Month: April 2026

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Callaroga, Shark Media outbit outlaugh Outlast. This is Comedy Survivor. Over three months ago, we stranded sixteen comedians on Comedy Island to determine the Comedy Survivor. Hello, I’m Johnny Mack. We were down to the final four of Nicky Glazer, John Mulaney, Sarah Silverman, and Sebastian Maniscalco.

The listeners went to the Facebook group Daily Comedy News Podcast Group, where they voted. It’s time to tell you the votes. Michelle votes for Sarah Silverman, Mike C votes for Nikki Glaser, Lee votes for John Mulaney, one vote for Sarah, one for Nicky, one for John Mulaney. Richard votes for Sebastian Maniscalco. Andy votes for Sebastian Maniscalco.

Dylan votes for Sebastian Maniscalco. That’s three votes for Sebastian Maniscalco, one vote for Sarah Silverman, one vote for Nikki Glaser, one vote for John Mulaney, Andrea votes for Nikki Glaser, three vote Sebastian, two votes Niki Raffi votes for Sebastian Maniscalco. Mary votes for Sebastian Manuscalco. Mike Dee votes for Sebastian Manuscalco. That’s six votes now for Sebastian Manuscalco.

Matt votes for Sebastian, Aaron votes for Sebastian, Barb votes for Sebastian, a von A votes for Sebastian, Janet votes for Sebastian, and Cheryl votes for Sebastian. That’s twelve votes for Sebastian Manuscalco. The listeners have made it very clear Sebastian Maniscalco clearly eliminated from Comedy Survivor. We’ll take the break, we’ll come back and we’ll see what this. As I do every week, I had the AI analyze the results, and the AI called this an assassination of Sebastian Maniscalco.

That’s pretty harsh, but boy it was not close. This leaves us with the final three. They are John Mulaney, Sarah Silverman, and Niki Glazer. Let’s start with Nikki Glaser. She’s had some votes here and there.

The AI suspects that perhaps some of those votes were just to make things not looking animous. I don’t know about that. Sarah Silverman may be the most interesting finalist. She’s never really accumulated I think maybe one vote here or there. I don’t remember if she ever got two votes and she’s sailing along, could she somehow take this thing?

And then John Mulaney, he’s never been in danger the entire time. A couple votes here and there, but there’s never been a movement against him. So who will win Comedy Survivor? As we go down to the final three? John Mulaney, Sarah Silverman, Nicki gle Here’s what you do.

You go to the Facebook group Daily Comedy News podcast group. There you will find a picture of me and Sebastian Manaskauco, probably making a stupid face, and in that thread you will vote someone off Comedy Island. Who do you want to go? Is it? John Mulaney, Sarah Silverman or Nikki Glaser Vote one off and the other two will be in next week’s finale.

See you guys in the morning.

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Caloroga Shark Media. Hey man, I’m Johnny Mack with your Daily Comedy News, the daily briefing on stand up comedy comedians in the comedy industry. Acent is the Algorithm Loves. Nikki Glaser will not be roasting Kevin Hard. She is sitting out the roast of Kevin Hart part of the Netflix is a Joe Comedy Festival.

Niki Glazer said, I do not have the time right now in my schedule to commit to giving it what I want to give it. I love it, and when I work hard at it, I kill it. But I just don’t have the time to work hard at it. And I just recently roasted Kevin Hard at the Golden Globes. I roasted him at the Tom Brady Roast.

I’m coming up short with short chokes, if you know what I’m saying. Nicki has a special coming out on April twenty fourth. It’s called Good Girl. It’ll be on Hulu. And you know my opinion on Hulu, that’s where you go when you’re slightly past peak, watch out for the Curse of Hulu.

There, Nikki Glaser and everyone’s welcome to go through the list of Hulu comedy specials and point out where I’m wrong, but I’m not sure I am, Nicki said. I’m terrified for it to come out because it has a lot of jokes I’ve told on the road for years. It’s always fun to do these jokes in front of a crowd that’s not recording, and you feel free to just say crazy stuff. But then they go, we’re gonna put it on tape, and you go, that’s great. Then you watch it in the edit and you’re like, wait, everyone’s gonna see this and there’s gonna be comments on this.

I love doing it and I’m crazy and while in the moment and uninhibited, but then afterwards, I don’t want to talk about it. I want to hear what it sounded like. I don’t want to hear what I said or what I did. This is reminding me. I’m going to right now leave myself a note for Friday.

For Comedy stock Market, we are going to sell I’ll tell you right now, we are gonna sell Nikki Glaser. Not that we don’t love Nikki Glaser, but we don’t trust that Hulu comedy brand. So the comedy stock Market, as you know, is where we try and find value, and we might want to sell high on NICKI. You know what I’m saying. I might have to head up to Jamestown, New York in August.

That’s where you will find the National Comedy Center and the Lucille Ball Comedy Festival. This year’s headliners Jerry Seinfeld, Bert Krascher, and Seth Myers. Jerry the headliner Thursday, August sixth, Bert on Saturday eighth, Seth Myers on the ninth. So what’s happening on Friday the seventh, John, It’s the stand Up Showcase, featuring a lineup of talent from across the country. Former guest on this program Jerrenny Gunderson.

She’s the executive director of the Center and said the National Comedy Center’s museum and archive were established to celebrate the art forms, distinct voices and contributions throughout time, and this year’s festival brings together the artists who represent distinct approaches to the craft. Let’s see Jerry Seinfeld, Bert Krascher, They’re doing two very different things. Seth Myers, you know, it is not like Burt at all. Is more like Jerry than Burt. But yeah, okay.

Additional artists Scheduled to appear include Carol Leefer, whose writing credits include Seinfeld and Kerb, Gina Brillan, Jenny Zigrino, and Drew Dunn. The festival will feature more than fifty live events over four days, including late night comedy, block parties, live music, and more. Now I thought it was interesting they shared the bios for the headliners. Not that you don’t know who Jerry Seinfeld is if you’re listening to me, but let’s just see what Jerry Seinfeld’s bio is here in twenty twenty six. Seinfeld saw his comedy career take off after his first appearance on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson in nineteen eighty one.

Eight years later, he teamed up with Larry David to create Seinfeld, Widely regarded as one of the most successful and influential comedy series in television history. The show ran for nine seasons, earning numerous Emmy, Golden Globe, and People’s Choice awards, and was later named the greatest television show of all time by TV Guide and the best sitcom ever in a sixty minutes Vanity Fair poll. We’ll have to debate that sometime. It’s in the conversation about best sitcom ever. Is Seinfeld the greatest television show of all time all genres?

I don’t know about that, But if it’s not that, then what I’ll just make a quick case for the tonight show. Bert krisis bio tells us Bert has evolved from Rolling Stones number one party here in the nation to one of the top grossing stand up comedians the world and a powerhouse entrepreneur, actor, producer, content creator, and entertainment brand. Hey Bert Preischer, people, you don’t want to describe anyone as an entertainment brand like that. That just makes you uncool, like I know Kevin Hart does that. You’re not an entertainment brand.

You don’t want to be that. You want to be a man of the people who doesn’t wear a shirt. You don’t want to be an entertainment brand. Let your agent say that on the side when they’re doing deals, but don’t publicly describe yourself as an entertainment brands. It’s a It’s not that it’s not cool, but it’s uncool.

No, uncool means like you’re being jerky. It’s the opposite of cool. Put it that way. Kreischer has parlayed his signature comedy and authenticity into a dynamic media empire. You’re trying too hard with this bio.

Back this down, the Seth Meyers bio tells us. Seth Myers is an Emmy Award winning writer, New York Times best selling author and host of Late Night with Seth Myers since twenty fourteen, watched by hundreds and hundreds of people. Seth Meyers began his career on Setriday Night Live, where he spent thirteen seasons as a cast member, including nine seasons as head writer, in eight seasons as anchor of Weekend Update. He has earned thirty three nominations for his work in television. He has released two acclaimed stand up specials, Lobby Baby and Seth Meyers Dad Man Walking, and continues to perform stand up nationwide.

Myers also co edlines a residency with John Oliver in New York and collaborates on multiple podcasts with The Lonely Island Guys.

Now here’s some fun behind the scenes.

I don’t know what happened here in my script that I’m working off. I’ve got the information from the National Comedy Center. We just did. I also have an interview David crossed with the La Times. Now, what I can’t explain is whatever my document did, it mixed the two.

So as I’ve been scrolling down here telling you about the festival, every other paragraph has been from the David Cross thing. It is the weirdest thing like here. So if you were reading my script, it says David Cross, Jamestown, then the Jerry stuff, and then after mentioning Bert Kraser, it goes into David Cross saying, my thing’s never been about crowd work. This is the most confusing thing, but I’ll deal with it. Could I edit this?

I could, but that’s not fun. I like to share with you guys what’s going on. David Cross until the La Times. My thing has never been about crowd work. I like engaging with it.

It’s kind of a nice distraction from the set that you’ve been doing one hundred times, one hundred and fifty times at that point. So it’s always fun to have the thing happened and that feeling of spontaneity. If it were scripted, it wouldn’t have been as good. The guy had talked to you during his new special about hiking Machu Pichu with Bob Odenkirk that’s Chef’s kiss.

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And then the next paragraph is back to the National Comedy Center, so I don’t…

You guys have this long relationship. I don’t know what happened to this document. This has never happened before, so I got to scrawl to audio. So the question is about working with Bob Odenkirk. David Cross tells the La Times before there was even Mister Show what would ultimately become Mister Show, when we got together to write sketches for this bigg kount of Comedy collective thing, and the shows would do with each other for each other, and the stuff would write together was like real good, easy writing, one person adding this thing, one person saying here’s a switch, yeah, and another person adding this thing in.

It was fun. It’s cool. Still is one thing Bob doesn’t get enough credit for is he’s a really decent human being. And with all the awfulness in the world that’s magnified, every sense is bombarded with it, just good to be hanging with somebody whose energy is a good person, a decent person, and an equitable nice guy. So that’s good as well.

The Only Times asked David Cross, what are your thoughts on what a comedy special is nowadays or what it should be? Great question. David Cross agrees because he said, I mean that’s a great question. He says, I think anybody who plays with the form, whether I think it’s funny or not, is different. But I’m happy when anybody kind of tries to at least play with a form.

I just went to Rory Skoles taping last week of his latest special. I don’t know when that will air, but if you’ve seen the beginning to his first special, stuff like that where you’re like, wait, what’s happening, what’s going on? I love stuff like that. It’s giving ahead. Cross said, I don’t know, O, can eighteen thousand people in arena really relate to a billionaire talking about how they’re gonna get canceled?

I mean that’s the thing. I guess. Well, we’re gonna find out if the Netflix is a Joe comedy all. If nothing else, go see. Luisi ke Grass said, these other big, slick specials that are shot in like a thirty two hundred seat, thirty five hundred seed theater just feels like Oh, this person’s up there and I’m listening to their jokes.

There’s nothing wrong with that. They’re often very funny jokes, but it doesn’t go beyond that. It’s just like, all right, tell me your joke. It might as well just be an audio thing, you know. Let’s check in at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

I’ve pulled four clips for you today. On a Monday, I thought we could play a bunch of a stand up comedy. Now I think what this illustrates is the different things you can see at a comedy festival. These four people I’m going to play for you are not household names, are not famous here in the States. Perhaps the mileage will vary if you are from down Under, and as we’re about to hear, varying degrees of subjective opinion quality.

And for me, when you go to a comedy festival, always go see smaller shows. Not everything’s gonna be awesome, but sometimes someone is, and those are the moments that you will treasure. All Right, I’ve got four clips. My favorite one is the fourth one. My second favorite is the first one.

So that is the sequencing here for the roller coaster ride. We’re about to go on First Up, here’s Rachel Hornbuckle. Her show is called Skin Deep and Meaningful. And it’s Rachel. I’m from Queensland, so if I say anything you don’t like, fair enough.

I’m from a small country town in Queensland called Brisbane. And while we’re on bad things about me, I’m a real bad driver. I recently got into a very bad car accident, completely right off the other car. Mine’s fine, No, I did write off both cars. But I was into womber at the time, and I took it to a mechanic and he told me he could fix it, and he kept calling me love, so I was like, yeah, I trust him.

But now this car breaks down all the time. All the time. This car’s breaking down. Most recent things started leaking oil, so to take it to a new mechanic and I couldn’t unders dan what he was saying to me. And I really wanted him to man explain to me.

And I could tell he wanted to as well, but like you can’t, and he was like, that’s your transmission oil. I was like, oh, that sounds like an essential oil, right. I would have to be run off the next to lavender or seedar wood or something and he was like, sorry, do you not know what transmission means? I was like, yeah, of course I do. I’m an ally.

Next up we have Jordan Barr. Jordan’s show is called Choir Girl. I went to drama school. Just pretty cool. That’s a yeah, great place to go if you want dirty feet in an eating disorder.

Better, No, I do. I love cacao nibs so good. But I did enjoy being immersed in like drama. There was such I was a little wanka. I loved it.

I kept calling myself a thespian. I was like, I’m a thespian now I drink soy lattees.

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And then I left drama school and realized that I was actually a lesbian.

Difference. Uh there. Then my partners, my partner has recently come out as non binary, so they then pronounce it’s full circle, baby, I’m a thespian again. Now I thought that was kind of a hack joke. But back to how I set up this segment.

You go to a comedy festival, you never know what you’re going to get. That wasn’t the most amazing thing I’ve ever heard. Next up, Abby Howell’s show is called The cave and I’m gonna warn you we’re gonna go a long way for a joke. Here. As I was pulling this audio, I was like, is this going anywhere?

And just being a comedy snob, I’m like, this has to go somewhere unexpected, because otherwise this is just an awful story. So maybe I’ve spoiled it, maybe not, but we’re breaking down comedy. I’m telling you how all this works. So here’s Abby Howel’s from the Kiev, And like I said, we’re gonna go a long way for a punchline.

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And then you could tell me if this pays off.

I thought I would spend my set listing some interesting things about myself so you get to know me a little bit of Okay, Fact number one may not come as a huge surprise, but two years ago I was diagnosed with autism and my first thought was, dang, shouldn’t have got that vaccine. Like number two, I would be humiliated if anyone saw my social media presence, not because it’s like freaky or anything like that, but because it is the opposite. You would see that all that I do is comment on this one woman’s tiktoks, and this woman she lives in the north of England and she makes milkshakes and she’s like, it’s milkshake Monday.

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And then she makes the milkshake and she’s like, calm back for part two for t…

Two is like it’s quite nice. Actually it’s always. Just quite nice. And I don’t know what it is about this woman, but she has bewitched me body and soul, and I just do the lamest comments like yum, and like looks good girls save some for me, and liked kindo surprise next humiliating. So I think I need to mix it up.

And how I’m gonna do that is interact more with porn online. But I’m just gonna do the same comments, just be like Yum, looks good girls save some for me, like do kindo surprise next, and the CIA agent who’s like moditoring me will be like kinder supers. I’ve never even heard. Of that six position before. Abby is a freak.

In next up. My favorite of the four clips today, Lloyd Langford’s show is Okay, I believe you. I saw a poster in Melbourne the other day and it said are you aware that a tram weighs the same as thirty rhinos, and I was like, no, I’ll be honest, I’ve never once contemplated the weight of the tram, pullly in terms of the rhino, but I am aware that a tram is heavy. If I’m crossing the street right and there’s like a tram coming towards me, I’m not thinking I reconologist, dip the shoulder and then just carry on my merry week. I’ll be honest with you.

Right, if there’s one rhino a sol right, you know, a Lorne wolf, right, you know, heading for me, I’m moving out the way. I’m like, on your gold mane, I think you have right your pottage here. However, thirty rye, Nos, I’ll tell you what. Right I’m stopping. I’m getting my phone out of my pocket and I’m taking some photographs.

Now. As I listen to that, I hear a lot of Craig Ferguson, and I was curious because it’s the Melbourne Australia International Comedy Festival, but note the word international in there. So I looked up Lloyd Langford, who I was unfamiliar with, and I learned that Lloyd at Langford as a Welsh comedian not that Craig Ferguson is Welsh, but okay, you know it’s not like Lloyd Langford is from New Jersey for example. Anyway, I’m hearing a little similarity there, but I like Lloyd a lot. One more before we go, romy Yusef has announced a special.

It is called Ramy Yusef in Love, his third hour long HBO original comedy special. It to be out April seventeenth. That’s a Friday night at nine o’clock. So HBO, I thought we were building a brand where like the weird stuff appears on Friday. Oh, did we ever talk about what is his name?

Julio Turis? Did I ever talk about that? I don’t think I did. That was the special where I thought they had added a lot of laugh track to the trailer. I think they added a lot of laugh track to the actual special.

I couldn’t even make it like, I don’t know. I was out on that really early. I was like I wanted to like this. My brain was lit up for like, okay, I’m in the mood for weird and just no hard pass on that one. That was rough.

So I thought HBO was making Friday Night quirky night. Because we had Sarah Sherman and Chris Fleming and Julio Tauris. But now Rommy Yusef doesn’t fit into that box. So I don’t know. Friday Nights on HBO is Random Comedy Night.

I guess I digress Rommy Usef in Love, filmed at the Hideout in Chicago. Rammy Useff playfully engages with the audiences. He approaches a vast spectrum of personal topics, ranging from marriage to AI, religion, and being a dog parent. Now, the first time I did that, I took it out. I made an edit for once, so they didn’t put in an extra comment there.

So I read it as ranging from his marriage to AI, religion, and being a dog parent. Maybe it is about his marriage to AI. I don’t know who he’s married to. I didn’t do the homework anyway. The premise is you can find light and hope in all things if you just try to see them through a lens of love.

Coming up at noon Eastern the Results of a Comedy Survivor. We’ll see if Sebastian Manascalpo made it out alive or not, and then we’ll be down to the final three. So come back at noon Eastern for comedy Survivor and I’ll meet you back here then

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Caloroga Shark Media. Happy Easter. I’m Johnny Mack with your Daily Comedy News, a daily briefing on stand up comedy comedians in the comedy industry. Pete Holmes talk to The La Times about a perfect Sunday in Los Angeles. Pete Holmes tells us here’s what you do.

At eight am. You visit a coffee shop with a sense of humor. Pete says, I like drinking espresso by itself. Val likes oat milk lattes, and his daughter would get a steam milk because she wants to feel like grown up. It’s very cute.

Then at ten am, you go read at least seven children’s books at Skylight. He says, I can tell you from experience. They’re incredibly generous with allowing you to read your kids seven books without any trouble. On principle, I’ll buy at least one of the books on the way out, because that’s exactly what people are talking about when they’re like shop local. Then at eleven you drink a terrible dark green juice.

He says. We’ll walk to punch Bowl and I get a terrible dark green juice that nobody wants. It would make a goat go blind. I love it because I’m forty six now and I eat almost exclusively for how It’s going to make me feel so very uncool, But that’s what I’m doing. My wife and daughter are going to get a smoothie called the honey Bee, which is very sweet and delicious.

Then at noon, you get a pancake for the table at Kitchen Mouse. He said, it’s really hip. The last time I was there, ran into Phoebe Bridger’s. Literally, rock stars are at Kitchen Mouse, and there’s a little kids area where my daughter can play with a little fake hamburger and a child she just met. I get the same thing every time.

The breakfast sandwich had a snicker Doodle pancake for the table. If you and I went to breakfast together, I would never ask do you want a pancake for the table? Because I don’t need you to be my accomplice. I know you want a pancake for the table because guess who wants pancakes everyone. This is going to reverse the juice that I just had earlier, but it’s going to be worth it.

At two o’clock, you eat an angry Samoa donut at the park it sounds like I can hang out with Pete Holmes. We’ve already had coffee, a smoothie, a pancake, and now a donut. Are we gonna get ice cream later? And this sounds awesome? Hete says.

We take a walk to Donut Friend and eat the donuts of the little park nearby. The park has giant bugs and it’s tube slide when you’re forty six and have kids sitting down as your heroin not to keep mentioning veganism, but Donut Friend has a really good vegan donuts. You gotta get the Angry Samoa, which is a girl Scalp cookie. My wife she comes by and she’s like, hey, I got your Girl Scout cookies. And I’m like, did you get twenty boxes?

She’s like, no, I got one box of samoas last I don’t know, two Knicks games, maybe three. Come on. One year I ordered the Girl Scout cookies that I ordered twenty boxes. She made the March Simpson face, as I like to call it. They did last the bulk of the year.

Maybe it was too many, I digress. Pete Holmes said, I once went a Donut Friend when I was tripping on LSD. I think it might have been my birthday, and I was coming down not a crazy person. I just couldn’t believe there was another person standing there with all the donuts in the world. It felt so overwhelmingly lovely that they were, like, which donut can I give you?

I was just floored by the generosity. I was probably making an ass of myself, like laughing in that sort of hippie way, not I get a drunk way, but like a benevolent alien who couldn’t believe that this planet had donuts. They gave me one, and I wish I could have seen myself eating it. Four o’clock. You feel fancy at the Huntington.

Now, he didn’t explain what the Huntington is, and I’m from New york’ so I have to look this up now. Obviously he means the Huntington Library, art Museum, and botanical gardens see New Yorker. I don’t know these things. I wanna play that game, Pete, all right, meet me at the Apple. Pete also says we’ll stop at the Chinese Garden get noodles there, because every step of the way there’s this constant eating seven pm vegan food.

Done right. He says, if we’re just Valerie and I, I’d go to the Crossroads Kitchen. I love it to death. When the pandemic happened, they would text us and ask if if we were okay, and if we needed food. We were like, what do you got?

And the manager brought it over. At nine o’clock, you go see whatever’s playing at Largo. At eleven o’clock, you eat at Norms. How much food are we having, Pete Holmes. He says, you get a milkshake, or you get some fries.

It’s open twenty four hours. I think La gets a bad rap for not having diners. Granted, in New York, they’re everywhere. It doesn’t matter what time we get home. We have to watch at least one episode of something thirty rock or right now we’re watching Black Rabbit.

It’s a busy day. Jerry Seinfeld n Apergasey spoke together in Forbest. Jerry said to hey, you told me you were having trouble getting pasted an hour. He had a sixteen minute barrier. Nate said, I think about it every day every show.

I’ve got myself to sixty two sixty three, I’m there. I’ve had that one at like sixty eight. I like to think I keep it tight. I can add stuff to make it longer. Your timing’s based on the audience.

You can do a sixty minute set in a corporate setting and do sixty minutes of a material in fifteen and it can go vice versa. Sounds like teaching. If I have a good class, I’ll leave class when it’s over and have an hour of stuff left.

And then when I have a bad class, two and a half hours of material shrinks do…

So I guess teaching college is like corporate work. Jerry was like, why do you still do corporate work? Nate said, it’s not a ton, but you know, Nate said, why do you go out every week? Your schedule’s been in this dude, I’ve been trying to get you to come out and hang with me one weekend, and every weekend I look at you. You work everywhere.

Jerry said, it’s the most fun thing I have in life. I find everything else is kind of okay, but working on a bit and hanging out with a comedian and I love hotel rooms. Well, Jerry probably stays in pretty nice hotel rooms.

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And then I think about that a little more.

Jerry said, it’s such a guy last night he was a surfer. He was older and surfs every day. I thought, but if I could have done that and just been a surfer, because nobody knows you’re doing it, Nobody really cares if you’re doing it well or not. Just this thing you love. I think stand up and surfing are similar, and that the ocean is always stronger than you.

The audience is way stronger than you. But for the short period of time, I’m going to do a dance in this wave, and that’s what stand up is. I look at surfers. That’s the only way of life I envy or admire, just you and that energy. Nate said, I think golf is like that.

Golfers at the same schedules as us. They’re like a Thursday to Sunday schedule. Those guys get on the road, they drive through these things, see if they can make any money doing it. It’s a pure love of it, you understand. It becomes a mentality more than anything, where you got to be able to just handle it.

Jerry was curious, Nate, would you have been a golfer if you could have? Nate said, yeah, would have loved it. I mean, I love stand up too much. I love it. Jerry said, love is while you’re so good, people always ask me why do you keep doing it?

That’s the only answer. It just love of it. I have a new bit about golf about how they realize the game is too big, if we need a car to get around. Then somebody said, well what if we miniaturize it? What if we take this whole thing and miniaturize it.

See, that’s already a funny premise. Then Nate worked on the bit and said, well, now you date it too much because it’s like a mini golf. There’s got to be a middle ground. Where do you go? I’d like to walk a little bit.

I mean it should be in a parking lot where you’re walking ten feet. Jerry said, that’s funny. We’re gonna miniatureize. We’re going to miniatureize the pencils. Joe Coy and Gabe Iglesias are friends.

They were calling the time. Joe Cooy turned to Gabe down. Gabe says, remember when I was gonna take you on the road, And he said, no, how dare you any joint interview, the topic of playing Rhoda came up Gabe made the point, I’m willing to play by the rules. Want to do a corporate event here in America. Don’t make fun of Google, don’t talk about the CEO, don’t talk about his shoes, don’t make fun of his wife.

There’s always rules no matter where you go. Since it’s he stere, Let’s catch up with Jim Brewer, who spoke to The Advocate and said he put out a series called Funny How God Works. It’s on YouTube. They’re very powerful stories, healing and stuff like that, and all true stories. Jim talked about his podcast, said, when I first started it, I hit more with what I call the noise, and to me, the noises news and politics and your face and all that.

Then after a while, it’s extremely exhausting and it never feels good. It’s all energy to distract us from the everyday importance of talking to someone you love, helping someone helping a neighbor. At the end of the day, if I’m here to help you, I don’t care what you’ve voted for. I feel it’s way more important than these times for us to get as united as quickly as possible and to turn off that noise and realize They’re all bad. All of them are bad.

There’s no left right, there’s no Republican Democrat, just people taking our money and controlling our lives. They asked Jim about the physicality of his act. Is he worn out after a show? Jim said, always worn out. I’m so tired after show because I just put everything out there, and you know, twice it’s cost me some serious physical things where I blew my calf out on stage, I pulled hamstrings out on stage, I pulled my back out, I sprained my ankle on stage.

I just go all out. I can’t help it. I remember when I first went out on the road with Jim when he had the radio show, and he grabbed me and he said, look, I don’t want you to think I’m in a bad mood. Before the show. I go into the zone and I focus.

I’m not mad at you. I’m just gonna go quiet. And he explained after the show he’s tired. Don’t read anything into it. I was appreciated that he did that, because I could be paranoid at times.

Kathleen Madigan, can we teach a person to be funny? She told Psychology Today, you’re on for comedy news. No, not even close. If a person’s already kind of fun wanders into a comedy class, that may actually help them. But the idea that we could teach someone to be funny, I don’t think that’s true.

Psychology Today, asked Kathleen Madigan. Do you think humor helps people cope with life? She said, if you look at groups of comedians, it’s the underdogs, Black comedians, Jewish, Irish Catholics, Asians, they’re made fun of every day of their lives. As an Irish Catholic, I’m not sure we are made fun of every day of their lives. Kathleen may have had a different experience, perhaps just because she grew up in the West, I believe, and I grew up in New York City, where there’s a lot of Irish Catholics, or at least there were in the seventies and eighties.

I digress. Kathleen said, humor is a huge coping mechanism for wherever your people come from. There was nothing funny about the potato famine in Ireland, but somehow it ended up funny. My grandpa would say this thing about coping, which was one hundred years from now. Nobody’s going to know the difference.

He’s right, nothing really matters. He might as well have fun while you’re here. The Buddhists would say, let’s meditate to get to a higher plane, and we would say, yeah, no, let’s get to that higher plane with a shot of fireball. Psychology Today said it was fun talking with you. Kathleen said, well, no one wants to talk now.

In the old days, HBO people would come to the mill Rose Improv and you met them. They were alive, and then they went back to work in that building on Sunset Boulevard. Now the children have taken over. They like email. They just don’t want to talk at all.

For the Netflix show, I’ve never met or spoken to anyone, never been in their office. I used to go to New York and meet the Comedy Central people and then you’d audition. They tell you to your face, yes or no. Now you send a link and a form letter comes back, yes or no. That’s your comedy news for today.

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Caloroga Shark Media. Hey there, I’m Joenni Mack with your Daily Comedy News, a daily briefing on stand up comedy comedians in the comedy industry. I’ve kind of given up on Rooster. I liked the first episode, Episode two was not as good, and then the third episode last week made me give up on the show. My wife agrees with me.

Robbie Hoffman now on the show, she says she botched every interaction she had with Steve Carell. Robbie explained, I botched it every time he said hi to him because it’s impossible not to be starstruck with him, and he’s such a classy man. I have my brother going to jask about the office? Did you ask? And it’s like, I can’t really just be asking about the office.

But finally I asked about the office. I literally had to say, Hey, my brother loved you in the office. I’m sad that I don’t like it because I like Corell, I like Bill Lawrence, I love McGinley. Just didn’t work for me. Nate Pergetzi famously a clean comedian.

He said he didn’t always surround himself with a clean comedian. He said, it’s kind of like school, you just find your group that you’re kind of going to be with. Really, my group, I was the closest to with the dirtiest comedians, Big Jay Okerson, Louis J. Gomez, Dan Soder was the dirtiest. I’d open for them, he explains, though my mind didn’t go the root of writing that kind of way, and I never wanted to make someone feel bad in the crowd.

He recalled one time he made a joke about prostitutes getting murdered by a serial killer in New York. He said, it worked very much on a young comic. It works very much in those rooms.

And then I didn’t put it up on YouTube, but it got put up on YouTube.

A prostitute saw it and was upset. Nate said, look, I’m so sorry. I didn’t know it was going to go up. I won’t do that joke again. Jim Gaffigan will be the keynote speaker at the NACDS Foundation.

They’re holding their twenty eighth Annual Foundation Dinner August fifteenth at the Omniboston Hotel at the Seaport. The event gathers industry leaders to support the foundation’s mission of advancing public health and promoting healthier communities. Kevin Nealan was in the headlines kind of bragging that he never broke character on SNL. He said, I knew much time the writer’s putting all those scripts. You don’t want to be the one who throws it off.

Michael’s doesn’t like when the cast breaks. Even if the audience laughs, it doesn’t work for the sketch. If you want to example that, watch the famous more cow Bell sketch TIV follons kind of losing in the background. Chiechin’ Chong’s Last Movie will be added to Paramount Plus on April twentieth, four to twenty. If you’re in the know, Cheiach and Chong’s Last Movie follows two of comedy’s best buds on a long, laugh fill drive to a place called the Joint.

Along the way, they reflect on their lifelong friendship from childhood to the heights of their careers in the sixties through the eighties, and beyond their breakup, and exploring how their counterculture stoner humor evolved in a brand that stands strong over fifty years later, with the catalog of movies, pack concerts, platinum selling records, and even a mobile game. Interspersed is archival footage, moments from the do, on screen and on stage, animations, interviews and more. I got to remember, I’ve been talking about how I’ve been reflecting on people I’ve met over the years. I met these guys. I’m going to add them to my little note here that I’m making, just as I randomly remember that I’ve met people.

I’m just putting them in a notepad on my MacBook. I don’t know what I’m doing with this, but I just like to keep lists. The Eastern Chronicle caught up with Alid the topic how to have the best day ever in Houston. I’ve never been to Houston, so I can’t comment on this. Seven thirty in the morning, he runs a few miles, at least three miles at Tom Bass Park.

If we’re not doing the full six and a half miles, that’s a good solid run. At eleven fifteen he starts taking phone calls and meetings to start the day. Now, what happens between seven? So if he runs six and a half miles at a reasonable clip, and he starts at seven point thirty, he would be done by nine o’clock almost definitely sooner than that, I guess he goes home and showers. Then eleven fifteen he starts taking phone calls and meetings to start the day.

At one o’clock, he visits the reggae bodega. At four o’clock, you go to the grocery store. At six, he hugs his daughter after school. At eight thirty, he goes to see his mom. He walks the dog.

Mom lives down the street. All right, that works out. At nine to thirty, he eats dinner with his wife and kids. He hopes his wife is making enchiladas. If she’s making enchiladas, I’m all in.

My wife is great enchiladas. We have a late day, and at midnight he passes out on the couch for a little while watching sports. So if I’m getting this right, you get up and you run, you have some menchaladas, and you pass out on the couch watching sports. We’re more alike than I realized. What do you say?

We hit Bill Burr’s Facebook page and see what’s going on. Oh, here’s a post. Bill is posted live at south By Southwest is available now on YouTube. Okay, let’s see what people are saying in the comments about Bill Burr. Jonathan wrote, Billy Blood money is all gas, no brakes.

Keith roat my jokes are paid for with blood money. Dave says bonesaw, Bill has some observations. Paru said bagdad Bill is on fire. Eric said it’s Billy Burka. Gabriel got right to it and said go back to Saudi Arabia, you ef ing sellout.

Now, that’s not Gabriel Iglacias. It’s a different Gabriel. Jared posted Bill, I was very disappointed at the North Korea show. Can you please respond to my refund email? Bill Burr did not help his career going to Riodd.

A lot of comedians went nothing happened, but Bill Burr, for some reason of everybody, seems to have taken on the most damage of that. Donal Rawlings became emotional while reflecting on the loss of Charlie Murphy. Donnelle was on the Wei in Miami podcast. He was asked about Charlie Murphy passing away in twenty seventeen. Donnelle said it was very difficult because it was like the big brother that I never had.

He also shared an anecdote, the only time I ever saw Charlie show any emotion other than being a super hard tough guys. When he was losing his wife, he cried on the phone with me. I’ve never seen him emotional, vulnerable or anything. It was weird. Charlie’s wife, Tisha Taylor Murphy, passed away of cervical cancer in December two thousand and nine.

From The Times Union, a Saratoga Springs hatshop interaction became a standout moment and Chris Fleming’s HBO special, turning former clerk Randy Jackson into an unexpected character. Jackson until The Times Union Chris Fleming was unfortunately correct. I’m definitely sort of an old lady trapped in a young man’s body. The jazz age, flapper of it all has never left me. On the day Chris Flemmings special premiered, Jackson woke up to a message from a high school classmate.

The mess told Jackson that Chris Fleming had dedicated a length excitement of his new special to an interaction he had with the hat salesman. Jackson said, it was so funny. Jackson reached out to Chris Flemming over Instagram to let him know he love the biddy said I found him, and I said, I’m the ancient hat boy, I’m the Ancient Demon. Charlie Burns will perform at the twenty twenty six Lumberjack World Championships. Athletes from around the globe will compete in twenty one events that test strength, agility, balance and precision.

Spectators can expect thrilling competitions including log rolling, boom running, shopping, sawing, ax throwing, and speed climbing shoecasing the elite skills of professional timber sports athletes. The New York Times under the headline at dinners over jokes with comedians Epstein, Yeah, that Epstein honed his networking. They dove into the file and apparently Jeffrey Epstein sought relationships with comedians. The New York Times reports in twenty fourteen, Jeffrey Epstein wanted a bunch of comedians to join him for dinner at an Italian restaurant on the Upper east Side. Chris Rock was high in his list.

David Brynner was it, probably then a yes, then ultimately in no. He was under the weather. Lewis Black was not to be invited. Apparently Jeffrey Epstein had not found Lewis Black funny when he had come over a year earlier, Chris Rock said no because he had plans with his daughter. Bobby Slayton emailed Jeffrey Epstein ahead of the dinner and said, now the pressure’s on me to carry all the funny unless Woody decides to chip in.

The Woody believed to be Woody Allen, The New York Times reminds us none of the comedians have been accused of any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein, and nothing an email suggests that meeting women was part of the rationale for the gatherings. The New York Times further reminds us Epstein was an earnest fan of comedy who attended shows in Manhattan, Palm Beach and Montreal. Jackie the joke Man Martling is quoted here as saying, Jeffrey Epstein told Jackie over a meal, anybody that’s really smart loves jokes because they’re little problems and the way they work themselves out. Further reporting from The Times. After one dinner in twenty five fifteen, Jeffrey Epstein emailed Nick Depolo, writing, thanks for coming last night.

If okay with you, I will contact you on my return to New York. Topoulo wrote back, give me a little time to process that last part. As you know, you’re a bit of a controversial guy. I mean no offense by that at all, l ol. The Time says to Polo did not reply to request for comment, Neither did Rock Allen, Lewis Black, or Jackie Martling.

Times further says Lewis Black, Slayton, and Jackie have said in interviews that they never saw Epstein hanging out with underage girls. Layton told a Daily Beast reporter he felt obliged to visit and let’s not wrap up on that story. Let me get a little silly here. I’m worried about Tim Meadows. Why worried about Tim Meadows?

Johnny mack Well. Tim Meadows says his funniest friend is Adam Sandler. Why why there’s nothing funny about the great dramatic actor Adam Sandler. How do you find him funny? Tim Meadows?

Who? Again, I’ve never met Tim Meadows. What I’m worried about you now? Tim Meadows said it. I know a lot of very funny people, but Sadler, I think for me is the funniest because I’ve known him so long.

We have a really good friend. We have bits that we do with each other from thirty years ago. Then you create new bits whenever you hang out with them. He loves to laugh and he loves to do bits. I think he’s one of the funniest people I know, just in terms of talking and hanging out.

We can be ourselves with each other, all right, So maybe he’s like really funny in person. That just doesn’t translate to anything on say Saturday Night Live or movies. All right, that makes sense. I’m less worried about tim Meadows now. I wait, I should have kept reading.

I’m worried about tim Meadows again, he said. I always say there’s very few people from SNL I would drive across the country with. But David Spade is probably in my top three or four people that I could do that with. To each their own. And that is your comedy news for today.

I’ll see tomorrow.

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Caloroga Shark Media. Hey, busy one. Today for the first time a week, I’m Johnny Mack with your Daily Comedy News, a daily briefing on stand up comedy, comedians and the comedy industry. I always do one last check to see if anything came in between me originally writing the scripts and sitting down to record. And it’s a good thing I did, because just in as I sit down here, Netflix is getting back into business with Louis C.K.

Answering the question is anyone truly canceled in comedy? The answer, of course no. Louis C.K. Will headline a show with the Hollywood Bowl as part of the Netflix Is at Joke Festival. Ck will be there on May fifth, and his upcoming comedy special Ridiculous, will premiere on Netflix this summer.

Now, I feel like he already has a special cult Ridiculous, or an album or something. I don’t know why that’s in my mind. I’m calling up his discography here Live in Houston, Shameless, chewed Up, Hilarious, Maybe that’s what I’m thinking of. Live at the Beacon, Live at Carnegie Hall, Oh my God, Live at the Comedy Store. Sinceialy, Luis K and sorry, Well, Louis C.K.

Is back. You can play the READD Comedy Festival. You can do whatever you want in front of women. People will forgive you, and you will headline a show at the Hollywood Bowl during the Netflix’s Joe Comedy Festival. The good news is this will give me something to talk about next week.

You may recall Louis C.K. Was canceled in twenty seventeen. Some women had alleged that Louis k had masturbated in front of them. Ck admitted to the behavior, saying he believed at the time it had been appropriate because he’d asked first, So that knocked everything down. One story, the next two both pretty sad.

Eugene Merman was hospitalized on Tuesday with serious injuries after Crashken’s car in New Hampshire. The New York Times reported that Merman was pulled out of his burning car after he crashed into a toll plaza in New Hampshire shortly before noon. He was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Eugene Merman’s agent confirmed that his client was in a very scary car accident, but was quote grateful to be on the mend. The New York Times reports.

A state trooper assigned to the security detail of the Governor arrived at the scene saw Eugene Mermon trapped inside the burning car. The trooper helped pull Eugene out of the car, which apparently was a twenty twenty six Lucid Gravity type car. I’m not familiar with that. It appears to be an electric suv. Just picture something you would drive to the supermarket.

This is not like a Maserati or anything. It is one of corn Driver’s ten best SUVs and Esquire’s Car of the Year. Colonel Mark B. Hall is the director of the New Hampshire State Police. Colonel Hall called the response to the crash heroic and added, without hesitation, they put themselves in danger to render aid to someone who was in need of it.

Hopefully all is well there.

Meanwhile, Reggie Watts is working on a go Fundme to support his late partner.

On Wednesday, Reggie Watts shared a post on Instagram reflecting on the loss of Catherine McCullough. Reggie posted, Catherine, I will miss you so much. I know you were in pain and while I tried everything I could to reflect the light you brought into this world, the sorrow became too much to overcome. You changed my life. You open up my vulnerability and taught me how to receive love when someone close.

We built a life together, went on adventures, and we took our chances together. You had a natural radiance that people could feel from so far away, a light you carried despite the difficult path you walked from childhood. I’ve been processing so much. I know you can hear me, and I honor the intentionality of your journey. You planned your time in Lima beautifully, the coast, the art, the meal shared with a friend, While so difficult for those of us left behind, I understand your need for peace.

So much of you is still around me in the house we shared. I’m so grateful for everything we shared, and I will hold on to the light you gave me forever. Please say hello to my mother. You never got to meet her, but I know she would have been happy to see how kind you were to me. You took care of me in a way I know she always wanted for me.

I love you, Catherine, I always will. You’re a part of me as you’ve always been. Friends, including Sarah Silverman, Immagean Heap, Keenan Thompson, and Judd Apatow shared their support for Reggie Watts in the post common section. As for the go fundme, Reggie explains, Kat’s family is now in the difficult place of dealing with her loss, both emotionally and practically. Her remains must be shipped internationally, which apparently is incredibly expensive.

That’s why we set up this GoFundMe to help her mother and sister cover those costs, as well as any costs for a service in her home state of South Carolina. We asked that you please only give if you’re in a comfortable place to do so. Otherwise, Catherine would definitely prefer you go spend six dollars on a bag of argula instead consumed by the fistful with no dressing. The GoFundMe reads, Kathleen Early McCullough has passed on. She was obviously the sweetest and funniest person that ever walked the earth.

She was radiant and enchanting, and only half of that was her hair. In her own words, she hasn’t left us, but instead returned to the wholeness of consciousness. She’s with us still, and if you’re reading this, she probably loved you immensely. Unless you were ever mean to her sister Colleen, which would make you a sworn enemy. The GoFundMe had raised twenty seven thousand dollars as I’m reading this, the goal was thirty thousand.

No easy way to segue out of that, so I’ll just keep going ahead. Howie Mandel says he now regrets apologies to Kelly Rippa or we covered that. I think Sunday and Monday, and I thought the whole thing was weird. Howie has now said, I don’t believe in apologizing, but as I said at that post, which a kind of regret making. Obviously, I told a joke that didn’t land well.

Comedians always say, if it can make one person laugh, you’re doing the job. But apparently that’s not enough. I’m not sure that he means here. The quote is, so you liked my joke. I’m reading and there’s no stopping it, and I don’t understand it, and I tried to stop it.

I tried to apologize. I agreed with people I do. How he said he doesn’t know what’s going on or when this will end, and I ope it end soon because I didn’t mean to cause any disruption. I didn’t mean to embarrass anybody. Nate Bergatzy and friends have released a new trailer for the Breadwinner of this this movie that I keep staring at it, and all I can keep thinking is was Kevin James not available?

There is a trailer. I don’t find it very good. I’ll give you a little taste of it here. Hey, it’s Snay BARGATSI get ready for the dead air. Because the new Breadwinner trailer starts now.

I think I might really have something. If doing this makes you have you have to go for it. This is a big opportunity. I’m going to give you an offer. But Nate, you have to stay home and take care of the kids.

Yeah, I could do that. Really, you’re all gonna job. I’m right here. Bye, Love you guys. At the door is locked?

Is the wind in the back? Or crawl through that? Dad? You’re going the wrong way to your school, to any of our schools? Do you don’t know where our schools are?

What? In The Breadwinner, Nate Berghatzi is the husband of Katie, Katie’s the supermom. Katie the Supermom lands a deal on Shark Tank. As one does, that means Nate has to become a stay at home dad who hilarity ensues. The Breadwinner opens May twenty ninth.

That got me curious to see how the greatest average American was doing on the TV. There it’s averaging around roughly your math may vary, one point six million viewers. As a comparison, New Scrubs is getting three million viewers. Comedy stock Market, Thank you, Bert Reynolds. Every Friday we take a look at the comedy stock market.

We’re not talking about who’s good or bad. We’re just looking at whose career has got some upside and whose career has some downside. We try and find the value you Now the stock market works. Ten minutes ago, I had nothing for this week, and I felt bad because I had nothing last week and kept it pretty simple. But now that I’ve got my new top story for the day, should we just give in?

Should we just load up on Louis C.K. His stock is still well below where it was, and it seems we’re walcoming him back to the fold. Why don’t we just load up on Louis C.K. And he’ll play Netflix and everyone will pretend he was never canceled, and maybe we can sell A couple days after the festival at a new peak of Louis C.K. Value?

Right? Does that make sense investment wise? Put all your morals or whatever you think of all this aside. What I’m saying is, at one point he was being compared to George Carlin. As you listen to me today, he’s not being compared to George Carlin.

But if he headlines Netflix and there’s a Netflix special Louis C.K.’s back, there’s value there. Let’s scoop up some Louis C.K. I also don’t know what to do with Nate. I think the trailer looks terrible, but there’s a lot of people out there that I could see going, oh, this is hilarious and he does well at the box office. I don’t know should we sell Nate or should we buy Nate.

I’d be curious to know what you guys think. So I think my recommendation for now is just hold. So that’s what I have for you this week. I want to do something with Nate. I don’t know what, and we should buy some Louis k.

Quick shout out back to Chris. Chris is one of the listeners who shot me a note on the side and we were texting the other day. Appreciate you, Chris, thank you for listening. Great to hear from you this weekend in Anaheim. This sounds pretty fun, which I don’t think is proper English, but who cares.

It’s the stand up chow Down festival bringing laughs and bites together in Anaheim. At some point, I’m just gonna have to give in and move to California, like everyone eventually does. I don’t know if I’m gonna go to the Netflix Festival. I looked at it, and the shows I want to see are on the first Monday and Tuesday and then on the weekend. And if I go to LA for eight days, that’s a lot on you know, things like my family, the rest of my life, and it ain’t free and it’s Los Angeles, So even if I stay somewhere not that awesome, it’s still one hundred and fifty dollars a night and the flights and the car and I can’t get in touch with anybody at Netflix for some reason, So I don’t know if I’m gonna go out there for that.

I might just cover that from the basement. But if I were out there, you’d find me in Anaheim this weekend at the stand up Chatown Festival tonight’s and tomorrow throughout the Anaheim packing district. The event, aimed at local comedy fans and foodies, combines intimate comedy shows and chef driven dining experiences. It’s a partnership with Don’t Tell Comedy. The marquee headliner is Adam Ray.

The festival begins today with three comedy shows acompanied by food and drinks from local food trucks. More shows tomorrow. Participating vendors include The Craft Urbana, Mexican Gastronomy, Polly Wine Company, Picnick Stone, Groove, Steelhouse, Mangal, Randy’s Donuts, Mini Monster, The Wooden Pearl, Parfait Paris, and a bunch of other things. They’ll offer special menu items, discounts and curated pairings exclusive. I like it.

We need more of that. And in Melbourne, let’s see what’s happening in Melbourne. Pulled some clips for you today. Former guest on this program Nith Valvo. He’s performing at the Melbourne Comedy Festival this weekend.

Let’s listen. Oh my god, hello, I’m Nate, very happy to be here. Get this, guys, not long ago, my boyfriend Cody awful name. Great guy said to me, I’m going to do a triathlon and you have to come and watch it. Don’t be a bitch, That’s what he said to me, right, So I was like, I can do that because I’m like really nice.

So the first thing he did was find a try group on the internet called the Mountain Goats, and they have that written on the back of their t shirts like they’re okay with people knowing that. Anyway, they’re all counting their steps, you know, people that count steps. We’re all dealing with those people just counting with steps and just counting with steps. I mean, the step club at work got to hit ten thousand, gotta hit ten thousand. No living than me today, I’m counting with steps.

If you’re over two years old, no one gives a shit how many steps you took tonight. You stop counting at two, you know. And they’ve all got these watches that they plug into laptops and all these grafts come up. Here’s a little rule. The more things you watch can do, the less time people want to spend with you.

Put that on a sticker next step. I pulled a clip from Denise Scott, so a lot of these people in Melbourne. You know, I don’t know everybody, and that’s why I like doing this. I like just clicking on and sharing with you guys and seeing who’s out there. Now.

I clicked on this and I was like, why did she release this? It sounds like it’s like an empty room. And I’m watching the and it is an empty room, and I’m like, the room sounds dead, it sounds half empty. Why would you release this?

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And then I kept listening and paying attention.

Oh, it’s from twenty twenty. I don’t know if you recall, there was this pandemic and we all had to stay home for a year and a half. Remember that what happened. So this was during the pandemic when we were all afraid to sit next to each other at comedy clubs. That’s why it sounds empty.

Anyway, here’s Denise Scott. My kids are both in their thirties now, you know, which means I can’t talk about them anymore. Well, that’s what their lawyer told me, But no. They are. They’re both in their thirties.

They live overseas. My son and his girlfriend live in Nashville. They Muso’s Old Country, you know, which means you know they’re poor. And my daughter lives in New York. She’s a visual artist, which means you know, she’s very, very poor.

But they’re both. Look, they’re brilliant. They’re brilliant artists. I’m very proud of them. People say, do I miss them?

And look. Put it this way. The last time my son left to go back to America and walk through those departure doors at the airport and they close, I may or may not have fallen to the ground and screamed, come back. Mummy’s got nothing left to live for. And I like this one from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

It’s Evil Dead the Musical. When five college students venture to an abandoned cabin in the woods, they accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. Melbourne’s iconic Chapel Off Chapel will be transformed into a ramshackle, not so demon proof cabin in the woods, putting you smack bang in the middle of the bloody chaos. Whether you’re a diehard horror enthusiast a musical theater lover, which is someone who joys a good laugh, Evil Dead the Musical is a wild ride like nothing you’ve ever seen. It’s part comedy, part carnage, and all parts groovy.

And that is your comedy news for today. Normal episodes, all weekend meets you back here tomorrow

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Caloroga Shark Media. Hey there, I’m Johnny Mack with your Daily Comedy News and daily briefing on stand up comedy, comedians and the comedy industry. A sentence the algorithm loves. Now one thing the algorithm can help me with. Got some problems with today’s audio.

I did a new open here for you, but there’s what’s called peak distortion on some of the audio today, really annoying. I don’t know what happened. My laptop just went nuts and it took me like twenty minutes to realize this happened. I should have caught it in the recording, but I did not, So I’m gonna fall on my sword here and apologize. Kid Rock’s Comedy Jam is set to return for a fifth year as part of the twenty twenty sixth Nashville Comedy Festival.

The Kid Rock Comedy Jam is hosted by Kid Rock, who sometimes has army helicopters fly by stop asking questions the jam Monday, April thirteenth, seven pm at The Ryman. All proceeds from the show will go to. The Kid Rock Foundation, a five h one see nonprofit raising funds for and awareness of local and regional charities helping disadvantage children, victims of war and natural disasters, and those suffering from illness. Here’s your lineup, Kevin James, Kathy Griffin, Shane Gillis. I don’t know why Shane’s name is third in this thing, mister Rock.

Joey Diaz, who I have heard people say the phrase Joey Diaz is the worst person you will ever meet in your life. I’ve heard people say that about Joey Diaz. Yes, they go out of their way to tell you that Joey Diaz is the worst person that you’ll ever meet, but he’ll be there.

Also appearing Heather McMahon, Morgan, Jay, Nate Jackson, Nate Jackson and s…

Matt Rife went to hit a baseball game. It was the Reds versus the Boston Red Sox. Matt Rife throughout the first pitch, he received a personalized jersey with his name on the back. He posted on Instagram, I met my very first Reds game. Glad to be back home in Ohio.

Go Reds. I’m gonna go shotgun a can of skyline Chile. Matt Rife is from North Lewis, Ohio. We also learned from Matt Rife social media that he says the Lord of the Rings the Two Towers video game is quote one of the best games ever. A fan had mentioned on Twitter that they should remake that game, and Matt Riiche said, I was just saying this update the graphics and relaunch.

John Mulaney John Mulini shared the latest installment of his book club. Now, this was the one for March, and he apparently shared it on March thirty. First check your calendar, John. Anyway, if you want to read something from the John Mulaney book Club, he recommends The Monkey Wrench Gang. He said he was in Utah last week.

He’d never heard of it or author Edward Abbey m’lani tells us the novel is as hilarious, weird, and American as a classic Robert Altman movie. The characters come together early and easily and embark on the funniest adventure I’ve read in a long time. You’ll burn through it enjoy. The Webby Awards have announced a whole bunch of nominees. Now, before we get into the Webby Awards, let me just tell you something.

You have to enter the Webby Awards to have a chance to be one of the finalists. Now I was curious. It’s like, oh, what if one of my listeners want to enter the Webby Awards, what would that cost them? Well, for a creator, a single entry award is four hundred and seventy five dollars, So ponder that as I tell you all this. There are so many categories.

I could spend three hours reading them to you, but I’ll just tell you the ones that are mainly relevant to what we handle here. Your nominees for comedy show podcasts are Conan SmartLess, Fly on the Wall, Comedy Bang Bang, Las Calturistas, Late Night are covered. They’re part of the universe. They tell us. The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon amassed five nominations, including for Best Creator, Personality or Host.

Also of note, they’re nearly hour long. The Life of a Showgirl Deep Dive with Taylor Swift Extended has emerged as an honoree in the Music Video and Film category.

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Meanwhile, The Late Show with star trek Ruiner Stephen Colbert is nominated f…

The Daily Show is nominated in the Social and Games category. Desiliitik is up for Best Individual Performance Video and Film for her Desilidik Foxplains series. In a different podcast category, in which you could submit for four to seventy five dollars, The Weekly Show with John Stewart will vie for Best Series against the Pivot, What Could Go Wrong? And DC High Volume. Batman Saturday Night Live nominated for Best Overall Social Presence and Best Use of Vertical Video.

Very Exciting the Webby Awards. Let’s Stay on the Internet. YouTube is coming back to the TV Upfront’s week. Trevor Noah will MC the twenty twenty six brand Cast presentation for advertisers. That’s right, it’s YouTube’s brand Cast.

Upfront returning to Lincoln Center in New York City invitation only, sorry, folks, Wednesday, May thirteenth, starting at five thirty pm. I didn’t make Trivia Night last night because I wanted to stay and to watch the Moon launch and then to see what the President of the United States had to tell us. So no trivia for me. Now. I don’t know if I could keep up with these other trivia guys.

These are the champions of Seinfeld Trivia, and they were profiled by The Wall Street Journal. The journal piece leads off with this question. In season one of Seinfeld, Jerry secures this apartment dour with what he calls the most impenetrable lock on the market. What brand is it? No Idea?

That’s when I look at my team and I go no idea, and I go back to drinking my beer. Well, Mike is one of these trivia guys. It’s good at Seinfeld Trivia. He told the Journal. It was almost like I’ve been waiting for this question to pop up.

The answer, of course, the clapgo. D twenty nine, Mike and four of his friends are on a team called Venetian Blinds. How do they practice? One of the team members falls asleep two episodes, hoping details stick in his head. Another listens to the show’s audio while working out and showering.

At one point, the team won. A six foot aluminum poll, among other prizes, that was part of a festiv Us theme trivia contest last December. One of the guys on the team, Joe, said, I feel like by the time I’m eighty years old, I’m gonna be the guy with the Seinfeld room. Amy Schumer likes when we talk about her. She was on Instagram.

She revealed a swimsuit selfie. Fans notice she appears slimmer than ever following a reported fifty pound weight loss. We’re told that while wearing oversized sunglasses and her hair pulled back into a casual bun, Amy Schumer kept the look effortless and unfiltered.

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Meanwhile, Kathy Griffin is now a blonde.

Fans weren’t sure did she dye her hair as at a wig. One person commented, what the hell is happening here? Kathy confirmed she had actually bleached her hair. She said, Hi, you guys, it’s Kathy Griffin as a blonde. She then encouraged people to check out her Talk Your Head Off with Kathy Griffin YouTube show, where she discusses her decision to go blonde.

The worst person who ever lived? Jay Leno back in the news. Remember there was this whole thing. Jay Leno has been battling against California’s emissions regulators. Well, Leno’s law has found its way back into the state Senate.

Right now, California draws a hardline at nineteen seventy five. Anything built before nineteen seventy five can potentially sidesteps and smock testing requirements, providing it’s not like an everyday car and it’s just for like parades and car shows and stuff like jay Lena would do. Under the proposed changes to the law, the collector vehicle threshold would shift to any car at least thirty five years old, with the cutoff creeping ford one model year at a time until twenty twenty two. That would eventually move the exemption all the way up until nineteen eighty six. Doesn’t sound unreasonable to me.

At the Melbourne Comedy Festival, there’s a lot of magic shows during the daytime, so if you’re free on Friday again with the Melbourne stuff, I have to work a day ahead because of the way time zones work. But if you’re free round twelve thirty, go see Barry Potter and the Magic of Wizardry. That’s right, I said. Barry Potter witness Feats of Sorcery in person as a grown up wizard delves into an untold story. Edmundton Journal gave it five stars and called it incredible Kiddo mag four stars presumably out of four, they said fun and surprise filled.

Got a couple actual clips for you today. Dave Thornton’s show was called More or less Ny Gouz. There’s been a lot of her in my family about getting a dog, and look, I get it. I grew up with a dog. It’s great.

And like you dog owners, I reckon you speak more complimentary about your dogs than most parents talk about their kids, Like seriously, you say stuff like, uh, it’s my fur baby, it’s my fur baby. I call my kids my flesh beets not as nice. And the only thing is we live in a built up area. I saw the dogs around us. They’re small, which is fine, but they’re the kind of dogs you know that humans have bred them to just be structurally unsound, Like near us there’s a pug.

Okay, I’m sorry. Pugs just shouldn’t exist like that. You know, historically they used to have snouts. They did, We’ve now bred them to be nostrils straight into skull. Like this poor thing, it struggles to breathe.

I feel so sorry for it. It jumps up on your lap and it’s like and the owner’s like, oh, I think Toby likes you. I’m just thinking, yeah, well, if he was a car to be on roadworthyst. And let’s do one more. I think there might be a naughty word in here.

I can’t remember from when I pulled it earlier. There might be a naughty word, So if you’re offended, punch out now. But otherwise I really like this clip from Nathan Chin. His share was called the Chinese Comedy Party. Look, just before I begin, I just want to quickly start off by also acknowledging the traditional owners of the land in which we gather here today, the wandery people of the Cooler Nation, and I pay my respects to their elders, pass and present, but also have to acknowledge the true owners of the land, the Central Equity Chinese property group.

Pay my rent to their developers, pass and present. Ah, gotta say both, now you know what I mean, just in case they’re listening, because you know, I’m actually quite proud to be an Asian Australian. But it’s annoying because when I tell people I’m Aussie, I get the same response that so many people have Colla Gate, and that’s a yeah, sure, but where you’re really from? Right? And I think that’s it’s a really stupid question to ask me, considering that in about ten years time, this is what the average Australian will look like.

Right, Some of you they aren’t laughing at that. Ah, that’s a joke about the Chinese taking over Australia. Well, you know, maybe you don’t think he’s a joke, in which case you really should appreciate the freedom to laugh where you still can. How a on a plane, it sounds like a lot of fun, And don’t forget Today is the last day of voting for this week’s round of Comedy Survivor Sebastian manascalgo in Massive trouble. If you want him out, join the crew.

If you want to save him, get some friends and hit the Facebook group Daily Many News podcast group and I’ll catch you tomorrow.

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Caloroga Shock Media. Hey there, I’m Johnny Mack with your Daily Comedy News, a daily briefing on stand up comedy, comedians and the comedy industry. Rob Schneider has jumped on social media to clarify his comments about the mandatory draft. He posted, you are missing the point. Missing the point in all caps Schneider’s theory if nobody is exempt from military service, then poor and wealthy families alike would have a shared military connection.

Don’t worry, Rob, someone will be exempt, and it won’t be the poor. Schneider said Congress would think long and hard before sending American troops into another far away war that isn’t vital to our national survival. Rob Rob, Robert, Rob, Rob, Rob. Are you paying attention to the news. Do you think Congress does anything about anything?

Do you think Congress isn’t going to have figured out a way so their kids don’t have to go? Come on, man, Rob said, no more cavalier decisions, No more other people’s kids dying while their own kids stay safe at Ivy League schools or in Beverly Hills. Schneider said, then the nation might stop treating itinst the military like disposable chess pieces. I’m with you there, Rob, but uh yeah, let me know when Congress does anything. John Stewart ripped into the President of the United States.

Not over the war, No, John Stuart was more interested in the White House ballroom project, which it seems increasingly clear is just a cover story for a new bunker being built. The New York Times had reported over the weekend that designs for the ballroom show fake windows on the north side and columns that would block the interior ballroom view. There’s also a grand staircase that does not lead to an entrance. John Stewart on The Daily Show said, okay, woke New York Times. When mc escher does that, it’s art.

Well, but you put it on an actual building and suddenly it’s this doesn’t make any sense, and I appear to be trapped if you ours. After the Times report, President Trump spoke to the press. He was on Air Force One reporters, I’m fighting wars and other things, but this is very important because this is going to be with us for a long time, and I think it’ll be the greatest ballroom anywhere in the world. John Stewart responded to that and said for the ballroom, Trump will put in an all nighter for a point by point rebuttal, but for the war, he literally doesn’t have the focused answer one question. White House Press Secretary Carolyn Livett said, President Trump and his lead architect have built world class buildings around the world, and they’re ensuring the People’s House finally as a beautiful ballroom that’s been needed for decades at no expense to the tax payer.

Remember that last part there, Whitney Cummings, she’s getting political. She was guest hosting the view. She was discussing how FBI Director Cash Bettel’s emails had been leaked. She said, I mean, if Cash wanted his emails not to get released, he should have just c sed Jeffrey Epstein on them. That is a great line and a great point.

Moving away from politics. Finally, John Billboard has published the February box Score Report to see who the top touring comedians were for February twenty twenty six. Do you want to guess? Yes, you were correct? Number one again Naprighatzy.

He has led for six of the last seven months. The only month he wasn’t number one was in December when John Mulaney took the crown number two, Joe Coy three, Cant Williams four, Bert Kreischer five, Jim Gaffigan. Andrew Schultz, who once appeared in the headline in the New York Times June twenty third, twenty twenty five, Andrew Schultz might be America’s foremost political journalist. That’s right, The New York Times said, Andrew Schultz might be America’s foremost political journalist. This is a real thing that happened in the New York Times.

It’s I know you’re like John, It’s April Fool’s Day. No one is gonna believe that’s the story that appeared in the New York Times. They’re not crazy. No, I’m telling you this is not an April Fools joke. On June twenty third, twenty twenty five, they wrote the headline, Andrew Schultz might be America’s foremost political journalist.

He also, I’ll add, might be America’s foremost actor. That’s right. He’s going to appear in a new film. It’s called Clashing through the Snow. It’s described as planes, trains, and automobiles for the gen Z generation.

It centers on two rival coworkers at a book publisher who are forced to travel cross country when bad weather grounds all available flights. They should just rewrite this and say the TSA lines are fourteen hours long, and they decide to drive now. Yes. Andrew Schultz, possibly America’s greatest political journalist, will play Walder, a janitor with a close personal connection to the character played by Christopher Briney, who is a type A commerce focused editor. Zarni Guard plays Gail, whose unexpected god in steers a character played by Michelle Randolph, a creative, freethinking editor in a pivotal direction during the trip sounds very complicated.

Can’t wait for it? Mack Packer Andy Samberg. He will start in forty two point six Years, a romantic comedy. Samberg was originally going to star opposite Gene Smart. Gene has now pulled out of it and has been replaced by five time Oscar nominee Annette Benning.

In forty two point six Years, we follow ben played by Mack Packer Andy Samberg, who, after an experimental procedure leaves him cryogenically frozen for forty two point six years, sets out to reconnect with his ex girlfriend played by Anette Benning. He has an age today. She’s lived an entire lifetime without him. John Mulaney was a guest on The Late Show with star Trek Ruin or Stephen Colbert. Laney told a story about visiting Graceland.

As the story goes, John Mulaney says, his son, Malcolm, who’s four, is a huge fan of Elvis Presley, because of course he is. John said, and I said to him, do you want to get a tour of Elvis’s house? And he was like, elvis House awesome. Laney says, we’re walking through, and the guy goes, we’re gonna show you some special spots because you’re performing here at Graceland. My son goes, I want to go on the roof.

They weren’t able to visit the roof. However, they were able to visit Elvis’s jungle room. Malaney said, we’re looking around and Malcolm goes, Dad, can I meet Elvis now? And it never come up. While listening to hound Dog, you don’t go, son, you know this guy’s dead.

Right then I realized all his grandparents aren’t alive, and he’s never had a goldfish, and he doesn’t know he’s about to find out in the jungle room at Graceland that everybody dies. Laney explained to his son, Elvis is in heaven now. His son said, why. John Mulaney, as he tells the story, said, sometimes when people are in their early forties and they have a job at a schedule a lot like daddy, and some of the same issues as Daddy, they go to the bathroom and they go to heaven. Wow, that’s pretty good.

Eddie Murphy winner of the fifty first AFI Life Achievement Award. Well Netflix will televise the fifty first AFI Life Achievement Award, a Tribute to Eddie Murphy on Netflix May thirty first. The award will be presented to Eddie Murphy in LA on April eighteenth. According to the AFI, Eddie Murphy is the most commercially successful African American actor in the history of the motion picture business and as one of the industry’s top five box office performers overall. W Camal Bell, Melissa Via Signor, and Joel Kim Booster are going to perform in San Francisco.

They’ll be at the Immigration Institute of the Bay Area hosting the tenth annual Comedy Night for immigrant rights. April thirtieth is that event Want of Pikes was on Charlemagne, the God. Charlemagne said, the thing I used to love about the Chris Rock Show, it was just full of uncomfortable truths. Even that whole era was full of uncomfortable truths. Right, do you think comedy’s still a ought to be that honest?

Are we in an era now where everybody wants jokes but they don’t want the truth that comes with it. Wanta said, no, you know what, I think You’re allowed to do it, but it’s just who wants to do it. You know what I’m saying. If I’m trying to fill an arena, you know what I’m saying, you can’t be that common. You gotta appeal to the masses.

And sometimes right now with the masses want to hear it’s ugly, you know, want to continue it to a lot of people like to be the critic. They want to be the police. It’s like, if you say something it might offend you, but you got to look at where that person’s coming from. You know, maybe their life, their perspective is different from what you know. Yeah, you’re offended, You’re not standing in my shoes you don’t see it from my perspective, so I think that’s what we’ve gotten away from.

I always try to punch up, but that’s me. However, she said, if you punch down and it’s funny, I’m gonna laugh. Apparently, the Shepherd Express is your home for comedy news. We’ve got back to back stories from The Shepherd Express. In story number one, they caught up with Maria Bamford.

She said, I think I have a trimmer and it makes everything seem like I’m nervous. But I don’t feel nervous. I just look like I’m afraid. Bamford said, I need to entertain myself, so that’s a shell just keep myself from being bored. She also added, my friendship with my sister.

I stopped doing jokes about her and now we’re best friends. Next thing, Maria Bamford would love to accomplish. I’d love to be on a TV show for five lines a week in a wig.

Meanwhile, Jackie Kashin also caught up with these Shepherd Express.

Jackie said growing up she wasn’t thinking of being a comedian. She said, I wanted to act. I think I certainly played a lot of what a FUNSI was on the Starship Enterprise and acted out of all the parts I’d watch that, I vaguely remember answering that I wanted to be a lawyer or a teacher of Forrest Ranger. When asked, I went to UW. Madison.

There was a comedy club. We went to it. I went to open Mic three weeks after seeing the show, and I was hooked. I don’t know how to explain it, but it felt like I was looking for stand up forever. She recalls a night in nineteen eighty four she went to a Madison comedy club, got drunk, heckled the comedian on stage, and he couldn’t shut me up, and sally for the rest of the audience.

I wasn’t kicked out. The club manager came over and said, open Mic is on Sundays now, will you shut up? And I did. The comic guy heckled Sam Kennison. How could Sam Kinnison not shut you down?

That seems hard to believe. I’m not gonna pull up. That seems hard to believe that Sam Kinnison couldn’t slam a heckler. Jackie said, comedy right now, it’s crazy out in the world and there are two kinds of comedy. I like seeing now very open about the things we’re all living through, mostly to relieve the pressure and to make people know they aren’t alone a crazy.

The other kind of comedy is just normal, driving, family, food and relationship material, which is the kind of fun comedy you just keep writing to matter what the situation. TJ. Miller keeps talking about the next Deadpool film. I think he wants to get back into that franchise. Supposedly, Ryan Reynolds told TJ Miller about it.

TJ said, I’ll say his idea for the next Deadpool film is like really good. You know, it’s really smart. He told me the idea. I kind of got hair on the back of my neck standing up because I was just like, I didn’t think you could do something that’s even more different than Deadpool and Wolverine. I don’t know what’s gonna happen, because he’s got a couple other projects going.

I mean, I always liked him and I always thought he’s the funniest. I mean, what are you gonna say, hey, Ryan, that’s a terrible idea. I hate your idea for the Deadpool movie. I don’t want to be at it, DJ said, Ryan is really a powerhouse in terms of the comedy and specifically Deadpool. He’s coming to be a real friend and he’s at our back and I’ve tried to have his because I mean, the Internet is just such an evil, cruel place, so despicable.

And let’s see what’s happening in Melbourne. So I have to work a day ahead for you Americans because the listener’s down Under by the time they get the show. If I’m not wearing a day ahead, they’re gonna be like, yeah, thanks John. That show started at thirty minutes ago. So Thursday at eleven thirty in the morning, it’s the Class Clowns National Grand Final.

Who will be crowned Australia’s funniest high school I like this a month long search for the country’s brightest young comedy talent. Class Clowns is a national secondary school comedy competition inviting young people to unleash their creative talents through stand up, sketch, musical comedy or physical performance.

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We can see a show and go home and go to bed. That’s great. It’s Australia’s Funniest Lawyers, featuring a lineup of criminal prosecutors, barristers, government regulators and corporate solicitors who, as you could tell, are the funniest people of the world. With those jobs, we are teld the lawyers turn comedians in this lineup of one and been nominated for numerous prestigious festival awards, appeared on TV, and have sold out festival shows nationally and internationally. That’s right, it’s America’s Funniest Lawyers.

Oh wait, Comedy Survivor forgot to tell you. It looks like Sebastian Maniscalco is in massive, massive trouble. As I’ve been skiving the Facebook group, looks like he’s going to go. So if you’re like, well, I want to save a Sebastian Maniscalco, I would get about twelve of your friends to vote for somebody else. But whoever you guys want to vote it off is fine with me.

What you do is you go to the Facebook group Daily Comedy News Podcast group and you’ll find the little drawing there and you’ll see a bunch of people have written the words Sebastian and Maniscalco.

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And that is your comedy news for today, See tomorrow.