In this bonus episode of Good One, host Jesse David Fox sits down to talk to Hollywood Handbook podcast host and former comedy writer Hayes Davenport about pivoting from a career as a sitcom show runner to working in local politics. Listen to Hollywood Handbook wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Hayes Davenport on Twitter. Follow Jesse David Fox on Twitter and Instagram.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BONUS EPISODE: Trump, Comedy, and Hayes Davenport

Good One: A Podcast About Jokes is a podcast about - well - jokes, and the people who tell them. Each week, a comedian will play one of their jokes and then break it down with Vulture.com Senior Editor Jesse David Fox.

Comedy

Comedy Interviews

As we do every June, host Jesse David Fox brings Vulture critic Kathryn VanArendonk review on the podcast to share her list of the best comedy specials of the year so far (yeah, it's a short list). The specials discussed: Alex Edelman, Just for Us (HBO/Max) Nikki Glaser, Someday You’ll Die (HBO/Max) Kyle Kinane, Dirt Nap (YouTube) Jacqueline Novak, Get on Your Knees (Netflix) Ali Siddiq, The Domino Effect Part 3 and 4 (YouTube) Taylor Tomlinson, Have it All (Netflix) Ramy Youssef, More Feeling (HBO/Max) Order Jesse's book (out now!), Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374604714/comedybook   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Best Specials of the Year So Far

This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Tig Notaro back to the podcast. Tig walks through her entire career via her best jokes with a new format called “Joke Superlatives.” Tig newest special, Hello Again, is out now on Prime Video. The film she co-wrote and co-directed, Am I Ok? is out now on Max. Stream her podcast, Handsome, wherever you get your podcasts. Order Jesse's book (out now!), Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374604714/comedybook   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tig Notaro, Joke Superlatives

Before this most recent season, Ego Nwodim had already found a place for herself at Saturday Night Live. But it was this year, where she really making the show her own, getting on some of the silliest characters in the shows long history. On this week’s Good One, Nwodim talks with host Jesse David Fox about the characters that got her there. 
 Sketches/Clips Mentioned: 
 Pasta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwzdTW0pJXk 
 Entre Clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XadmCTKTibQ 
 Cat clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIRRmzc1TOI 
 SECOND LISA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY_DeNYWtIo 
 THIRD LISA CLIP 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDzrvVYgkgQ LOKO Clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk7jW7qRZYM 
 Dionne CLip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHQbl3byYiY 
 RICH AUNTIE CLIP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0VtbXLPjBY&t;=168s 
 STINGRAY CLIP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UlWbT3owys 
 Nat Geo Clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UlWbT3owys 
 Father lawrence clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjBrLbOJXHA 
 Mid-Day clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGqtZmShIkw 
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Ego Nwodim’s “Lisa from Temecula”

This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes John Early back to the podcast. John talks about his 2023 HBO special, Now More Than Ever, and specifically a 20-minute section on millennials, modern life, and the internet that Jesse has been obsessed with for a year. They have so much fun! Order Jesse's book (out now!), Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374604714/comedybook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Early’s “After the Gold Rush”

This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Mike Birbiglia back to the podcast. Mike walks Jesse through the joke at the climax of his most recent Netflix special, The Old Man and the Pool. The two also discuss making Good One: A Show About Jokes, the Peacock documentary special adaptation of this podcast, of which Mike was the subject of. Order Jesse's book (out now!), Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374604714/comedybook   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BONUS EPISODE: Trump, Comedy, and Hayes Davenport

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