Ricky Gervais Is Skipping the BBC Office Reunion

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Featured: Ricky Gervais, Mackenzie Crook, Martin Freeman, Louis C.K., Weird Al Yankovic, Dave Chappelle, Trevor Noah, Don Lemon, Kevin Hart, John Oliver, Tim Heidecker, Michael Che, Colin Jost

What’s in This Episode

  • Ricky Gervais skips BBC Office 25th anniversary documentary for solo YouTube special
  • Louis C.K. special ‘Ridiculous’ reviews
  • Weird Al Yankovic turns down AI commercial deal
  • Dave Chappelle visits San Diego mosque after mass shooting
  • John Oliver guest stars on General Hospital
  • The Onion launches Info Wars comedy content with Tim Heidecker
  • Kevin Hart Netflix roast controversy and racial joke disparity

Questions Answered in This Episode

Why did Ricky Gervais skip the BBC Office reunion documentary?

Ricky Gervais chose to create his own documentary celebrating 25 years of The Office on his YouTube channel (July 9th) instead of participating in the BBC’s official celebration, reflecting his drifting relationship with the BBC.

When is Ricky Gervais’s Office anniversary special releasing?

Ricky Gervais’s affectionate documentary about The Office will premiere on his YouTube channel Thursday, July 9th, 2026.

Did Weird Al Yankovic do an AI commercial?

No, Weird Al turned down a lucrative commercial deal for business software after discovering it was AI-related, saying he didn’t want to be the poster boy for AI.

Why did Dave Chappelle visit a mosque in San Diego?

Dave Chappelle visited the Islamic Center of San Diego to pay respects and show support for families affected by a mass shooting on May 18th that killed three people.

Is John Oliver appearing on General Hospital?

Yes, John Oliver guest-starred on ABC’s General Hospital, playing an integral character in the show’s ongoing storyline in its 64th year.

What is The Onion doing with Info Wars?

The Onion acquired Info Wars and is launching parody shows featuring Tim Heidecker that mock the previous owner and right-wing media, with plans to transition it into a comedy streaming platform.


Full Transcript

This transcript was automatically generated and may contain spelling and/or transcription errors.

Caloroga Shark Media. We’ll do spoilers for the Louis C.K. Special after the break. Okay, everybody, Hi, I’m Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News. Late Night is off this week, but I had the late bot write some jokes.

It’s so hot. Trump announced he’s building a wall to keep the heat out in New York City. Mayor MUMDONI wants to tax billionaires to cool down the city. The billionaires flew to their second homes and the Hamptons, which kind of proved his point. It’s so hot.

Nateprighatsy performed at another Trump event just for the air conditioning. And it is so hot that Louis C.K. Is not wearing pants. But to be fair, that’s not entirely weather related. Ricky Gervais has a big news story and I would tell you about it here, but I didn’t actually paste it into the script, and I could edit this out, but that’s no fun.

Where did you go Gervay’s story here? It is Ricky Gervas gives The Office co star reunion for solo anniversary show. I just find it’s more fun not to do the edits. A source told the Sun. Now again, that’s a new newspaper.

Sources don’t usually talk to the big yellow thing in the sky making things hot, but a source has told The Son that Ricky Gervas’s decision is a huge blow as it taints the BBC’s celebration somewhat. The BBC is making a documentary to celebrate twenty five years since The Office arrived. Mackenzie Crook and Martin Freeman, who played Gareth and Tim, which are roughly Dwight and Jim for you Americans, will reminisce about the sitcom in the BBC celebration. Ricky Gervais will not be part of it. He’s decided to film his own documentary.

The source speaking to the newspaper The Sun said it just sums up his lack of allegiance towards the Bebe, which has been drifting for some time now. A representative for Ricky Gervas told The Independent that Ricky was quote not available hogwash. Does Johnny Mac to take part in the documentary, but remains in contact with the BBC all the time about the Office. The BBC declined to comment. Jervas announced last week he’ll be celebrating twenty five years of the Office with a document entry on his own YouTube channel.

That version will appear Thursday, July ninth, which I’m going to add to my script right now before I forget. And that is good news for me because week after July fourth is a slow newsweek. Thank you, Ricky Gervas Sorry, BBC. Jerves rep told The Independent that Ricky’s YouTube content will be an affectionate look back at the Office on this big anniversary.

Meanwhile, the BBC’s Mackenzie Crook and Martin Freeman remember the Office.

That’ll be on BBC to an eyeplayer Wednesday, July eighth at ten pm. Johnny Mac once again says thank you because week after July fourth is a slow newsweek. Thank you guys, not only content but a controversy. This is fantastic. Can you guys fight some more, maybe say mean things about each other in the press, Please do not be civil.

Johnny Mac has content holes. Back in twenty nineteen, Ricky Gervas insisted he was still a fan of the BBC, but said I wish it wouldn’t bow down a pressure from media or from one complaint. That’s gotten worse and the days are gone. When people say we’re leaving it as it is, missioning editors are scared of being fired. How hot is it?

It’s so hot. I got to prop open the door here in the office before I pass out. For weird Al, it’s all about the integrity. Mister Yankovic told Syracuse dot Com that he’s not a big fan of AI, and he’s willing to put his money where his mouth is. Al says he was offered a quote nice pile of money to start a commercial for what he was told was business software that would increase productivity.

Al says that a week before we’re supposed to shoot it, I found out, Oh this is AI, and I thought, oh no, I can’t be the poster boy for AI. Forget it. Dave Chappelle visited a mosque in California where three people were killed in a recent shooting. He met with community members and encouraged support for the families affected by the attack. Dave’s official Instagram shared a video in which Dave traveled to the mosque to pay his respects.

On Monday, May eighteenth, a mass shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego left of security guarden to community members dead During his visit, Chappelle met with members of the congregation and highlighted ongoing fundraising efforts to support the victim’s families. Trevor Noah on his podcast had guests Don lemonon they started discussing the backlash surrounding Kevin Hart’s Netflix roast. Trevor Noah said, I felt like it was weird that all the black comedians that came on stage told jokes about the people who were there, but then a lot of the white comedians who came on told jokes about black people. I was like, wait, wait, wait, I thought it was the roast of Kevin Hart on your television today. If you’re watching General Hospital and you’re like, is that John Oliver it is.

There’s even a trailer. I’ve got to get Jocelyn out of Bindimer. Now my work is done. I completed the prototype. Nathan isn’t who he says he is.

John Oliver guest stars General Hospital on ABC. John Oliver had announced the casting on the June twenty eighth episode of Last Week Tonight. General Hospital. Executive producer Frank Valenti said in a statement, when John Oliver publicly threw down the gauntlet and said he wanted to appear on a soap. We didn’t hesitate for a second.

He was everything you’d hope for. Prepared, professional, funny, and genuinely kind everyone on set. He plays an integral character in the story and I can’t wait for fans to see Ross has pass with within Port Charles General Hospital is now on its sixty fourth year. You’ll find it on ABC and Hulu. John Oliver said, General Hospital was everything I hoped it would be.

It’s a true honor to be a small stain on the history of this illustrious show.


Also today, The Onion starts rolling out its first wave of official info Warsโ€ฆ

You may recall they acquired the property from the previous owner, Tim Hidecker, now the face of it. Idiker said, I think well SATs are gets old pretty quickly, and we don’t want to keep fueling previous owner. So the plan is to goof on him for a few months and have fun with it, and then transition the site into a comedy streaming platform for people that he would hate to see have success. Hidecker stressed this is a soft launch. He told Indy Wire everything will still live on the Onion because a standalone info Wars website and social media channel has yet to be set up.

The programming will be heavy on parodying previous owner and his right wing media counterparts. Iidaker says, we’re launching a couple shows. One is my extension of my emergency broadcast from a month or so ago, sort of a parody of the previous world. And we’re launching the Onions Jim Haggerty show that we’ve been teasing for a while now. That’ll all set the tone for the summer where this is heading.

Heideker said, I think it’s very much comedians and artists and creators I guess you’d say, who were using their experience and our experience with the Internet as the fuel and inspiration for their comedy. It’s very much people that are using the tools of social media and satirizing that are reflecting that on social media. Michael ja posted Happy b Day to my good buddy Colin Jessica Jost. I think back to all the stupid fights we had throughout the years, like when you came to work with that racist puppet, or when you kept doing Nazi salutest our fans on tour, when you got a first magazine cover canceled because I was making stupid faces, or when you insisted on getting or Kelly on the show, or when you took me to that whites only store, when you got us beat up at WrestleMania, or all the times I had to stand there and listen to you and Scarlet argue at work and I had to stand there and be like, okay. Or when Harry Styles gave us flowers and you gas lit me because I don’t think he likes me, and you got all mad because he got us the exact same thing.

You’re just being reverse racist again, Or that time when the FBI thought we were dating. None of that matters today, because we’re still pals and still the best update anchors besides Normantina, Amy, Jimmy Seth, Chevy Chain, Ackroyd Miller, Neilan and Quinn. And I’ll argue that with anybody. The remainder of today’s program will be reaction pieces to Louis C.K.’s new special. There will be spoilers.

If you don’t want to be spoiled, why don’t you come back tomorrow for everybody else. The Guardian gave it two stars out of five, their headline ridiculous review. Ridiculous is the name of the special. The Troubled Comedian returns with a whimper. Jesse Hassinger writes, Louis c.

K’s back again. It’s been nearly a decade since the comedian etcetera, etcetera. You know that story. It’s less a triumphant return than a gradual slinking back and unspoken assumption that no one really cares that much about his behavior. No particular defense or apology, just a shruggy emoticon.

A genuinely funny observation like I can’t be held responsible for what I dream. I’m not a good guy in my dreams doesn’t hit as squarely as it should, because we’ve already heard extensively about him doing bad guys stuff in real life. It’s also hard to avoid reading some moments intended as self deprecating or honest. Is when he talks about not having much sex recently and primarily dating woman in his own age, as a kind of tacit burnishing of his regular shrub cred, positioning himself as essentially harmless. Maybe this isn’t fair.

There are plenty comedians who haven’t been given the opportunity to assess whether the dark eyes being downplayed or set to the side for the sake of a funny bit. But it’s the reality Luis c K lives in the disconnect. The lack of shared reality accounts for some, but not all, of the specials halting on even quality. It has brilliant stretches to be sure. The review then gets into some specifics there and then skipping ahead elsewhere he relies on dopey shock laughs.

In past specials, at least some of those shocks would stemp more carefully from a logical progression almost trapping the audience, and a laughing at something taboo. Here, the set just feels like blunt, forced mischief, almost obligatory, and they’re pushing of some imagined envelope. Luis c K is clearly capable of more than this, and ridiculous as flashes of his writer’s flare for crystallizing what could be standard comedians laments into something more vividly relatable. For Slate, Imagen west Night writes, the material in this new special isn’t nasty and bitter as some of the material he was doing immediately after his cancelation was. It’s classic ck superficially offensive, but actually taking kind of gleefully a moral route to the morally defensible positions, and funny too.

You can tell from his on stage a fact that twenty seventeen is a long time ago from his perspective, But what about from hours as the audience. What is supposed to happen after somebody’s canceled. They’re things K could have done to an act of better redemption and didn’t. The problem is so much K’s big on television now, nine years after his disgrace. He was always going to return.

He’s simply too profitable and too famous to be put out to pasture. The problem is what he’s been doing in the interim. It’s giving ahead. I wonder how people would feel about it had he genuinely gone quiet and taken the long time he proposed in his initial statement about the accusations to step back and listen back. In twenty eighteen, Slate’s Christina Catterucci wrote this prediction.

Every time ck are one of his canceled peers re emerges, some people will get mad, but most people won’t. There will be other more pressing outrages to some other with energy, and before anyone fully grasps what’s going on. They’ll be back on tour or rolling through the credits of TV shows and movies with an ugly entry on their Wikipedia pages, but a growing bank account to sue that indignity, The rap writes, there’s no mention of Louis c. K’s once perceived downfall in this one hour comedy special, which finds the man a little older, not exactly wiser, but with a bit of a glint in his eyes, clearly enjoying his time on the stage. K’s audience eats out of the palm of his hand while he regals them with personal stories and his desire and never get plastic surgery to his face.

Variety says Ck is one of the most gifted and influential performers of his generation, and would remain so even if he never took the stage again. So when I say Ridiculous is a strong hour of material performed with practice expertise, it shouldn’t come as a surprise. Skipping ahead, Variety writes about Netflix, when the company stand up Zar, Robbie Prat sold my Variety colleague, this is just about giving subscribers an option, and that viewers have a decision to make about their own personal viewing habits. He was downplaying the decision Netflix itself made to re enter a business relationship with c K. The release of Ridiculous also culminates a tour that saw Ck make inroads with the kind of liberal coded publications that once covered his reputational nador with favorite write ups in both The Times and The New Yorker and Indie Wire, and gave the special acus.

They write in Ridiculous, the remnants of his former inquisitive, committed self were all but gone. His set doesn’t build enough to be rewarding in the aggregate, and his individual riffs keep stopping short of real wisdom. It’s terribly sad that Netflix is platforming Louis K again, just as it’s terribly sad that there are enough people attending his shows to make a return of mainstream media possible. It’s also sad to see Ck so trapped creatively and emotionally, but nowhere near as sad as knowing he physically and emotionally trapped others. Then he lied about it, got caught, and now carries on as if nothing happened.

I have not seen the special yet. It is Tuesday as I record this I’m trying to work ahead this week into the holiday weekend. It was my plan to watch the special on Tuesday night and include it one way or another in Sunday’s episode. Would be the top specials of the year so far, it’s I’ll probably on Sunday tell you what I thought of Louis C.K. Ridiculous now streaming on Netflix, and that is your comedy news for today.

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Nate Bargatze Is Being Called a MAGA Comic

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Featured: Bill Maher, Louis C.K., Whitney Cummings, Woody Harrelson, Jay Leno, Cheryl Hines, Nate Bargatze, Michelle Wolf

What’s in This Episode

  • Bill Maher receives Mark Twain Prize for Comedy at Kennedy Center
  • Bill Maher’s speech on censorship and Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn
  • Louis C.K. tribute to Bill Maher at ceremony
  • Nate Bargatze labeled MAGA comedian after UFC fight attendance
  • Michelle Wolf reflects on 2018 White House Correspondents Dinner
  • Kennedy Center ceremony attendance and atmosphere

Questions Answered in This Episode

Who won the Mark Twain Prize for Comedy in 2026?

Bill Maher received the Mark Twain Prize for Comedy at the Kennedy Center ceremony in 2026, which will stream on Netflix July 21st.

What did Bill Maher say about censorship at the Mark Twain Prize?

Maher criticized the left for wanting to ban Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn due to its racist language, arguing that the language serves to mock racism and that important creators get attacked by everyone eventually.

Why is Nate Bargatze being called a MAGA comedian?

Nate Bargatze was labeled a MAGA comedian after attending a UFC fight, and Instagram comments on his recent stand-up video referenced his previous UFC attendance, though the exact original controversy is referenced but not detailed in this episode.

Did Trump attend Bill Maher’s Mark Twain Prize ceremony?

No, Trump did not attend the ceremony, but Matt Friend performed an imitation of Trump on stage where he joked that Trump said he gets more laughs than Maher and demanded the award.

What did Louis C.K. say about Bill Maher at the ceremony?

Louis C.K. praised Maher for inviting him on his show when no one else would after his career took a downturn, calling Maher a good guy with a heart who helped him.

What did Michelle Wolf say about the 2018 White House Correspondents Dinner?

Michelle Wolf said she regretted not being meaner with her jokes and would have gone harder on the Trump administration and press if she had known how angry they would become over her makeup joke.


Full Transcript

This transcript was automatically generated and may contain spelling and/or transcription errors.

Caloroga Shark Media. If you don’t like the intersection of comedy and politics, then skip today. Otherwise, Hi, I’m Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News. Bill Maher, for some reason, received the newly unrenamed Kennedy Senators Mark Twain Prize for Comedy. Bill Maher said, now the President, when he is in attack mode, never fails to say that I’m part of the lunatic left.

Okay, he’s not wrong that there is one. I’m just not part of it. And I’m sure there is a lunatic right. And when either side gets mad at me because I put them in jokes, jokes that work, my message to them is simple, you want to not get mocked, stop being funny, then the jokes will work. When they’re ridiculous, they do work.

And when people laugh, you’re caught. Laughter is involuntary. It’s people’s inescapable truth detector, whether they want to believe or not. Before the ceremony, Mar talked to reporters about the possibility of Trump himself showing up. Mar said, because anything’s possible with him, that didn’t happen, but Matt fra came to the stage and imitated Trump.

Matt friend, Trump said I get so many more laughs than this guy and demanded the award. Bill Moore said, just take it. I’m used to losing awards, and then noted that he’d received forty one nominations but has continuously lost. Bill Moore said, I lost one year to the U log Is it something I said? It’s everything I said.

The ceremony featured many clips, including his time at ABC with Politically Incorrect, as well as his stand up specials and podcasts. Louis C.K. Was there. Louis C.K. Said, I am not a political guy.

I wrote one joke about Trump, but it took me about eighteen months. Now. I don’t even know if I can repeat this joke without getting a visit from people of Bill Maher, Louis C.K. Said, he’s not a guy who gives an f about what people think of him. My career took a downturn, but then I heard from Bill within it invites a buera on a show.

He offered me to help me when no one else would. And he’s a good guy. He has a heart. C K said, mar earned the honor by being a constant and hilarious force in American comedy. For many years.

Whitney Cummings said, I actually heard Trump may come tonight, but he couldn’t make it. He got caught in sex traffic. Bill Moore himself called out the left, noting recent efforts to censor Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn because it uses racist language. Mar said, the silly purists on the left want to ban it now, which just shows you if you hang around long enough and create something important enough, everyone ates you at some point, and that’s when you know you’re doing it right. His point there was that the racist language is in the service of mocking racism.

Bill Moore praised his audience, saying people say they want honesty, they don’t. They want to live in a bubble. They say they want to be challenged, They don’t. Except for my audience. They love it, and I love it for them, and I’m sorry.

I think it makes them better. Why because I don’t ask to please the audience. I ask what’s true, and they’re okay with that. They are a unique group of people who do not demand to be pandered too, and in fact want me not to do that. And has been the honor of a lifetime to try and lead a backlash to group think.

The event will stream on Netflix July twenty first. This is not quite the Conan O’Brien event of last year, Woody Harrelson said, people generally come up here and talk about how great the nominee is. But I’ve decided to be honest. I’ve known Bill a long time, since back when he was funny. I’ll say this, he is impeccable tastes and friends.

We’re both outspoken at our beliefs. I not only admire you, but you’re one of the funniest, smartest, greatest people I know. I love you, brother what He also joked about the center’s temporary name change there. Woody Harrelson said, no award for my dear friend, ironically the Trump Kennedy Center. Oh right, we fixed that, not say you’d be able to notice.

In case you don’t know, they still have scaffolding out front, so you can’t see the name at all. Jay Leno was there. I’m not seeing much about what jay Leno said or didn’t, And believe me, I looked because I even found that jay Leno stopped by an iconic DC Italian restaurant. That’s right, jay Leno was at Philamina restaurante. The restaurants shared photos of jay Leno’s visit as writing, look who’s dining at Philamina.

Jay Leno, the celebrated comedian, writer, and former late night host, is scheduled to be a guest speaker the Kennedy Center presenting Bill Maher with the Esteve Mark Twaine Award for American Humor. He thoroughly enjoyed his lunch today and left a sweet note for Joanna Philamina. For many years, Joanna has been a great fan of his. But if jay Leno had some jokes, I can’t tell you what they were. Bill Moore said, this really does mean a lot to me.

Believe me, when they called and said would you accept this? They didn’t have to ask twice. My speech tonight will be mostly thank yous, as it should be, so all the people who believed in me supported me, the fans who stood by me, because you know, once in a while I did get in a spot of trouble. He said he was most proud of staying on the air for thirty three years without ever pulling a punch on a show mostly without stars. Sylvie McNamara wrote for The washingtony and things felt weird at the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize.

Sylvie writes throughout the evening there were some laughs and a smitch of gayety, but overall was fairly sedate. Whole swats of balcony seats stood empty. Volunteer seat fillers meant to plump up the crowd for the TV cameras, were given the option to bring up to five guests. Whitney Cummings opened by describing how strange it is that Bill Moore would choose to be a political comedian as opposed to any other type. She compared it to a surgeon choosing corectal specialty.

Both involved spending one’s life examining a holes. Cummings added, if that metaphor was too weird, I have another one that can help you under sty and how masochistic it is to do what Bill Maher does. Being a politicalmedian is like being a sports commentator who chooses only to talk about the Washington Commanders that got a cheer from the hometown, or, as Bill calls them, the Redskins. Oh wait, this does have a j leto joke. Jay Leno said, for the second time, at our nation’s capital, there’s a big, beautiful Bill in Washington.

Boy, that’s awful. You know, the Kennedy Center was not Bill’s first choice, but the Playboy Mansion was unavailable. Jay leto everybody a little behind the scenes. Johnny Mac has a clogged ear, and I am struggling to do the show today because I’m trying to explain. I’m kind of in my own head when I’m speaking, so I don’t sound to myself the way normally sound.

It’s very annoying. Cheryl Hines has shown support for Mega comedian Nate Pergatzy. That’s right, we’re now describing Nate Pergatzy, who went to a UFC fight as Mega comedian Natepergatzy. So what did Nate do now? Well, he posted a short clip of live stand up performance on Instagram on Sunday, featuring Nate’s alone on stage talking about his experience trying to buy a hammock.

Cheryl Hines publicly liked the post. However, the most liked comment on the video, we are told, reads Nate, how is the carnival on the w h lawn. The second most liked says, we remember Maga comedian Nate forguests, everybody went to a UFC fight once, so did Chane Gillis. Michelle Wolfe was talking about her appearance at the twenty eighteen White House Correspondents dinner. Trump did not attend that dinner.

Michelle Wolfe said, if there was anything I could go back and do again, I would be meaner. If I’d known how mad they were going to get at a joke about I makeup, I would have told the meaner jokes that I cut so they could get mad at something that was actually valid. But also knowing what the administration has done and what they continue to do, I would have really gone in on them and the press more and try to hold them more accountable. Michelle wolf is now living in Europe, splitting time between Barcelona and London. What she likes about Spain, there’s no worry of shooting.

I feel like that’s a big one. Never having to do a school shooting drill. That just feels like a nice thing to not have to teach her children. Michelle believes in poking fun at both sides. She says, you could say anything, people are gonna get maybe mad at you for saying it.

Even if you have a well constructed argument, people might still get mad at you. You’re free to say something and people are free to be mad at it. Switching topics, all those podcasts bros I had had a Trump on and got them the presidency. I feel like now maybe they’re walking back on platforming, but it’s like you knew who this guy was. They oftentimes put information out there either don’t know if it’s true or not, or don’t care, and they don’t realize that they have a responsibility millions of people listening to you, and whether you want it or not, they believe what you say.

So many of those guys went to the inauguration and they just think it’s cool to be up there, and I’m like, it’s gross for me personally, no matter what the side was, I wouldn’t want to be piles with the president, whether they’re a Democrat or Republican. They’re droning children. George Carlin always did a really good job of calling out the political power rather than being piles with anybody. Would she returned to the White House Correspondents dinner If they did invite me, I’d be happy to go. I just think they’d have to know what to expect, but sure, give me that platform.

I’ll do another roast Michelle Wolfe living in Europe. I did squeeze some special in between the soccer games. We’ve been watching a lot of soccer. Ryan Hamilton Special is fantastic. I think I’m going to do my updated list on Sunday.

At the time of this sentence, I haven’t seen Louis C.K. Yet, but I think Sunday I’ll do the midway through the year list Holiday weekend and all. You know how the show goes. But Ryan Hamilton Special is fantastic, and the folks in the Facebook group seem to agree with me. See if you haven’t watched Ryan Hamilton on Netflix, very very funny special.

I also switched over to Dez Bishop on Hulu, and I think you know, Dez was a great guest, good guy, want to hang out with them, guy from Queens. But I think what we’ve seen of the Hulu specials is the Hulu specials, so just not up to the quality of the Netflix specials. Dez’s specials fine. I didn’t stay with it that long because I’ve been doing this long enough that I know the difference between a great special and a fine special, and that one’s fine. Trevor Noah has been praised by his fans after pointing out bias towards African and Middle Eastern teams during the World Cup.

Trevor Noah was sharing his thoughts on World Cup Watch Party, which apparently he’s on YouTube. I haven’t checked the numbers, but I haven’t seen much buzz about it. Let’s look, let’s see how that’s doing, all right. The South Africa versus Canada game from Sunday got two hundred and ninety eight thousand views. England versus Ghana got two hundred and eight thousand views.

Germany and Ivory Coast got two thirty one. All right, so he’s doing, you know, mid two thirties while we’re here. Let’s see how those YouTube late night shows are doing. Can’t remember what these are called. Right outside tonight with Julian Shapiro Brinam.

It is one twenty six pm on Monday, as I say this sentence, Oh boy, he had on Jamarcos Sarasi four days ago as I speak the sentence, and that has done sixty three hundred views. That is not that is not a good number. The premiere, which is eleven days ago as I speak the sentence is up to sixteen thousand. Those are not good numbers. And what’s the other one?

I can remember what the other one is called Ben Gleeb. I’m never gonna remember that. Goodnight with Ben Glebe, an episode from thirteen days ago, has seven hundred and eight thousand views, so that’s three times what Trevor Noah is doing sort of kind of in Goodnight episode five, the guest Dutton Ranches Natalie Allen Lynde, comedian Drew Lynch sixty four thousand. I don’t know are these good numbers? They don’t sound amazing.

I digress. Trevor Noah was sharing his thoughts about the World Cup and said, why is it that African teams in Middle Eastern teams have to answer for what their governments and countries are doing, but then European teams don’t have to do this. I’m not sure what his point was there, who he’s mad at or which country should be answering for what? The specific comment here seems to be about Iran having to leave the United States after each game. Send your letters to Trevor Noah.

David Letterman will make his debut at the Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. He will host an evening with David Letterman and special guest Will Arnett at the Place Day Arts. That is how it is announced in French Place Day Arts Concert Hall. July twenty first, that’s the Tuesday. I don’t know what I’m doing yet, so I screwed up.

You know the big free weird Awl concert that’s on Saturday, July twenty fifth. Well, my daughter is like, hey, why don’t you come visit me when July twenty fifth. Sure I’ll be there because you know your daughter asked you to visit, and You’re like, yeah, I’ll go.

And then I was like, oh, that’s when the weird Al concert is.

So I don’t know. Maybe I’ll go up for Letterman on the Tuesday night and stay for the Wednesday and do New Faces. I’m also considering not going at all. I don’t know. So again, this is an evening with David Letterman’s and special guest, which is totally different from his Netflix series.

My next guest needs no introduction, so we’ll see. That is your comedy news for today. We’re doing okay into the holiday here right. We’ve had pretty robust shows this week. Feeling all right so far as our record this.

I’ve gotten all that Louis C.K. Think pieces yet, so I imagine that’ll be Thursday’s show. So we’re doing okay, doing all right, And it’s July now, so you don’t have to share the show anymore. In fact, you’re not allowed to show the show. If you’re like, oh, the show’s so good, I got to tell someone.

Nope, nope, nope. You had a month you could have shared it. You didn’t. Now you’re not allowed. See you tomorrow


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