did anyone commission you to paint germans and buffoons? i received the commission to decorate the picture as i saw fit. it is large, and it seemed to me it could hold many figures. the judgment of the inquisition demanded that veronese change the content of his painting. instead, he changed its title, so for subsequent centuries, veronese's last supper has been known as the feast at the house of levi. in this one instance, we see the assertion of venetian independence, the republic defying the roman church, but also its vulnerability to an outside world, political and economic enemies. floating on its islands and lagoons, venice has always been different. the age of titian, tintoretto, and veronese was its last period of political greatness. the 17th century would see the decline of its empire, just as the economic center of gravity of the west was beginning to shift away from the mediterranean to the atlantic and the new seaborne empires of antwerp and london. in its image of itself, venice left behind a myth which endured its loss of rea

>>> i want to let you know about a new word, a hoon for a buffoon, a group of people who drive cars orboats erratically, recklessly, dangerously, typically an australian, hoon-ish behavior. it's been going on in australia, this video, the hoons a jet skis and they are crashing right into these other people who are out there enjoying the water. they are crashing right into their boat. >> oh! [ bleep ]! >> why would you do that? >> they're just driving like animals out there. they're driving all crazy. the videos were captured from the hell mountain cam worn by transport safety victoria officers out there on the water and you can see they are reprimanding some of these people. going up to 70 miles per hour out there. it's been so bad that 500 fines have been given out, in one area 500 fines. >> it's a lot of hoons. >> they are trying to get the hoons under control. it's an important issue they are trying to crack down. the people are acting irresponsibly. like when you have a reckless driver out there on the road. >> oh. [ bleep ]. >>> i don't know how many times we've seen it on this sh

but i'd give a lot to know what's become of my old fat buffoon.h, lord, i certainly rolled him plenty. catch ma ubu. chop off her neroes. my god, i'm losing my mind. i'm lost. ah! no, heavens above. well, thanks be to god. by my side, i behold the sleeping form of sir ubu, the bold. but let's play it cool. let's take advantage of the darkness. let's pretend to be a supernatural apparition, and make him forgive our peculations. by god's third leg, i'll be hanged if somebody isn't speaking. not the bear, i hope. yes, there is indeed somebody speaking, mr. ubu. it is the voice of the archangel gabriel who is incapable of giving anything but good advice. he can stuff his advice. don't interrupt. on strumper. shut up. god damn it. angels aren't supposed to swear. oh, pshit. mr. ubu, you are married? true. true, to a vile hag. to a charming lady. to an old horror. she sprouts claws all over. it's impossible to get one's hand up her anywhere. you should hand her up more kindly and gently, mr. ubu. if you were to do so, you would see that she was just as

>> these poor gentlemen stuck with these other two buffoons from the average bro tv youtube channel they, oh, oh, someone just farted and they point out the other people. was that you, dude? >> was that you? >> they claimed the prank was inspired by jack veil, by the way. >> was that you? >> oh, man. get out there even if that's not your floor wait for the next one. >> at least they get a chuckle out of it. >> they're all pretty much cracking up about it. when i first saw this i thought they had one of the fart-making machines, but i think he may actually be farting. >> he was making, like, an i'm farting kind of face. >> right. >> sounds real. >> if that's the case, if he's really doing it, that's talent. >> yeah. >> ahh. >> do you think the reaction was to anticipating the smell or did they actually smell it because they immediately went to cover their faces. >> oh. >> it proves that no matter how old a dude gets, he loves a good fart joke. >>> it's a tool to teach your pup to clean up. >> i want this. my dog spreads everything all out on the floor every night. >> the box that rewards

fox said you were a hypocritical buffoon because you're in new york and you're surrounded by armed guards and you're in safety. >> well, greg was accurate if you consider 180 degrees from the truth to be accurate. i have never had a personal bodyguard a single day in my life. there are security people at nfl games that the nfl employs. there is always massive security at an olympics and there there is nbc security. i have never had personal security armed or otherwise in new york, st. louis or any place i've lived a single day of my life. >> did you also fumble that commentary because -- and you and i talked about this before. you chose to quote the words of columnists instead of saying, i, bob costas, believe we need some sort of sensible move towards -- in what you described as a gun culture in the nfl league. >> as i said with you and lawrence o'donnell, bill o'reiley, i could have done a better job. part of the blame of this is on me. i don't regret taking on the issue, but i wasn't as effective and clear as i generally at this point think i am. i'm a pretty good broadcaster and gener

. >> i think his -- i think as a -- >> i think john kerry sounded like a buffoon this weekend. the president is atted home of chuck and linda robb in maclaine, virginia. tickets range from 10,000 to $32,000. earlier today, the president was in a school the leader of the free world is taking a photo op at a grade school and making statements about the state of what's happening in the ukraine and crimea, do you have a problem with the priorities of the president today? >> how the man can play golf and go to democratic fund-raisers and spend his time attacking republicans this week, instead of deciding what in the world our country ought to do and how we can go out and get other's help. it's inexcusable that this man has no concept of what a president ought to be doing he's simply not doing the job of a leader. >> appreciate your insight tonight. and we'll continue to monitor the tonight. we have reports from james rosen, ed henry, sheppard smith is on the ground tonight in ukraine. president obama's standing is being questioned tonight, is america weaker now than even under the c

is he half a buffoon and he smoked crack.itt romney and did a couple of lines of cocaine nobody would care. >> he is the most interesting person to come out of canada probably since elanes more set. >> do you know what leads more teenagers and children to try marijuana boiler coming against it you could get people to stop smoking dope if you said you smoked dope. [ laughter ] >> think about it? >> yeah. i will for about 10 seconds. >> no, that's genius. every pot head would quit. >> maybe you haven't noticed, gutfeld, i'm like the lone voice in the wilderness here. all the other media pinheads, first of all they all smoke pot, except me. he carries a bong around in the hallway. do you know what he says it is. >> a medical device. >> a genie and aladdin thing. gutfeld i got this in iraq. it's a souvenir. and no one is buying this. okay? cheech maren signed it. >> a rather predictable target. >> kanye west. he acts like angry thin skinned punk. he has cars by the dozens and also this latest episode with kim kardashian who has t

. >> fox's greg gutfeld said you were a hypocritical buffoon because you're in new york and surrounded by armed guards and you don't have to worry about safety. >> in truth, greg was accurate if you consider 180 degrees from the truth to be acrtd. i have never had a personal body guard, a sickle day in my life. there are security people at nfl games that the nfl employs, and there is always massive security at the olympics, and that is nbc security. >> that's kind of what i said. he spent his life wandering in and out of new york buildings where he's flanked by people who are armed. i was talking about security. people on tv who talk about gun control have the luxury of walking around while other people carry guns. much like we do when we at fox. >> he could have walked down the hall and asked you. >> i know. what's up? >> today, a birthday present. here's a kimberly, kimberly is 29 years old. >> i didn't see that. thank you. >> happy birthday. >> thank you. >> where did that come from, bob? under the table. >> yeah. that's mine. can i have that one? >> unbelievable. >> this is a commu

i mean, it it was bunch of buffoons. but "amos and andy" also had several different class types. for example, there were black lawyers and black doctors and black judges and black undertakers, as well as the black trickster figure, the kingfish, who was, you know, brer rabbit, who was a figure straight out of black mythology, and andy, who looked like a bear, was brer bear. i mean, these were myths that we had been raised with, which were playing themselves out on television. i was too young to have heard them on radio, but my parents, of course, did and my parents loved them on radio, too. but they took them as signs of human vulnerability and of arrogance, of hubris, of pain, of love. they took them as typical of the human experience, rather than typical black people. my father still cracks up at "amos and andy" and we have -- i guess we have tapes of 77 "amos and andy" episodes. we watch them every once in a while. i like showing them to my friends who say, "i would never watch "amos and andy." it's politically incorrect." so i say, "ok well, let's watch it and analyze it," an

does anyone think lincoln was a saber-rattling buffoon? he was not.lmighty had blessed us from sea to shining sea so that we could be a blessing to those between vcs the -- the seas and beyond be seas. that is the reason god blesses and the only reason he blessed america. we need to remember that. the early abolitionists stood against the zeitgeist, which i recommend always standing grace,, and by god's slavery was abolished. have you heard recently that part of the narrative? that it was people of faith, crazy evangelicals that that we are all created equal -- have you heard that recently? we need to know that by motivated by faith in god, the civil rights leaders did what they did to for build the larger promise of america. did you know that rosa parks was a serious question? that jackie robinson was a serious question. have you heard that recently? int god had a hand fulfilling who we are, and making us great. this country was wealthy and made wealthy so that we could be , and it was we gave and is a privilege to get, and whatever we give away, god