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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 6h

We used to be a proper technocracy

An old BlackBerry cell phone with physical keyboard

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 15/09/2026

When he thanked his co-stars, I’m going to assume he meant all of them ever, in everything

Me on the set of Idiotsitter with the king Stephen Root

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 08/09/2026

Skink the Bounty Hunter ran so Reacher could fly

Chris Elliot and Gerard Mulligan in costume on Letterman to promote their new hit series “Skink the Bounty Hunter”

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 18/08/2026

I’m sorry but I simply refuse to believe that white people would steal Black people’s music and get rich off it

Grossly exploited blues pioneer Robert Johnson

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 04/08/2026

My new short horror story SELF STORAGE is now available at deathbed.ghost.io/self-storage/, as is this breathtakingly unsettling illustration by Peader Thomas! #HorrorStories #ComedyWriters #NoAI

Hand drawn illustration of a self storage facility at night. A long shadow approaches the clerk at the window.

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 29/07/2026

If you haven’t yet, now would be a great time to subscribe (for free!) to Deathbed: subscribe.deathbedwriting.com

A promotional image for a Deathbed horror story by Ben Zelevansky that publishes on Monday.

The title, “Self Storage,” is superimposed over an image of a padlocked storage unit door. The tagline reads “True friends keep secrets.”

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 07/07/2026

I didn’t believe it either, but apparently there are pictures

Wormtongue from Lord of the Rings whispering in King Théoden’s ear

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 07/07/2026

Never heard the president described this way before, but I can’t argue with it

Screen grab of a New Republic story with a subhead that reads “The health secretary will have to contend with a growing diarrhea parasite”

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 06/07/2026

I feel the same way, but it’s the most important meal of the day 🤷🏻

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 01/07/2026

This guy really gets paid to talk about professional basketball, good grief

Screencap of noted ding dong Aaron J Fentress approving of the idea of the Blazers signing the comedically injury-prone Jarred Vanderbilt

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 04/06/2026

The NHL had a fun version of this for many years

Brian Gionta and Zdeno Chara displaying their comical height differential

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 26/05/2026

The Cleveland Cavaliers are not a serious basketball team

Logan Roy excoriating his children on Succession

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 01/05/2026

Tell me again how the super-intelligent robots are ready to replace us all

Spell check failing to recognize “unforatunely” as “unfortunately”

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 23/04/2026

Tom Dundon hitting up Lardo at Moda tomorrow night:

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 01/03/2026

I bet Donald Trump wouldn’t be so cavalier if it was HIS children he was sending off to war, okay maybe that’s a bad example

Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump looking like a couple of space mutants trying to blend into the human race

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 25/01/2026

It’s been getting mixed reviews from the critics here in LA

A bus stop ad for the Melania Trump documentary with the graffiti “is a c*nt” scrawled under the First Lady’s name

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 10/01/2026

“Prized possession” is an understatement. Can’t wait for the new show!

Title page of the book “Daddy‘s Boy” by Chris and Bob Elliott, autographed by both men

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 10/12/2025

The great @ritchied.bsky.social has launched a free weekly newsletter called Deathbed that presents Horror Stories from Comedy Writers. My story drops Monday - subscribe today at subscribe.deathbedwriting.com to be among the first to read it, and all the excellent stories to follow!

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 07/12/2025

“Has anyone seen my copy of the Annual Report? I swear I had it when I came in here.”

Norman Rockwell’s “Freedom of Speech” painting, in which a lone dissenter stands up to address those assembled for a town meeting. In his jacket pocket is a rolled up copy of the town’s Annual Report.

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 19/11/2025

Look Bill Maher still has a show based on merit and I’ll hear no more about it

Bill Maher and David Zaslav sitting next to each other courtside at a Laker game

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Ben Zelevansky @benzelevansky.com · 14/11/2025

Suck it, Starbucks. I’ll be here ‘til you make a fair deal with @sbworkersunited.org - and if you take too long, I might never come back at all. #NoContractNoCoffee $SBUX

A devilishly handsome young man stands in front of Dunkin’ Donuts, where he has purchased his coffee so as not to cross the picket line at Starbucks

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