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  1. this week in late night
    Chris Stapleton’s New Single Won Late Night This WeekFeaturing John Stamos.
    By Bethy Squires
  2. role call
    Nicole Richie Answers Every Question We Have About Great News“I don’t necessarily know what they saw in that audition.”
    By Devon Ivie
  3. vulture lists
    Every Conan Without Borders International Special, RankedConan is often at his best when he leaves the country.
    By Ian Goldstein
  4. comedy review
    Conan O’Brien Must Go Takes One Giant Step for Travel-Show IdiocyThe talk-show host messes with the genre’s tropes while acting like a nitwit in multiple countries.
    By Jen Chaney
  5. covid-core
    Watch John Early Stress in This Stress Positions ClipMy neck, my back, my terrorist attack.
    By Rebecca Alter
  6. overnights
    Abbott Elementary Recap: Janine’s ChoiceShame on anyone who doubted Ava’s lore.
    By Ile-Ife Okantah
  7. party report
    Conan O’Brien Says He Hasn’t Dry Cleaned His Hot Ones Jacket YetConan O’Brien, you are an outfit repeater!
    By Bethy Squires
  8. the lonely island
    Seth Meyers Picks the Best Lonely Island Short of All TimeIn Andy Samberg’s final season on SNL, Seth Meyers had an idea: a bracket to determine the greatest Lonely Island digital short.
    By Jesse David Fox
  9. stand-up
    Long Jokes Are GoodMore of them, please.
    By Jesse David Fox
  10. overnights
    Palm Royale Recap: Where There’s a WillThere’s only room for one scam artist in Palm Beach.
    By Tom Smyth
  11. overnights
    Loot Recap: Two Minions Passing in the NightWhat role is Benjamin Bratt playing in the live-action Despicable Me movie?
    By Maggie Fremont
  12. live from studio 8h
    Heidi Gardner Couldn’t Prepare for What She SawA sketch about Beavis and Butt-Head made the SNL star break after years of resistance. She’s “still trying to figure out what exactly happened.”
    By Devon Ivie
  13. coke joke
    Party Boy Josh Gondelman Crushes His WGA Awards MonologueThere was a cocaine reference.
    By Hershal Pandya
  14. team coco
    Have You Heard About This Conan Guy? He’s Great!Hot Ones gives Conan O’Brien another round of praise.
    By Bethy Squires
  15. lol
    How Can Anyone Keep a Straight Face Around Beavis and Butt-Head?Heidi Gardner (understandably) couldn’t keep it together upon seeing Ryan Gosling and Mikey Day dressed up as the cartoon duo.
    By Tom Smyth
  16. fonts
    Saturday Night Live Still Isn’t Over the Avatar Logo Using PapyrusThe classic Ryan Gosling sketch got a sequel to finally address The Way of Water’s supposed redesign.
    By Tom Smyth
  17. all too well (ken’s version)
    Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt Break Up with Barbenheimer on SNLGosling traded in “I’m Just Ken” for Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well.”
    By Tom Smyth
  18. snl
    Ryan Gosling and Kate McKinnon Got Abducted By Aliens AgainThe Barbie costars really need to be more careful around UFOs.
    By Tom Smyth
  19. where’s the beef?
    The Year’s Most Scathing Diss Track Is About ArchitectureRapper Gmac Cash really hates Detroit’s new sign.
    By Hershal Pandya
  20. rated t for teen
    A Joker by the People, for the PeopleComedian Vera Drew’s debut film is radical, moving, and definitely not affiliated with the DCEU or Warner Bros. in any official capacity.
    By Rebecca Alter
  21. this week in late night
    Conan O’Brien’s Return to The Tonight Show Won Late Night This WeekPlus, Seth Meyers’s cute kid and Jimmy Kimmel mourning the 99 Cents Only store.
    By Bethy Squires
  22. chat room
    Diarra Kilpatrick Put Her Activist Heart Into Diarra From Detroit’s Comedy“This is definitely a sexy imagining of what it might look like for Black people to police their own communities.”
    By Uwa Ede-Osifo
  23. goodbyes
    Larry’s One True LoveIn the choppy ocean of Larry David’s life on Curb, the water’s calm when he’s with Jerry Seinfeld.
    By Jesse David Fox
  24. overnights
    Abbott Elementary Recap: Out With the Old, In With the NewJanine can’t be serious about leaving Abbott.
    By Ile-Ife Okantah
  25. overnights
    Loot Recap: Never Tilling AgainMaya Rudolph and Joel Kim Booster are equal turns silly and heartwarming. It’s a winning formula.
    By Maggie Fremont
  26. overnights
    Palm Royale Recap: Promise the MoonWho would have thought that it was the blackmail that was preventing the societal collapse of Palm Beach?
    By Tom Smyth
  27. last night on late night
    The Lonely Island Do the Worst Podcast Promo of All TimeSomehow, it’ll make you more excited to listen to the podcast than ever.
    By Hershal Pandya
  28. overnights
    Curb Your Enthusiasm Finale Recap: A Free ManA send-up of the maligned Seinfeld finale brings Larry’s oeuvre full circle.
    By Sarah Nechamkin
  29. snl
    Kristen Wiig Does Not Want to Be Jumanji’dWhen it comes to board games, better safe than Jumanji’d.
    By Tom Smyth
  30. snl
    What Would Aunt Linda’s Letterboxd Look Like?Kristen Wiig brought her iconic character back to the Weekend Update desk for a fresh batch of film reviews.
    By Tom Smyth
  31. wiig snatched
    Kristen Wiig Joins Five-Timers Club in Star-Studded SNL MonologueNotice how it takes seven men to take the place of one Candice Bergen?
    By Tom Smyth
  32. age quiz
    Can You Tell Which Larry David Is Older? (We Doubt It)Larry David has not aged. Can you tell the difference between a photo of him from the present day and one from 20 years ago?
    By Jesse David Fox
  33. endings
    American Jewish Comedy Sings a Swan SongLarry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm is ending — and so is the culture it represented.
    By P.E. Moskowitz
  34. this week in late night
    Stephen Colbert Backing José Andrés Won Late Night This WeekPlus Kirsten Dunst (in general) and some stellar After Midnight segments.
    By Bethy Squires
  35. vulture fashion
    Late-Night Trend Alert: The Boys Are Showing LegJust a little!
    By Jesse David Fox
  36. catchphrases
    Everything Larry David Found to Be ‘Pretty, Pretty Good’ on CurbHe’s a famously positive guy.
    By Jesse David Fox
  37. thank you for your service
    10 Times Larry David Was Curb’s Unappreciated HeroWhy are you booing him? He’s right!
    By Michael Boyle
  38. tributes
    The Industry Pays Tribute to Joe FlahertyMartin Short, Adam Sandler, Jennifer Tilly, and more remembered the comic actor.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  39. rip
    Joe Flaherty, SCTV and Freaks and Geeks Star, Dead at 82He won two Emmys for his writing on the influential Canadian sketch series SCTV.
    By Zoe Guy
  40. edgy esoteric stuff
    5-Year-Old John Mulaney Wanted to Be a Sex TherapistThe comedian recalls joking about this with his dad’s law colleagues in an upcoming episode of David Letterman’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.
    By Hershal Pandya
  41. documentaries
    Two StevesSteve Martin’s life is split into distinct halves in Morgan Neville’s refreshing new documentary about the comedy legend.
    By Hershal Pandya
  42. last night on late night
    Jon Stewart Unleashes His Censored AI Critiques“The way of life you’re accustomed to is no match for the promise of more profits and new markets.”
    By Hershal Pandya
  43. yes and
    Jack Black Took Maya Rudolph to Her First Groundlings ShowTeaching her the importance of “Yes and.”
    By Alejandra Gularte
  44. important awards
    Las Culturistas Are *Alan Cumming Voice* TraitorsBowen Yang and Matt Rogers’s Culture Awards are colluding with Parvati and coming to Brooklyn.
    By Jason P. Frank
  45. overnights
    Curb Your Enthusiasm Recap: No Happy EndingLarry is outed as a COVID-spreading hypocrite in the series’ penultimate episode. Will the public forgive him?
    By Sarah Nechamkin
  46. backstories
    ‘Look at Me Like a Human Boy!’An oral history of Clifford, the 1994 cult comedy about a deranged little boy played by Martin Short.
    By Rob Turbovsky
  47. holidays
    It’s Time to Make April Fools’ Day the Halloween of ComedyRIP, pranks.
    By Jesse David Fox
  48. happy easter
    Memes Is RisenShoutout to TikTok’s Jesus (Taylor’s Version), you’re really putting in the work.
    By Bethy Squires
  49. who?
    Flaco’s Widow Responds to Autopsy Revelations on Weekend UpdateShe’s not afraid to talk about that case of pigeon herpes.
    By Tom Smyth
  50. snl
    Ramy Youssef Shares Prayer for Palestine in SNL MonologueThe comedian recounted having multiple prayers for friends to juggle.
    By Tom Smyth
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