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Humor

A collage of brightly colored book covers

The 10 Funniest Books to Read When You Need a Lift

Need a pick-me-up? These books are guaranteed to make you smile.
By Gillian Harvey
Coronavirus Survival Disaster Movie TV

How to Survive an Apocalypse, According to Disaster Movies & Shows

The Dos and Don'ts for the end of days.
By Brandon Katz
One of the few jobs safe from robots? Comedy writing.

Teaching AI to Be Funny: The Robot Uprising Won’t Be a Laughing Matter

"Maybe bad AI will start killing people because it thinks it is funny."
By Harmon Leon
Like, woah.

These Fan Theories Will Completely Change the Way You Think About Harry Potter

By Dana Schwartz
WHAT IS THIS SHOW ABOUT? COMPUTERS? COMPUTERS IS NOT A SHOW.

Wait, Is ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ NOT About Policemen?

By Dana Schwartz
A morally ambiguous...something

My Best Guesses for What ‘Ray Donovan’ Is About

By Dana Schwartz
It's THOSE guys! They're a big deal!

How Did I JUST Find Out About ‘Mitchell and Webb’ Just Now?

By Dana Schwartz
Laughs are the reward we get for improving our belief system.

This Is the Fun Way to Easily Improve Your Life, Backed by Research

By Eric Barker
LOOK! SKY BEAM!

A Quick Word From: The Giant Sky Beam in Every Superhero Movie

By Dennis Flynn
It's the Squad!

Just Released: Script for ‘Suicide Squad’ Deleted Scene

By Dana Schwartz
Girl Band @ Baby's All Right on July 14th, 2016

Girl Band’s Batshit-Crazy Post-Punk Makes Them One of Today’s Best Bands

By Justin Joffe
It's that guy!

Fake Characters to Drop Into Conversations About ‘Game of Thrones’

By Dana Schwartz
Photo by Stuart Miles/FreeRangeStock

How to Speak Dad

By Dave Hill
Self-aware and he knows it.

Bo Burnham Is Grown Up and Making Happy

By Dana Schwartz
"Look at me! I'm better than you because I'm a 20 year old reading a kid's book!"

Questions I Still Have About ‘Beauty and the Beast’ in This Year of Our Lord 2016

By Dana Schwartz
The warm face of an encouraging teacher

Imaginary Quotes From Werner Herzog’s MasterClass

By Dana Schwartz
Mister Quickly-reviewed television

One of the Great Wits of Our Time, Amazon Reviewer Mister Quickly

By Katharine Brandes
The humor and feminism site The Toast will stop publishing regularly July 1.

The Toast Will Close July 1

By John Bonazzo
Kit Harrington as Jon Snow

Is ‘Game of Thrones’ the TV Equivalent of That Guy With a British Accent?

By Dana Schwartz

Cartoonist Ariel Schrag’s New York Bucket List

By Ariel Schrag

O Brooklyn Where Art Thou: A Cartoon by Samuel Ferri

By Samuel Ferri
(Photo Flikr)

New Sports for Washington Olympics: Fiscal Cliff-Scaling and Logjam Rolling

By David Martin

Funny Jews

By Marty Peretz

Chuck Schumer Releases Most Pun-Filled Press Statement of All Time

By Hunter Walker
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