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Caloroga Shark Media. Oh my goodness, raise your hand. If you had to make your font not one but two sizes bigger to even read your notes today. Sheez hi. I’m Johnny mack with your Daily Comedy News.
Ricky Gervais is being accused of bullying by fellow comedian Robin Ince from when they toured together. Robin claims Ricky Gervay’s backstage jeers took a physical toll on his health when they toured together. Robin says, I look back now and I think it’s bullying. Really it is. I’m very good at tizing to things in which you go Actually, this is really weird, but people who knew me didn’t like the way that relationship worked.
I’m not saying it was a traumatic experience, but after two weeks I came out in red lumps that my doctor said was a stress rash. The fifty five year old was on the Starting Line podcast and said Jervas’s bullying was so bad that Mackenzie Crook, also from the office, stepped in and confronted Ricky about it. I gotta download this thing. Hang on, I’m for real, taking out my phone and grabbing it face id unlock code. No, I’m not telling you my code.
Were you crazy done? There seemed to be several podcasts with the title the starting line, this one the salmon covered cover. Art Ince announced his retirement in twenty fifteen, saying that he was starting to go mad with self doubt, insomnia, and orgret over not spending enough time with his family. He remained friends with Ricky Gervais until twenty twenty two, when he wrote a blog post criticizing Ricky for making jokes about transgender people in his Netflix special. At the time, he wrote, anti transpunch a lines seemed to have become highly profitable, and it ignores the dehumanizing effect of a swath of already martialized people.
I think Ricky believes it is him just being a naughty boy. I believe it makes him a pin up and role model for the alt right.
Meanwhile, Amazon has released the first trailer for the Australian version o…
The Office Australia will be available on Prime in two hundred and forty countries starting October eighth, except the United States. You might want to get a VPN. They released a clip which I’ll share with you in a second Hannah Howard is the boss, the managing director of Sydney based packaging company Finley Cretick, trying to win over her employees with her natural charisma, girl boss vibes and visionary leadership. Sounds familiar, right, Well, well it’s the office. What do you want?
Also trapped at Finley Cradicktor Hannah the receptionist productivity manager Lizzie, which is kind of the Dwight Gareth role. Sales rep Nick, he’s the guy that mugs for the camera and greta eight episode season. You want to listen, Let’s listen. I had to trim this a bit to make it work for the pod, so let’s listen. Big announcement.
Can I have a drum roll? Plase drum roll, Lloyd, that’s our drum roll. People ask me how can I become a great boss? And the answer is having a happy staff that love you. This is a proper hhon night, ma’am.
As of today, we are all back in the office full time. What that’s not good news? We lost one of our own last week, Ryan died. We were so close. He’s always in my heart.
I was he the tall third one? Yeah, no, he was the short and Smiley one. Yeah, that’s what I meant, what actual identity is. He doesn’t feel relevant, does it. He kind of reminds me of if David Brent from the UK office worked at the Scranton branch and then we made it all Australian.
I’m definitely gonna watch this thing visually. It looks like the US version for sure. Thanks to Von for putting this Dean Cook thing as I have at my notes in front of me. Deane Cook was supposed to perform at the RPM Theater in Vancouver last weekend, but the show was canceled based on some comments in Deane Cook’s most recent Instagram post. Shows and several locales have been canceled.
People are wondering why. Some folks who said they were to attend the Portland show said they didn’t learn the show would be canceled until they were standing in front of the doors. One redditor said, I’m sure all four people will be refunded. Someone alleging to be a theater worker said they had sold under three hundred tickets for a two thousand seat venue. I find that hard to believe.
I don’t I would imagine Dane could easily fill two thousand seats like you do. Just play the garden. I hope everything’s okay with Dane. Met him once, he was cool, got him some sunshine hips. True story.
The ticketmaster page gave no reason for the cancelation, neither did Live Nation. All Right. Out today on YouTube James Adomian’s Path of Most Resistance. I got a screener for this thing, oh like two months ago. It’s one of my favorites of the year.
Please watch James Adomian’s Path of Most Resistance on YouTube. You will like it.
Also out today, Ben Kushenbaum’s Best Picture.
That’s on YouTube starting at six pm Central Time. Ellen has her special coming out on Tuesday, and she has released a trailer for it. You’ve heard me tell you many of these jokes. Now you will hear Ellen tell them. And I have clipped this down for pacing.
You’ll never guess you jumped on stage with Dion Cole on Tuesday night. You can guess for ten million years. You’re never going to guess Paul McCartney what Dion was working on new material at the Hollywood Improv. He pulls Paul McCartney up on stage. He introduces Paul as his friend to the crowd.
He tells the crowd that he and Paul smoked a little weed before the performance. Those who I’ve seen the video go, yeah, that’s probably true. Deon tells the crowd, I had a smoke and that’s why this is happening, and all you mfers didn’t give any love to me tonight. Paul said, I’ve just been enjoying you working through this material, and you’re right, some of it bombed. Deon’s new special came out on Netflix on Tuesday.
It’s called Okay, mister, I haven’t gotten too yet. Oh what did I watch? I wanted to tell you, Oh, I watched them. Have I got news for you? The Roy Wood Junior thing.
It’s okay, it’s watchable. It’s not horrible. It’s not great. It’s not funny, but it’s not horrible. It’s not great, it’s not funny, it’s not horrible.
It’s not great, it’s not funny, it’s not horrible. That’s my review. Jimmy Fallon is putting out a holiday album later this year. Justin Timberlake was his guest on The Tonight Show, and they revealed the title and teaser of their new holiday song called You’ll be There. Jimmy described it as a silly song, noting it’s kind of about a bromance.
Justin. Timberlake said, I mean it’s us. Fallon added, Yeah, it’s like I was saying, Hey, you’ll be there. You’ll be there for me this Christmas. The currently untitled album is released November.
First, I got to find out who what label this is on. Maybe get Chimmy on the show. That’d be awesome, all right. From Gossip Corner, Nikki Glaser posted on Instagram. People were saying that her dress was a little see through.
So you know, I like to keep you guys abreast of what’s happening in the comedy scene. So I had to click on this post to do more research. I did see the photo, and I will tell you it is a very nice photo. CBS hasiled a new comedy campaign, adding a chuckle to the I logo and poking some fun and it’s Tiffany Heritage. Chief Marketing Officer Mike Benson said CBS is ready to break some Tiffany glass.
People will say that CBS is old and stagy, but actually, if you look at our programming, it’s really not. I just turned fifty five, so it’s the only TV station that I’m allowed to watch, and nobody else cares about anybody under fifty five, so I have CBS on all the time. Blue Blood Season thirty nine, Bring It, Mike Benson said, I think we’ve got a lot of work to do from a brand perspective, to show that we can have a lot of fun, that we’re willing to poke fun at ourselves as much as we want people to come in and laugh at the shows. We’ve got the tagline You’re laughing at CBS. We’ll focus on returning hits, Ghosts in the Neighborhood, as well as the new Young Sheldon spinoff of George and Mandy’s First Marriage, any comedy from Damon Wayne’s and Damon Wayns Junior called Papa’s House.
As part of this new brand, CBS is introducing a smiling version of its eye logo, which it has nicknamed chuckle Boy, And you thought hilarious was hack to be fair? Chuckle is a sli nod to Chuckles, the clown from the famous episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show that in itself a half century old reference. CBS, you’re not helping yourself why not call the logo I don’t know Chester a Arthur. Chester a Arthur was the twenty first President of the United States, serving from eighteen eighty one two eighteen eighty five. Oh, it gets worse, Benson said, CBS will start referring to the term sitcom as sit down comedy to differentiate it from stand up comedy.
She thanks Mike Benson, thank you for clarifying that, And Mike Benson said, there’s a lot of stand up comedy out there, but we’re looking at this not from the point of view of what comedians do, what value we’re providing our audience almost every day. Boy, this brand just sounds super hip. You know, it’s sit down comedy and half century old reference. Mike, you get it, You totally get it. You’re totally gonna make this brand younger.
Great job, I mean, CBS just trying to get young. They’re also promoting their new Kathy Bates version of Matt Locke. Yeah that screams Generation Alpha, put down your phones, kids, and NCIS prequel called NCIS Origins, and something called the Summit. Oh, Mike Benson, good luck to you all right, This next story sucks. Scottish comedian Genie Godly revealed she’d canceled her upcoming tour, which was called why is she Still here?
I mean ongoing treatment for terminal ovarian cancer. Godly is sixty three. She was going to tour this fall. Doctors have advised her to stop working quote for the foreseeable future. Statement from Jane’s team says that it was with huge sadness that we must announce the cancelation of Janie Godley’s Autumn twenty twenty four tour.
Janey’s been living with stage four ovarian cancer for the past few years, and the treatment has kept the disease at bay, but sadly, in the last few weeks, the cancer’s returned and there have been a few added complications. Her doctors have now advised her that she must stop working for the foreseeable future. Previously, Godley had sold ITV’s Lorraine that it was Jimmy Carr who convinced her to continue her tour despite her diagnosis. Janey said, I decided to cancel the tour and then Jimmy Carr said, is your mouth not working? And I want yeah, my mouth works, and he said we’ll get back on tour.
The high planes a comedy festival kicks off tonight. I won’t read every performer, but some names you may know. Rory Scovell, Chris Estrada, Dina hasham Ian, Carmel Caitlin Cook, j McBride is fantastic, Josh Gondleman, Joan Oharray, Adam Clayton holland you know, I’m just skimming here. Mandal He’s one of the comics you should and must know or whatever Variety’s thing is called. It’s the eleventh annual High Planes Comedy Festival, running tonight through the twenty first at multiple venues on South Broadway.
The headlining shows are at the Paramount Theater. High Planes Comedy Festivals held each fall in Denver, Colorado, and I showed by Autism and Entertainment. They partnered with The Miracle Project and The Laugh Factory to host Let It Out, a stand up comedy show for neurodivergent fans that this happened last week. Let It Out featured comedians Will Hunter, Krueger Dunn, Josh Myrowitz, Lori kil Martin, Jeremiah Watkins, and Eric Griffin. Producer Mike Rotman told Variety he wanted to create a stand up program after realizing there were no comedy shows that his neurodivergent relatives would feel completely comfortable at.
Some of the tweaks for Let It Out reduce the volume of music, allowing patrons to wear headphones during the performance. They also had a private space in the back for guests to take a break at any point they wanted. During Walkin’s set, he took time to dive into trains after a suggestion from a fan in attendance, rather than just doing his prepared material. Walkin said, I definitely want to try to cater the crowd and what they’re excited about. I love trying to connect with as many people as possible, and there shouldn’t be an exception for people who are on the spectrum.
Eric Griffin said, the language of laughter is universal. We’re all different more ways than race, gender, sexual orientation. There’s a spectrum and that is your Daily Comedy News for today. If you enjoy the program, tell a friend about it. They might like it too.
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