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Caloroga Shark Media. Hey man, Jenny Mack with your Daily Comedy News Jimmy fallon joke, Joe Biden is now getting credit for guiding us through the pandemic, creating millions of jobs, rebuilding our nations crumbling infrastructure, and eliminating billions of student loans. Democrats heard that and we’re like, hey, this guy should run for presidents. Allen also said, typically on Sundays, everybody thinks about quitting their job. Biden’s the first person to actually go through with it.
There is actual news today, unlike yesterday’s podcast. Taylor Tomlinson has announced a tour. It is called Save Me. It’ll kick go off this fall. Taylor will deconstruct her faith, explore her sexuality, and decide whether or not having children is worth it.
Taylor has previously said I took After Midnight hosting gig because they were like, we film Monday through Wednesday. You can tour on the weekends, and once you’re on tour by yourself, you don’t see other comedians. So I was like, oh, you can play around with other comedians on TV for half the week. That sounds that’s great for the Save Me toward Taylor Thomason will perform on Fridays and Saturdays so she can be back in La on Monday. The New York Times has profile TikToker Alison Reese.
It seems Alison Reese has the Kamala Harris corner of TikTok. The Time says she’s known for her impression of Harris and that Reese puts on pearls and a distinct vocal effect for the satirical sketches she posts on TikTok. She has more than two hundred thousand followers. I’m sure she’ll have a lot more soon. She gained another ten thousand of them on Sunday.
I checked it out. I went through several clips because I wanted to pull one for you, and then I was like, none of these are really that funny. I think the impression is good. I think the impression is better than the material. I’m not sure she will be the definitive Kamala Harris of our generation, but she’s off to a good start.
Like I said, I pulled a couple clips and I couldn’t find anything hilarious, But let me share the impression with you to check out anyway. A lot of people be like she laughed too much. Have you ever seen Donald Trump laugh? I don’t think he can’t. He don’t land, he can’t last.
I bet if he did land to be something. Here’s my impression of Donald Trump lamping ready because he must. It’s pretty good. But I think doing the laugh every five seconds is going to get old pretty quick. But what do I know.
I’m recording a podcast on my basement and I don’t have two hundred thousand followers. The Times spoke to Reese on Sunday night, and re said, it’s been a weirdly crazy day. I can’t imagine what Kamala’s actual day was like. Reese first stepped into the role of Harris during an SNL showcase. Re said, I was like, wow, as a half black woman, when am I ever going to get the chance to use this skill.
I could do a lot of different vocal impressions, but it was never applicable to be the voice took a couple of tries to get right. Harris’s delivery is musical with a touch of vocal fry. She lifts the pitch of a phrase when she feels it’s important, and splits long words into equally enunciated syllables. After that, the laugh, it’s like you’re surprised I have laughed, and then you’re really settling into enjoying that you’re laughing. It’s a very difficult time to do these impressions.
You can’t just be like, I’m a silly goose. You have to be intentional and thoughtful because some people take it very seriously. I think she’s got a good head on her shoulders. I don’t agree with everything, but who would. Re says she’ll be watching Harris’s next moves, a thing will happen, and I’m like, all right, get the wig.
Speaking of political humor, check out the Ballot podcast. We’ve been putting out at least two a day. We’re kind of in a rhythm right now of a morning episode and one around I don’t know, five thirty six pm Eastern. There’s just been so much going on. I want to get that back down to once a day.
It’s a lot of work. I mean, it’s not torture. It’s riffing jokes about the plutal news of the day. We still have to make the thing, but so much going on, and hard work is rewarded. The numbers on ballot are way up.
It actually outdrew this show, and this show’s five years old. Ballot where you get your podcast? Pete Davidson making headlines, everyone including me, going with the headline the one drug Pete Davidson can’t quit The Daily Mail reported in Atlantic City. On set, Pete david said on stage said I can’t quit weed yet. It’s all I have left.
I did coke and ketamine and all the pills and all that stuff. All I have is weed left. So it’s almost over, but I’m holding on for a bit longer. Pete Davidson talked about his car accident. I guess that was last year, earlier this year, who can remember.
Pete said, I saw the house and I was like, I don’t think you could die if he hit a house. Usually in sitcoms they go right through it. So I swerved and I aim for the house and actually hit the garage pretty good. Even at my worst, I’m pretty spot On March twenty twenty three, this happened. He slammed into a Beverly Hills house after driving one hundred miles an hour down the street, despite me understanding that he was doing stand up comedy.
There is nothing funny about a speeding accident. Pete said, the cop came and he was all mad because I drove into a structure. I was freaking out and I had to calm myself down. He said he was scared of potentially going to jail. Kevin Hart never afraid to work.
He’s got yet another gig. Well, he’s got like five gigs. This week He’s doing an Olympics thing on Peacock. I think that kicks off Friday. But for this story.
As part of Airbnb Icons, Kevin Hart will become an Airbnb host for one weekend only. He will welcome visitors to the Corimino Live Lounge, named after Grand Coromino, which is his tequila brands. So not only is he working, he’s tied two things together to make some money. This guy knows how to make a bucks. During the evening, Kevin Hart will join guests and enjoying stand up comedy from surprise guests teased as a listers, as well as a tasting of all three Coromina tequilas with a bartender Chai Lee.
Even Jim Gaffigan is like sounds kind of lame bro. The visit will also include music from a live DJ, four signature cocktails, and a plant based appetizer. Why a plant based appetizer? Oh yeah, Remember Kevin Hart’s got his hand in some fast food chain that’s a plant based Yeah. This guy’s tying it all together.
Why not record a podcast and a TV show and recap the Olympics while you’re doing it? Kevin On Kevin Hart’s official Airbnb host profile, his page reads, what’s up, world, It’s Kevin Hart. You might know me as an actor and comedian, but I’m also a producer, media mogul at a one time underwear model. Not a joke. I’m also a lifelong lover of tequila and the founder of Grand Cormino.
It may sound like a lot, but hard work tastes different. I’m excited for you to get a taste of all that hard work at the Cormino Live Lounge. Market calendars. It’s about to go down. Jim Gaffigan may have said, dial it down, buddy, Come on enough.
How much money do you need? Kevin Hart’s Lounge would cost zero dollars to request. Bookings will open August twenty first at nine am Pacific, and you can visit to Kevin Hart’s Airbnb if you are selected September twenty fourth through the twenty sixth, twenty twenty four in Los Angeles, California, this weekend. I had forgot about this. It’s the Zombie just for laughs.
Montreal Comedy Festival. Remember the fest went bankrupt and then they got new owners, and the new owners slapped something together. Well, you can see quote famous American comedian unquote Eliza Sluzenger for free as part of the closing nights. If you’re in Montreal, head over to the place Day Festivals. That’s how it’s pronounced in French, and that is Sunday at nine fifteen, and we’re told, don’t miss this unique and free opportunity to see Eliza live, because missing her show would be a big joke, but not a good one.
I appreciate you all listening every day, especially as the show comes up on the fifth anniversary. I think Monday, I’d have to go back and see when I publish the first one, but July twenty ninth is in my marine. But anyway, we’re coming up on five years, and I wanted to shout out to Isaac who dropped me a note. Hello, Isaac, appreciate you thanks for listening. Ariel Dundas gave Broadway World her tips to doing the Fringe over in Edinburgh.
Ariel says, the fringe is kind of like a marathon you have to run. At Sprint, I’ll be doing an hour long solo show twenty four times over the course of twenty five days. During those days, I’ll be seeing as many shows as I possibly can. In between performing on shows with multiple performers. I also need to be constantly promoting my own show at the fringe.
It’s customer, I’m ready to promote your show by doing what New York comedians would call barking. That means handing out flyers to people as they passed you on the street. In Edinburgh they call this flying. Let me talk about that for a second. Back when I was really deep into this, at the prime years of running zero s X on Comedy, there would be these poor comedians handing out flyers in Times Square and I’d walk through Times Square to catch the bus on the way home every day and I’d be like, do you like comedy?
And I wanted to. I never did it because I’m not such a jerk, but like, I wanted to have a famous comedian on the phone and be like, actually I do here talk to my friend Larry or something like that. I never actually did it. I don’t know why I wanted to do that, but it was just I don’t know, somebody handing me a flyer when I just like would have walked out of a room with Deane Cook and somebody going do you like comedy and be like, m yeah, anyway. Ariel Dundas says, I think the biggest benefit of doing the Fringe is getting to do the fringe.
Like, personally, can’t imagine anying more fun than getting to do stand up for at least an hour every day. On a practical level, it means you improve by leaps and bounds. It’s basically time dilation, a year’s worth of improved in just one month. On top of that, you’re meeting creative people from all over the world. Pro Tips applications open in January, and while most of them are on a rolling basis, I would suggest having a description of your show, a marketing plan, and an artist bio ready to go in December, so you can apply as soon as they open.
Once you’re selected, usually in February or March, I would immediately get started making branding for the show, get pro pictures taken and hire someone to make the posters and flyers for you. You’re also going to want to post about the show on social media. I recommend just incorporating reminders that you are going to be in Edinburgh to your current social media presence. That reminds me I got to update on my email signatures. That’s on the list of things to do for today.
Luca Zelnik has announced a thirty plus city stand up tour as the headliner of the first ever Java Monster Highly Laffinated Comedies. You know, the publicist sent this over this morning and I was like, oh, I’ll put that into the show. And I read the Luca Zelnik park and I never got to the Java Monster Highly Laffinated Comedy Tour poard pretty good. I like at The tour launches in North America on August eighth in Brooklyn. Is that how we describe Brooklyn?
Now it’s in North America, not even New York, it’s just North America, Brooklyn. It’s over thirty cities before wrapping in North America. On one of the dates this year known as New Year’s Eve in Buffalo, North America. Other cities include North America’s Washington, d C, Dallas, Atlanta, and Boston. Lucas Zelnick As an NBA from Stamford, I have one out of Saint John’s What does that get you?
You host a podcast in your basement? On stage, Lucas’s conversational stand up challenges his cushy Manhattan upbringing with punch heavy material, while his quick witted crowd work in death maneuvering with hecklers and outtakes has gotten him over one hundred million views on socials Nice. He gave a quote, could be more excited about partnering with Java Monster to debut the Highly Elafinated Tour. Their tasty drinks will be a perfect combination with my tasteless comedy. Get your tickets before they sell out.
Hey, Java Monster, I know a guy that this was a daily podcast about comedy who’s been known to drink coffee. Anyway, if you want to see the Java Monster Highly Laffinated Tour, Brooklyn, North America, August eighth, Tempe, d C. Richmond, Jersey City, Hampden, Connecticut, Charleston, Wilmington, Columbia, South Carolina, and Naples, Florida, Johnia, Beach, Florida and New Orleans, Nashville, San Antonio, Dallas, Las Vegas, San Diego, Cleveland, Philly, Salt Lake, Denver, Lincoln, Nebraska, Springfield, Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, Athens, Georgia, Atlanta, Boston, Vancouver, Buffalo. I was wondering why we were being so specific about North America, and that’s because of that one. Actually it’s two pesky Vancouver shows, but it’s not like he’s playing New Zealand.
And that’s the comedy news for today. I have one more thing I want to talk about, but it’s not comedy news. If you only came for the comedy news, you are dismissed for everybody else. Remember last week I talked about the commercials, and there was one listener who’s like, going to keep hearing promos for the TJ Show to drive me nuts. So I heard back from him.
Turns out the listeners in South America, which sounds pretty cool until you realize Lucas Zelnick’s tour is not going there. It’s a North American tour starting in Brooklyn at North America anyway, so he’s in South America, which explains everything. As I pointed out last week. A lot of the ads are geographically targeted, so a lot of American advertisers probably don’t run ads in South America. So you were hearing the TJ Show.
Now, once I put this all together, you know I probably shouldn’t promote the TJ Show in South America. So good news, listener, I have blocked the TJ Show promo from running in your country. Unless you travel, you should never hear it again. Now. Interestingly enough, I was listening to a ballot earlier today.
Oh, this is what I want to share with you. There’s this weird glitch in my neighborhood when I drive around. If I download a show in my house, it thinks I’m in New Jersey. If I drive around the neighborhood specifically an Apple podcasts and I stream a podcast rather than download it in advance. For some reason, Apple Podcasts think I’m in Ireland.
So I get all these spots for like Irish TV shows and the Irish Lottery.
And then driving around this morning on my way back from the National Donus C…
I guess I should block Ireland as well. All right, that’s your podcast for today. See you tomorrow,