Daniel O'Brien

Entering the part of the cycle where I drink less water to pee less frequently only to find my ingenuity punished with headaches.

Play Dirty Is Just Stupid Enough to Entertain Shane Black is back from movie jail with a gonzo action extravaganza starring Mark Wahlberg.

Would it surprise anyone else to learn a new Shane Black movie comes out TOMORROW? www.vulture.com/article/revi...

What's everyone thinking for lunch?

Daniel O'Brien's Newsletter: Everything So Far Hello! This is the official substack of me, Daniel O'Brien, six-time Emmy-winning Senior Writer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and also more things (see below).

Hi new followers from Behind the Bastards! Here's everything so far. danielobrien.substack.com/p/daniel-obr...

Part Two!

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

@danielobrien.bsky.social I meant to make this updated GIF ages ago. Congrats on all the congratulatable stuff!

I'm on this week's Behind the Bastards learning about bad cop Pusser and getting distracted by his name for two hours.

The thing is Alfred Molina has been actively acting and actively great for a VERY long time.

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Jimmy Kimmel & the FCC: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Here’s last night’s story about Jimmy Kimmel, the FCC, freedom of speech in the U.S., and why certain broadcast groups could learn a thing or two from Love Island. youtu.be/ohPToBog_-g

An exchange about eggplant between Soren and Daniel

least manosphere podcast @sorenbowie.bsky.social @danielobrien.bsky.social

These Harry Potter knockoffs are getting insane

It’s called “chowder” because I don’t understand “chow der heck” you’re supposed to eat it!!

This is the shit I'm talking about, hell yeah.

One kinda cute thing about people my age is we love remembering and telling you what number various channels used to be.

YouTube video by Cracked The Most In-Depth Groundskeeper Willie Video Ever Made | Simpsons Taught Me Everything

Of COURSE I have time for a nearly two hour Simpsons video from @michaelswaim.bsky.social, in fact it’s the only thing that DESERVES time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLMc...

Hello 911 my neighbor saw me eating wings standing above the outside garbage can. Can I have witness protection?

They should invent a kind of phone that I don't drop.

Lol I did in fact see this on Thanksgiving with my brother and sister-in-law, what a night.

I WANT TO MAKE MY FEET DIFFERENT

"and and" fucking aced the Moron Quiz right out the gate, way to go.

I would like more quizzes to take, just little quizzes to take and and get scores and do well.

I and ALL OF THE CONSTITUENTS in my voting bloc are TIRED of PISSING.

There are too many apps.

Cullen is the only funny person left.

Obviously don't ask a child or a dracula-- and don't ask anyone if you're weird-- but should be fine for everyone else.

It should be okay to ask a stranger behind you in line at the grocery store to scratch your back.

last night, at 2:17 am, all
the neighborhood pups ran to my house and no one knows why.

Except me, the 2:17 Smoocher.

I changed my mind this is the most important thing.

Not the most important thing but we figured out commercial timing 300 years ago & YouTube ad breaks are so bad it almost seems purposeful.