color such a big deal? we ve had one since the mid- 80s! we re talking race, gender and pop culture so put on your zit cream and double-pump those inhalers, in other words! this is the the nightly show ! (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by comedy central larry: thank you, thank you very much! (audience chanting larry) larry: thank you very much! welcome to the the nightly show. i m larry wilmore. it s thursday nerdsday! yeah! so buckle in, nerds, because there s a lot going on in your world, respected news organization tmz happened to bump into latina actress michelle rodriguez and asked her about rumors she might play the green lantern. i think it s so stupid for like, everybody because of this whole, like, you know, like minorities in hollywood thing. it s, like, stop stealing, you know, all the white people s superheroes, like make up your own. larry: stealing the white people s superheroes? yeah, that s the talk i have with my son. son. don t stea
larry: thank you, thank you very much! (audience chanting larry) larry: thank you very much! welcome to the the nightly show. i m larry wilmore. it s thursday nerdsday! yeah! so buckle in, nerds, because there s a lot going on in your world, respected news organization tmz happened to bump into latina actress michelle rodriguez and asked her about rumors she might play the green lantern. i think it s so stupid for like, everybody because of this whole, like, you know, like minorities in hollywood thing. it s, like, stop stealing, you know, all the white people s superheroes, like make up your own. larry: stealing the white people s superheroes? yeah, that s the talk i have with my son. son. don t steal. i know you like spiderman, but that s the white man s superhero. we have gizzardman. after a lot of people were offended by her comments, she got on facebook to try to clean things up. i think that people should stop being lazy, and that s what i meant by my comm
larry: thank you, thank you very much! (audience chanting larry) larry: thank you very much! welcome to the the nightly show. i m larry wilmore. it s thursday nerdsday! yeah! so buckle in, nerds, because there s a lot going on in your world, respected news organization tmz happened to bump into latina actress michelle rodriguez and asked her about rumors she might play the green lantern. i think it s so stupid for like, everybody because of this whole, like, you know, like minorities in hollywood thing. it s, like, stop stealing, you know, all the white people s superheroes, like make up your own. larry: stealing the white people s superheroes? yeah, that s the talk i have with my son. son. don t steal. i know you like spiderman, but that s the white man s superhero. we have gizzardman. after a lot of people were offended by her comments, she got on facebook to try to clean things up. i think that people should stop being lazy, and that s what i meant by my commen
larry: thank you, thank you very much! (audience chanting larry) larry: thank you very much! welcome to the the nightly show. i m larry wilmore. it s thursday nerdsday! yeah! so buckle in, nerds, because there s a lot going on in your world, respected news organization tmz happened to bump into latina actress michelle rodriguez and asked her about rumors she might play the green lantern. i think it s so stupid for like, everybody because of this whole, like, you know, like minorities in hollywood thing. it s, like, stop stealing, you know, all the white people s superheroes, like make up your own. larry: stealing the white people s superheroes? yeah, that s the talk i have with my son. son. don t steal. i know you like spiderman, but that s the white man s superhero. we have gizzardman. after a lot of people were offended by her comments, she got on facebook to try to clean things up. i think that people should stop being lazy, and that s what i meant by my comm
(laughter) well! the fans may not like this, but i tell you who will like this mary jane. once you go black spiderman. you ll have to finish that. (laughter) another thing rocking the nerd-iverse the all-female ghostbusters remake. apparently nerds aren t afraid of ghosts, but they seem to be frightened by the ladies. but there is been some harsh backlash online about the upcoming estrogen powered ghostbusters starring mccarthy, kristen wiig, kate mckinnon and leslie jones. angry fans of the original film stormed social media attacking the remake s director, paul feig. larry: that s how nerds riot, by the way. they storm social media. they burnt down tumblr, man! why would they burn down their own? before we all get mad at nerds, let me see if i can explain it to you. nerds don t have a problem with women, they have a problem with change. i ll give you an example. nerds are upset at black storm troopers in the star wars movie. do they have a problem with a storm t