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A photo of Hasan Minhaj with the text "Hasan Minhaj: Off With His Head Netflix Review"

Hasan Minhaj is done with the cancel, but keeps riffing on the culture

Cate Burtner
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Nov. 18, 2024
Humor
Tableau of female writers at Stanford.

The Daily Humor Section hires women

Jennifer Xin-Tsu Lin Levine
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Nov. 14, 2024
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Vice President Kamala Harris joined Maya Rudolph for a Saturday Night Live skit to joke about Trump’s inability to open doors and discuss the upcoming presidential election. (Graphic: DA-HEE KIM/The Stanford Daily)

Vice President Kamala Harris makes iconic SNL appearance

Michaela Herbst
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Nov. 6, 2024
Culture
Zarna Garg and Zoya Garg pose together.

Q&A: Zarna Garg gives comedic voice to Indian American mothers

Esther Ji
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May 3, 2024
Culture
Bright yellow text in a goofy font displaying the words: "The spongebob musical," with the word "review" below. The background is blue with bubbles floating around, reminiscent of the visuals in the original "SpongeBob Squarepants" television show.

‘SpongeBob’ soaks up silliness

Cameron Duran
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April 24, 2024
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Julio Torres in the film Problemista, playing the role of aspiring toy designer Alejandro. Torres is wearing a blue collared shirt and is staring blankly ahead, and the film's title is displayed around him in colorful letters.

‘Problemista’ weaves witty realism and sparkling fantasy

Cameron Duran
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April 4, 2024
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Graphic of TV screen with four people standing with worried faces. Sitting in front of TV is a person with grey hair and an orange cat on their chair.

Delicate Sensibilities: ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ is remarkably Gen-Z fluent 

Julia Donlon
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March 13, 2024
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Drawing of crayons to the side of a white paper with the title "Abbott Elementary" and an outline of a character with flowers to their side

New beginnings in ‘Abbott Elementary’ season three premiere 

Emma Kexin Wang
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Feb. 19, 2024
Culture
black and white photo of the 1952 gaities show, which features a large arched "Beat Cal" banner

Raising the curtain: Unveiling the 130-year history of ‘Gaieties’

Lauren Boles
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Dec. 6, 2023
Culture
A photo of a comedian on stage.

Q&A: Comedian Mike Vecchione on stand-up, social media and finding funny in the mundane

Lydia Wei
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Nov. 13, 2023
Culture
Student comedy group Robber Barons performs a skit from their tricentennial show at Geology Corner.

Robber Barons leave ‘A Golden Legacy’ in bringing comedic relief to finals week

Ellen Abraham
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March 13, 2023
Music
two people sit on a stage singing into microphones. the person on the left has light skin and short brown hair, and strums a guitar. the person on the right has brown skin and short curly black hair, and seems to be clapping to a beat

Open mic nights at CoHo build a ‘community of musicians’

Elisabeth Westermann
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Feb. 27, 2023
Culture
Emily Wilson performs into a microphone during her comedy show.

Wilson’s comedy show needs to be ‘FIXED’

Kirsten Mettler
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Feb. 12, 2023
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Against a tan background there is a graphic of a TV on the left and the caption, "what to watch WEEK 2" on the right. Inside the TV is a picture of the protagonist in the horror comedy "Spree."

Horror comedies more frightening than the return to campus after break

Amelia Butala
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Jan. 20, 2023
Culture
Five actors stand and sit on stage, reading off of books or their phones. A string of numbers from 1 to 30 hang above their heads.

‘Everything Must Go’ illuminates both audience and company

Greta Reich
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Dec. 4, 2022
Culture
Nine people sing together standing up, with their phones, laptops or scripts in their hands

‘Gaieties’ creative team gears up for ‘Cardinal Sin’ and Big Game

Greta Reich
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Nov. 13, 2022
Culture
A woman in yellow stripped and dotted overalls holds the mic in her hands, stands on Bing stage, and stares at the audience with a surprised look

Atsuko Okatsuka brings first comedy special “The Intruder” to Bing

Ellie Wong
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Nov. 6, 2022
Arts & Life
In a black-and-white photo, Ian Lara stands on the stage of Bing Studio holding a mic in his left hand, delivering a monologue to the audience sitting in front of him.

Laughing with Lara: The jokes are in the details

Kirsten Mettler
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Oct. 10, 2022
Arts & Life
Six performers in varying outfits (a brown dress, a red jacket with checkerboard pants, etc.) sit and stand on stage. Illuminated by stage light, they all gaze engagedly at the two standing performers at the middle left.

Nut allergy ballad thrills audience at Stanford Improvisors performance

Shreya Komar
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Oct. 9, 2022
Culture
a welColin Quinn with trimmed beard smiles and looks directly at the viewer , with the New York skyline under a blue sky behind him

SNL alum Colin Quinn is America’s “Last Best Hope” in upcoming show

Betty He
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May 4, 2022
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