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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello, I’m Jenny Mack with your Daily Comedy News. The Oscars are tonight, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. I previewed that yesterday in case you missed that. Looking ahead, and I know I say this every award show.
Monday’s episode might go out a little later. I might actually be serious this time because I have to drive to Boston and back today. Long story, so I’m not going to get home till like ten thirty eleven o’clock, so I might not be able to knock this out. I’ll see how tired I am. So if the episode’s late tomorrow, that’s why.
Okay. From Late Night, a couple of good jokes. Following the State of the Union, Steven Colbert said, it was a kind of a tense night because it feels like it might be the last time we get a State of the Union, depending on what happens in November. Next year might just be a kid rock concert and an immigrant catapult. Wow, Colbert again.
On the Democratic side, they wore white. On the Republican side, they were white. One more from Colbert, thanks to rules giving former members of Congress floor axis, George Santos attended the State of the Union. Come on, you can’t go back to your old job like you never left unless you’re John Stewart. Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmler are going to hook up again on password.
Have you seen the new password? I don’t know if I have. Apparently it’s hosted by Keiki Palmer, but Jimmy Fallon is a recurring player passwords back on Tuesday. I mentioned this on Friday after the break. On Friday, I mentioned there was an item that I saw that I didn’t want to talk about yet.
Well, I’m ready to talk about it now because TMZ has gone with it. Quoting from TMZ, Matt Rife seems ready to take a quote unquote comedian to court who accused him of performing a sex act to gain success. As Matt feels his rep has been harmed, TMZ has learned sources would direct knowledge tell us. Matt and his team have been reaching out to various litigators see what his best option might be to deal with the sillacious claim made by entrepreneur Nima Yumini this week, including potentially filing a lawsuit against him. TMZ writs, in case you missed it, Nima, a self described comedian, alleged that he and Matt were once both brought into a room with two Hollywood execs and promise fame and fortune if you know stuff, which Nima said he refused, but alleged Matt stayed behind and did the deed.
Matt’s name started to trend as part of this allegation. That’s where I saw it. TMZ Rights were told Matt’s sick of people using his name to game clout, which is obviously how he feels about Nenimi here, who appears to have no serious track record in comedy, and our sources say Matt wants to stand up for himself, especially against something as outlandish as this. I will keep an eye on that. One variety did a wax job for Netflix.
I’m sure this is all from the industry giving each other pats on the back. As part of South By Southwest. They quote independent artist media partner Dave Wrath, who manages comedians, who said Netflix was certainly an inflection point when the specials started becoming a thing. By Netflix paying some literally millions of dollars for their specials. They basically created it in ballanced in the marketplace because before that Comedy Central, HBO and a few other places were doing the long form specials, but they weren’t paying that kind of money.
Yeah, so I’ll chime in. That kind of from what I see from here in the basement, made the others, not HBO, but like Comedy Central cutback, and from what I understand from prepping the show every day, Netflix isn’t paying what they used to. So it’s like when a chain store comes to town. Prices are great at first, the mom and pop shuts down, and then the prices go up. Caroline Hirsch, who used to own Carolines, said covid also proved to be a paradigm shifter.
The virus forts comedy clubs all over the country to shut down, which led to an explosion of comedians. Comedians were able to build their brand on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and on podcasts. These platforms really put comedians on everybody’s phone. That’s what helped make these younger comedians in their own brands variety rates. Comedians such as Sarah Cooper, Oh, I don’t even have to do my bit, they did it for me.
Sarah Cooper and Matt riche Roaster prominence thanks to YouTube and TikTok. Cooper gained fame for her TikTok videos lip syncing then President Donald Trump early in the pandemic get mad at Them, they said It not Me, and has branched out in a film and theater work. Charlie Sotello is the senior manager of south By Southwest Comedy Festival, and Charlie says comedy festivals are so important the landscape of stand up comedy. They not only introduce comedians to new fans, but most importantly, they lead to new relationships that so often affect the course of a career. Robbie Prau, who oversees Netflix comedy needs to work for Just Laugh, says, I think this is one of the best times for comedy.
We’re working with more than foreigner comedians and selling out shows all over Los Angeles. We also see a wide range of comedians with different styles and from different backgrounds getting love on Netflix. John Leguizamo chimed in and said, I’m glad there’s plenty of comedy out there and it’s become more diverse. But unfortunately Latin comedians are having to live on just TikTok and the gram where they reach millions and millions of views. Unfortunately, Latin comedians, despite their success on social media, are not being chased by Hollywood or streamers, and that’s just systemic racism that happens in Hollywood.
Interesting take by John Rath says the best comics always surface and have success because they’re funny and talented. The problem is the audience’s attention span has shifted. That’s the biggest issue for comedy. Interesting huh. The New York Post talk to Kyle Kinneen.
They’re curious about him putting out so much much. Kyle said, I have an hour that I present. When I think it said it’s best, I record it and put it out. It’s similar to the UK model, where you’re like, all right, here’s this year’s offering, but wow, that’s being perfected. The new stuff is in the oven every weekend.
I’m in a club that’s four or five hours on stage. It’s a lot of time to take an idea and run with it. He adds, I’m trying to move away from party stories some middle aged men, and those aren’t glamorous. Bowen Yang talked about last week’s hilarious sketch where he was hooking up with Sidney Sweeney. Bowen said, obviously we were doing a lot of intimate and tense stuff, so I did one last check in with her.
I was like, whatever you’re not comfortable with, you can change your mind at any time. And she touched my shoulder and she was like, Bowen, I’m on Euphoria. It’s fine. I’m used to this, Bowen said, She’s such a professional. If you’re in Philly today eight pm, it’s One Liner Madness, a comedy competition putting sixty four local comedians in a bracket.
The rules are simple. Two comedians go on stage. Each will deliver a one liner joke based on audience responses. Only one comedian will advance, and then they have to have a new one liner in the next round. The competition goes on on to one comedian remains.
Apparently, the competition is fast and brutal. One of the organizers says, sometimes heavy hitters get knocked out early. It’s part of the fun. One Liner Madness doors open at seven shows at eight fifteen Bucks at Johnny Brenda’s twelve oh one Frankfurt Avenue, Philly. Today at south By Southwest at four o’clock, it’s Permission to laugh using comedy as a force for good.
Parentheses Live Comedy event. Join Comic Relief US, a nonprofit that harnesses the power of entertainment, etc. Etc. Comedian and host Tone Bell in a candid discussion with the comedian author Paul Sheer and Daily Show correspondent comedian D’ll Say Sloan. Six o’clock Improv for Humans, Parentheses Live Comedy Matt Besser, John Gabriis, Chris Gethard, Vick Mchelis seven o’clock Vanessa five thousand Parentheses Live comedy event after sold out runs in Edinburgh, London and La Courtney, Prusso the Ultimate sexy Clown comes to South Bya’s sex Robot Vanessa five thousand, who, over the course of her product demonstration, grows increasingly conflict about technology in her own existence.
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Okay, James Domian, Aaron Jackson in Copplet’s Rich Voss. See that’s tough for me because I’d be like, ooh, James Domian, But I’m like uh, Rich Voss. Ten o’clock Riffs and riffraff with Nick fun and Friends. The friends are Chris Fleming, Andre Hyland, Christina Catherine Martinez, Paul Shecher, and Nick Fune. See that’s a winner for me.
That’s a great lineup. Eleven o’clock, Stamptown Predeces Live Comedy, A raunchy, chaotic, full on fever dream Stamptown is ninety minutes, a pure spectacle. Christina, Catherine Martinez, Natalie Palamedes, Courtney Perusso and some other That’s a pretty solid night. And Drew Carrey was in this week’s People magazine and talked about being offered the price is right. Back in two thousand and seven, he told People, I said, f No, I just want to be able to do things that were fun and interesting instead of having a job, job or something i’d do every day, because I just had after being on The Drew Carry Show and everything.
I was done with the idea of being on a show forever. But he was eager to buy a major league soccer team, or at least become part owner of one. Drew said, I knew how much money was going to take for that to happen. Then one of the show’s producers asked me if everything to do was I love leaving big tips when I go to restaurants. The guy said, well, if you work on the prices right, you’ll be able to do that all the time for a living.
Just give out things. Drew said, that was the light bulb that off of my head. I could just make a living giving prizes to people and being around happy people all day. Met my age at a steakhouse and I go, I think I want to be the host of the Price is Right? And he shook my hand and he goes, well, there’s soccer money, and there’s your comedy needs for today.
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