Esquire USA - 10.2019

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No 11 NEW-ISH SHOWS WE LIKE • HBO A Black Lady Sketch Show, The Righteous Gemstones, Random Acts of Flyness •


No 10 WHAT DO (^) CONAN’S FRIENDS REALLY THINK OF HIM
At the top of each episode of the podcast Conan O’Brien Needs
a Friend, a heart-to-heart between the late-night host and the
funny folks he most admires, his guest fills in the following
blank. See if you can match the person to the answer they gave.
“I feel about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.”
b 5 a, 4 e, 3 d, 2 c, 1 Answers



  1. “awkward”


  2. “masculine”




  3. “a tad hopeful,
    but not really”




  4. “somewhat
    trapped”




  5. “There’s no ‘blank’
    here. We’re not
    friends....I feel badly
    about not being
    Conan O’Brien’s friend.
    I feel you would be
    a great friend. But, you
    know, I’m intimi-
    dated by anyone with
    a Harvard degree.”
    a.
    Julia
    Louis-Dreyfus
    b.
    Howard
    Stern
    c.
    Will
    Ferrell
    d.
    Dana
    Carvey
    e.
    Wanda
    Sykes
    YOUSS
    EF
    RAMY




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No 8


YOU, @FUCKJERRY


Instagram meme machine @fuckjerry came by his
14.3 million followers honestly, by the standards of so-
cial media: He stole jokes. He didn’t credit, let alone
pay, those whose work helped make him rich, without
fear of reprisal. But earlier this year, when Comedy
Central began advertising on the account, New York’s
Megh Wright launched the #FuckFuckJerry campaign.
Comics from John Mulaney to Amy Schumer shared
the hashtag, costing the account a chunk of its follow-
ers—and that Comedy Central deal. —GABRIELLE BRUNEY

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OUR FAVORITE PODCASTS

Laughs for Alone Time


No 9


Las Culturistas
Matt Rogers and Bowen
Yang debate pop culture.
Start Here: “Pis Sussy
Cis Pussy” (Ep. 83)
Whiting Wongs
Dan Harmon and Jessica
Gao debate thorny questions
about race. Hilariously.
Start Here: “Racism:
The World’s Oldest
Profession” (Ep. 25)

How Did This
Get Made?
Jason Mantzoukas, Paul
Scheer, and June Diane
Rafael debate bad movies.
Start Here: “Drop
Dead Fred” (Ep. 219)
Punch Up the Jam
Miel Bredouw and Demi
Adejuyigbe debate bad songs.
Start Here: “Mambo
No. 5” (Ep. 15)
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