Hershal Pandya
@hershalpandya.bsky.social
I write about comedy for Vulture.
How do you hold people accountable for laughs in a society where accountability no longer exists? Wrote about this after watching Ziwe's latest interview with Eric Adams:
www.vulture.com/article/ziwe...
www.vulture.com/article/ziwe...
Ziwe’s Post-Accountability Comedy
In her recent interview with Mayor Eric Adams, the comedian’s signature style of confrontation appears to have grown outdated.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
How do you hold people accountable for laughs in a society where accountability no longer exists? Wrote about this after watching Ziwe's latest interview with Eric Adams:
www.vulture.com/article/ziwe...
www.vulture.com/article/ziwe...
Just got to the end of a 7-minute long comedy video on YouTube with 8 credited writers. Great to see comedy writers nabbing these coveted opportunities to write 8/7 of a YouTube vid!!
November 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Just got to the end of a 7-minute long comedy video on YouTube with 8 credited writers. Great to see comedy writers nabbing these coveted opportunities to write 8/7 of a YouTube vid!!
A nice young person helped me renew a permit the other day in a bureaucratic setting, and he ended every second sentence he said with the words "type thing."
The interaction was very professional, and I love that part of that was him swapping out "type shit" for "type thing."
The interaction was very professional, and I love that part of that was him swapping out "type shit" for "type thing."
October 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A nice young person helped me renew a permit the other day in a bureaucratic setting, and he ended every second sentence he said with the words "type thing."
The interaction was very professional, and I love that part of that was him swapping out "type shit" for "type thing."
The interaction was very professional, and I love that part of that was him swapping out "type shit" for "type thing."
Tried out a fun little "Who's on first" riff with my 4-year-old nephew the other day about the TV show "Is it Cake?"
"What are you watching?"
"Is it Cake?"
"Well, is it?"
"Is it what?"
"Cake."
"Noo,'Is It Cake?'"
"Well, is it?"
Predictably, he hated it.
"What are you watching?"
"Is it Cake?"
"Well, is it?"
"Is it what?"
"Cake."
"Noo,'Is It Cake?'"
"Well, is it?"
Predictably, he hated it.
October 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Tried out a fun little "Who's on first" riff with my 4-year-old nephew the other day about the TV show "Is it Cake?"
"What are you watching?"
"Is it Cake?"
"Well, is it?"
"Is it what?"
"Cake."
"Noo,'Is It Cake?'"
"Well, is it?"
Predictably, he hated it.
"What are you watching?"
"Is it Cake?"
"Well, is it?"
"Is it what?"
"Cake."
"Noo,'Is It Cake?'"
"Well, is it?"
Predictably, he hated it.
It's a shame how capitalism has narrowed how we define "productivity."
It's all about "taking tangible steps to complete tasks."
It's never about, "depleting all your mental energy worrying about tasks so you have none left to actually do them."
Smh. Goldman Sachs.
It's all about "taking tangible steps to complete tasks."
It's never about, "depleting all your mental energy worrying about tasks so you have none left to actually do them."
Smh. Goldman Sachs.
October 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
It's a shame how capitalism has narrowed how we define "productivity."
It's all about "taking tangible steps to complete tasks."
It's never about, "depleting all your mental energy worrying about tasks so you have none left to actually do them."
Smh. Goldman Sachs.
It's all about "taking tangible steps to complete tasks."
It's never about, "depleting all your mental energy worrying about tasks so you have none left to actually do them."
Smh. Goldman Sachs.
Every creator of a TV comedy: What if the protagonist was — get this — vapid and self-obsessed?
Television networks: No way! You wouldn't!
Creator: It's revolutionary.
Network: Here's millions of dollars.
Television networks: No way! You wouldn't!
Creator: It's revolutionary.
Network: Here's millions of dollars.
October 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Every creator of a TV comedy: What if the protagonist was — get this — vapid and self-obsessed?
Television networks: No way! You wouldn't!
Creator: It's revolutionary.
Network: Here's millions of dollars.
Television networks: No way! You wouldn't!
Creator: It's revolutionary.
Network: Here's millions of dollars.
Music straight up doesn't get better than Lauryn Hill and D'Angelo harmonizing the lyric "nothing but you" over and over.
October 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Music straight up doesn't get better than Lauryn Hill and D'Angelo harmonizing the lyric "nothing but you" over and over.
I don't think I'd ever conceived of the world going on without D'Angelo. "Spanish Joint" forever. This sucks so much.
October 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I don't think I'd ever conceived of the world going on without D'Angelo. "Spanish Joint" forever. This sucks so much.
A couple years ago, I learned how to make a humane fruit fly trap by putting a piece of banana in a glass jar, covering it in saran wrap, and poking holes in the top with toothpicks.
The problem is that nothing in my life works as well as this thing catches fruit flies.
The problem is that nothing in my life works as well as this thing catches fruit flies.
October 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
A couple years ago, I learned how to make a humane fruit fly trap by putting a piece of banana in a glass jar, covering it in saran wrap, and poking holes in the top with toothpicks.
The problem is that nothing in my life works as well as this thing catches fruit flies.
The problem is that nothing in my life works as well as this thing catches fruit flies.
Ugh I wish I was wearing my super baggy trousers right now in tribute.
October 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Ugh I wish I was wearing my super baggy trousers right now in tribute.
Reposted by Hershal Pandya
Doing mutual aid to raise the money the Saudi Arabian government was going to pay me to cover the Riyadh comedy festival, which I was definitely 1000% offered but forfeited due to morality reasons.
September 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Doing mutual aid to raise the money the Saudi Arabian government was going to pay me to cover the Riyadh comedy festival, which I was definitely 1000% offered but forfeited due to morality reasons.
Not included in this interview: The moment when Will Arnett stopped me mid-question to absolutely clock me with, "Hershal, are you Canadian?"
www.vulture.com/article/will...
www.vulture.com/article/will...
Will Arnett Will Retire When He Has $19 Billion
He’s a man of ‘very highfalutin tastes.’
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September 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Not included in this interview: The moment when Will Arnett stopped me mid-question to absolutely clock me with, "Hershal, are you Canadian?"
www.vulture.com/article/will...
www.vulture.com/article/will...
Nate Bargatze is a great comedian, but he was always going to be a strange fit as an awards show host. I wrote about his Emmys performance here.
www.vulture.com/article/nate...
www.vulture.com/article/nate...
Nate Bargatze’s Awards-Show Purgatory
He couldn’t figure out how to position himself as a celebrity outsider or insider, and by trying to keep a foot in each camp, he fell flat.
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September 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Nate Bargatze is a great comedian, but he was always going to be a strange fit as an awards show host. I wrote about his Emmys performance here.
www.vulture.com/article/nate...
www.vulture.com/article/nate...
This is my favorite thing I get to work on. The way people discover comedians now removes them from all context. I love that we get to put together this list that frames their work in the proper light. Please read and enjoy!
www.vulture.com/article/best...
www.vulture.com/article/best...
The Comedians You Should and Will Know of 2025
We surveyed more than 200 industry insiders to determine these 21 comedy stars of tomorrow.
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September 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is my favorite thing I get to work on. The way people discover comedians now removes them from all context. I love that we get to put together this list that frames their work in the proper light. Please read and enjoy!
www.vulture.com/article/best...
www.vulture.com/article/best...
The first person who said "have a good one" instead of "have a good day" definitely thought they cooked with that.
September 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The first person who said "have a good one" instead of "have a good day" definitely thought they cooked with that.
Had a great time watching 'Eternity.' Maybe too great, given the movie's premise. I wrote about it here.
www.vulture.com/article/tiff...
www.vulture.com/article/tiff...
Eternity Should Be Sadder
For a movie with such high emotional stakes, this would-be tearjerker sure has a lot of jokes.
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September 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Had a great time watching 'Eternity.' Maybe too great, given the movie's premise. I wrote about it here.
www.vulture.com/article/tiff...
www.vulture.com/article/tiff...
Reposted by Hershal Pandya
Channing Tatum + Derek Cianfrance = good www.vulture.com/article/roof...
Roofman Is the Kind of Thing Derek Cianfrance Does Best
Channing Tatum charms in a morally tricky tale that leans into Cianfrance’s knack for good men who are bad dads.
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September 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Channing Tatum + Derek Cianfrance = good www.vulture.com/article/roof...
Maude Apatow's directorial debut 'Poetic License' is so much better than I was expecting it to be, but my main takeaway from it was: COOPER HOFFMAN. www.vulture.com/article/poet...
You Can’t Look Away From Cooper Hoffman
In Poetic License, Hoffman is like a Gen-Z Vince Vaughn, bullshitting sophistication at a mile a minute, but also too sensitive for this world.
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September 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Maude Apatow's directorial debut 'Poetic License' is so much better than I was expecting it to be, but my main takeaway from it was: COOPER HOFFMAN. www.vulture.com/article/poet...
I had an impossible chat with Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin about their new HBO show 'The Chair Company,' during which they refused to tell me anything about the show, but we all laughed about how impossible the conversation was.
www.vulture.com/article/tim-...
www.vulture.com/article/tim-...
Take a Seat for Tim Robinson’s The Chair Company Next Month
His new HBO comedy co-created with Zach Kanin premieres on October 12.
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September 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I had an impossible chat with Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin about their new HBO show 'The Chair Company,' during which they refused to tell me anything about the show, but we all laughed about how impossible the conversation was.
www.vulture.com/article/tim-...
www.vulture.com/article/tim-...
Wrote about Aziz Ansari's new movie. This Keanu Reeves guy is pretty great. Who knew? #TIFF
www.vulture.com/article/in-g...
www.vulture.com/article/in-g...
Aziz Ansari vs. the Gig Economy
The comedian’s feature directorial debut makes a point about economic precarity in America that is well-intentioned, if a bit obvious.
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September 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Wrote about Aziz Ansari's new movie. This Keanu Reeves guy is pretty great. Who knew? #TIFF
www.vulture.com/article/in-g...
www.vulture.com/article/in-g...
Wrote about John Early's directorial debut 'Maddie's Secret,' which is very good at being the movie it is trying to be, and also ruined my ability to watch online food videos forever.
www.vulture.com/article/tiff...
www.vulture.com/article/tiff...
John Early Made a Horror Movie Where the Villain Is Food
The comedian’s directorial debut mines melodrama for comedy, but pushes it so far, it swings back around to being emotionally affecting again.
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September 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Wrote about John Early's directorial debut 'Maddie's Secret,' which is very good at being the movie it is trying to be, and also ruined my ability to watch online food videos forever.
www.vulture.com/article/tiff...
www.vulture.com/article/tiff...
Wrote about the John Candy doc premiere at TIFF, which Prime Minister Mark Carney showed up and somehow found a way to make about the tariff war.
www.vulture.com/article/i-li...
www.vulture.com/article/i-li...
Liking John Candy Isn’t Enough
Colin Hanks’s new documentary, John Candy: I Like Me, while pleasant enough, is hampered by a desire to serve a particular narrative.
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September 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Wrote about the John Candy doc premiere at TIFF, which Prime Minister Mark Carney showed up and somehow found a way to make about the tariff war.
www.vulture.com/article/i-li...
www.vulture.com/article/i-li...
Doing mutual aid to raise the money the Saudi Arabian government was going to pay me to cover the Riyadh comedy festival, which I was definitely 1000% offered but forfeited due to morality reasons.
September 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Doing mutual aid to raise the money the Saudi Arabian government was going to pay me to cover the Riyadh comedy festival, which I was definitely 1000% offered but forfeited due to morality reasons.
Reposted by Hershal Pandya
Had a nice little chat with Adam Sandler and Dan Bulla about writing their Emmy-nominated 'SNL50' song, "50 Years."
www.vulture.com/article/adam...
www.vulture.com/article/adam...
Adam Sandler on Being SNL50’s Secret Emotional Weapon
The comedy legend and his co-writer, Dan Bulla, discuss how they wrote their Emmy-nominated song “50 Years” in just 24 hours.
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August 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Had a nice little chat with Adam Sandler and Dan Bulla about writing their Emmy-nominated 'SNL50' song, "50 Years."
www.vulture.com/article/adam...
www.vulture.com/article/adam...