Making Fun and Comments

In a recent event, Judd Apatow, a filmmaker and TV producer, made some surprising comments about President Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk during his opening monologue at a big awards show. He joked about the country's political changes and Hollywood's focus on diversity and boundary-pushing issues that are now under fire from President Donald Trump and his right-wing allies. He even mentioned that he might need to change the tone of his film and TV projects to match the current cultural climate. He also compared himself to the star of a famous movie who took a youth serum. Apatow then shared his surprise when Elon Musk, the owner of X, posted a meme of his 2008 comedy “Stepbrothers. ” Apatow joked that Musk didn’t understand the movie’s premise. He later talked about how Musk and Jeff Bezos share a common interest in space travel, imagining a scenario where various Trump-related figures join Musk on a space flight. This led Apatow to paint a funny picture of a world returning to life as it was before the 2000s. He imagined a world where MTV plays music videos, everyone uses flip phones, and young men leave their basements to flirt with girls. Apatow even mentioned that Britney Spears would release a new record and put her father in a conservatorship, and pandas would start breeding like crazy, creating millions of new pandas. Apatow later shared his thoughts on the box office success of “Wicked, ” a Universal musical that became a huge hit over the holiday season. He joked that to make that much money, you would have to sue a famous actress, Blake Lively. He also made fun of himself, saying he is like Mel Brooks if he took “The Substance, ” a fictional youth serum. Apatow is known for his prolific work as a producer, creating hit movies like “The 40 Year-Old Virgin” and “Knocked Up, ” as well as TV series like “The Larry Sanders Show” and “Girls. ” He has also turned his attention to documentaries about influential pop culture figures, including Garry Shandling, George Carlin, and the Avett Brothers. At the moment, Apatow is working on a two-part documentary about the life and career of Mel Brooks for HBO. He also produced the 2024 feature docu “Stormy, ” about Stormy Daniels and the payoff scheme that led to the criminal conviction of President Donald Trump.