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Caloroga Shark Media. Hey, I’m Johnny Mack with your Daily Comedy News, daily briefing on stand up comedy, comedians and the comedy industry. A sentence the algorithm loves. Before we begin, two quick recommendations for you. I loved Derek Stroop’s new special on Netflix.
It’s called Nostalgic, if I recall correctly, really really fun, just as weird as Chris Fleming special is. This is straight down the middle, good jokes. Just throwing fastballs is right in the middle of the strike zone. Good hour. Check out Derek Stroop.
I also got around to Rooster on HBO. That’s the Bill Lawrence Show with Steve Carell, John McGinley, and even Jamie Tart from Ted Lasso shows up in this thing. I thought it was a lot of fun. I’m looking forward to watching more Roosters, so check those two out. Nikki Glaser will return as host of the Golden Globes.
The Golden Globes will be Sunday, January tenth, twenty twenty seven. That means Johnny Mack will have to work late on a Sunday, as I will have to do this weekend because Conan O’Brien is hosting the Oscars, and the Hollywood Reporter Conan had that big cover story and they got into the murders of the Reiners. You may recall Conan O’Brien hosted a holiday party in December that Robin Michelle Reiner attended the night before they were found stabbed. Conan told the Hollywood Reporter very simply, we had a party, we invited our really good friends, and then the next day this terrible thing happened. Whatever difficulties my wife and I have experienced having our name attached to her or nothing compared to the scale of the tragedy for the family and the loss of Robin Michelle.
If you’re a known person, your name’s going to getdragged into things sometimes. But it’s not a hardship. There’s only one sadness that they’re gone. Conan told the Hollywood Reporter he has not talked about the Rhiners on his own podcast because he felt that would be disrespectful. Conan has spoken about the Rhiners in a New Yorker profile in which Conan said, I knew Robin Michelle and then increasingly got closer and closer to them.
My wife and I were seeing them a lot. They were just such lovely people. And have that experience of saying good night to somebody and having them leave, and then to find out the next day that they’re gone. I think was in shock for quite a while afterward. It’s just so awful.
And I think how Rob felt things about that are happening in the country, how involved he was, how much you put himself out there and have that voice go quite in an instant. It’s still hard for me to comprehend switching gears. A new poll from NBC News showed who the People Trust. One thousand registered voters were asked their opinions of a whole bunch of people. Stephen Colbert finished second on the list.
First was Pope Leo, the fourteenth. In net favorability, Stephen Colbert earned thirty five percent positive ratings and twenty five percent negative ratings, giving him a plus ten net favorability score. Now, if he weren’t helping to ruin Star Trek, he’d probably do even better. But now he’s chosen evil, he’s ruining Star Treks. There was a time when I would have supported his candidacy, but now if he runs for office, I can’t have somebody who ruined Star Trek in office.
I’m sorry, sir, you blew it. Pope Leo had a plus thirty four net rating. In case you’re curre, some people not doing as well Marco Rubio minus seven, jd Vance minus eleven, AOC minus eleven, and the President of the United States at minus twelve. Rob Schneider has a theory. Schneider was on Bill O’Reilly’s podcast and floated a theory that people like Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert are being controlled by women.
That’s right, these women are making Jimmy and Steven thrash the president seemingly on a nightly basis. Bill O’Reilly asked Rob Schneider why Jimmy Kimmel and others seem to vilify the president. Rob Schneider equated it to liberal women who have lost their minds that are controlling these men. One of the possible contributing factors is that Jimmy Kimmel’s wife is the co head writer on his show. Rob believes, I think that’s completely ruined him.
He has that thanks to missus Kimmel, Kimmel has no testicles. Ricky Gervaise has denied telling a joke linked to the suspension of a nurse. Yeah, this gets all kinds of weird really quickly. James the nurse is accused of saying a sexualized remark to a colleague that I’m not going to repeat. James the nurse said he was just repeating a joke from Ricky Gervas.
Ricky Gervais has said on his Twitter account that Ricky has never said anything like this in a sketch, screenplay, stand up or privately. A panel has determined that the language I don’t want to repeat has no place in a professional healthcare setting. They said it was capable of causing shock and distress to colleagues, risk reputational damage to the profession, and was inconsistent with the standards expected of registered nurse. Deadline caught up with Ali Sidik. Sadiq noted that when people make lists of top comics, he’s never really brought up, and he asks, but who has a better body of work?
He put out three specials last year which have accumulated over twenty four point two million views. He is frustrated that the industry disregards work that is self distributed. He said, what difference does it make where specials at if people enjoyed it and it’s good work. Back in twenty eighteen, he released the special It’s Bigger Than These bas Ours with Comedy Central. Said he went to promote it on Instagram and was flagged for copyright infringement on his own work.
He said, I didn’t like that feelings. I decided I just want to put out my own stuff these days, it would take a significant amount of money and a significant amount of negotiation about ownership to entertain a deal from a streamer. He says, Realistically, I don’t foresee it, and I’m just floating on my own cloud. Gossip Conna, Spoons in the Street, Gossip Conna, Robby Bobby, Gossip Conna, Where the Rooms me with Johnny mag It’s always a cheese. We haven’t been on Gossip Corner a while, but saiday, I have three items for you.
Item number one. If you’re wondering, hey, is Russell Brand dead? Russell Brand is not dead. Apparently, this rumor goes back to a tweet from Dan Bungino. He posted, there won’t be another one of the saddest days of my life.
He was just different, and everyone who knew him knew it may God rush soul. That was accompanied by a picture of Dan Bongino, Russell Brand, and Charlie Kirk. But because it’s Russell Brand in the center of the picture, a lot of people thought it was about Russell Brand. It is not. It was about Charlie Kirk.
Our second item on Gossip Corny Chelsea Handler is back from a romantic getaway with her new mysterious boyfriend. Apparently they met at the blackjack table at the Cosmopolitan. As Chelsea Handler told the story to the Las Vegas Review Journal, I had to ask this guy sitting at a blackjack table who was wearing a cowboy hat. He had had a lot of chips, like thousands of dollars. I was like, hey, buddy, can I borrow a thousand dollars?
I’m gonna start winning right away? And he was like, yeah, absolutely, So he gave me a thousand dollars. Well, she did start winning, she explains, I paid him back another thousand just for interest, which I ended up taking back at the end of the night because I said I don’t think he deserved that. She has nicknamed him Cowboy. That’s all we know about him so far, and some gossip sites are reporting that Tracy Morgan was irritated as Tracy Morgan was film struggling to get out of his Ferrari and he had a new woman by his side.
As the story goes, Tracy Morgan needed assistance exiting his low sitting sports car in New York City. There’s a fifty one second video posted on Twitter by at Kill a Crew, Kill a Crew with a K where he’d normally put the c’s and two w’s. At the end, we see Tracy Morgan grip the doorframe for support. A man at a dark suit approaches and extends his hand to assist Tracy Morgan. The man pulls on Tracy Morgan’s arm to help him emerge from the vehicle.
The woman gets out on her own stands nearby. After a few seconds, Tracy Morgan is able to stand, but remains bent at the waist, steadying himself on the car before fully straightening up. This is all believed to be related to the injuries from his Horrible, Horrible twenty fourteen accident. You may recall Tracy Morgan was involved in a multi vehicle collision on the New Jersey Turnpike when a tractor trailer re ended the limousine bus Tracy Morgan was riding in. Tracy had significant injuries at that time.
Hope he’s doing well. Bobby Lee has announced a tour artist pre sale today at ten a m. General pre sale tomorrow. It is called Bobby Lee The Finally. Tour kicks off in Detroit April twenty fourth.
It’ll hit a bunch of places including Chicago, Toronto, Houston, Washington, DC, Atlanta, and more. The trailer for the formerly untitled Will Ferrell golf series has been released by the Netflix. Is that serie is no longer untitled. It is now called The Hawk, which refers to Will Ferrell’s character, Lonnie the Hawk Hawkins, a fictional golf legend. In The Hawk, Lonnie Hawkins two thousand and fours, number one golfer struggles on the back nine of his career to recapture his magic.
Hmm is that a metaphor? His body says retire, but his heart says he’s not done yet. His ex wife and his son, Lance, Golf’s new Golden Boy, no, he’s through, but with one more major to win to complete Golf’s Grand Slam, Lonnie refuses to believe he’s anything other than one stroke away from the greatest comeback in golf history. I’m gonna predict I’m gonna really hate this and everybody else’s going to really love it. Molly Shannon stars as Lonnie’s foul mouthed ex wife Stacy.
Some other people who appear in This Thing or Fortune Feamster, Luke Wilson, Chris Parnnil, and David Hornsby. You may know David from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Will Ferrell was sidelined for a bit in November. He suffered a minor injury off set. We don’t know what it is, but it did keep him from filming a few scenes.
We’re seeing producers to rearrange the schedule. According to TMZ, Amazon has announced a new special from Country Wayne. It is called Nostalgia, which I think is what Derek Stroop special is called. Isn’t it Well? The Country Wayne Nostalgia video will be on Prime on March twenty third.
Nostalgia is full of funny and hilarious moments mixed with the truth, gives that nineties feel. Isn’t that Derek Stroop special? No, because this one is in the deaf jam style. Of comedy. Did I imagine that?
I reported like last year Country Wayne was quitting comedy. Did I imagine that? Why would I imagine that? Yeah? July thirty, first, twenty twenty five, Country Wayne makes major in life announcement when it comes to stand up comedy.
My last show will be October fourth at the Cobb Energy Center in Atlanta. From my Amazon special Fascinating Met Your Comedy News for to Day? What’s Today? Today’s Thursday, It’s your last chance to vote for this week’s comedy survivor. Go to the Facebook group Daily Comedy News Podcast Group.
There’s a list of comedians there. Vote one of them off and I’ll see you tomorrow.