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Featured: Bill Burr, Jessica Curson, Sam Morrell, Tom Segura, Tim Dillon, Joe Coy, Jimmy Fallon, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce

What’s in This Episode

• Bill Burr defends Riyadh Comedy Festival appearance and addresses criticism
• Bill Burr criticizes media for clipping and misrepresenting his words
• Jessica Curson’s bold performance at Riyadh Comedy Festival
• Riyadh Comedy Festival lineup and ongoing performances
• Tim Dillon disinvited from Riyadh Comedy Festival
• Joe Coy’s Taylor Swift joke at Golden Globes
• Taylor Swift’s seventh appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
• Taylor Swift’s engagement announcement and new song about Travis Kelce

Questions Answered in This Episode

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Full Transcript

This transcript was automatically generated and may contain spelling and/or transcription errors.

Caloroga Shark Media. Bill Burr has forced my hand. Hello Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News. I’m kind of talking about the riog Comedy Festival, but Bill Burr addressed it on this week’s Bill Burr podcast, and let’s hear what Bill has to say. As always, I’m clipping for f bombs and sometimes for pacing.

But here’s Bill Burr. You guys are asking me obviously a ton of questions about the absolute controverty.

All right, here’s the deal.

I would love I have no problem answering any of them. The problem I have is after I answer them, it all gets clipped.

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And then once it gets clipped, then the lies start getting told, or they star…

So all I’m doing is just throwing another log on the fire and then they can make more money. No I’m sorry, well oh no, no, no, no, because they care so much. That’s right, Sorry now, because they’re just making money. Not to be fair to Bill Burr, I am indeed editing these. I considered leaving the clips alone, but he drops more than f bombs than I want to do on this podcast, and sometimes I need to pick up the pacing a little bit and not just play a ten minute clip that said, I welcome Bill burd a challenge if I’ve changed the intent of his words in any way.

But yes, I’ve edited them for language and pacing and taken out the F bombs, But the intent of his words are intact. So like these these stories of like there was no women there, he just performed to the royals. By the time they had done with this shit, they’re gonna say, I went over there and did a one on one show and a tent staring at my toes, and then I left for the head’s guy, whoever the hell it is over there? Right, once again, I performed in an arena over there in the round. There was eight thousand people at the show, okay, it was citizens, And then they had diplomats sitting down front in a nerve wracking way for the performer to make sure that, you know, you didn’t talk about the two or three things that they said that they negotiated down to not talk about.

Once again, as I said before, whoever put together the comedy festival and everything, what it did for freedom of speech over there, because like before it started, you couldn’t talk about all of this stuff, and then they whittled it down to just that. And that is how you know if you truly care about stuff like that, you gradually moved towards something more positive. Okay, Bill Burke, clearly for you, this is a freedom of speech thing and not at all about the money. In this next section, he compliments a fellow comedian who, by all context clues must be Jessica Curson. I don’t know who else this could possibly be.

From the clues, I did leave some s words in here, so if you don’t like salty language, some salty language coming up, edit out f. Words all of this sanctimonioushit out there. I’m gonna tell you something right now. I saw in thirty three years a stand up. I’ve never seen anybody with bigger balls.

And I’m not gonna say the name of the comedian, even though you’re gonna figure it out. But I’m just trying not to get anybody else. This shit coming at him went on over there openly gay. In the middle of the set, two of the diplomats got up to go to the bathroom, and this person said, Hey, where are you going? Are you gonna?

Are you going to go on grinder. I mean, I’ve seen them all. I’ve never seen anybody. It’s like, I don’t have the balls to say that. And the fact that her own people came at her and all of that, it’s just it’s disgusting, it really is.

That’s what they’re gonna clip. That’s what they’re gonna clip. Bill says. The reaction to Da Da Da is just And I’ll tell what else is amazing and really confusing to me is what we did over there wasn’t even on TV. However, what everybody’s complaining about was on TV the week before, on a different event, and nobody said anything, so, you know, and that’s the difference between being a billion dollar conglomerate and being an independent contractor.

Now, I’m not sure what he means there. Does he mean Kimmel? Is he talking about something with Israel? Does he think nobody talked about Kimmel? Is that what he means, because I can assure you it was talked about.

I checked. I personally did at least fifteen episodes with Jimmy Kimmel. I just went back through my catalog and I saw fifteen episodes in a cluster with Jimmy Kimmel. In the title. Now I concede this is not the biggest platform in the world.

All ears and eyes are not on this podcast. I get it. But I didn’t just monologue free thoughts for fifteen episodes. I was clearly sourcing other people. I had some guests on for fifteen episodes worth of shows, and that’s just me.

So somebody talked about Jimmy Kimmel, or maybe that’s not who Bill Burr meant. I’m not sure. Bill’s Instagram post about the podcast did not go so well. One person wrote, your legacy is now re Odd. That’s it.

The re Odd Comedy Festival does continue today. Some of your favorite comedians are there. Sam Morrell brings his cool, clinical delivery to the re Odd Comedy Festival. Expect brisk pacing, sharp turns, and a touch of crowd work with jokes that build and pay off fast. Tom Sagora, Yes, I said, Tom Sigora, write that down.

Tom Sagora s E g u r a one of comedy sharpest voices. Tom Sagora. He’s at the Real Comedy Festival tonight. Tonight would have been when Tim Dillon was going to perform, but he was disinvited and also appearing. It’s a big, big night at the Red Comedy Festival, Joe Coy, He’ll be at the Real Comedy Festival.

Now. Interestingly enough, this isn’t even the worst thing Joe Coy has ever done in his career. Oh no, no, no, one time he holds that the Golden Globe and dared to insult Taylor Swift with this horrible, horrible, mean joke. Let’s listen. As you know, we came on after a football doubleheader.

The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL. On the Golden Gloves, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift. I swear it was just where to go to here? Sorry about that? Ooh brutal, No wonder Taylor Swift, who had walked through the room in the middle of the live show so that everybody saw her across the room.

No wonder, Taylor Swift sat there offended, giving Joe Cooy an icy stare and killing the mood in the room, rather than just doing a smile and be like ha ha, no, Joe Cooy, that mean, mean, mean joke. That is the worst thing you ever did in your career. Never mind the riad Comedy Festival. You made a joke about Taylor Swift. Now, somebody who knows better is Jimmy Fallon.

He had Taylor Swift on Monday Night. It was her seventh time on The Tonight Show. So Taylor knows. Jimmy Fallon’s not gonna make some mean joke about Taylor and cameras in the NFL. No, he’s not going to do that.

She did three full segments with Fallon guests often Get two. She talked about her engagement to Travis Kelcey and the song would The less said about that song the better. It is cringe with a capital see says the old man in the basement recording a podcast. But it is cringe. Casey haven’t listened to the song.

Some of the lyrics include the words wood, redwood, tree, cocky, and it’s about Travis Kelcey. You could figure it out. Jimmy Fallon his monologue said, this is the hottest ticket in town today. I was on the phone with Pope Leo and I said, I’m sorry, your holiness, there’s no more room. Boy.

That’s hilarious, even though it sucked, and Jimmy told it better. Of course, even though it’s October like everyone else, I spent the weekend looking for Easter eggs. I listen to the album so many times this weekend. I think I’m in love with Travis. Fallon asked some rapid fire questions.

These are probing, really difficult questions of Taylor Swift, the last person who texted Selena meaning Gomez, the last movie you saw, one battle after another. We’re so lucky to be alive. At the same time as Paul Thomas Anderson last fall related activity you did, I make cinnamon Rolls the other day. With a material like this, I don’t think Fallon has to worry about Trump and people or the FCC coming after him. If we’re gonna ask Taylor Swift about cinnamon rolls.

This is not exactly a biting satire here now tonight. For some reason that I can’t explain. Taylor Swift superstar, megastar, huge star. Whatever you think of the song would and the cringiness of it, there’s no avoid she’s a huge star. Tonight for some reason, she’s going on Late Night with Seth Myers to reach his what twenty three thousand viewers?

How many viewers does he have? I lost my notes it’s some number like that. Why she’s going on Seth Myers of all things, like anybody would take her and she’s doing Seth Myers the twelve thirty show. I mean, sure, the clipsical viral. Sure, I’m going to talk about it, but really that okay on the View, which you know is a show Taylor Swift could do.

Sherry Sheppard is concerned about Saturday Night Live. Sherry said, when I watched SNL this weekend, I did notice something was missing. Ego n Wotam left the show and she was their only black female cast member. So now there are no black women on SNL. So what do I say to SNL.

You all got to hurry up and you gotta find somebody. This is a break glass in case of emergency. It’s an emergency. We got to have representation on that show. She noted SNL does not have the best track record in hiring black female talent, and noted that Keenan Thompson would often have to dress in drag to do impressions of black women in pop culture.

Shepard said there was no black woman even play Whoopy Goldberg. Keenan Thompson would play Whoopy at the table when they spoofed us in two thousand and nine, Tracy Morgan played Shepard. She said they had the nerve when Tracy Morgan guests hosted Tracy Morgan played me on the dog On Show. They had Tracy Morgan in that old tired shake and go wig looking like he SAIDs Third Road Church and serves the dinner after service. He’s even still got a five o’clock shadow.

I don’t think this controversy is unwarranted in terms of having a cast that is diverse in all ways, so that you have someone who can realistically portray a character. I don’t think this is absurd at all. Shepherd said. What I don’t like hearing is we can can’t find anybody. There are lots of talented black female comics you can cast on SNL.

If you go to any comedy club or improv place, they’re out there waiting for this opportunity, getting ready for this very opportunity. Yeah, that is that is that makes a lot of sense to me. Yep. Apparently, the cast of SNL gathered at a farewell party on October third, and they met with the cast members who left the show. Devin Walker and Emil Wakeem were there as well as alumni Chloe Trost and Punky Johnson.

Trost and Johnson spoke to people about the realities of being fired from SNL. Trost said, you don’t get a cushion when you fall. Even before the show, they were the ones that were guiding light and so that’s what I looked to after and I feel like without that, I don’t know where i’d be one year out. To be honest, Punky Johnson said, you can’t leave SNL and then go do the same things you were doing before. It just puts pressure on you because everybody’s always like, yo, what’s next, So have to go do the next big thing.

I had to figure out how to understand the difference between all right, cool, he did something really great and now it’s okay for you to just go through motions and not rush and figure out what’s next for you. It’s okay for you to figure that out. It’s very hard to stand a place like that. They just throw you in the water. You better know how to swim.

They don’t give you a life jacket. Out Today, on the Comedy Exports YouTube channel, It’s reached James spilt Milk. Fred Armison has a new sound effects record, and he told NPR sound effects record is something I felt like was missing in my life if I didn’t hear any new releases of sound effect records. And I just remember in my life, you know, there would be like a Halloween record that would come out, or sound effects CDs that would come out, and it was just fun looking through all the titles and everything and then just you know, sampling some of them and it was like a feeling of whatever happened to those and then occurred to me. I was like, I’ll make one.

I think when I’ve listened to sound effect records, wherever there are audience sound effects, you know, booing, clapping, cheering, those are always the first ones I went to, mostly because I was like, wow, they really got a group together do applause and laughing. So I thought, what about expanding on that? What about somewhere that are a little more detailed, like supportive booing. He helps people play it for their friends, like hey, did you hear this? And they play a couple of tracks and they go on with their day.

But I’m hoping in like ten years, someone does reach for it in a way that I feel like, hey, I actually really need the sound of breaking glass. Lost in the Kimmel and Riot of it All was an article in The New York Times in Austin, a comedy scene that speaks to political mavericks. This was a good piece. It talks about the explosion of the Austin comedy scene in the past five years. More than a half dozen new comedy clubs of open, including The Creek in the Cave, which moved from Queens, Black Rabbit Comedy, The Vulcan Gas Company, ros Coos, and East Austin Comedy Club.

So so that Joe Rogan won down there. Roza Jeoffrey is the co owner of East Austin Comedy Club. He told The Times it’s fair to have critiques of different elements within the scene, but it’s impossible to say with a straight face that it hasn’t created something really interesting and special. Comedian Liz Splatt talked about the Rogan of it All. Last year she won the annual Funniest Person in Austin contest.

She was backstage at The Creek in the Cave and said, I’m the opposite of anything those guys, meaning the Rogan Easts are talking about, and they still support me. Heavily. That’s why I think this is such a great place Austin to practice my art. You can get the liberal people, but you can also get the people on the other side. We have a mash up of both.

Jeffrey to tell the story about being at Rogan’s place. Comic was setting up a joke about trans people and was getting clapter and he explains clapters proven collapse before you get to the punchline. He had prepared the line to try and win them over, like wait, wait, hear me out, because he was expecting pushback, but he was getting ovations. It’s like at that point, all you’re really doing is pandering. And that is your comedy news for today.

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Featured: Jim Gaffigan, Al Michaels, Peter Jennings, Nate Bargatze, Jimmy Kimmel

What’s in This Episode

• Jim Gaffigan’s four-show bourbon-themed comedy set at Kentucky Center
• Al Michaels prank call during OJ Simpson chase coverage
• Jim Gaffigan’s weight loss using Ozempic
• Nate Bargatze’s Emmy Awards bit controversy and Boys and Girls Club segment
• Emmy Awards speech length restrictions and charity donation expectations

Questions Answered in This Episode

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Full Transcript

This transcript was automatically generated and may contain spelling and/or transcription errors.

Caloroga Shark Media. Hey, I’m Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News. As i’m recording, I’m texting back and forth with Mike Chisholm from The Letterman podcast. He apparently liked the al Michaels bit and it just got me thinking about how much I do like al Michaels. I defend him on Twitter every Thursday.

People are like, he’s so old. I’m like, no, no, no, no, no, he’s great. He knows how to call football. You’re watching the game. You don’t need somebody yelling and screaming.

Do you watch Kevin Horland, who’s great at basketball and I love him on NBA two K Do you watch Kevin Horland call football game and only does his yell and scream, whereas al Michaels is just in the zone. I know this isn’t why you’re here, and I’m bringing all the rules. I’m gonna tell about him Gafkins Bourbon set in a second. But al Michaels remember the oj Knight and Captain Jenks called in and pranked Peter Jennings. I can never think of that and not laugh.

So if you’re not familiar with the story, Peter Jennings is there, and he says, okay, we have we have a eyewitness on the scene across from oj Simpson’s house. That’s say, mister Robert Higgins, mister Higgins, what do you see now? Captain Jenks went into a character that I don’t want to get canceled, so I’m not going to do here. I’m just gonna ask everybody to be quiet for a moment. We have on the phone with us as well, Robert Higgins, who lives in the neighborhood and is on the ground and can see inside the van.

Mister Higgins, Oh, yes, how are you? But I’m watching this at home thinking how does Peter Jennings, the ABC anchor, not know what is happening? Then and then all of a sudden, you hear the voice of God here, Peter, this is al Michaels. Lest anyone think that is a real name. I forget exactly what he said.

That was a completely farcical call. Now, as the years went on, al Michaels would go on Howard Stern, Billy West would do al Michaels saying, that’s a completely forcical call. Al Michaels said, I’ve never used the word farcicle in my life, but I know what was going on there. The driveway of Oj Simpson’s home in Redwood, clearly an effort being made to him come out of the vehicle in the doorway of the house. His friend Al Cowling Peter.

By the way, just for the record, this is Al Michaels. So that was a totally farcical call. Lest anybody think that that was somebody who was truly across the street that was not. He said something in code at the end that’s indicative of the mentioning of the name of a certain radio talk show. Host as a producer.

I just imagine myself in the control room and the hotline ring. So the hot line is a phone that you only use when you really need to get through. Like you don’t use the hotline to be like, hey, what should we get for lunch? The hot line is hey, there’s a fake call on the air, get it off now. It’s used for that kind of thing.

It’s the batphone. So I’m just picturing you’re in the control room and Al Michael’s calls and he’s like, you gotta put me on the air right now, and you’re like, what did you not just see the ojchase? Why does al Michaels have to be on the air right now? Anyway, I have totally degressed and broken all the rules and put a two and a half minute roadblock at the top of the show. You’re not supposed to do.

Hello, I’m Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News. Yeah, boy, Jim Gaffigan, it’s today the Bourbon set. We’ve been looking forward to this four months, over four shows, Jim Gaffigan will debut an all new set of Bourbon and whiskey inspire stand up. You might still be able to get in because on Monday morning, Jim Gaffigan post it on Threads the tickets were still available. So I don’t know if the bourbon demand is quite there for Jim Gaffigan bourbon theme sets, but he’s doing four of them to tonight two Thursday, seven and nine thirty.

It’s at the Kentucky Center baum Hart Theater, you know, the one on five oh one West Main Street. Yeah. Now, what he’s really pushing is this really cool after party on Thursday. That’s right. If you’ve got tickets to the nine to thirty show, not only do you get a Jim Gaffigan bourbon themed comedy set.

You get exclusive access to the official after party. The party will feature sponsored bourbon pores, light bites, and of course, Jim Gaffigan. That after party doesn’t starts eleven pm. So as much as I love Jim Gaffigan bourbon jokes and bourbon, I mean you want me to start a party at eleven o’clock on a school night? Are you crazy?

So? Uh, this next part here, I’m not doing a bit, okay, So let me get the little out of my voice. I’m just trying to have a fun. It’s just a fun little podcast. But let me get to us for a second.

Over the weekend, John Marcos Saraisi posted a picture with Jim Gaffigan. Now, I would describe John Marcos Sarraisi as wiry. If you’ve seen his comedy special, you know he’s not a big, fat, stocky guy like me. He’s wiry. Anyway, He’s in a picture with Jim Gaffigan, who has said he lost weight using joo.

Jim’s looking really thit not like, hey, you lost a lot of weight, You look good like he’s past that. Now. I hope he’s okay. I’m not doing a bit. I’m not trying to be a jerk hole.

But when You’re standing next to John Marco and I’m like you look really thin, I go, huh, so, I hope everything’s okay. There stories I hadn’t got to Nate Brigetzie. Remember the Emmys and then Jimmy Kimmel got suspended and then we all went to the Riod Comedy Festival wholl All. Before that, the story was Naperghetzy tanked on the Emmys. Remember that bit.

Nate on his podcast said he wasn’t trying to put anybody on the spot. I was trying to have a very giving night. He said he had no ill intent while planning it out. Well, then, dude, you didn’t think about this at all, Nate said. Reviews did not like the boys and Girls Club thing, despite it coming from a real place of heart.

In my head, I wasn’t trying to put anybody in spot. I wasn’t trying to make someone donate money. But in my head I kind of thought, like, make it fun. We’re not using the charities a tool. They asked you to come up with a way to make everybody go shorter on their speeches.

First of all, why are we trying to go shorter on their speeches? Like what are we trying to get to at this point the Sunday night eleven o’clock news. Who cares? We all have phones? Like what is the race?

Or start the show earlier if you’re worried about it going too late, Nate said, comics, I don’t think I’ll get to ask that going shorter, because I’ll try to find a solution. He said, CBS was very happy with the bit. I think people at home were very happy they watched it. No, we weren’t. I wasn’t trying to overshadow any of their speeches, but yeah, you know some of these people, well, you work your whole career, you finally get recognized.

You just want to thank your family and the people you worked with hard, and like, why are we running a clock? I get we don’t want the seven minutes speeches about issues of the day. I get that. But if you’re up there and you’re like, hey, I just want to think my wife’s just been really great these last thirty years, and my kids are fantastic, and you know the rest of the crew here, let people do that. Nate explained on his podcast, he thought that the shows that won, or Netflix or Apple would donate the money.

It’s not like I was expecting that kid, meaning adolescent star Owen Cooper, who was fantastic in his speech. I think he’s fifteen. I mean that show was great. He’s great, but his speech was fantastic. I wasn’t expecting that kid to give money.

In my head, I pictured as they could speak long but then be a hero, so it was a win win. Then the night becomes about love and you’re giving to these kids that are there and all the stuff. I don’t know if I just didn’t explain enough in the room. I had it in my head one way, it came out another way. But the reasoning was there.

I wasn’t gonna give that money at the end. I wasn’t thinking I was going to have it, But the way it went, it was like, I can’t. I wonder if they’ll have him back. So friend of the show Jason Zinniman pointed out the ratings were up, but I don’t know. I feel like that’s a jokoy one and done.

I can’t see rolling him back out. David Letterman, Yes, I’m finally getting to a David Letterman story. Because all the crazy news has calmed down, he has announced his next guest on My Next Guest needs no introduction. He’s already taped it at New York University. It is with the great, great dramatic actor Adam Sandler, hopefully.

Letterman asked him a lot of questions about Adam’s fine dramatic films, Uncut, Gems, Space movie one about basketball, and this upcoming Ja Kelly won that apparently Adam Sandler dramatic actor is fantastica and I’m looking forward to hearing Dave interview Adam Sandler about dramatic acting. No date yet for that. It’s scheduled to air later this year. Let me guess Jay Kelly comes out December fifth, maybe around then. There is a lot of Oscar buzz around dramatic actor Adam Sandler.

Sandler told people that’s real cool. Nice of everybody to say. I’m just happy I got to be in it. Sandler’s seems like a pretty cool guy. I mean, he addresses worse than I do, and his attempts at comedy are terrible, but he does seem like a really cool guy.

Jimmie Fallon had Taylor Swift on last night, we’ll talk about that. I did talk about Taylor Swift’s new album on the DCN eight bonus podcast on the feed on Apple Podcasts. So I haven’t done a DCN eight in a few weeks because of all the regular bonus episodes. But anyway, if you were a paid subscriber, and you can become a paid subscriber by opening up the Apple podcast app and clicking Uninterrupted Listening, and then for five bucks a month, you’ll get this show and then just about everything else on the network commercial free. So you get five good news stories which I host, you get that commercial free.

In Palace Intrigue and all the other stuff, the trivia show, you get all that without ads. But also to show my appreciation and to get some things out of my system, I started this thing called DCN eight where it’s me, but I’m not talking about comedy, and I’m not putting any rules on that. I’m not saying how long it is, I’m not saying how often it comes out. Just if you’re pay subscriber, every now and then you get a DC and eight, And there’s a DC and eight in the feed right now. Fallon was catching some crap last week because he said he’s keeping his head down during all this political stuff.

Fallon told CNBC, our show’s never really been that political. We hit both size equally. We try to make everybody laugh. Our monologue has been the same in doing since Johnny Carson was doing this night show. So I really just keep my head down to make sure the jokes aren’t funny.

We’re trying to make the best show we possibly can and entertain everybody. Fallon also has that new show On Brand with Jimmy Fallon, a reality competition series that puts ten creative minds of the test as they craft real campaigns for real brands. Jimmy Fallon said, we wanted everybody to get in on the action, so NBC’s doing cool thing. They’re going to hold a contest where you get to create an original design for an on brand billboard. We’ve teamed up with Canva to do this, so anyone can enter.

The winner will get their billboard on Sunset Boulevard in LA and win a trip to New York City and two tickets to see the Tonight Show. What if I win, I live in New Jersey, I get a trip to New York City. I try to avoid going to New York City, just like I’ve tried to avoid talking about the Riodd Comedy Festival for ten minutes or so, but times up. Bill Maher criticized Dave Chappelle for Dave Chappelle’s comments downplaying free speech in America. This happened on Real Time with Bill Maher.

That was the episode Louis C.K. Was on. Bill Moore told c K Dave Chappelle was in the press today saying you can speak more freely over here than in America. C K said, I don’t know if that’s true. Mar said, oh, it’s not true.

At the Read Comedy Festival today, Jack Whitehall brings Polish, British banterer and gleeful self mockery, sharpening stories with a quick snap. He’s honed on arena tours. Moa Maher is there. He’ll discuss fatherhood, fame, and identity with the same candid, culturally charged storytelling that made him a household name. Expect brutally honest observations, unexpected tenderness, and explosive punchlines delivered with charisma and bite.

Interesting copy. There and Wayne Brady, he brings quick fire improv and music Comedy to the Rio Comedy Festival, challenging the fearless energy that made him a multi hyphenate star. On whose line is it anyway? Broadway and TV expect genre hopping riffs and the kind of on the spots songcraft that turn suggestions into showstoppers. Be careful, Wayne.

So as I put the show together today, I actually excluded a few things. There’s one comedian on Instagram showing off their weight loss, and I’m like, you know what, I just don’t want to talk about that. And it’s just comedy thinking. Everything’s just been so angsty ltely and it’s starting to make me like, not like some of these people that we talk about all the time. I feel like comedy has become a business with a capital B, and it’s all feeling icky.

And I don’t just mean re odd. I feel like you can just see the industry, meaning Hollywood and the two big agencies going, here’s who we’re pushing now, here’s who the hot comedian is right now, and let’s get as much press out there, and let’s get them big TV gigs and let’s put them in front of everybody. We’re going to make this person a star and there are at least two people have done that with this year, and it’s all just feeling like icky to me right now. I’d prefer to talk about fun things like this whole thing with Paddington Bear. Studio Canal which produces the Paddington movies, and Paddington Bear’s holders are suing Avalon.

They didn’t like the recent episode of Spitting Image. That episode depicted Paddington as a foul mouthed podcast host. In the sketch, Paddington said, I don’t really talk like Ben Wishlaw. I’m from Peru. M Effers, I am Paddington Bear from Peru.

During a sketch Prince Harry and Paddington interview Elon Musk, they also read ads for guns and robot sex dolls. Scrubs revival looks like everybody’s back. Over the weekend, I started watching Scrubs again from season one, episode one. Boy, that show has aged well. I was laughing out loud.

It’s on Hulu. Oh wait, no, I mean I was watching my dvdsuse so if I watched Hulu that would mean I support fascism. Now, I of course canceled Disney Plus and Hulu and don’t watch anything on ABC because I support Jimmy Kimmel and free speech, just like you canceled all that stuff too. So I misspoke there. I was not watching it on Hulu.

I would not do that. I do not support fascism. I went upstairs and got my DVDs, which are real things I own. I’ll post a picture of me with a DVD to prove it, and I am going to do that on the Facebook group Daily Comedy News Podcast Group after I shower. See this is why I hate the video podcast.

You know, it’s midday on Monday, and I might still be wearing a hat and last night’s clothes. That’s the beauty of being an audio podcaster. But once I like shower and shave, you’ll see me with my scrubs DVDs. I wasn’t watching Hulu. I don’t support fascism.

ABC has added nine guest starring cast members. The new interns include Ava Bonnis Serena, Jacob Dudman as Asher, David Gridley is Blake, Leila Mouhammadi as Amara, and Amanda Morrow as Dashana. They joined Zach Raft, Donald Faison and Sarah Chalk as the three leads Judy Reis is back as Carla, John C. McGinley as Doctor Cox. I can’t get enough of Doctor Cox ever, I would watch a Doctor Cox spin off.

All right, here’s the description. J D and Turk scrub in together for the first time in a long time. Medicine has changed, in turns have changed, but their romance has stood the test of time. Characters new and old navigate the waters of Sacred Heart with laughter heart and some surprises along the way. I’m still curious if you watch season nine and I have the DVDs, I don’t support fascism.

The original Sacred Heart Hospital was gone. They were the new ones. So does the new scrubs take place at the new Sacred Heart, which at this point is like twenty years old. I don’t know. I remember I saw somewhere over the weekend the Todd is back as well, which is good news.

The only person I haven’t seen is if Neil Flynn is coming back as the janitor new topic. For some reason, FX Wait, who owns fx FX is Hulu? Oh, we’re gonna have to support fascism again. Boy, Well, if you do suppor fascism, FX is for some reason making very young Frankenstein This based on mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein, Zach Galifanakis, Dontlly Well, Spencer House, Nikki Crawford, come ol On Jeohnny and Carrie Elwis a star on the pilot. It’s some sort of prequel I assume from the title why we’re making this I don’t know.

And kicking off today the Milwaukee Comedy Festival celebrating twenty years presenting live comedy today through the twelfth more than thirty comedians performing across nine shows at different venues. Comedians in Clue, The Very Funny, Aparna Nurla, The Very Funny, Sean Patten, Patton Oswalt who ruined, Star Trek Has, Doug the Vulcan, and Punky Johnson. That’s a pretty good lineup. You should go hackle Patton Oswalt and be like, why did you play Doug the Vulcan seven o’clock tonight at Parna and some others are at the Lakefront Brewery. Sean Patten tomorrow at seven thirty.

Patten Thursday night if you want to heckle him, Punky Johnson on Friday, and a bunch of other shows. Looks like at Nice Festival. And that is your comedy News for Today. Become a premium subscriber, get the show, add free five bucks a month, first months free, and you know what I always say. You click on it, you enjoy the free trial, and then day thirty one you’re like, ah, Johnny Mac beat me out of five bucks.

I forgot to cancel, and then I go I worked. You also got the Dcnaight to Botus episode there. All right, I’m punching today, see you tomorrow.

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Featured: Bert Kreischer, Colin Jost, James Austin Johnson, Bad Bunny, Marcelo Hernandez, Bowen Yang, Sarah Sherman, Joja Cat, Cam Patterson, Taylor Swift, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Carr, Louis C.K., Bill Burr, Kevin Hart, Matt Bronger, David Cross, Gabe Iglesias

What’s in This Episode

• SNL Season 51 premiere review with Bad Bunny
• Jimmy Fallon Tonight Show and criticism over avoiding political comedy
• Riyadh Comedy Festival controversy and performer ethics
• Bill Burr Saudi Arabia performance defense debate
• Taylor Swift appearing on Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
• Cam Patterson Update debut and early performance concerns

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Caloroga Shark Media. So I’m prepping the show and I see a headline comedy superstar known for going topless, and I’m like, hey, I better click on this story and check it out. It was about Bert Kraser. Not what I was looking for at all. Hello, I’m Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News.

If you miss Sunday, it was a very robust episode. You want to go back and hear the Ovonne stuff if nothing else. Saturday Night Live, I don’t know. Man started okay and then fell off a cliff, no teeth at all, not sure. SNL met the moment open with a decent sketch Colin jo just getting some run.

He got to play Pete. Hegseth and did a nice job in character before getting interrupted by James Austin Johnson’s increasingly drifting Donald Trump impression. The Trump character then got met us saying SNL fifty one off to a rough start, seventeen new cast members and I got the update guy doing the open, which I thought was a good observation. I was thinking the same thing myself that Jost got the open Johnson, as Trump said, I thought Jose would be with his friends at the Rion Comedy Festival, Joe saying he didn’t get an offer. Then onto the credits, and I’m watching the credits, and the credits are high energy, and I’m looking at it and I’m like, this is a pretty strong cast because all the major players returned, and I’m like, Okay, here we go.

And then Bad Bunny came out and his monologue killed it. There’s obviously the language challenge there, but also his timing, so you know that takes the air out of the balloon. First sketch a Jeopardy sketch that just never flew. Other notes, I wrote down Marcelo Hernandez in a sketch about chat cheap pto, so like a a Hispanic version of chat cheapt Marcelo Hernandez. He does one thing.

He does it really well, but it’s the only thing he does, and he did it three different sketches. On Saturday. Come on, man, there was a K Pop what is a Demon Hunter sketch that spotlighted why Bowen Yang and Sarah Sherman are special performers. I wrote down Jojah Cat lip syncing, like what are we doing? Just don’t have it?

Just the show’s called Saturday Night Live, not Saturday Night lip Sync. Kind of lame. Cam Patterson was on Update. He’s got tons of charisma, but he can’t perform. He was obviously reading the teleprompter and he’s not good at that, and he’s not good at delivering a material in that form.

What a really, really really unfair early prediction. Cam Patterson won and done. Write that one down. We’ll check back in May. Taylor Swift did not appear on a pretty weak Saturday Night Live.

Speaking of Taylor Swift, she’s the guest on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Tonight Late Night Wars heating back up. Fallon has been catching a lot of grief. He had done an interview recently with Newsweek talking about how he’s not going to make the show political. Jimmy said, our show’s never really been that political.

You know, we hit both sizukhle. We trying to make everybody laugh, and that’s really the way our show works. Our monologues are kind of the same we’ve been doing since Johnny Carson was doing The Tonight Show. So really, I just keep my head down and make sure the jokes are funny. I have great writers, clever smart writers, and we’re just trying to make the best show we possibly can and entertain everybody.

People got very upset at this. I’ll continue to defend Jimmy Fallen that he understands what the Tonight Show is and he executes the mission. I think he’s got more in his tool belt than he does as host of the Tonight Show, but I think he understands what hosting the Tonight Show is. On social media, film Bart said, Look, I’ve enjoyed taking pot shots at Fallon from the cheap seats, but his utter failure to meet this cultural moment comedically is pretty staggering. His public persona is a complete and total void chilling.

I wonder what film Bart thought of SNL Mister b Direct said, Fallon is an empty vessel puppeteered by the industry and mega corpse always has been, but it’s never been more obvious. Hilariously, he will get taken out by the Trump administration as quickly as the rest of Late Night at the ri Odd Comedy Festival tonight, Jimmy Carr and Louis C.K. If you miss Sunday’s episode, I recapped K with Bill Moore. I also listen tok on Theovaugh’s podcast. I couldn’t make it all the way to the end.

They got into conversation about their sexual addictions, and I just punched out on it. Matt Bronger on his Substack Rights. I’ll start by saying I wasn’t invited, and also thank god for that. If I was offered half of what the comics who went were offered, boy, it’d be tough to say no, but I think I would have. I’m not here to jump on my fellow comics, my brothers and sisters who stand alone on the stage and talk about their genitals for laughs.

However, I will say, what the eff are you doing? We can talk about the expanding relationships between our country and theirs, and now their people deserve to be entertained. And the end of the day, you gotta face the fact that A they have slaves three exclamation points. B. The guy who ministered the entertainment has an entire wing of a prison where they torture people have spoken out or tweeted about the Kingdom’s oppressions named after him.

See they allegedly funded slash did nine to eleven D. They killed journalists. Matt observes comics play Russian next and e Hey, Kevin Hart, the Kevin Hart of Saudi Arabia’s wife was taken and disappeared for driving a car. Matt Bronger then got into some other reactions from some other folks, but I’ll skip head to his reaction to Bill Burr’s take. Matt writes, this one’s stung because ye s dude, you’re the guy, maybe the closest big performer we have to a modern George Carlin, the zigger in a field of zaggers.

Remember when Louis C.K. Was the new George Carlan. Nobody says that anymore. That was the thing that was said. Matt wraps up with I’m still a fan of all these guys in most of the comics who played the festival, But to me, the check wasn’t worth the handshake and applies thanks for reading for Pajiba.

Dustin Rolls rights that defense is not gonna fly Bill Burr. Dustin says, here’s the problem with Burr’s defense. The problem was never the Saudi people. The problem with the Iranian regime is not the Iranian people. The problem with the net In Yahoo government is not the Israelis, and The problem with America is not the people who didn’t vote for this authoritarian regime.

The problem is the Saudi government, and it’s the Saudi government the back to truck full of money to Burr’s house. Burn might argue that he was simply bringing comedy to people who deserve to laugh, and on the surface that sounds noble, but that’s not what’s happening here. Bill Burr is giving the Saudi government exactly what it wanted, a positive portrait of Saudi Arabia. Yes, the Saudi people who are know different than the rest of us. They eat at Chilis too, But Saudi journalists are getting killed by their government, which is David Cross noted, has slaves.

The Saudi people are victims of the very government that paid Bird to go home and tell the rest of the world that Saudi Arabia is a great place with great people, and that performing for the Saudi royals was one of the three best experiences of his life. So, no Bert, that’s not gonna fly. And somehow I’ve lost even more respect for him because he apparently doesn’t even realize he’s become a tool for the Saudi royal family. Gabe Iglesias performed on Thursday night at the Riodd Comedy Festival. He shared a video of himself signing a poster showing the stack lineup.

He captured it, thank you to everyone it came out to my event last night in Riod. I will be posting more highlight videos and pictures soon. Unity through laughter. The New York Times wrote, the festival has been held at Boulevard City, a sprawling entertainment complex with a quarter designed to resemble Times Square. Young Saudi has gathered in gender mixed spaces beneath the glare of giant screens, rather than the watchful gaze of the once feared religious police, whose powers were stripped down by the Crown Prince as part of his reform drive.

Still, societal t insformation has its limits. Political humor was warmly received. The sex jokes not so much. Sipha Sounds started a gag about men air dropping photos of their genitals. Uncomfortable laughter rippled through the arena.

Seipha Sounds said, Oh, sex jokes don’t land, and Riod got it in the nation. Ben Schwartz writes the list of massive ironic cell phones, these comics just racked up and riot is impressive. Burr himself once went off on Beyonce as a woman who embraces feminism yet flew to Libyate to perform for Momar O Gaddafi. Shabelle has criticized Israel and Gaza, but just took money from a country that backed to civil war and Yemen that caused the femine debts of at least eighty five thousand children and killed hundreds of thousand more Yemeni civilians. In twenty fourteen, Annibal Burst went after Bill Cosby and said out loud what many knew but were afraid to say about Bill Cosby.

Journalism was limited what it could say about Cosby because that his rules. Law enforcement was limited in what it could do because it is rules comedians don’t and Bursu’s takedown kickstarted Cosby’s ultimate downfall. The Riad Court period won’t mean much to the careers of most of these comics. No one’s going to lose a Hollywood deal for a movie or a show, and with Saudi money in Hollywood, something might come home to new deals. All this is distracting us from the big story of the week, which is Jim Gaffigan bending the knee to the bourbon industry.

Jim Gaffigan has sold out to Big Bourbon. Jim Gaffigan will do a live podcast recording at Pursuit Spirits on Whiskey Row. We’re told it’s a special live podcast experience at the brand new Bourbon Pursuit podcast studio and tasting room, and he’s doing that today at twelve thirty in the afternoon. The Golden Globes, which would be hosted by Nicky Glazer, has announced the twenty five podcast eligible four Golden Globes now quite notably here, stunningly to me here, I can’t explain this at all. Not on the list of twenty five, which I’ll read, not on the list.

Conan O’Brien, how is that possible? James Cridlin, who writes the pod News, pointed out that the twenty five podcasts is pretty close to the top twenty five podcasts on the charts. Nominated are fort eight Hours, Dak Shepard, Call Her Daddy, Candice Owens, Crime Junkie, Dateline, Amy Pohlar, Morbid, Mister Ballin, Pardon My Take, Pod Save America, Rotten Mango, Sean Ryan Smortless, stuff you should know. Ben Shapiro, Bill Simmons, The Daily, Rogan, Megan Kelly, Mel Robbins, Tucker Carlson, THEO, Vaughn n p R. Now, The Golden Globes is a showbiz show.

I’m stunned that Conan’s not on this list and just going to win, because don’t you want to put on a show like you’re gonna go ladies and gentlemen. Here’s crime junkie. Yay. I mean it’s popular, but that’s not showbiz. Ladies and gentlemen.

The winner. Best podcast goes to stuff you should know again, perfectly fine podcast, but yay, here’s the guys from The Daily yay. I mean they’re not gonna give it a Rogan. If you give it to somebody like Megan Kelly or Tucker Carlson, you’re making a statement. I don’t know who’s gonna get it here.

Do you just give it to I guess you just give it to Amy Pohlar, Right, do you just give it? Amy comes out, she smiles, everybody’s happy, she’s industry, she’s Golden Globes friendly because she’s hosted a thing. So yeah, just give it Amy Poehler and we’re done. If I wrote my notes down correctly. There’s a podcast called The Idiot Box with Alison Lips the topic, Jay Leno and the Late night Stuff, and I’m the guest.

I believe that is out today, So if you want to hear me talk even more, I’m the guest. We recorded that before Kimmelgate, if I recall, so some of it might be not quite timely, but it is a really good conversation for about an hour. John Stewart was asked on The Weekly Show why Trump hasn’t tried to cancel him the way Trump has tried to cancel Colbert, kim ol Seth and Felon. John Stewart said, there’s no question. It’s a function of relevance.

I don’t think we’re on the radar, you know. I think he’s right. It’s a cable show, and I don’t think the president watches that sort of TV other than Fox. He’s a network guy. He’s an old school He’s from the twentieth century, like me.

Makes sense. Beth Stelling spoke to Girl Talk HQ about her special, The Landlord Special, which you’ll find on v Pops. That said, I usually know amana something stand up wise when my mom says she wants to hear more for this special, I was dealing with a very noisy, combustible land lady who seemed hell bount in getting me to move so she could raise the rent. But for years I was more stubborn than I was exasperated. I’d call my mom immediately after many of the interactions.

On those calls, my mom was typically shocked and trying to advise me as best she could from afar, But at times it took a toll on my mental health to feel trapped in a place, especially during the pandemonium, I felt unwelcome and under surveillance. This story Heavy Special was born from severe frustration, but turning that in the stand up comedy for laughs is historically how I process and work through any bad, powerless, painful, or uncomfortable things I’ve experienced. Inspirations that says a renowned New York Times critic once referred to my voice as Bamfordian, a reference to Maria Bamford, who is one of the great stand ups of our time. I think any comic that is sharing themselves in a true and honest way is inspiring to me. I prefer to watch well wooden jokes and stories rooted inauthenticity.

I have an aversion of what I call word math. I also category as comics as not helping when they strive to shock audience members in the pursuit of challenge. I believe they’re hacky and often lack life experience and empathy. And that is your comedy news for today. We’re off to an interesting start this week.

Gaffigan’s got some bourbon stuff coming up. I got a bunch of stories that haven’t been able to get to. These episodes have been quite robust, and we’ll see what kind of strife this week brings. Appreciate you listening. Still a lot of new listeners hanging around discover the show during Kimmel Gate and Riodd so appreciate you back here in the morning see and then

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Featured: Louis C.K., Jessica Kirson, Bill Maher, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Ronny Chieng, Stephen Colbert, Greg Gutfeld, Theo Von

What’s in This Episode

• Louis C.K. defends decision to perform at Riyadh Comedy Festival
• Jessica Kirson apologizes for Saudi Arabia performance, donates payment to human rights organization
• Late night comedians joke about government shutdown and Trump administration
• Theo Von flirting incident on This Past Weekend

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Caloroga Shark Media Super Robust Sunday. Hello, I’m Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News. I’m actually recording this after six pm on a Saturday night, which I don’t know if I’ve ever done that, except maybe like some comedian died or something crazy happened. But I normally don’t record Sunday on Saturday night. I usually pretape the Sundays.

But it was beautiful out sat in the yard all day. I’ll be out in the yard again today. It’s supposed to be eighty five degrees. I’ll be watching football on the back deck. But that’s not why you’re here.

I will catch up on Saturday Night Live tomorrow, but let’s do the late night jokes. Didn’t get to them because there’s so much going on. Ronny Chieng talked about that meeting of all the generals the other night and said, look, I get that the military needs to be fit, but in defense, fat generals they’re kind of like coaches, right. Coaches don’t need to be fit enough to play the sport. They just have to be fit enough to day a twenty four year old.

That’s a good Bill Belichie joke. And by the way Bill did not have a good Saturday of college football. Jimmy Fallon said, yep, this would be the first government shutdown since twenty eighteen. Not including Joe Biden at the debate, they’re paying attention to President Trump. That’s a Joe Biden joke.

Did you write that one down? Jimmy Fallon makes fun of both sides. Don’t cancel him, Jimmy Kimmel said in Trump is threatening to make irreversible cuts if there’s a shutdown, which you know what. I was recently the victim of a government shutdown. They are reversible.

I’ll tell you that. That’s a good joke. Fallon said, No one has any idea how long it all last. People are calling it the Gree’s anatomy of government shutdowns. That’s all right.

Ronny Chieng said, it’s day two of the shutdown and only the most essential services are still operating, Social Security, medicare. In that department that makes up causes for autism, Bill Maher said, James Comey, our former FBI director, was indicted by the Trump administration. I didn’t even know he had a talk show. That’s a good joke. Colbert tapped in, if Trump can indict a former FBI director, anyone who’s ever stood up to Trump as to worry about being thrown in jail.

And I will fight that with every fiber of my where my name is not Jimmy Fallon fa ll o N. And here’s one from Greg Guttfeld. I’m sure he told it better. I’m sure it was in context. But explain to me how this is funny.

Greg Guttfeld said, to raise some extra cash, the Secret Service is using Joe Biden’s car as an uber. Okay. Greg louie Ck was on Bill Moore’s show, I Know Who. I told you. I would tell you about that on Monday, but I decided not to pre tape Sunday show, so Hi, you get to hear about it today.

C K will be at the Rion Comedy Festival this weekend. Told Bill Moore he has mixed feelings about participating in the controversial festival, but has come to see it as a positive thing. He’s been talking to the comedians who’ve been over there and said, I’ve been talking to them, the comedians who have been there and have been really surprised by what’s going on. There’s a woman who’s a lesbian and Jewish who did a show there and she got a standing ovation. I assume the woman who’s a lesbian and Jewish is Jessica Curson, who will get to and she got of standing ovations.

So there’s stuff going on that’s unexpected in this thing. C K explains. People have been playing Saudi Arabia for years. Comedians have been going and playing Arab countries. There was a film festival there recently it’s kind of opened up.

But I’ve always said no to Arab countries. I do shows everywhere. And with this came up. They said, there’s only two restrictions their religion and their government, and I don’t have jokes about those two things. Time out.

Didn’t we all just make a BFD in this country about joking about the government. Wasn’t everybody like two weeks ago, like comedians should be able to say whatever they want to say and be able to make fun of the government. Wasn’t that like a thing? I remember that being in the news. Didn’t some guy with a show get taken off the air something?

Anyway? C K said, there’s only two restrictions their religion and their government. You know what, I got it all right? So hypothetically, say someone passed a law saying you couldn’t make fun of the leader of a country. Hypothetically, say someone passed a law saying you can’t make fun of the Republican Party, you can’t make fun of Christianity.

Seek’s cool with that, right, just checking. There’s only two restrictions, their religion and their government, and I don’t have jokes about those two things. It used to be when I got offers from places like that, there’d be a long list and I’d say, no, I don’t need that. But when I heard it’s opening, I thought, that’s awfully interesting. This just feels like a good opportunity, and I just feel like comedy is a great way to get in and start talking.

Seek says he plans to go to a comedy club his first night in Saudi Arabia and meet local comedians. That’s actually cool. I love stand up comedy and I love comedians. So the fact that it’s starting to open up and starting to but I want to see it, I want to be part of it. I think that’s a positive thing.

I think the whole discussion is worthy. I’m glad these guys brought this stuff up. I’m glad that people are challenging this thing, because you shouldn’t just pretend it’s something it’s not. I had mixed feelings about it too. I struggled about going once I heard what everybody was saying.

There’s some good in it, maybe some bad in it, but for me, I think it cuts towards going. That’s my decision, and I know where it’s coming from because I can see right inside myself. Jessica Curson making headlines, she put out a statement expressing sincere or regret. Kerson shared a statement with the Hollywood Reporter as one does, and said she was surprised to be asked to perform at the Reod Comedy Festival. She even went so far as to request a guarantee that she could be openly out as a lesbian on stage and perform gay material as is common in her act.

The statement, I’ll read it verbatim. I hope that this could help LGBTQ plus people in Saudi Arabia feel seen and valued. I am grateful that I was able to do precisely that. To my knowledge, I am the first openly gay comic to talk about it on stage in Saudi Arabia. I received messages from attendees sharing how much it meant to them to participate in a gay affirming event.

At the same time, I deeply regret participating under the auspices of the Saudi government. Kerson said she is deeply sorry to all the fans and followers hurt or disappointed by her decision to perform in Riod quote. I have a special relationship with my fans because of the vulnerable nature of my comedy and the trust they place in me as part of the queer community. To my fans, I see you, I hear you. Your voice matters to me.

I love you all, and I’m genuinely sorry for making a poor decision that had repercussions I didn’t fully consider. I will take full responsibility for my actions and dedicate myself to making amends so that my words and choices reflect the respect and care you deserve. She was responding to some fans on social media. One wrote, you really sold out like I’m super sad about this. Another wrote, still waiting for the explanation behind your terrible decision accept money from a horrible regime?

Do you care so little you think it’ll all blow over? Jessica’s statement says, I have donated the entirety of what I was paid to perform there to a human rights organization. I made this decision because I want that money to go to an organization that can help combat these severe issues. I respect my fellow comics who have spoken out against the festival, and we should all be able to share our perspectives. I recognize the concerns and criticism this has raised.

I hope that this moment sparks dialogue about how we can use our platforms for good, to support people without a voice, and to find ways to be less divided. In the past, I faced criticism for choices I’ve made, both on and off stage, and I rarely responded. This time, I felt like I needed to speak up. I could not remain silent. Ari Spears at the Reodd Comedy Festival Today.

Spears brings heavyweight charisma and rapid fire impressions to the Reodd Comedy Festival, trading on the sharp timing that made him a breakout on Mad TV theo Vaughn in the News, He said on this past weekend that his performance at his comedy show was shoppy and messier than previous ones, and that he had been feeling mildly manic in the lead up to the special. He said it wasn’t perfect, man. I’ll agree to that. I eat failure for breakfast, brother, and that’s okay, man, It’s part of the job. The first ten years of doing comedy’s failure.

So much of my life. The best things that have ever happened in my life have been on the other side of failure. He also wanted to make it clear to his followers. I would never take my own life. I had shared earlier in the week a story where he had said something that scared people on stage.

THEO said, I’m grateful to God for his grace in my life. I love my siblings. I have so many friends and people that love me, and people that don’t want to see their children grow up. I’m hopeful that I get to have a wife and meet my own children one day. Like there’s a ton of things in my life that keep me alive and hopeful.

Right I want to be able to have an impact in the world. THEO was on college game Day on Saturday, Alabama was hosting Vanderbilt. THEO picked Vanderbilt. That game was tied at halftime. Last I checked it’s probably now final by the time you’re hearing this.

THEO said, they’re my ride home. I’m not joking. Host Rhys Davis fielded questions from reporters on October third, asking why he picked Theovonn to be on the show. David said, he’s hilarious. He’s been on the show before.

I mean, I understand that schools like to have their legends, and we did that a lot. We’ve had Joe Namathier, if memory serves, we’ve invited Ozzie Newsome here. When you have someone who sort of transcends the game and expands your reach, and he’s also awesome, like Theovonn, I mean, Theovon’s like an easy yes? Or is he an easy yes? Because listen to this clip, people are wondering if Jess Simms shot down a Theo vonn advance live on national television.

Okay, I’m gonna play a clip here of THEO on the broadcast. Pay close attention to the end. You are such a dandy fan that you actually bought former head coach Derek Mason’s house. You live in his house. Curse Derek Mason’s old that’s true.

Did he leave anything at Eric, give him a break. He went. I think he went in sixteen. I’m not joking. Bless him, bless your Garrett.

Yeah he did. He left some trophies in there. I gotta get back home. Had a ponder too. Actually, well, well we’ll talk about that later.

Well, the guys are ready for your secondmount of pixel Go ahead, right up there. I’m already gone. You’re already going to see you later, see you again? No, I hope what does I hope not need? This is brutal.

Let’s see Nate brighetsy story. He’s at Louisville doing his show at the KFC Youm Center. Can we stop naming these buildings ridiculous things? During the week leading up to the show, some enormous googly eyes were spotted on several statues and objects all over the Derby City. Did you know that Louisville is the Derby City?

I did not, That’s right. Nate Berghetsie’s big dumb eyes were seen on the statue of David the twenty one Sea Museum Limo, the Troll statue outside the Troll Pub, under the Bridge bar on a Muhammad Ali mural, the Rosy Riveter statue, across the Ohio River in Clarksville, the Lincoln Memorial Sculpture on the waterfront, and at least one of the many painted horse statues. At last check, tickets were still available. All right, I got a bunch of stuff that I bumped from yesterday. We just got a clear out here.

Cameraon Esposito in Chicago. This weekend, she was asked by Axios to describe her best day ever in Chicago. Oh, can I go? All right? My best day ever would be, let’s see, I like a Friday day game Wrigley Field, So I would do that, and then I would hang out in Rigvyville for a little bit.

Then I went head over to the aquarium and then forget that the aquarium closes and I would be disappointed. But I have some sort of fantasy where I can both do the day game and the aquarium. No, okay, Cameron Esposito for breakfast, she says, located right below the California Blue Line stop, Cozy Corner is the classic diner you need to start your She says, coffee, eggs over easy and toast on the side of slice tomatoes. That sounds good. Then she wants to over to the Lincoln Park Conservatory.

She says it’s legit cool. People don’t talk about enough for lunch, farm to table, American restaurant, Lula Cafe, Dinner El sid On Kedzie. She says she used to eat at the end of the block and has eaten everything on the menu. At night, she says, it’s the WNBA playoffs, So you got to hit the newly opened women’s sports bar Babes in Logan Square. That’s where you go to watch women’s sports.

Okay, I didn’t get to tell you. Ryan Hamilton was taping a Netflix special last night. Now, if you’re a longtime listener, you of course know Ryan Hamilton is from Idaho and not whatever Johnny Mac misspoke three four years ago and said, Ohio or Canada or Iowa, whatever the heck I said. And I heard from a lot of you he’s from Idaho. I got it.

I wrote it down. It’s etched from my memory. He’s really fantastic. He filmed his Netflix special last night in Seattle. Kamail nan Gianni has unveiled the title and premiere date for his special on Hulu.

It is titled Kamail nan Jianni supports fascism because he didn’t cancel Hulu and Disney Plus to support Jimmy Kimmel. That’s actually not what it’s called, but as he supports fascism and Hilarius, it is called Kameil Najianny Night thoughts. It is Kameil nan Jiohnny’s second special in more than a decade, December nineteenth. So, uh, you know, that’s probably right about when most people, actually most people will be done with their end of the year list by then, and I’ll almost be done. I gotta see how the calendar falls, because candidly that’ll be like, let me pre tape one here, We’re three out of the calendars fall this year.

Let’s look, when’s Christmas. I know it’s December twenty fifth, you Wisenheimer, all right, so we have a Wednesday Christmas Eve and we have a Thursday Christmas, which means we have a Wednesday New Year’s Eve and a Thursday January first, And usually the best specials of the year I can drag out to be three episodes. So I would be surprised if you get that, say the thirtieth, thirty first and first. I could see that happening. Can’t you told me out a lot for a Sunday, All right, Jitney Books went to see Tony hinch They say they were in the upper balconies and Tony call all the people up there, the well behaved poores.

Jitny Book says the opener was David Lucas, who I usually like and killed Sony, but he fell flat with mostly sexually graphic material have failed to land with Tony’s more conservative fan base, including this embarrassed dad. Does Tony Inchcliffe have a conservative fan base? Hmm? I never thought of him that way, Like I know, I know he did the thing in the garden and told the joke I remember, but I don’t know. I don’t know if I think of him as conservative comedian anyway.

Jenny Books tells us Timmy No Breaks was a pleasant surprise to the lineup of three total comics for the night. He does a character that seems one part Andrew dice Clay and one part Andrew dice Clay imitating Andrew dice Clay. Timmy did some amazingly entertaining crowd work. All right. Tony Inchcliffe comes out early in his act.

He says, it’s crazy times people were going to talk all about it. He joked about buying a gun after moving to Texas and said it’s like having a second D word. I don’t know to clean it up. The first thing I did when I got home was I put it in my mouth. I see he shredded Amy Schumer, saying it was cool to see Brendan Fraser when an oscar.

He then puts the microphone on top of his barstool scrapes it across the stage. The fan says it sounded like a deep sea audio recording. The joke. That’s Amy Schumer communicating with her family. Wow.

Brutal Tony apparently discussed Charlie Kirk, saying among the best people I have ever met, A good friend. I parted with him at the inauguration. We had a good time. He was nothing but nice. A lot of these people at the time were shying away.

I didn’t know whether they could hang out with me or whatever. He was the total opposite, absolutely nothing but welcoming and hung out with me and kit Rock. We had the best time. He then told a Charlie Kirk joke that I made an edit here. I made an attempt to do it, and then I don’t know how to clean it up, and I don’t come to offend, but the gist of the joke is, can you imagine the shock of the father finding out who the assassin was in a relationship with?

And then some crude jokes there. This is from jitneybooks dot com if you want to see what Tony said there, but I’m not going there. And Tony said Football’s back so great, so many athletes. I don’t know about you, guys, but I think that Travis Kelcey might be the next O. J.

Simpson, Tony Hinchcliffe everybody. And that is your comedy news on a very very busy Sunday. All right, football starts at nine thirty Eastern today, so I’ll be watching football for the next zillion hours. Like I said, it’s gonna be eighty five in New Jersey today. I’ll be outside.

See you tomorrow.

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Featured: Theo Von, Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Doja Cat, Amy Poehler, Role Model, Sabrina Carpenter, Travis Kelce, Pete Davidson, Lorne Michaels

What’s in This Episode

• Theo Von addresses DHS clip controversy on This Past Weekend podcast
• Taylor Swift SNL appearance speculation and punch card clues for October 4th
• SNL Season 51 casting announcement with new cast members and Lorne Michaels philosophy
• SNL cast changes and shift away from stand-up comedians
• Upcoming late night appearances by Taylor Swift on Fallon, Seth Meyers, and Graham Norton

Questions Answered in This Episode

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Full Transcript

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Caloroga Shark Media. Hi there, I’m Jenny Mack with your Daily Comedy News. The news continues to be feisty. I just wanted to do U, S and L today, but I do need to cover some THEO Von stories. I’ll take out a little light on Riodd today.

I have plenty about Riod and Sunday Show, and I’ll do the late night jokes tomorrow. But let’s get to theo Von. On his podcast this past weekend, he addressed that whole thing with the DHS using his clip, and theose comments here get pretty interesting. I have made edits for both language and pacing, but listen to theo here. My father immigrated here from Nicaraugule, right.

Like one of my prize possessions is I have his immigration papers when he came here, and I have him in a frame and him and his siblings when they came here, and so I have tons of thoughts about him. It was like on all platforms and stuff. So SOD had me really kind of paranoid. You know. That had me start to get kind of paranoid, and you know, like closing, like you know, I had the curtains in my house kind of closed I was just like, you know, you’re paranoid.

I woke up the next morning to a text from a high government official saying, Hey, if you need uh some extra security in your neighborhood or some extra police cars on patrol, let me know. And I’m like, what what are you talking about extra security? I don’t have any, Like, you know, I don’t even know the code of my RINGT camera, Like I don’t even know how to log into it. So it’s like and then, and like, what, You’re just gonna put police cars in my neighborhood? What are my neighbors gonna think?

Now? They’re fearful? Like it just like I don’t know, man, that that like really kind of shook me. It really kind of shook me. But you just you keep marching on.

If you listen to to this podcast early on Saturday morning, and why wouldn’t you you have time yet? THEO will be the celebrity guest picker on College Game Day today. Vanderbilt at Alabama will mark Theovan’s second appearance on college Game Day. He previously was on the panel as the guest picker at the twenty twenty three SEC Championship between Alabama and Georgia. Saturday Night Live is back tonight, Bad Bunny as your host, Doja Cat is the musical guest, next week Amy Poehler on the fiftieth anniversary of the show proper musical guest role Model, and on the eighteenth, Sabrina Carpenter will double up as both host and musical guest.

Some people are wondering if Taylor Swift is going to make an appearance tonight. Here’s the theories. She already has done the Graham Norton Show, She’s doing fallon on the sixth for some inexplicable reason. She’s going to do Seth Meyers on the eighth. I mean, at that point, Taylor do my podcast.

Now Here are some of the clues. Taylor Swift’s official social media team, Taylor Nation, created quote time Card of a Showgirl, which highlighted all her upcoming late night appearances on a calendar, as well as the theatrical release party of the Life of a show Girl yesterday. But there’s a blank space on October fourth, which is today. There’s a punch hole on a time card with one word stand by. So that’s not stand by, that’s stand by.

Is that a hint of you might want to be on the standby list for Saturday Night Live tonight. This if it was stand by, that would be two words, would it not? Oh? There is more. The punch card suggests something might be happening around seven pm today on Saturday.

Now, you know what usually happens around seven pm on Saturday. The Saturday Night Live standby line opens. You see what we’re doing here? Yeah? Now, bad Bunny, who’s the host of SNL tonight recently was in Happy Gilmour Too, that awful Adam Sandler comedy.

You know who else was in that? Travis Kelcey, who is Taylor Swiss fiance? Do you see this conspiracy? Yes? Now?

A TikToker pointed out that an Instagram pro for SNL released on October first features the voices of people close to Taylor Swift. Some people think you can hear Travis Kelsey’s voice saying let’s start the show. Others think you can hear Selena Gomez saying get the host on the stage for the monologue. And it also sounds like Taylor herself maybe saying standby in the clip. The color scheme in the SNL promo clip is a very tailor swifty Orange.

So we will see and I will tell you about that on Monday, because I’m not staying up to one in the morning to record Sunday’s episode. Deadline talk to a bunch of insiders about the various hirings and firings at SNL and what it means for the show. One source told Deadline, I think what you’re seeing right now is SNL operating in a new era. Is that another clue where the talent has more of a voice than ever before. In previous years, when you would hire a cast member, it would be a total discovery.

This year, I think it’s the first we’re all for. The comedians they’ve picked have fairly sizable, kind of ish, but dedicated audiences they’ve already built on their own. Lorden Michaels at the Emmy said the show was always people in from different ages and different generations, and that’s how it revives itself. It’s always hard when people leave, but there’s a time for that in our audience, as I’ve always stayed relatively young, and more so now TikTok and change is good. The people were bringing in.

I’m really excited about the new cast members. Jeremy Colehyne, described as an improv sketch comedian in the traditional mold. Veronica Slowakowska. You may recognize her from Shane Gillis’s Tires show. She has a substantial following on TikTok and Insta.

Tommy Brennan was a twenty twenty three just for Laughs new face. One source jokes that he looks like every white dude, meaning he might be in a lot of the everyman sketches. And Cam Patterson you know him from Kill Tony regular appearances on Kill Tony.

Also Ben Marshall from the Please Don’t Destroys he gets bumped up.

Insider say the hiring process at SNL all started in August with showcases in LA New York and Chicago, followed by screen tests and an unusually large round of final meetings with Lorne Michaels, who met around ten comics. A source compared the casting to a wide rather than the usual clarity, saying it felt more like a Sports League draft with I almost said al Michaels. Lorne Michaels ultimately see al Michaels calls football. Did you see the forty nine Ers win that game? I don’t know how they won that game?

How did they win that game? Rams? You had that three times. I’m a Niners fan, I can’t believe the Niners won that game. With Lorne Michaels ultimately picking the best talent available on the board, Insiders say Lorn was leaning away from hiring stand ups.

One said snl at one point was openly saying says he’s done hiring stand ups. He wants to take a break from hiring stand ups. Another insider said, I must set al Michaels again. Boy, Lorne Michaels. You know what, al Michaels should take over Saturday Night Live for a year.

I would watch that. I’m not sure wre Lorne Michaels would be good at Thursday Night Football, but I would watch an al Old Michael’s produce show. I like al Michaels. He’s very personable. Lorne Michaels and team have smartly covered the bases in their casting for this season.

The insider says it makes sense to reach out to different circles because if you’re building a show for everyone, then you pick me from every sort of comedy circle. They also point out that Marcelo Hernandez who has broken out, particularly with his Domingo character. Yes, his wonderful Domingo character. He’s really good at that. And the seventeen variants on that exact same character that he does show me some range tonight Marcelo.

But they say Marcelo has broken out, even if there have been some whiffs with newer talent. They say the sheen is off a little bit. That Pete Davidson, who will yesterday, was just at THERIODD Comedy Festival. His father’s called a nine to eleven. Pete was atriodd.

He’s the last example of someone that quote everyone wanted a piece of People coming off the show are not getting propelled into the comedy sky in the same way. Things are just different. They put their time and energy and hard work, and the platform just doesn’t have the same weight that it used to. Insiders. Again, I think five years ago, if you asked any young comic if they wanted to go all out and make a tapes to audition for us and l the automatic answer would be yes.

Now, it’s a difficult process. It’s obviously hard to get on the show that I feel a lot of people are split. David Simms in the Atlantic says, what could signal a meaningful change are the show’s newcomers. It’s notable how me new SNL cast members can now be evaluated by the public thanks to the Internet and dopes in their basement with podcasts. I don’t think David said quite that, but you know what I mean.

For most of the show’s existence, Lauren Michaels and his team would gather folks from around the country’s most acclaimed improv troops and sketch comedy feeders, Second City grand Ling’s UCB. The SNL diehards would gather information about the upcoming performers live acts. Most of this year’s editions have resumes that reflect the collective shift of comedy production in recent years. They found their footing not on stage but on podcasts, TikTok and streaming platforms. David then breaks down the cast members we were ready did that today and points out that Cam Patterson’s most popular material includes lots of tacit admiration for Trump and casual use of slurs in front of guests.

Until now, Lauren Michaels has almost entirely avoided recruiting performers of that elk. Perhaps he was discouraged by the firestorm that erupted after he hired Shane Gillis. Six years later, Michael seems ready to take another swipe but the hot stove. Kate mccannon she was on Saturday Night Live for while and was pretty good at it. She spoke to CBS News about comedy in today’s world.

Kate McKinnon says, political sattire is a very important part of a functioning society. I also think that just goofiness and laughter are vital, not only art, but in between people. It is healthy. And I think just kindness and joy and laughter are such important things and just the reason we’re live. And so that’s what I like to bring to people.

She misses SNL, but I really love going to bed early, and that’s what I’ve been doing more of, and I really enjoy it. I missed the people so much. I hear you that forty nine ers gave the other night Johnny Mac was up till eleven twenty on a school night. Are you crazy? Carol Burnett has never hosted Saturday Night Live.

Carol was recently profiled in the New Yorker. I want to dive in on that at some point it’s been busy around these parts. She was asked why she thinks Laurene Michaels has never asked her to host Saturday Night Live. Here’s my question. Has al Michaels ever asked Carol Burnett to be the guest analyst on Thursday Night Football?

And if not, why not? But I digress. Carol Burnett, asked about Lauren Michaels, said, I don’t know what I did upset that? Man? Do you think it’s misogynistic?

The New Yorker says, elm, I’m leaving that in. I’m leaving it in. The New Yorker said Lauren Michaels declined to comment. Response, I’m not even doing a bit now. To be fair here, I didn’t think this was weird until someone brought it up, meeting The New Yorker or Carol Burnette.

So Carol Burnett in her heyday. The Carol Burnett Show ran from nineteen sixty seven to nineteen seventy eight on CBS, So okay, it makes sense. I guess that Carol Burnett didn’t host Saturday Night Live those first few years when she had her own show on CBS. Plus. Think of Carol Burnett who’s in her nineties now, as a different generation than say Dan Ackroyd.

So I don’t think that’s crazy that they didn’t have Carol Burnett host then.

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And then as SNL became more establishment and programming, Carol Burnette rea…

I mean, we all love Carol Burnett. I worked with Carol Burnette ten twelve, fifteen. I don’t know how long ago it is years We did a thing at Sirius XAM when they were promoting a Carol Burnett DVD box set Question work Anyway, I got to meet miss Burnett and she was fantastic. Gamy Schumer hosted that. I’m sure you can find some clips online somewhere.

But I don’t think it’s crazy that Carol Burnett never hosted SNL, and I think it would be awesome if she hosted it now, although she is in her nineties. Does Carol Burnett want to do that? She says no, I don’t think I would maybe, like twenty years ago or whatever, but that ship is sailed. Remember, mister Bill, you got to be old to remember mister Bill. But if you’re old like me, you remember mister Bill and how awesome mister Bill was.

Mister Bill is back. Oh no, mister Bill tonight at eleven thirty on YouTube. Interesting timing there, I mean, guys, put it out at eleven. What are you doing going head to head with SNL? This new show is mister Bill’s Saturday Night Mattene, a new weekly variety show Tonight eleven thirty Eastern, hosted by mister Bill from his cozy apartment in the Hollywood Hills.

The new series features restored public domain comedy clips reimagined in Bill Vision, vintage commercials, surprise guests, and yes, the mister Bill classic SNL shorts that started at all. Mister Bill started as a no budget home movie sent in by Walter Williams. Williams is part of this new project and says these are the shows that inspired mister Bill in the first place, The Three Stooges, Harold Lloyd, the Beverly Hillbillies restored and reimagined for a new generation. But don’t worry, there’s still plenty of pain and destruction of waiting our host. In recent months, mister Williams has taken a social media to challenge Lorne Michael’s long standing dismissal of the character of mister Bill.

There’s a quote in the recent Susan Morrison biography in which Lorne Michaels said the Mister Bill films carried quote a certain kind of racial tension. Now, I can’t tell you the last time I saw a Mister Bill sketch. My brain is going it is And maybe I’m tone deaf, or maybe I was set years old and didn’t notice it. I don’t remember that. I just remember a Plato character kind of get messed up.

So I’m sorry if I’m self canceling right now. I’ll as soon as I finished recording here, I’m gonna go watch some Mister Bill and refresh my memory. But I don’t remember it that way at all. Say, mister Bill, where are you going? I’m on, I went to a big Hollywood Bertie and Kenning Barby’s.

Gee, shut up to your jell. We’ll hop out some count first to help get you in the mood. Well, i’d rather ignorre it. Soda. You know I’ve been trying to.

Cut it down on my sweets. Well, here comes your agent, slug O and he says Holly has his coat. Williams called the allegation hurtful and disappointing, and said if Lauren had been concerned about racial tension, he was the only human who could have stopped them. I made twenty five Mister Bill films over the first five years, and Lawren seemed quite pleased with the success and kept ordering more. William said neither he nor mister Bill were invited to SNL’s fiftieth anniversary celebrations.

And while we’re talking about this, mister Bill had never appeared on Thursday Night Football. What is Al Michael’s problem with mister Bill? What’s going on there? I would watch that right So it’s I don’t know, a Jaguars game. Al Michaels is there with Kerk kurb Street, Trevor Lawrence throws an interception that’s clearly going to be a pick six.

Al Michaels goes quiet, Mister Bill goes, oh, no, come on, that would be awesome television. And the kids today say, I told you I had a lot of SNL, but I had to get to THEO Vonn thing. The kids today are watching SNL. No, they’re not sitting in front of the television like US old people, and US old people are going to bed and just watching clips on Sunday morning, honestly, but Saturday Night Live. This shocked as a little strong surprised me.

Saturday Night Live was the number one US YouTube channel by reach over the first six months of twenty twenty five. SNL’s YouTube channel reached thirty eight point six million US users between January first and June thirtieth, outpacing things like ABC News, NBC News I, GNCNN, ESPN, Netflix, and the NFL. Another SNL article, The La Times, was curious about how President Trump might react to it. You know, President Trump has a lot of opinions on shows that air at eleven thirty. Back in twenty nineteen, the President tweeted nothing funny about tired Saturday Night Live on fake news NBC.

Question is, how do the networks get away with these total Republican hit jobs without retribution? Likewise for many other shows, very unfair and should be looked into. This is the real collusion. We’ll see if mister Trump enjoys James Austin Johnson and or Bad Bunny Tonight. Mister Trump didn’t like Alec Baldwin’s impression.

In March twenty nineteen, Trump wrote SNL continues knocking the same person me over and over without so much of a mention of the other side. Mister Trump was upset about a rerun that night, like an advertisement without consequences, The Daily Beast said. Trump reportedly asked advisors and lawyers in early twenty nineteen what the FCC, the court system, and even the Department of Justice could do to look into SNL. Another late night comedy figures who had my tim again? Kind of a funny news story in twenty nineteen.

In twenty twenty five, that’s really interesting, right, the President has commented on Loren Michaels, saying that Lauren is angry and exhausted, the show even more so. Was once good, never great, but now like the late night losers who have lost their audience but have no idea why it’s over for USNL a great thing for America now. A Google search of Trump and al Michaels did not turn up any comments from the President, but al Michaels back in twenty seventeen was responding to comments by mister Trump. Mister Trump had told a crowd that an NFL player who disrespects her flag should be fired. Al Michaels said, once the President made those remarks in Alabama at that particular point, it was just like throwing a match into a gas tank during the offseason.

Both sides have to sit down and figure out a way to make this situation where it doesn’t overwhelm the conversation about the NFL. This same article I’m reading from the Washington Post says al Michaels discussed a comment he had made during Sunday Night Football in which he joked that the Giants are coming off off a worse week than Harvey Weinstein. Later in that telecast, al Michaels apologize, saying I was trying to be a little flip about somebody obviously very much in the news all over the country, and was not meant in that manner. Live television is a tightrope. It’s amazing it doesn’t happen more often.

Once in a while, you’re gonna say something you wish you could reel back in. The one thing about our business is we don’t have take two. You heard me talk about this recently with a friend of the show, Mike Chisholm, who hosts the Letterman Podcast that I’ve said. You say enough things into the microphone, you will say something you wish he had phrased better, or you wish he had never said. And I probably did today.

And that is your comedy news. Saturday Night Live, eleven thirty.

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Featured: Pete Davidson, Dave Chappelle, Mark Normand, Bill Burr, Louis C.K., Nikki Glaser, Theo Vaughn, Greg Fitzsimmons

What’s in This Episode

• Pete Davidson performing at Riyadh Comedy Festival
• Dave Chappelle claims censorship fears in America
• Riyadh Comedy Festival controversy and Saudi Arabia concerns
• SNL restricting Dave Chappelle’s Gaza and trans material
• Bill Burr criticizes comedians selling out to Saudi Royal family
• Louis C.K. appearing on Bill Maher show
• Nikki Glaser announces new Hulu special

Questions Answered in This Episode

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Full Transcript

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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello, Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News. Let me just tell you there’s so much going on. This is another one of those days where there’s like seven things that could be the lead story. Some things normally would be the lead story, and I’m bouncing them to tomorrow.

What’s an example. David Letterman’s gonna have Adam Sandluran, but we’ll get to that tomorrow. I got to tell you what Dave Chappelle had to say, and we got to talk about this Reodd Comedy Festival. But I wanted to start with Scott Matthew Davidson. Scott Matthew Davidson became a firefighter in nineteen ninety four with Latter Company one eighteen.

Scott was on duty on September eleventh, two thousand and one, and he died in the line of duty that day. His son, Pete Davidson, is performing tonight at the Reo Odd Comedy Festival. Pete Davidson spoke about this with Theo Vaughn on the This Past Weekend podcast. Pete had this to say, I’m gonna quote it verbatim. I’ve been getting a little bit of slack just because my dad died nine to eleven, So they’re like, how could you possibly go there?

I’ve heard there’s subreddits of I think all these people are in bed with being influenced by the Saudi Royal family. I just, you know, I get the flight routing and then I see the number and I go, I’ll go. Pajiber Rights, is there’s something to be said for Pete Davidson’s radical honesty? I mean no, they say not really, it’s the same reason every other comedian who accepted as going. They’re selling out for the Saudi royal family.

By the way, Bill Burr did not help himself at all. People have not reacted well to Bill Burr’s comments here you can hear them on yesterday’s podcast Pajiber Rights. They’re selling out for the Saudi Royal family, and while they like to claim it’s just another gig, it’s not. Again, they’re being paid vast sums of money so that Saudi Arabia might be thought of as a destination for popular comedy instead of the country that engages in forced labor and executes journalists. The comedy festival is literally being promoted on Saudi Arabia’s tourism page if you can’t make it too ri Odd to Pete Davidson will be in Berlin on the fifth, then he’s hitting Amsterdam London double and then Belfast on October tenth.

If you’re in town in Riod this weekend, you cannot only see Pete Davidson, you can see Mark Normand who pairs tight writing with fearless wordplay. Fearless wordplay. Go for it, Mark, fearless wordplay, spinning anxiety, language, quirks, and everyday awkwardness into big laughs. Look forward to that fearless wordplay at the Reod Comedy Festival, Mark Norman, Mark and Sam were recently on Greg fitzimmons podcast. They talked about the festival.

Let’s listen. You both got to Saudi Arabia. A lot of comics are going. It’s a big festival. It’s a no women person’s going.

Oh she is, oh all right, great they got one. She can’t do any facial jokes because she’ll have that wrap around her head. One of the rules is you can’t. I can’t kiss my wife in public. Yeah I want to bring her wow.

Oh yeah, just a show up because in public.

And then Mark told a joke that I can’t.

I looked at it. I’m like, I don’t even know how I would possibly clean this up. So I’m quite paraphrasing here, but Mark said he joked with his wife saying, you think I’m a jerk hole, and then he said they will, and then he used a very vulgar term for a female circumcision. I don’t know how I would clean that up. I couldn’t figure out an edit.

Dave Chappelle, we found out what he said. I’m sourcing here from both the Hollywood Reporter and the New York Times. But when Dave Chappelle played the Riodd Comedy Festival last Saturday, Chappelle, if nothing else, always interesting, Chappelle said, Right now, in America, they say if you talk about Charlie Kirk, then you’ll get canceled. I don’t know if that’s true, but I’m going to find out, which is a very Chappelle like thing, right, Like I could picture I’m just reading the transcript here, but I could see Chappelle doing the but I’m going to find out, and doing that thing where he mugs for the camera and slaps his knee. You could see Dave doing that, right.

I don’t know if that’s true, but I’m going to find out. Chappelle later said that he feared returning to the United States because they’re going to do something to me so that I can’t say what I want to say. Here’s Dave Chappelle in Saudi Arabia claiming that he’s being censored in America. Is there evidence of Dave Chappelle being censored in America? If there is, I’d love to hear it.

My email addresses in the show notes. You could shoot me a note. I’m happy to be wrong here. I personally I can’t think of any I’m really trying to think. Did SNL tell him to lay off something I can’t remember?

Okay, I want to be fear here. This is from Deadline February sixteen, twenty twenty five. The headline Dave Chappelle says SNL producers forbade him from talking about GAZA and trans people. So this Deadline piece is talking about how SF gates Dan Gentilly saw Dave Chappelle at the first of his three San Francisco stand up appearances. Chappelle alleged he was not allowed to speak about GAZA and transgender people.

NBC did not immediate respond to a request for comment. I’m not sure they ever gave a comment. So that’s not censoring free speech. That’s SNL saying that’s not what we do here. Like, for example, if I booked Mike Chisholm from The Letterman Podcast.

You’ve heard me talk with Mike, we clearly get along. If Mike, for some reason came on here on my show and I don’t know, went into some sort of crazy hate speech. I don’t know why Mike would do this because that’s not his personality. But if he did, I would choose not to air it. I’m not taking away his right to say it.

He can walk around Canada all he wants. He can come down to Seattle and yell into the streets. I don’t care, but I would choose not to have it on my show. So SNL telling Chappelle chill out to me is different than Chappelle saying he fears returning to the United States because they’re going to do something to me, so I can’t say what I want to say. Again, Chappelle’s been flying this flag that he’s being censored, and I don’t see it.

Chappelle joked, if he is censored, he’ll use a code phrase, and I think this material is the same that he did in the San Francisco shows, if I’m remembering correctly. Chapelle said, it’s got to be something I’d never say in practice, So if I actually say it, you know, never to listen to anything I say after that. Here’s the phrase I stand with Israel. Next up, Louis C.K. Performer at the Reod Comedy Festival, is going to do Bill Maher’s show.

But I’m confused here. I believe that appearance is tonight, but the media is reporting fresh off his performance at the Reodd Comedy Festival, Ck will be on Bill Maher. But CK’s dates at the Reodd Comedy Festivals not till October sixth, and today is October third, so something is crossed there. So if you watch Bill Maher tonight and Seeks not on, don’t blame me, but I think he’s on tonight. HBO announced the booking on Thursday, so that should be all sorts of interesting.

I’ll see when it so, assuming that’s tonight, I’m not gonna stay up to one of the morning put out a Saturday episode, and I was already planning on recording Monday on Sunday, so I can cover SNL. So I’ll probably deal with that on Monday’s episode, just being honest.

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In other news things that would normally be story number one, Nikki Glaser ha…

That’s the message we got off Jimmy Kimmel. Right, you were supposed to cancel everything Disney, and now Nikki Glaser supports fascism. I’m joking, sort of. Nikki Glaser supports fascism by doing a deal with Hulu. She will tape a special supporting fascism at the fabulous Fox Theater in her hometown of Saint Louis.

No date on that one. Here’s a question for Jessica Kerson, who will be appearing at the Riodd Comedy Festival. Jessica, when I Google your name, is this the headline you want? Because this is what comes up in Yahoo under Jessica Kerson. Jessica Curson, comedian who performed a controversial reod comedy festival coming to Alabama in the spring, and then the sub edit a stand up comic who took part in a comedy festival criticized for being held in a country with a spotty track record on human rights, will be coming to Alabama this spring.

So Jessica, that’s what you did. I hope the money was worth it. Out today, Mark Maron, Are we good? That is the Mark Maron documentary. Filmmaker Julie Seaball was on this very program last Sunday.

Check that out. I feel a little bad for Julie and Mark, as this is going to get buried in the riad of it all, theplaylist dot Net says. For all its melancholy, the film is also surprisingly funny. Maren’s stand up remains laced with self deprecating humor, which cuts just as deep as it consoles. He finds unexpected punchlines and bleak confessions, turning tragedy into a communal release.

Valve, I’ve seen pretty good reviews on that. One of the questions coming up answered in the doc is Mark Maron going to quit stand up? David Cross said he’s like the Who. Didn’t they have like eleven last tours ever? Which is true.

I saw The Who’s Fareworld tour at Giant Stadium in nineteen eighty nine. Check your calendars. Maren’s tour was called this may be the Last Time. John Delaney is in disbelief at the title. He said, that’s what he called his last tour.

What an exhausting thing. What He’s going to get a boat and sail around corsicar some cramp as if he’s going to move to Vancouver and just be Mark Maron. That’s an insane idea. I was thinking as I listen to that Maren clip show episode the other day. You know, Mark Maren has stylized himself, positioned himself as some sort of outsider.

He’s not. He may have been at some point, but as they were playing the clips, the clips were like Obama and Springsteen and as he’s taken this last lap here Jamie Lee, Curtis, Mark Hamill, Spike Lee, Jeremy Allen, White, Ben Stiller, Bowen Yang, Seth Meyers, Mulaney, Sarah Silverman. You know I’m cherry picking. You know, mixed in here are some lesser known people. But you know, Mark’s not some crazy outsider.

He’s this more insider than I think he realizes. Comedy stock Markets, none of you figured out who the voice is on Comedy stock Market I’ll tell you next week. I’ll give you a hint. Mustache and trans am. Do you have a now go back and listen hit thirty second, rewind, go back and listen.

I’ll talk about that next week. All right. On the Comedy stock Market if you’re a new listener, Every Friday we make some picks, We bet on people, and we sell on some people. This week’s buys David Cross. I salute you for your piece on your website pulling out the performers of the Riod Comedy Festival.

Nice job. Let’s buy some David Cross at stock in support. Let’s also buy some Otsco at Costco for that same reason. She’s the one who had the courage to share the contract. Who are you gonna sell?

This week? We are selling Pete Davidson. His father killed the nine to eleven Pete Davidson tonight at the Riodd Comedy Festival. Hey, bro, if you’re okay with it, I guess I’m okay with it. But I’m selling my Pete Davidson stock.

I want no part of it. Sorry. And let’s also short sell some stock. We’re gonna take some bets here that some other stocks are going to go down let’s short sell Saturday Night Live. I think SNL fifty one is gonna be a bust and specific to this weekend.

I don’t think they’re up to the task. Bad Bunny as your host that somewhat steers what the sketches are gonna be, so you’re gonna get like a lot of more solo Hernandez doing that one thing more solo Hernandez does. He does it very well, but he does one thing, so you’re gonna get that. I don’t know how many sketches realistically you can put bad Bunny in. There’s a certain moment in the universe right now.

I don’t know if SNL’s up to the task. Happy to be wrong, but I’m gonna short sell some SNL stock and make some quick profit when everybody else panic sells next week. And I’m also gonna short sell Louis C.K. Ahead of this Bill maher thing after hearing some recent Louis C.K. Statements.

I’m just not in the mood for the way Ck is spinning this. This is kind of going back to oh no, I’m the victim here and again Ck at the Riog Comedy Festival, combined with this Oh yeah, so sorry, women. But look what happened to me. I’m not buying it. So let’s buy David Cross, Let’s buy Otsco.

Let’s sell Pete Davidson, Let’s short sell SNL and let’s short sell Louis C.K. That is your comedy stock market. This weekend at Chicago, Cameron Esposito, she is very funny. She’s taking on the theater in the re at Steppenwolf’s Ensemble Theater. It’s the debut of her new one person show Feet.

A year ago, Cameron underwent a minor medical procedure for a foot injury, but after extended antibiotic dosing to treat possible infection, she contracted sea diff, which is a secondary colonic infection that threatened her life. Sea diff is no joke. I had a family member who suffered from sea diff. It is very, very very hard to get rid of, very contagious. When I would go visit this person, I had to like gown up, We’re told.

The rapidly escalating events forced Cameron Esposito to meditate on her own mortality, which convinced her to have a child with her wife, Katie. Cameron said, I made peace with the whole rest of my life. It changed my perspective and what kind of spouse I want to be and what kind of child I want to be. But it also opened the door to wondering about what’s next and if I’ll have a chance to leave a legacy. Cameron said.

When I was a young comic, especially as a queer comic, my biggest goal was for people to say that they could be cool and confident on stage. Now I want people to know that while my story might be different, I feel the same stuff. You stick around long enough and sometimes things come full circle. If you can’t make it to the re odd Comedy Festival. Hit the Birmingham Comedy Festival now and it’s twenty fourth year.

Five comics will be competing for the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award twenty twenty five. Organizers said twelve thousand folks attended last year and it is the UK’s second longest running comedy and arts festival. Joe Lycett might be a name that Americans know and that’s your comedy news for today. The weekend will be quite robust again if you’re a new listener. Columbus Day Weekend.

Johnny Max taking is foot off the gas, I’d tape some stuff. What’s some stories that I couldn’t get to, Like, for example, I’m once again today I have in my script it’s as Vulture Letterman, and like a couple of paragraphs I cannot get to it. So like that’s the kind of stuff that when I pretape a weekend, that’s the kind of stuff that I’ll do. So I’m not saying like they’re garbage episodes, but they’re not as timely. Whereas this weekend I want to react to Saturday Night Live and whatever the ck thing is.

Tomorrow I want to talk about ow there’s a whole Jimmy Fallon thing we haven’t gotten to. We didn’t talk about Adam Sandler going on Letterman. So again, they’re real episodes this weekend and that you’re coming to news for today see tomorrow

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Featured: Bill Burr, Chris Tucker, Jeff Ross, Russell Peters, Zarna Garg, Nimesh Patel, Andrew Schultz

What’s in This Episode

• Bill Burr’s experience performing at Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia
• Riyadh Comedy Festival featuring multiple comedy legends
• Nimesh Patel canceling Saudi Arabia appearance and announcing 40 additional US shows
• The Guardian’s critical reporting on comedians’ Saudi Arabia participation and Andrew Schultz’s past statements

Questions Answered in This Episode

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Full Transcript

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Caloroga Shark Media. Hey busy one again. I’m Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News. Bill Burr on his podcast addressed his appearance at the Riod Comedy Festival. He did this about seventeen minutes into his podcast after talking about football.

I have made many many edits here, mainly to get rid of F bombs. Bill’s one of those guys that can’t get through an fing sentence without you know, F and cursing and F and F and I just don’t want to play all the F bombs. I know I’ve been letting the swear words go this week because I’m trying to capture the emotions of the comedians involved in all this. But I don’t want to play just a million F bombs when he’s just using them as adjectives. I did leave in an S word.

Here’s Bill Burr, And like my whole idea of Saudi Arabias, what I’ve seen like on the New I literally think I’m going to land, you know, and everybody’s gonna be screaming deaf to a matica and they gonna have like machetes and want to like chop my head off, right, because this is what I’ve been and fed about that part of the world, right, and we’re flying over it. It’s nothing but like these long roads and sand, it’s like nothing, and everybody’s just regular. They’re dressed different, but they’re regular. I go down to do the show, right, and they say, all right, the front two roads is going to be all diplomats in these padded seats, and then up top the royals are going to be there. And it was like in the round and everything, and.

Everyone was like ridiculously excited that there was going to be stand up comedy there. And this is what’s amazing about. The arts and stand up comedy is comedians have always pushed like the boundaries and this was like a classic case, like I guess this is tipping the cap to the people that set up the festival over there. When they first went to set it up over there, the rules on what they had. About what you could say and what you couldn’t say.

In Saudi Arabia, the people running the festivals will be like, all right, well man, that’s game, set match. If this is like all you. Can talk about and you want some good comedians, like this isn’t going to work.

And then to their credit.

They said, all right, what do we gotta do? And they just negotiated it all the way down, so like you can talk about anything, you know, other than a couple things, which was basically you know, you know, religion, don’t make fun of the royals, and other than that, it was all everything. Was like open. In this next clip, Bill discusses what it was like to actually be on the stage again. I’ve made many edits for f words in some for basing the people.

Okay, they want to show. You could feel it. I was talking to other comics. You could feel it. They wanted you to push right.

It was really exciting. So I go up on stage and I start doing my shit and they’re into it. Everything’s going good. I’m not going to lie to you. I’m checking out the diplomats is.

I’m doing this stuff and they’re all laughing. All right, So I’m gonna push you a little farther. And all of a sudden, I start getting in the zone. Well Billy’s feeling loose up there, and my brain just goes gay Jim, and then the other part of my brain goes, don’t do that.

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And then I said, I’m going to do it.

So I started doing the joke and it murdered. It murdered. They all loved it, and at that point I was just like, oh, I’m just doing my act. So I did my act, did the whole thing, and I had to stop a couple times during the show. It’s like going like, I’m be honest with you guys, I cannot believe any of you have any idea who I am.

This is really amazing and it was just this great exchange of energy. Right, And one more clip from Bill Here is his final takeaway of the entire experience. Thank you to everyone in Rehod that came out. I couldn’t, honestly, from the bottom of my heart, I could not have a better time doing. Shows for you guys.

And it was great to experienced that part of the world and to be a part of the first comedy festival over there in Saudi Arabia. I think it’s going to lead to a lot of positive things. So there you go. That’s that’s that. Oh wait, I do have one more clip from Bill.

Now. This one is edited because I took the timestamp and attached it to the rest of the comments, but I thought you might find this clip from Bill Burr kind of interesting. Hey, what’s going on? Is Bill Burr and it’s time for the Monday Morning podcast. For Monday, June thirteenth, two thy and sixteen.

All right, just a question, when will you come to Saudi Arabia or Dubai or Kuwait. I don’t know when they like us. I’m not going over there and getting kidnapped and getting my head sowd off on YouTube. Hey’s Bill Burr, just checking in on you.

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And then you know you’d have to say something.

Nah, you couldn’t because they need to worry that they do something even worse to you. I wait till write as they got through the jugular. Oh man, I would find you do a quick little Philly set on. Uh, just say everything that would piss him off, which I would say. Would I know you know what I would be.

I’d be rocking and crying like I know that doesn’t happen in Saudi Arabia. But you know if you steal something in Saudi Arabia, they chop your arm off. You know, I don’t need that pressure. Tonight, at the re Odd Comedy Festival, comedy legend Chris Tucker takes the stage with his trademark energy and razor sharp humor.

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Also Jeff Ross that’s right.

The Roastmaster General brings his razor sharp wood to the Redd Comedy Festival. He turns quick observations into precision burns. Expect playful audience interaction, brilliant riffs on culture, Be careful, Jeff, and spontaneous moments Be careful, Jeff, that make each show feel one of a kind. Russell Peter is in town at the re Odd Comedy Festival for three shows, not one, not two. Russell Peters doing three shows.

Known for his lightning fast, sharp timing, hilarious audience interactions, Russell Show promises an unfiltered evening. It does an unfiltered evening of observational comedy, sharp improvisation and riotous audience interaction. It’s a big night at the Riodd Comedy Festival. Zarna Garg is there now. If you’re not familiar with Zarna Garg, she fled India at age fourteen to avoid an arranged marriage.

She came here to the United States, where of course, women have rights, and tonight she’s at the ri Odd Comedy Festival. Her material draws from her Indian heritage, immigrant experience, and motherhood The Guardian has reported that Nimesh Pezil remember that Instagram story that I played yesterday, he’s pulled it down. Well, you know what, Nimesh, I still have it. Let’s listen to a clip of it. No, I’m not attending.

I just figured, you know what, I’ll just do forty shows that had not planned on doing here in the perfectly clean moral above everyone else, United States of America. I’m tired just thinking about it to make a for the lost bag. So that’s what I’ll do. I’m going to do forty shows that had not planned on doing that haven’t even been launched yet, that we’re now trying to figure out between now and the end of the year to make up for the lost bag before my theater tour kicks off. The Guardian did not pull any punches writing about this thing.

They called out everybody. It’s glorious. I shared it in the Facebook group which is Daily Comedy News podcast group, which has been very active this week. I love you all participating in that. Feel encouraged to join us.

You will be asked a couple trick questions to make sure that you’re not a porn bot. We don’t want any porn bots any Facebook group, Daily Comedy News podcast group. But if you’re an active member, come on buy and start some conversations. I’ve got some pretty good ones this week about this topic, anyway, The Guardian wrote, over the years, Andrew Schultz has joked about the Koshoge murder and Saudi connections to nine to eleven. He’s tweeted that Saudi people are begging for help from a tyrannical regime of sexism, racism and homophobia, and argue that the country exists because we allow them to exist in order to give us bleeping gas.

Andrew will be performing at the Riod Comedy Festival. The Guardian also called out Jessica Curson, one of two women on the festival’s lineup. Jessica wasn’t speaking specifically about this situation, but they quoted her speaking about the plight of female comedians in the Middle East in the past. Jessica Kerson said, they’re not allowed to talk about the government or the royal family, or they’re not allowed to curse or talk about sex. We are so privileged here here, presumably the United States, The Guardian continues.

Even if the bigger names on the bill were offered huge sums. None of them are hard up for cash. Chappelle, Hart Burr, Koi and Gabriel Iglesias. Not sure why Gabe got both names and Koi got one, but whatever are multi millionaires who sell hundreds of thousands of tickets playing big venues across the globe. Louis C.K.’s income may have taken a dent in recent years, but an invoice sent to his promoter, obtained via public records request, appears to show that he grossed more than three hundred thousand dollars over a weekend in Seattle this past July.

Similar records appear to show that in twenty nineteen, Pete Davidson, who’s at the Reod Comedy Festival tomorrow, earned one hundred thousand dollars for a gig at Florida State University. In twenty twenty three, Pete Davidson grossed more than one hundred and thirty thousand dollars over a weekend in Buffalo. Again. Pete will be at the Riodd Comedy Festival tomorrow. Oh, The Guardian wasn’t done, they point out.

In an August episode of the podcast We Might Be Drunk, Jessica Curson chatted with hosts Mark Norman and Sam Morrell about the Reodd Comedy Festival. At that point, The Guardian believes Jessica hadn’t yet been booked, but she indicated she’d be into performing in the region. Sam Morrell points out she’s a gay Jewish woman. Jessica said I wouldn’t do any game material there at all, and ad she would steer clear of Jewish material too. However, she was into how well the Kingdom treats its guests, saying you get treated like gold.

It’s five star, crazy treatment, hotels and car service and food and they really take care of you. John Marco Saraisi was on CNN with Jake Tamper. John Marco addressed the Riod Comedy Festival, which he is not part of. I think those comedians that performed, next time they get asked who their favorite comedian is, they should stop saying George Carlin, because I think comedy has written off the name of speaking truth to power, and these comedians are allowing their images and their reputation and frankly the brand of American stand up comedy to be exploited for propaganda. It’s embarrassing how many of these comedians that many of which are incredible joke riders, are willing to agree to the requirements for this festival, who are willing to slap their face onto the flyer, and it’s embarrassing for the art form.

CNN s Jake Tamper wasn’t familiar with some of the contracts. Here, John Marco explains what Otsco at Kotska had shared with everyone. Yeah, I think it’s I think it’s worse because, you know, I think there’s lines. Listen, if if you have, if you have some kids who’re trying to put through school, maybe a little bit less. But some of these comics they got nothing to support at home, They got brand deals, they’re making millions.

They don’t need to do this. Maybe they’re in it for the adventure. And I say, if you’re in it for the adventure, why don’t you produce a local show there without the requirements. I think it’s embarrassing to go on stage and tell jokes that if some of the audience members tweeted from their own personal accounts could lead to them being executed. I think that’s embarrassing one of them.

I think we need to bring back some shame. What are the requirements you’re talking about, because I haven’t seen any of the contracts or anything. Sure, Otkokotsika, a phenomenal comedian who turned down the festival post to them. I can read them for you. There.

They’re quite long, so feel free to cut me off. Well, just give me the eye. You’ll not prepare or perform any short you shall not bring into disrepute, contempt, scandal, embarrassment, or ridicule. A the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including its leadership, public figures, culture of people, be the Saudi royal family, legal system, or government. And see any religion, religious tradition, figure, or religious practice.

Wow. I mean that’s a long list. That’s a pretty big list for a regime that kills gay people and kills journalists. And I mean, we all know what they did with Jamal hal Shogi, who was an American resident and Washington Post columnist. And John Marcos Arasi discussed him.

It kind of matters who’s paying for the show. Now, the United States, we have our own fair share of moral atrocities, But I don’t know that you really can compare us to the Saudist What do you think? Well, well, however, you want to compare it. It depends on who’s paying you. I would be critical if the Trump inauguration featured mister Bean.

I would say, well, why are you taking money directly from a government figure? I think that changes it. Of course, no country has zero blood on their hands, but taking money from a politician enters you into the realm of propaganda, and I think to be used in the way that all these comedians are is a different moral thing. I was in Buffalo this past weekend. The taxpayers in America did not pay for me to go to Buffalo.

Now if they did, if Trump had sent me to Buffalo, I do think if I were to participate and take that money, I would at least have responsibility towards the comedy to criticize the Trump administration or Israel, or really speak my mind on things that I think deserve criticism. To Marcos Rasi’s debut special Fief of Joy, is out now on YouTube.

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In other news, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert went on each other show.

During that appearance, Colbert revealed how he found out about Jimmy’s suspension. There’s a clip from the night this all happened. Colbert’s handed a phone while sitting at his own desk. He stares at the message for a long moment. He puts his feet up on the desk and continues to read, Okay, Jimmy Kimmel show has been pulled indefinitely by ABC.

Colbert tells his studio audience, Wow, hold on one second. I’m gonna go find out what this is about, and walks off stage. Colbert explained to kim Ol the text didn’t tell me why you’d been suspended. There was no rationale given, just that you’d been yanked. He then jokingly added, I generally assumed it was your fault.

I know you well enough to know that. Colbert explained how he found out about his own show ending. He got a call from his manager, James baby dollal Dixon. Dixon said, Hey, I need to talk to you for fifteen minutes after the show. Colbert’s like, wow, five minutes on the phone with Baby Dolls.

It’s like an hour, So fifteen minutes in person, what the hell’s this about? So I said to my wife, Hey, i’ll be home a bit later. I got to talk to Baby for fifteen minutes. I come home two and a half hours later and I walk in and she goes, what happened? Did you get canceled?

And I said, yes, I did. Kim Ole said that Dixon knew the show’s ending for a week but didn’t want to upset Colbert while he was on Vicier. Colbert said he originally didn’t want to tell the staff until after summer break, but his wife came with him to work the next day. She knew he wouldn’t be able to hold back the news. Colbert explained, by the time I got some of my offices, I’ve swept through my shirt because I didn’t want to know anything my staff didn’t know.

I said, I’m going to tell my staff today. But then we couldn’t do a show if I told them, because then everybody’d be bummed out and I’d be bummed out. So Colbert did the show and then tell the audience to stay put. Then they recorded that new top. Colbert explains, my stage manager goes, oh, no, we’re done, Steve, and I said, nope, there’s one more act of the show.

Please don’t let the audience leave, and he goes, no, boss, I got to run the show here and we’re done everything. And I said, I’m aware of that, and I’m here to tell you there’s one more act of the show. So I went backstage and I said to the crew, everyone get on zoom. I told everybody as briefly as I could so they wouldn’t find out about it on air. Boy, that’s tough.

That is tough, Steven.

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And then I went back out on stage to tell the audience on camera.

I was so nervous about doing it right because there was nothing in the prompter. I was just speaking off the cuff. I had to restart twice, and the audience thought it was a bit and started channing, you can do it, because I always messed up on the sentence where I told him it was happening. Kim All described how he found out about his own suspension. He said, it was about three We tap our show at four thirty m.

In my office type being ways the usually do I get a phone call. It’s ABC. They say they want to talk to me. This is unusual. He went to the bathroom to find a private space.

I’m on the phone with ABC executives and they say, listen, we want to take the temperature down. We’re concerned about where you’re going to say to night. We decided the best route is to take the show off the air. Tonight, kim Well went back to his office and told his producers I thought it was over. I’m never coming back on the air.

Kimmell shared how he found out about Colbert’s story. Kimmell was at the No King’s protest march with his family and said, I was absolutely shocked. It’s not right. Colbert said, it’s nice to me to say it’s their ball. They could take it home if they want.

Kimmell said, they don’t have any balls. Steven, let’s be honest. A nice set up and punched there seth Myers, also stopped by the taping late Nighter, explained they did adjust the taping of the various shows. Colbert had the option to slide his start time back if kim got delayed. They did run into an ambient electronic tone interrupted the Colbert interview enough to stop the taping.

In the end, everything was okay, okay, I’ve got more news for you, Mark Marin. I mentioned yesterday about the Judd Appatel clip show episode. I actually was in the car and had some free time. Well wasn’t free time. I had a drive to a doctor’s appointment.

But that’s what passes for free time lately. Anyway, I got to listen to the Maron episode It’s really good. Jud brought a bunch of clips that he was into and played them from Mark Maron who reacted to them. And I really enjoyed that episode. So check that out.

And John Mulaney in the news he has partnered with Years, a non alcoholic beer brewed in the Midwest. Together, they kicked off Sober October by announcing that John Mulaney has officially partnered with the brand. That’s right, you know, added to the legion of cool comedians that were celebrating this week. Inspired by his own journey and his love for the non alcoholic beer, John Mulaney brings his signature humor and authenticity to Years at a pivotal moment of growth and expansion. We’re told via press release, Mallennie’s connection to the brand started simply he got a sample from friends, tried it and loved it, and began drinking it regularly, even sharing it on the set.

That genuine enthusiasm made him a true partner, not just a spokesperson. We even get a quote from John Mulaney. Years actually taste like beer, which is a relief because that’s kind of the point. Years feels like a beer you reach for in a cooler in a driveway, watching someone who won’t get a gas grill try to like the Coohles like me. It’s completely and totally Midwestern, but might appeal to a fancy city crowd.

Simply put, Years feels like the first beer you’ve ever had. It’s authentic, and authenticity takes years. No song today, but on gossip Corner, Rob Schneider was spotted at two restaurants in Sue Falls. One of these places is called Chef Lances on Phillips and on Facebook, Chef Lances on Phillips posted last Friday night, Rob Schneider and six of his friends try to walk in, and he did. Chef Lances on Phillips.

He didn’t make a reservation and we were completely full. Sadly, we had to send him over to see our good friends at Ironwood Steakhouse. Luckily they were able to accommodate his group. The moral of this story is, even if you’re Rob Schneider, if you don’t have a reservation on a Friday or Saturday night, you’re likely not getting a table boy that’s some flex. They’re making a Simpsons movie, Johnny Mac.

Why, I don’t know, dear listener. I can’t explain this either. People aren’t going to the theater. You want me to go to the theaters to see The Simpsons two when I can sit home. I have.

First of all, I’ve got like the first seven seasons on DVD up and the DVD closet from that was the thing. Now I can’t strain them because we all cancel Disney Plus. Right, you don’t have Disney Plus, do you listen? You better not have Disney Plus. If I come to your house and you have Disney Plus and you’re supporting fascism and you’re watching Simpsons episodes, maybe that’s why we have to go to the theater, right, because we all love the Simpsons, but we don’t want to support Disney Plus.

But we’ll go to the theater and Disney will get our money. Anyway, No, that doesn’t work. Look, we’re not going to see The Simpsons two in the theaters. Okay. Now, it doesn’t come out until July twenty third, twenty twenty seven.

A lock it happened by then, we could have no late night shows. There could be seven new ones. Who even knows what will happen. But your question to me is why are they making a Simpsons movie? And my answer is I don’t know.

Now. If we weren’t all boycotting Disney Plus, we could all sit home and watch thirty five seasons of The Simpsons at home, or we could go to the theater and spend twenty dollars to watch the Simpsons. I can’t explain it. But luckily we’re all boycotting Disney, Hulu, Disney Plus and everything. Or you do support fascism.

Kevin Hart, He’s going to be at the Riod Comedy Festival. He’s working with Drewski on a new film titled Live Stream from Hell. Heart explains that his friends are going to be movie stars. You know what’s the best way to show it. It’s to do something with them.

When we put something together, we’ll drop a teaser. We’re not done yet. We’re gonna show the world what we’re working on. We get a little long here. Let’s see what do I need to tell you about today?

I need to tell you about Ian Bagg versus the government that’s on the eight hundred pound guerrilla YouTube channel up. I left myself a note out today, don’t bump, okay, I have to tell you about a new podcast that teaches British comedy to Americans. This one is called All British Comedy Explained. We’re told this is a podcast for anyone who loves to listen to the history of British TV and laugh along, et cetera, et cetera. The theme of the first season is Landmarks.

They are Monty Python’s Flying Circus, the Young Ones, not only but also the goon show, Victoria Scene on TV, the Office, the British One the Day today and I’m sorry, I haven’t a clue, So that’s out today. It is called All British Comedy Explained. I’ve got a story about Jay Leno. I’m not talking about that guy today. I got way too much, probably commented on Late Night or something, but I’ll get to that over the weekend.

That guy. All right, that’s enough for today. That’s your comedy news. Appreciate you all. A lot of new listeners.

The numbers are seriously up by a third. And that’s not just downloads because I put out a million episodes. That’s like new people listening. So welcome aboard. Thank you.

I personally, I think the show’s been really good the last two weeks. I feel like I’ve had my fastball. It will calm down, it will be quiet candidly. I already recorded Columbus Day Weekend because I’ve taken a couple of days off there. So you know those episodes, our Johnny Mac throw and Heat, they’re perfectly fine episodes.

Sometimes you get a perfectly fine episode, especially on a weekend. I’m not gonna be su you know, sometimes they do other things, So Columbus Day Weekend, I’m gonna do something else. But in the meantime, I can tell you tomorrow is gonna be really good because, among other topics, we’ll be getting into or Pete Davidson, whose father was killed a nine to eleven and he’s performing at the Rion Comedy Festival. So if nothing else, I’ll probably comment about that. See you tomorrow,

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Featured: David Cross, Gabe Iglesias, Omid Djalili, Conan O’Brien, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Taylor Swift, Seth Meyers, Theo Von, Marc Maron

What’s in This Episode

• David Cross criticizes comedians performing at Riyadh Comedy Festival
• Stephen Colbert’s final Late Night episode with guest Conan O’Brien
• Jimmy Kimmel monologue mocking Trump and Epstein files release
• Taylor Swift appearing on Fallon and Seth Meyers
• Theo Von’s troubled performance at This Past Weekend show
• Marc Maron WTF podcast clips with Louis CK discussion

Questions Answered in This Episode

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Caloroga Shark Media. Hi there, I’m Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News. David Cross posted on social media and on his website a rather long piece titled my thoughts on the Riodd Comedy Festival. David Cross writes, I’ve been asked for my opinion on the re Odd Comedy Festival, and rather than answer the same question twenty three times, I’ll just put this out there. Oh and I should preface this with the fact that I was not offered the gig, but it should go without saying that there’s not enough money for me to help these depraved, awful people put a fun face on their crimes against humanity.

Here goes, what do you think? I think? I am disgusted and deeply disappointed in this whole gross thing. The people I admire with unarguable talent would condone this totalitarium fiefdom for what a fourthouse, a boat more sneakers. We can never again take seriously anything these comedians complain about, unless it’s complaining that we don’t support enough torture and mass executions of journalists and LGBQT piece activists here in the States, or that we don’t terrorize enough Americans by flying plane and our buildings.

I mean, that’s it. You have a funny bit about how you don’t like Yankee candles or airport lounges. Okay, great, but you’re cool with murder and or the publicating of women who were raped and by having the audacity to be raped, we’re guilty of engaging in adultery. Got any bits on that. These are some of my heroes and he put heroes in all caps.

David Cross continues, Now, look, some of you folks don’t stand for anything, so you don’t have any credibility to lose. But my god, Dave and Louis and Bill and Jim clearly that you guys don’t give a shit about what the rest of us think. But how can any of us take any of you seriously? Ever? Again?

All you’re bitching about cancel culture and freedom of speech and all that shit done, You don’t get to talk about it ever again. By now we’ve all seen the contract you had to sign. You’re performing for literally the most oppressive regime on earth. They have slaves, for f’s sake, slaves and all caps. I don’t understand how being rich can make someone such a whore poor people desperate to improve or their famili’s lives.

Sure, still not acceptable, but I can understand the desperation of put food on the table. But this, I mean, it’s not like this is I’m commercial for a wireless service or betting app. This is truly the definition of blood money. You might as well do commercials for Lockheed Martin or Zyklon B. Holy shit, I remember the backlash I got for appearing in Alvin and the Chipmunks.

He would have thought I’d taken money from a bunch of people responsible for funding al Qaeda. Unless you open your sets with this is dedicated to all the widows and widowers and kids orphaned by this bloodthirsty, oppressive regime, especially from the zany Shenanigans on nine to eleven. Never forget mfr’s all right, so it’s great to be here. I’m gonna be killing it tonight, but in the good way. Straight up, no nbs.

Then your hypocrisy will never not be noted. Signed David. David adds a PS for anyone who actually wants to spend their money on something worthwhile. The Human Rights Foundation does amazing work. Learn more and donate at HRF dot org at the riadd Comedy Festival tonight.

Gabe Iglesias, nickname Fluffy, he has from California. He charms audiences with his impressions and storytelling. He’s created stand up routines for Comedy Central and Netflix, and has also earned the accolade this is a funny description and has also earned the accolade of being one of the top ten highest paid comedians in the world.

Also there, Ohma Jellily, You can prepare for a night of sharp satsire and gl…

Known for his whipsmore takes on culture, politics and identity, Omen has long been a staple on the international comedy circuit. Conan O’Brien was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He reminded Stephen of some advice he had given. Conan said, just as I was leaving my late night show, it took you and all the other late night hosts, how remember this. I took you to a wonderful sizzler restaurant.

We all had our trays and I told you, guys, take care of Late Night. If you take care of Late Night, we’ll take care of you. I said, don’t do anything to ruffle any feathers. Remember I said that. And I said, whatever you do, don’t speak truth to power.

I said, Cowardice is the way. Conan said in the twenty eight years of hosting Late Night, he never read the news. I had a masturbating bear and a plastic dog. I didn’t even know who was president. Conan then got serious, telling Stephen Colbert, I have, of course adore you.

I love you. I know he’s a person and also as a comedic force. And I, like a lot of people, am very sad that this chapter’s ending. But I also want to say that you’re gonna do amazing things. You’re gonna have a lot of fun.

And the connection you have and this isn’t just you, it’s mister Kimmel and Fallon all these guys. It’s very special. The connection you have with the audience you’re taking with you. No one else owns that that’s yours for the rest of your life. Conan actually sat behind the desk at one point, which is kind of a cool photo.

Jimmy Kimmel was doing his show in Brooklyn, last night, Kimmel and Colbert were going to go on each other’s shows. We’ll talk about that tomorrow because I want to like relax with the bonus episodes. Kimmel’s monologue made front of Trump, including Trump’s decision to release the Earhart files. Kimmell said, the President’s been hard at work coming up with all sorts of nonsense to distract us from the Epstein files. Unless her final flight was to Epstein’s island, no one cares.

At least they made it to the ease in the files. That’s progress. Taylor Swift, she’ll be on Fallon on is it Monday? Yes, Monday. She’ll also be on Seth Myers on Wednesday.

Why sorry, did I say that out loud? Taylor will be the solo guest on Seth Myers. I guess Taylor wants to reach like nine hundred thousand people. Does Taylor have some weird alliance with NBC?

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Speaking of late night, Latenighter dot Com has a wonderful oral history of D…

A little too busy this week to get to that. I’ll get to that at some point. I haven’t even gotten to the Vulture interview. With David Letterman that came out before Kimmelgate. I’ve been sitting on that.

I’ve had it in the script several days in a row, and I keep bumping it because there’s so much going on. For example, THEO Vonn’s performance the other night, people are worried about THEO Vaughn. Vanity Fair had someone at that show, and they say THEO seemed jittery after briefly taking the stage once he had been on the set and started over, only to pick a member of the audience to be kicked out and start over again. Vanity Fair rights wasn’t clear from their seat, nor from the heated discussion that played out afterwards in the THEO Reddit form why that happened. A representative for Theovon didn’t return her quest for comments, says a Vanity Fair from the stage, THEO said a lot of white people in here, Vanity Fair tells us as THEO settled in, he did chunks on racism his childhood.

One of the jokes I’m sure told much better than I will. But reading the text here, we didn’t have any Jews growing up, couldn’t afford a jew, Vanity Fair said, for all the hours of podcasting and stand up, Vaughn has maintained an elusiveness. It was difficult to imagine him processing on stage the influence and soft power he’s acquired. Instead, as he approached the end of his set, he returned to a now familiar mode of troubled vulnerability. Vaughn said, sometimes the only way I can feel is in front of other people.

Mark Maren had jud abbatow on Monday Show. I actually blew it off because I was like, I got enough in my phone. I’m never going to get to that one. But apparently Maren did a clip show of sorts and looked back on previous episodes. We I’m going to go back and listen to this.

Apparently they got into Maren’s relationship with Louis C.K. You may recall Louis C.K. Admitted to sexual misconduct back in twenty seventeen or so, let’s not get into that today. Maren recalled on the podcast that c K felt betrayed because Maren described the behavior as boundary shattering and TRAUMAIZ, insisting there was no way to justify it. Ck didn’t take kindly to being called out by Maren.

Maren said on Monday’s podcast, c K reached out to see if c K cout him on the show and explain himself. Maren agreed in theory, but told c K he had no interest in revisiting his own condemnation. C K saw no point in appearing without addressing that and then declined to come on. Maren noted when he’s run in to Ck on the comedy scene, CK’s been cordial, but doesn’t sound like there’s anything warm there. Jimmy Carr, He’s going to be appearing at the READD Comedy Festival.

He also will have a new show on Comedy Central UK with the title Am I the A Hole? That’ll be out on Monday, October twenty seventh at nine pm, based on the reddits of the same name. A panel show. Jimmy and two other judges look at some questionable characters and there are questionable choices. I have an idea for an episode, Jimmy, if you want to hear it, shoot me a I’ll tell you on the side what we could look at people do make questionable choices.

I think this is a great idea for a show. Each episode sees the three judges delve into a series of jaw dropping admissions, shocking family fallouts, and moments of pure social chaos. As they asked the all important question is this person really an a hole? With sharp wit and zero toalents for nonsense, the panel debates the gray areas of human behavior, sometimes relatable, sometimes ridiculous, and ultimately deliver the verdict, and it’s Jimmy Carr who casts the deciding vote, are they an a hole? The series starts October twenty seventh on Comedy Central UK, the next day on Paramount Plus.

And if you’d like to see Jimmy Carr live, he’ll be at the ri On Comedy Festival. He’s co headlining with Louis C.K. October sixth at the ANB Arena. For some reason, everybody except you and me, I didn’t announce one, but everybody else announced a comedy special. Sarah Sherman will have her debut comedy special at HBO.

I’m hoping this is an HBO special and not one of those HBO Max specials they run on Friday night, and I’m hoping this is a proper Saturday night one, but they haven’t given a date yet. It is called Sarah Squirm Live Plus in the flesh. We’re sold. Sarah Sherman as Sarah Squirm, rips off the strait jacket. Unleash is a festering hour of bodily fluids, open wound confessionals, and jokes that will leave skid marks on your soul.

There’s a description. Sarah Sherman cautions us word to the wise, don’t watch while eating. Nina Rosenstein, who’s the EVP of HBO Programming but not good at giving fun quotes, said, Sarah’s first special is so distinctly her own. She’s hysterically funny, wildly creative, and has a kind of fearless audacity that makes this special truly unforgettable. Thank you for the safe quote, Nina Rosenstein, VP of HBO Programming for late Night and Specials, appreciate you.

Mike Kaplan will have a comedy special this one called Reenie r I NI that’ll be on Blonde Medicines YouTube channel November seventeenth and as an album December twelfth. Reenie is the name of his girlfriend. They’ve been in a relationship for twenty years. We’re told. The Specials a d deeply personal project created by the duo Equal parts of comedy special and a thesis on love.

The show was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe. Mike Kaplan offers advice to his past dumb self while discussing his evolving thoughts on traditional marriage, polyamory, quantum physics, psychedelics, music, god and more. Kaplan says, of Reeny, I’m a better person because of her. I’m a better comedian because of her. We created this show about our relationship together on artistic collaboration, about our own romantic collaboration.

Leslie Jones will have a comedy special, Leslie Jones Life Part Two on Peacock Friday, October twenty fourth. In Life Part two, Leslie Jones tackles aging relationships, fame, and life’s unexpected twist with the kind of honesty and fire only Leslie Jones can bring out. Today, The eight hundred Pound Gerilla has Jeff Innocent, Smart Casual that is a comedy exports premiere. Head on over to the eight hundred Pound Gorilla YouTube channel.

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Now, let’s check in with that guy, Jay Leno.

You know this guy, he’ll weigh in on late night comedy like he has any idea what he’s talking about. Well, listen to this Jay Leno’s garage, Jay Leno got behind the wheel of a nineteen ninety Mercedes Benz one ninety e EVO two. Jay called it one of the primo cars of the nineteen nineties. Yeah, back when he was on late night television, he said this was the BMW killer. He apparently wanted to drive one for more than thirty years.

Jay Leno said, this is a car that has eluded me since the day came out. After admit I was a bit of a snob. I bet you were, Jay Leno. He was looking down on the car. It’s four cylinder engine, but then he started reading about it and suddenly he was interested.

And he said by the time I got interested, they were gone. Well, only five hundred of them were made, and Jay couldn’t get his hands Now. Jay Leno saying, the more I drive this, the more I like this. It’s actually a lot of fun. Surprised he didn’t weigh on late night television while I was driving his car.

Guy’s the worst. Pete Davison, who’s going to be at the Riodd Comedy Festival on Friday. He was on Shark Tank. He was there as a celebrity investor backing sock brand Double Soul. So you know, when you’re drinking your Jim Gaffigan bourbon and with a some Tom Pop of bread, maybe you’re having a ben still or soda, put on some Pete Davison socks.

I mean, these comedians are just unbelievably cool. Pete Davison his father was killed at nine to eleven. He’ll be at the Riodd Comedy Festival on Friday and said, I get sent a lot of crap, and I usually give it to my cousins. I got sent double Soul socks a couple of years ago and I had to meet the team, and I wanted to be involved immediately. Pete invested one million dollars for a ten percent ownership stake and signed on as the brand’s creative director in twenty twenty four.

The brand markets itself on three pillars self expression, comfort and sustainability. And that is your comedy news for today. We’ll see what happens in the next twenty four hours and we’ll meet back here tomorrow.

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Featured: Theo Von, David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, Nimesh Patel, Atsuko Okatsuka, Pete Davidson, Pedro Pascal, Walton Goggins

What’s in This Episode

• Theo Von Netflix special taping disaster at Beacon Theater
• David Letterman criticizes Trump cowardice on Barbara Gains Show
• Nimesh Patel withdraws from Riyadh Comedy Festival
• Atsuko Okatsuka declines Riyadh Comedy Festival over censorship rules
• Pete Davidson discusses rapid celebrity fame cycles and backlash against Pedro Pascal
• Walton Goggins responds to Pete Davidson’s comments about social media turning on celebrities

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Caalorokashock Media. Hey, I’m Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News. It’s incredible. There’s like six things today that normally would just be a lead story. But let’s start with THEO.

Vaughn Is fans are worried. Last week, THEO was recording his Netflix special at the Beacon Theater. It is being described as a brutal showcase filled with gaffs and embarrassing moments. People in the audience said THEO halted his performance as many as ten times throughout the nights, that THEO frequently left the stage, asked a producer to remind him of punchlines, and THEO struggled to finish stories. Some people that were there said a third of the crowd left before the show ended.

And again, this isn’t just a regular show, this is a Netflix taping. There are clips on social media circulating. I’m choosing not to play it, but in it, the THEO says I’m having a long month and I’m trying not to take my own life. It’s unclear how serious he was or if he was joking with the audience and everyone, remember, if you’re struggling, you’re not alone. Help is available, call her text the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at nine to eight eight anytime, day or night come and shared with Men’s Journal called the night a roller coaster.

One audience member said THEO had to pause the show to ask for the punchlines several times. Another audience member said he seemed unrehearsed and disorganized, repeating bits multiple times, clearly trying to get it right for the camera. This killed the vibe in the theater. Another said it took THEO six times to get through one anecdote and that THEO appeared exhausted and anxious. Hope everything is okay there.

David Letterman was on the Barbara Gains Show. That is the uh deliberately simply produced YouTube thing that Dave will pop on. He called Jimmy Kimmel’s first monologue word perfect, describing it as funny, powerful, and moving. Letterman then turned his attention to President Donald Trump, who had called David Letterman overrated and a loser. Dave had this to say.

But boy, the cowardice that is on display now and here, now, this is just my thought. Do you want to hear any of I do? And I can’t verify this. This is just how I feel. This is just what it looks like to me.

People seem to be stunned when things like this happen, and I am so tired of people being stunned by things like this, because we have a pretty good history of being stunned by this guy. And the reason he continues to behave this way not because he wants to stun us, but because he’s a dictator, and dictators do things like this. I think the question we need to ask ourselves now is what exactly are we going to do about this. Nimesh Patel pulled out of the Riodd Comedy Festival. He posted this on social media.

I’ve got some comments on the back end. Hey, it’s me Nimesh Patel. Asalamlekam. No. I am not attending the read Comedy Festival I was stated to attend.

I initially had accepted the offer, but I canceled last week after having a change of heart. I was going to cancel quietly, but then the event went viral in the last two days and now I feel like people are tagging me. I have to explain myself at least a little bit. No, I’m not attending. I just figured you know what, I’ll just do forty shows that I had not planned on doing here in the perfectly clean moral above everyone else, United States of America.

I’m tired just thinking about it to make up for the lost bag. So that’s what I’ll do. I’m gonna do forty shows that I had not planned on doing that I haven’t even been launched yet that we’re now trying to figure out between now and the end of the year to make up for the lost bag before my theater tour kicks off. So if you want to hear my rationale, come out to those shows whenever they are, or come out to the theater tour in joke for them. I’ll explain why I decided not to go because this clip was not at all sincerity is so stupid.

Man, I gotta go prep for this checking in comedy festival that I’m doing, all right. I enjoy the rest of your doves, all right. I hope to see you. I’m not going. Sorry to the people of Saudi.

I very much would have appreciated performing for you, guys. I know you’re all good people over there, and I know I have some fans over there, and hopefully you remain fans and hopefully you understand, all right, deuces. Mister Prittel, that’s a bad look. You’re just I get it. You want to get paid, then get paid.

Don’t don’t killed us that you got to do forty shows now not a good look at all. By Nimesh Patel Otsco at Conska revealed that she turned down the Riodd Comedy Festival and shared the details of the offer. She went on social media and posted a screenshot of the offer she allegedly received her perform at the Riodd Comedy Festival. In her post, Otsgo noted that the booking came with censorship rules. She wrote, the money’s coming straight from the Crown Prince who actively executes journalists, people with non lethal drug offenses, bloggers, et cetera, without due process.

A lot of the you can’t say anything anymore. Comedians are doing the festival. They had to appear to do censorship rules about the types of jokes they can make. Otsgo shared a screenshot of content restrictions from the alleged offer. The document she shared reads artists shall not prepare or perform any material that may be considered to degrade to fame or bring into public distribute contempt, scandal, embarrassment, or ridicule A the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including its leadership, public figures, culture or people.

B the Saudi Royal family, legal system, or government, and see any religious religious tradition, religious figure, or religious practice. Man, can you imagine a leader of a country trying to stop comedians from making fun of its leadership or public figures or certain people. Can’t imagine that happening, And I mean I live in the United States America. That would never happen here. Tonight at the Rio Comedy Festival, Ali Sadik brings whip smart storytelling.

Expect observational riffs, CrowdWork, and slow burning stories that land. Big Pete Davidson was on Theo’s podcast last week and he called out the Internet for turning on Pedro Pascal. Pete said two years ago, he’s a hard working, great actor. Everyone was like, he’s worked so hard and has been a struggling actor. He blows up.

I’m paraphrasing as Pete used several f words in this. Pedro blows up so bleeping hard. Everyone’s like, daddy, daddy, Yeah, daddy daddy. Then a year later he’s in everything now because he’s hot and big and everyone’s like, go the f away, dude. You got to give someone that time to adjust to a new level of fame.

He’s been banging at it for thirty years and now he’s learning how to go get a cup of coffee, or like deal with someone that taps you on the shoulder while you have your earbuds in and freaks you out. You got to give that guy a second adjust It’s like we build everybody up. It’s like so fast, turn on the celebrity. The turn is crazy. Pete then suggested that the social media is going to do it with Walton Goggins next.

It’s like within months. Walton Goggins saw this and responded on Instagram. Walton Goggins writes, I saw this article and had to respond. Pete was talking about his own experience. Pete, we don’t know each other, but I appreciate the heads up.

We’re ground one thing. Pedro Pascal isn’t a good man. He’s a great man, a dear friend of mine. As a fifty three year old, I’m acutely aware that every experience has a shelf life. I appreciate so many of you going on this journey with me.

I imagine that a lot of you, and I don’t blame you, are tired of hearing my homilies. Trust me, I’m tired of saying them. Have a few things coming out that I have an obligation to talk about, not for me, mind you, but to honor all those that work so hard to bring these stories to fruition. So if you see something with my name on it, I encourage you not to click on it unless you want to, and if you do, I appreciate the sport. See to me, being included in this headline isn’t a curse, It’s a blessing.

How lucky am I that this is even a possibility. I’ve had the good fortune of engaging in so many interesting conversations with so many of you, of collaborating with so many top shelf people across so many disciplines over the last couple of years, Way more than a poor kid from Georgia would ever have the audacity to imagine. I wouldn’t take one back. So if saying yes in life more than saying no is a crime, then I’m guilty as charged. Walton Goggins had added, if this headline is a possibility or an inevitability.

If this is my fate, well f it. I’m going to enjoy the all caps F out of it. Heather McMahon, What are you doing? So? Heather McMahon was hosting like PGA coverage over the weekend.

She stepped away from Sunday’s coverage and apologized to golfer Rory McElroy for a vulgar chant. The PGAA of America put out a statement which reads, Heather has extended an apology to Rory McElroy and Writer Cup Europe and a step down from hosting the first t of the Writer Cup. You see, Heather McMahon was captured on social media starting an F you Rory chant into a megaphone at the first t of the event. She was trying to get the US crowd amped up. What are you doing?

That’s just stupid. You’re there, you’re hosting the coverage and you’re going to start an F you chant? What is wrong with you? My dog is here. I got to tell people about what’s happening on late night TV.

We can’t go out right now. We’ve been out three times in the last hour. You got to chilax Conan O’Brien was on Stephen Colbert last night. I got to tell people about this doggie. Now, what am I supposed to do?

Are you gonna make me hit Paul this? But what about Codon O’Brien on Stephen Colbert. Can’t this way two minutes? All right? I guess we’ll be right back.

I’m laughing. I did pause that. I’m looking at the wave that I can see these big giant spikes in the audio where worry. Oh the dog did need to go out, by the way, I’ll leave it at that. Conan O’Brien was on with Colbert last night.

Now, that’s an interesting twist in the Late Night Wars and I’ll cover that tomorrow. I got to relax at the bonus episodes. I mean, I don’t want you guys to be like another episode. So back to normal schedules here. But that’s interesting in the Late Night Wars because Jimmy Kimmel is in Brooklyn this week.

Now on Tuesday night, Colbert and Kimmel are going on each other shows. Kimmel and Colbert will take in Brooklyn. Then they’re going to head to the ed Sellivan Theater for Colbert’s taping. So is Kimmel recording like in the middle of the afternoon. That’s interesting, right, because Colbert probably tapes at five thirty, so we actually have to record the show.

He got to commute from Brooklyn to Midtown Manhattan, no easy thing at rush hour. I also am curious how that affects Colbert’s prep right, because you know, normally he’d be around right before the taping, but he’s going to head to Brooklyn, so he’s got to start his day earlier. But then he has to change his mindset for two three hours and then get back into hosting mode. That that’s just interesting. As somebody who’s been in the media for thirty years.

There is something to be said for the mindset earthquake specialist that out on Netflix today. It is called Joke Telling Business. He had a previous Dave Chappelle produced special back in twenty twenty two. By the way, I’ve been googling, like Bill Burr Riod, Dave Chappelle Riod, no news coming out of there, earthquake tells youatl dot com. There wouldn’t be no earthquake if it wasn’t for Atlanta.

Landa is where I learned to tell a joke. I’m still eating off the lesson of the blessings I received one there in ninety one. I went to Atlanta because CNN said this was the best place to come if you were an African American looking for a good job to prosper. I had never been to Atlanta. I just went off that recommendation and stepped out on stage one day and kept going.

And I haven’t gotten off since. He was initially frustrated when one of the premier Atlanta venues for black comics wouldn’t let him perform. Mom suggested he open his own comedy club. She said, you know when I told you when you were little, if somebody don’t let you rather bike, go get your own bike. I told her I couldn’t have my own comedy club, and she said why not?

So that’s what I did. He opened Uptown Comedy Corner and Bucket in nineteen ninety two. Mister Quake is currently developing a half hour sitcom based on his life for Fox. And I’ve been telling you about the legion of cool comedians. You know, these are comedians doing really cool things like Jim Gaffikins selling bourbon or Tom Papa’s bread products, or even Sebastian Maniscalco hockeying pizza ovens when he’s not at the Riog Comedy Festival.

Anyway, ben Stiller has gotten into low calorie SODA’s that’s right, it’s Stiller’s soda. How cool is that? Does he make a cola? Because you could take some Jim gaffickin bourbon, maybe put a little colon it and have like a really cool drink. Well, the answer is stiller soda comes in lemon, lime, Shirley temple, and root beer.

So I’m not sure how that’s going to mix with the bourbon. We’re told the collection brings in inspiration from ben Steller’s childhood growing up in New York City, which makes it sound like Ben Stiller grew up in the nineteen thirties. He’s three years older than me, so let’s relax with the old timey sodas you grew up drinking cans of coke, dude. Ben Stiller told people that it was important him to create a drink that tasted like soda, but where you don’t feel like you’re putting bad stuff in your body. I don’t drink, so I love having an option for soda, for something to drink for adults too when you’re out.

Ben Stiller’s a great dad, just like Adam Sandler. He got his kids involved with the product. Ben Stiller said of his son when he asked to have a second lemon Lime because he liked it so much, I felt like we were on the right track. We’re told his daughter has tried the sodas and approves of them too. Ben says, the idea of having a healthy soda for kids, I think is something that’s important to a too, something the parents can give their kids and not feel bad about it.

At twelve back of Stiller Soda thirty bucks. That’s two fifty, akin, Ben Stiller. Welcome to the Legion of Cool Comedians. And that is your comedy news for today. See tomorrow.

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Featured: Sebastian Maniscalco, Jim Gaffigan, Tom Poppa, Jessica Curson, Jimmy Kimmel, Ryan Reynolds, Tom Hanks, Stephen Colbert, Dave Chappelle, Gabe Iglesias

What’s in This Episode

• Sebastian Maniscalco launches Frigidaire pizza oven business
• Johnny Mac establishes ‘Legion of Cool Comedians’
• Sebastian Maniscalco Riodd Comedy Festival appearance
• Jessica Curson performing at Riodd Comedy Festival
• Jimmy Kimmel Brooklyn week guests lineup

Questions Answered in This Episode

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Caloroga Shark Media. I thought Sunday’s episode was a lot of fun, and also the bonus episode that went out yesterday with Julie Seaball. She’s the producer of the Mark Maron documentary Are We Good? In case you missed that, Hello, I’m Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News. Let me calm down here, let’s ease into today.

It’s just been so much strife with the new stories. Did you hear the news stories yesterday? So let’s just do something fun. I’ve got a new member of the Legion of Cool Comedians now, the Legion of Cool Comedians, which I established over the weekend. They are Jim Gaffigan with his bourbon business, Tom Poppa, you know, he’s doing some breadmaking accessories.

I’m going to add a couple of people this week, so I’m adding to the Legion of cool Comedians. When you’re like, you know, who’s doing like really cool stuff that you look at and you go, yeah, man cool? Well Sebastian Manascalco, who by the way, is going to be appearing at the Rioned Comedy Festival. But that’s not what I’m here to talk about. I’m here to tell you about frigid ere up with Sebastian Maniscalco to sell you stone baked pizza ovens.

That’s right, they had a big event and the Nocturnal tells us it was in a loft that couldn’t have felt more inviting. The space was bright, industrial and alive with the scent of fresh sauce and baked dough. Exposed brick, high ceilings natural light created the perfect setting for frigidators. Big debut of the Gallery range with stone baked Pizza mode. Chef Adam was there teaching everyone how to make pizza.

And what could make this even more fun would be Sebastian Manuscalco getting in in appearance before heading over to the Riod Comedy Festival, getting some time with the regular folks. He stopped in and demonstrated the stone baked pizza oven and shared laughs with attendees, and we’re told made the experience both educational and highly entertaining. Sounds like a fun event. Good of Sebastian to come by. You know, he probably got a couple bucks for it.

He needs the money. I mean, there are some lists that have him as the top touring comedian, But what do I know? I’m a guy in the basement recording podcast. Hey, if you’d like to see Sebastian Manuscalco, He’s on TOURIO be in Las Vegas. He’s at the WIN, Las Vegas on October third.

He’s doing two shows. Pete Corielli the Gator is his opening act. There also two shows on the fourth. Then on the eighth he’ll be in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. That was just added.

And then on the ninth he’ll be at the sef Arena as part of the RIONDD Comedy Festival. No opener mentioned there, so it doesn’t look like Pete Corielly the Gator will be part of the RIOD Comedy Festival.

And then on October seventeenth, Sebastian Maniscalko will be in Temecula, Ca…

He’s got some other dates on his website if you want to check that out. Always got some merch. Let’s say he’s got a hoodie. It’s a black hoodie with really tiny print that says it ain’t right. Let’s say I’m gonna order myself a large here, forty five dollars not completely unreasonable.

You know you could put that on. Sit by the fireplace, eat some Tom Pop of bread and have some Jim Gaffigan bourbon. Trying to stay calm on this Monday. Guys. You know where this is heading eventually, don’t you.

Jimmy Kimmel. We never talk about him on this program. His name never comes up. He’s in Brooklyn this week. A lot of big guests, Ryan Reynolds, Josh Johnson, comel On, Johnny, guys from The Bear.

I still haven’t watched that, Tom Hanks and Stephen Colbert. Musical guests, Public Enemy, Renee, Rap Geese, and Living Color. Those guys were still around. I saw them at Fordham University in nineteen eighty seven, before anybody had heard of them. They were fantastic.

I ran out and bought their album. I’ve been a fan since. True Story they opened for Joan Jet. The Internet will probably prove that true if you look that up. Why would I make that up?

Why would Johnny Mac be like, you know what, I want to seem cool? I’m gonna tell people I saw Joone Jett and Living Color at Fordham University in nineteen eighty seven. Well I did, maybe it was eighty eight. I went there in the fall of eighty seven. I don’t actually remember when it was, but I believe it was freshman year.

See now I need to prove it to myself. I just talked myself into a corner. If you want me yelling at screaming, that was Sunday’s episode. I’m trying to be calm. Well, I don’t want to spend three hours of this, but I could tell you here on setlist FM, I see they played in Schenectady in May of nineteen eighty seven.

Oh, maybe I can just go through Jon Jet’s set list. Hold on, No, I’m can’t find anything. I did to go down a rabbit hole there and I made an edit. There’s been five minutes looking so what you know what? You just sit home and be like Johnny Mac just wants to sound cool and make it sound like he saw Joe jetted forty University nineteen eighty seven.

He’s probably making that up. Where were we were talking about Jimmy Kimmel. Howard Stern not listed as a guest. Some people think that is weird. Anyway, let’s get to it today.

It’s the re Odd Comedy Festival performing is Jessica Kerson. We’re told that Jessica Cerson brings whirlwind energy and razor sharp honesty to the re Odd Comedy Festival. Now in twenty twenty one, Jessica Kerson, who’s at the Reod Comedy Festival today, I spoke to Forbes, and Forbes said George Carlin said, comics are modern day philosophers, your truth tailors and whistleblowers. How are you seeing that in your career and the industry, And in twenty twenty one, Jessica Curson told Forbes, I’m seeing that more than ever. The country needs us right now.

We’re say everything that a lot of people want to say, but they can’t. People can’t go into their jobs and say the things that I’m saying on stage. They get fired that day. Seems like Jessica is very passionate about being able to say whatever you want to say, and free speech is pretty important. Jessica went on to say, I mean, I have a joke where I say I have kids and I’m gay.

See, I’m trying to educate people in a funny way and show how ridiculous people are. We are truth tellers. But if you silence what we say, what’s the line. The line apparently is whatever you’re being paid tonight. Jessica, Sorry, I disgressed.

Did I say that out loud? I should have said that out loud. I have to remember to edit that out. I don’t want to leave that in, Jessica said, I listened to the comics where I want to vomit. The things they say make me sick.

But do I think they shouldn’t be able to say it? No? Okay, sounds great. I look forward to your set tonight at the Riod Comedy Festival, Jessica Curson. Now, I wanted to tell you what venue Jessica is at, but here I am on Jessica Curson dot dot as a record this on Friday, September twenty sixth to twenty pm Eastern Time, and she has listed as her tour dates new Haven on the twenty sixth, and then the next date listed was October second at the New York Comedy Club.

She’s not listing the arena on the Riodd Comedy Festival where she’s performing tonight, Free Speech Advocate and I want you guys to know what arena she’s playing. Luckily, visit saudi dot com has the information for us. This is, of course, the world’s largest comedy festival. A lot of you are favorite comedians, including Jessica Curson playing there. Dave Chappelle was there recently.

Gabe glacis there tomorrow night. Now, this is interesting. The graphic says September twenty ninth. Everything I’ve read says September twenty ninth. A box here says September twenty eighth.

I’m still unable to figure out where this is other than it’s at the re Odd Comedy Festival. Right have clicked through to buy tickets. Oh, it’s at the Mohammed al Ali Theater. Looking for to Jessica said tonight or maybe it was last night. I don’t run the website.

I don’t know. I can only tell you what’s in front of me. I would have loved to pull the information up from Esca Curson dot com to give you the information correctly. John, Is this why you opened up with a story about pizza ovens? Did you want to ease into this today?

Is that what is going on here? Bill Burr, who was at the Reod Comedy Festival on Friday, is in talks to join the cast of Aaron Sorkin and Sony Pictures the Social Network too. Jeremy Alan White will play a Wall Street reporter. Jeremy Strong is said to be playing Mark Zuckerberg. Bill Burr is said to be playing a character that is fictional or an amalgamation.

According to sources, I caused enough trouble in the first half. I’m going to a head for a home here. Like I said, I’m recording this on Friday. It’s been a long week. It’s actually eighty degrees out in September.

I just want to go on in the backyard and take a nap and maybe listen to Mark Malcoff with whitez and act or Louis c. K on the Theovon’s podcast, or Pete Davidson, who’s coming to the Red Comedy Festival. He explained his reasoning the Theovaughn on Theovon’s podcast. So Theo’s had a lot of good guests. Let’s see, let’s do a couple of things here just to give you a full episode and get out of here.

On the eight hundred Pound Channel today, David GABORI is good birth of a nation. Oh, I know what I’ll do.

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Let’s talk about the worst person who ever lived.

What’s his name, saying with me, that’s right, Jay Leno, How dare j Leto comment on late night television? What does he know about it? The nerve of this guy, It just it infuriates me when Jay Leno talks about late night comedy as if he’s some sort of expert in late night comedy. What does he know? Remember that story a couple of weeks ago where Jay Leno had the nerve to help Harrison Ford with a three D printed toilet seat.

Well, jay Lenel told the story. Now where did he tell this story? He was at one of his little charity events that Jay does. This is the Love Ride Foundation. Yeah, Jay Leno out there doing charity talking about toilet seats.

Jay Leto said, in Harrison Ford’s office in Wyoming, he’s got some sort of unusual toilet with an unusual toilet seat, and he couldn’t find a toilet seat replacement. So they called me and said, can you three D print me one? And I said, yeah, bring me the old one. So he brought me the old one and we three D printed it. That’s the story.

And then he said Harrison Ford was stunned how good it turned out?

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And then Jay said anybody needs a three D printed toilet seat, Let me know.

Oh, I will let you know. Mister, I know something about Late Night. How dare you no bonus episode today? I think I’m not planning on doing one. I have no intention of doing one.

I just want to chill out and relax. That’s your comedy news for today, See you tomorrow.