Everybody fancies themselves as some sort of wizard that can conjure up laughter by a few strokes of a keyboard on Twitter, but only a select few are truly worthy enough to have all of their witticisms transmitted to you - the ever busy comedy fan trying to navigate through an increasingly congested internet. Every Friday we’ll make your life a little bit easier by introducing you to an individual that you might not know about who consistently makes us laugh and momentarily forget that other days of the week exist.
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In 2009, Justin Shanes was a third year law associate at Hogan & Hartson. Nowadays, he’s a scribe on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon program, which is good because it sounds like he wasn’t the most loved employee in the law office.
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He managed just fine during Hurricane Sandy.
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Fortunately Mr. Shanes developed his comedy chops on elevators.
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And by noticing certain trends.
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Justin is empathetic to the plight of the Nigerian royalty.
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Shanes likes to share his thoughts with anyone who can read.
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He writes tweets as funny as that time that McNulty and Bunk only said the word “fuck” during a five minute scene.
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Justin is the father of a unique child.
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Shanes isn’t afraid to call out Bryan Greenberg.
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He lives in such a nice neighborhood that his spiders are literate.
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Justin is an adult and acts as such.
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Shanes may not agree with you, but he will begrudgingly give you credit for committing to your opinion.
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Like some of us, he kept Circuit City afloat in the early 00s.
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Justin is courteous on the subway, to a fault.
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Shanes’ humor isn’t loved by network executives.
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He doesn’t have the right light bulb.
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Justin watches too much television.
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Shanes did not send that email to Laura.
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He does not listen to Harris Wittels’ Analyze Phish podcast.
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Justin has ruined envelopes forever.
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Roger Cormier borrowed a Phish CD from his local public library in 2002, just to hear what all the jokes were about.
