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This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Bill Hader Chats With John Mulaney

 Your handy guide to the best comedy podcast episodes of the week. By Vulture Editors
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How James Corden Brought Musicals to Late Night

 “I love doing the show so much that I imagine I’ll stay for a touch more.” By Jesse David Fox
before they were stars

Before The Office, There Was Golden Years

 Looking back on Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s first TV collaboration. By Ramsey Ess
  1. this week in web videos
    Chowder Is Two Minutes of the Purest, Strangest JoyWelcome to Los Angeles!
  2. funny or die
    Tig Notaro Attempts to Figure Out Who James Van Der Beek IsShe’s the host of Funny or Die’s awkward new talk show.
  3. what the tuck
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11 Finale: We Have ThoughtsOn this season finale of What the Tuck, Mano Agapion and Matt Rogers discuss the season finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
  4. good one podcast
    How James Corden Brought Musicals to Late Night“I love doing the show so much that I imagine I’ll stay for a touch more.”
  5. fashion du jour
    Pete Davidson Now Has Big Modeling EnergyHe made a surprise runway debut at Alexander Wang.
  7. follow friday
    Jenny Nelson Wants to Leave You With an Abiding Gentle DiscomfortTalking tweets with the Brooklyn-based comedian.
  8. last night on late night
    Ava DuVernay Is Down to Remake Friday With Desus and MeroHint hint, Hollywood!
  9. pilots
    Comedian Nate Bargatze Is Coming to ABC, Courtesy of Jerrod CarmichaelAre we approaching a eponymous sitcom-starring-comic renaissance?
  10. this week in comedy podcasts
    This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Bill Hader Chats With John MulaneyYour handy guide to the best comedy podcast episodes of the week.
  11. before they were stars
    Before The Office, There Was Golden YearsLooking back on Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s first TV collaboration.
  14. music
    Why Titus Andronicus Made Its Very Own Sitcom PilotIt’s an album rollout stunt that critiques album rollout stunts. And it’s funny too!
  15. last night on late night
    Elton John Won’t Stop Sending Taron Egerton Reviews of RocketmanHe also let him stay in his cat room.
  16. good one podcast
    How Comedian Beth Stelling Learned Where to Draw the Line OnstageOn this week’s Good One podcast, the comic breaks down her vintage Wet & Wild Water Park joke, and what it reveals about her evolution.
  17. book excerpt
    The John Candy Joke That Still Makes Steve Martin CryAn excerpt from the new book Wild and Crazy Guys.
  18. saturday night live
    Topher Grace on Steve Martin Bringing People Together on SNLEven Lorne Michaels sings in Martin’s “Not Gonna Phone It in Tonight” musical number.
  19. social media campaigns
    Patton Oswalt Needs Your Help to Save ‘A.P. Bio’(Smokey the Bear Voice) Only *you* can save this show.
  20. remakes
    FX Is Remaking ‘Peep Show’ With WomenThey will also be normal, functioning members of the human race, and there’s no way anyone can prove otherwise.
  21. follow friday
    Yedoye Travis Is Loudly Nigerian, and That’s RedundantTalking tweets, stand-up, and hair braiding with the Atlanta native.
  22. last night on late night
    Conan O’Brien and Stephen Colbert Have an Uncomfortably Close Chat“We’re trapped in an alternate cardboard dimension.”
  23. last night on late night
    Leslie Jones Reflects on Game of Thrones Series Finale in Last ‘Game of Jones’Luckily there’s still plenty of Chernobyl to riff on.
  26. between two ferns
    Zach Galifianakis’s Between Two Ferns Movie Will Arrive on Netflix This FallIn even better news, it’s a road trip movie.
  27. the industry
    Netflix Announces New Latinx Sitcom The Expanding Universe of Ashley GarciaThe family comedy follows a 15-year-old robotics prodigy who moves in with her carefree uncle.
  28. rom-coms
    Anna Kendrick’s Love Life Headed to WarnerMedia Streaming ServicePaul Feig will produce the ten-episode first season of the upcoming rom-com anthology series.
  29. spodcast
    This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Let’s Start AdultingYour handy guide to the best comedy podcast episodes of the week.
  30. important things
    All 151 SNL Cast Members As PokémonThe timing was right.
  31. close reads
    Fleabag Breaks the Fourth Wall and Then Breaks Our HeartsThe end of Fleabag season two is a perfect, crushing conclusion.
  32. surprises
    The Lonely Island Surprise Release Is a Bash Brothers Rap SpecialFeaturing Sterling K. Brown in a Sia wig.
  33. tv review
    ABC’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons Live Special Was a Retro DelightNot just another shallow attempt to wallow in television nostalgia.
  34. tv
    Jamie Foxx Messed Up On Live TV and We Feel So AliveThis. This is why television is good.
  35. last night on late night
    It Turns Out Millie Bobby Brown Is That Girl at KaraokeYou can’t just be good at all the things.
  38. last night on late night
    How Dare Dressbarn Hurt Andy Richter This WayThey didn’t even call him first.
  39. last night on late night
    It’s Extremely Okay If Trump Calls You a LoserHonestly would you *want* him to think you’re cool?
  40. pilots
    Lisa Kudrow and Greg Kinnear to Star in Amazon Comedy Pilot Good PeopleWhitney Cummings, who co-created the show, will also star alongside Martin Short.
  41. tv review
    In Not Normal, Wanda Sykes Does Not Come to PlayThe stand-up is in peak form when she gets personal in her new Netflix special.
  42. teasers
    The Lonely Island Wants You to Open Netflix at Midnight for a Special SurpriseWhat does it mean?
  43. this week in web videos
    We Are All The Person I Am When No One Is LookingKailee McGee delivers the take on social media that so many others have tried to nail.
  44. party report
    Seth Meyers Reveals His Two Favorite SNL Sketches From This SeasonAnd he’s in neither of them.
  45. game of thrones
    Jonathan Van Ness on the End of His Game (and Gay) of Thrones JourneyTalking with JVN and Erin Gibson about the end of their GOT recap show.
  46. tv ratings
    Colbert Just Did Something the Late Show Hasn’t Done in 25 YearsColbert is more dominant than ever.
  47. last night on late night
    A Hash Brown Finally Gives Us Some Real Hope for AmericaIt’s the next best thing to change.
  50. comedy
    Jonathan Van Ness Finally Found His Dragons On the Last Gay of ThronesOkay, now the loss is really real.
  51. snl
    The 12 Best SNL Sketches of Season 44From “Bodega Bathroom” to Abraham H. Parnassus, here are the standout moments from this season.
  52. snl
    Who Got the Most Screen Time on SNL This Season?A thorough breakdown of the contributions of season 44’s cast.
  53. casting
    Dakota Johnson Will Get to Be Funny With Tracee Ellis Ross in CoversFrom the director of Late Night.
  54. snl
    SNL’s Weekend Update Is Best When Colin Jost and Michael Che Torture Each OtherWe’d like more of these joke swaps please.
  55. what the tuck
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11, Episode 12: We Have ThoughtsOn this week’s What the Tuck, Mano Agapion, Matt Rogers, and David Gborie breakdown the “Queens Everywhere” challenge and this season’s final runway.
  56. good one podcast
    Inside the First-Ever Happy Endings ReunionOn this week’s Good One podcast, we share the audio from the 2016 Vulture Festival reunion of Happy Endings for the first time ever.
  57. trailer mix
    Drunk History Returns Next Month With Vanessa Bayer and More (Drunk) GuestsSeason six continues on Tuesday, June 18.
  58. throning it in with andy daly
    Andy Daly Will Miss Game of Thrones, But Not the Rat BucketsThe comedian is back with one final recap for this very addictive show.
  59. weddings
    Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost Are EngagedScarJo + CoJo = Love4eva.
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