Comedian Mo Welch has told a fair amount of dad jokes over the course of her career, though likely not the kind you’re thinking of.
The writer, director, and cartoonist has used her time at the mic to pick apart some painful details of her past, mining dark humor from her estranged relationship with her father for her audience’s benefit. But in her latest special,Dad Jokes, now streaming on 800 Pound Gorilla, she takes things a step further, hitting the road to track down that elusive parental figure while exploring how comedy has helped her cope with some of the more f*cked up memories of her childhood.
On paper, nothing about that really sounds funny, but Welch is able to interject enough wild anecdotes and ridiculous gas station quests — who knew finding a pair of “truck balls” would be so hard — to keep things light and the laughs coming.
Ahead of the special, UPROXX quizzed Welch on everything from her comedy inspo to her love of the WNBA.
What comedy special have you rewatched the most in your life?
If You Didn’t Want Me Then by Beth Stelling, because I directed it. I would’ve watched it 1,000 times anyway! I also love 100% Fresh by Adam Sandler. It’s so creative. I was really impressed that he seamlessly fit in multimedia elements without explaining it to the audience.
When did you know you were funny and that comedy was something you wanted to pursue?
I had my suspicions, but had to wait until college to get confirmation that I was funny. I took an improv class and immediately knew I wanted to do comedy forever, which didn’t make any sense, because I was terrible at improv.
What were you most nervous about when reuniting with your dad for the special?
Getting killed. I was hoping that I would be able to find my dad, reunite with him and have a relationship moving on. I don’t want to spoil anything, but I’m still alive.
The thing you love and the thing you hate most about being a comic?
I love driving home at night after a show. It’s when I feel my most romantic. Driving down Sunset while everyone in my house is asleep. I’m just thinking about my set and rewriting jokes as I drive. I KNOW THIS SOUNDS CRINGE, but it’s true. I also love that if I ever need to chat with someone, I just need to go to a comedy club and I’ll see a friend.
The only thing I hate about being a comic is that you’re at the mercy of your credits. Some of the funniest people working in comedy aren’t household names. I see powerful people in Hollywood only care about comics if they’re “hot” and then everyone wants the same people. For the record, I’m not talking about me! Just in general, Hollywood can lack creativity.
What are your go-to songs for a good road trip?
Obviously anything so cool and hip, because I have my finger on the pulse of what’s hot. Usually a playlist from the 1970s for a road trip during the day. Do NOT listen to ballads in the night.
What’s your favorite city to perform in on tour (and why)?
I had some of the most fun shows opening for Brett Goldstein in Minneapolis. The audience was smart and tipsy, which was a good combination. The food was surprisingly good, too. Sorry to say surprisingly, but it was! I was also lucky enough to open for Anthony Jeselnik in Berlin. The audience was chaotic in a great way.
What was your first concert – music or comedy?
First comedy show was at The Comedy Works in Denver, Colorado. I sat in the third row and was amazed by all the comics, which says a lot, because it was a New Talent night. I’m sure I was laughing at some hack jokes, but I loved it. Last year I headlined The Comedy Works and it was a real full circle moment.
Do you have anything to add to the WNBA discourse?
I’m just so excited the WNBA is getting the attention it deserves. I’ve been telling jokes about the WNBA for so long and I retired most of them, but now I’m starting to dust them off. My only problem with the WNBA is that they don’t really do kiss cams at the games and that feels homophobic.
What was your favorite gas station/bar/restaurant you stopped at in Illinois (and why)?
Loved Wally’s Gas Station. It has everything and I’ve purchased many hats from them. That’s pretty much it. I think once you leave Chicago, there aren’t a lot of foodie towns in Illinois. Even though there is a Sandwich, Illinois.
Offset and Gunna continue to display scintillating chemistry on their latest collaboration, the fashion-focused “Style Rare.” In the video, which is co-directed by Offset himself with Joshua “Mid Jordan” Farias, the two designer-minded rappers trade verses in front of a wall of screens in a white room in a scene reminiscent of the “Source” from the Matrix movies. Their all-black outfits keep the Matrix parallels going, although their dance scenes are a little slicker thanks to the women doing choreo instead of a cave full of barefoot refugees fist-pumping to techno.
The two rappers first linked up in March on Gunna’s “Prada Dem” from the YSL rapper’s then-forthcoming album, One Of Wun. Gunna is apparently returning the favor with “Style Rare,” which will presumably appear on Offset’s next solo album, which will follow 2023’s Set It Off. Intriguingly, Offset is so far the only Atlanta-based rapper to have collaborated with Gunna since he was released from Fulton County Jail after pleading guilty to racketeering charges.
Perhaps Offset’s own experiences being cut off from his former group, Migos, for a year, then losing bandmate Takeoff in a shooting, has given him a bit more perspective on the situation than some of their peers. Maybe he now thinks life’s too short to worry about adhering to “street code” when their rap careers have given so much more — and taken away a lot less.
Watch Offset and Gunna’s “Style Rare” video above.
NCIS characters have collectively been through some sh*t. You gotta fuel two decades of the flagship show’s personalities (not to mention several spinoffs including NCIS: LA, NCIS: Sydney, NCIS: New Orleans, and NCIS: Hawai’i) with something other than mere procedural stories. And with NCIS: Origins soon to debut the early naval-investigative career of Leroy Jethro Gibbs, there’s every reason for the Off-Duty: An NCIS Podcast to explore the nitty gritty behind a leading character’s idiosyncrasy.
Sometimes, such explanations are less “quirky” (picture Abby Sciuto dancing in her lab) than downright sad. Cote de Pablo made such a revelation on that podcast while she gears up for NCIS: Tony And Ziva, and the subject of an unusual Gibbs habit came up in conversation (via Screenrant): why does Gibbs never bother to lock doors when he knows the evils that humanity can commit?
The answer to that has to do with an evil (the murder of his wife and daughter while Gibbs was deployed for Operation Desert Storm) that has, in fact, already happened, as de Pablo reasoned: “The answer is because he has already lost what was most important to him, so he actually doesn’t care.”
Yeah, that hurts. Gibbs is also such a reserved character when it comes to discussing personal details, too, but we might see more of that side of him in NCIS: Origins. That spin off will reportedly start in 1991, yet it remains to be seen how much the series will address Gibbs’ unfathomable family tragedy. We will find out more when that show debuts in late 2024 or early 2025.
Sexyy Red wants your vote in her long-awaited video for “Bow Bow Bow (F My Baby Dad)” with Chief Keef. It IS an election year, after all, and Big Sexyy takes advantage of the convenient timing to continue her campaign to “Make America Sexyy Again” with a campaign ad opening the video, advertising “F My Baby Dad” booty shorts and making some outlandish promises like “free food stamps,” “child support,” and “switches for the Glocks.” Never change, Sexyy. Never change.
Midway through the video, the previously teasedMaury homage, Corry, kicks in, with interviews from Sexyy and Keef, who is accused of being the baby daddy in question. The lower thirds are absolutely hilarious throughout Keef’s verse, wondering if the results can be revealed as long as he keeps rapping and cheering Sexyy on as she gyrates across the stage — and on Keef’s lap.
Despite borrowing Donald Trump’s catchphrase for her album rollout, Sexyy distanced herself from the controversial businessman-turned-politician in response to some backlash online. “It’s Sexyy Red 4 President,” she told fans on Twitter. “I’m my own candidate I’m not endorsing anybody period.” However, that would appear to contradict her earlier (possibly facetious) statement about how much the hood loves Trump.
You can watch Sexyy Red’s “Bow Bow Bow (F My Baby Dad)” video with Chief Keef above.
Fans of college football finally will get to play a video game about the sport again. After not releasing a title in its NCAA Football series in more than a decade, EA Sports will drop the highly-anticipated EA Sports College Football 25 next month, and as part of the build up, we learned which teams will be the best on offense, defense, and overall this week.
Of course, these are video game rankings, so they’re not going to make everyone happy. Still, this year’s game has some wrinkles it’ll need to iron out, as the initial ranking of the top-25 teams could have been a bit better. Here, we’re going to look at three teams that are overrated by EA Sports, and three that deserve a bit more love, with a little help from the predictive measure SP+.
Overrated
Colorado
It is, quite frankly, stunning to see just how high Colorado is in the initial rankings. The offense legitimately has a ton of talent — Shedeur Sanders is one of the best signal callers in America, while their skill position players led by Travis Hunter are going to be fun to use in the game. But between a patchwork offensive line that might start a true freshman at left tackle and a defense that was one of the worst in America last year (even though Hunter is quite good as a cornerback), ranking them at all is pretty crazy. Frankly, unless Sanders and the skill position guys can carry them to a bunch of shootouts, I wouldn’t be surprised if we see a pretty serious change whenever the ratings get updated in-season.
The Jayhawks are a blast, as Jalon Daniels is one of the best quarterbacks in America when he’s healthy (unfortunately a big if), Devin Neal is one of the nation’s best running backs, and head coach Lance Leipold always has his teams punch above their own weight. Their offense is going to be good, but their defense has been quite leaky over the years and they lost a good amount of talent on both sides of the ball — nothing completely insane, but they’re 78th in America in returning production, which includes losing Jason Bean, the backup QB who stepped in when Daniels dealt with injury issues and performed well. Again, their offense will be fun to use in the game, but they probably should start just outside the top-25.
It’s been a weird couple of years for the Tigers, which have been the single most hostile Power 5 program towards the concept of using the transfer portal. As such, the team has to replace a number of major contributors who left for the NFL on both sides of the ball, while the guys they have coming back (namely everyone involved in their passing game) have left something to be desired. I do think EA Sports betting on their defense even though it lost a ton of talent is not a bad bet, considering how good they’ve been over the years even after Brent Venables left for Oklahoma, but their offense has a ton to prove before I’m willing to say it’ll live up to its ranking.
How on earth is Tennessee not in the top-25? The Vols lost a ton on offense and a good amount on defense, but they’ve recruited at a top-15 level over the last few years, and they’ve pretty consistently put up good offenses — even last year, when they took a step back by replacing Hendon Hooker with Joe Milton under center, the Vols put up 31.8 points and 448.1 yards per game. With blue chip QB Nico Iamaleava taking over at QB, I fully expect them to compete in the SEC, and they’d very possibly beat all three of the teams I dropped into the overrated section.
Losing star running back Quinshon Judkins to Ohio State hurts, but Ole Miss should be viewed as a top-10 team entering the season. EA Sports, however, has them on the outside looking in. No team did better in the transfer portal than Lane Kiffin’s squad, which went 11-2 last year and brings back a ton on the offensive side of the ball, namely standout QB Jaxson Dart. They’re going to score points, and if their defense is able to perform at a high level (which, I think they will, as they killed it in portal recruiting on that side of the ball), this is a team with top-5 potential.
The Mustangs not being ranked at all is also unfortunate — there were no current or former Group of 5 teams in the initial overall ranking, which makes some sense, and while they’re jumping to the ACC this year, they are coming off of 11 wins and an AAC championship. Still, SMU is going to be awesome on both sides of the ball, and will have an outside shot of winning the ACC during their first year in the conference. Star QB Preston Stone is going to lead a dynamic offense (EA Sports did rank them among the top-25 offenses), while their defense has a ton of talent. They’re a top-25 team in post-spring SP+, and should be in CFB 25, too.
Over the last few weeks, Costner has been outwardly salty about how his Yellowstone exit went down in the media. Now, he just wants to stop talking about it because surely he is tired of those repetitive questions.
Costner explained his decision to leave (again) while speaking to The Hollywood Reporter recently. Of his departure, he said, “It wasn’t tough. It was a necessary decision to say, ‘Hey, OK, I don’t want to really talk about this anymore. It’s time to move on.’”
He added, “I gave this thing five seasons. I was really happy to do it. And I don’t need drama. So, let’s just take that drama away, let’s take the guessing [away].” The guessing seems to be if Costner will ever return to Yellowstone, but that door is likely closed. Until he changes his mind again.
For a man who doesn’t need drama, he does occasionally stir some up. While on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Costner responded to criticism that he makes movies just for the dads of the world. “I make movies for men. That’s what I do,” he said. “But I won’t make a movie unless I have strong women characters, and that’s how I’ve conducted my career. I think that’s why I have a good following,” he said before directly thanking all women on Earth.
“I thank you women for dragging your men here — it was a Western after all. I just can’t conceive of a movie without having [strong women].” Not only that, but it also seems like he cannot even fathom making a movie without overloading himself with banana milkshakes. The man needs a break.
The Boston Celtics finally were able to get over the hump and win an NBA championship, defeating the Mavs in five games in emphatic fashion to capture their first title in 16 years. While stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown (who earned Finals MVP honors) got the understandable spotlight after winning it all, what set this Boston team apart from the rest of the league was how every player seemed to embrace and thrive in the role they were asked to play.
Derrick White emerged as an elite two-way point guard, helping lead at the point of attack on both ends of the floor. Al Horford, the grizzled vet of the squad, bounced between a sixth man role and a starting job with Kristaps Porzingis in and out of the lineup, doing whatever was needed to keep the ship steady. Payton Pritchard saw his minutes dwindle a bit in the Finals, but made his impact felt with a pair of end of quarter heaves that found the bottom of the net and sent the Celtics and their crowd into a frenzy.
That trio stopped by Gillette’s headquarters on Monday for what’s become a Boston tradition of a “championship shave,” with Gillette donating $25,000 each to three charities in their name: Special Olympics Massachusetts, Edgerley Family South Boston Boys & Girls Club, and Best Buddies in Massachusetts & Rhode Island. After getting a fresh shave, the three champions sat down with DIME over Zoom to talk about how they found their roles on this title team, what made this group special, and debated which of their teammates celebrated the title the hardest.
Does that shave feel a little better when you’re a champion?
Al: You definitely feel better.
Derrick: Shout out to Gillette. The shave always feels great with Gillette, but as a champion and getting the championship shave? This is unbeatable.
We saw the parade on Friday and all the love that y’all were able to get from the Boston fans. And being able to do something like this to give back to the community with all the support that you receive, what does that mean to y’all?
Al: It means a lot. For us to be in this position and really embrace all our fans and spend that moment with all the Celtics fans, which, I know a lot of people even came from out of town to join the parade. That’s special. And then being in this position here, you know, with Gillette and being able to help different charities that we’re involved with, it’s also a pretty special thing. You know, we’re trying to have an impact in that way as well.
Payton, I want to start with you. How does it feel to be the most prolific half-court shot king in NBA Finals history?
Payton:[laughs] It’s a crazy feeling. But at the end of the day, I’m just fortunate to do the little things that help our team to get over the top and, you know, be part of history. So, that’s the biggest feeling I have, is just lucky to be a part of this group.
How special is this team to have guys where it seems everybody is able to buy into the roles that they’re being asked to do? And for someone like you, who, your minutes might not always be consistent, but being able to impact the team, even if it is, you know, five minutes or five seconds left in the quarter and finding your way to put your impact on things?
Payton: You know, I think that just comes with our group and how special of a group we have. And, you know, there’s a lot of talented players. So, you have to kind of keep that mindset of staying ready, cause you never know when your opportunity’s gonna come, and when it does come, you have to take full advantage of it. And I’ve kind of just tried to keep that same mindset since I’ve been in the league and then will continue to keep that.
Derrick, for you. I mean, last time I talked with you was in San Antonio a few years ago and you talked about learning about how simple works and that was a message that you got as a rookie was like, the simple play works. How have you grown and evolved your game along with that mindset to be able to have the impact that you’ve had on both ends of the floor?
Derrick: Yeah, I think just consistently making the right play. And that’s just what I’m trying to do is, whatever the game tells you to do. Me and Matt [Reynolds] talk before every game and he says just do what the game tells you to do. And I just think that’s the mindset that I have each game and so it doesn’t need to be eight different crossovers to a stepback three, but just simple move, a simple pass, sprinting back on defense, all the little things will lead to really the big goal at the end of the day.
And getting to this team, what is it about this group that’s allowed you to flourish in the way that you have and seems to have elevated what you’re able to do?
Derrick: I just think seeing everybody work day in and day out, like it just makes you want to get to the gym. It makes you want to work harder to continue to improve. So just seeing such high-level guys take care of their bodies, getting their time in the weight room, it just motivates you to continue to work hard, and everybody just continuing to believe in me and pushing me to play the game that I know I can play. Being here has been a great blessing, and I’m just thankful for the whole group and every teammate that I’ve had.
Al, I covered you in Atlanta for years and watched you adapt and grow your game as you’ve gotten older and as the game’s changed — I remember the debates of whether you should shoot threes in Atlanta. What has your journey been like in adapting your game and kind of staying up to date with how the NBA has grown to be to the point where at 38, you can still play such a big role on a title team?
Al: I’m grateful to be in this position. I think it’s not easy in the league to be able to make transitions and to be able to change your game or to adapt to certain things that are required. Like you said, my first few years in Atlanta, my game was completely different. You know, it was inside and things like that. But, I feel like my faith kept me strong, and gave me confidence and understanding that if I put in the work, that I was going to be able to reach certain levels and I was going to be able to impact winning. That’s always been my biggest thing. How do I impact winning? And one of the things that I did was, make sure that I worked really hard on different things, and in this case with shooting the three ball to be able to be in a better position to help the team, and to be able to stay more relevant, and be able to have an impact on a team. That’s been my progression, and I’ve been able to I feel like continue to improve on that each year.
What were the things that you were telling the guys to your right and left here and the younger guys in the locker room about embracing when you have a special group like you seemed to have this year, and what that opportunity means? Because as an NBA player you’re looking for these teams and they don’t come around all that often.
Al: No question about it. You know, I feel like, especially with the two guys that I have here, I think they’ve always understood the opportunity that we had in front of us. Even though they haven’t been in the league as long as I have, they understand how hard it is to win, how hard it is to have a good group. A group that is easy to work with, it’s easy to get along with, and I feel like from the beginning of this year, we all identified that. And I felt like we pushed each other, motivated each other on the court, but off the court as well. You know, getting in there and getting our lifts in, taking care of our bodies, getting extra shots up when we needed to. Just things like that to kind of keep each other motivated. And when you have that many guys doing those same things, I feel like you’re gonna get really good results, you’re gonna get success, and that’s what happened to us. You know, it just wasn’t one guy. It’s many guys. It’s everybody following a plan, everybody being consistent, everybody really embracing the work. And that’s how these guys knew what we had in front of us, and we all just took advantage of this opportunity.
Last one, and this one’s for all three of you. Who on the team — not just you three — who on the team has celebrated this championship the hardest?
Derrick: Gotta be Sam, right?
Al: Sam Hauser.
Payton: Sam’s been going crazy.
I’ve been seeing the videos of Sam.
Derrick: Sam’s a lot more in the public eye. But I think other guys are up there.
Al: Yeah I think honestly a lot of guys have celebrated pretty hard, but yeah, Sam and… Oshae, maybe?
“Actor,” as a profession, isn’t without its challenges, but a perk of the job is getting to travel to exotic locations (or soundstages in Georgia). It’s one of the reasons why everyone in Hollywood wants to star in The White Lotus. It’s like a Happy Madison movie where Adam Sandler takes his buddies on vacations, except it has the prestige of HBO and Rob Schneider isn’t there.
Alexandra Daddario, who played writer Rachel in season 1 of The White Lotus, talked about the experience of shooting at a Four Seasons in Hawaii in an interview with Man of Many. “Everyone was so lovely, and every day we’d go to the beach, we’d watch the sunset, and we were very together. It felt more like a family,” the Mayfair Witches actress said. “To have that kind of success during a time when it was hard to get work, I feel very blessed and lucky.”
“It was awesome. I mean, you have to remember too, there wasn’t much coming out. It was a very strange time. The last thing we were thinking about was, “How is this going to do?” Well, at least I was. So when [The White Lotus] became the phenomenon it became, it was wonderful. I feel like if you get lucky enough as an actress to be on something that invades the pop culture in that way, you always feel blessed by success. Why wouldn’t you feel excited about it? I’ll talk about it for the rest of my life.”
And who are the lucky folks filming in Thailand for season 3? Carrie Coon, Scott Glenn Walton Goggins, Leslie Bibb, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Blackpink’s Lisa, Jason Isaacs, and Patrick Schwarzenegger, as well as Natasha Rothwell (Belinda) reprising her role from season 1.
The White Lotus is expected to return to HBO in 2025.
Over the past few years, Lil Wayne has spent a lot of time thinking about who he considers to be the top five rappers of all time. In 2020, the list featured Jay-Z, Notorious B.I.G., Noreaga, Cam’ron, and Missy Elliott. In January 2023, his list changed to include Jay-Z, Biggie, Missy, Goodie Mob, and UGK. That August, he again discussed the topic, and his top five remained the same.
Recently, though, he again spouted off a top-5 list, and there were some changes. Jay, Missy, and Biggie all remained, but two different acts made the list this time. Wayne said, “My top 5 rappers of all time are Jay-Z, Missy Elliott, Eminem, um… The Notorious B.I.G. — oh, and this is no specific order right here — and Drizzy.”
Lil Wayne names his Top 5 best rappers of all time (in no order):
Notably, the updated list includes Drake, but not Kendrick Lamar, despite many people believing that Lamar came out on top of his recent feud with Drake. Given how flexible Wayne seems to be with his top 5, though, Kendrick could end up making the cut if you ask Wayne again in a few months.
Spoiler alert ahead for season three of The Bear. You’ve been warned.
The best part about having a fancy dinner party is when you get to invite all your long-lost friends over for a fun meal, and this concept can be applied to the folks of The Bear.
Season two of the culinary dramedy featured a whole new crop of guest stars including Bob Odenkirk, John Mulaney, and, of course, Jamie Lee Curtis appeared as the matriarch of the Berzatto family during a particularly tense Thanksgiving meal. So how do you follow that up? With even more guest stars!
The third season of the show dropped on Hulu this week, and, thankfully, Carmy did not freeze to death in the walk-in. Though, he is still on thin ice around the restaurant. Despite the tension and pressure, some familiar faces pop up, and some real-life star chefs. Here’s who you may or may not have seen on your screen while watching the first time around:
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After his gut-wrenching stint on Black Mirror last year, Josh Hartnett returned to TV to appear in season three, episode four of The Bear as Frank, the new fiancé of Richie’s ex, Tiffany. The duo have a tense meeting as Richie struggles to grapple with how the dynamic might affect his daughter. The scene also features yet another musical cameo from Taylor Swift (The Bear’s Version).
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John Cena shows up in episode five as Neil and Ted’s wacky brother Sammy who arrives to help the team prep the restaurants ahead of the big Chicago Tribune review. Dexter actor David Zayas, who is the real-life husband to Liza Colon-Zayas’ fan-favorite character Tina, guest stars as her on-screen love interest as well, while Billions writer and showrunner Brian Koppelman appears as “The Computer,” who attempts to streamline The Bear’s excessive costs.
The show also has a treat for fans of real food treats: a slew of celebrity chefs and food industry professionals appear throughout the season, including Daniel Boulud, Rene Redzepi, and Thomas Keller. Grant Achatz, Anna Posey, Genie Kwon, Rosio Sanchex, Christina Tosi, Malcomn Livingston II, Wylie Dufresne and Will Guidara also appear throughout the season.
Returning guest stars include Mulaney, Curtis, John Bernthal, Will Poulter, Joel McHale and Olivia Colman.
Is it too early to start thinking about season four cameos? Because Billie Eilish’s hit song “Lunch” that could really fit in with the vibe of the show.
The Bear season three is now streaming on Hulu.
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