Month: June 2023

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The Shark Deck. I’m Jenny Mack with your Daily Comedy News. Very very robust for Friday and a holiday weekend. Lots to tell you about.

Also looking ahead to the four day weekend.

The episodes of this podcast pretty strong. I’ve got the scripts written and I’m about to record them all as I can get myself a little poolside time this weekend. But I’ve got good stuff all weekend. Don’t miss it. I do want to comment.

Yesterday I kind of slept on this. I was so excited Jim Gaffagan as a new special. I slept on the title Dark Pale Jim just enough with the Pale variations, The Jim Specials two thousand and six, Beyond the Pale, Okay, Fine King Baby two thousand and nine, Mister Universe twenty twelve, Obsessed twenty fourteen, Sinco twenty seventeen, Noble twenty eighteen, Quality Time twenty nineteen, The Pale Tourist all Right twenty twenty, Comedy Monster, and now another Dark Pale one. I don’t know. Jim Vridy caught up with Tom Sagoura.

He’s got that new special coming out in twenty twenty one. After nighteen years in La, Segura and Christina Pizitski moved to Austin with their two young sons. Sagora says he felt like La in mid Bitnamic was falling apart. He tells Variety, I was like the city’s turning into a crap show. About a month later, Christina suffered a fall in their new home.

Sigour it turned it into a bit, which is featured in Tom Segora’s Sledgehammer, out July fourth on Netflix. In Sledgehammer, Sigora recounts his uneasy nine eleven call that night requesting help. He said, I realize it. While what I’m about to say is true, it sounds suspicious, but I gotta say it. So I’m like my wife fell down the stairs where Christina had misjudged to step in the new home.

She got up in the middle of the night to check on one of the kids and broke her ankle and part of her tibia. So what does the title Sledgehammer means? Segora says, Oh, you don’t want to print this in the article, and then he explains it’s a nod to one of the jokes about his wiener. It’s his fifth special right. I knit pitched him gaffing and specials.

What are Tom’s called? I’d like Tom’s completely normal, mostly stories, disgraceful and Ballhog has a two special deal with Netflix. Sledgehammer is the first of the two, and he says it’s fun, it’s outrageous, and I’m sure it’s gonna fend people. But if you’re not doing that, you’re not doing your job. There’s a trailer.

Let’s listen. I have to confess I was very, very excited to call nine one one. Have you ever been excited to call where you’re like, finally a good one? You know, like this is why we play the game. I call, the operator goes nine to one one, and I’m so amped up.

I go get ready. He’s like okay, he goes you need police, fire or paramedic. I go paramedic, but send them all. He was like what happened? And I was like ooh, And I realize that while what I’m about to say is true, sounds suspicious, but I gotta say it.

Tom, like my wife fell down the stairs. That sounds like a lot of fun. That special. I love his delivery, his pacing. He’s just so smooth on stage.

He’s really great. I clipped an F word out of that trailer there, just to be fair to Tom July fourth, that one’s out. Tom’s cohort Bert Kraisher apparently was partying with UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler. Sports Keatia said the two were seen together enjoying a beverage. Chandler poured the beverage and due Craisher’s already full shoe shaped beer glass.

Alrighty, here’s another trailer I’m excited about. Jokeman, a documentary about Jackie Martling. The full trailer is about two and a half minutes. Let me just play the beginning of it. Two of the voices you will hear are stuttering John and Billy West from the Howard Stern Showy sister’s wife, Are you faking it last night?

Now? I always say Jackie made the biggest blunder in show business history. He decided to enter it. Jackie is like the Forrest Gump of the comedy world. How it clectic is Jackie Marley.

He would hang out with Les Paul and less. Famous guitarists in the world love Jackie. Willie Nelson to the sea, look at us forty nine years old, both of us as they got. You know, Jackie was a gymnast when he was young. He was quite the athlete.

You’re ready for action now. Jackie the Joke Man is now seventy five. Was the head writer of The Howard Stern Show for eighteen years. The film will come out on video on demand. It features Jackie’s career from his fledgling days of comedy on Long Island and features contributions from people like Willie Nelson, Penelette Norty Lang.

It is described as a universal story of self discovery, grit and humor, and how humor is the biggest keats to authentic happiness. Jackie’s a good guy. I’m gonna see if I can get him on the podcast Theo Vaughan got up in a little Kurflawful. THEO had Roseanne on the podcast. A clip from the conversation went viral.

In the clip, Roseanne denied that the twenty twenty election was rigged and said that anyone who questioned that should be immediately deep platformed. Then she added that the Holocaust didn’t happen either. Roseanne’s comments about the Holocaust, as well as some other parts of the clip made some angry on social media. THEO Vaughan defended her and said the Roseanne Bara clip was sarcasm. Folks, the clip taken out of a long sarcastic grant she had during our chat.

Can we not recognize sarcasm anymore? Futurama is back, Baby. It’s been off the air for a decade, coming back to Hulu on July twenty fourth. Hulu has released a trailer. Let’s do more audio?

Why not? What back baby? In two seconds, you will collide with your destination child. Use everyone. We seemed to have survived a massive disruption in the fuel of time.

Wait what exactly happened? A new virus has broken out. I’ve developed a test to see who’s infected. You shall this cue? Tip up your nose?

That looks kind of fun. I can’t wait to do it hundreds of time. After a brief ten year hiatus, Futurama has crawled triumphantly from the cryogenic tube. It’s full original cast. See that’s good.

Rick and Mori de Solar Opposites and Satirical Spirit Intact. The ten all new episodes of season eleven of Something for Everyone. New viewers will be able to pick up the series from here, while longtime fans will recognize payoffs to decades long mysteries, including developments in the epic love story of Fry and Leela, the mysterious contents of Nibbler’s litter Box, the secret history of evil robots, Santa, one of My Faiths, and the whereabouts of Kiff and Amy’s Tadpoles.

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Meanwhile, there’s a whole new pandemic in town as the crew explores the futu…

Everyone is back, including John Demacia, who had held out for a little while over money. They settled that, and I think John did get the reason he wanted, if I remember correctly, and Billy West mentioned for the second time in today’s podcast Future. I’m a July twenty fourth and a show I really like on the former HBO Max now called Mix the Other Two. A very funny show, three seasons worth watching. I like it a lot, but season three is going to be the final season, but the reason is interesting.

The Hollywood Reporter has learned that the ending comes following multiple staff complaints about creators and show uners Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider. Multiple sources involved with the Other Two confirm that the showrunners where the subject of complaints to human resources over behavior on the set and in the writer’s room. They include allegations that Kelly verbally abused writers and overweard crew, and claims that Schneider enabled his behavior. One insider said, there’s a lot of Chris and Sarah in the show. I think a lot of their frustration comes from Nut being on camera.

These are two people who started off as improvisers. This is a show about people who are hungering for fame and their friends and colleagues became well known. It’s a lot like the show Wow. Another source says, other writers tell stories about the other two writers rooms like other people tell ghost stories. Yikes.

Tina Fey gave a speech back in March and joked that the Other Two executive producer Lauren Michaels, was partially responsible for conditioning the pair during their tenure on SNL. Tina Fey said, nobody indulgeous writers like Laurn Michaels. Lauren, You’ve unleashed an army of monsters into the world. You know it, I know it. And the crew of the Other two knows it, And then she said, oh, I was supposed to change that.

I was supposed to change that. That’s inappropriate. Oh well it’s not live streaming. Wow. If you like what I do here, and you know that I’m about to record three or four podcasts in a row, you want my voice to hold up, buy me a coffee this one.

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Speaking of canceled Amy Schumer, Well, she hasn’t been canceled, but they di…

That was a terrible segue to put inside Amy Schumer on Comedy Central. I told you yesterday the day before that they pulled it off Paramount Plus. Well, it’s not going to Comedy Central either, Deadline says. Last year was announced that the episodes would eventually air on Comedy Central once they’d been released on Paramount Plus. Those plans have now changed, sorry.

Amy. Jennifer Lawrence shared an update on the comedy script that she’s been working on with Amy Schumer since first teasing it years ago, back in twenty fifteen. Check your calendars. That’s not five minutes ago anymore, that’s eight years ago. Back in twenty fifteen, Jennifer Lawrence told The New York Times, she was working with Amy Schumer on a screenplay at the time.

She said the script she was writing on just flowed out of us. Well, now she’s saying, well, if you know anything about me and Amy, it’s that we’re lazy. It’s not that it’s off, it’s on. It’s just going on our piece. Lilac Volak on the website Harrets dot Com did not enjoy Amy’s news special, writing six years ago, I wrote a profile on Amy Schumer in this paper, trying to defend her.

Description as the funniest woman in the world. Six years ago was still necessary sometimes it still is today. I hope it’s clear that Schumer’s funny, or at least can be, although this is not the case in her new Netflix show Emergency Contact. Thank goodness, we’ve gotten to the point where a woman can be mediocre, just like any man can, without a complete collapse of all the content linked to her profession, Lilac writes, According to Netflix, Amy Schumer gets real about lasering her face, postpartum sex or baby naming disaster, and chewable viagran this cheekily candid stand up special an actual fact. It’s a tired performance on Autopilot Schumer is doing what she knows how to do, but without a hint of inspiration or added value.

Ouch, no sparkling witticism continues to flicker at the edge of one’s consciousness after the show’s over. Ouch, no incisive insight, a shared ouch, and no moment of learning. Viewers that something real is happening occurs bold and candid. One could respond that it was cowardly and insincere. Mel Brooks turned ninety seventies getting an honorary Oscar.

Those are unrelated things. I said that, as if that was like, oh, you made ninety seven years an oscar. No, no, no, no, you know he had this pretty good career. You’ve heard of this Melbrooks person. Yes, This Oscar was created to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of Motion picture arts and sciences, or outstanding service to the Academy.

Academy President J Yang says mel Brooks lights up our hearts with his humor, and his legacy has made a lasting impact on every facet of entertainment. This is the second Oscar for mel Brooks. He previously won in nineteen sixty eight for the producers. I hope that he slaps Jimmy Kimmel. Comedian Alex Perlman has one point seven million followers on TikTok and he’s joking.

Yeah, I guess I’m a news guy now. Apparently he was invited by the governor of Pennsylvania to a press conference about the ninety five bridge collapse. He said this on a recent TikTok. He explained the governor’s office said, you know, a lot of people heard about the collapse from you instead of traditional media, So why don’t you come out and stand next to traditional media and give some of the updates. His video, The Morning ninety five Collaps racked up two million views, including clicks from the governor and the presidents of the United States.

Berman said, I’m just some guy, but ABC six says, well, he’s a guy talking, mostly yelling about everything from national issues and politics to superlocal events like the water crisis, the Canadian wildflower air pollution, and Taylor Swift’s South Philly takeover. Sounds fun and an update on my former co worker, Jamie Fox. Actor John Boyega tells Variety, Jamie finally picked up the phone. He’s doing well, and then you know we’re just giving him the privacy and we can’t wait for his return. I gave him the well wishes directly.

I gave him all the well wishes, so I’m just going to be waiting until it comes back out Here is to take your time, Jamie. We love you, bro. I hope Jamie’s doing okay. Like I said, I worked with him for a bit, good guy. Although I do find it worrisome, very worrisome.

I don’t mean this in a gossip way, but I find it very, very surprising they haven’t been able to release a picture of Jamie sitting pool side thumbs up telling everyone’s okay. Just knowing a little about that camp, that there are no photos has me concerned. That’s your comedy news for today. Follow the show for free on Apple, podcast, Spotify, YouTube, or Vigie shows. Like I mentioned, this weekend’s episodes are good.

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The Shark Deck. I’m Jenny Mack with your Daily Comedy News. Jim Gaffigan announced a new special. Let’s listen to the trailer. Sometimes if people find out I have five kids, they think I’m good at parenting, which is kind of like assuming people with lots of cats are not crazy.

That’s why every dad on vacation looks like he lost a bet if too many kids. But if I did anything about it now, people would get so set. Dark Pale coming to Amazon Prime Video July twenty fifth. It’s Jim Gaffigan’s tenth comedy special. Amazon says it will be available to streaming over two hundred and forty countries and territories.

I was wondering how many countries there are in the world. That territories thing probably bumps the number a little bit. How many countries are there in the world. The Google machine says there are one hundred ninety five countries in the world today. I’m going to guess that these is not available in North Korea, so there must be quite a few territories.

But I digress. Jim Gaffigan is a seven time Grammy nominated comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He will next be seen in Steven Soderberg’s limited series Full Circle, coming to Max and Netflix is Unfrosted alongside Jerry Seinfeld. Can’t Wait. Nate Burgatzy was at the NHL Awards.

That’s the thing. Apparently he’s a lifelong Nashville Predators fan, which I questioned, and then I looked up how long the Predator has been around and how old Nate is, and I went, yeah, I guess he is. I mean, that’s one of those new teams to me. Apparently, Nate had wide eyes as he shook hands in exchanged hellos with country stars and hockey players. He was happy this all took place in Nashville, said, it’s also to be home.

There’s nothing like it. I don’t meet a lot of different people like this. This is a world that I don’t know everybody. So it’s fun that I got to meet some people here. Who is he looking forward to meeting most hockey star Connor McDavid.

He said, I like that kind of greatness. Jay Leno was on Neil Brennan’s podcast. They talked about the Little War There with Letterman. Jay said the time slot belonged to NBC and David kind of piss people off too. You know, I love Letterman.

The thing I liked about it was that I got the ratings and Dave got the critics, and that seems fair. And you know something, if you flipped it, that’d be okay too. I think we both did okay in that way. He and I were the perfect foil for each other, because any time I spent with Letterman, I always left with war material and it came in with w would have a conversation, would both be laughing, and there’s no greater joy than putting something and that Letterman genuinely laughed at. Because Letterman didn’t always find things funny.

Jay lenno’l tell the story that if the Letto version of this is true, this is pretty rotten. Jay said, I remember one time his producer called me. This is when Dave had his heart attack, and they said, please don’t say anything on the tonight show. Just don’t mention it. Don’t say anything.

So I didn’t. Then about ten days later, Letterman says, the only one who never mentioned it is Leno. Own. Jay said, ah, I walked into that. I was set up.

Jay Leno says, to this day, Letterman makes me laugh as much as anybody. Fascinating, character, funny, and there’s a connection we have that I can’t describe. It’s like sex. I don’t care how it works, it works, just leave it. I want to make love.

I don’t want to be a gynecologist. From the Laugh Button, Sony Pictures is making a movie called Dumb Money, based on the anti Social Network book. In the cast Pete Davidson, Nick Offerman, Seth Rogan, Vincent Dinofrio, and a bunch of others. The Laugh Button says it’s a classic David versus Goliath tale. It makes you want to root for the little guys as he watched the story unfold.

Dumb Money in theater September twenty second from Survivor dot Net, Kathy Griffin was showered in applause as she made her long awaited return to the comedy stage after five years. She had been battling lung cancer and had vocal cord surgery, and an Instagram post, Kathy wrote, you guys, I’m so grateful to this audience. I still can’t get over it. My first live show in five years. Over the weekend she had headline the Center Stage Comedy show in Las Vegas.

She wrote after an international political scandal and surviving lung cancer, I finally felt like I was home. In twenty twenty one, Kathy Griffin was diagnosed with stage one lung cancer and underwent surgery. She had half her left lung removed. Her voice was left distorted due to intubation during the surgery, described her voices sounding like Mini Mouse meets Marilyn Monroe. Bad news for Amy Schumer Paramount Plus.

They’ve been cutting shows left and right. I know the Star Trek people are really upset that they got rid of one of the Star Trek shows. Well, Paramount Plus has taken inside Amy Schumer off. Amy was hoping she could score an Emmy nomination, but now the entire series removed from Paramount Plus, including the recent fifth season. I guess it didn’t do too well.

One of the ways you can support the show has become a premium subscriber on Apple Podcastle for five dollars a month, you get the episodes add free end early. And I’m specifically mentioning this today because tomorrow you’re gonna wake up to a whole bunch of episodes. Because Johnny Mack’s hoping not to get in the studio over July fourth weekend, so I’ve been recording ahead. So you know, if you if you’re like, wow, I really wish I had like three or four episodes that’ll listen all at once, good news. You can try out the Premium option on Apple Podcasts for free.

You can get all the episodes and then cancel it. Or if you’re like, hey, I like the show hook Johnny mack up with five bucks a month, nice frictionless way to do that. I have some other recommendations for you to listen to that I’ve been listening to. I’m catching up on THEO Vaughan’s podcast. Yeah, John Mulaney on a while back now, but you know, scroll down the feeds where it says John Mulaney, that’s a really good listen.

Mark Marin had Kyle Canine on I did an airport run at four in the morning on Monday, and I checked that out. That was very enjoyable. And on the Two Bears podcast, Tom Sagora had Ari Shafiro on that was also a good listen. JFL added a bunch of shows. They didn’t send out a release release, but they sent out this mailer on both on the professional list and the Consumer list.

This from the consumer list, and it’s got a GRAPHICX. So let’s see newly announced Don l Rawlings, Jean Marcos Serresi’s fantastic, adrian Ia Pallucci really fantastic. Don’t sleep on her. She’s like one of my favorites right now. Joel, Nicole Johnson, Debra d Givanni, Robbie Hoffman, Ellie Mkofsky, Ruben Kay, Josie Long, Arthur Simeon Shane, Tourists and Ariel Elias.

Remember somebody threw a beard at her. You know, I said I won’t go because I can’t go on the day of new faces now and tempted to be like, hmm, I wonder when like Jean Marco and Adrian are playing. You can hear I want to go. You can hear it, right, you can hear it. Yes.

John Goodman suggested that the Connors, you know, Roseanne minus Roseanne, that might be coming to an end. Goodman said, it’s lasted longer than I thought we would. It was just supposed to be like an eight episode show. Then they picked us up again. They keep picking us up.

The series been picked up for another thirteen episodes, with an option for nine more twenty two episodes of anything these days. That’s like nine seasons of something on Netflix. Slight exaggeration. The season five finale drew three point six million viewers. I can see why they want to keep this going.

That’s a lot of viewers for not football these days. Executive producer Bruce Helford has hinted that Sarah Gilbert expressed on the network that we didn’t want to go out without knowing that we were going out with a serious finale, so we can build to the right ending. And at this point in time, we feel like next season is possibly going to be the last season of the Connors. I wouldn’t say that definitely because the numbers were so good this season. We’ve all had a really good time, but it’s definitely a possibility.

Hey, guys, never leave a hit show. ABC will negotiate with you. Tell them, you know, do what they always sunny people do. Go Hey, we’ll make six of them and then we’ll take two years off. Don’t walk away from a hit show.

And here’s a note from Deadline. Russell Weisman has been up to chief operating officer at All Things Comedy That’s a podcast network. Okay, congratulations Russell, why are you mentioning it, Johnny Mack because of the press release with a statement that comes from Bill Burr. And I’m confident Bill Burr said these exact words in this exact way, all right, time out symes of experience here. I’ve seen my share of press releases where the publicist writes a quote and then asked the person who supposedly said the quote and goes, oh, you okay with this, and the person just say yeah, whatever.

I can’t imagine Bill Burr actually said these words, but maybe I’m wrong. Quoting Bill Burr, Bill Burr said at All Things Comedy, We’re very excited to announce Russell Weisman’s promotion to CEO. He has been one of the driving forces behind our growth since starting at ATC. We’re looking forward to continuing to grow our podcast platform with him in this new position. Thank you, Bill Burr.

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The Shark Deck. I’m Johnny Mack with your Daily Comedy News. You probably saw John Maliney in the episode title. I will do that story at the end, so I don’t spoil a heck out of that episode. So Pete Davidson he gets a new season for Bupkiss.

One of the suits over at Peacock said Pete Davidson is a once in a generation talent. What he created with the first season of Books absolutely blew us away. Pete has the rare ability to make you laugh out loud with this unfiltered brand of comedy and then tear up with his raw and honest vulnerability. We could not be more proud to continue on this journey with Pete. I’m going to say another name here, and this is a super important name, Lauren Michaels, Broadway Video and our partners at Universal.

Yeah. Basically, if Lauren Michaels were to support this podcast, I’d be on NBC A different suit, said Pete. Lauren and the entire Books team took audiences on a wild and emotionally captivating adventure in season one, from family weddings to drug fueled road trips, etc. Etc. I haven’t really heard anybody who has seen Daniel Feinberg, who writes for The Hollywood Reporter, who I like a lot.

He said, Episode one is terrible and the rest is good. I just haven’t gotten to it yet, but I will. I actually grabbed Peacock. They had one of those deals that was like, I don’t know, I’m exaggerating slightly, but fifty cents for like two years. And I was like, all right, there’s been a lot of talk in the news about Harry and Megan.

You may have heard that Prince Harry and Megan Marko’s spotifying deal ended. Now, aside from me being the writer on a podcast called a Palace Intrigue where we talk about the British royal family every day, why am I bringing this up? So Harry was supposed to do a podcast that he never did. One of the ideas that was considered would have been co hosting a show with Hasan Minhaj. That would have been interesting.

One of the ideas would have been Harry commenting as someone new to living in America. All right, I might have listened to that. The Mantra All Comedy Festival about three weeks away.

Now, let’s take a look at some of the in conversation panels we’ll be having …

In Conversation with romy Yusef. That’s on Saturday, July twenty ninth. Romy in a special will discuss the polarizing, unifying, and contradictory intersections of religion and comedy.

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Also on that day, in conversation with Please Don’t Destroy.

You know those guys from Saturday Night Live. They were the best part of SNL this season. They Please Don’t Destroy Trio. Who are Ben Marshall, John Higgins and Martin Hurley. He we should start learning their names.

A bunch of podcasts will be up there, including Jean Marcos Serresi. He was one of the new Faces last year. He was fantastic. Judy Gold’s doing her podcast on Thursday, the twenty seventh. Langston Kerman has won.

He’ll be there on the twenty eighth, Steph Toleev also on the twenty eighth, and Philippe Esparza on the twenty eighth. New Faces will have a bunch of shows much like last year, starting Wednesday, July twenty sixth, going through Friday the twenty eighth. Again, it is killing me that I can’t make it up there this year. If you’re making the trip, I highly recommend do this. This is exactly what I would have done.

And as I mentioned yesterday, I decline my credentials, but if my schedule gets clear, I might, I might, I maybe see I don’t know because I gotta be somewhere else. On the next day, Wednesday at twenty six, New Faces Group one at seven o’clock, New Faces Group two, nine thirty, do those back to back to both shows. You’ll see twenty comedians and you will see the future of comedy. That’s always a great one to do. The next night is New Faces of Comedy Creators.

Tends to me more of like the YouTube TikTok kind of stuff that’s at one in the afternoon. So that alone tells you what chespra Laps thinks of it. If they buried it at one o’clock, seven o’clock New Faces of Comedy Characters, so there are people doing characters, and you know sometimes lets will wind up on Saturday Night Live and Thursday at nine thirty New Faces of Comedy unrepped. That’s a good invitation and if you crush there, you’ll probably walk out with an agent. New Faces of Comedy International on Friday at seven and New Faces of Comedy Friday at nine thirty.

I would love to do those as well, but I cannot this year. Hi Times, your home for comedy news, caught up with Nimish pat Till. He has a special called I Lost My Right Nut and all I got was this stupid special. You’ll find that on YouTube, and it’s about Pittel’s experience being diagnosed with and treated for testicular cancer. High Time said, it strangely made me feel better when you just casually acknowledge we’re all going to die.

Nimes said, yeah, sorry for that bleak outlook. I think when I talk to people who have had actual cancer, and then he laughed, I think they get a little annoyed when it’s treated so casually, but people who have not experienced it or kind of relieved that there’s someone who could talk about it without the woe was meatitude. I’m not saying all cancer patients are like that. I think many people have a better version of my attitude. They’re just not comedians.

I started talking about the fact that my genitals were shaved while I was awake, and that was the funniest part of the whole thing outside of the grand irony. Once the unbelievable thing was out and people were laughing at it, it was easy to realize it was the climax of the set. As long as I happily built towards it, it would be a fun roller coaster ride for everybody.

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And now I never have to talk about it outside the stage.

I mentioned at one point the set that the biggest fear that people have survived cancer went through cancer had is social isolation. It’s one of those studies that I read. People who aren’t comedians don’t have the outlets go on stage and talk about it as freely as I do. So they talk about it at places like Chipole with their friends, and that could be burdensome. Luckily for me, I don’t have to bring it up over quacamole.

I could just say it on stage, and when we’re out watching the Knicks, we could talk about how crappy the Knicks are instead of how crappy it is that one of my testicles is gone. It kind of leaves things compartmentalized, which is great. Rob mclenny from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Welcome to Wrexham he and his buddy Ryan Reynolds. Now they’re getting the F one. They’re buying a twenty four percent steak in the Alpine Formula one race team.

One of the other owners part of this thing is Michael B. Jordan. These famous people are paying the Renault group about two hundred million euros for the steak, valuing the racing team at roughly nine hundred million dollars. And at the top I mentioned John Mulaney. Here is the story.

I’m going to spoil the heck out of One of the episodes of FX is The Bear. John Mulaney appears in an episode. I haven’t ruined the episode for you, but John Mulaney appears in it. If you have not seen the episode yet, I recommend you bounce here and definitely watched the episode. It’s the best episode of the season.

But I’ll tell you all about that, okay. His spoilers coming up in three two one. Season two episode six is called Fishes, centering around a Christmas holiday roughly five years before the planned opening of Karmy’s new restaurant, The Bear. He joins his family, which includes his mother Donna, who I didn’t recognize until I looked up Donna again spoilers. Played by Jamie Lee Curtis.

I didn’t even recognize her. John Burnthal plays Michael. That’s Karmy’s brother. The family’s together for the Feast of the Seven Fishes, an Italian holiday tradition in which seven fish dissues are prepared and served. We meet Uncle Lee played by Bob Odenkirk, and then we meet Steve, who’s a close friend of the family, and he’s played by John Mulaney.

Mullaney playing like a nerdy version of himself. Picture if cousin Gregg on succession, We’re played by John Mulaney. That’s what Mulaney’s doing here, with big nerdy like Drew Carrey glasses. Malini gets to give a pretty good speech near the end of the episode, and he’s good in the role. I hope we see more of Stevie.

I thought he was a cousin when I watched it, but he’s just some guy they have over. Okay, that is your comedy news for today. Follow the show for free on Apple Podcasts or Spotify YouTube, wherever you get your shows. See tomorrow. All right, enough with the negativity.

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The Shark Deck. I’m Johnny Mack with your Daily Comedy News. A lot of quick hits today, and you can never go wrong with talking about Dave Chappelle. Dave will do another round of Cornfield to Comedy shows July sixth through the eighth in Yellow Springs. Tickets already on sale, probably sold out by the time you’re hearing this.

The shows were approved by the Miami Township Board of Zoning Appeals in early May. The permit application detailed that shows would be limited to one thousand ticket holders and would take place between June first and October eighth. We’ll see if he had some more shows, and we’ll see who else shows up. In the past, some celebrity guests included Chris Rock and David Letterman. John Stewart show up once, so yeah, we’ll see who shows up there.

Kevin Hart spoke to brandt dot Com. They ask Kevin, hey, you work with a lot of brands. Brands today are scared to death of the controversy of comedy when you hit the edges now with the current world we’re living in, does it affect the way you do comedy now? Kevin Hart said, we have to be aware of the times, because do not respect the times and not respect change is just ignorant. I mean times change because it’s necessary and it’s needed.

So the climate and temperature today is well deserved and we need to welcome it, just accordingly, be respectful. I’m a universal effing comedian. I’ve traveled the world telling jokes. There’s not a country or state that I haven’t been to to do comedy. Is that true, Kevin Hart?

Can you show me some clips from your appearance in I Won’t even go to North Korea? Show me when you’d played Moscow? All right, Kevin said, I want to make that very clear. I’ve made people laugh by being myself. I don’t force a narrative.

I don’t create a persona. No, Okay. What brands need the most is relatability. Without relatability, without humor, you have no product. The smartest people in the world listen.

The dumbest people in the world talk a lot. George Lopez apparently working on a Christmas comedy movie being filmed in Wrong Jackson, Mississippi. Where else would you film a Christmas comedy movie starring George Lopez. They’re filming down at bell Haven University. It is called How the Gringo Stole Christmas.

Emily Wilson is a producer and says, George Lopez plays a proud Mexican amer and gardner with a landscaping business, and his daughter brings home kind of a hippie white dude, and hilarity ensues. Lopez talked about filming in Jackson, Mississippi. Nothing really kind of gets done in Hollywood anymore, So to come here double your money because of the tax incentives. I think it’s good for the economy here, and it’s good for people like me who you know, really wouldn’t get to see the beauty of Jackson, Mississippi. Matt Rife made a hilarious comparison between himself and the viral meme kid who took over social media a few years ago.

Fans of Matt Rife have been sharing a picture of him side by side with meme Kid, highlighting their resemblance. Rife points out he’s not actually the meme Kid. The Kings of Late Night are touring. They’re playing Pittsburgh on September first. I’m not sure if this is part of a bigger tour or a one off.

They’re playing the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh Friday, September. First, who are the Kings of Late Night? Well, I will tell you Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall, and Craig Ferguson. Those are three really solid comedians. It’s a weird bill.

And what order do you put them in? Jay Leno or Senio Hall, Craig Ferguson. So you have to deal with both ego and flow. Here’s my take. So jay Leno has got to be the headliner there, So I’m guessing Arsenio comes out and does short bursts, Craig comes out and does a middle, longer chunk, and then jay Leno closes.

That’s how I do it. But Jay Leno or Senio, Craig Ferguson, what order would you put them in? The National Comedy Center in Jamestown is open to a new exhibit honoring the recently closed New York City comedy club Carolines on Broadway. The exhibit features artifacts from the club, featuring the state backdrop, showroom curtains and signage, entry doors, and bar fly stools. Hey, I love Carolines.

They were always good to me. Did some business with them back at Series sex Am. I mean I was never there and be like, wow, look at that stage backdrop, or these stools are awesome. So you know, if you’re going to the Comedy Center anyway, you can check it out. I’m not sure I would make that seven hour drive from New York City to see bar stools used to me on Broadway.

Jay Farroh has announced he’s taping a new special, this one in Chicago’s ware Park neighborhood at the Heath Main Stage. He’ll record two performances Saturday, August twenty sixth. No word on what the distribution. There will be moamare as a new podcast called Joking Not Joking. He and his co host are joined by guests like Rami Yusef, and they asked the big questions the modern world makes you forget.

Are we living in a simulation? What is money? What is life after death? They get real when it gets uncomfortable and funny when it gets serious. Fortune Feamsters spoke to The Sydney Morning Herald about when she got engaged to her girlfriend Jack Smith, to try to get the hotel involved to allow staff to convertly decorate their room.

Feamster took Smith to an upmarket restaurant when they got back to the cabin, there were mounds of wilted rose pedals, seemingly arranged with a leafblower. Electric candles flickered feebly, while a roaring fire melted the chocolate off the strawberries and brought the champagne to a simmer. Fortune was like, this didn’t work out. Just threw open her arms and said you want to She got a yes. She laughed, said I paid all this money for an ocean view, but there was so much fogg and rain you couldn’t even see in front of your hand.

It was like throwing money into a fire pit. But luckily Jackson did say yes. May Martin spoke to the l eight times. May is used to being modified, they say, and that’s evolved as I have evolved. Your career started at age thirteen, and they say it was teenage comedian, female comedian, lesbian comedian, bisexual comedian and now non binary comedian.

Rob Schneider in the news he had that special on Fox Nation. Well now he is backing Robert F. Kennedy Junior in RFK Junior’s bid to be the Democratic nominee. I’l cahol time out Here Look Comedy and politics are going to intersect, and in this specific case, if a comedian is clearly endorsing candidate, it’s in the news. I will talk about it.

You can decide for yourself if you would like to vote for mister Kennedy or a different candidate. Time back in, Schneider appeared alongside Kennedy in a smiling photo that Schneider posted on Twitter on Sunday. He wrote, inspiring, hopeful, ragis and most importantly, like his father, compassionate. He called it an honor to support Kennedy. You may want to check out RFK Junior’s recent appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, which got a lot of attention.

Just for last Montreal is just under a month away. I have had to make the decision that I can’t go this year for personal reasons, and I got to be in nine places at once, and I just I can’t do it, and it’s killing me. I still might change my mind about it and go as a civilian, but I turned it down credentials this year. It’s killing me. Here are some of the panels July twenty seventh, the cast of Killing It.

That is a show on Peacock, which is why you’re probably like, what’s killing it? That panel features Craig Robinson, you know Craig from the Office. Another panel on Wednesday, the twenty sixth, this one about This Fool. That show was on Hulu and stars Chris Astrad and Frankie Kenyonius. He probably came along that when I sampled it a little bit and just wasn’t grabbed me told you about this one.

I think over the weekend, the new sketch troupe the Desserts, they’re getting a panel. This is the one executive produced by Bruce mcclough from Kids in the Hall and New Topic Bad News. If you like Jury Duty, you’re not getting not actual journey duty. Nobody likes that the TV show Jury Duty. Did you watch it?

Pretty funny? It’s on free v which go on your Amazon Prime thing and they’ll put it in front of you. Definitely worth watching, but no season two. The co creator says, I think we have to put that to bed. We kind of caught lightning at a bottle and I don’t know how we could ever top it, So I think we just have to do something else entirely.

But as far as Jury Duty is an institution, I don’t think we can. And that is your comedy news for today. Follow the show for free on Apple, Podcast, Spotify, YouTube, wherever you get your shoes see tomorrow. Did you know you can name a cockroach after your ex lover and have it fed to the animals at the zoo? Hi, I’m Johnny Mack with Five Good News Stories.

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The Shark Deck Johnny McK with your Daily Comedy News. Remember the story John Mlaney told in which he was so desperate for drug money he bought a new rolex for twelve thousand dollars on his credit card sold it immediately for six thousand dollars cash. While John was on the Hollywood Reporters podcast Awards Chatter and added some details to that story. Mullaney said, I put three grand in an apple shopping bag. Apparently Mlaney threw three thousand dollars of the cash away.

Mlaney said, I put three grand in an apple shopping bag. I thought I must have thrown that apple bag away. I was in a twenty floor apartment building in the West Village back then, and I went through almost all the trash of the basement didn’t find it. Later in the podcast, Mlaney does a somber tone and does an impression of what the same story would sound like if he told it in the style of a confessional comedy special, saying, I didn’t want to make this laugh heavy as possible. I didn’t want to tell the story of you know, and there I was selling a watch I just bought, and I felt so small.

I didn’t want to have that tone. You know, I really want to present these stories almost as if I were proud of them, because at that moment I was. I made sixth grand in cash by only spending twelve grand. I’ll put it in an apple bag, don’t worry about that. Mullenny was asked if he would ever consider hosting the Oscars, and he said, sure, why not, It’d be really fun so hosting the Academy Awards.

Johnny Carson did that. Kim was so great, though I’d probably rather watch Jimmy do it than me do it. But imagine that me hosting the Academy Awards me and it sucks right out there. Shout out to Twitter user one dollar, who pointed out that not for the first time nor for the last time, I was pronouncing something incorrectly, and one dollar told me just call it can and I’m like, okay, thank you. So can you know big fancy French film festival thinging Lauren Michaels was out there.

Lauren was talking about SNL’s fiftieth anniversary. The fiftieth season kicks off and fall of twenty twenty four. Some of this we’ve known already. The fiftieth will include a big blowout extravaganza Radio City Music Hall in New York City, which, you know, all things considered not the biggest venue. That show will feed your music and stand up link to the show’s legacy and quote much more.

Lauren says, right now, there’s a Friday event at Radio City, a kind of homecoming night. We’ll have musical acts and stand ups throughout the show. Musical things that the cast have done over fifty years will be live. It’ll probably be streamed because the language won’t be in control, and it’ll take as long as it takes. Michael’s added that the celebrations will be wait for this.

This is the hesitation of my voice tied to the start of the twenty twenty four Olympics in Paris. Before I read ahead, I’m going to guess NBC executives synergy something. Hey, we’ve got the Olympics, so you’re gonna have Mike Tarico forcing some SNL segment that’s gonna just make everybody unhappy. You gotta tune in for the Olympics and there’s gonna be Will Ferrell stop John Okay. Laurd says there are some documentaries being made that’s awesome about the show’s anniversary, and that planning has been underway for six months despite the event being a year and a half away.

It’ll be emotional, but everybody will show up because it’s important. Lauren is hoping before they do the fiftieth season, there’s a forty ninth season, you know, Riders Drake. Lauren said, I’m obviously a supporter and I hope it gets resolved, but that decision will get made probably on the West coast. Lauren minds everybody for the big party, no plus ones allowed. From band dot com.

Kevin Hart shows Ken why he’s the most drumming man alive. You can kind of hear me if you listen every day that I’m starting to turn on Kevin. That comment the other day about Brands Wortley like family or whatever the heck he said was that just sounded psychopath to me. So here we go, Kevin selling all the Kevin Hart products again. The interviewer said, you basically have seventy projects in development at Heartbeat, your production company.

You’re basically working with every entertainment company, and you have four kids. How do you do what you do? Kevin Hart? This first sentence makes me want to throw up my red garbage can here in the basement, Kevin said. First of all, amazing question to start off, Kevin said, had The answer is very simple.

The foundation of Kevin Hart is not just Kevin Hart. I would not be able to do manufacture, shape, mold, create any things I have now without the ecosystem and the personnel underneath. The team is responsible for so much of that. The interviewer then name checked Snoop Dogg, and Kevin said, I love Snoop Snooping myself. We did an amazing collab together.

For me, money is not attractive. I say this humbly. I don’t need the money. What I need is longevity and a commitment. It would much rather a contract for heartbeat that secures me in a position aim to create advertising material where creative material that best tells your story and amplifiers your work.

I read the sentence correctly, I checked myself. I don’t understand the sentence either. In year one, year two, we did great. For the year three, year four, we can do better. Yeah, who reports Matt Rife isn’t actually a fan of TikTok.

I was in the car the other day with my daughter and I’m like, you know Matt Rife and her generation. Oh, they know Matt Rife. Matt says, I hate social media. Oh, by the way, can I jump in? I hate the Internet.

So I repost the podcast on YouTube and I noticed one episode was doing extremely well. I’m like, hm, so I went to which episode is it? And I went and I looked, and it was one that didn’t have the best headline. It was Sarah Silverman not interested in hosting the daily show. You know, a generic you know, Monday kind of topic.

All right, whatever. But when I picked the thumbnail, did I take a picture of Sarah that was quite flattering, say in the chest inch area? Sure? I did, and boy off to the races. You could sit here and do the most amazing journalism handing the best thing, or you know, post a thumbnail with some boobs you get some downloads.

I hate the internet. To Matt Rieve says, I hate social media. But as he watched other comedians gain steam on TikTok, he said, I was like, how long can you go against the green and it not work? I can answer, Matt four years at least. I think sometime this week is the fourth anniversary of the podcast.

I have to go back and look. I can’t quite remember if I started at the end of June or the end of July, Matt Rieves said. Despite a twenty twenty one and twenty twenty three comedy special and a very high profile twenty seventeen romance with Kate Beckinsale, Rive said, this time last year, I was doing shows for like twenty to thirty people at night, losing money to travel. Social media changed everything for me. I mean just in the past ten months.

Everything is shifted because of clips online, but for the past two three years when everything was kind of exponentially growing towards social media for stand up, luckily it changed everything. Maybe I’m just a voice for a younger generation. There’s not a lot of people at my age I’ve been doing it as long or have the experience that I have. So maybe that’s finally showing through a little bit. Or it could be my face, it could be the way we do captions on videos.

Who knows. I’m just happy people like it. One fan, Christina, attended a show of his in Iowa and brought a T shirt with a picture of mouth stuff. Matt said she was the hottest mom ever in the middle of Iowa, where I didn’t even know they made hot moms. She talks about how hot her daughter was.

Creepy, and we facetimed her daughter on stage. It was absolutely incredible, and he stayed in touch with Hot Mom. She’s a good support. She comments on all my videos and she’ll DM me on TikTok or something, just congratulating me on the tour. She has been so much fun.

I’m creeped out here Hot mom with mouth stuff shirt talking about how hot her daughter is. Weird, weird, weird, weird, weird weird. Matt says the experience of connecting with audience members isn’t foreign to him, as he always does crowd work. It’s something I completely understand. I’ve noticed that I’m a lot of people’s first introduction to comedy.

If you want Matt’s attention, here’s here’s advice. It’s really the person who tries to yell out and get attention. Who’s the most funny person I have an interaction with. It’s always the most reluctant person in the front row. You least expect to have a crazy story about them.

If you’re just patient, sit back and relax, it’ll unfold naturally, I promise controversial music group I think it’s pronounced kot Kount and the Gang Kunt Kunt right, Yes, koont In the Gang have released a new song about Philip Schofield. You know, if you’re a yank like me, you’re like, who’s that? Well, Wikipedia tells us. Philip Ryan Scofield is an English television presenter. He rose to prominence as a children’s BBC Continuity presenter from nineteen eighty five to nineteen eighty seven, hosted a bunch of other things.

In twenty twenty, Schofield came out as gay and separated from his wife of twenty seven years, and May twenty twenty three admitted to having an extra marital affair with a male I TV employee. All right, that’s the setup here. Let’s see what koont In the Gang are singing about. Their singles called Bum the Runner. It’s now available on various platforms, including Spotify.

The lyrics include he jumped the queue to see the dead queen. That’s not the worst thing he’s done. If you see what I mean, He’s been sacked from his job. On this morning for teenage boys, he should come with a warning that’s koont In the Gang. Did you see the Beetlejuice Musical?

It was so good. Unfortunately the Broadway production has ceased, but Beetlejuices Alex Brightman will join Chicago Med’s Colin Donnell and they’re gonna play Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider In the Jaws comedy The Shark Is Broken. Ian Shaw will play his own father, Robert Shaw. The Shark Is Broken as a play written by Ian Shawn Joseph Nixon, directed by Guy Masterson. It is a comedic exploration of the behind the scenes drama that took place during the filming of Jaws.

Bruce McCullough you know him from Kids in the Hall, is teaming up with Max Kerman. You may know him from Canadian rock band r Kellis. They’re producing a sketch comedy show. The Desert premieres on Crave on July seventh. It is heralded as bringing forth the next generation of Canadian comedy.

Little else is known about the show, and down in Sydney, comedian Tom Cashman and two of his roommates have moved out of their apartment. They got a letter from the real estate agent about some ants. Cashman told the story at the Sydney Comedy Festival. He revealed that the agent had deducted ninety nine dollars after sending a pest control to eradicate ants spotted in the kitchen. In the email, the agent old Cashman as roommates was their responsibility to treat or eradicate ants.

Cashman said, I’d never noticed any ants in the place? Is where to God? So I responded asking for some evidence of the ant infestation. Cashman showed an image he was sent of four ants and said, that’s twenty five dollars per ant. That’s your comedy news for today.

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The Shark Deck. David Spade was speaking to the Things dot com forgot to introduce myself. Hello, Johnny mc it’s Daily Comedy US. David Spade was talking to the Things dot com about his comedy and he said, look, these aren’t my hardcore beliefs. This is me saying something to shock or surprise you, to elicit a laugh.

If I say the five jokes were allowed to say, that’s been approved by the world, and who’s laughing. Since the Will Smith incident, I feel there’s a change in the air. The invisible barrier between audience and stage has been broken, but clearly the grace period is over. I think all performers will hit first and ask questions later. If someone comes at them, even if it’s a juggler, you might get a bowling pin across the temple.

I’m from an air of comedy where you were supposed to push things. That was the whole idea, and people would go and sort of escape to hear comics and laugh and it’s all good fun, and I would poke fun at people and move on. But it’s got to be a very tricky business in general.

And then one more wave was after the Oscars, so everybody has an opinion.

With the invention of Twitter, you don’t just hear general opinions. You hear one at a time from everyone on the planet. You realize you’re never gonna please everyone, and they’re gonna let you know. Overall, I wanted to stay true to what I did, and I have people that know what I do, people that don’t like me. I don’t know if I can flip them with this meeting his recent special.

It’s a fine line between being able to make fun of everyone and having to stay away from people. Some people, some religions, some places would be like, hey, treat me like everyone else, and make fun of me like everyone else, and respect me like everyone else. It’s all just a level playing field. Ideally. Now it’s not in reality, and everyone shies away from everything.

I think with someone like Sylvester Stallone, white poke fun at but actually really like in real life, there’s no malice or anger or vitriol. Caitlyn Jenner, I’ve met and perfectly cool. So my angle was more than names and making fun of myself. You also spoke about Dave Chapelle and said I respect Chapelle, and I respect most comedians. I think we’re all friends.

It will proven otherwise. It’s a nice little community. If you like comedy and you go to comedy clubs, there’s people saying stuff you wouldn’t believe, but they’re not famous enough to get canceled. Tom Papa, he’s in my brain. He recently spoke to Salon about the phrase appreciate you, which I used three times last night.

I’ve been noticing I use it since Papa talked about it. I like it. I picked it up from one of my kids. But in his new book, Tom Papa talked about how people say appreciate you. Papa said, it became very popular.

It works though. When the phrase first showed up, you’re like, oh, that’s nice. No one said they appreciate me. But now it’s been overused Johnny Mack, and now you’re like, no, you don’t. Salon asked Tom.

In the book, you say I love people, you also have to deal with rude people every step of the way. How do you separate those two things. You don’t seem cranky, and Papa said, no, I get cranky. If I get tired, I get cranky. But I do love people, and I try to cut them slack when I’m out.

When I was younger, I had less patience, so I was more aggravated traveling. And if people were rude, now, just realize they’re just bumbling around. They can’t see this is their first time in the airport all year. Oh, Ton’s like me, I lose my mind. Have your act together.

At the gate and we’re scanning your luggage. Get it together. And when we get on the plane, oh my god, will you just open the thing, throw it back in and sit down. And when we’re deboarding, oh my goodness, get up, open the thing, your bag out, let’s go. I lose my mind.

Tom, you’re a better man than me. So I said, this is their first time in the airport all year. If you have a little bit of sense of humor about it, you can cut them some slack. I can’t, Tom, I can’t. It doesn’t mean that I’m in this blissful state of loving them all.

There are sometimes you want to strangle somebody, especially if they’re being overtly rude. I was on a flight yesterday. Everybody’s waiting and there’s gonna be a pre board. There’s gonna be fifty people that do that. This one guy who was like a house flaw.

He was gonna board before everybody. He kept trying, and everyone’s looking at him. He’s violating the social contract of all of us. He’s trying to jump the line. You could feel everybody getting aggravated.

I’m watching him. I’m like, I hope he doesn’t make it. I really hope he doesn’t make it. They finally got past the pre boards and when he tried, they turned him back, and he’s gonna go back through the crowd. It was so satisfying, It felt so good.

It was a little triumph. Salon also spoke to Roy Wood Junior that whole cancel culture comedians are under attack topic, and Roy said, I don’t feel like comedians are under attack. Every comedian that people say has been canceled, it’s making good money. They’re showing up to cities and people are still paying money to see them. Yeah, you might not get as many specials, you might not get the glitzie TV show, you might not get to host a thing, But the end of the day, as a performer, if the public still wants to pay money to sit in that chair, you’re getting people in twenty twenty three to come out in public and still sit We’re in a TikTok attention span generation, so if you still have that level of pull, then no amount of outrage can take that away.

If anything, it makes people more intrenched in liking you because you’re attacking the thing they love. So I’m really going to show you how much I love it. I don’t think we’re in a situation that’s any different than Lenny Bruce and George Carlin getting arrested for saying whatever words society he didn’t want them to say on stage at the time. I don’t think George Carlin got arrested. I’m not here to nit pick Roy, but like I don’t have that in my brain, and having watched the Carlin dock last summer, I don’t think Carlin was arrested for saying things on stage.

Just as an aside, none attack on Roy. But when you look at the idea that I can’t say something, no I can say it. As a performer, I have to be prepared for groans and except that that’s part of the game. Some performers, in my opinion, are mad that people are mad. They ever right to be mad.

Just shut up into your job. The people rock with it, will show up and like you. You can’t get mad that a corporation pulled you off a show, because if a tweet you made the corporations trying to please everybody, the corporations like of trying to get people to watch my network mffer while you’re talking crazy on Twitter, You’re gun say at the streets and find that people like you and charge some forty dollars plass ticket master fees. It’s awards seasons. There’s a lot of articles about, hey, remember this cool thing we made.

We showed an award right The La Times did one of those about weird the Al Yankovic story, which is fantastic if you haven’t watched it. Director Eric Appelle said, we had to make a lot of choices in prep to make our days. Talking about shooting schedule, our approach was to be as economical as possible with what we were shooting. An example of that is the wonderful scene featuring and if you haven’t seen the movie, listen to the scene. There’s Wolfman Jack who’s played by Jack Black, Andy Warhol, Conan O’Brien, Salvador, Dolly Emo, Phillips, Pee Wee Herman played by Jorma tacone Alice Cooper played by Kivas Schaefer, and Queen bassist John Deacon played by David dest Malchion, who Daniel Radcliffe says, steals the scene.

I agree the urgency of this shooting schedule something Daniel Radcliffe felt comfortable, and he said if there had been more time, I would have been nervous performing the songs. Appell said, we did get about a week of prep time with Daniel before shooting, but I think what captures the live energy the performances is that we can only do them a couple of times, so it was almost like we were doing them live. Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are out on the road. They spoke to the Hollywood reporter who pointed out, Hey, there’s no LA or New York dates in this latest batch. Are you forcing us to go to Vegas to see the show?

Tina Fey said, I would never force anyone to go to Vegas, but I might force you to go to Austin. Amy said, I do think we’re going to do New York in LA later, probably for a longer run. We just have to figure that out. While how are you pacing the dates? Guys?

Tina said, we definitely work backwards from school calendar first and foremost, Amy said, and then our professional obligations. But it’s been cool landing in a city for three or four days to do a bunch of shows together in a pocket, rather than being out on the road for months and months at a time. They just played Atlantic City. How does that crowd compare to, say, Chicago? Amy said, Atlantic City is its own country.

Tina said, there’s not that much difference. But we’re learning that some cities really like hearing jokes about themselves. Amy says that Boston loves hearing of jokes about Boston. Amy said, yeah, if you’re in Boston, every time you mentioned the word Boston or any town near Boston, you’re golden. Whereas Atlantic City wasn’t so much like this is your hometown.

It was like you’ve driven to this casino and that it’s your comedy news for today. Follow the show for free on Apple podcast Spotify. If you’re on YouTube, what are you gonna do? You’re gonna smash the light button? John, Why do you keep saying that?

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The Shark Deck. I’m Johnny Mack with your daily company news golf dot Com. Spoke to George Lopez about wrong about Eddie Van Halen. What do you think we were going to talk about? And they said, hey, before he passed away, Eddie was one of your favorite golf buddies.

What bonded you guys? George said, oh, man, you know how they used to say all the pretty girls are at home on Saturday night because nobody asked them out. Eddie was so talented in his profession that he was shy, and when he was using he didn’t have to notice that everybody was looking at him. But he was always home. He never went anywhere.

People on my old talk show asked me, who’s your favorite guitar player. They wanted to get me a guitar as a present because they knew I played, and I said, oh, Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen. That was it. So I got to the office one day a woman standing there with this things. She opens it up and I go, what’s that And she says, it’s a gift to you from the show, but it’s from my husband too, And I said, who’s your husband?

Eddie Van Halen. I said, get that out of here, you know him, And Jeannie’s wife said, I woke up next to him, and then she said, why don’t you call him and ask him to go to dinner. So we went to dinner and I said, hey, are you a member of Lake Side? And he says yeah, and then he said the most beautiful words. We’ve got to go out and play.

Here’s the thing ed was very childlike, and it’s enthusiasm for everything that wasn’t music, golfy effing loved it. Salon asked David Cross whether it’s times when you’re writing a joke and you’re like, this is too sensitive for too many people can’t do it. Cross said, there’s certainly some jokes I might either say or laugh at when I’m amongst friends in a private setting. If it was at a bar and somebody who comes up with something and I know the contexts and they know the contexts, jokes that hurt people who are victimized, that’s where I draw the line. I don’t have many.

There’s a couple of jokes have done where I look back at them, going, that’s really insensitive. I wish I said it that way, or I wish I had qualified in some way that can be seen as hurtful, though not necessarily individuals, but a group of people who are victimized in some way. So that’s kind of where I ad it myself. But that’s it. I mean, there’s certainly not a subject matter.

I won’t talk about all the comics you bitch and moan about. Hey, they’re trying to cancel me for this joke I made. Most of the time, it’s a nothing joke and it doesn’t matter.

And now you’re positioning yourself as this BS voice of they’re not going to …

You can’t silence me for what you’re dumb joke about trans people. Who gives a hoot? I mean, is it important to you just move on and not hurt hundreds of thousands of people? It’s a choice people make. Deschapelle from Kansas City dot com the question, did comedian Todd Berry twitter shame Kansas City into building the new kCi terminal?

This is a letter to the editor who wrote eleven years ago. Todd Berry delivered an enlightening anecdote on Letterman about his experience tweeting with the official kCi account about the lack of restaurant options and the airport’s online map let’s listen. True story. I was at the Kansas City Airport looking for place to eat, couldn’t find one, cap walk and couldn’t find one. Finally found this terrible place to eat, so one on Twitter new slogan for Kansas City Airport walk a mile and enjoy one of our two food options.

Reasonably funny. A few hours later got a response from the official Kansas City Airport Twitter accounts, and it was kind of sad. They were like, two to our design. We actually do have limited foods oasis. But here’s a link to a map of all of our restaurants.

Some guy writes back to them that link doesn’t work on cell phones. I flew into Kansas City one year for the All Star Game and we landed at like, I don’t know, eleven forty five pm on a Sunday night. And this was in the pre uber days. But we landed and everything was closed and we didn’t even think we were going to be able to get a cab. I think we had to call a cab company.

And this is at the airport in a city that you’ve heard of. But it was a ghost town. Tom Papa said, the greatest thing about comedy is if you’re funny, you’re unstoppable. Doesn’t matter what you are, where you come from. If you’re funny, I’ve never seen one truly funny person show up in the clubs or wherever we do it and not succeed.

It’s unstoppable. Will they get hired by S and L Maybe not, but they’ll be a great comedian and people will find them. It’s interesting Chris Rock had a special come out. People writing about a special were not comedy people. There were people who write about care and people writing about his opinions and how it’s our woke society and all this stuff.

It was embarrassing how little they understood about comedy itself. But comedy has become so big now in the absence of real adults and news, comedians are seen as they grown ups. For some reason, you can’t write about comedy in those terms fit your section of the culture that you have to write about all the time. It’s not really what it’s about, but it’s kind of led over. If you enjoy what I do here, you can buy me a coffee and buy meacoffee dot com slash Daily Comedy Needs.

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Come on, buy me coffee dot com slash Daily Comedy News. I appreciate your sport for the show. Another way to support the show has become a premium subscriber on Apple podcasts. We got the episodes ad free and early by early usually around four pm Eastern the day before official release. Even if you’re like John, there haven’t been that many commercials.

Not too bad. It’s a frictionalist way to support the show because you sign up as this scriber on Apple Podcasts and then it’s just kind of set it and forget it. And that’s five bucks. You could try it for a month for free, and if you don’t like it, you could just bail, but the first month’s free there, so do that on Apple podcasts. They’ll put the option under your news.

Thank you to everybody who supports the show. The La Times spoke to four comics at varying points in their career. They are Morgan J. Lunel, Ali Sadiq, and Matt Reife and their experiences selling specials to the streamers. The LA Times asked them what’s the hardest part about landing a special deal today versus pre streaming.

Yeah, I remember, not too long ago there was some eight or maybe even nine nine figure deals. Were there nine figure deals? There were definitely eight figure deals going to some of these bigger comedians. Morgan Jay said, the hardest part is finding somebody who’s willing to take a risk on new talent. Even with a following of over a million people across my social media platforms, the streamers aren’t acquiring specials like they used to.

Matt Riif said, it’s always been competitive and political. However, the politics and what networks think people want is ever changing and often out of your control. Lunel said, I will say this, it’s difficult to land anything in this town without proper representation and solid relationships. I’ve toured with Kat Williams, built a wonderful relationship with Dave’s Chappelle. Both men have Netflix specials and have been cheerleaders for me throughout my career.

I landed my special with Netflix under the umbrella of Chappelle, who’s executive producing my special. I know my situations different from a lot of people, but I think it’s my relationships that got me in the door at Netflix. Alcdick said, if it’s a network or streamer, you have to get them to believe you’re worth putting on their platform. If it’s fans, you have to give them something they believe is worth watching. It’s not the end all be all.

If you don’t get with a network, you can still release independently if fans believe in you. The next topic, how has social media, specifically TikTok and Instagram reels changed how you approach a special rollout? Rife said reels and TikTok’s are where the majority of people watch stand up these days, and it’s easily sharable, So essentially, your fans and friends are able to freely help promote your work with you. Lunel said, with more than a million followers on Insta, I feel like I reach more people with the single post than with flyers or other traditional marketing. Don’t get me wrong, traditional marketing is very important, but when you have a fan base, you can give them a heads up about an upcoming performance special in a matter of seconds.

Next question, what’s the number one piece of advice you’d give to an up and comer trying to shop a special to a streamer? Who else? Said? Take your time, hone your craft, make sure you build a strong fin base and a solid following on social Remember it’s more important to be a good comic with great material before you start knocking on doors for a special. Matt Rives said, don’t stress about it.

You don’t need them. The power of stand up comedies now entirely in the hands of the people. If you can get picked up by streamer and be part of their exclusive club, great, but you absolutely do not need them for people to watch your special. You can self release your own special without a streamer, get more views and make more money. I don’t know that streamers have stopped investing in stand up as much as they have in the past, but I do feel they’ve completely lost touch of what people actually like in exchange for what they think is the most inclusive and politically beneficial to their platform.

Morian Jay said at one point, Netflix was releasing a comedy special once a week for a full year. Clearly those numbers have diminished. MAX is even more selective about who they have on Prime videos, only recently getting into comedy. I do know some of the most watching popular comedy special in the last several years have been released on YouTube. But I think self releasing will become more common.

Ali CDQ said, if they’re looking at the success of Ari Shafir, Big Joker, Saint, Andrew Schultzer myself, we’re beating out network specials in terms of viewers and helping other comics release their content. Indementently, the barriers to entry for comedy have changed drastically. If you’re funny, people will find you. That’s your comedy news for today. Follow the show for free on Apple podcast, Spotify YouTube, where of course you can smash that like button see tomorrow.

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The Shark Deck. I’m Johnny Mack and I love a good conspiracy. Remember Pete Davidson allegedly crashed into a house with his car. Told me about that Round of the week. Well, the house no longer exists.

What’s the two story Beverly Hills house? According to TMZ used to sit at the intersection of Rodeo Drive in a smaller street, and it was recently raised. Just the outline of its foundation remains on the lot. TMZ has previously recorded, Pete was charged with reckless driving for crashing into the no longer existing house. At the time, the damage to the house seemed very minimal.

Everyone figured Pete or the insurance would cover the repairs. It’s unclear how much damage was done, but the house is gone. No one knows why the owner decided to get rid of the house. TMZ adds, By the way, if Pete’s convicted, he could could I’ll say that word again, could get to ninety days in jail and a one thousand dollars fine. Who knows, Maybe will see Pete in an orange jumpsuit picking garbage.

Congratulations Whitney Cummings, she’s pregnant, expecting her first child. In December, she shared the news on Instagram and gave fans a look at her baby bump in some snaps. She also included a sonogram. Whitney Cummings is forty and said in these pictures, I am with child and there’s a baby in meat too. And she said, all your dates in twenty twenty three still happening.

I may fall over a couple of times. All the gigs are on. I’m just pregnant, not dying. Big press release from Just for Laughs. I didn’t even get to read this.

I’m looking at this cold. JFL returns this summer with some of today’s most buzzworthy comedy, podcast cast panels and conversations, an unforgettable table read, and industry addresses. Let’s take a look. The recipients of the prestigious twenty twenty three Just for Laughs Awards shows have been revealed. The winners are Comedy Person of the Year, Wrong Quinta Brunson, Stand Up Comedian of the Year Bert Kreisher, Interesting Breakout Comedy Star of the Year Ronny Chieng, and Rising Comedy Star of the Year May Martin.

Quitna Brunson. Comedy Person of the Year has rapidly emerged as a prominent figure and game changer in the entertainment industry. She’s been recognized as one of Time one hundreds most Influential People Forbes, thirty to thirty on the Hollywood Reporters Next Gen Rising Young Stars, Stand Up Comedian of the Year, Bert Kreischer, Yeah Well, I guess he’s got a big tour. Okay ranked number four in poll Star’s Top ten highest grossing Tours in twenty two. Burt is out on tour now in his twenty twenty three Tops Off World Tour and the Summer’s Fully Loaded Comedy Festival.

On March fourteenth, Burt released his highly anticipated fifth stand up special, So the hesitation that you keep hearing Me Dance with is People didn’t really like that. One breakout comedy Star of the Year, Ronnie Ching has broken out with him make a successful acting career, starring on the worldwide hit Crazy Rich Asians. In addition to Marvel’s Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Disney’s Doogie Cameola, MD, Universal’s Megan, NBC’s Young Rock Disney, plus a series American Board Chinese Okay, I Got It Nice, IMDb There Rising Comedy Star of the Year May Martin. I’ve seen a lot of press about May again in the recent week as the award season is rolling around. Their hit Netflix series Feel Good as a scripted, semi autobiographical comedy drama series.

They are also an accomplished author of Can Everybody Please Calm Down? A Guide to twenty first Century Sexuality? May Martin, Rising Comedy Star of the Year. All Right, some special events, and I’m looking at this for the first time, as I said, and I’m excited. Airplane Live All Star cast read, directed by David Zucker Thursday, July twenty seventh.

Oh, I have to be in another state on that day. I can’t do this one. Join us in celebrating the forty third anniversary of Airplane. They will do a stage reading of select scenes from the original script by an all star cast of comedians and surprise fan favorite guests no names quite yet, a bunch of panels. Let me save those from Monday.

I’ll tell you about those on Monday, because I’ve got a lots of covered today. Dane Cook opened up the Laugh Factory’s newest location in Covena. He dedicated all proceeds towards the Writer’s Guild Association members on strike. He said, writers the lifeblood of this industry. I believe there’s a way we can all put some great positive juju into the moment, both with the new club opening and this world would come on and giving back felt like it’s the right thing to do at the right time.

Dane is out on the Perfectly Shattered tour and he said it really speaks to what I think is the best part of going through breakdowns and failures and mishaps the long terms in your life, as it can lead you to the best of times. You have to allow that understanding Perfectly Shattered is me saying anything that happened or anything that’s broken apart is bringing me the happiest and healthiest I’ve ever been, So why change a thing. He was happy to partner with Jamie Masada, Laugh Factory owner for this show and said, I feel like a lot of people have looked at the club as a safe haven and a place to have those much needed laughs that you can build up when you’re just into turbulent or capsizing moment. For me, since I was a kid and when I started at the Laugh Factory, it always feels like not only coming home, but be able to contribute to the place that helped put me on the map for a lot of reasons. That’s just good synergy.

Right there, Bill Burr dropped by the Red Sox broadcast booth. Let’s listen. You came especially for this, didn’t you. Yeah, I’ve been off the road since the beginning of May. It was great.

I was learning how to cook too well, and my wife was finally, you gotta get out of here. You’re driving everybody nuts.

And then you guys hit me up.

And I took a tour this stadium when they first built it, so I’ve never been to a game here, so you know, I’m you know, I’m excited. Bill then asked for some help with some stats, just out of curiosity. What’s the record? There’s gotta be some nerd here with the laptop. Can you give us an answer?

You go to the baseball reference so Castro will go to the game to play enough pats On It was like Lindy Ruff, it’s an NHL reference for forty years ago. I’m sorry, I’m old enough to gain it. So this x NHL player told me what his nickname was. It was Lindy On the road rough at home, all right? Is that he was a gentleman your building, all this stick would come up.

And most of the week I’ve been freaking out about them revoicing Rick and Morty and doing a very very very very terrible bugs Bunny impression. Terrible. Well, here you’re about to hear why I’m worried. The writers of Hulu’s Solar Opposites have recast Corvo. Corvo, previously voiced by Justin Royland Justin Royland, has been canceled.

Justin Royland no longer good a voice. Rick Justin Royland no longer got a voice. Morty Justin Royland no longer going to voice Corvo. Dan Stevens will take over. But here’s what they did, all right, So I’m gonna play a clip here.

The setup is they’re playing darts, and one of the darts hits Corvo in the throat, and then this happens. Watch this. Oh my god, the voice fixing Ray. I’m sorry, big guy by bad. We’ll get this fixed to the Jeffy, I told you not to throw metal around here.

We’re going to be late to work. Stop buggering about it. Is Corvos on a little laugh? This thing must not be calibrated. Let me try again.

No, this is working for me, all right, Chop chop, Let’s get a move on. I hate being late. It makes me feel hot and weird. You’ll make me feel hot and weird. What was that?

Nothing coming? Sweetie? Wait? Is his boys just gonna be like that from now on? Yeah, but it sounds pretty much the same to me.

Nobody’s gonna notice. So yeah, corvos voice has changed, and everyone agrees that it kind of sounds the same and no one will notice, which is a good bit. But it’s weird. I don’t know. And honestly, when I was watching Cleopas this last summer, I was actually doing a pretty decent half ass corvo.

And if I can do a decent half ass corvo, somebody must be able to do a good one. So we’ll see what happens there. Rob Schneider spoke to Fox, you know, Rob had that big Fox Nation specially the other day, and Rob said, at the end of the day, you have to go to where the jokes are, and you have to go make fun of the people who deserve to be mocked. And I think the authoritarianism, especially coming from the liberal intelligentsia deserve to be mocked, and it’s easy to do so. I do think the really good comedians, the ones that I really respect, would go against the green go against wherever the power is and wherever the power is being abused.

I’m sure if George Carlin was alive, they would say he’s a right winger. I’m not sure about that. For whatever authorities being abusive, you have to go after the power centers, Rob said the CEO of United Airlines last month. The CEO, he announced for all the hiring for all the new pilots are coming up this year. All the hiring for the new pilots, the main focus is going to be diversity.

I don’t know about you, but I’m sick and tired of flying all the time with those white pilots landing safely and on time, boring. I want diversity when I fly. Schneider also said I knew this country was in trouble when I went to a bank and the guard at the bank was like, excuse me, sir, you’re at a bank. You have to wear a mask. For the last hundred years, if you wore a mask in a bank, you were the bad guy.

That is a fine joke, Rob snydering, I tip my hat to you on that one. I’m not your comedy news for today, Happy birthday Mom. Follow the show for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, wherever you get your shows. See you tomorrow.

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The Shark Deck. I’m Johnny mag with your Daily Comedy News. I think it was Monday’s show. I was talking about the replacement voices for Rick and Morty and how new Bugs Bunny was awful, and I did a half ass Bugs Bunny and I was Facebook messaging with one of the listeners, Becky, and it got my brain going, and I’m like, all right, what if I combine half ass Bugs Bunny with half ass Jeff Foxworthy? And here’s what the late bot wrote.

Okay, you’re ready. It’s Bugs Bunny Worthy, double half ass impression. You’re ready. Here we go. If you’ve ever outsmarted a coyote who thought he was a genius, you might be a rabbit.

That’s so bad. One war hee, what’s up? Doc? If you’ve ever cross dressed just to confuse a hunter, you might be a rabbit. That was so bad.

This is why you have to have the real Rick and Morty voice. Trevor no was getting a new podcast. I like Trevor a lot. I think Spotify kind of made a mistake here. They announced this at Spotify Beach at canns Now.

Why is it a bad look? Johnny Mack, Remember last week Spotify laid off like two hundred people out of the podcast apartment, and now we’re at Spotify Beach at Cans during a party. And look, I’ve worked in the entertainment industry. I’m a big boy. I understand we could do two things at once.

When you lay off two hundred people and then you’re at Spotify Beach of Cans and it’s Paris Hilton and guys from Barcelona soccer and Trevor Noah and Emma Chamberlain bands and you laid off two hundred people, but we’re having a concert at the Beach of Cans. It’s just it doesn’t look good. It just doesn’t look good. Trevor Noah said, it’s really exciting to be joining Spotify and a fun new adventure. Will engage in interesting and meaningful conversations with some of the world’s most fascinating people.

Will also probably fix every single issue humankind has ever faced, so you definitely want to join us for every episode per they press release. The weekly podcast will blend Trevor’s signature humor and rezor sharp wit with his global perspective to deliver a unique a take on the hottest and most captivating topics of the moment. What’s interesting is this will not be only on Spotify. They’re going to release on all the platforms, just like this podcast Kevin Hart’s Out of Cans as well. The New York Post reports Kevin Hart vaguely alluded to his sex tape extortion scandal that nearly ended his marriage.

Well give me a talk at the Can’s Lines Festival, Kevin explain these not only changed it as a person, but also how the quote ecosystem of Kevin Hart’s has evolved over the years. Do you want to throw up in your garbage? Can you do the ecosystem of Kevin Hart? Stop? Let’s just stop, stop, stop stop.

Kevin said, there was a time when I doubled down on family. Why well, I have a lot of brands that love the idea of family. Let me show family on a global scale. So you’re into your family because brands love the idea of family. You sound like a psychopath.

Kevin said, there was a time when I focused on marriage and the household. There was a time when I focused on the idea of the mistake and it happening and being okay with the recovery. The Post reminds us In twenty nineteen, Kevin Hart was sued for sixty million dollars by woman who claims she had sex with the comedian in twenty seven teen and was secretly recorded by his friend. Kevin Hart denied ever facilitating a recording, but issued an apology for cheating on his wife. Back then, Kevin said, I’m gonna place in my life where I feel like I’ve a target on my back, and because of that, I should make smart decisions.

And recently I didn’t. You know, I’m not perfect. I’m not going to sit up here and say that I am or claimed to be in any shape or form. And I made a bad error judgment, and I put myself in a bad environment. Well, only bad things can happen.

They did. From unlad dot com. Robin Williams’ son has responded to a tweet which claimed that Robin Williams had left his family behind. This happened on Father’s Day. Zach Williams posted, So all the dad’s out there who go all out for their loved ones, thank you for everything to do.

Dad. I’m specifically remembering you for your courage and passion today. Thank you for helping me to learn and to be kind to myself as a first step towards showing up for others. Happy Father’s Day, Love you forever. Pretty nice there right by, Zach Williams.

Well. One person responded and said Robin Williams quote had left his family behind. Zach Williams respond and what a wonderful response. Zach wrote, First, I want to acknowledge your perspective With that said, there was a time when I was resentful, and I’ve done what I believe is necessary to work through the stigma associated with what you’re referencing. No one is asking you to idolize my father.

I adored him as he was an incredible friend and parent, and I’m sharing what I’m remembering him for today. Wishing you a happy Father’s Day, as you deserve to be happy. We all do. What a great response. David Spade told The Things dot Com he wouldn’t mind doing Late Night again.

He said, oh no, I liked the lights out and I hear so much about it after the fact, but I don’t think the people that were in place of Comedy Central would have ever canceled it.

And then it switched over.

A lot of things happened. They just had a different vision, which is like a new coach coming in. I understand how that works, but it was a bummer and they could brush it off and figure out what to do next. But it’s hard to do that every night. That was harder than it looks.

And I’m trying to write bits for the ending, and I’m trying to do monologue jokes. I see why it’s hard for regular talk show hosts. They’re very good at it. Brian Reagan talked about his absurdist side with the Hartford Current. An example of his absurd side, he said, somebody told me TV ad ten pounds.

I didn’t believe it until I was watching a show about ants and I was like, wow, those things look like they weighed ten point zero zero zero one pounds. Reagan said, I always want to feel like somebody can’t guess where I’m going, so I do something observational, then something absurd. I want it to be weird. He tries to make sure his current events material doesn’t get dated. He’ll say something like, well, I have a new president now, and as I try to be cagy enough to do jokes that both sides would laugh at.

When I’m really good, I get both sides to think I’m on their side. I’m on my second ice coffee today. Yeah, it’s one of those days. I was upleatd and needed the caffeine. So if you’d like to support the show, you can buy me a coffee.

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Is it butter per Can? And I’m like, it’s butter per Can. I’m from Queens, is how we say it. Apparently my daughter’s friends think that’s weird. Buy miacoffee dot com slash Daily Comedy News.

Just for Laughs has announced some more shows. These are the off JFL shows newly announced at the Montreal Comedy Festival coming up in July. Zarna garg At, Jena Yashier, Nimesh Patel, Frankie Kenyonius, Steph Tullev Judy Gold, They’ll say Sloane Sidney Washington, Mark Forward, Martin Urbano, and the Alternative Show. Still not sure I’m gonna be able to make it up there. I’m trying.

I’m trying. It’s gonna be a little hard. This year, Decider reviewed Rob Schneider is a new special on Fox Nation. I have not seen this one. I do not subscribe to Fox Nation.

Decide wrote memorable jokes. The first twenty minutes are packed with his most politically pointed barbs, choosing a voice to impersonate liberals that sounds not unlike fellow anti vax or Jim Brewer or even Carlos Mancias Old stick from mocking the intellectually disabled, Schneider gets applause breaks and booze for questioning Democrats or liberals who have chosen either not to define womanhood or picked different terminology for women. He takes on the United Air CEO for saying he wanted to hire more diverse pilots, using it as an excuse to act out an impersonation of an unqualified Puerto Rican little person with no sense of direction in the cockpit. He has a chunk about pandemic mask jokes notes comedians tinily that behind. Schneider then talks about his traditional liberal bona fides, earning light applause for sticking up for gay rights as civil rights, even if his support for gay marriage is dependent upon a joke that they have the right to be just as miserable as me.

Johnny Mack not pulling his punches today. Why do you do this podcast? Johnny? Just trying to make everyone mad at you. Probably that’s how it’ll end.

Schneider also has a few wolfully misguided and explicitly anti trans jokes, and he does have a joke about his own pronouns. His pronouns are he and haw, Oh my god, Hack, I’m sorry, Rob, I’m sure you tell these better. These are reading terribly pronoun joke, Come on, stop, Decider says, though it’s not all half bad. If he had taken out the most rabbit right wing red meat he could at a decent hour, but it might not have gotten him on Fox Nation. Their call.

If you don’t already have Fox Nation, skip it, save your free trial for some other time. But if you do have Fox Nation and you’re a middle aged or senior guy, this just might be the material you were looking for. Bob the Drag Queens brand new special called Wokeman and Address is out today. Bob says, I love the comedians are now making our own specials. The most important factor in a comedy special is is it funny?

And the answer is I’m hilarious. You can stream it via Patreon go to Wokeman and Address dot com. It’s Bob’s thirty seventh birthday. Happy Birthday, Bob. Bob also recently debuted his debut album, Gay Bars with a Z.

Phil Dunster plays Jamie Tart on ted Lasso. The La Times caught up with Phil said, they expect me to be really good at football, which is terrible because when people picked me for their side, they’re like, you suck. At times it’s like are you bad? I’m okay. They added around it, but mostly people are disappointed my football ability and the accent, which is a lovely thing.

People are like, oh, I believed you. And that’s your comedy news for today. Follow the show for free on Apple, podcast Spotify, smash that like button on the YouTube’s see tomorrow. All right, enough with the negativity. Hi, I’m Johnny Mack, host of five Good News Stories.

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The Shark Deck. I’m Jenny Mack with your Daily Comedy News Cracks caught up with Kristin Shall. I am always fond of Kristen. I got to know her when she won the Kalfman Award back in two thousand and five. I just looked this up and candidly we drink till five of the morning at the New York City Comedy Fest.

I don’t know what it was, industry event, I don’t know. There was an open bar and we sat there all night and we had a great time. And she was not yet known then, and you know, just enjoyed hanging out with her, and then we had her up at Series Sex and many times. So always fond of Kristen. And I’m thinking back two thousand and five, She’s was thirty five.

Then it’s been a minute, Cracked asked Kristin, Hey, it’s mid June. If there wasn’t a writer strike going on right now, what would you be doing? And Kristen is an eternal prankster, and she said, I guess recording Bob’s Burgers. Now, if you’re a new listener to questions one, have you ever actually seen Bob’s Burgers? The answer is you haven’t you think you’ve seen it because you’ve seen artwork, and there’s clearly artwork.

You’ve seen merch, there’s clearly merch. But you’ve ever actually seen the show on Fox? I know Joe Buck would talk about during football. You’ve never actually seen it. And here’s another question for you.

Have you ever met anyone who has seen Bob’s Burgers? Yeah? Have it? Now? That’s really weird, right, Like it might be one thing that you don’t watch a show, but nobody has ever seen this show.

But you know, this is this whole industry thing that there’s a show called Bob’s Burgers and all the cool people in La pretend it exists. So Kristen said, I guess recording Bob’s Burgers. But June’s always been pretty chill for me. I’m really grateful. I feel for anybody in the middle of a show right now that they have to make the tough choice of what to do when the rules are a little bit gray for certain unions.

I think I know what I would do, but I’m also such a team player that it’s really tough. I’m a team player for everybody. I want to make everybody happy. My parents just this morning, We’re like, how’s the strike. I’m just proud to live in a country and be in an industry where we have all these unions to get benefits from the work we do.

It’s not the case in a lot of different places, so kudos America. Cracked asked her if she’d like to take over for Pat say Jack on Wheel of Fortune. She was on the celebrity edition, which she considered taking that gig christ and said, I never thought of that. There was one person who tweeted she was so good on it because they aired my episode last night, and then one person said she’s the most annoying thing I’ve ever seen. I think I might be a bit polarizing to the loyal legions of Fortune fans, but sure, I’ll tell my agent whenever a late night show host steps down, I’m always like I’m free, and they’re like absolutely.

Then Radio Silence Salon had a good interview with Tom Poppa, and Tom said I started to get tired of the narrative that we’re all apart and were at each other’s throats. I don’t find that when I’m traveling around. I think people, for the most part, are just trying to get along. I don’t like cynicism. I like hope.

I wanted to convey what I saw, which wasn’t even politically, that we’re not at each other’s throats. Just as human beings, we all really need each other all the time. I don’t succeed on my side of the street if you fail across the street. All it took was going through CBS one day. I saw all these things that are wrong with people, and all these solutions that are waiting.

You’re gonna have to go down every one of those aisles eventually. Now I’m buying something for a rash and there’s that weird section there’s a metal equipment for bigger toilets and handles, and it’s like, I’m not dealing with that today, but event I’m gonna want one of those. You have to cut yourself some slack. We’re all working very hard, we’re all doing the best we can, and you start to feel like you’re not doing enough, or you’re falling, or that you’re mess and that other people are succeeding much more than you. They’re not.

Nobody is. Everybody’s dealing with stuff. Everybody’s a mess. The most idealic people you see on social media. I think their lives are buttoned down.

They’re not. They also have to deal with problems. Salon also spoke with Roy Wood Junior, and he said the Daily Show probably best represents my approach to stand up, which is to find the alternate viewpoint on the issue. The Daily Show is a left leaning show, but my comedy is more centrist. It’s cool than the Daily Show to be able to find the pieces.

They’re a little bit more on the middle of the road, but my standup is probably way more centrist than what’s on the Daily Show. I learned a lot in my approach to comedy, my approach to stand up from working with Trevor Noah. Just how Trevor shows to break down divisive issues. It gave me a little bit of the same feeling that I could do that with my stand up. I don’t know what’s gonna happen with the strike.

When the strike ends, if they bring back the Daily Show? Am I a host, my assisting whoever they hired as a host? Am I gone somewhere else? Does my own thing? I don’t know.

I do that everything up until now represents for me from a career standpoint, It’s that Tom Brady New England run. Now it’s time to go to Tampa and see if I can keep the winning ways going. The La Times spoke with Anthony Kerrigan, you know him as no Hoe Hank on Barry, and he said, the biggest midsconception is that I’m a chechen mobster. Truly. People are baffled.

As soon as they start speaking in my normal voice. They look at me and they’re like, you’re not Russian, You’re not cheching. They’re mildly disappointed to learn that I’m from Massachusetts, so they’re like, Okay, do the voice. Do the voice. And I always do it because I’m a people pleaser.

That’s something i haven’t come with No Hoe Hank. But I’m not a criminal. I do not run a criminal enterprise. Just saying it now, No family size. Rob Mcalenny’s out promoting a new season of Welcome to Wrexham.

By the way, the new season of It’s Always Sunny is on point return to form. Not that the last season was bad, but this really feels like classic Sunny if you haven’t been watching it new episode tonight anyway, Rob talked about behind the scenes at Welcome to Rexham and said, it was definitely a war of attrition with Ryan Reynolds, who was very clearly uncomfortable from the very beginning. I treated it with as much respect as I could, bringing cameras to speak with everybody else. People assume that because we’re used to having cameras around us, that we’re comfortable having them documents our private lives, and nothing could be further from the truth. It puts you in a very vulnerable position because there’s nowhere to hide and all that people see as you what you see on the show is Ryan, what you see is me, and what you see is that town.

Although I recognize that I’m coming at it from a different perspective as an executive producer, because even though being on camera might be somewhat vulnerable for me, I’m in a certain position of power and I’m looking at the footage coming in because I could dictate what goes into the show and what doesn’t. Friday asked Rob how they changed their approach to the season after they knew that Wrexham did not get promoted in season one. Rob said was devastating. We had two or three episodes already done and edited. We had all these high hopes that there was going to be a happy ending, and we had to sit down and make the rest of the series knowing it was going to have a track again and figure out how to approach it.

But I remember having conversation with Ryan saying, we knew that we had a second season already picked up, and we knew we were going to start film again a few months. As a chairman, it’s terrible, but as a storyteller, it’s really not that bad. I mean, Rocky didn’t win at the end of the first Rocky because the point wasn’t that he beat Apollo Creed. It was that he proved himself that he mattered and he could keep getting up. So we knew there was an ending the story that could be profound.

But it definitely sets up an expectation for season two, because there really is no Rocky two where Rocky loses to Apollo again. JFL Montreal has announced Tray Kennedy will be playing Club Soda on July twenty ninth. They right. Tray Kennedy is a born and raised Oklahoma who never expected to enter the entertainment industry. While a’s sending college, he found fame on Vine.

Remember Vine, I remember being in Australia walking across the Anzac Bridge and my son recognizing some dude and be like he’s like famous on Vine. I was like, what, I’m so old. Tray Kennedy was a top creator on the app for more than three years and through this experience discovered a passion for entertainment. Now he’s on Instagram in TikTok has a combined twelve plus million followers as the old Guy recording a podcast in his basement is self produced comedy special Are You for Real? Can now be streamed on YouTube.

Tray Kennedy jfl Club Soda, which is a really cool club up at Montreal. July twenty nine. I had to bounced this yesterday because there’s so much going on with the rogue and stuff. Over the weekend, it was the Johnny Carson Comedy Festival. Northeast News Channel Nebraska spoke to magician Eric Buss, who said, I grew up watching Johnny Carson long before I got any of the jokes.

But when he had a magician on, I was allowed to stay up late and watch just because my dad’s laughter watching him. I could understand that this guy was pretty funny. So being here is pretty amazing and seeing the magic put forward here in this town. It’s not forgotten that he was a magician first. It’s really cool to see.

The entertainers were shown documentary footage just playing Johnny Carson revisiting his hometown. They got to play basketball in the driveway of Carson’s former home. Headliner Vicky Lawrence was presented to the festival’s Comedy Legend Award. William Shatner was on with Dina Carvey and David Spade on their podcast, and Shatner said, the best comedy is played absolutely real. If you can be ultra serious.

There’s a comedic cloud, just a little mist of comedy, so the audience knows it’s funny, but doesn’t know it’s funny. There’s a bounce there that you superb comedians know exactly what I mean. There’s a hint the actor is in on the comedy, but it’s absolutely real. They talked about William Shatner hosting SNL back in nineteen eighty six. That’s with the famous Get a Life sketch and also the restaurant Enterprise.

A young Dana Carvey admired how loose William Shatner was and asked him how it could be so relaxed. Shatner back then said, how else would you do this? We’re under rehearsed. We don’t know where we’re going. Shatner said, it’s a live show and they’re ninety minutes and material to memorize.

But you don’t need to remember the words because they’re all in front of you on key guards. You’re not going to forget. And in the course of putting together a story that I’m going to use over the weekend, I found this from Late Night with David Letterman. A young Todd Barry was part of viewer mail. Let’s listen from someone named Todd raz I’m guessing that’s just a nickname.

His last name is Barry from Tamarack, Florida. Here’s the situation. I do an unbelievable impression of Paul Shaffer. Here are the options. A fly me to New York, pay for everything and I’ll do the impression on your show.

Yeah right. Or call me and I’ll do it over the phone. So go ahead. Dave picked either A or B. Either way, I’m sure it will turn out to be a real nifty gig gee.

It was a tough choice. Todd, but I’ve selected option B. Let’s call this. We’re calling somewhere in Florida. Well, hello, Todd, how are you?

Is this Todd? My name is David Letter when I’m calling from New York City? How are you? Sir? Alright?

Where are you now? Todd? Sounds just like Paul, wasn’t it. I noticed, Todd the phone didn’t ring and you just picked it up. Did a ring there?

Yeah, that’s where that thing works. Gee. Uh, Todd. I’d love to go on talking with you, but I understand you do an impression of mister Paul Shaffer’s on real day. Okay, yeah, Dave, Yeah, Dave, it’s on real days.

I mean it’s it’s cuckoo groovy days. I mean I’m taking right now, Dave? Is it not in here? Just met Dave. It’s back to you, Dave.

Okay, thank you very much, very nice, Todd. Thank you, Gina. I wish we’d flown the kid in here. Uh. Absolutely amazing.

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