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Extra, Extra: Do You Agree With BBC's List Of The Top 100 Comedies Of All Time?


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Published Aug 22, 2017

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  • Two members of the Kennedy clan were arrested on Cape Cod.
  • People start hating their jobs at 35.
  • The best eclipse content was this piece about how the eclipse looked just like a NJ dog.
  • The Village Voice is ending its print edition.
  • Donate your used eclipse glasses to a good cause.
  • A Breitbart editor pledged to do "dirty work" for Steve Bannon and smear Ivanka Trump after an email prankster pretended to be Bannon.
  • The BBC lists the top 100 comedies of all time.
  • Billy Joel donned a Star of David during the encore of his MSG show last night.
  • Medium will now start paying authors based on the number of "claps" they get.
  • Fake polls are a very serious problem.
  • The Outline explains how Mic exploited social justice for clicks, and then abandoned a staff that believed in it.
  • Do you know these 101 facts about NYC?
  • And finally, a tiny Chihuahua shows a bulldog who is the boss:

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Ben Yakas was born and raised in New York, and has worked for Gothamist for over a decade, and WNYC for four years, covering literally everything. He has hung out with Dan Smith (who will teach you guitar), but still has yet to have a guitar lesson with him.

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