Fun To Hug

Jenna Kim Jones has made peace with having no upper body strength and zero chance of ever earning a fourth-grade Presidential Fitness Award. Her comfort zone involves avoiding CrossFit and observing that Zumba exists mainly to tell you which parts of your torso keep moving after you stop dancing. The title comes from her bodily defense mechanism: she might not be athletic, but she is fun to hug.

Recorded in 2017 at the Dry Bar Comedy club in Provo, Utah, the 44-minute set arrived during the platform’s early days of building a video catalog. Jones had worked behind the scenes at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart before developing a following on satellite radio’s clean comedy stations.

The routine sticks closely to suburban routines, awkward retail encounters, and catching sight of yourself on a Walmart ceiling monitor. She details the mechanical struggle of putting on curvy skinny jeans, the low-stakes pettiness of marital disagreements, and the strange relief of letting fast food solve dinner.