540: A Second Run At Mullendash

540: A Second Run At Mullendash

Author: Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV December 11, 2024 Duration: 1:33:32
It had been far too long since we played Mullendash, one of our favorite games, so we reached out to our network and gathered three people who write jokes for a living: standup comic Brandi Brown; comic and former Desus & Mero head writer Josh Gondelman; and former Last Week Tonight writer Jill Twiss. How good were they at writing bad punchlines that could pass for Jim Mullen's, thus fooling their fellow players? Listen and find out!

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👤 Josh Gondelman

👤 Brandi Brown

👤 Jill Twiss

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Lead Topic: 🧠 Mullendash

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NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site

🫠 The first Mullendash episode from 2023

📸 Brandi Brown on Instagram

🦋 Josh Gondelman on Bluesky

🦋 Jill Twiss on Bluesky

🦙 "What I Saw At The Minnesota State Fair's Llama-Alpaca Experience" by Brandi at Defector

🎡 "We Must Never Forget That Amy Klobuchar Is A Cowardly State Fair Centrist" by Brandi at Defector

🗳️ Jill's book Everyone Gets A Say

😌 Josh's newsletter That's Marvelous

🏟️ Tour dates and more at Josh's website

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