Your Mid-Week Experiment
5 articles, 4 SNL ads, 3 songs, 1 essay about spring, 1 serious book about comedy, and 1 daring stand up
Let’s get to it:
Hal Malchow is going to die tomorrow, and he has one last thing to say. (Politico)
This is so weird: The most-respected expert on parliamentary procedure in both the House and Senate was until recently an anonymous social media account, and you will be surprised to learn who was running it. (Gabe Fleisher)
This sentence in this bonkers pants piece—> “I was locked in an arms race against my own mounting pants dysmorphia.” (Jonah Weiner)
The misanthropy of the lead actor in When Harry Met Sally is obvious 30 years later. So why is it still so watchable? (Megan Garber)
If you’ve ever had a serious conversation about why something was funny, read this book: (Jesse David Fox)
This is a smart and very scary article on Donald Trump’s authoritarian mode of humor. (Politico)
Only Ryan Holiday can steer the rebirth of spring into a meditation on death only to end on a motivating, positive note. (Ryan Holiday)
Jesse David Fox’s discussion with Jacqueline Novak’s bonkers comedy special Get On Your Knees is The Most of its kind. If you liked the special and this podcast, this is what you’ve been waiting for.
Doing these five minutes in front of an audience of tourists on live national television is an act of supreme bravery:
Late to the very weird party Julio Torres threw on Saturday Night Live.
This is a classic.
Oh my god this is so dark.
This is so perfect.
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