Best of the Week!

Filmmaker Christopher Jason Bell joins 'You Are The Genre!' + more 'Yub Nub' & the top five jokes of the week!

IN THIS NEWSLETTER:

• Latest Posts:

  • New Podcast Episode + Yub Nub

• Top 5 Jokes of the Week!

• Best of the Best!:

  • Vote For Your Favorite jokes!

• Somethin’ Else!:

  • Roy Wood Jr. on You Are The Genre

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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

  Filmmaker Christopher Jason Bell joined me on the You Are The Genre podcast this week! We talk about fusing his early love emo music and sketch comedy into his craft as a filmmaker who bridges fiction with reality.

  • PAID SUBSCRIBERS can listen ahead to…

    • ...next week’s episode w/ poet Dr. Mahogany L. Browne!

      [Dr. Mahogany L. Browne] Is The Genre

• August Newsletter

  Paid subscribers also have early access to my August letter to subscribers filled with personal insights and recs!

  Welcome to August, 2024

• YUB NUB

  Yub Nub
  — the podcast that I co-host with Jim Fagan has an all new episode with Chris and Stefannie of the Dark Side Divas podcast about the not-so-subtle influence of Dune on George Lucas and the Star Wars franchise.

  If you’re a fan of Star Wars and like talking about it as media a little more than lore — you’ll really love the

  Yub Nub
  newsletter!

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Or just sending me some coffee money! It’s hard our here in these entertainment industry streets!

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: 8-5-2024

• Twentysomethings and teens are throwing “presentation parties” where attendees make wacky—sometimes sexy—slideshows based on themes. Parents are now begging them to commit crimes.

[read the other jokes from that day here]

TUESDAY: 8-6-2024

• Harris tapped Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. And by the looks of him, he plans on running with the slogan “Where’s The Beef? 2024”

  

[read the other jokes from that day here]

WEDNESDAY: 8-7-2024

• Prosecutors used an AI tool to send a man to prison for life. Now the person who created it is under investigation — this time by a human tool built by AI. [This joke is sponsored by the new CBS detective series, HUMAN TOOL. “HUMAN TOOL… solving crimes so quick, most of the hour is just him eating soup.”]

[read the other jokes from that day here]

THURSDAY: 8-8-2024

• A Texas man has been accused of placing 'pressure-activated' fireworks under toilet seats in bathrooms — but according to the police report, nothing compares to the explosive material provided by the first person who sat on one.

[read the other jokes from that day here]

FRIDAY : 8-9-2024

• New York City’s ice cream museum is being sued by a man who says he broke his ankle jumping into the sprinkle pool. The defense would like to call Willy Wonka to the stand.

[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 August” in an upcoming letter.

Ready? Set… Go! (You Have A Full Week To Vote)

SOMETHIN’ ELSE!

In honor of the exciting news that Roy Wood Jr. is hosting a CNN quiz show, here’s his recent episode of my You Are The Genre podcast!

UPCOMING SHOWS

To any New Yorkers out there — on August 14, I’m hosting Banned Book Comedy at Queens Public Library! (TIX/INFO)

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