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Hi, I did that. Back in ninety one, Joe Rogan was talking about apparently some people are using AI to generate comedy and then has Joe Rogan bothered. He told Brian Redband, we are the last of the Mohicans because we’re the people that grew up without the Internet and then had the Internet when we were adults, and now we’re seeing kids grow up with the Internet.
And then there’s gonna be the next thing, and then we’re gonna be the people …
Where everybody from the future is just gonna be some weird cyborg. That’s where comedy’s gonna die. Ask where fund’s gonna die. No more entertainment. Everyone’s just locked into the matrix based magazine.
As Scott Ackerman when he felt like he had enough audience to spotlight new talent, Scott said, I started in two thousand nines. I’ve been doing comedy Death Ray for seven years at that point. The first two years we were just using those people because there were so many that I could sell a variety. Nick Crole do it every three weeks or something, and the new people just naturally came in, Like Harris Whittles moved to town. I saw very early and I was like, I love this dude, so let me put him on People would say, Hey, if you like me, there’s this other person you’d really like.
So someone recommended Lauren Lambcus To me, it was really interesting in the early days he put a new person on, the fans would get really upset that, like, this person sucks, why are they on? Her voice is annoying, And I’d get that for any woman I’d put on the situation go with that, which is a retreat. I better get the fans what they want. And I was like, you know what, I’m gonna put them on even more because that’s always been mymo at the live show, like if you don’t like something and I love it, it’s your problem and I’m gonna show you. That to me is a better way of doing it, because maybe you shed some fans or whatever, but you gain more.
And I’m not saying those people aren’t real fans, because anybody cannot like something. The first time I saw Reggie Watts, I was like, what is this? I don’t really get it. Second time I was like, oh, I see. It takes time sometimes for people to acclimate themselves to someone’s point of view.
People seem to keep asking Scott Ackerman if he’s going to end comedy Bang Bang do the rest of you know something Scott doesn’t. Scott said, when the show’s good, I don’t ever want to quit. It’s when the show is hard to do that gets to be a little mentally challenging. The time that happened coincided with the fifth season of the Bang Bang TV show that was a period away had one day off for a year, was filming five days a week while also writing the show, while also writing the oscars, also writing for The Bob and David Show, while also being on Bob and David’s show, and also going on tour, and also edit bajillion dollar properties. I also have to record these shows one day a week because I became like really good at schedule at this point, that was really hard.
The pandemic is the most serious that I got about it. One thing I hate more than anything is listening to my own voice. And I feel sorry for you right now. But that was a process where we would record the show and then would be generally awkward, and then I have to take about twelve hours a week to edit the show down. It was really bad the first six months where I wasn’t enjoying it.
I could just have put up a show as a piece of crap and said like, wow, that’s the best thing we could do, but I wanted it to retain the flavor of what people liked about the show. Is a very difficult period where I felt like I was letting everyone down and also having to work way too hard and something that’s meant to be fun. At this point, I don’t have any desire to stop and against be what’s your take on the Writer’s Guild of America strike, Hannah told people, I believe writers should be supported better. Storytelling is the bedrock of this industry. It’s a no brainer to me that we should look after the people who set the tone.
People asked Hannah, as a member of the LGBTQ community and during a time when trans writes remained under attack in many states, do you feel the pressure to use your special and platform for good? And Hannah said, Look, I don’t necessarily feel the pressure, but I certainly take it as a responsibility. It feels like the more power you have, the more responsibility you should wield. Accountability is very important. Of course, I’m a messy human like the next one, so mistakes will be made, but I think it’s actually important to step up.
Particularly if you experienced success, then you’re getting accommodations that other people aren’t getting. So it feels only the right thing to do is to be better than you are terrible. Chris Red told Casey RW one of the things that inspired me the most throughout my entire life is Richard Pryor. I started with his tapes when I was maybe five or six. My dad had a bunch of Richard Pryor in the house and we weren’t allowed to listen to it.
We were a churchgoing family, but I had a lot of insecurities. I had a lot of social anxiety, so I had to figure out how I was going to talk in front of people and with a stutter. On side of that, comedy seemed like a way to engage with people, engage with girls just seem like in a way because I was terrified it talk to people at that age. At that time, I want to sleep with Richard’s specials because I had read somewhere that whatever you’re listening to when you sleep, it will affect you when you wake up. So I was like, Oh, if I listen to a funny man when I go to bed, I’m going to wake up a funny man.
So I just listen to every one of his albums, and the way he had to use all his personal life and the way he was so vulnerable about the dark thing has made me feel better about the things I’m going through. Richard didn’t hold bunches, even when he was getting roasted for being on crack and roasted for all this other stuff. He did a joke about himself where he’s talking about Richard Pryor on the street with his head with the match on fire, and it was like, men, nothing’s off limits. I used to think about all things I used to do in the streets and how that was wasted time. But now making art off the experiences I’ve been through, it’s all because I looked up to people who did better than me.
The Sydney Comedy Festival is over and New Zealand is dark on Monday, but has another week left the Great American Comedy Festival that’s coming up in mid June. They’ve announced their lineup Michael Ian Black, Marcella Aguelo, Sean Grant, Daniel Perez and Tyler Rothrock. Michael Ian Black is a multiimmediate talent who started numerous films and TV series written and or directed two films? I’m gonna parse that sentence at a second and as a prolific author and commentator, Okay, what does written and or directed two films? You could have said, and I don’t know particulars here.
Maybe he wrote two films and directed one. You could have said that. Or maybe he wrote one film and directed two films. Why would you say written and or directed two films? Anyway?
Information at the Great American Comedy Festival dot com. And how about this poor Chinese stand up comedian he was forced to apologize Lee? How she? I hope I’m saying that correctly. He caught the attention of authorities after using a frieze associated with the People’s Liberation Army.
Lee was telling a story about two straight dogs in his recent comedy routine. According to state affiliated GMO News, Lee has now expressed his deep remorse and regret in a social media post, saying he had used quote an extremely unsuitable analogy to bring bad feeling and association to the audience. Boy, I wonder what happened with this guy? I will take all the responsibility and call off all my performances to deeply reflect and re educate myself. Yikes.
Lee’s joke got laughter at the show, but also apparently prompted unease from one member of the audience, who went on Chinese social media to complain to the joke was inappropriate. During the week, Beijing authorities launched investigation. They then find the production company around two million dollars. The production company’s activities have also been indefinitely suspended. The Beijing arm of China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism said, we will never allow any company or individual to use the Chinese capital as a stage to wantonly slander the glorious image of the People’s Liberation Army.
The company accepted the penalty and terminated mister Lee’s contract. That’s your company is for today. Follow the show for free an Apple podcast, Spotify, YouTube, wherever we get your shows. You tomorrow