Best of the Week!

Comedian Yedoye Travis of Complex's "That's Deep" series joins 'You Are The Genre!' + more 'Yub Nub,' my July letter, & the top five jokes of the week!

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• Latest Posts:

  • New Podcast Episode + Yub Nub + The July Letter!

• Top 5 Jokes of the Week!

• Best of the Best!:

  • Vote For Your Favorite jokes!

• Somethin’ Else!:

  • The Post That Inspired You Are The Genre

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Hey, happy Saturday! Let’s dive in to some highlights from the week!

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LATEST POSTS:

• You Are The Genre

  Comedian, actor and writer Yedoye Travis (Mr. Mayor, Comedy Central) joined me on the You Are The Genre podcast this week!We talk about his early love of standup, whether comedy and philosophy should sit on the same shelf, and how he’s dealing with the algorithmic demands of modern creativity.

  Yedoye also hosts the hilarious Complex show, That’s Deep:

  

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• July Letter

  All subscribers can now read my July letter to subscribers filled with personal insights and recommendations!

  Welcome to July, 2024

• YUB NUB

  Yub Nub
  — the podcast that I co-host with Jim Fagan about Star Wars has two an all new episodes! One about episode 7 of Star Wars: The Acolyte w/ guest co-host Chris and Stef of the Dark Side Divas podcast!

  And the other about the art that inspired Star Wars with guest Brandon Bird!

  If you’re a fan of Star Wars and like talking about it as media a little more than lore — you’ll really love the

  Yub Nub
  newsletter!

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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.

Note: Whenever there is a tie, I become the deciding vote.

MONDAY: 7-8-2024

• Downtown development districts and other nonprofit groups are paying up to $100 an hour for buskers, jugglers, mime artists and musicians, betting their acts can make empty office districts feel safer and less depressing.  “There goes the neighborhood…” said one of these guys:

  

[read the other jokes from that day here]

TUESDAY: 7-9-2024

• Hip-hop producer Swizz Beatz has made a name for himself in Saudi Arabia’s camel-racing scene. Sensing a trend, MTV has secured the copyright to the title Pimp My Hooves.

[read the other jokes from that day here]

WEDNESDAY: 7-10-2024

• 100 life-size sculptures of elephants are beginning a cross-country journey to spread awareness about conservation efforts - and freak out anyone on the road who forgot their glasses.

  

[read the other jokes from that day here]

THURSDAY: 7-11-2024

• New York will ban large hotels from providing guests with tiny plastic bottles of shampoo and soap. Oddly, this has nothing to do with the environment and everything to do with the incredible organizing efforts of the “large scalp” community.

[read the other jokes from that day here]

FRIDAY : 7-12-2024

• For Nicolas Cage, making a serial killer horror movie was a healing experience. So, for the love of God, keep him away from rom-coms!

[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 July” in an upcoming letter.

Ready? Set… Go! (You Have A Full Week To Vote)

SOMETHIN’ ELSE!

Journey back to the post that inspired the You Are The Genre podcast!

You Are The Genre (and so am i)

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