Five Jokes: 4-4-2025
Music Video Awards, A 'Contagion' Sequel, Bruce Springsteen's Upcoming Release, Tariffs Results, and Microsoft Turns 50
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Hey! It’s Friday in America, I had a good time last night talking to Pete Fletzer, Nick Mielke and Chris Ryons about John Boyega’s journey with Star Wars —
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For the first time, CBS will broadcast the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards — which is a casual way of saying, if MTV means anything to you, you’re old now.
Steven Soderbergh is considering a sequel to his 2011 pandemic thriller Contagion, and he has some “terrifying ideas.” However, whenever he brings this up to a studio, they ask “Well, what if it was more of a heist that rhymes with… I dunno… Potions McGrevin?…”
Bruce Springsteen will release 7 albums of unreleased songs containing material written and re-recorded between 1983 and 2018. The project, named “Tracks II: The Lost Albums” instead of its original title, I Was Gonna Toss This, But Sure, How Much Money You Got? is set for release one June 27.
Billionaires lost a combined $208 billion in one day from Trump tariffs. Elon Musk could be heard in the halls of the White House screaming “Why does everything I touch explode?!”
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Microsoft is celebrating its 50th anniversary — which certainly explains why Clippy stars in that new Viagra commercial.
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OMG! Thanks for the shoutout, Tim! Thanks for making sure my week goes out on a high note! 😁
CBS and MTV have the same parent company (Paramount Global, nee Viacom) so I'm not surprised they would be doing that.