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  1. profile
    ‘I’m Not Letting You Laugh at Me. I’m Perfect.’Twenty years into his stand-up career, Anthony Jeselnik remains the king of crossed lines.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  2. the great bits
    Taylor Tomlinson’s Always Armed With the UnexpectedHer 2022 Tonight Show set proves that even the most well-trodden topic can feel fresh in the right hands.
    By John Roy
  3. superlatives
    Tig Notaro on Her Favorite and Most Expensive Jokes“When I would try and stick it into a regular set, it didn’t do well. It just needed me to have cancer.”
    By Jesse David Fox
  4. good one
    Ego Nwodim Is in Her Silly SeasonThe SNL star breaks down six of her strongest and wrongest characters.
    By Jesse David Fox
  5. stand-up
    Nikki Glaser’s Jokes Need No DisclaimersIn her new special, Someday You’ll Die, she calls out comedians who add caveats to their jokes to make them easier to swallow.
    By Hershal Pandya
  6. mother’s day
    15 Comedians Who Dare to Imitate Their MothersCall them momedians.
    By Brian Boone
  7. content warning
    Jerry Seinfeld Performing at Catch a Rising Star
    18 Jokes That Would Get Jerry Seinfeld Canceled TodayComedians in cars getting canceled.
    By Rebecca Alter
  8. the great bits
    Andy Daly Mines Art From Hack-Comedy CriticismHis 2006 Comedy Death-Ray set throws a giant middle finger to everything alt-comedy finds unacceptable.
    By John Roy
  9. politics
    Colin Jost’s Best Jokes at the 2024 White House Correspondents’ Dinner“Donald Trump has spent the past week falling asleep in court every morning — though Fox News said he was just being ‘anti-woke.’”
    By Hershal Pandya
  10. stand-up
    Long Jokes Are GoodMore of them, please.
    By Jesse David Fox
  11. holidays
    You Bet Your Life
    It’s Time to Make April Fools’ Day the Halloween of ComedyRIP, pranks.
    By Jesse David Fox
  12. good one
    Ramy Youssef on the First Israel-Palestine Joke He Wrote After 10/7“You know me. You think I’m Hamas? Bro, I’m a Taliban guy.”
    By Jesse David Fox
  13. the great bits
    Jim Gaffigan’s Most Popular Joke Is a Stand-up Master ClassYes, we’re referring to “Hot Pockets.”
    By John Roy
  14. good one podcast
    91 Comedians Reveal Jokes They’d Like to Steal If They Could Get Away With ItTig Notaro, Roy Wood Jr., and more on the joke they wish they thought of first.
    By Jesse David Fox
  15. a long talk
    Paul F. Tompkins Is Getting Back Into ItThe comedian and podcast legend is still in love with stand-up — and nervous it’ll break his heart.
    By Jesse David Fox
  16. jokes
    8 Comedians Define the Meaning of ‘Queer Hack’“It’s a gift that we live in a place where gay people are doing stand-up and we can say, ‘Okay, ladies, we heard that one. Do better.’”
    By Kyle Turner
  17. backstories
    ‘Make Him Tell the Machine Story!’Stand-up Bert Kreischer chronicles the journey behind his megapopular joke.
    By Jesse David Fox
  18. politics
    Roy Wood Jr.’s Best Jokes at the 2023 White House Correspondents’ DinnerHe nailed it.
    By Hershal Pandya
  19. stand-up
    Kyle Kinane and Chris Rock Want You to Change Your PillowsIn their recent specials, both comedians trace different routes to arrive at the same (disgusting) image.
    By Hershal Pandya
  20. good one podcast
    If Johnny Carson Could Retire, Why Can’t Kathleen Madigan?“So, when the money’s all right, I know I’m free to go, and then I just have to think, Is there any last thing I want?”
    By Jesse David Fox
  21. stand-up
    Opey Olagbaju Is a Singular Single ComedianIn a recent set, he breathes new life into one of stand-up’s oldest clichés.
    By Hershal Pandya
  22. good one podcast
    ‘What Would She Expect Out of Me? Would She Like It?’Marc Maron on grieving Lynn Shelton and the first joke he made about her death.
    By Jesse David Fox
  23. the great bits
    The Comedy Perfection of Richard Pryor’s ‘Heart Attacks’The legendary stand-up’s five-minute bit is a master class in vulnerability, physicality, and reckoning with death.
    By John Roy
  24. stand-up
    Comedy About Mental Health Is EvolvingIn his recent special Rat Paradise, Aussie comedian Jack Druce twists the destigmatization of mental illness in surprising ways.
    By Hershal Pandya
  25. good one podcast
    All Hail Matt Rogers, the Prince of ChristmasThe comedian talks his new special, longtime partnership with Bowen Yang, and the power of drag.
    By Jesse David Fox
  26. good one podcast
    Don’t You Dare Call Kumail Nanjiani a Former ComedianThere was a moment earlier when you said, “You were a comedian,” and that hurt my feelings. I was like, This motherfucker over here.
    By Jesse David Fox
  27. good one
    Gabriel Iglesias Knows How to Make a Stadium LaughWith a joke about a cockroach.
    By Jesse David Fox
  28. good one
    Have You Watched The Simpsons Lately? Because You Should!Matt Selman, Brian Kelley, and Christine Nangle discuss the series’ standout 34th season.
    By Jesse David Fox
  29. stand-up
    Danny Jolles Toys With Truth and Audience in You ChooseThe choose-your-own-adventure stand-up special serves up two versions of each joke and makes you question what to believe.
    By Hershal Pandya
  30. good one podcast
    How Sam Morril Gets Laughs Between Laughs“It’s almost like a hesi move in basketball. Like, how can I get my jump shot wide open?”
    By Jesse David Fox
  31. stand-up
    Go for a Loop With One of Australia’s Best ComediansIn his new special, Aaron Chen realizes Norm Macdonald’s vision of the “perfect joke.”
    By Hershal Pandya
  32. good one
    Disgust Is Tom Segura’s Love LanguageThe comedian talks about walking his audiences right up to the line of political incorrectness — and then laughing at the people who step over it.
    By Jesse David Fox
  33. good one
    Jinkx Monsoon’s ‘Snatch’ Judy Garland Was a Very Good JudyIt all started with a Salisbury steak sandwich pretendered in Provincetown.
    By Jesse David Fox
  34. good one podcast
    Kate McKinnon Wanted to Literally Kiss SNL Good-bye“The most meaningful moments, just looking back, were like … Okay. Long pause for crying, sorry.”
    By Jesse David Fox
  35. good one podcast
    How Nimesh Patel Made Friends With the TikTok AlgorithmThe former SNL writer discusses performing stand-up on- and offline.
    By Jesse David Fox
  36. stand-up
    When the Punch Lines Are Hiding in Plain SightEmily Catalano’s recent stand-up set surprises the audience with reveals that seem obvious in hindsight.
    By Hershal Pandya
  37. rip
    Jak Knight Always Cleared the BarThe late comedian held himself to a higher standard onstage.
    By Hershal Pandya
  38. good one podcast
    Nikki Glaser’s Jokes Aren’t EasyThe comedian discusses material about sex and whether or not she’s going to quit stand-up on this week’s Good One.
    By Jesse David Fox
  39. good one podcast
    Cristela Alonzo Needed a Decade to Process Greg Giraldo’s Advice“You don’t have to listen to everybody’s notes, but if you respect them … maybe listen and see if it works with what you’re doing.”
    By Jesse David Fox
  40. knock knock
    31 Comedians Share Their Favorite Joke-JokeFrom puns to chickens crossing the road to giving Willie Nelson a blowjob.
    By Jesse David Fox and Jason P. Frank
  41. rip
    Remembering Nick Nemeroff, a Master of MisdirectionThe stand-up, who died recently at age 32, had a unique superpower.
    By Hershal Pandya
  42. stand-up
    This Weed Joke Is As Potent As Today’s WeedComedian Ralph Barbosa’s Don’t Tell Comedy set sneaks material about guns and taxes into clever jokes about weed.
    By Hershal Pandya
  43. good one podcast
    Nobody Can Tell the Stories Ms. Pat Tells“Once I didn’t give a fuck what people thought about me, it allowed me to open my mouth.”
    By Jesse David Fox
  44. good one podcast
    In Comedy and Sex, Katt Williams’s Customer Is Always Right“Who doesn’t want to leave the audience dancing on their way out?”
    By Jesse David Fox
  45. good one podcast
    Craig Robinson Has Long Trained for His Moment As No. 1The comedian talks Killing It, Def Comedy Jam, and those funny Eastbound & Down bloopers on Good One.
    By Jesse David Fox
  46. good one podcast
    Solomon Georgio Told a Joke on Conan So Edgy It Made Him PoopThe stand-up chats with guest host Dulcé Sloan on this week’s Good One.
    By Jesse David Fox
  47. good one podcast
    Chris Redd’s Bust Down Journey Started Years Before SNL“There were so many different versions of it, and each one of them terrified white executives.”
    By Jesse David Fox
  48. oscars 2022
    The Oscars Needed More Jokes, ActuallyJokes could have relieved the ceremony’s unbearable tension. Why didn’t the Oscars make more?
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  49. stand-up
    The Rediscovered Prescience of SpongeBob’s “Squirrel Jokes”Co-writer Walt Dohrn discusses the 2001 SpongeBob SquarePants episode that lives on in meme form.
    By Rebecca Alter
  50. 🏆
    Participation Trophy Jokes Can Be Good … SometimesOther times, they help brands trying to engineer Twitter engagement.
    By Hershal Pandya
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