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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello, I’m Jennie Mack who we have here Daily Comedy News. Sheen gill is getting a deal with Netflix. Talking about that in a second. But Jimmy Fallon had a good joke about Trump winning the South Carolina primary, which was Trump actually had two versions of his speech, one a victory speech in casey one and a victory speech in casey lost.
Hey, Seth Meyers celebrated his tenth year anniversary. Guess who stopped by and made an edit here for pacing. But let’s listen here with my very good friend Amy Poehler. We were talking about the first show back in twenty fourteen. Your fellow guest.
He was kind enough to follow you that night, Vice President Joe Biden. Yeah, that was he was a class act. Yeah, we did try to get him for our ten year anniversary show. Obviously got a bigger job now, so he was unavailable. Oh you couldn’t get him.
I couldn’t get him now, Oh I could get him. Hey President, welcome back, mister President. It’s good to be back. Why haven’t you invited me earlier? Well, of note, Seth did wear a suit I mentioned yesterday he hadn’t been wearing a suit, but I guess when you know Potus is coming by, you suit up all right.
Shane Gillis has a new deal with Netflix. They’ve acquired the independently produced sitcom Tires from Shane. He stars and serves as executive producer. Six episodes self financed. It a premiere on May twenty third.
As part of the deal, Netflix will also produce a new stand up special with Shane that’ll be his second. In Tires, Steven Gerbin plays Will, the nervous and unqualified air to and auto repair Shane. Will attempts to turn his father’s business around despite constant torture from his cousin and now employee Shane. Shane is played by That’s right, Shane Gillis. Who do think I was gonna say?
I shared in the Daily Comedy News podcast group a sketch that did not make SNL. It is wonderful. I would share with you here, but it wouldn’t make sense. It’s a take off on the insurance and as with the EMU. You know, hey, ad amcle I’m thinking here, I can’t even remember what it’s advertising, you know, the one with the EMU and It’s basically a riff on Training Day where Shane and the EMU go to investigate a case and things go sideways like they do in Training Day.
Barstool Sports wrote, what the f how did this not make the cut? Finally, something different and hysterical from SNL and they left it on the coning room floor. Makes me wonder what else they’re keeping from us. We had to sit through what felt like forty five minutes of Bo and Yang on Weekend Update for god knows what reason, but Limu the EMU doing coke, is put on Twitter. Barstool rights.
I don’t doubt that there are hilarious writers over at SNL, but I also don’t doubt that the show has lost itself so badly that the theater kids in charge of the decisions and Lord Michaels seems to be in his old man who doesn’t know up from down era just have no clue what people want to see. I mean, bleep. They opened the gill Us episode with a Trump based cold open that only got zero laughs. It was almost if the writers were saying, oh, yeah, you want killis hosting, Well, we’re gonna do a crappy Trump sketch. At the top out of spite that the opening was pretty bad.
I didn’t make it all the way through before he had fast forward. I will talk more about what people really want in the second half of today’s podcast if you’d like to see the sketches in the Facebook group Daily Comedy News Podcast Group. So I started wondering is Shane even controversial? Or we in a cycle of headlines saying he’s controversial? Like, who’s actually upset that Shane even exists?
At this point, I have some thoughts about that. I’ve started a new substack. I’ll talk about the second half where I wrote about this. I’m not sure there’s actually a controversy right now. There was five years ago, but I’m not sure there’s one this week.
As for who’s even offended, I did find one guy, which we’ll get to in a second. I find myself in the weird position of agreeing with somebody on Fox News. Guy Benson wrote, if this guy, Shane wrot Or said something that was bad and then maybe went overboard firing whatever, is there no path back to redemption? You can never do anything again, Like I’m glad s and Alec Nor then mentality and brought him back, maybe belated league because he did a good job. Yeah, Johnny Mack thinks that episode was pretty funny.
Fox News contributor Lisa Booth said, aren’t comedians supposed to push the boundaries and be controversial? Co host Charlie Hurt said, it’s not just the humor, it’s also the truthfulness. The whole point of court jesters is they tell the truth and it’s in a funny way, and they get away with it and they don’t get beheaded by the king. Co host Katie Pavlich said, Americans people all over itching for more comedy. They want to laugh at things, especially in times that feel very heavy.
People really want to laugh about these things. And the over sensitivity and calling jokes about certain people hate movements. I think people are really getting tired of that. There’s a reason you’ve seen comedians refusing to go to college campuses, for example, because it’s not worth it to them. They’re going to go to an audience, and there are many of them that exist where people want to laugh and not take things too seriously, and comedy is a great way to joke and to really establish what’s happening in the country.
Almost a historical record in a way that can be funny, and so people want more jokes. They don’t want to be scolded. The Fox News article cites Variety from twenty nineteen quoting Shane. All Right, that’s a like triple quote there. Back then, Shane said, feels ridiculous for comedians to be making serious public statements, but here we are.
I’m a comedian. It was funny enough to get SNL. That can’t be taken away. Of course, I want an opportunity to prove myself at SNL, but I understand it would be too much of a distraction. I respect the decision they made.
I’m honestly grateful for the opportunity. I was always a mad TV guy anyway. Pavlich said, Shane won that one, and I’m sure he’ll be back somewhere else, even if SNL doesn’t have him back In The Atlantic, Jeremy Gordon writes under the headline what Shane Gillis proved on SNL, and I think this is a pretty fair balance to take. Jeremy Gordon writes, the comedian Shane Gillis is fond of joking about all the things he knows. He looks like a high school football coach, a possible parking a lot rapist, a police brutality skeptic, someone who asked to go see the rest of the bodycam footage before we jump to any conclusions he’ll pose as a recognizable genre of buffoon or creep before subverting those expectations.
In his Netflix special Beautiful Dogs, he pretended to be a ra ro jingoist before lamenting America’s epidemic of gun violence. He also joked about becoming an early on set Republican before noting that emergent concerns boiled down to why are black guys in every commercial? And mermaids are white? In many of his routines, he embodies the anxieties felt by a certain stratum of straight white men about their waning cultural influence, and then he makes these anxieties the butt of the joke Gordon Wrights. In fact, Gillis would likely have never achieved his current level of success had he not been fired by SNL.
The podcast where he made those remarks is now the top Patreon account in the world. Today was announced that Netflix has ordered a scripted show and another special for him. Considering the social penalties voice that on most public figures caught using offensive slurs. This good fortune may seem surprising, but the Gillis incident transpired at the nexus of Sarah phenomena, ongoing debates about free speech and comedy, spearheaded by celebrity performers such as Ricky Gervais and Dave Chappelle, and the identity based sensitivities associated with wokeness, and finally, the expansion of an independent media ecosystem centered on podcasts, where people can run their mouth without much oversight and connect directly with paying fans scrolling down. Gordon rights back in twenty nineteen, when Gillis’s offensive remarks first came to light, he said, up, I’m happy to apologize to anyone who’s actually offended by anything I’ve said.
Well, I was offended, and it wasn’t just some virtuous pose. It was because he’d repeatedly said something offensive in service of jokes that weren’t even good time out for me. If they were good jokes, is it okay? Then is there a line there? Gordon write.
Some reviews claim that Gillis had bombed his monologue, but I’m not sure about that. I took his nervouses as an honest admission that the night was unconventional and weird, but he was going to get through it. Stand up comics are always reading the room, and on Saturday, Giviss appeared to be full of humility about the opportunity to prove himself on this particular platform. He said, thank you guys so much. That means a lot to me to be here.
I really appreciate it, and Gordon said he sounded sincere. Good stuff there. Jimmy Fallon is coming to Prime Time for one night. It’ll be his tenth anniversary of hosting The Tonight Show. This will air Tuesday, May fourteenth.
Fallon told his audience, We’re so grateful we get to do this job. I want to thank everyone on our staff and crew, and of course all of you for tuning in every single night for the past ten years. To celebrate, really, thank you so much. To celebrate, NBC is going enter a two hour Prime Time Best of Tonight Show special on May fourteenth, the best moments of the Tonight Show from the past ten years, featuring some of our favorite sketches, guests, and musical performances, from tight Pants with Will Ferrell to Me Almost Dating Nicole Kidman and musical bits like classroom instruments with Metallica and Adel, we had so many fun moments. In a statement, Jimmy said, to be able to sit in the same chair as the iconic Hoast before me, It’s been my absolute honor to be part of the Tonight Show for the past ten years.
I still pinch myself every day, and I’m so appreciative of the opportunity to stand alongside the giants of her business who have made their mark on this great TV institution. I still think they should have given Conan Moore rope, but I get why they didn’t. Jordan Klepper is excited about the return of Jon Stewart. He was on The Daily Show Ears Edition podcast and said, what an exciting, awesome shock for us to sort of have this person who was really important for so many people’s lives here at the Daily Show. I think this last year and a half taught us many things, and one of them is through the infrastructure of the Daily Show, we have such a very clear voice.
John came in sort of like, here’s what I’m feeling about this. This is such an important year. It’s an existential threat, is what everybody’s talking about, and we all know the threat Donald Trump poses, and we also know it looks like it’s going to be Joe Biden. What do Democrats feel about this? What are the insecurities people ever around this idea?
And how do we talk authentically about the fears people have? Really, what the show needed was John coming in and all of us getting into that room being like, all right, here we are. This is the team. We got John Stewart back, and we’re running as fast as we can till this election. Klepper said, as somebody who came in during John’s time, stuff mattered.
John was a comedian and approached it comedy first, but the guy was serious as a heart attack, as smart as you can get. People tune into John. I tuned into John because I trusted him. I trusted that he wasn’t bound by party politics, he wasn’t bound by BS, and I think people were drawn to that. Johnny Max take is I think the Daily Show is going to have an awesome run here into November.
The ratings have been pretty good. Haven’t seen this week’s ratings yet. I’m wondering if there’s maybe more to be mined. Here is eleven pm on Comedy Central on cable TV, and I know it airzon streaming the next day. I think maybe it’s the same day.
I don’t know. Is that the best use? Should this thing air earlier in the evening? Should it air on CBS proper? Like I keep saying, I feel like John could have a really big summer here and for the Daily Show.
I wonder what’s going to happen on the other side. You better use this opportunity to figure out who’s next. Trevor Noah used to host the Daily Show. Nice Segue John and The Crypto Times, your home for Daily Comedy News, said that Trevor was at the Web Summit Qatar twenty twenty four conference. Trevor lamented that he didn’t buy bitcoin when it cost almost nothing.
He said, not buying bitcoin was easily the biggest mistake I’ve ever made. If you’re into podcasting, there’s a wonderful newsletter called pod News and they have this item. The host of The Fighter and the Kid, Brendan Schob, has lost a legal claim against YouTuber you unique y ewneek. Now, I didn’t get the joke until I actually read it out loud. You probably didn’t get the joke till I spelled it you unique anyway, Shob claimed that a reaction video used Shob’s copyrighted material, and Shob’s lawyers managed to get YouTube to shut down the channel for two year period while the case was ongoing.
The judge rule that the use of shops material was fair use. I lightly mentioned in the first half of the podcast, I’ve started a substack newsletter. I just I always have thoughts about the media, and I’m like, all right, let me actually write them down. It has the really well thought out title John McDermott’s Media Thoughts Substack. If you want to follow it, I’m not trying to make money off that thing, so just take.
You have to offer a paid option, click on the free option. I’m not going to put anything behind the paywall anytime in the near future. It is mcdeepod dot substack dot com. The link is in the show notes. If you need something to watch today, on the eight hundred pound Gorillaz YouTube channel at seven pm Central eight Eastern, it’s David Cross Worst Daddy in the World.
That’s pretty cool. I would watch that, except it’s eighties trivia Night. The trivia guys over at the Brewery in Morristown. It’s eighties trivia night. I cannot wait for this.
I better win tonight. This is it, this is in my wheelhouse. If I don’t promise, I don’t know movies, and I gotta hope my friend Van comes. He knows movies. I better.
I better at least win a T shirt. I mean, it’s eighties trivia night. I can’t wait. So I won’t be watching David Crossworst Daddy in the World on the eight hundred Pound Gorilla YouTube channel tonight, but maybe tomorrow if you’re up late. Taylor Thompson has Fortune Feamster May Martin and tig Nataro as her guest.
That’s pretty good if you need something to listen to. Al Madrigal and Jay Larson have their new podcast, The Dust Up, out today. Netflix has announced Steve Travino will have a new special it’s called A Simple Man, that’ll be out March twelfth. A Simple Man see Steve Travino tell us what it’s like living with a Type A Virgo wife, squabbling over containers and pizza parties. He also shares nostalgic tales of his dad’s broken down truck one an unlikely love story two.
In comedy rule of three and how to face the challenges of raising spoiled kids. Today, every pres lease does the one two three as a husband, father, and son. Steve is just doing the best he can as a simple man. So many of the comments one time, like two years ago, got so mad when I point out the comedy rule of three. So I didn’t do it for like two years, but it’s back.
I’m doing it. Congratulations, Eliza Slessinger, you and husband Noah have welcomed a second baby. Ethan arrived weighing seven pounds thirteen ounces. Eliza told People Magazine. I picked Ethan partly because it means strong in Hebrew, and because Ethan’s are usually pretty good looking.
And that is your comedy news for today. I had more, but I felt like I got out on a funny note there, So always leave them wanning more. Do you want more? Well, if you want more, I’ll be back tomorrow. If you don’t already follow the podcast, hit that follow button there.
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