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His latest Netflix special,Bones and All, provides the answer.
Im against cancel culture, he says toward the end.
The line gets a big reaction from some of the crowd before Jeselnik drops the hammer: Thank you.
Thats my impression of a shit comic trying to get onRogan.
But his harshest words arent reserved for them.
Joes a good guy, he says in quick succession.
This feels like a skills-based position!
Whats worse is its apparently a partisan issue.
They had a Republican and Democratic choice forthe mine inspector, Newton continues.
What could they possibly have disagreed on?
True spontaneity in stand-up specials is rare even rarer when it doesnt take the form ofcrowdwork.
Comedy is just so fucking cool!
Its so much more!
He demonstrates what it sounds like when he pees now by dumping a glass of water on the floor.
Watching this special possibly has the brain-damage equivalent of doing ten canisters of whippets back to back.
Specifically, Wayans dedicates an unbelievable amount of time describing his elderly parents respective genitalia.
It is vivid, grotesque, pained, and weirdly sentimental.
This approach is best exemplified in a stand-out joke about Ricotes degenerative hearing loss.
She then conducts an informal audience survey.
I just want to know: Is there anyone here tonight who happens to be working on it?
she asks to silence.
And nobody knows anybody?
The general impact of it is How do mics even work?
at the Disco concert?)
You might think that Ive been a relatively unfunny stand-up comedian, he said.
But I think we can all agree I wouldve made anextremelyfunnylecturer.
Stewart Lee calls out his fans
Basic Lee, July
Liking theU.K.
Youre trying to get ready for bed at night, arent you?
And hes going [Ten seconds of obnoxious laughter] Oh God, hes a genius.
And so am I, because I like him.
Podcasts
Did podcasts make the election?
Did they make this list?
But its ripple effects were far wider.
Nana destroys Heckler, Nana is crushing, #Nana4SNL
Comedy Bang!
(Has Berlant ever even eaten at Long John Silvers?Extremelyunlikely.)
When someone fails horribly at a task like this, it can be funny.
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The triumphant return to Suicide House
Comedy Bang!
Bang!s formerly annual Halloween episodes.
Its tragic imaging Bueford LeBaron (Jon Daly) working in the lab late one night for nothing.
They was beating the mess out that boy.
He adds, If that cat didnt end up racist, he hated himself.
For that moment, we were all living in Mandals World.
Its hard to explain to the non-pisspig community, but it makes us fans laugh every time.
Sorry if you dont get it,dear.R.A.
LateNight
A.k.a.
“Next Morning on YouTube.”
Its been nice having Jon Stewart back, even if it is only once a week.
A meaner one, for starters.
In the 12 months since its premiere,After Midnighthas settled into a truly stupid little show.
Chris Flemingsstaged readingsare always a delight, for example.
It was a real master class in how to handle a scandal, especially a deeply stupid one.
There were honest-to-God marches!
What a beautiful, but fragile, peace we have found.
But nabbing Haley Joel Osment to play Vice-President-elect J.D.
Getting all three of these freaks out on the same night?
Gorgeous, gorgeous TV.
It even ends with multiple unrelated narratives uniting in a way that is both surprising but inevitable.
TheMulaneyverse
Two highlights from ‘Everybody’s in L.A.’
The return ofOh, Hello!
The crotchety, idiosyncratic Upper West Siders quickly reveal that they thought it was a HollywoodMansontour.
The reason we are here is because were visiting, George clarifies, helpfully.
Somany people were, honey, George tells their poor tour guide, Robert.
This is such an incredible bit of lore-building for everyones favorite modern amoral Statler and Waldorf.
Ofcoursethey did helter-skelter in the 60s.
Ofcoursethey were draft dodgers who appliedhardto the North Vietnamese Army.
And of course the characters are only getting better with age.
Evidently, one thing theydidntlearn from their repeat viewings ofMean Girlswas gratitude.H.P.
Award-worthyPerformers
The MVPs.
I dont fear your wings, man!
She then changed out of her nude heels into white sneakers and became a child in anaphylaxis.
Its these moments that make you want to claim that improv is back.
In the shows grand finale (spoiler ahead!
GreatMomentsinTV
Still got it, baby!
The standout contestant of this season ofThe Great British Bake-Offwould have been easy to hate.
He was just 20 years old, gorgeous, a little pretentious, and preternaturally good at baking.
The shows producers were in a quandary.
They knew this Little Mister Perfect was destined to go all the way to the final.
How to get viewers on his side?
By taking him down a peg right off the bat.
Hes a bit rusty, host Alison Hammond murmured apologetically.
Nate Jones
The light-switch gag in Barts Birthday
The Simpsons, September
Ah, 2024.
Im going to miss this place.
They zoom past the rule of threes and do the jokenine times.R.A.
If it had only those things, it would be a solid show.
he tells them, cheerfully, when they ask about it rotting.
It will be a terrible stench.
Ava holds a pencil
Hacks, May
Work that#2pencil girl!
Which means shemusttake a photo holding a pencil.
This was written by writers who have had to be photographed as writers, and they nailed this one.J.D.F.
Well, he won, and in the process made the best cringe comedy of the year.
While nervous about Tylers answer, he tried to ask a 20-year-old Grindr hookup to go instead.
SometimesBlueysneaks up from behind in anemotional ambush, but theres no need to worry about that here.
Its Schadenfreude all the way down.
There are ferns all over his house.
There are ferns in his windowsill.
There are ferns on the counters, on his desk, and on his bookshelves and on the floor.
This is what repetitive, underbaked medical proceduralsshouldbe: overserious acting and a goofy fridge full of ferns.
If only all billionaires could be this funny.
GirlsNoLonga
Saying good-bye to ‘Girls5eva.’
But she can also sell the hell out of a joke.
Thats more than some Emmy-winning comedies (ahem) make me laugh in a whole season.
Fox teeth
Grotesque, fantastic.
Cohen read the line as Sooo kewt, Rebecca l-O-b-O with an earworm musicality.
Cinema
We come to this place for slapstick.
and a comedian (YIKES!
What makes it great is shes nottryingto do a Lorne; shes doing her own thing.
So not only didPeoples Jokerout-JokerJoker: Folie a Deux,it out-LornedSaturday Night.R.A.
Get this guy a franchise!
An editor could conceivably cut together a 15-minute-long teaser without scratching the surface.
Its not just the movies joke density that impresses, either its the joke assortment.
If only itd been released 20 years earlier, its DVD would be a staple of college dorms everywhere.
The most meme-able part of the movie was the occasional cut to the villainously traditionalistCardinal Tedesco inconspicuously vaping.
It captured the old-new dichotomy of the film perfectly while still being legitimately surprising.
Pick up my hat!
In doing so, they successfully give birth to the spiritual sequel toZoolandersgasoline-fight sceneyou didnt know you needed.
(Same, Ed.
All that seriousness is what helps make his breaking-bad moment so wonderfully ludicrous.
The man keeps pet beetles.
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The Eggs
Problemista, March
Julio Torress movieProblemistatakes various silly things very seriously.
They provide the fulcrum around which the entire movie turns but are ultimately just eggs.
You want the world to understand theEggs, even as you dont.
It wasChanning Tatums locked-in commitmentto his terrible attempt at Cajun English as the New Orleansbased Gambit.
It could have been awful and offensive.
Instead, it was the funniest thing in the most-watched comedy of the year.
Thelma!!!
One of the worst Golden Globe snubs of the year.
They also happen regardless of how much pie shes crammed into her mouth.
(Via: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Commentary)pic.twitter.com/Tv7A9wdBcs
Tim Burtonsbest movie in a good long whileis simply just okay.
But Bob, the films preeminent shrunken-head guy, is funny just to look at.
Jen Chaney
What?!
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who isnt even Catholic, fully looked like a Disney adult about to meet Mickey Mouse.
Also, I cannot stress this enough: Someone brought him a bottle of olive oil.
InternetStuff
The best of TikTok, Instagram, and yes, still X somehow.
Your move, Bluesky.
Women can truly be anything!
), but when Anonymous sucks her into the dark web (They stole my wife!
I have to hack to get her!
), he has to enter the Matrix to track her down.
A Twink and a redhead at the DNC
TikTok, August
This did NOT go as planned.
While they were there, they alsogotFox Newss ass.
Its comedysMultiverse of Madnessbut with spelling.
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FunnyPeopleNamedConnerorChris
And also Corey.
In any other century, this is witchcraft.
Thats right, a zenith!!
Not so for Chris Fleming, master of the most precisely worded burn youve ever heard.
No kings, no presidents, no senators.
To make everything Corey.
No kings, no presidents, no senators.
It isDonnie Darkofor suburbanLean Inmoms.
It is a fever dream.
TheGiggleCrypt
Vampire-related content only.
Again I say to you, this was peak TV.
Were artist and writer vampires who happen to currently be working as baristas is a line worthy of30 Rock!
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P.I.
R.H.
SaturdayNightLive
Ever heard of it?
Beavis and Butt-head
April
This sketch established itself as an instantSNLclassic before it was even over.
I just couldnt prepare for what I saw, Gardnertold usin an interview after the episode.
Neither could we, Heidi.
Ariana Grande singing off-key?
An ultra-confident nice-guy horndog who shows up to sexually taunt another womans husband?
Whats not to like?
The bestSNLsketches find a way to turn an otherwise throwaway idea into something that hits a cultural nerve.
Its the 90s, Colin!
But on Weekend Update,its the 90s, baby.
Get with the times.
None of them been, Mr. MICHAEL CHE was my favorite song of the year.
Never has a political impression been so scathing with such little exaggeration.
Now, its a bitter but still comic reminder of why they lost.
Then, as a by-product of Samberg playing Doug Emhoff (remember Doug Emhoff!)
early in season 50, we got some dang Digital Shorts.
Hear us out: It was very good.
LineReadings
It’s all about delivery.
Hear Fallick say it once, and the phrase will somehow never leave your brain.
Youre 31.
Youd have a better shot with a handgun in your mouth.
If only they gave an Oscar for Sickest Burn.
His turn as the Joker wont come untilThe Batman Part IIin 2026.
___s sart of like a ___ porson is a useful, silly-sounding tool to describe literally anyone.
It was precise, it was fully in character, and it was funny.
Thank you for your service, Roxxxy!
He also gets the funniest line reading of the movie.
Then, almost as an offhanded comment to himself, he practically squeals Oh, I love my wife!
Whats a baby need pockets for?!
Whats a baby need pockets for?!
Whats it gonna keep in its pockets a knife?
J. Reid
