Melissa Jouben

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Melissa Jouben is an enthusiastic young writer who can usually be seen performing or enjoying live comedy in New Jersey and New York. She has a very limited range of interests which can be summed up by the following list, in no particular order: comedy, cartoons, toy collecting, wrestling, limited edition varieties of soda, and Billy Joel. She was born and raised in New Jersey and can’t wait to leave so she can brag to all her new neighbors about how great the ocean smells at low tide.

Friday Night Smackdown 5/15: Otis Rules Everything Around Us

Melissa Jouben - May 17, 2020

Friday Night Smackdown Live 5/17 is the first Smackdown after Money In The Bank, and so inevitably a big topic would be Otis’ controversial...

‘Awkwafina is Nora From Queens’ Can’t Quite Fill Our Broad City Shaped Hole

Melissa Jouben - January 28, 2020

Hot off her historic win at the Golden Globes for her role in The Farewell, there couldn’t be a better time for Awkwafina to...

Monday Night RAW 1/21 Review: The Road to the Royal Rumble Ends in Kansas

Melissa Jouben - January 21, 2020

The Royal Rumble is in less than a week, and here we are at our last RAW before the big event. It seems like...

Friday Night Smackdown 12/6 Review: That Ending Was Just Utterly Ridiculous

Melissa Jouben - December 7, 2019

The Friday Night Smackdown 12/6 show starts with The Miz coming out for what is decidedly not Miz TV. He says that it WOULD...

Monday Night RAW in St. Louis Review: Just One Long Crown Jewel Commercial

Melissa Jouben - October 29, 2019

The show starts with Paige’s big return, where she introduces her prized Women’s Tag Team Champions, The Kabuki Warriors. But Paige seems to either...

SNL Season 45 Premiere: How SNL Went from Not Ready for Primetime to Tame & Passed Its Prime

Melissa Jouben - September 30, 2019

Saturday Night Live kicked off their 45th season Saturday night with host Woody Harrelson and musical guest Billie Eilish. The SNL Season 45 Premiere...

Mo Rocca on the Mobituaries Podcast, New Jersey, Politics, & Ravioli

Melissa Jouben - August 16, 2019

If you aren’t familiar with the name Mo Rocca, you’ve had plenty of chances to learn it. If you’re a millennial like me, you’ve...

Legion Series Finale Review: A Fitting End to One of the Best Shows on Television

Melissa Jouben - August 13, 2019

What a long strange trip it’s been. For a show that’s been so wildly unpredictable, my gut reaction is to think it’s a little bit...

GLOW Season 3 Premiere Review: A Highly Emotional, Yet Decidedly Less Fun Beginning

Melissa Jouben - August 9, 2019

When we left the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling in Season Two, they were boarding a bus to turn their runaway-hit morning television show into...

Legion Season 3: What’s Worked, What Hasn’t & What We Want to See

Melissa Jouben - July 29, 2019

With Legion’s third and final season now more than halfway finished, we’ve got a lot to digest. There are three episodes left to what has easily...

‘Legion’ Chapter 21 Review: A Visually Stunning Episode

Melissa Jouben - July 3, 2019

Chapter 21 picks up with Clark (Hamish Linklater) interrogating Squirrel, the member of David’s commune that they managed to grab before the commune house...