Best of the Week!
Comedy & ‘Young Jedi Adventures’ Writer Greg Iwinski Joins You Are The Genre! + Best New Jokes & More!
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Welcome To March!
I update you on some vagaries of my personal life, and give you the scoop on my current obsessions!
Yo Are The Genre
Late night and Young Jedi Adventures writer Greg Iwinski joined me on the You Are The Genre podcast this week! Learn how listening to sports radio and watching self-aware sitcoms and variety shows guided him toward late night television and beyond.
Paid subscribers can listen ahead to the NEXT episode with podcast producer extraordinaire/ host of the Vanderpump Robs podcast,
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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: 3-4-2024
Restaurants are shying away from reservation for big groups. Here’s an idea: Put one of those conference call machines at the center of each table. If a party of 10 splits up, at least they can still hear each other chew.
[read other jokes from that day here]
TUESDAY: 3-5-2024
Jeff Bezos has replaced Elon Musk as world’s richest man after Musk previously claimed the title from him in 2021. Economists describe this tantric back and forth as “wealth edging.” And estimate that they won’t reach “fiscal climax” until attaining a balanced net income. At which point, watch out, because… you know… “liquidation.”
[read the other jokes from that day here]
WEDNESDAY: 3-6-2024
C-SPAN’s co-CEOs are stepping down this year. They technically stepped down in 2020, but live coverage of there goodbye in a random, noisy public library is finally wrapping up this year.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
THURSDAY: 3-7-2024
President Joe Biden is addressing the nation tonight at the State of the Union. And sources say he’ll be testing out a new catchphrase: “I ain’t scared of you motherf*ckers.”
[read the other jokes from that day here]
FRIDAY : 3-8-2024
A species of worm-like amphibian has been caught on camera feeding milk to its young. Wow. Just goes to show that even if you’re a worm-like lactating amphibian that lives primarily underground, Big Brother is always watching.
[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!
A little reminder of how and why You Are The Genre began!
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