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Featured: Stephen Colbert, Paul McCartney, Shane Gillis, Chelsea Handler, Tony Hinchcliffe, Kevin Hart, Sheryl Underwood
What’s in This Episode
- Stephen Colbert’s Late Show finale at the Ed Sullivan Theater
- Paul McCartney as the final guest on Colbert’s Late Show
- Chelsea Handler criticizing Shane Gillis and Tony Hinchcliffe over Kevin Hart roast material
- Shane Gillis’s lynching joke controversy at the Kevin Hart roast
- Tony Hinchcliffe jokes about Sheryl Underwood’s late husband
- Johnny Mac broadcasting from Edinburgh, Scotland during the Podcast Show in London
- Edinburgh Fringe Festival headquarters sighting on the Royal Mile
Questions Answered in This Episode
When did Stephen Colbert’s Late Show end?
Stephen Colbert wrapped up the Late Show after over 1,800 episodes, broadcasting from the Ed Sullivan Theater where the show had been based for eleven years since July 2015.
Who was the last guest on Stephen Colbert’s Late Show?
Sir Paul McCartney was the final guest on Stephen Colbert’s Late Show finale.
Why is Chelsea Handler feuding with Shane Gillis?
Chelsea Handler appeared on Deon Cole’s podcast and called out Shane Gillis and Tony Hinchcliffe for material from the Kevin Hart roast, specifically targeting Shane Gillis’s lynching joke about Kevin Hart and arguing that comics were leaning too hard into anti-woke shock humor.
How did Shane Gillis respond to Chelsea Handler’s criticism?
Shane Gillis responded online saying he was happy Chelsea Handler was capitalizing on the moment, and then used the opportunity to plug his upcoming stadium show in Philadelphia.
What did Sheryl Underwood say about the Kevin Hart roast jokes?
Sheryl Underwood said some jokes did go too far, especially references to George Floyd and lynching, though she noted that some comics had contacted her beforehand regarding jokes about her late husband.
What did Stephen Colbert say in his Late Show farewell speech?
Colbert reflected on over 1,800 episodes, called the show a ‘joy machine,’ paid tribute to his staff, and echoed his original Colbert Report promise to ‘feel the news at you,’ saying the show’s job became to ‘feel the news with you.’
Why was Johnny Mac broadcasting from Edinburgh Scotland?
Johnny Mac was in Edinburgh after attending the Podcast Show in London, where US professional podcasters gathered, and he recorded a catch-up episode while walking along the Royal Mile near Edinburgh Castle.
Full Transcript
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Caloroga Shark Media from Scotland. I’m Johnny Mac with a catch up episode of Daily Comedy News. As I mentioned on Friday’s episode, I am traveling. I’m coming to you from Edinburgh, Scotland. But let’s catch up.
Stephen Colbert wrapped up the Late Show and let’s have fun with today’s episode. I’m doing this from a street corner. I haven’t actually listened to these clips I’m about to play. I’m gonna pull them from the hotel later. But Stephen Colbert hosted the final episode of the Late Show and apparently he said.
This, folks, we have done over eighteen hundred of these shows, and most nights I come out here and I talked to the audience beforehand, and tonight I thought I’d talked to the audience in here and the audience out there at home. This show I want you to know, and you to know, has been a joy for us to do for you. In fact, we call the show the joy Machine. All right. Lewis stole it from us and we are currently in litigation right now.
You better lawyer up, buddy. We call the joy Machine because to do this many shows, it has to be a machine. But the thing is, if you choose to do it with joy, it doesn’t hurt as much when your fingers get caught in the gears. And I cannot adequately explain to you what the people who work here have done for each other and how much we mean to each other. So I will just say I would just say to them, I would just.
Say to them, you are all the great Achilles whom we knew. Now. On night one of the Colbert Rapport back in the day, I said, anyone can read the news to you. I promised to feel the news at you. And I realized pretty soon in this job that our job over here was different.
We were here to feel the news with you. And I don’t know about you, but I sure have felt it. Oh and that wasn’t all Stephen Colbert had to say. Apparently he said this too. Welcome, Welcome, one and all to the Late Show.
I’m your host, Stephen Colbert. Set out. If you’re just tuning into the Late Show, you missed a lot. Tonight is our final broadcast from the Ed Sullivan Theater, where no, no, we were lucky enough to be here for the last eleven years. All right, that was can’t take this for granted.
So actually, technically our first show back in July of twenty fifteen, was from a public access station in Monroe, Michigan, for an audience of twelve people, and show business being what it is these days, it’s probably where you’ll see me next. There is so much history here in the Ed Sullivan Theater, and we’ve been honored to have been just a small part of it. Nichols and May played on the stage. The Beatles made their American debut here, and. This is true.
This is true. Backstage, Elvis used the bathroom and didn’t die. We’ve had so much fun in this theater, so many great segments. I’ll miss doing first drafts, where I show the final draft of a green card and then show the playfully wrong first draft. So we made one for tonight.
It’s this. One’s pretty nice. This is this isn’t goodbye, it’s see you later. Yes, but the first draft said this isn’t goodbye. How do you start an OnlyFans?
The final guest on Stephen Colbert’s Late Show who turned off the lights was the Pope? It was not. It was Sir Paul McCartney. Same same say hello, hello, I don’t know say goodbye. I don’t know bye Hell.
When I get back home, I’ll do more of a recap on Colbert. The other thing I see brewing is this thing with Shane Gillis and Chelsea Handler. I don’t know if you saw this one. Thank you for AI for pulling this together because that I mentioned. I’m on a street corner in Scotland.
Comedian Chelsea Handler kicked off a pretty major comedy world argument this week. She blasted Shane Gillis and Tony Hingecliff over material from the roast of Kevin Hart. Chelsea was on Dion Cole’s podcast Funny Knowing You. She called some of the roast material gross, racist, sexist, and bigoted. We’ll get into this in a second, specifically targeting Shane Gillis’s lynching joke about Kevin Hart and Tony hingchecliff jokes about Cheryl Underwood’s late husband.
Handler said jokes involving lynching across the line and argue comics were leaning too hard into anti woke shock humor. Shane Gillis responded online with a statement He said he was happy that Chelsea Handler is capitalizing on the moment, and then plugged his upcoming stadium show in Philadelphia. Cheryl Underwood said some jokes did go too far, especially references to George Floyd and Lynching. She noted that comics had contacted her before the roast regarding jokes about her late husband Johnnie Mack. Always likes a good controversy, so we’ll keep an eye on that one and I’ll recap it a little better than that when I get back.
Let’s just hang out. This is just an extra episode. I’m on the Royal Mile now. I just left Edinburgh Castle. The reason I’m here at all is this week was the podcast show in London, so US professional podcasters all mets, and that’s why I had to tape a few episodes there.
But I missed you guys. And I was walking down the street here and I saw the headquarters of the Edinburgh Fringe and heard the guy playing the bagpipes and I’m like, oh, you have a afordable recorder. Why don’t you use it? But hey, that is your catch up episode live on tape from Scotland. Somewhere in the feed.
There’s a normal Saturday episode and a normal Sunday episode. Do you know what to do? You’ll figure it out and we’ll catch up on stuff next week. Seea