In comedy, you cannot punch down, and when you are Colin Jost, there are not very many people to punch above you, so Jost has wisely discovered the comedic value of punching himself.

I will, however, give Jost credit for turning himself into a comedic foil over the last two years, as he’s frequently become the white-guy butt of both his own and Che’s jokes. No one thought that Trump would actually win. However, after Trump won in 2016, the last person we wanted to see on the “Update” desk was a smarmy white guy smart enough to realize the false equivalency in joking with equal force about Hillary’s emails and Trump’s Access Hollywood tape. Jost would have been fine if unexceptional during the Bush Administration, or even the first six years of the Obama administration. As I wrote in 2016, I simply believe that Jost and Che are the wrong anchors for this era of Saturday Night Live.

He was merely sticking up for his friend and co-anchor, Michael Che, who stuck up for him when Steven Hyden asked over on Uproxx, “ Why Does Everyone Still Hate Colin Jost?”Īlthough I have been very critical of Jost over the years, I do not hate Colin Jost. He did not mock me maliciously, because Colin Jost is not a malicious person. And you’ll experience the life of a touring comedian – from performing in a rural college cafe at noon to opening for Dave Chappelle at Radio City Music Hall.Ī Very Punchable Face reveals the brilliant mind behind some of television’s dumbest sketches and reveals the heart and humor of a hard-working guy – with a face that makes it impossible not to want to punch.SNL’s “Weekend Update” anchor Colin Jost tweets so infrequently that when he mocked me on Twitter last year, it remained at the top of his Twitter feed for months (it has since been deleted).

You will also discover things about Jost that will surprise and confuse you, such as how Jimmy Buffett saved his life, how Czech youths attacked him with potato salad, how an insect lay eggs in his feet and the way he competes against a 25 year old man.

From growing up in a family of firefighters on Staten Island to commuting three hours a day to high school and “seeing the sights” to attending Harvard while Facebook was founded, Jost shares Share how he’s navigated the world like a slightly smarter Forrest Gump. A Very Punchable Face is a great book by author Colin Jost.

A very punchable face book