Every creator of a TV comedy: What if the protagonist was — get this — vapid and self-obsessed? Television networks: No way! You wouldn't! Creator: It's revolutionary. Network: Here's millions of dollars.

Music straight up doesn't get better than Lauryn Hill and D'Angelo harmonizing the lyric "nothing but you" over and over.

I don't think I'd ever conceived of the world going on without D'Angelo. "Spanish Joint" forever. This sucks so much.

A couple years ago, I learned how to make a humane fruit fly trap by putting a piece of banana in a glass jar, covering it in saran wrap, and poking holes in the top with toothpicks. The problem is that nothing in my life works as well as this thing catches fruit flies.

Ugh I wish I was wearing my super baggy trousers right now in tribute.

Doing mutual aid to raise the money the Saudi Arabian government was going to pay me to cover the Riyadh comedy festival, which I was definitely 1000% offered but forfeited due to morality reasons.

Not included in this interview: The moment when Will Arnett stopped me mid-question to absolutely clock me with, "Hershal, are you Canadian?" www.vulture.com/article/will...

Nate Bargatze is a great comedian, but he was always going to be a strange fit as an awards show host. I wrote about his Emmys performance here. www.vulture.com/article/nate...

This is my favorite thing I get to work on. The way people discover comedians now removes them from all context. I love that we get to put together this list that frames their work in the proper light. Please read and enjoy! www.vulture.com/article/best...

The first person who said "have a good one" instead of "have a good day" definitely thought they cooked with that.

Had a great time watching 'Eternity.' Maybe too great, given the movie's premise. I wrote about it here. www.vulture.com/article/tiff...

Channing Tatum + Derek Cianfrance = good www.vulture.com/article/roof...

Maude Apatow's directorial debut 'Poetic License' is so much better than I was expecting it to be, but my main takeaway from it was: COOPER HOFFMAN. www.vulture.com/article/poet...

I had an impossible chat with Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin about their new HBO show 'The Chair Company,' during which they refused to tell me anything about the show, but we all laughed about how impossible the conversation was. www.vulture.com/article/tim-...

Wrote about Aziz Ansari's new movie. This Keanu Reeves guy is pretty great. Who knew? #TIFF www.vulture.com/article/in-g...

Wrote about John Early's directorial debut 'Maddie's Secret,' which is very good at being the movie it is trying to be, and also ruined my ability to watch online food videos forever. www.vulture.com/article/tiff...

Wrote about the John Candy doc premiere at TIFF, which Prime Minister Mark Carney showed up and somehow found a way to make about the tariff war. www.vulture.com/article/i-li...

Doing mutual aid to raise the money the Saudi Arabian government was going to pay me to cover the Riyadh comedy festival, which I was definitely 1000% offered but forfeited due to morality reasons.

Had a nice little chat with Adam Sandler and Dan Bulla about writing their Emmy-nominated 'SNL50' song, "50 Years." www.vulture.com/article/adam...

Had a nice little chat with Adam Sandler and Dan Bulla about writing their Emmy-nominated 'SNL50' song, "50 Years." www.vulture.com/article/adam...

I wrote a piece about how the R-word is everywhere in stand-up again. You're welcome to yell at me about it, but I would just politely ask that you read the whole article first. Thank you. www.vulture.com/article/come...

"But as the taboo surrounding it diminishes, so too does the comedic value of saying it onstage in order to shock an audience, defend its usage, or use it as I’m-one-of-the-cool-ones shorthand."

I wrote a piece about how the R-word is everywhere in stand-up again. You're welcome to yell at me about it, but I would just politely ask that you read the whole article first. Thank you. www.vulture.com/article/come...

Sometimes, I want to remember what it's like to write manually with pen. And for lack of anything better, I'll just write my name a few times. Then I think someone will see it and think, "What a narcissist. He just writes his own name over and over?" So I scribble it out until it's unrecognizable

*It's 2050. I am face-to-face with an all-knowing being. They tell me I can ask any three questions about the mysteries of the universe before I am sent back to Earth in a new body* "How did Donald Glover get Rihanna to be in 'Guava Island?' How did he do it? How?"

Life as a creative professional: Q: So, what do you do for a living? A: Well, basically, I try to monetize my thoughts Q: What thoughts? A: Oh, thoughts like “Our society is a nightmarish dystopia in which everyone’s thoughts are monetized.” Q: Oh. Hmm. I see. A: Yup

Throuple activists trying to raise awareness that wedding invitation "plus ones" are not inclusive of their lifestyle.

Logging online with full enthusiasm for one more productive day of discourse about the Sydney Sweeney jeans ad.

I wonder if the professionals in India who use AI to write their emails, generate culturally-tailored ChatGPT responses like, "Kindly allow me some time to check on this and I will get back to you on the same."

Just had a great idea to save television. They should reboot Suits!

Kind of a niche thought, but my big problem with plant-based recipes is that coconut milk has way too strong and distinct of a flavor, and it distorts (and sometimes ruins) the taste whatever recipe that's using it as a substitute. Coconut milk is not a panacea!

proud: I spoke to ayo edebiri, lionel boyce, janicza bravo, danielle deadwyler, & arion king about "worms," the best episode of THE BEAR S4, w/ details on shooting in bronzeville, & the importance of casting "brown-skinned women, darker-skinned girls." @vulture.com: www.vulture.com/article/the-...

Wrote about TikTok and Instagram's latest comedy obsession, Chit. www.vulture.com/article/chit...

Hearing someone say, "I resonate with that" is so more irritating to me than "that resonates with me," and I don't know why, but I have a vague sense I am not the only one this applies to.

Had the pleasure of walking Christine Baranski through Vulture's Maria Bamford Questionnaire. www.vulture.com/article/chri...

Punjabi weddings are funny b/c they're like, "Have you spent an hour dancing in the hottest, most crowded room you've ever been? Why not cool off with some Dal Makhani?" It's like if, at the end of the superbowl, instead of gatorade, they filled the cooler with hot lentil soup.

Going to take my secret mistress to the Coldplay concert tonight. Have there been any cautionary tales about this I should know about?

Wrote about Druski, who has been popping up everywhere for years, but seems to be even more ubiquitous lately. www.vulture.com/article/drus...

Reminder to myself: Don't initiate text convos with friends. You are not going to reply, and you're going to feel bad about it, but never change your behavior.

You sleep beside a light sleeper and they're like, "You remember when you scratched your nose at 4:37 am? I've been up since then."

As part of a recent gift, my bro-in-law took my 4 year old nephew to the dollar store & told him to pick out anything: "Whatever he thinks his uncle will like." So..............I am currently eating cotton candy for the first time in 15 years, and my nephew, it turns out, wasn't wrong.

I ate at a Subway last night because nothing else was open at the time, and the very nice kid who worked there asked me to leave a review on Google like his job depended on it. So now I am engaged in the mortifying act of leaving a publicly visible review for SUBWAY SANDWICHES.

Went on the radio this morning to talk about my piece on "Bomb Iran," the unlikely Beach Boys parody song that has been normalizing violent intervention for four decades. www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...

Went on the radio this morning to talk about my piece on "Bomb Iran," the unlikely Beach Boys parody song that has been normalizing violent intervention for four decades. www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...

Has anyone ever gotten Nardwuar to officiate their wedding and then when he goes "Doot Doola Do Do..." they resolve the melody with "I do"? This is a free idea.

Worked with the inimitable @ralter.bsky.social to write about the group that is, in my humble opinion, making the best sketch comedy on the internet right now (@hotelartthief.bsky.social). www.vulture.com/article/hote...

Spent a few days learning about how a violent Beach Boys parody song improbably came to be the soundtrack for four decades of U.S. foreign policy in Iran. www.vulture.com/article/bomb...

If Zohran wins today, that'll mean that the first former rapper to be elected mayor IN THE BIRTHPLACE OF HIP-HOP will be an Indian person, and that is very funny to me.

We asked comedy legend Maria Bamford to put together a list of 25 questions she'd ask any celebrity if she could. She delivered in the most Maria Bamford way possible. I had the great pleasure of posing these questions to the one and only Richard Kind. www.vulture.com/article/rich...