Best of the Week!
Best of the Week!
Eliza Cossio joins You Are The Genre ! + Sci-Fi Fuel from Alternate Timeline + Best New Jokes
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I released the first episode of the You Are The Genre podcast featuring Eliza Cossio!
Paid subscribers can listen ahead to episode 2 with Ashley Ray now!
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(my alternate newsletter), I send weekly updates to fuel your imagination. Check out the latest edition of Sci-Fi Fuel here!
TOP FIVE JOKES OF THE WEEK!
Each weekday, I send five topical jokes. Subscribers (yes, you!) have voted on what made them laugh the most. Here are the top 5!
Note: Whenever there is a tie, I become the deciding vote.
MONDAY: 1-15-2024
eBay was charged and fined $3 Million after a bizarre stalking and harassment campaign against bloggers that included sending a fetal pig, a bloody pig mask, a funeral wreath, and live cockroaches to their home. But the bloggers aren’t the only ones angry at eBay. Someone out there still doesn’t know what happened to the bloody pig mask and box of cockroaches they ordered.
[read other jokes from that day here]
TUESDAY: 1-16-2024
After FX’s The Bear won the “best comedy” Emmy, many are debating whether it’s a comedy at all. Comedy bears Fozzy, Ted, and Cedric have all issued statements voicing their disapproval of the show’s entrance into the category.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
WEDNESDAY: 1-17-2024
Lorne Michaels confirmed that Tina Fey is in the running to succeed him at 'Saturday Night Live.' But don’t expect a transition of power anytime soon. Michaels also asserted that, “According to Dr. Spaceman, I’ll be around for mini year.”
[read the other jokes from that day here]
THURSDAY: 1-18-2024
Some American states are making attempts at convincing “super drivers” to switch to electric vehicles. They almost convinced the Fast & Furious franchise to go electric, but producers worried that silent chase scenes would free up enough mental space for audience members to ask, “Wait, what’s the plot here exactly?”
[read the other jokes from that day here]
FRIDAY : 1-19-2024
Climate change is terrifying the ski industry — prompting the Biden administration to place skiing onto the “Endangered White Activities” list (along with ice hockey and Rolling Stones concerts).
[read the other jokes from that day here]
If you enjoyed those Five Jokes, check out the most recent batch of Top Five Jokes!
BEST OF THE BEST!
Vote on your favorite joke among the top 5 — that way I can email the “Top Jokes of January” in next month’s letter.
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