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Caloroga Shark Media. Did April not just start? How is it the twenty second? Already? It’s almost Mayhei am Johnny Meck with your Daily Comedy News.
Dave Chappelle has been added to the Abu Dhabi Comedy Week. It’ll be at the Eddie Hot Arena May twenty third if you want to attend. It’s his first show in the Capitol, although he has previously played Dubai. Back in twenty eighteen, after he played Dubai, the local paper wrote, well tested material is presented as first time observations as Chappelle languidly guided us into the issues that both amuse and concern him. But behind that casual banter is a supreme technician, a confident comic, knowing when to cut through the laughs with sharp observations and when to provide levity with some good old fashioned toilet humor.
Now, Abu Dhabi Comedy Week is no joke. Listen to who else is playing? Chris Tucker May twenty fifth, Andrew Schultz on the twenty second, The not so canceled Aziz I’m Sorry on the eighteenth, Andrew Santino and Bobby Lee joint show on the twenty first, boss Im Yusef and Mas Grabroni a joint show on the twenty fourth, Tom Sagora on the twenty fifth, and on May twenty sixth. It’s Joe Coy. You know Joe Coy.
He one time he hosted the Golden Globes.
Meanwhile, the Legion of Icee, I didn’t do it.
I didn’t do it. You thought I was gonna do it. The Legion of skanks Festival also know Joe. This one will be September twenty seventh to the twenty ninth in Vegas. But listen to this lineup the eighth annual skank Fest headliners Big Jay Okerson, Lewis, j Gomez, Dave Smith, Our Shafer, Shane Gillis, Tim Dillon, David Tell, Tony Hinchcliff Mark normand But the lineup includes so many people that I won’t be able to read them all.
I’ll read some Aaron Berg, Adrian Apple, Lucci that’s stealing, Bonnie McFarlane, Brian Redband, Chris Gettin, Craig Gas, Dan Cummins, Dan Soder, Dan Saint Germain, Dina Hashim. Again, I’m not reading. I’m reading about a third of the name here, Eddie Peppatone, Eric Griffin, Ester Steinberg, haven’t heard her name in a while. She’s good. Jermaine Fowler, Jim Norton didn’t make the headliner list, Joe DeRosa, Joe List, Keith Robinson, Kurt Metzger Morgan Murphy, Nick Vaderotz a very underrated comic, Rachel Feinstein, Rich Voss, Bobby Kelly, sam j Sean Patten, Steve ran As, Ezy TJ.
Miller, Johannest Pappas, Yamanika Saunders. I mean, come on huge.
Also out of New Orleans, mL Willman will headline the third annual LGBT l O L…
I like that LGBT L O L. I am scanning the names here to see. You know, unless you’re like super into comedy, I don’t think you would recognize any of these names. But it looks like about twenty comedians here. That’s good.
Brad Williams says NBA star Blake Griffin could easily go from the NBA to Jokes now that Brallike Griffin has retired. Brad Williams told TMZ Sports he saw Blake if and do comedy in Montreal and he’s good, and I hate that because you can’t be good at everything. Williams says, Blake’s got great material to work with. Two. He was a former NBA obviously, and also an ex of a Kardashian.
The Stranger spoke to Logan Gunselman. I liked it. They’re set up here. This is what caught my attention. Logan Gunselman is the anti Jim Carrey, the polar opposite of Robin Williams.
She does not manically gesticulate, does not contort her face, and she eschewes impressions. Rather, she delivers jokes, sometimes quite dirty jokes, and a deep voice, a deadpan, and a poker face. They asked Logan about it, and she said, honestly, I didn’t know was deadpan. For a very long time. I thought I was performing like most stand ups, using inflection and changing my tone of voice.
But I kept getting compliments on my deadpan style of delivery. At first, I was frustrated because it wasn’t on purpose. I’m just kind of a monotone woman. But the longer I’ve done stand up, the more I’ve come to appreciate it. Logan says, I rarely talk about current events or politics, not because I think they’re taboo.
I’m just dumb. I’m impressed by stand up seeing craft good jokes about the news, but that’s not how my brain works. I don’t think any subject is taboo as long as the joke is really incredible. Most comedians who get in trouble for the problematic jokes aren’t in trouble because they made a joke. They’re in trouble because the joke they made isn’t funny.
So audiences are only focusing on the offensive parts of what they’ve heard. People will forgive a lot if it’s a truly excellent bit. You know. That makes me think of Jimmy Carr again. Some people don’t seem to get what Jimmy Carr does.
They asked her what comedian has been the most inspirational and influential for you now? Given the delivery, I would think, I don’t know, Stephen Wright or Mitch Heinberg, perhaps Dmitri Martin. Logan said, I know he’s huge now, but I’ve always loved Nate Berghatzy because he’s also a deadpan, lower energy comedian. Yeah, I guess he is. I love a bunch of comedians who are very different from me, but I’m always impressed by how good they are.
Kyle Kanaan, Lisa Trigger, Chris Estrada, Dave Waite, Chris Fairbanks, and honestly Kat Williams. Good article on Vulture about how long jokes are good, Jesse david Fox specifically called out the Kyle Kanaan fifteen minutes about FA and the Furious Movies that I think is an all timer, Jesse writes kylek When a brief lull sets in at the Minneapolis Acme Comedy Club, the raucous laughter, the crowds reaction of the f seven bid has gradually subsided, giving Kanain a moment to take a beat before saying, I’m just here to tell you one story. At this point, twenty five minutes have passed in Dirt Nap. The setup is humble. Canaan, ever, Midwestern is a humble guy making one of the most ridiculous under cells and stand up history Gossip Corner and on Gossip Corner, Pete Davidson and girlfriend Madeline Kleine are very much in love, says US Magazine.
A source tells US Weekly one of the reasons their relationship works so well is because they’re both independent and give each other space to miss each other. Hopefully Pete can patch things up with Colin. Jose told you that the other day that Colin and Peter having a faery fight of some sorts. Apparently, Peacock is staging the world’s first wildlife reality competition show. Why are they making The Hungry Games Alaska’s Big Bear Challenge?
I don’t know why am I telling you about it? It’s narrated by Reese Darby from Flight of the Concords. Do you hear the rumble coming into my voice? That’s because I recorded Saturday, Sunday, Monday back to back to back without any beverage. Here, got a little DJ fuzz on the voice now.
The Hungry Games Alaska’s Big Bear Challenge follows the bears of Alaska’s Katami National Park as they book up for winter hibernation. Over one hundred and fifty days, the bears battle the elements and each other, using brains and brawn to consume three million calories and gain up to two hundred pounds in nature’s real life survival show. Unbeknownst to the bears, their progress is being tracked and ranked for TV audience with a narration that combines fascinating facts with color. Commentary from Reese Darby ookay, that sounds really expensive to make. Why did you make that blonde medicine?
They’ve been putting out a lot of cool comedy albums. They’ve announced a debut album from Jeff Tice. Jeff Spells’s name Geoff. The album’s title Jokes with a G Out of Me on May seventeenth. Jeff got into comedy twelve years ago.
He went to an open mic and bombed, but never looked back. He’s a staple of the Denver scene. He’s opened for Nate Pergatsey, Dmitri mart and the Sclore Brothers and others. Jokes with a G is a collection of self deprecating stories about being a new parent, second weddings at his dad’s drunk late night calls. So this is where the festival stuff used to go.
As I warned you, the podcast is a little shorter when I’m not playing A million clips were back down to the twelve minute ish range. The eight hundred Pound Gorilla sent some folks out to catch a couple shows at Moontower for Nicole Bayer. The Gorilla says Nicole sett ran a wide range of topics. The New Hour featured jokes about meeting Tom Cruise, not knowing John Cena’s catchphrase what New Fat Is, loving porn, and being single. She also showed off her crowd work chops.
They also sent somebody to see Joe Parra. Unlike Buyer, Para wasn’t matching the audience’s energy or even a quarter of timid and humble. This was the Joe Parra that we came to see. He’s the definition of quirky. Parah ended the show by talking the audience to sleep.
In what has become a signature bit, Para did not succeed in putting the audience to sleep. Instead, he gave us a show that the crowd would certainly recall for years to come. Exclamation point and that is your comedy news for today. If you enjoy the program, tell a friend about it and they might like it too. See you tomorrow