Best of the Week!
Current obsessions + top 5 jokes & more!
IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
Stuff You Might’ve & Current Obsessions
Vote For Your Favorite Jokes!
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Hey, let’s dive in to some newsletter highlights from the week! Oh, and I co-host a live standup showcase with Emily Wirth called RAD COMEDY each Thursday in Brooklyn! Here’s the lineup for next week 7/17. If you’re in New York, get tickets!
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LATEST POSTS
POST: Stuff You Might’ve Missed From June 2025
Hard to believer, but it’s already July, and here’s a list of things you might’ve missed from this publication including the most voted on jokes!
POST: Current Obsessions
A quick dive into some of the media I’m obsessing over.
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: 7-7-2024
Officials now say France’s Seine river meets European water quality standards on most days. This, of course, matches France’s “yeah… it’s probably fine” rule for stinky cheese.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
TUESDAY: 7-8-2025
The producers behind Last One Laughing UK are developing a format in which comedians transport a gigantic ball across various terrains. So, if you’ve had that nagging feeling that working in entertainment is like Sisyphus pushing a boulder in an endless loop, you can now rest assured. That’s absolutely what’s taking place.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
WEDNESDAY: 7-9-2025
The US State Department is investigating an imposter who used artificial intelligence to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and contact three foreign ministers. The department is baffled. Apparently the culprit could’ve imitated Rubio just fine with “artifice” but went above and beyond by adding “intelligence” into the mix.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
THURSDAY: 7-10-2025
Stephen King will narrate a ‘Hansel and Gretel’ audiobook with Maurice Sendak’s illustrations. So, if the story wasn’t already scary enough, this time its voiced by an old man who can’t really do character voices. Nothing more thrilling than a guy in Maine just sort of describing his afternoon.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
FRIDAY: 7-11-2025
A polo legend and a businessman joined forces to clone the player’s greatest horse. Naturally, movie studios hope to do the same for cancelled actors. “Wouldn’t it be great to have a Michael Richards who’s genetically incapable of saying ANY word that starts with N?”
[read the other jokes from that day here]
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BEST OF THE BEST!
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