Each month, many funny videos are posted to every corner of the internet — from X and Instagram to Vimeo and sometimes other weird places we’ll have trouble embedding. Because you’re busy living your life, you might miss some of these funny videos and feel left out when others bring them up in conversation. Well, worry not! We’re here to make sure you’re not listening in on conversations but leading them … as long as those conversations are about funny internet videos. Here, our favorite comedy shorts of the month.
“Disney Swinger Noticed You From Across the Disney Bar,†by Joanie Drago
“My husband, Steve, and I are what you might call pansexual polyamorous Disney adults,†says Joanie Drago, introducing a character at the Upright Citizens Brigade. If you’ve ever wanted to fuck Goofy (the real one), these two are who you should check in with. Who knew the phrase “It’s a small world after all†could be an instrument of seduction?
“I Hear Coke Is Back at SNL,†by Chris Fleming
Word on the street is that coke is the drug du jour at Saturday Night Live again, but comedian Chris Fleming isn’t seeing the results that he’d like to. This stand-up bit culminates in a profound assassination of Colin Jost — one that’s so thorough and specific, all you can really do when you hear it is stand up and salute.
“J.D. Vance Tries Stand-up,†by Mark Edwards
Yes, maybe we’re all going a bit too hard on our sweet little baby, J.D. Vance. But, then again, maybe he’s making it really fucking easy for us. This imagined stand-up set by Mark Edwards happened pre-doughnut fiasco but offers a pretty good sense of what Mr. Vance’s tight five might look like.
“Jews, We Need to Stop Comparing Ourselves to Goblins,†by Jeremy Kaplowitz
Another superlative offering from Caveat’s recurring show Abolish Everything, in which comedians make a case for which elements of life they’d like to see outlawed. This time, Jeremy Kaplowitz has strong words for fellow Jews preemptively assuming that when a movie features a gross little creature, it’s supposed to be a dig at them. “At what point is it on us, right?†he asks, with a picture of Watto from the Star Wars prequels projected above him as a point of reference. Unrelated: Bonus points to Kaplowitz for insisting on calling Twitter “X: The Everything App†without calling attention to it.
“Kamala Harris Interviews Kerry Washington at the DNC in Chicago,†by Allison Reece
We have to say: We called it early with spot-on Kamala impersonator Allison Reece. And now that she’s blown up to the extent that she can have a conversation with Kerry Washington, at the DNC, as Kamala Harris, we’re not entirely sure where VP Harris ends and VP Reece begins.
“The Person Who Knew an Artist Before You,†by Matt Lyons
There’s a special place in hell reserved for name-droppers. Well, probably not. That’s really harsh, but they’re very annoying. Even more annoying? Artistically bankrupt people who want nothing more than to be artistically impressive because they know someone who is. And, it would seem, Matt Lyons has met many of these people.
“POV: The Senior Theatre Kid Isn’t in the Show,†by Tyler Joseph Ellis
Tyler Joseph Ellis nails that feeling we all get in the pit of our stomachs when we realize we’re merely mortal, destined to be forgotten (and quickly), no matter how high we climb the corporate ladder or how transcendent we are in an eleventh-grade spring performance of Guys & Dolls. But we remain thirsty for validation, and so does this painfully real character.
“Sax Man Could Use a Hand,†by Dejen Tesfagiorgis
Sometimes a great joke is really, at the end of the day, a feat of strength, as shown in this character from Dejen Tesfagiorgis. In it, Tesfagiorgis’s Sax Man applies incredible breath control to asking for assistance from audience members while playing one long, drawn-out note. Is this something all reed-instrument players are taught how to do? If it is, don’t tell me, because right now I’m forced to conclude that Tesfagiorgis is superhuman.
“This Is Every Podcast,†by Joe Kwaczala
The line between galvanizing a loyal listener base and completely turning off new adopters is often blurred when it comes to podcast introductions. Let this be a warning to any who dare create a new podcast in 2024. Oh, and also: The final joke in this one really got us, so stay until the end.
“Thompson’s Third-Favorite Coffee Mugs,†by Hatched
Written by Addison Anderson and directed by Alec Cohen, this fantastic commercial parody stars Eric Feurer as a man with two guests in his home — one a beloved friend, the other some other guy. Having some other guy in your house is when you bust out your third-least-dirty mug then let your passive aggressions go from a simmer to a boil. And oh, is Feurer great at making this third wheel feel extremely unwelcome.
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Luke Kelly-Clyne is a co-head of HartBeat Independent and a watcher of many web videos. Send him yours at @LKellyClyne.
Graham Techler has contributed writing to The New Yorker and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. Send him your videos at @gr8h8m_t3chl3r.
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