Five Jokes: 4-16-2024

A Major Bitcoin Moment, The Search For Clarence Thomas, Tesla Layoffs, Ford Bronco For Sale, CNN's 'King Charles' Says Goodbye

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• Bitcoin is about to hit an event called the halving — and it may spark a huge rally — or, worse: An new M. Night Shyamalan movie

  Note: I love M. Night Shyamalan, but a perfect punchline is a perfect punchline.

• Clarence Thomas missed oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Monday, and in an unusual move, the court gave no reason for his mysterious absence. But given his history, its safe to assume that decades of stiffing laughter at the term “oral arguments” have finally caught up with him.

• Tesla is laying off ‘more than 10 percent’ of its workforce — meaning the tasks of nearly 14,000 bitter employees will now be conducted by the Tesla’s groundbreaking self-loathing robots.

• The owners of O.J. Simpson’s infamous Ford Bronco are ready to sell. And they’ve got a killer sales pitch!

  

Finally…

• CNN’s ‘King Charles’ talk show starring Gayle King and Charles Barkley has ended its run with no plans to extend the limited series. In a joint statement, King and Barkley wrote, “Wait, we weren’t shooting cutaway gags for a ‘30 Rock’ reboot?”

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A JOKE FROM SOMEONE ELSE

• With all of the Conan O’Brien love lately, I wanted to highlight one of my favorite sketches — Tyler Perry’s Row 11 —which took place in the early TBS days back when the network still had tons of Tyler Perry sitcoms. It blew my mind. The absurdity of the situation. The specificity of the row. And then the fierce dedication to the drama of the scene by the actors.

• Hoff Matthews
  asks George W. Bush the tough questions:

• Photoshop brilliance from Skyler Higley…

  

A GOOD READ

• Zach Cherry, who joined me in last week’s episode of You Are The Genre was also recently featured in The New York Times!

  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/06/nyregion/severance-zach-cherry.html

  

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