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Jesse David Fox

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Past:
  • Vulture
  • New York Magazine
  • Slate

Past articles by Jesse David:

Adam Scott and John Enbom on Henry’s ‘Party Down’ Evolution

On Vulture’s ‘Good One’ podcast, ‘Party Down’ star Adam Scott and showrunner John Enbom discuss Henry’s evolution as a character across the series’ three-season run. → Read More

Saturday Night Live Should Have More Dumb Sketches Like ‘Lisa From Temecula’

When Ego Nwodim debuted Lisa from Temecula, a character reminiscent of those she plays on the podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! and one of the silliest characters of recent memory, it represented the silly heights that she and the show can achieve. → Read More

SNL’s 21 Cecily Strongest Moments

Rounding up some of Cecily Strong’s best, funniest, and most memorable moments on ‘Saturday Night Live’ from her 11-season run on the sketch-comedy show. → Read More

Earth Isn’t Big Enough for Taylor Swift’s Fan Base

Taylor Swift is too popular for Ticketmaster, which canceled the general sale of her Eras Tour after the pre-sale crashed the website and prompted multiple government investigations into the Live Nation monopoly of the concert industry. → Read More

Gabriel Iglesias Knows How to Make a Stadium Laugh

On ‘Good One,’ Gabriel Iglesias explains how he told an arena full of people that he was scared of a roach for his ‘Stadium Fluffy’ special on Netflix. → Read More

Community Got Six Seasons, and Now It’s Getting a Movie

‘Community,’ the cult-comedy TV show by Dan Harmon, is officially getting its six seasons and a movie with most of the original cast, including Joel McHale, Danny Pudi, and more, returning for a new film. → Read More

Lorne Michaels to SNL Spouses: You Got Two Years to Host or No Big Party for You

After a legendary 40th anniversary party in 2015, Lorne Michaels is not into the idea of letting plus ones attend the upcoming 50th party. Sorry guys! → Read More

The Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2022

A roundup of 24 up-and-coming comedians recommended by nearly 100 in-the-know industry sources. They’re the performers who have people working in comedy most excited, and you should leanr their names now before they’re everywhere. → Read More

Remove! The! Exclamation! Point! From! Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Did you know there is an exclamation point in the name of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show? It’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ But it’s time to get rid of the exclamation point. Enough is enough. → Read More

Jinkx Monsoon’s ‘Snatch’ Judy Garland Was a Very Good Judy

On Vulture’s ‘Good One’ podcast, Drag Race All Stars 7 winner Jinx Monsoon breaks down the craft that went into her Judy Garland ‘Snatch Game’ character, her ‘SNL’ ambitions, and more. → Read More

Martin Short Tells 21 Funny, Good Jokes on ‘The Tonight Show’

Last night, Martin Short went on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ and, in conversation, told 21 very good, very funny jokes in 4 minutes and 45 seconds. That’s more than four jokes per minute! → Read More

Kate McKinnon Wanted to Literally Kiss SNL Good-bye

On Vulture’s ‘Good One’ comedy podcast, Kate McKinnon looks back on her 11-season run on NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ and her good-bye episode in May 2022. → Read More

How Nimesh Patel Made Friends With the TikTok Algorithm

On this week’s episode of Vulture’s ‘Good One’ comedy podcast, TikTok comedy star Nimesh Patel discusses the gap between his widely circulated social-media clips and his IRL performances. → Read More

Josh Gondelman Loved Helping Desus and Mero Be Desus & Mero

On this week’s episode of Vulture’s ‘Good One’ comedy podcast, ‘Desus & Mero’ head writer Josh Gondelman discusses the things he’ll miss about the show and its hosts’ approach to the craft of late-night television. → Read More

31 Comedians Share Their Favorite Joke-Joke

31 comedians including Martin Short, Tig Notaro, George Wallace, James Acaster, Eric Andre, David Sedaris, Vanessa Bayer, and more share their favorite street jokes. → Read More

To Enjoy The Bear As a Comedy, Watch the Finale First

What was apparently the cliffhanger for the FX on Hulu series’ season two plays like an inciting incident for a television series. → Read More

Bill Hader Wanted the Barry Finale to Feel Like a Panic Attack

The writer, director, and star explains why it was time for Barry to get caught, how Cousineau found the courage to give the best performance of his life, and what season three is saying about forgiveness, love, and existence. → Read More

The Man Behind Netflix Comedy’s Curtain

An interview with Robbie Praw, Vice President of Standup and Comedy Formats at Netflix, about the streaming network’s approach to stand-up comedy specials, the Dave Chappelle controversy, the Netflix comedy festival, and more. → Read More

The Special Special

Stand-up isn’t just getting prettier onscreen. It’s growing up as a distinct art form, thanks especially to the work of comedians like Jerrod Carmichael and Bo Burnham. → Read More

The Story Behind the Grown Ups 3 Script That’s Taken Over Comedy Twitter

An interview with writer and comedian Tom Scharpling about the script he wrote for ‘Grown Ups 3,’ why he loves Adam Sandler and his movies, and whether or not the ‘Grown Ups’ stars have read the script. → Read More