Good One

In this episode of Good One, host Jesse David Fox sits down with the co-creator and co-star of one of his top two favorite shows of all times: Sam Richardson! And if you're wondering the show, it's Detroiters, and if you're wondering what joke Sam and Jesse are going to talk about, it's the episode of Detroiters where Sam accidentally becomes an escort.

Together Sam and Jesse talk about playing genuinely nice guys, finding your comedy soulmate, and what it was like filming in the place your family also lives.

Watch both seasons of Detroiters on Paramount Plus, The Tomorrow War on Prime Video, I Think You Should Leave on Netflix, and Werewolves Within on VOD.Follow Sam Richardson on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Jesse David Fox on Twitter and Instagram.

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On this week's episode of Good One, we have the exciting return of the stand=up, writer, and actor Tig Notaro!

Host Jesse David Fox sat down with Tig IRL to discuss her sixth grade music class joke, also known as the closer for her 2015 special Boyish Girl Interrupted. Then they discuss her newest special, Drawn, which is not only animated, but dropping via HBO Max later this month.

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This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox had the absolute pleasure to travel to L.A. and sit down with the one and only Dan Harmon. Dan is an American writer, producer, actor and comedian best known for creating and producing the NBC sitcom Community, an co-creating the Adult Swim animated series Rick and Morty and its subsequent franchise.

The pair sat down and chatted about story structure, being a bad (and then better) boss, and what it might take to get a Community reunion.

Watch Community on Hulu, Netflix, and Prime and Rick and Morty on Adult Swim. Follow Dan Harmon on Instagram. Follow Jesse David Fox on Twitter and Instagram.

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As we pass the midpoint in this our year of 2021, host Jesse David Fox and Vulture staff writer Kathryn VanArendonk review her rankings of the best comedy specials so far (yeah, it's a short list).

The specials discussed, in alphabetical order:

You can follow Kathryn on Twitter. Follow Jesse David Fox on Twitter and Instagram.

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Jesse and Chris Gethard discuss the transition from improviser to stand-up comedian, and then dissect the quintessential “Gethard Joke.” Chris recounts wrapping The Chris Gethard Show, his ambitious HBO special Career Suicide, and what’s problematic about applying the idea of “swim at your own risk” to live comedy.

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This week, host Jesse David Fox zooms with legendary British comedian Gina Yashere!

Gina was born and raised in the UK to Nigerian parents, an experience that's shaped a lot of her stand up. Gina moved to the U.S. 14 years ago when she hit a ceiling she says all Black British comedians hit in the U.K., and currently writes, produces, and acts in the CBS sitcom Bob hearts Abishola, which she co-created with Chuck Lorre.

Watch Gina on Netflix! Two of her self-produced seasons are on the platform (Skinny Bitch and Laughing To America), and you can catch her on The Stand Ups season two.

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This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox sits down with Samantha Bee! You know, longest running Daily Show correspondent (12 years!) and current host and Executive Producer of her own Emmy-award winning show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.

The pair spoke about her show's recent special, Full Frontal Wants to Take Your Guns; specifically about the process of buying a car and converting it into a death machine. Just 'cause!

Watch Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on TBS and listen to her podcast Full Release with Samantha Bee wherever you get your pods. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

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This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox has a different kind of guest on the show: American author and public speaker Fran Lebowitz! Fran is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life as filtered through her New York City sensibilities. She is known for her books Metropolitan Life and Social Studies, and is the subject of two projects directed by Martin Scorsese, the HBO documentary film Public Speaking, and the Netflix docu-series Pretend It's a City.

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This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Canadian-born, UK-based comedian, actor and writer Mae Martin! Mae started their stand up career in Toronto at the age of 13, moved to the UK at age 24, and has been living there as a "UK comic" for the past decade. On today's episode, the pair talk about a scene from Feel Good, Mae's semi-autobiographical Netflix series.

You can watch Feel Good and Mae’s DOPE as part of the Comedians of the World specials on Netflix. Follow Mae on Twitter and on Instagram. Follow Jesse David Fox on Twitter and Instagram.

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This week, we decided to do something a little bit different. Instead of sitting down with a comedian and talking about one of their jokes, host Jesse David Fox decided bring writer, podcaster, comedian, and professor Wayne Federman into the (virtual) studio to help walk us through the history of stand-up.

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