John Moe

1/26/26

Did the contestants shake hands at the end of Jeopardy today?

No, they did not.

I was 75% asleep so I’m far from certain and someone else called to him using a different name but that could be stagecraft.

If Jason, BRAVO.

If not, WEIRDO.

Woke up at 5:45 at a hotel so went to the lobby for a coffee. A guy was walking around and urgently asked my review of the rooms on a scale of 7.5 to 9.
He looked enough like Jason Mantzoukas that I think there’s a non-zero chance it was him doing a really interesting bit for a micro-audience.

We contain multitudes.

Soon “Bovino” will only be known in Minnesota as a term for an Italian cow.

Does that make @jordanmorris.bsky.social Tim Kazurinsky?

That’s right, “Tony Rosato”.

A blurry wad but still in the solar system.

Me? I was at a table nearby with my wife. I think that's, at best, my role in the comedy world. An extra in a bar scene but still AT that bar from time to time. Pluto has five moons and I think I'm Kerberos. There are suns, major planets, and moons in the comedy field but I'm orbiting way out there.

Getting ready to fly home from SF Sketchfest where I hosted a live show that went great. But there are so many comedy stars here. Last night, there was a big table in the hotel bar with former SNL cast hanging out, coming and going: Sweeney, Dratch, Gasteyer, Robin Duke. Maybe Laraine Newman?...

They screwed up the stitching and suddenly everyone wanted Cry-Cry-Horse.

There's a sentence I've never written before.

This was written and recorded before the protest and the murder of Alex Pretti.

I host a mental health podcast called Depresh Mode. And I live in Minnesota. Here's what I said at the end of this week's show about mental health, life in Minnesota, and their overlap.

You can also listen to it here:
maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...

Starts at about 56:00.

This episode weighs a ton and it does not fuck around. We name suicide, we talk about it, we talk about how to help others and yourself.

Silence kills. Shame kills. Fear kills. Conversation and kindness save lives.

I hope you give this one a listen.

This isn’t a mystery. She’s going to harvest everyone’s hands.

Jacked up Neil Young voice:

Sign in window says Karate Doesn’t Sleep

I hope you slept well. Karate didn’t need to.

Medium size dogs look enormous here.

Reagan was 77 when he left office. This guy is 79 right now.

First ever guest we had on Wits was Julia Sweeney in 2010. I just ran into her again in a San Francisco hotel lobby bar. She is a very nice person.

My daughter spotted this souvenir that’s perfect for when you want to be a bit more formal with your friend Jash.

Jim, I think it’s an inoculation.

Maybe we need to sign Marshawn again just in case we encounter any historically fraught situations.

I think his body would reject it and the slice would emerge through his skin fully formed.

Hooray for the Seahawks and the narrative arc of our Sam Darnold.

To celebrate, here are some Seahawks I remember.

Somehow that guy has usurped not just my status as Local Seattle Guy but also Local Federal Way Guy.

I used to be somebody, David.

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I think the Rams were fooled by the Seahawks’ Kenneth Walker’s last name because he can actually run as well and maybe they weren’t prepared for that.