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Loot Is At Odds With Itself

 A perfectly pleasant but ideologically hollow comedy about an ultrarich girlboss? In this economy? By Roxana Hadadi
this week in late night

Amber Ruffin’s Schadenfreude Won Late Night This Week

 Plus Werner Herzog tells a knock-knock joke and Jenny Slate begs Tom Cruise to see her movie. By Bethy Squires
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You Should Watch The Bear’s Finale First

 For your health. By Jesse David Fox
  1. luk at tu!
    Julie Andrews Has a Favorite MinionIt’s the one that says, “Hello!”
    By Alejandra Gularte
  2. tv review
    Loot Is At Odds With ItselfA perfectly pleasant but ideologically hollow comedy about an ultrarich girlboss? In this economy?
    By Roxana Hadadi
  3. this week in late night
    Amber Ruffin’s Schadenfreude Won Late Night This WeekPlus Werner Herzog tells a knock-knock joke and Jenny Slate begs Tom Cruise to see her movie.
    By Bethy Squires
  4. hi gay
    HBO Max Can’t Get Enough Megan Stalter, Developing Comedy Pilot Church GirlsInspired by her own life experiences, the show will follow Stalter as a “Christian closeted lesbian” in Ohio.
    By Rebecca Alter
  5. post comedy
    You Should Watch The Bear’s Finale FirstFor your health.
    By Jesse David Fox
  7. awards shows
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the Las Culturistas Culture AwardsHigh: Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for the Tayla Swiff Award.
    By Rebecca Alter
  8. good one podcast
    Robin Thede’s Long Quest to Play a Cig-Smoking, Burgling Fake ToddlerThe A Black Lady Sketch Show executive producer, writer, and star wants you laughing so hard it hurts.
    By Jesse David Fox
  9. tv review
    The Bear Never Stops MovingThe energy and stress of a busy kitchen fuels this instantly compelling, tense, beautiful new series.
    By Jen Chaney
  10. last night on late night
    Watch Jimmy Fallon Demand Emma Chamberlain Explain Her Whole DealAnd also, what do you do?
    By Bethy Squires
  11. vulture sclusie
    Will Ferrell Is Making a New Podcast With Bowen Yang and Matt RogersClown Parade: An Anthological Character Piece Carefully Curated by Las Culturistas premieres June 29.
    By Rebecca Alter
  12. comedy review
    Joel Kim Booster Mocks (and Craves) RelatabilityIn Psychosexual, the comedian goes meta. But he’s still a hot gay comedy goof.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  13. wait what?
    Several Late Show Staffers Arrested for Entering Capitol Office BuildingReportedly including Robert Smigel, the voice of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  14. encounter
    Renée Elise Goldsberry, a Diva 5EvaRiffs, car crêpes, and a last-minute substitution with the multitasking theater star turned sitcom breakout.
    By Jackson McHenry
  15. coming soon
    Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal Is Almost Ready for YouThe HBO comedy series will start streaming on July 15.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  16. sexy sexy shannon
    Let’s All Pause to Compliment Molly ShannonSelena Gomez, Tracee Ellis Ross, and more honor her for being both funny and hot.
    By Jason P. Frank
  17. dinner party
    Flatbush Misdemeanors’ Dan Perlman Can’t Sell You DrugsThe Showtime series co-creator and star wants you to know he’s not addicted to Xanax (anymore).
    By Tirhakah Love
  18. good one podcast
    Liz Meriwether Needed to Write New Girl to Make Sense of Elizabeth Holmes“I never wanted the jokes to allow the audience to distance themselves from Elizabeth.”
    By Jesse David Fox
  19. last night on late night
    Watch Andy Cohen Spill the Tea on Kyle Richards’s Breast Reduction on WWHLOopsie.
    By Bethy Squires
  20. settlements
    Mo’Nique and Netflix Have Settled Racial and Gender Discrimination LawsuitStemming from a $500,000 offer for Mo’Nique to make a Netflix special.
    By Bethy Squires
  21. alternate timelines
    Maya Rudolph Was Approached to Star in Killing Eve“But there was no way I was about to move to Europe for months. Like, how?”
    By Rebecca Alter
  22. this week in late night
    Ziwe’s Writers’-Room Drama Won Late Night This WeekPlus plenty of drinking-themed content from Bowen Yang, Seth Meyers, and Post Malone.
    By Bethy Squires
  23. vulture lists
    What Is the Best Adam Sandler Movie?Ranking his 43 films to better understand what even defines an “Adam Sandler movie.”
    By Jesse David Fox
  24. best of 2022
    The Best TV of the Year (So Far)A freshman series firing on all cylinders, auteurist comedies returning in peak form, and a highly original thriller are among 2022’s best offerings.
    By Jen Chaney, Roxana Hadadi, and Kathryn VanArendonk
  25. my single is dropping
    Watch Tenacious D Cover the Who for Safe Gun LawsWith a video directed by Liam Lynch.
    By Bethy Squires
  26. last night on late night
    Kimmel Grilled Joe Biden in First In-Person Late-Night Presidential InterviewBiden says we need to make gun control a “voting issue.”
    By Bethy Squires
  27. last night on late night
    Trevor Noah Has Some Ideas to Sexy Up the January 6 HearingsLet’s face it, this ain’t Watergate.
    By Bethy Squires
  28. underrated
    The Wrong Guy Is the Right Choice for Fans of IdiocracyReggie Watts breaks down why the 1997 Dave Foley comedy is perfect for those who appreciate high-level stupidity.
    By Bethy Squires
  29. emergency discussion
    Let’s Disagree About HacksThe beloved HBO Max series submits to interrogation: effortless comfort watch or lazy depiction of stand-up?
    By Jackson McHenry, Nicholas Quah, and Kathryn VanArendonk
  30. vulture lists
    The Best Comedy Specials of 2022 (So Far)There’s been a shift back to big, ambitious projects and confident theater performances. Here are the most notable.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  31. double headers
    Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock Are Co-Headlining a London ShowAlert the Queen’s Guard!
    By Rebecca Alter
  32. vulture lists
    The Best Comedy Books of 2022 (So Far)Featuring memoirs by Molly Shannon and Bob Odenkirk and a new book of interviews by Judd Apatow.
    By Brian Boone
  33. last night on late night
    Andre Drummond Shows Feet on Jimmy Kimmel Live!Plus an in-studio appearance by Joe Biden later this week.
    By Bethy Squires
  34. follow friday
    9 Out of 10 Dentists Recommend Asha WardWe chatted with the comedian and flossing expert on Instagram Live.
    By Taylor Garron
  35. tribeca festival
    Jinkx Monsoon, Monét X Change, and More Drag Queens Are Filming Comedy SpecialsBeBe Zahara Benet, Peppermint, Ginger Minj, and Darienne Lake are all doing the ultimate comedy challenge.
    By Justin Curto
  36. profile
    Silly Little FreakoThe “Megan Stalter character” is its own comedy genre now. Where does the real person end and her personae begin?
    By Rebecca Alter
  37. profile
    Hot Joel SummerJoel Kim Booster’s deliciously bawdy debut film, Fire Island, maps Pride and Prejudice’s class tensions onto the vacation hideaway for gay men.
    By E. Alex Jung
  38. movie review
    Fire Island Is a Curiously Reluctant Romantic ComedyAll the best parts of Joel Kim Booster’s gay rom-com unfold outside its genre framing.
    By Alison Willmore
  39. trailer heh heh mix
    Beavis and Butt-Head Is Back, Fart-KnockersNew movie streaming on Paramount+ on June 23.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  40. good one podcast
    Nobody Can Tell the Stories Ms. Pat Tells“Once I didn’t give a fuck what people thought about me, it allowed me to open my mouth.”
    By Jesse David Fox
  41. snl
    Who Got the Most Screen Time on SNL Season 47?A thorough breakdown of the cast’s contributions.
    By Charu Sinha
  42. stand-up
    The Director Who Captured George Carlin’s Most Prophetic EraRocco Urbisci looks back on his 30-year creative partnership with the legendary stand-up.
    By Hershal Pandya
  43. snl
    The 17 Best SNL Sketches of Season 47From heartfelt good-byes from beloved players to newcomer Sarah Sherman’s delightfully disgusting creations.
    By Jesse Hassenger
  44. characters welcome
    Brian Jordan Alvarez Is Making an FX Comedy Pilot, You Guy!Surprised he’s making this for TV instead of releasing it straight to screens on “Pelotom.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  45. comedy review
    Norm Macdonald’s Final Hour Makes the Best of NecessityNothing Special is caught between what it had to be and what it could’ve been.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  46. good one podcast
    In Comedy and Sex, Katt Williams’s Customer Is Always Right“Who doesn’t want to leave the audience dancing on their way out?”
    By Jesse David Fox
  47. funny videos of the month
    The Best Comedy Shorts of May 2022Rounding up our favorite funny videos of the month.
    By Luke Kelly-Clyne and Graham Techler
  48. sub standards
    Two Bilingual Comedians Try to Decipher Their Own SubtitlesSome jokes survive a translation. Others become “surprise eggs.”
    By Hershal Pandya
  49. he’s back
    Bo Burnham Has Released an Hour of Stuff He Left Out of InsideOn the one-year anniversary of the Netflix special.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  50. last night on late night
    John Oliver Takes on the ‘Satanic’ Georgia GuidestonesYes, this story involves furries. The best ones always do.
    By Bethy Squires
  51. survey says
    What Do Comedians Think of (the Non-Joke Parts of) Stand-up Specials?Here are insights from 39 of them.
    By Hershal Pandya
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