Jamie Foxx Inside the NBA Impressions; Theo Von and Matt Rife defend Morgan Wallen; James Corden’s World Cup Late Night

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Featured: Jamie Foxx, Tracy Morgan, James Corden, Rio Ferdinand, Ian Carmel, Will Ferrell, Morgan Wallen, Theo Von, Matt Rife

What’s in This Episode

• Jamie Foxx Inside the NBA impressions of Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Shaq, and Kenny
• Tracy Morgan receives inaugural Flip Wilson Award at AAFCA TV Honors in August
• James Corden’s FIFA World Cup on Fox After Hours late night show premiering during tournament
• Will Ferrell named official community ambassador for Los Angeles World Cup 2026
• Morgan Wallen cancels Pittsburgh concert due to severe weather and tornado warnings
• Theo Von and Matt Rife defend Morgan Wallen’s concert cancellation decision

Questions Answered in This Episode

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Full Transcript

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Caloroga Shark Media. I almost say you for a free slurpey, but it’s not seven eleven. It’s six eleven. Hello Shohnny Mack with your Daily Comedy News. Everybody is hopped up on New York Knicks basketball.

How could you not be? And my former co worker Jamie Fox, a very very underrated impressionist, broke out this whole uh can I called a skitch. He brought out impressions of the guys on inside the NBA. You know, Ernie Shack, Charles Barkley. Here’s Jamie Fox.

Thirteen of sixteen. Here of the garden. I’m here, they’re there, We’re all here. Shaq is here, Charles is here, Kenny’s here. What do you think Shaq at so we’ll I don’t know what the he said, but we’re here here of the garden.

They’re going off. It’s great here in the garden right now here with the New York Knicks. Everyone to your ben Steelers here typically chaloon as their spike leeds. There. Everyone is here in the garden.

We’re here there there, We’re gonna be here. We’ll be here all night. They’ll be there all night. What do you think? Uh?

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Will be right back, Kia, right here in the garden. And congratulations to major New York Knicks fan Tracy Morgan. Normally this would make the second half of the podcast, but since we’re in Nick’s mood, I will tell you in the two slot that Tracy Morgan will receive the inaugural Flip Wilson Award at the eighth annual A A f C, A t V Honor Ceremony. It’s a new prize, and the press release explains that the Flip Wilson Award recognizes individuals whose comedic artistry and cultural impact continue the legacy of the groundbreaking entertainer and television pioneer Flip Wilson. Morgan will receive the special honor at the awards ceremony, held on Saturday, August eighth, at City Club LA in downtown LA.

It’s a good thing that it’s not until August, because he’s going to be at a parade in New York City very soon. The World’s Cup kicks off today and along with it we get a new late night show at least for a month or so. Premiering tonight is FIFA World Cup on Fox After Hours with James Cordon. That’s right. FIFA World Cup on Fox After Hours with James Cordon features James Cordon in a quote fun, high energy and comedic celebration of the world of the FIFA World Cup trademark.

The show will air throughout the tournament at midnight local time on Fox, falling all the action of the day with FIFA World Cup legend and former England national team captain Rio Ferdinand and comedian Ian Carmel joining James Cordon in studio for FIFA World Cup on Fox After Hours with James Cordon. Not sure a midnight time slots gonna work for me? A Fox suit said, the show is the perfect edition to our programming lineup, and we’re looking forward to capping off the day on Fox in a way that only James and his team can deliver. Four fans. FIFA World Cup on Fox After Hours with James Corden What a Terrible Name?

Will originate from Los Angeles on the Fox Studio lot and Spotlight the tournament’s most talked about moments and storylines of the day. Yeah, are you guys gonna talk about the new Jersey Transit mess? Are you gonna talk about that? Are you guys gonna talk about the overpriced tickets? Are you gonna talk about the half empty stadiums?

I call bluff on FIFA World Cup on Fox After Hours with James Cordon. Let me know when you talk about the new Jersey transit story, and I’ll be happy to comment on what you comment about. I digress. Each show will feature surprise guest appearances from some of the biggest names in pop culture, and of course the beautiful Game. Oh there’s more.

Fox wants us to know from people inside and around each of the forty eight teams competing in the tournament, who have compelling stories. To the fan who goes viral on camera that means they’re gonna have the German guy. Have you been following the German on Twitter? Some German guys been traveling like the Southeast and discovering things like waffle House, and he’s all impressed by all the things the United States of America has to offer to Germans anyway. From people inside and around blah blah blah to the team dog who becomes a good luck charm, and much more.

FIFA World Cup on Fox After Hours with James Cordon. All camps, by the way, will be immersed into the fabric of the tournament. Diehard soccer fans and casual supporters alike. We’ll be in bed before midnight and join in for the excitement for the world’s biggest sporting event taking place right here, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Fox says the show will be built around James Cordon’s lifelong soccer fandom, and you can tell by the way he calls it soccer.

Gordon describes the idea what we’re gonna try and do is make it feel like you couldn’t meet up with your friends at a bar that night. We’ll be there to have some fun. Anyway, if you want to stay up late tonight and I’m going to bed after staying up late for those New York Knicks, and then tomorrow night, I got to stay up late to watch Team USA. Who’s Team USA playing Paraguay? Right Anyway, if you want to stay up and watch FIFA World Cup on Fox After Hours with James Gordon All Caps.

It will be on tonight after the exciting Korea versus Chechia game. By the way, can we take a time out here. When I came into the studio today, I thought I had nothing. I’m going to tell you a couple of minutes that I googled one more thing and found a Mark Maron interview that gave this episode a little length. But so far, five six minutes in, I’m kind of happy with this one time in.

One of the soccer ambassadors this month will be Will Ferrell. He is an official community ambassador for the Los Angeles World Cup twenty twenty six. In a news release, Will Ferrell said, I’m here to support the host Committee’ efforts and cheer loudly for the country he’s playing in the tournament. I promise not to jump in as a goalkeeper unless it’s absolutely necessary. Let’s make this tournament unforgettable for Los Angeles.

I personally find Will Ferrell annoying. Morgan Wallen upsets some people. To just see what happened, So Morgan Wallen was going to play. By the way, he’s one of those people like Kathy Griffin that anytime his name comes up, there’s always like a controversy. I saw Kathy Griffin’s story what I was putting the show together today, I was like, I’m not doing that.

I’m just I’m tired of her. Who’s the other one, Michael Rappaport, Rob Schneider. I mean, there’s just always controversy around these people. Morgan Wallen has stirred it up. You see.

He was supposed to play a concert Saturday night in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the second show of the weekend, but Wallen and his team announced that it was canceled early in the day because of stormy weather in the area. All Right, I mean, can’t blame the guy. He doesn’t want his fans to get struck by lightning. I don’t think that’s absurd.

Here’s the thing, the weather. I wanted to say, the weather didn’t cooperate. The weather did cooperate and was nice, so fans posted shots of sunny skies and they were annoyed that he didn’t have the concert. That said, within about an hour of where the concert was going to be, there were six tornadoes. So it’s not total crazy talk.

Why are you bringing this up, John, because it was a conversation topic between Theo Vaughn and Matt Rife. Now Vaughn is actually featured in the opening video skit On the Still the Problem tour, Matt Raife talked about his own decision to cancel a show because he ended up in the hospital from a lack of sleep and that got backlash. Vaughn related that story to Wallin’s situation with Riife, saying he’s not a meteorologist. It’s not up to him. He’s doing the best he can and people just say, won’t cut him a brake.

Both Theovonn and Matt Riife noted what would have happened had Wala not canceled the show and then there was a tornado. Theovon joked, you can’t be on stage saying, guess I’m the problem. And people are getting hit by lightning. There’s a twister just throwing people up on stage. People are passing you by in the air.

Rice said, you can’t please everybody. Man. Oh no, my wife just got home from work and I was vamping. All right, I’m going to take the commercial break here, but when we come back, you’re going to say I’m not as good very pack. Okay, I’m back on the Hill.

That’s basically like a starting pitcher coming back out after rain delay. But it did affect where I was going to put the brake right, so I mentioned earlier. Sometimes when I put together the show, I think it’s a slow news day and I google one more thing, and I found this wonderful Mark Marin interview with Variety. But now I’m going to save it for tomorrow because I was able to get some length out of the court bit. Jim Gaffigan never confused for somebody cool or somebody who would call someone back who helped them earlier in their career.

You know what he did yesterday? He was signing bottles of his bourbon. That’s not exactly Timothy Shalomey sitting courtside at the New York Knicks playoff game. You know what I’m saying. Jim Gaffigan was at Bulldog Liquor on North Division Street signing bourbon bottles.

The bourbon is described as rees with love and discipline and heavy oak barrels undisturbed by children or the stress of parenting. Jim did that before performing a concert.

Meanwhile, much cooler.

The Southern Tier Brewing Company is teamed up with the National Comedy Center on a new beer. The new beer will support ALS Research. It’s called bit by Bit Blonde al see what they did there. Bit by Bit Blondelle is a limited release five point one percent blonde. Aale that’s a little high there, you know, uh, you know, that’s one of the things I factor in when I go out, you know, to look at that APV.

It’s not terribly high. You know, where was I recently I had? Where was I? I had? Like the most delicious Basic Miller light on tap?

It was delicious. Bit by Bit Blondale is a limited release five point one percent Blondale created a raise funds and awareness for ALS Research. The beer’s name draws inspiration from the comedy bits that have brought people together for generations. You didn’t have to tell this that in the press release. We knew that.

Brandon Hank is the brand manager at Southern Tier, and mister Hank says, we’re honored to be partnering with the National Comedy Center for Bit by Bit. Craft beer has always been about community, so having the ability to raise funds for a great cause is truly special. Bit by Bit is available at all Southern Tier Brewing Company tap rooms the National Comedy Center and select local retailers. Now, because I shuffled the deck here, I’m now looking at the second half here, and I’m one story short. So let me this one got bounced.

Let me tell you about Startrek Ruinner patent Oswald, he told Forbes about the best career advice he’s ever received. He said, there are two pieces of advice. Actually, one is don’t get too high on the highs and don’t get too low on the lows. You’ll have both, and both can hurt you if you don’t handle them correct. You get way too high.

That can mess you up just as much as you can mess up by going I’m never going to get out of this bit. It’s up and down. Then the other one is every day’s a rainy day. Every day in this business, in the creative world and the lunar professions, is a rainy day. Don’t live beyond your means if you’re a creative I’m paraphrasing Harlan Ellison when who’s talking about writing, But anyone can become a stand up comedian.

It’s just really hard to stay one. So you got to live it away. That’s not beholding a debt or ego, George Carland said, I never want to own a house that I was using to scare people with, because when you do, then you’re beholding a nine out of things that have nothing to do with your comedy. So keep everything as small scale as you possibly can, so they have the freedom to do what you want and work with who you want. And that is your comedy news for today.

Now. See I was originally going to record a Sunday’s episode as part of the session because I was feeling good earlier, but you know, now lost my fastball ordered a little too late in the day. Today. All right, it is June, so you’re sharing the show. So your phone is possibly in your hand.

If your phone is not in your hand, like if you’re driving a car in Arizona, even if it’s an automated car, keep your hands on the wheel, pay attention. But say your phone is in your hand, what are you gonna do right now? In your podcast app? You’re gonna hit share and then you’re gonna send it to somebody. I don’t care who you send it to.

Send it to Pat Oswald, I don’t care. You’re gonna share the show because that’s what we’re doing in June, and you’re gonna tell your friend. They can follow the show on Spotify, and they should turn on notifications so they never miss an episode, and they can comment in Spotify or they can comment the Facebook group Daily Comedy News Podcast Group. And I will see you tomorrow when I’m gonna have to record the whole weekend because I didn’t do Sunday