Tried to contend with the new Louis special in this month's column, as well as four other specials that weren't quite as much of an, um, dilemma. www.vulture.com/article/new-...

As a subject for the Maria Bamford Questionnaire, Johnny Knoxville very much did not disappoint. www.vulture.com/article/john...

Spoke to a group indie directors about the uphill battle that is trying to make a living as a filmmaker. Thank you to everyone who spoke to me for their refreshing candor. www.vulture.com/article/indi...

“I’m six months out from bankruptcy at any one moment.” great (depressing) feature by @hershalpandya.bsky.social on how five indie filmmakers pay the bills www.vulture.com/article/indi...

When Chiki Uno showed up to set for Nike’s Knicks ad, he assumed he was there as an extra. ‘I’m like, ‘You’re not putting makeup over my tattoos. I’m an extra. What do you care?’ And they’re like, ‘Haha, you think you’re an extra? That’s so sweet.’’

Had a nice chat with Chiki Uno, the star of the Josh Safdie Nike ad that ran after the Knicks won. He sprained his ankle and wrist filming it. www.vulture.com/article/new-...

There are at least six moments in this Tony Hinchcliffe Netflix special that I cannot, for the life of me, understand how they made the final edit. I wrote about it here. www.vulture.com/article/tony...

There are at least six moments in this Tony Hinchcliffe Netflix special that I cannot, for the life of me, understand how they made the final edit. I wrote about it here. www.vulture.com/article/tony...

I interviewed Xav, Justin Trudeau's R&B singer son, and I will forever kick myself for not asking him to provide one other plausible interpretation to this lyric: www.vulture.com/article/xav-...

I interviewed Xav, Justin Trudeau's R&B singer son, and I will forever kick myself for not asking him to provide one other plausible interpretation to this lyric: www.vulture.com/article/xav-...

It's Monday morning. Why not procrastinate your email backlog by watching some comedy? Wrote about five comedy specials from May worth your time. www.vulture.com/article/new-...

I wrote about Drake being a master of modern propaganda, for better or for worse: www.vulture.com/article/drak...

Chatted with Ron Taylor about winning Funny AF. Couldn't have happened to a nicer or more deserving guy. www.vulture.com/article/ron-...

Here’s What Stands in the Way of the Paramount-WBD Merger. Reporting by @hershalpandya.bsky.social www.vulture.com/article/para...

April was a really great month for comedy specials. Come for the recommendations. Stay for my tirade against the idea that comedy is "funny because it's true." www.vulture.com/article/new-...

I don't know much about the human body, but I don't think it's supposed to enter full blown fight or flight panic mode at the sight of a 2FA app code that is about to expire.

There was never much chance of the Malcolm in the Middle reboot being artistically vital, but at just four episodes long, it's pleasant enough. I wrote about it here. www.vulture.com/article/malc...

I wish I'd never learned the word "feckless."

There are so many comedy specials. So, so, so many comedy specials. Excited to be working on this recurring column with @jessedavidfox.bsky.social to recommend the ones most worth your time. www.vulture.com/article/new-...

It's Friday, so a couple of colleagues and I decided to cosplay casting directors and put together a perfect, unimpeachable cast for a hypothetical season of 'Last One Laughing: U.S.' www.vulture.com/article/drea...

It's Friday, so a couple of colleagues and I decided to cosplay casting directors and put together a perfect, unimpeachable cast for a hypothetical season of 'Last One Laughing: U.S.' www.vulture.com/article/drea...

I got asked to blog this news, to which I asked "do I have to do so neutrally?" to which my editors mercifully said "no." <3 www.vulture.com/article/bill...

For a man as famous as he is, Daniel Radcliffe has no reason to be so cool and down to earth. Had a great time running him through the Maria Bamford Questionnaire for Vulture. (Also thank you to my editors for allowing me to realize this elder millennial normie goal.) www.vulture.com/article/dani...

This whole thing is fantastic, and I'm not just saying that because Dan Rad and I both love the cheeseburger empanadas at Empanada Mama bsky.app/profile/nyma...

SNL UK should not be for the American gaze. I wrote about it here: www.vulture.com/article/satu...

Had the absolute pleasure of contributing to this behemoth of a ranking with my colleagues. Did I do irreparable damage to my brain by re-watching so many Adult Swim shows in rapid succession? Only time will tell. www.vulture.com/article/best...

As a fan of "A Black Lady Sketch Show," I was thrilled to see Ashley Nicole Black in the cold-open at the Oscars. I talked to her about what it was like to OPEN THE SHOW. www.vulture.com/article/ashl...

Roy's monologue is truly incredible. Here's the post: www.vulture.com/article/ever...

“What we witnessed on Saturday in Tehran may be the largest release of petrochemical toxins over a civilian population since the Iran-Iraq War,” Narges Bajoghli writes. To see this as collateral damage, “requires accepting that 9 million people’s lungs are an acceptable externality of war.”

I had a great time watching "Strip Law" on Netflix. At various points, it reminded me of "Community," "30 Rock," and "Bojack Horseman." I think you should also watch it, and I wrote about its incredible finale here. www.vulture.com/article/stri...

I had a great time watching "Strip Law" on Netflix. At various points, it reminded me of "Community," "30 Rock," and "Bojack Horseman." I think you should also watch it, and I wrote about its incredible finale here. www.vulture.com/article/stri...

I met the first person in history who said "enjoy the journey not the destination," and I told them about consuming media at 1.5x speed and they were like, "Okay, you're right, this is better."

Had a nice chat with Kit Harington about the season finale of Industry. www.vulture.com/article/indu...

I met the first person in history who said "enjoy the journey not the destination," and I told them about consuming media at 1.5x speed and they were like, "Okay, you're right, this is better."

Folks, Jelly Roll missed his deadline to share his political opinions! We must continue holding his feet to the fire! www.vulture.com/article/jell...

The nice thing about Google's A.I. search results is that every single Google result now feels like when I'd search "Snoop Dogg Net Worth" in 2016, and it'd pull up a completely fictional number from "celebritynetworth. com" and I'd just take it at face value.

Am I "reckoning with the nuances," or do I just suffer from a complete lack of moral and intellectual clarity? Depends on who you ask! Is absolute moral clarity even a good thing? Shouldn't more people acknowledge their fallibility? Oh, I'm doing it again.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like Pod is going to Save America smh

Can't recommend strongly enough @jessedavidfox.bsky.social's chat with @chrisgethard.bsky.social about what the world looks like for middle-class comedians right now, because the secret is that it's all one fight, and all of us are in it: open.spotify.com/episode/6wc5...

TV that will bum you the hell out as its characters make awful choices and succumb ever more fully to the financial and social forces that make them worse people? yes, please! the fourth season of INDUSTRY: I adore it. www.vulture.com/article/indu...

All of 2025's biggest comedy news stories involved comedians talking shit about each other on podcasts. It was exhausting. My humble recommendation: If comedians are going to talk shit about each other, they should do it onstage. www.vulture.com/article/come...

Imagine if, instead of dropping "Not Like Us," Kendrick just went on a podcast and said "Drake is not a nice man." That is what comedy beef was in 2025. We have to change that. www.vulture.com/article/come...

All of 2025's biggest comedy news stories involved comedians talking shit about each other on podcasts. It was exhausting. My humble recommendation: If comedians are going to talk shit about each other, they should do it onstage. www.vulture.com/article/come...

Every person my age watched this movie exactly one time and then proceeded to never think about it again.

Had a nice time walking Niecy Nash through the Maria Bamford Questionnaire! www.vulture.com/article/niec...

An incredible profile of Dijon that balances insights into process-y and personal stuff in a way musician profiles so often struggle to do. Shouout @paulxt.bsky.social pitchfork.com/features/cov...

This special achieves the rarest of comedic feats: an actual good joke about the word "unhoused."

People always talk about how ring cameras are bad because they create a surveillance state. No one talks about how ring cameras are bad because they ruin the knock knock joke.

You look at the Netflix and Warner Bros. thing and it's like........remember when Microsoft had to go to court for including an internet browser on windows?

Dutifully posting every article I write on Bluesky for the 12 followers who are active on here (most of whom also write for my publication) to see. Effective grassroots marketing!