Episode 556: Jesse David Fox

Published: Nov. 1, 2023, 1:20 p.m.

Jesse David Fox covers comedy for\xa0Vulture, where he hosts the podcast\xa0Good One. His new book is\xa0Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture\u2014and the Magic That Makes It Work.\n\u201cThere\u2019s a complete lack of anyone who\u2019s ever written about comedy seriously compared to any other art form. There\u2019s just nothing. \u2026 So the challenge was, how do you start a conversation that no one has been participating in?\u201d\nShow notes:\n\n@JesseDavidFox\n\nFox\u2019s\xa0Vulture\xa0archive\n\n3:00\xa0Jason Zinoman\u2019s\xa0New York Times\xa0archive\n\n\n5:00\xa0\u201cWhat Is the Best Adam Sandler Movie?\u201d\xa0(Vulture \u2022 April 2023)\n\n6:00\xa0Kathryn VanArendonk\u2019s\xa0Vulture\xa0archive\n\n\n8:00\xa0\u201cA Note About Splitsider\u201d\xa0(Megh Wright\u2022 Vulture \u2022 Mar 2018)\n\n11:00\xa0\u201cJerry Seinfeld at Vulture Festival 2015\u201d\xa0(Vulture \u2022 June 2015)\n\n12:00\xa0WTF with Marc Maron Podcast\xa0(Marc Maron \u2022 WTF \u2022 2009)\n\n14:00\xa0\u201cJen Kirkman Turned Catcalling Into One of the Best Street Harassment Jokes Ever\u201d\xa0(Vulture \u2022 April 2017)\n\n23:00\xa0\u201cAn Appreciation of the Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart\u201d\xa0(Ramsey Ess \u2022 Vulture \u2022 Mar 2018)\n\n23:00\xa0\u201cMaria Bamford Wants to Tell You How Much Money She Makes\u201d\xa0(Vulture \u2022 Oct 2017)\n\n23:00\xa0\u201cHow Funny Does Comedy Need to Be?\u201d\xa0(Vulture \u2022 Sep 2018)\n\n23:00\xa0\u201cMichelle Wolf on Correspondents Dinner, Social Media\u201d\xa0(Vulture \u2022 Mar 2020)\n\n23:00\xa0\u201cDisgust is Tom Segura\u2019s Love Language\u201d\xa0(Vulture \u2022 Sept 2022)\n\n23:00\xa0\u201cThe Story Behind Bert Kreischer\u2019s \u2018Machine\u2019 Joke\u201d\xa0(Vulture \u2022 May 2023)\n\n23:00\xa0\u201cKatt Williams Explains Jacksonville Florida\u201d\xa0(Katt Williams \u2022 Netflix \u2022 Jan 2020)\n\n36:00\xa0\u201cHow the Internet and a New Generation of Superfans Helped Create the Second Comedy Boom\u201d\xa0(Vulture \u2022 Mar 2015)\n\n37:00\xa0Las Culturistas\xa0(Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang \u2022 iHeartRadio \u2022 2016)\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices