The 5 Funniest Things I Saw This Week

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dr. Seuss on race, and plenty of TikTok

Just 100 days until Halloween, and 103 until the election. The news has been stressful this week… civil rights icon John Lewis died and the pandemic is getting worse and worse. But we can still find some things to make fun of.

Quick plug: Check out the latest episode of my youtube show, where I interview a mask denier!

Here are the latest comedy morsels I’ve gathered for you to snack on.

1. Drummer Michael Malinowski has a great Siri trick for a backing track:

2. Sara Schaefer has a good point:

   Sara Schaefer @saraschaefer1

   can’t stop thinking about the overlap between people who say “all lives matter” and people who refuse to wear a mask to protect even just one life

3. Jimmy Fallon got Lin-Manuel Miranda to record an epic freestyle voicemail greeting, and I’m jealous:

   

4. Jordan Temple is brilliant in this new Comedy Central clip:

5. Matt Cutshall’s sketch caught me by surprise:

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-Geoff