Five Jokes: 4-9-2024
Five Jokes: 4-9-2024
Conan O'Brien Set To Appear On The Tonight Show, Librarians Fearing Prison Time, Beyoncé Reaches No. 1 On Billboard's Top Country Albums Chart, Uber Eats Launches Video Feed, and... Blackface...
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Tonight, in his first return to NBC late night since departing the network, Conan O’Brien is joining Jimmy Fallon as a guest on The Tonight Show — where they’ll play the hilarious new game: Please, For The Love Of God, Don’t Remind Anyone Of What Could’ve Been.
Librarians are fearing new penalties, even prison, as activists challenge books. But there is one perk… Turns out people take shushes way more seriously when they come from librarians with a teardrop tattoo.
Beyoncé is the first Black woman to debut at No. 1 on Billboard's top country albums chart. Causing some lifelong fans of the genre to ask, “Is this country too bootylicious?”
Uber Eats is launching a short-form-video feed. Let’s just hope restaurants don’t start caring more about views that food quality. Yes, cat videos are fun, but please keep them out of your kitchens because that’s a health code violation!
Finally…
Billy Dee Williams says actors should be allowed to wear blackface. But, to be fair, he followed this up with, “I’m the disco mayor of a floating city in the clouds.”
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