Matt Wilstein
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Senior editor at The Daily Beast and host of The Last Laugh podcast: https://pod.link/1456474041 | matt.wilstein@thedailybeast.com
‘Bugonia’ Writer Will Tracy: ‘The Onion,’ John Oliver, and ‘Succession’
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November 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
What a career this woman has had… we talk all about it on this week’s podcast!
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Alex Borstein: ‘MADtv,’ ‘Family Guy,’ and ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
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October 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
What a career this woman has had… we talk all about it on this week’s podcast!
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🙏 LA Press Club
October 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
🙏 LA Press Club
“Me and him would text each other in the middle of the night. Kenan even said, you and Lorne’s relationship is fucking weird. And I was like, I’m telling you, if me and Lorne met [back in the day], I would’ve been his baby mama.”
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Leslie Jones Tells All on Trump, Lorne, and Life After ‘SNL’
The “Saturday Night Live” all-star goes deep on her struggles and successes at the show and her electric new stand-up hour “Life Part 2.”
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October 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“Me and him would text each other in the middle of the night. Kenan even said, you and Lorne’s relationship is fucking weird. And I was like, I’m telling you, if me and Lorne met [back in the day], I would’ve been his baby mama.”
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So many insane stories in this new podcast ep today with Leslie Fucking Jones!
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SNL’s Leslie Jones: Lorne Michaels, Donald Trump, and ‘Life Part 2’
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October 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
So many insane stories in this new podcast ep today with Leslie Fucking Jones!
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This is what the 25th Amendment is for.
October 19, 2025 at 5:42 AM
This is what the 25th Amendment is for.
This week on The Last Laugh podcast — Colin Hanks goes deep on the life and legacy of John Candy
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‘John Candy: I Like Me’ Director Colin Hanks
Podcast Episode · The Last Laugh · 10/15/2025 · 46m
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October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This week on The Last Laugh podcast — Colin Hanks goes deep on the life and legacy of John Candy
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“Seeing Larry in a MAGA hat was so jarring, it would be like seeing Trump in a NAACP hat.”
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How Larry David Ended Up Wearing a MAGA Hat on ‘Curb’
In this exclusive excerpt from the new oral history book “No Lessons Learned” cast and crew break down the iconic image from the show’s 10th season.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“Seeing Larry in a MAGA hat was so jarring, it would be like seeing Trump in a NAACP hat.”
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New podcast episode today with the dope queen herself, Phoebe Robinson!
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October 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
New podcast episode today with the dope queen herself, Phoebe Robinson!
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This is exactly what Saudi Arabia was paying for.
“It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.”
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“It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.”
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Dave Chappelle Uses Saudi Show to Slam America on Free Speech
The comedian cited Charlie Kirk as an example of the things he can’t “talk about in America.”
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October 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is exactly what Saudi Arabia was paying for.
“It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.”
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“It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.”
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SNL’s Will Forte: ‘SNL50,’ ‘The Four Seasons,’ and ‘Haunted Hotel’
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October 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“We hit both sides equally and we try to make everybody laugh... so really I just keep my head down and make sure the jokes are funny.”
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Jimmy Fallon ‘Keeping His Head Down’ After Kimmel Suspension
The “both sides” late-night host awkwardly dodged a question about he may or may not stand up to Trump’s FCC goon.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“We hit both sides equally and we try to make everybody laugh... so really I just keep my head down and make sure the jokes are funny.”
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Dave Chappelle looking dead inside while promoting the Riyadh Comedy Festival
September 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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The greatest minds of the right wing intellectual dark web think tank cannot -- or won't -- distinguish between "comic gets yelled at in comedy club for telling shitty joke about trans people" and "federal government forces corporation to pull comedian off the air for mocking President"
I will not link to it. I just want to reiterate that thousands of books have been banned by the right. And American Dirt sold millions of copies.
September 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The greatest minds of the right wing intellectual dark web think tank cannot -- or won't -- distinguish between "comic gets yelled at in comedy club for telling shitty joke about trans people" and "federal government forces corporation to pull comedian off the air for mocking President"
Seems like a great week to revisit my conversation with Hannah Einbinder about the importance of late-night TV and the problem with “hack” comedians.
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Hannah Einbinder on ‘Hacks,’ Colbert and Anti-Woke Comedians
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September 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Seems like a great week to revisit my conversation with Hannah Einbinder about the importance of late-night TV and the problem with “hack” comedians.
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everyone else in the admin over the last couple days: what are you talking about, there was no attempted government censorship, stop fearmongering
trump: I’m gonna sue them for putting kimmel back on the air
trump: I’m gonna sue them for putting kimmel back on the air
“I can't believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. The White House was told by ABC that his Show was cancelled!”
September 24, 2025 at 2:46 AM
everyone else in the admin over the last couple days: what are you talking about, there was no attempted government censorship, stop fearmongering
trump: I’m gonna sue them for putting kimmel back on the air
trump: I’m gonna sue them for putting kimmel back on the air
“We have to do whatever we can. And so I'm trying to push back as best I can in ways that I know how, and hopefully we can preserve democracy because it’s a 250 year experiment that has, in fits and starts, improved itself.”
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Rob Reiner Takes on Trump, Elon and the Return of ‘Spinal Tap’ | The Last Laugh
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September 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“We have to do whatever we can. And so I'm trying to push back as best I can in ways that I know how, and hopefully we can preserve democracy because it’s a 250 year experiment that has, in fits and starts, improved itself.”
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Only thing missing is a makeup-covered hand bruise.
September 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Only thing missing is a makeup-covered hand bruise.