Best of the Week!
Interview w/ Comedian & 'How To Die Alone' Writer Mamoudou N'Diaye, ‘Severance’ Sketch, ‘Alternate Timeline’ Teaser + Top 5 Jokes Of The Week!
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[Mamoudou N'Diaye] Is The Genre + A Severance Spoof and an Alternate Timeline update!
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January Letter
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PODCAST: You Are The Genre
Comedian and TV writer joined me on You Are The Genre to talk about
Paid subscribers can listen ahead to next week’s episode with chief historian at the Center for Brooklyn History, Dominique Jean-Louis!
TEXT SKETCH:
A thought experiment merging U.S. presidents with AppleTV+’s Severance:
POST: About Morgan Stern
Over at I posted an explainer of my upcoming running series of stories titled The Alternate Timeline of Morgan Stern. Read it here.
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TOP FIVE JOKES OF THE WEEK!
Note: Whenever there is a tie, I become the deciding vote.
MONDAY: 1-13-2024
The C.I.A. has developed a chatbot that lets analysts talk with virtual versions of foreign leaders — and you’d be surprised by how often Netanyahu uses the phrase “chillin’ like a villain…”
[read the other jokes from that day here]
TUESDAY: 1-14-2025
Josh Gad says he was denied a role in ‘Avatar’ because he looked like a ‘Tall Overweight Smurf’ as a Na’vi — but, clearly, James Cameron is missing out on the economic potential of a spinoff series titled Avatar Plus.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
WEDNESDAY: 1-22-2025
A two-parter!
Ryan Gosling is in talks to lead in a "Star Wars" film. The parameters of his role are unknown, but all fan theories point toward Gosling being the franchises first live action H.I.L.F.
Don’t act like you don’t know what the “H” stands for. 😉
The payments-software company Stripe accidentally emailed an image of a cartoon duck to some employees when notifying them that they had been laid off. Embarrassing as it is… the staff member responsible the mistake is just grateful they sent an image from their “funny duck” folder instead of the one labelled “H.I.L.F.”
[read the other jokes from that day here]
THURSDAY: 1-23-2025
Scientists have reported a sighting of a spotted hyena in southeastern Egypt — the first such encounter recorded in a whopping 5,000 years. Know what that means… at least 6 more weeks of apocalypse.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
FRIDAY : 1-24-2025
'Canada is not for sale' hats have gone viral. Tied close behind them in sales them are hats labeled Make Canada France Again and Canada Is British Innit?
[read the other jokes from that day here]
If you enjoyed those Five Jokes, check out the top jokes from last week!
BEST OF THE BEST!
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A look back at my letter to subscribers from the start of the month!
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