Shane Gillis Returns to SNL

Also: Jon Stewart and Desi Lydic

Happy National Horse Protection 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, Threads, Instagram, or TikTok, where I share my own jokes every week.

And now, the videos you came for:

1. Shane Gillis was famously hired— and then fired— from Saturday Night Live several years back. Well now he’s bigger than ever, and returned as a host, and the show felt funnier than usual. Check out this clever take on gambling apps:

2. Another hilarious sketch about sex dolls:

3. And a brilliant one about Trump sneakers:

4. Finally, I can’t get enough of The Daily Show these days, especially when Jon Stewart and Desi Lydic are this masterfully funny:

Thanks for reading! Have a great weekend.

- Geoff

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