Pixar sequels have ranged from awful (Cars 2) to solid (Finding Dory) to above average (Incredibles 2), Toy Story 4 is the best Pixar sequel since Toy Story 2. Although it still uses the same rescue plot …