Jake Gyllenhaal's NYPD Press Conference
Also: Jon Stewart, Michael Kosta, Ronny Chieng, and Adam Macias
Happy Brother’s Day! I’m Geoff Plitt, and welcome to What You Need to Know, the brief, weekly newsletter where I share the best comedy videos I’ve seen all week. It will always be free, and you’re welcome to become a friend by following me on Twitter, Instagram, or TikTok, where I share my own jokes every week.
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Shameless plug: I was on the amazing Adam Macias’ podcast That Was Wild, and my episode just dropped today! We discussed Kanye West's new website, The Dublin/NYC Portal, how we each have stories about meeting Matt Damon, and we play a new game called Bad Choice. Enjoy:
Jake Gyllenhaal was on Saturday Night Live last weekend, and I thought this sketch was especially funny. Jake places an NYPD police sergeant who hosts a press conference to address the increase in random acts of violence in New York City:
Jon Stewart continues to amaze me with his return to The Daily Show. In this recent clip, he tackles the media's obsession with Trump's hush money trial, the GOP freaking out over Biden's new energy efficiency standards, a name change for the Boy Scouts, and Biden slowing the flow of weapons to Israel while Trump shames Jewish Biden supporters:
One more from The Daily Show. In this clip, the hilarious Michael Kosta covers Trump not taking the stand during his hush money trial, Rudy Giuliani’s new "tummy friendly” ground coffee company, an Australian billionaire demanding her portrait be removed from a museum, and Ronny Chieng defends Scarlett Johansson against ChatGPT nerds stealing her voice:
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- Geoff
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