Five Jokes: 4-11-2025
+ an interview w/ 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' writer Felipe Torres Medina
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Hey! It’s Friday in America, I interviewed the hilarious Felipe Torres Medina on the You Are The Genre podcast to learn his new book America, Let Me In: A Choose Your Immigration Story —
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The Oscars will introduce a Best Stunts category — and is putting a concerted effort into explaining that the award isn’t for the best at “stunting on everyone in that red carpet outfit.”
RFK Jr. claims the U.S. will know the cause of the autism 'epidemic' by September. A photographer at the press conference caught a glimpse at his notebook, hinting at RFK Jr.’s plans for cracking the case:
The IRS has issued urgent last-minute tax filing tips. On the left, is a button labelled 99% that leads to an emoji of prayer hands. And on the right is a quick file button for the 1% which leads to a looping video of Dave Chappelle shouting “I’m rich, bitch!”
Donald Trump is undergoing the first physical of his second term. And, oh, how the tables have turned. Apparently, during a physical, it’s perfectly fine for a doctor to grab him by the —
And just like that… Doctor Oz deeply regrets his new position.
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An astronomer has proposed an entirely new category of galaxy. Instead of “Far, Far Away,” it’s “Way Too Damn Close.”
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The Academy finally cracked on having a Stunts Oscar- they had been actively resisting it for so long that I never thought it would happen...