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Hey! Hey! It's Bullseye. I'm Jesse Thorne.

So there's a new book out that I want to tell you about.

It's by my guest, Jesse David Fox.

He is a senior editor at Vulture.

He's also the site's main comedy critic. The book is called

Comedy Book. And in comedy book, Fox writes about the history and evolution of comedy. He covers and

talks with greats like Jerry Seinfeld, Ali Wong, Adam Sandler, just to name a few. But it's not just a history. Instead, Fox writes about comedy as an art

form, about the role that it plays in our culture and how the form itself has changed over time

and is still changing. It's a great read. Fox is really fun and insightful. Can't wait to get

into it with him. So let's get started. My conversation with Jesse David Fox.

Jesse David Fox, welcome to Bullseye. I'm very happy to have you on the show. It's an honor, truly. Jesse, I think you're the first Jesse that's ever appeared on this program other than myself. Really? Yeah, I think so. I think that's true.

I was working it over in my head.

I've never interviewed Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who's probably the Jesse closest to the world of this program.

Sure. Ventura?

I've never interviewed Jesse Ventura.

James Endomian doing Jesse Ventura?

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