Best of the Week!
Podcast producer and 'Vanderpump Robs' host Rob Schulte joins 'You Are The Genre!' + Best New Jokes, an [EMAIL] interview with Fareeha Khan & more!
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Hey, happy Saturday! Let’s dive in to some highlights from the week!
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Yo Are The Genre
Podcaster Rob Schulte joined me on the You Are The Genre podcast this week! We talk about his journey from high school theater to producing podcasts at networks like Maximum Fun, Team Coco and Sonar + hosting his own Vanderpump Robs podcast about the Bravo series ‘Vanderpump Rules.’
Paid subscribers can listen ahead to the NEXT episode with singer/songwriter & creator of the You Are The Genre theme song Freddie Nunez! Free subscribers will have access to it Monday.
An [EMAIL] Conversation with
Paid subscribers can also read my three-day [EMAIL] interview with the hilarious Fareeha Khan! Free subscribers will have access to it down the line.
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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: 3-11-2024
Al Pacino's sparked confusion with a casual Oscars best picture announcement. But no one was more confused than Pacino, who only said “Oppenheimer” because he thought he was purchasing a ticket at the box office. (He always carries the movie he wants to watch in an envelope.)
[read other jokes from that day here]
TUESDAY: 3-12-2024
A Brooklyn preacher known as the “bling bishop” was convicted of trying to extort a businessman while boasting about his ties to New York Mayor Eric Adams. Which is shocking because they seem like two people who would never hang out with each other.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
WEDNESDAY: 3-13-2024
Roku hackers breached 15,000 accounts and are selling them online. There’s apparently a big market for people who want to start wherever you left off watching reruns of Living Single.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
THURSDAY: 3-14-2024
Elon Musk canceled Don Lemon’s show on X over interview questions he didn’t like. Granted, most of those questions were “Y?”
[read the other jokes from that day here]
FRIDAY : 3-15-2024
Russia has an election this weekend and Vladimir Putin is all but assured another term. In fact, the only other options beyond his name on the ballot say, “Or else.”
[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 March” in the upcoming April letter.
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SOMETHIN’ ELSE!
In the latest episode of Yub Nub (the Star Wars focused podcast that I co-host with Jim Fagan and Greg Iwinski) we dive into behind the scenes featurettes, FX’s Shogun and more!
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