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Interview w/ writer Nathan Rabin & Top 5 Jokes Of The Week!
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PODCAST: You Are The Genre
Writer
joined me to talk about his early interest in politics and trivia, and how they influenced his career as a dissector of pop culture’s past, present, and future.Paid subscribers have access to an ADVANCED episodes of You Are The Genre with SNL and Tonight Show writer Ryan Perez:
GUEST POST: Roy Wood Jr. Is Paying Attention To Niles Abston (And you should too.)
I wrote. a guest post for the
connected the dots between my You Are The Genre interviews with Roy Wood Jr. and Niles Abston!PODCAST: Yub Nub
The Yub Nub podcast is back with Jim Fagan, Greg Iwinski and myself chatting with SNL’s James Austin Johnson about Shadows of the Empire!
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Each weekday I send five jokes to subscribers who then vote on their favorites. Below are THE TOP FIVE JOKES OF THE WEEK!
Note: Whenever there is a tie, I become the deciding vote.
MONDAY: 3-17-2024
Just over a day after blasting off, a SpaceX crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering the replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts. On Earth, these formerly stuck astronauts can look forward to a series of high profile interviews that basically ask one question: “Y’all hooked up, right?”
[read the other jokes from that day here]
TUESDAY: 3-18-2025
A two-parter!
Arizona’s highest court has created a pair of AI-generated avatars to deliver news of every ruling issued by the justices, marking what is believed to be the first example in the U.S. of a state court system tapping artificial intelligence to build more human-like characters to connect with the public. However, one celebrity believes he has grounds to sue the court, as their debut avatar looks like he could be dubbed “Arizona Ice-T.”
Former Beatle Paul McCartney, Ava DuVernay, Taika Waititi, Cate Blanchett, Natasha Lyonne, Alfonso Cuaron, Matrix co-creator Lilly Wachowski, Ben Stiller, Carrie Coon, and Lily Gladstone are among over 400 entertainment industry power players who want the Trump administration to hold the line when it comes to Artificial Intelligence and tech companies’ desire to weaken copyright rules. Despite this, DOGE is condensing their message for the president by utilizing A.I. to combine their faces into one being who — woah, not again!!
[read the other jokes from that day here]
WEDNESDAY: 3-19-2025
Gal Gadot’s Walk of Fame ceremony was disrupted by a confrontation between pro-Palestine and pro-Israeli demonstrators. Gadot tried calming the crowd down with an a cappella rendition “Imagine,” and, surprisingly, both camps united in shushing her.
c[read the other jokes from that day here]
THURSDAY: 3-20-2025
Finland is again ranked the happiest country in the world, while the U.S. has fallen to its lowest-ever position — meaning we’re truly Making America Great (Depression) Again.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
FRIDAY : 3-21-2025
Disney shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal. In a public statement, Disney head Bob Iger proudly announced, “Some of my best friends are Goofies.”
[read the other jokes from that day here]
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