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"I think writing essays, especially when they are earnest, there's a vulnerability to it and I think that exposes you a little bit more. Whereas like with a joke, you can hide behind it." @JenaFriedman #NotFunny drops today. @simonschusteer Audio interview and article drop Fri.

@mangiotto NOICE!

@ScottMcMinus5 Terry Williams DRUMS, DRUMS, DRUMS

@videostorekid NOICE!

@swierczy Love the Sam Shepard heaviness!

Today’s book haul. It’s Sam Shepard heavy, but that’s where I am right now.

@lizzienugent Congratulations, Liz! You're well on the case.

@jordan_harper NOICE! CONGRATULATIONS! We knew it was gonna happen.

My long-predicted climb to the top of Oprah Daily's list of spring mystery picks has finally come to pass oprahdaily.com/entertainment/…

Thank you @jonstewart @mrbobodenkirk @pattonoswalt @reggiewatts @JimGaffigan and @FREDARMISEN5 for letting me interview you for my book!

"It (@SSTRecords ) became the coolest, most sought-after, most respected indie label in America. But as time went on, its practices became increasingly corporate." @JimVermin #CorporateRockSucks @hatchette #relistenability wpr.org/sst-records-wa…

"I suppose if there's any unifying theme through the stories, often it's the relationships between family members and friends and ex-boyfriends." #LingMa #BlissMontage #relistenability @fsgbooks wpr.org/100-ex-boyfrie…

"I rolled the dice so that all the rolls that you see in the story are rolls that I actually made, and then I engineered the decisions and so on to fit the arc of the story I wanted to do." @pennjillette #Random @AkashicBooks #relistenability wpr.org/master-magicia…

With rumors of a second Fyre Festival circulating, refresh your memory on the foibles of Fyre Festival 1 wpr.org/dumpster-fyre-…

@AllieGoertz Very well-said, Allie. We wish that we could figure out how to create a Jaffeesque fold-in tweet. This is as close as we can get.

We’ve lost an iconic member of the Usual Gang of Idiots. The world was very lucky to have Al Jaffee. I’m forever grateful that my stint at MAD let me meet the legendary fold-in artist. He came up with better jokes in his 90s/100s than most people could in their prime. 💙

@katewillaert You're absolutely right, Kate!

@JRJRmusic @JenaFriedman My fellow Canadian Samantha Bee is absolutely correct. "NOT FUNNY is "[A] hilarious and much-needed book."

Please order the new @JenaFriedman book, “Not Funny”. This book becoming a best seller will DIRECTLY lead to more @JRJRmusic shows to be played simonandschuster.com/books/Not-Funn…

@monkeesnews @TheMickyDolenz1 CONGRATULATIONS, MICKY!

Micky Dolenz, of the Monkees, Lights Up The Paramount in Huntington NY April 11 longislandpress.com/2023/03/27/mic…

.@TigNotaro Congratulations on your excellent work directing @AtsukoComedy's @HBOMax special, #TheIntruder. It's cool how Atsuko went from imitating your delivery in her early standup work to having you direct this fantastic special. #FullCircle wpr.org/beta-atsuko-ok…

"You can do a lot without having papers. So I like to normalize it by saying undocumented folks are just Americans without papers. They're able to go to public school. They're your friends. They're your neighbors." @AtsukoComedy #TheIntruder @hbomax wpr.org/beta-atsuko-ok…

@HannaFlint NOICE!