Martin Short Won All of Comedy This Week

Also: Ronny Chieng, Desi Lydic, and John Oliver

Happy National Handshake 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.

And now, the videos you came for:

1. This is the funniest video I’ve seen all year. Martin Short as “Jiminy Glick” interviewing Bill Maher from last Friday. A sight to behold.

2. Martin Short also guest-hosted for Jimmy Kimmel this week. Martin’s on a roll!

3. Back on The Daily Show, Ronny Chieng and Desi Lydic dive into Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un’s lively boys trip in North Korea, the climate protester attack on Stonehenge and Taylor Swift’s private jet, and Louisiana’s new bill blurring the lines of church and state. Plus, Michael Kosta stops by to evaluate whether Republicans can handle the moral standards of the Ten Commandments:

4. And finally, check out John Oliver’s latest segment on Trump and what he would do in a second term, from Last Week Tonight:

Thanks for reading! Have a great weekend.

- Geoff

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