Kenan Thompson and collaborator Bryan Tucker have been working on SNL together for years. In August 2017, they debuted Kenan’s take on NBA personality Lavar Ball. It went over so well that the impression returned for three additional Weekend Updates. Jesse asks Kenan and Bryan about how they come up with their best work that spans 16 seasons of SNL.
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Kenan Thompson’s Lavar Ball Impression (Rerun)

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

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!
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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.
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Mike Birbiglia’s “No Breath Holding” Sign

This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Alex Edelman podcast to talk about his special, Just For Us, which premiered on Max earlier this year. Alex walks Jesse through incarnations of the same story about the time his Orthodox Jewish family celebrated Christmas.
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
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Alex Edelman’s Christmas Story

This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Kyle Kinane back to the podcast to talk about his sixth stand-up special, Dirt Nap, which is currently available on YouTube. Kyle discusses putting together the incredible, nearly 50-minute story that he closes the special with me.
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Kenan Thompson’s Lavar Ball Impression (Rerun)

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