Colbert’s ‘Only in Monroe’ Return, CBS Takedowns, Chelsea Handler Comedy Controversies

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Featured: Stephen Colbert, Jack White, Byron Allen, Eminem, Steve Buscemi, Jeff Daniels, Tim Dillon, Chelsea Handler, Kevin Hart, Ben Gleib

What’s in This Episode

• Stephen Colbert’s ‘Only in Monroe’ return to community access TV the night after Late Show ended
• CBS issuing copyright takedown notices on Colbert’s Only in Monroe episode and subsequent backlash
• Late Show series finale viewership numbers compared to David Letterman’s finale
• Times of London comparing Tim Dillon to Stephen Colbert as new face of late night comedy
• The viability of late night talk shows on streaming platforms versus traditional TV
• Chelsea Handler backlash over criticizing racist jokes at Kevin Hart roast
• Ben Gleib’s upcoming ‘Good Night’ YouTube show and the future of topical comedy on streaming

Questions Answered in This Episode

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Full Transcript

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Caloroga Shark Media. Hey here, I’m Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News. Back in the basement. Back to normal episodes and no more pre tapes. Let’s catch up Stephen Colbert.

The night after his show ended, he returned to television. Did you see this? He showed up on public access television he hosted only in Monroe, a community access program in Monroe, Michigan. Here’s Stephen Colbert. Hello, Also welcome, It’s time for another edition of on LIA Monroe.

I’m your guest host Stephen Colbert. Long asime viewers of OLYA Monroe may remember that back in July of twenty fifteen, I filled in for the usual hosts Michelle Bauman and Kailanie Ray Rafco Wilson. Still not sure how many people that is since I was last here in Monroe, Michigan, and I spent eleven years as the primary host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS, which came to an end last night. It’s been excruciating twenty three hours without being on TV. So I am grateful to be able to be here on Monroe Community Media before they also get acquired by Paramount.

Truly a joy to be back in Monroe, Michigan. I had such a great experience the last time I was here to take a micha gander, that I just had to come back Michigan. Plus, legally speaking, Monroe is the only place in the world where you can make the show only in Monroe. It’s just like how champagne must be made in France’s Champagne region, or Milwaukee’s best must be made in Milwaukee by drinking an actual beer and then peeing it into a can. Are they sponsors?

Only in Monroe? Covers the happenings of Monroe, a town of about twenty thousand people roughly forty miles southwest of Detroit. The show’s regular hosts Michelle and Kai where his first guests, Jack White, who grew up and Detroit, served as the musical director, playing songs on a boombox. Stephen called Byron Allen and got him on the phone. He made an appearance, and so did Eminem Eminem, also from Michigan.

Steve Bushemi made a cameo and what he called a public service announcement for a local restaurant, Buschemy’s pizza and subs no relation. Colbert Taste tested Monroe style chili dogs and made peanut butter, potato chip and barbecue sauce sandwiches with the actor Jeff Daniels, who lives in Michigan. This is pretty elaborate to have happened the night after the Late Show wrapped up. Now. Interestingly, Colbert has hosted Only in Monroe before, he hosted it in twenty fifteen, a few months before taking the Late Show over from David Letterman.

That time, he also interviewed the host of Only Monroe and had Eminem on the show, who he called a local Michigander who was making a name for himself in the competitive world of music. So how did CBS react. They put up takedown notices and boy, they just looked so petty and lame, and people made fun of them on the internet. I don’t think anybody at CBS cares about anything. It was also last week the last broadcast of CBS News Radio.

H boy, CBS, what have you done to your brand? So as soon as Only on Monroe showed up on YouTube social media, onlookers noticed that Paramount Skuidance, the parent company of CBS, and I will point out Star trek Ruiners, had issued takedown claim citing breach of copyright. CBS had to react to this. A spokesperson told Variety Stephen Colbert’s return to Monroe in the Only on Monroe episode was financed and produced by CBS Studios and was posted on Stephen Colbert’s YouTube channel in collaboration with Monroe Comedian Media and the Late Shows YouTube channels. As is our regular practice, we send copyright notices to unauthorized websites that post copyrighted content from CBS and our network slash studio talent, such as Stephen Colbert.

The network set had decided to waive further enforcement of what it called a standard industry practice. The series finale of The Law drew six point seven to four million viewers on Thursday night. That is up from the Q one average of two point six nine million viewers. When Colbert premiered in twenty fifteen, he had six point five to five million viewers that night. Times have changed, but as a comparison, the final episode of Late Show with David Letterman drew thirteen point seven to six million viewers.

In a Facebook group, a regular contributor Dylan asked he was curious what I thought of the finale, and I don’t think anything of it. It just had no impact on me. You know, it’s clearly a big thing, but like Colbert’s entire tenure on The Late Show, I didn’t watch it, didn’t hate it, wasn’t interested in it. And again you hear me host the show every day. I clearly like the idea of Late Night.

I’d probably seen fallon I don’t know twice Kimmel. I don’t think I’ve ever watched an episode of Kimmel. Maybe I’ve clearly seen clips and excerpts, but I don’t think of that actually ever put Kimmel on. So Colbert, I mean I watched the clips while I was in London. I had taped the whole thing on the DVR, and like, I don’t even feel motivated to watch the whole thing, Sorry everybody.

So yeah, and from what I’m seeing online, people were just kind of like, yeah, it was okay.

Speaking of London, the Times of London put out this headline why Maverick co…

I want to say, tap the brakes, but they may have a point. Their subhetter. As the Late Show host makes his eggsit a new crop of comics. It’s poised to replace him with a modern brand of humor fit for the Internet age. They recapped a recent Dylan episode.

I listened to a few episodes of Tim on the Plane. I think the show’s not quite as good as it was two years ago, but it’s still When Tim’s on, he’s on. I just find that he’s on less often. The Times rights for this episode. It was not a late night talk show monologue.

It went on for an hour, seemed to come straight off the top of his head, and was posted on social media rather than broadcast on TV. Donnie Zoldan, I know Donnie. I know him personally. He owns stand up in New York. He’s quoting this thing he said.

The Daily Show, they do their take. Bill Maher does his thing every week, John Oliver does his thing. Tim Dillon does it his own way. It’s quite different from anyone else. Jeffrey Cole as an upcoming book called Disruptors at the Gate colds all the times younger people aren’t watching late night TV.

They may see clips on YouTube. Cole said, we know the traditional format hasn’t worked on streaming yet. Chelsea Handler did a show similar to her talk show, it didn’t work. The article also name checks the Apple TV version of The John Stewart Show. Cole said, we’re going to see innovation, but it’s gonna have to be something different than just the band and the Johnny Carson studio.

Just having a band is probably three million dollars a year. The article also quotes Jimmy Kimmel from last year’s Bloomberg screen Time conference, where kim Will talked about YouTube and said YouTube pays nothing. YouTube gets to sell it and keeps half the money. It’s quite a deal for them. It really is.

Coming up later this week is good Night with Ben Gleib on YouTube. Bill Carter said of Glebe show, it will have a band and we’ll have guests. It’ll be on YouTube. They’re saying, we think there’s life in the genre. They have an audience that’s growing enormously.

I think it’s of the viability of doing a show that is topical. Chelsea Handler not the most popular person these days. The headline Chelsea Handler faces backlash after criticizing racist jokes at Kevin Hart Roast mentioned this the other day while standing on a street corner in Scotland. By the way, shout out to Ryan. Ryan lives in Edinburgh and is a listener and when he heard me on a street corner, he reached out to me invited me out for a drink and I wish the show was live because I was already back in London by the time I got the email.

But Ryan, thank you was great connecting with you on the side, and if I make it up that way again next year, I will definitely reach out to you. I was in London for a podcast conference last week and I shot up to Scotland for the day on Friday. Most people like are you insane? And like, I, look, I’ve been to Australia and I’ve been to Antarctica. A four hour train ride with Wi Fi does not scare me.

Chelsea Handler had called out Shane Gillis and some others for their jokes at the Kevin Hart roast. Chelsea apparently completely unfamiliar with what as is. She was on Dion Cole’s podcast with the just terrible hackey name funny knowing You, get it, get it. See it’s you know, it’s funny knowing you and it’s comedy and it’s a Dion dude that is a terrible name. Let me read this sentence verbatim quote.

Handler called Gillis’s lynching joke, Kevin is so short you’d have to lynch him from a bonside tree. Worse than reap. That’s right, that joke is worse than reap, according to Chelsea Handler. Chelsea Handler told Dion Cole she’d received messages on social media about Shane Gillis and Tony Hinchcliff from their alleged former partners. That’s interesting.

Handler was asked what these is alleged former partner said, Andler said, just everything. We know that they’re racist, that they’re bigots, their sexist. Gillis had told The Hollywood Porter, this is a big moment for Chelsea. I’m glad she’s capitalizing. Good for her.

We’re all rooting for her anyway, Come see me. July seventeenth, at the Football Stateium in Philly, there was a New York Post opinion piece, and that columnist Kristin Fleming took a shot at Chelsea Handler a q Chelsea Handler of trying to become quote, the new white savior who speaks for all black people. Fleming’s theory is that Handler felt upstaged and wrote the abrasive abortion enthusiast has deputized herself the head of the joke police. How rich is that? Fleming then added that Chelsea’s shtick about being a liberated motherless, alcoholic, loose lady is getting old.

Comedian Steve Byrne weighed in. Steve burn said, I personally know Shane and Tony aren’t racist. In fact, I don’t think Chelsea’s racist. Sure, she’s got a long history of promise. Quie in Affinity for Day Drinking publicly stated she’s prescribed a healthy dose of antidepressants, rumored to be awful to work for or with, has a punch card to a plastic surgeon, accused of punching down in her comedy, never been married and had kids and lives alone in her fifties.

Had dinner with Jeffrey Epstein. But come on, gang, she’s not racist. Wow, And we are long this morning and especially during quiet week, But I’ve got more controversy for you. Robbie Hoffman hit with backlash over controversial comments about Celiac disease. Robbie Hoffman went on Alex Cooper’s podcast.

Cooper proposed a game in which she would give Robbie Hoffman a scenario, and Robbie Hoffman would decide whether it qualifies as great or deserving of jail. The topic went to people who are allergic to gluten. Robbie Hoffman apparently said, quote, is it real, Like I want to see the outbreak? I want to pick up a role. We’re having roles tonight, just a bag of rolls.

I don’t care if it’s the Hawaiian roll, whatever role. Okay, I don’t care if it’s a dinner roll. Butter it up and let’s see. Hoffman then explained she expects a person with Celia Act disease to have a reaction similar to Will Smith in the two thousand and five comedy Hitch. Hoffman said, if it’s not Will Smith blowing up in Hitch, I don’t know.

Alex Cooper agreed, saying it does seem kind of recent. No one was allergic gluten in our classes growing up. Hoffman said, it’s just I got to see everyone is suddenly celiac by the way they’re coming for us, And fine, I believe you. I’m also joking. That’s what I want to know with these people.

Is it an analogy or preference in case you don’t know. Celiac disease is an autoimmune condition where the immune system reacts to gluten, sometimes causing damage to the small and testin. I can tell you it is real. One person on social media wrote, really loved the part where Robbie Hoffman says the disease destroying my intestinal lining isn’t real. Gossip Conna whispers in the street, Gossip con probably repe gossip Conn where the rumors meet with Johnny Mac.

It’s always a tree. Gossip Connor Wlis Business tree, Gossip Cone, probably gossip cone where the rooms meeting with Johnny macsoll in the tree. Kevin Hart spotted in Las Vegas over a Memorial Day weekend. TMZ says Kevin and wife we’re living it up at the Omnia Day Club, Las Vegas. The couple was spotted leaving the wind before making their way over to Caesar’s Palace.

DJ Fisher had the place going nuts with booming party tracks, drinks flowing NonStop, and crowds packed shoulder to shoulder. TMZ says Kevin was super friendly with fans, chatting and happily interact with people who came up to him.

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Meanwhile, Adam Sandler being spotted a lot in Vancouver.

Dwayne Notice is a guard playing for the cebl’s Vancouver Bandits. He also co hosts the Scene DMS podcast. He said, after practice, our president Dylan Kolar came over to me. He was like, I actually got invited to this run with Adam Sandlor, but I can’t make it, and he asked me that you want to do it. It’s right now.

I sped over and when I went there, it was pretty cool. Man. Notice then teamed up with a dramatic actor, Adam Sandler for a three on three run around. Notice said, Sandlor has a high IQ. He’s throwing me lobs, He’s throwing me bounce passes, he’s throwing behind the back passes.

He’s funny man like, he’s got a real nineties baller in him. After he won each game, he’d be like, yo, like losers off. Who’s next? Is like damn, you don’t even want a water even I was getting a little tired. Notice played with Sandler last Wednesday and again Thursday afternoon.

Why is Sandler in Vancouver? He’s filming his latest movie, Time Out, a psychological thriller, a remake of the similarly titled French film from two thousand and one.

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Meanwhile, John all of Her was in Baltimore.

Hi, there, it’s John Oliver here at campdend Yadd’s me and my kids just came down here. Pete Alonzo was nice enough to say hello before the game. Were the fantastic time. Let’s go hose and Drew Carrey is getting in on the LA mayoral election. He is not happy with candidate Spencer Pratt.

He called Spencer Pratt a serial scammer. Mister Carrey suggests anyone who votes for or endorses Spencer Pratt from mayor of LA needs to get their head out of their ass. I understand being angry, slash unsatisfied, but at least get behind someone competent and add some serial scammer without a soul or moral compass. F this guy already. Send your letters to Drew Carey care Of The price is right and that is your comedy news for today.

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