Best of the Week!
Writer Mychal Denzel Smith joins 'You Are The Genre!' + more 'Yub Nub,' June Letter, & the top five jokes of the week!
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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 Mychal Denzel Smith joined me on the You Are The Genre podcast this week! We chat about his passion for mysteries, early attempts at screenwriting, and grappling with perception as he navigates his career.
June Letter
My June letter to subscribers is now available for all to read! Get a little slice of my life + recs on things to consume!
YUB NUB
— the podcast that I co-host with Jim Fagan about Star Wars has two an all new episodes! One about episode 3 of Star Wars: The Acolyte—And the other about the impact of Akira Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress on George Lucas! —
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: 6-10-2024
Russia is preparing to host non-Western song and sports contests as Putin promotes his view that the world doesn't need the U.S. and its allies. The Russian BET Awards is set to premiere August 14th RPT (Russian People Time).
[read the other jokes from that day here]
TUESDAY: 6-11-2024
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. told a woman posing as a Catholic conservative last week that compromise in America between the left and right might be impossible and then agreed with the view that the nation should return to a place of godliness. He followed this up by asking, “Now, remind me… why are you dressed exactly like the pope?”
[read the other jokes from that day here]
WEDNESDAY: 6-12-2024
A new Missouri restaurant is banning patrons under thirty. The owner hopes the trend will expand into a global block of venues where Drake and Leonardo DiCaprio can’t bring a date.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
THURSDAY: 6-13-2024
Sony Pictures has acquired Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. That’s right, the company that keeps making Venom movies finally understands that you probably need to order a few beers to get through them.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
FRIDAY : 6-14-2024
Donald Trump says he’s already used artificial intelligence to redraft one of his speeches, praising the technology’s ability to produce “beautiful writing”—while also acknowledging it might lead to armageddon. Letters From African America has an exclusive on what the speech entailed:
[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 June” in an upcoming letter.
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