Sal Gentile
@salgentile.bsky.social
comedy writer. I write and produce A Closer Look at Late Night with Seth Meyers, where I am a supervising writer/producer. sicko mets fan. Instagram: salgentile
voted for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and it felt great. thrilling to vote for a democratic socialist and compassionate normal human who will take on trump and the oligarchs and who talks about making food/housing/buses more affordable for working people rather than ballrooms and tylenol. go vote!
November 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
voted for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and it felt great. thrilling to vote for a democratic socialist and compassionate normal human who will take on trump and the oligarchs and who talks about making food/housing/buses more affordable for working people rather than ballrooms and tylenol. go vote!
zohran has driven the right so insane they’re writing headlines like ozymandias threatening to send a psychic squid to attack manhattan
October 31, 2025 at 2:05 AM
zohran has driven the right so insane they’re writing headlines like ozymandias threatening to send a psychic squid to attack manhattan
this is probably an unpopular take but I don’t think calling trump a “wrecking ball” or talking about the history or sanctity of the white house is gonna matter to people. it’s not that trump is “wrecking” politics (many want it wrecked). It’s “why?” And “for who?” He’s doing it for himself.
October 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
this is probably an unpopular take but I don’t think calling trump a “wrecking ball” or talking about the history or sanctity of the white house is gonna matter to people. it’s not that trump is “wrecking” politics (many want it wrecked). It’s “why?” And “for who?” He’s doing it for himself.
trump starting construction of his ballroom
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
trump starting construction of his ballroom
and best of all, now I get to have this in my office
September 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
and best of all, now I get to have this in my office
i’ll never take for granted how much of a joy and privilege it is to have a job where I get to say the words “unnecessary fart noise” into a microphone and it goes on TV
September 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
i’ll never take for granted how much of a joy and privilege it is to have a job where I get to say the words “unnecessary fart noise” into a microphone and it goes on TV
they are literally doing “war is peace”
September 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
they are literally doing “war is peace”
we regret to inform you that mayor giuliani now permanently looks like this
August 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
we regret to inform you that mayor giuliani now permanently looks like this
this is a more incriminating photo of donald trump than the one with jeffrey epstein
July 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
this is a more incriminating photo of donald trump than the one with jeffrey epstein
so “the party of law and order” is now pushing for a pardon for a convicted sex trafficker and has already released a convicted murderer back into the US. but hey at least inflation is still high
July 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
so “the party of law and order” is now pushing for a pardon for a convicted sex trafficker and has already released a convicted murderer back into the US. but hey at least inflation is still high
we are now getting word that trump drew the opening credits for Caroline in the City (1995)
July 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
we are now getting word that trump drew the opening credits for Caroline in the City (1995)
as someone whose mother still calls him “salvatore” and who ate braciole multiple times a week as a child I feel I have the credentials to say Mamdani is right, fuck Columbus. he should be replaced with someone like Scorsese, Italo Calvino, Giada De Laurentiis or my personal preference, Mike Piazza
July 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
as someone whose mother still calls him “salvatore” and who ate braciole multiple times a week as a child I feel I have the credentials to say Mamdani is right, fuck Columbus. he should be replaced with someone like Scorsese, Italo Calvino, Giada De Laurentiis or my personal preference, Mike Piazza
I did not realize how meta it was as I was writing it that the piece itself is full of callbacks and it’s also about how trump is a callback to bush. so i guess this qualifies as art?
June 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I did not realize how meta it was as I was writing it that the piece itself is full of callbacks and it’s also about how trump is a callback to bush. so i guess this qualifies as art?
this is my favorite closer look in recent memory. it’s dumb and unhinged but also about how maga populism was a scam and Trump is just Bush 2.0 youtu.be/lJGRceWub98?...
June 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
this is my favorite closer look in recent memory. it’s dumb and unhinged but also about how maga populism was a scam and Trump is just Bush 2.0 youtu.be/lJGRceWub98?...
that said, this joke about the menendez brothers is probably still my finest hour
June 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
that said, this joke about the menendez brothers is probably still my finest hour
seth and I really thought this Zodiac Killer joke was gonna work and it did NOT
June 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
seth and I really thought this Zodiac Killer joke was gonna work and it did NOT
as much as I enjoyed writing this bit about trump’s parade vs the no kings protests and watching seth perform it I was especially impressed by our awesome graphics team who made all these very funny photoshops — no AI needed! it’s one of the many joys of working at @latenightseth.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
as much as I enjoyed writing this bit about trump’s parade vs the no kings protests and watching seth perform it I was especially impressed by our awesome graphics team who made all these very funny photoshops — no AI needed! it’s one of the many joys of working at @latenightseth.bsky.social
i tried calling Don Jr to follow up on this tweet but my new Trump Phone isn’t working :/
June 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
i tried calling Don Jr to follow up on this tweet but my new Trump Phone isn’t working :/
trump claiming elon misses “the glamor” of the white house
June 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
trump claiming elon misses “the glamor” of the white house
imagining elon’s text chains with republicans
June 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
imagining elon’s text chains with republicans
the fun thing about this is you can tell our audience (which had been waiting in line at 30 rock and then sitting in their seats with their phones off) was hearing about it from us for the first time
June 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
the fun thing about this is you can tell our audience (which had been waiting in line at 30 rock and then sitting in their seats with their phones off) was hearing about it from us for the first time
here are some highlights from our closer look last night on musk vs. trump which was taped about 50 minutes after elon said trump is in the epstein files
June 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
here are some highlights from our closer look last night on musk vs. trump which was taped about 50 minutes after elon said trump is in the epstein files
so funny that there’s a whole right-wing content economy built around repeating embarrassingly wrong things and then adding an all-caps “WOW” with siren emojis. like, Vance could say “america invented dogs” and an account called MAGA Jim would tweet “🚨HUGE! VANCE DROPS MIC WITH EPIC DOG TRUTH BOMB🚨”
May 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
so funny that there’s a whole right-wing content economy built around repeating embarrassingly wrong things and then adding an all-caps “WOW” with siren emojis. like, Vance could say “america invented dogs” and an account called MAGA Jim would tweet “🚨HUGE! VANCE DROPS MIC WITH EPIC DOG TRUTH BOMB🚨”
can’t remember where I saw it but someone realized you could get google’s AI to hallucinate elaborate explanations for fake proverbs by just typing them into search and i just checked and google still hasn’t fixed it and now i can’t stop doing it
May 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
can’t remember where I saw it but someone realized you could get google’s AI to hallucinate elaborate explanations for fake proverbs by just typing them into search and i just checked and google still hasn’t fixed it and now i can’t stop doing it
as someone who is perpetually aggrieved and outraged i just can’t get inside the mindset of someone who sees an injustice and agrees that it’s bad but also doesn’t really care. maybe i’m too online or too italian but i can’t read something horrific in the news and NOT be constantly furious about it
May 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
as someone who is perpetually aggrieved and outraged i just can’t get inside the mindset of someone who sees an injustice and agrees that it’s bad but also doesn’t really care. maybe i’m too online or too italian but i can’t read something horrific in the news and NOT be constantly furious about it