Good One: A Podcast About Jokes Vox Media Podcast Network
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Good One: A Podcast About Jokes is a podcast about - well - jokes, and the people who tell them. Each week, a comedian will play one of their jokes and then break it down with Vulture.com Senior Editor Jesse David Fox.
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Best Specials of the Year So Far
As we do every June, host Jesse David Fox brings Vulture critic Kathryn VanArendonk review on the podcast to share her list of the best comedy specials of the year so far (yeah, it's a short list).
The specials discussed:
Alex Edelman, Just for Us (HBO/Max)
Nikki Glaser, Someday You’ll Die (HBO/Max)
Kyle Kinane, Dirt Nap (YouTube)
Jacqueline Novak, Get on Your Knees (Netflix)
Ali Siddiq, The Domino Effect Part 3 and 4 (YouTube)
Taylor Tomlinson, Have it All (Netflix)
Ramy Youssef, More Feeling (HBO/Max)
Order Jesse's book (out now!), Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374604714/comedybook
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Tig Notaro, Joke Superlatives
This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Tig Notaro back to the podcast. Tig walks through her entire career via her best jokes with a new format called “Joke Superlatives.” Tig newest special, Hello Again, is out now on Prime Video. The film she co-wrote and co-directed, Am I Ok? is out now on Max. Stream her podcast, Handsome, wherever you get your podcasts.
Order Jesse's book (out now!), Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374604714/comedybook
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Ego Nwodim’s “Lisa from Temecula”
Before this most recent season, Ego Nwodim had already found a place for herself at Saturday Night Live. But it was this year, where she really making the show her own, getting on some of the silliest characters in the shows long history. On this week’s Good One, Nwodim talks with host Jesse David Fox about the characters that got her there.
Sketches/Clips Mentioned:
Pasta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwzdTW0pJXk
Entre Clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XadmCTKTibQ
Cat clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIRRmzc1TOI
SECOND LISA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY_DeNYWtIo
THIRD LISA CLIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDzrvVYgkgQ
LOKO Clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk7jW7qRZYM
Dionne CLip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHQbl3byYiY
RICH AUNTIE CLIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0VtbXLPjBY&t=168s
STINGRAY CLIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UlWbT3owys
Nat Geo Clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UlWbT3owys
Father lawrence clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjBrLbOJXHA
Mid-Day clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGqtZmShIkw
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John Early’s “After the Gold Rush”
This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes John Early back to the podcast. John talks about his 2023 HBO special, Now More Than Ever, and specifically a 20-minute section on millennials, modern life, and the internet that Jesse has been obsessed with for a year. They have so much fun!
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Mike Birbiglia’s “No Breath Holding” Sign
This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Mike Birbiglia back to the podcast. Mike walks Jesse through the joke at the climax of his most recent Netflix special, The Old Man and the Pool. The two also discuss making Good One: A Show About Jokes, the Peacock documentary special adaptation of this podcast, of which Mike was the subject of.
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Alex Edelman’s Christmas Story
This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Alex Edelman podcast to talk about his special, Just For Us, which premiered on Max earlier this year. Alex walks Jesse through incarnations of the same story about the time his Orthodox Jewish family celebrated Christmas.
Order Jesse's book (out now!), Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374604714/comedybook
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