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• PODCAST: You Are The Genre

  Playwright and The Rewind Files author Claire Willett joins me in the latest You Are The Genre podcast!

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TOP FIVE JOKES OF THE WEEK!

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

MONDAY: 10-21-2024

• Alien: Romulus is getting a VHS release — the perfect gift for saying “Hey, here’s a box.”

[read the other jokes from that day here]

TUESDAY: 10-22-2024

• Disney says it will appoint Bob Iger's successor as CEO in early 2026. Insiders say the top choice for CEO is currently the rocking chair guy from the beginning of the Pirates of

  the Caribbean ride.

  

[read the other jokes from that day here]

WEDNESDAY: 10-23-2024

• Rudy Giuliani must turn over sports memorabilia and other prized possessions to two Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him, including his New York City apartment, more than two dozen luxury watches and a 1980 Mercedes once owned by movie star Lauren Bacall. The judge in the the case has also considered allowing election workers to stop and frisk the former New York mayor at any moment, just in case he’s carrying a few loose jewels.

[read the other jokes from that day here]

THURSDAY: 10-24-2024

• Researchers aren’t sure why college freshman enrollment dropped this fall. And if the lack of enrollment keeps up, researchers won’t be sure about way more stuff.

[read the other jokes from that day here]

FRIDAY : 10-25-2024

• San Francisco will pay $212 million for its train system to ditch floppy disks — forcing the system to run on cutting edge information burned onto a CD from LimeWire.

[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 October” in an upcoming letter.

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SOMETHIN’ ELSE!

That time I met Steve Harvey.

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