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Caloroga Shark Media. Today, the newly unrenamed John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts will present the twenty seventh Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Bill Maher. That’s right, I said, Bill Maher. You didn’t misunderstand me.
Bill Maher is winning the Mark Twain Prize. Hi, I’m Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News. The prize is named to honor one of the world’s greatest humorists, that being Mark Twain. It will be awarded at a Galla performance today with some of the biggest names in comedy, including Louis C. K.
Whitney Cummings, Jay Leno, and others including John Mellencam stephen A. Smith. The program will eventually air on Netflix. It’s not on Netflix today, the official website tells us. For more than twenty five years, Bill Maher has set the boundaries of where funny political talk can go on American television, first on Politically Incorrect and for more than twenty years on HBO’s Real Time.
In twenty twenty five, Mediaite named Bill the fourteenth most influential person in media fourteen. They wrote in the Age of Independent minded content creators. Mark can easily be recognized as a pioneer and one of the only independents who continues to thrive. Now, I’m putting a little spin on my read here. That said, I find that I do listen to his podcast.
He gets good guests and there are good conversations. I do feel like we’re stepping down a class here. Let me just say it. Let me tell you who has won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in the past. All right, nineteen eighty eight.
The first winner Richard Pryor. Now, if you listen to the Daily Comedy News podcast, I assume I don’t have to tell you who Richard Pryor was. We’ll do the winners in order. Jonathan Winters, Carl Reiner. All right, so they kind of went back.
Then Whoopy Goldberg in two thousand and one. Interesting choice, Then Bob Newhart, Lily Tomlin, Lorne Michaels in two thousand and four, Steve Martin, Neil Simon. Interesting, then Billy Crystal. It’s not until two thousand and eight that we give it to George Carlin. Now, the award is not designed to be given posthumously, but Carlin died between the announcement and the ceremony.
Why did you wait till two thousand and eight to even get around to George Carlin? Then in two thousand and nine Bill Cosby. Wikipedia says those who honored Bill Cosby included Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock Sinbad, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Stephen Wright, Willie Nelson, Carl Reiner, Dick Gregory, Rita Marino, and Felicia Reshad. Cosby’s award was rescinded in twenty eighteen. How to be fair to those who honored Bill Cosby in two thousand and nine, Sometime between twenty nine and twenty eighteen, I worked with Bill Cosby several times, and he was the public persona Bill Cosby that you all knew and loved.
So I don’t think it’s absurd that any of those people there were to honor Bill Cosby who knew. But as I’ve said before, one day Bill Cosby will pass away and I will tell you a story. In twenty ten, Tina Fey, then Will Ferrell, Ellen DeGeneres, Carol Burnett. We put in Ellen before Carol Burnett, really Jay Leno in twenty fourteen, So that just had me check. Johnny Carson passed away in two thousand and five, and again the award is not given out posthumously, all right, Eddie Murphy in twenty fifteen, Then Bill Murray, David Letterman in twenty seventeen, Julia Louis Dreyfus, the MVP of the Seinfeld series by the way, if you rewatch it, twenty eighteen, Dave Chappelle in twenty nineteen.
Then there was COVID and stuff. We come back in twenty twenty two with John Stewart. And this is weird because is this guy comedian Adam Sandler. I only know him from being a great dramatic actor and things like uncut gems, the one about basketball. Does he do comedy?
Huh? Honoring Dadam Sandler? Where Dana Carvey, Luis Guzman, Tim Hurlahy, Rob Schneider and Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, John Appatol, Drew Barrymore, Steve asmy Conan, Chris Rock, Pete Davidson, and David Spade. Then in twenty twenty four Hart, last year Conan O’Brien and this year Bill Maher. So again we’re coming off a run of let Me go back to all right, let me dump on Ellen.
We’re coming off a run starting in twenty thirteen, in order, Carol Burnett, Jay Leno, Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, David Letterman, Julia, Louis Drives, Dave Chappelle, John Stewart, Adam Sailor, Kevin Hart, Conan O’Brien, and now Bill Maher. The Mark Twain Prize recognizes individuals who have had an impact on American society and weighs similar to Mark Twain. Then there were some bios. Louis C.K. Is a six time Emmy Award winner, three time Grammy Award winner, and New York Times best selling author.
Ck is the creator, writer, director, and star of Peabody Award winning shows Louis and Horace and Pete. C K also wrote, directed, and appeared in the feature film Fourth of July, released in theaters nationwide twenty twenty two. Then they tell us about his book. They overlooked some things in Louis C.K.’s buyout, but we got into that yesterday. You can go back and listen to yesterday’s episode.
Another bio is about Jay Leno, the acclaimed television late night show host, admired stand up comedian, best selling children’s book author. Really. I mean, I’m sure, I’m sure his books sell great, but like you know, Jay, Like, like if you didn’t know who Jay Leno was, and I was like, you know, Jay Leno Tonight Show, and you looked at me like you didn’t know who I meant, and I’d be like, the best selling children’s book author. You’d be like, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, Jay Leno, I know him. Much in demand corporate speaker, television and movie voiceover artist, pioneering car builder and mechanic, and a philanthropist.
Jay Leno is widely characterized as no, I know what phrases in your head, because I’ve put it in your head wrong. He’s widely characterized as the hardest working man in show business. Well, that James Brown’s thing might make that up. Yeah, I googled the phrase the hardest working man in show business and James Brown came up. But James Brown is dead, so maybe Jay Leno is now the hardest working man in show business.
I don’t know. The bio continues Leno’s domination of late night tell vision to span two decades as host as the number one rated Tonight Show with Jay Leno when he’s not on television. Leno performs more than one hundred stand up shows annually across the country and internationally for his base and numerous charity and corporate events. Does voiceovers for animated series does he? IT’STEI on IMDb, Jay Leno, are you a new listener?
Shows a little relaxed day. I didn’t set out to do a relax show, but seems we’re being a little casual today. Let’s see. Jay Leno has one hundred and fifteen actor credits. We won’t read them all.
Oh yes, And Mickey and the Roadster Racers, he played Billy Beagle, Bill Beagle, and Bubba Beagle. He also voiced Billy Beagle in Mickey mouse Mixed Up Adventures You Know That series from twenty nineteen to twenty twenty one. Famous voice actor Jay Leno played Hank Featherby in Tots in one episode in twenty twenty one. He’s the voice of Crystal Ball in TV series The seventy That rants seventeen episodes. From twenty fourteen to twenty sixteen, he played Jay Leno on The SIMS Since in two episodes.
He has also played Jay Leno on Family Guy Phineas and Ferb. In twenty fourteen, Jay Leno voiced Colonel Contraction, who knew all right, clearly he is a voice actor Let’s See Where were We does voiceovers for animated series Penn’s children’s books, and writes a monthly column in various automotive magazines. His spare time, he enjoys working on his collection of classic cars and motorcycles. He’s built a number of cars, including an acclaimed eco car and his eco friendly green garage. All right, I didn’t intend to get as casual as we did, so I’ll do this live.
I could edit this out, but this isn’t fun. Let me see what I want to do here. I definitely want to do Patton Oswalt today. Oh, we’ll do this one. This is fun.
Joe Coy will host a multi episode comedy showcase series titled Martin Lawrence Presents Pass of the Mic. That’s right, Martin Lawrence Presents Past the Mic, hosted by Joe Coy, will be filmed in front of a live audience August twenty ninth and thirtieth at the Legends Theater at Root sixty six Sino Hotel in Albuquerque. Past the Mic has designed a spotlight up and coming talent in the stand up comedy Martin Lawrence said, Passed the Mic is about creating opportunities for the next generation of comedians and giving them a platform to be seen. Wait until Martin finds out Kevin Harch just did. This comedy has always been about discovering new voices, and I’m excited to help shine a light on talented performers who deserve that opportunity.
No quote from Joe Coy, but you may remember if you know, like, who’s Jokoy again? He’s the guy one time he hosted the Golden Globes and told this horrible, horrible, mean joke about Taylor Swift. As you know, we came on after a football doubleheader. The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL. On the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots.
Of Taylor Swift. What a vicious comedian, I mean, just what a horrible, mean joke. Okay from the LA Times. How to have the best Sunday in LA According to star trek Ruiner paton Oswalt. Paton Oswalt has shared his ideal Sunday in Los Angeles.
He says seven am and a quiet breakfast at home. We learn I try to be an early riser. Today I got up at eight thirty, but a great day for me is getting up at seven because I have that hour of quiet. I have my breakfast, sip some tea, do some reading, and then start my day. Anyone who says they consistently wake up at seven am for the most part, they’re probably lying.
Got news for your Patton. I’m up nine am morning coffee with a side of people watching My perfect Sunday starts at the studio City farmers Market. You do this kind of roaming breakfast. I thought you had breakfast at seven, so this is like second breakfast where they do the Farmer’s market. There’s an amazing Tamali stand that does these chicken and green chili tomales.
You get one of those. Then you go over to Jones on third and you get yourself a really strong cup of coffee because Jones is right there part of the Farmer’s Market, right, so he’s had seven am breakfast where he had some tea, and now at nine am you get second breakfast, which includes Tamallay’s and coffee. Okay, at ten am you destroy Star Trek. You put on a dug the Vulcan costume, and you pretend that you care at all all about the series and it wasn’t just a paycheck for you. And you take the paycheck and you crap all over sixty years of canon because what’s it to you.
Then at eleven am you get into a book. You go to the Last bookstore, not meaning the final bookstore, it meaning a bookstore that is titled Capital L Capital B Last Bookstore. I always drop by there and spend too much money on a book. All right, So again, breakfast, second breakfast, Ruined Star Trek, hand on over and over to the bookstore. Then at one o’clock catch a matinee and a macha.
One of my favorite things is to see a movie in the afternoon. I don’t really eat lunch these days. Well you had two breakfasts, dude. But across the street from a theater he likes is a place called Horror Vibes Coffee. It’s based to around horror movies.
It’s really popular. All these goth kids going there and they make really good matchas. So I’ll go in there. I’ll get a macha and take that into the movie theater. And see a flick.
The movie theater also makes good chicken nuggets, and they make a delicious bagel dog. All right, so again breakfast, second break You skip lunch, but you have chicken nuggets and a bagel dog during the movie. At four o’clock, you head back to the bookstore. This all from the La Times. Pat Oswold said, when I’m done at the movies, I’ll take whatever book I’ve gotten and go back down to the last bookstore and just sit and read.
Or if you really want to go in a goblin mode reading, you go to the Iliad bookshop. They encourage you to go in there, sit and read. There are store cats everywhere that are hanging around the store. Kiddies are very friendly. So all right, so you have breakfast, second breakfast, a movie where you’re on like your third coffee.
You have some chicken nuggets, a bagel dog. Then you go to the bookstore and you read a book that you bought at a different bookstore. I’m sure they love you. Deliad has these big, over stuffed couches and chairs with blown springs. You’re encouraged to sit on a lounge and read the book you bought at the other bookstore.
They have no problem with you doing that. A big thing for me now is having two to three uninterrupted hours just reading, no phone, nothing, don’t go anywhere, don’t do anything. Now, this is fantastic. The La Times has an editor’s note and they wrote, editors, not the iliod is closed Sundays. Wow, Patten, amazing, Thank you La Times editor.
Then at six o’clock you sit down for some sushi, because yeah, you gotta be starving. You haven’t had anything since like one o’clock when you had chicken nuggets and a bagel dog after two breakfasts. Patton enjoys sushi simochy. I can’t rave enough about this place. They have a black cod sushi and the black cod is slightly seared.
It’s not cold, it’s not totally cooked. There’s something about cold rice.
And then this slightly seared, slightly burned black cod.
The flavor is so perfect. I love it. Then at eight o’clock you take an outdoor stroll and return to your book. Patton Oswalt explains there’s nothing wrong with double dipping. You don’t have to read just once during the day.
You can go back and forth. That is a perfect Sunday in La for Batton Oswald. I would then suggest you put on the television series Star Trek, not Next Generation, not Voyager, not Deep Space nine, not Strange Worlds, the one just called Star Trek, and you watch Leonard Nimoy show you how to play a Vulcan, not dub the vulcan, spok the vulcan. And that is a pretty casual episode of Daily Company News on a Sunday. All right, June’s almost over, So if you’re going to share the show, this would be the one to share.
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Congratulations Bill Moore, See tomorrow.