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Caloroga Shark Media. Hey man, I’m Johnny Mack with your Daily Comedy News. If you missed Sunday’s episode, it was pretty robust and lengthy for a weekend episode, a lot of news in there. Go back and listen. I’m excited about today because I like strife.
I like when everybody’s fighting with everybody, and we’ve got a bunch of stories today. Let’s start with Dana Corvey, who’s pretty sure it wasn’t Heidi Gardner’s decision to leave Saturday Night Live. Oh that’s a headline. Dana was on his Fly on the Wall podcast with David Spade and said, from what I know as of this recording, it was not her idea to leave. He gave himself a wiggle room and said he could be wrong.
Spade said that would be a little shocking because she’s really one of the core ones you know from that show and she does a great job. Carvey, you never know, and it’s a hard thing. But I was really really surprised. Carvey then recalled speaking to Devin Walker about his three years Quoting Carvey, Devin had told me that when you don’t get on the show a lot, then when you get out there and you have a moment, you’re not relaxed because it’s like, if you don’t score here, you go back in line. So it can be emotionally violent depending on where you are in the show, or it could be a magic ride.
Carvey said what got his attention the most was the breaking up of the you Please don’t destroy guys, especially given the John Higgins, whose son of longtime SNL producer Steve Higgins. That John Higgins is leaving the show altogether. Carvey said, So that really surprised me, and on a human level, I was surprised that they kept some of them. Spade said, so the one guy has to say I’m gonna take this, I’m gonna be a cast member. It’s effing awkward for sure.
Devin Walker has clarified some of his comments. Remember he said it was a toxic atmosphere. He has spoken some more and said, I understand it’s show business and it’s cutthroat, but people of lives and people deserve to know the status of their job at a reasonable juncture. There’s a measure of humanity that the show could benefit from. What ends up had happening over the summer is Oftentimes people left hanging with big life decisions, people trying to start families or buy homes, and there’s no word from the show about whether they have the job.
The show won’t tell them all summer, and then we’ll ultimately end up firing them when there’s been months of them trying to work their situation out. He then clarified that was a nice situation, but I’ve known of situations to where that’s happened. If there’s one thing I hope for the future of the show, it’s that a sprinkle of humanity could be added into it. Most people are told they’re coming back to work in a week. He says his decision was a mutual decision and recognizes that devoting yourself to the time commitment of the show’s just part of it.
You’re expected to get in line. But again, on the measure of transparracy and clarity around people’s employment, we’re human beings. We’ve got to put food on the table. Some of us support other people in our lives. We’re not making millions of dollars on the show.
It’s not like we’re good And definitely, once we leave, did you sell your SNL stock? Did you hear comedy stock Market on Friday, sell your SNL stock all right? D not so canceled asase I’m Sorry has spoken out. You may recall back in twenty eighteen, an anonymous accuser recounted a date with a Z’s and Sorry that left her feeling violated. After an initial statement detailing his surprise and concern at the allegations, Aziz addressed the incident in twenty nineteen while touring the country with stand up material eventually filmed for a Netflix special.
Then there was more backlash as az’sin Sorry was criticized for acknowledging the claims without offering a public apology. He has addressed it again. Why now, Because he’s promoting a movie. That’s why. Let’s all be honest.
He’s bringing this up to get you to talk about his new film. He has told The Hollywood Reporter there was an apology, but it wasn’t for public consumption. The poll quote, I mean, I apologize to the person personally right when it happened. Aziz denied pulling back from the spotlight after the accusation. He said it wasn’t really a break per se.
I did that tour and I wanted to address it in the special because people were curious about how I felt about the whole experience, so I felt like I had to talk about it in the special. As he said, I took her words to heart and respond privately after taking time to process what she had said. I continue to support the movement that is happening in our culture. It is necessary and long overdue. There’s times I felt scared, There’s times I felt humiliated, There’s times I felt embarrassed, and ultimately I just felt terrible that this person felt this way.
And after a year or so, I just hope it was a step forward. It moved things forward from me and made me think about that a lot. I hope I’ve become a better person. I always think about a conversation I had with one of my friends where I was like, you know what, man, that whole thing made me think about every date I’ve ever been on, and I thought, wow, well that’s pretty incredible. It made not just me, but other people more thoughtful, and that’s a good thing.
Now, if you’re not hip to all this, by the way, if kids are listening, stop listening, stop the podcast. Okay, everybody else, just adult to now. Babe, dot net and it’s still up on the internet. I’m looking at it right now. This is a piece by Katie Way in twenty eighteen.
The headline I went on a date with AZ’s I’m sorry it turned into the worst night of my life.
And then if you want to read this piece, it gets into the details of their da…
But check out the piece from Babe dot net and then reconcile that with some of the poll quotes I just read from Disease. I’m Sorry. Good Fortune arrives in theaters October seventeenth. Caleb Hearon is getting an HBO special. Interesting to me.
It’ll debut on Friday, September nineteenth at nine easterns so it’s not one of those Saturday ten PM deals. For some reason, Caleb Hearon gets Friday September nineteenth at nine o’clock. He did put out a trailer, It’s too naughty for this show. Filmed in Chicago. Caleb Hearn, model comedian, showcases here on his ability to unpack life’s most absurd contradictions with his signature charm and razor sharp wit.
That’s a generic description of almost every comedy special. Guys, can you work a little harder at that sentence? Anyway? The trailer is funny. I liked it.
It’s just a little too naughty and let’s see I’ve got a long gut field of let’s do that tomorrow. Let me tell you about the worst in the world, Jay Leno. This guy Michael Boublay told a story about Jay Leno. He said, I used to open up for Jay when I was a kid, before I ever got signed, because he’s like the hardest working man, And I would say to him, can you give me some advice? Now, what do you think?
Jay Leno said? Jay Leno said, Yeah, take the time to travel, go to people’s backyards and play for them. You’ll belong to them. You’ll be tangible to them. They’ll see that when you tell them you appreciate them, you really do, because you took the time to show up.
Boy, that Jay Leno, he’s just the worst. David Byrne, you know, the guy that was the singer in Talking Heads. He was out promoting his new album and went up telling Jimmy Fallon that he tried stand up comedy. Fred Armison had come by to see David Broadway show American Utopia and saw that David Byrne could get a laugh and encourage David Byrne to try stand up. Burne said, really, it’s the scariest thing in the world.
I don’t have to tell you, Jimmy Fallon, but I have to tell these people. You don’t have a band. It’s just you. And if it goes badly, it goes badly. You can’t turn around and say, hey, my bass player.
Fed up, David Byrne said. Fred Armison asked him to make an unannounced appearance in LA and said, sure, Can I do it as a slide show? Fred said, yeah, sure, we’ll set that up. Brince said, all I had to do was show the picture and kind of say what it was. I have no idea if it went well or not.
And are you in the market for a lake house? You might want to buy Daniel Tosh’s Lake Tahoe waterfront compound. It’s for sale. It’ll run you eleven point nine million dollars, but maybe you can negotiate that down a little. Who knows it has ninety three feet of Lake Tahoe shoreline, a boke shed turned cabin.
It’s surrounded by pine trees. The description tells us when you drive through the gate and into the estate, instantly feel like you stepped away from all the chaos, but you’re so close to everything. Restaurants, hiking, trails, cycling. There are multiple homes. The property’s newer ford bedroom upper home, fancy that takes in lake views and they’re nice pictures I saw the listing.
Steam showers are part of every bathroom, and there’s also a dry sauna downstairs. A large family room, pooled table, large TV, sona surrounds it, shuffle board, a bar, and of course an industrial ice cream maker. Did I tell you I met Daniel Toosh once? Back? It’s serious A million years ago, you know how, Like a lot of times, Ibody be like, Oh, Larry the cable guy, that guy’s awesome, Keeg and Michael Key, that dude’s awesome.
Have you ever heard me tell you a story about Daniel Tosh along those lines? I haven’t right. You figure the rest out. Not a warm and fuzzy man, the realtor says, when not cozying up inside the residence. The family’s on the lake, wakesurfing using the banana tube.
We’re taking the boat to Tahoe City and other restaurants on the lake. Yeah. I mean, if you’re gonna buy a twelve million dollar lakehouse, you probably should get a boat. And that is your comedy news today. Maybe tomorrow I’ll tell you a story about Daniel Tosh being warm and fuzzy.
But you know, I might forget. You know, sometimes I forget to put a story in. See tomorrow