Jim Gaffigan bourbon, Neal Brennan new special, Tom Segura s Tony Clifton

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Featured: Jim Gaffigan, Neal Brennan, Bill Burr, Tom Segura, Andy Kaufman, Bob Zmuda, Jon Favreau, Ed Helms, Mike Faist

What’s in This Episode

  • Jim Gaffigan launches Father Time bourbon whiskey
  • Neal Brennan releases ‘Crazy Good’ special on Netflix
  • Bill Burr discusses favorite specials and Breaking Bad appearances
  • Bill Burr’s role in The Mandalorian via Jon Favreau connection
  • Tom Segura cast in Tony Clifton film ‘Dirty Rotten Bastards’

Questions Answered in This Episode

Is Jim Gaffigan’s bourbon backed by a major liquor company?

No, Gaffigan funded the bourbon himself with a college buddy, with no corporate or investor backing. He personally sampled hundreds of barrels and handpicked each bottle for the Father Time brand.

What is Neal Brennan’s new Netflix special called?

His new special is called ‘Neal Brennan Crazy Good’ and was filmed at the Fonda Theater in Hollywood.

How did Bill Burr end up on The Mandalorian?

Jon Favreau heard Bill Burr making fun of Star Wars on his podcast, thought it was funny, and offered him a role after meeting him at a mutual friend’s birthday party.

Who is Tony Clifton in the Andy Kaufman universe?

Tony Clifton was a loud-mouthed character often played by Andy Kaufman and his collaborator Bob Zmuda, performed on late-night talk shows as a foul-mouthed Vegas singer, with the character’s true identity intentionally obscured.

What movie is Tom Segura appearing in with the Tony Clifton character?

Tom Segura is cast in ‘Dirty Rotten Bastards,’ an indie film from Ed Helms and Mike Faist that tells the story of a filmmaker kidnapped by a deranged lounge singer (Tony Clifton). Segura will play both Tony Clifton and Bob Zmuda.


Full Transcript

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

Caloroga Shark Media. Hello, I’m Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News. If you listened yesterday you heard I was losing my voice. Well, I recorded this one right after that once I could goof off yesterday and go see the eclipse. My voice isn’t too bad, but I don’t have it in me to like punch up and down on the vocals as much as usual, So I’m gonna crib off the Melbourne Comedy Festival the second half.

Again. I did have the late Bot write some jokes about Jim Gaffigan bourbon. Late Bot says, did you hear Jim Gaffigan’s releasing his own bourbon? Finally a whiskey for dads who think olive garden is too ethnic. Jim Gaffigan’s new bourbon is perfect for people who find perhaps blue bourbon too edgy and dangerous.

Gaffigan’s Bourbon is the only whiskey that comes with the side of mashed potatoes and gravy. The bourbon pairs nicely with a sensible bedtime and doctor approved cholesterol level. Jim Gaffigan’s Bourbon for when you want to get wild and crazy but still be in bed by nine point thirty. Bourbon aficionados are calling Gaffigan’s whiskey the khaki pants of the liquor world. All that was by AI, not bad late bot.

Jim Gaffigan said the new whiskey was created from scratch, with no corporate or investor backing. I put up my own money and sampled hundreds of barrels because I wanted to create something that I enjoyed drinking, that would be a beautiful addition to anyone’s bar and would make a great Father’s Day gift. I’m obviously not a bourbon expert, but I did my research and I know what I like. I handpicked the bourbon in each autograph bottle of father Time. Oh it just got even less cool.

Hey, here’s a Jim Gaffigan autograph bottle. I don’t know, man, and no, there isn’t some big spirit company behind this adventure, just me and a buddy from college. We got tons of help from smart bourbon people, and we’re proud of what we created. We hope you enjoying drinking it as much as we do. I have a feeling this is going to go down like remember George Lopez Tacos.

If you’re a longtime listener George was all about the tacos during the pandemic and then never heard about that again. Neil Brennan specials out on Netflix today. It’s called Neil Brennan Crazy Good. The Hollywood Reporter was curious where he filmed the special. Interesting answer, he said, at the Fonda Theater in Hollywood.

But I’ve never really understood the big thing about audiences in general. My audiences are ninety five percent the same wherever I go, even in like London or Thailand. The jokes either work or they don’t. What Neil’s hoping for with this one is that people who thought I was Mopi or Maudlin, or self peding, or maybe had written me off, give me a chance. It’s a hard thing to ask people like no, no, no, We’ve reimagined who Neil Brennan is.

But hopefully if you watch the first eleven or twelve minutes, you’ll see, oh, he’s just being reckless and funny. He’s not being contemplative in any way. He commented on his executive producer, Bill Burr. He said, Bill Burr, now Matrick will have this company all Things Comedy that produced it. They’re great and very pro comedian, and it’s not like there’s a ton of graft in the comedy production world, but they know exactly what costs what.

Bill’s done nine specials with something, so he knows exactly what everything should cost.

Speaking of Bill Burr, he did one of those amas with Wired.

I’ll go rapid Fire here Bill. What’s Bill Burr’s best special? Burr said, that’s like saying which child do you like most? Sophie’s choice. I love Paper Tiger because I was in England and I love challenge to that.

I also love Red Rocks. It wasn’t even what I did. It was the crowd. What I love was how was Mike You could hear the crowd and if you can get through my jokes on the special, just listen to the audience. Every once in a while I’d say something really random and stupid and people would laugh at the ridiculousness of it, but you always hear one guy just go like, yeah, it wasn’t a joke, because it’s like, yeah, I think that too.

He talked about Breaking Bad and said, I did the car wash one first, then I did the one with Lavelle Crawford where the guy drops the oranges and bangs his head. And I got to be in Saul Goodman’s office, which was crazy because I was such an insane fan of the show. I think two three seasons in and I remember going to saw Goodman’s office where the Constitution thing above his desk, and I felt like I got sucked in on my TV. It was incredible.


And then I did the train robbery and I got to drive that big dump truck and I…

I just let the clutch out and gave a gas. I was young. I didn’t know what he was doing. He was asked, what’s Bilburr like in real life? He said, I’m an inquisitive person.

I just try to stay ahead of my depression. And if I’m learning something new, it’s exciting. It’s challenging, it’s embarrassing because I’m making mistakes. But I don’t have to listen to the demons. It shuts them up.

They start talking around eleven fifteen, eleven sixteen, every night New Topic. How did Bill burend up on the Mandalorian Bill said, I ended up on it through Jon Favreau, who listened to my podcast. He used to hear me making fun of Star Wars and though it was funny. I ended up meeting him at a mutual friend’s birthday party. He goes, you know, there’s a partner that we’re writing right now.

I think it’d be good for it. And I was like, John, you gonna be honest with you. I kind of make fun of Star Wars. Not in a malicious way. It’s just I see people really enjoying something, and I know it’s an easy hit.

If I make fun of it, I can watch them get upset. You know. It fills up my day for whatever reason. And he goes, no, no, no, He goes, I know I’ve heard it. I think it’s hilarious, and I think your fans would find it funny if you were on the show.

Bill says it’s one of the favorite things he’s ever done in his career. And I will say Star Wars fans are cool as hell. Deadline reports Tom sigoors and talks from multiple roles in Dirty Rotten Bastarday, show biz centric indie film from Ed Helms and Mike Fabio’s Pacific Electric Picture Company. The film tells the insane true story of an aspiring filmmaker who’s kidnapped by deranged lounge singer Tony Clifton. Now do you know who Tony Clifton is?

I’ll get to that in a second. Initially drawn a doc in Clifton’s world, he’s thrust into a chaotic journey of sex, celebrity, and comedy, blurring the lines between observer and participant and testing his sanity. Sigor will play Andy Kaufman’s larger than like comedic persona Clifton, as well as Andy Kaufman’s friend and longtime collaborator, Bob’s Muda. Now, if you’re not hip to this joke, there was this loud mouth character Tony Clifton, often played by Andy Kaufman, and the late night talk shows would try and book Andy, and Andy would say, I’ll only come on as Tony Clifton, and sometimes Tony Clifton would be Andy, and sometimes Bob’s Muda would dress up and perform the character, and Andy Kaufman would be home laughing at everyone, thinking was Andy Kaufman doing a character? I’ve met Bob’s mood to spent a lot of time with them back at Serious.

I’ve got some stories, but I don’t have the voice to tell them properly today, so I’m going to leave a note to tell you these tomorrow or the day after Deadline rights. Zumuda was known to switch off with Kaufman and portraying Clifton, a foulmouth singer out of Vegas famous for his abrasive personality and erratic behavior. Kaufman liked to in have at him both on stage and off, sometimes appearing in character during interviews and public appearances. The mystique surrounding the character was amplified by the fact that, over the course of Kaufman’s life, many believe Clifton to be a real person separate from Andy Kaufman. Great stuff, I’ll tell us some stories tomorrow Gossup cor Corner and on Gossip Corner, The Daily Mail says.

Adam Sandler kept it casual in a north Face coat as he enjoyed a stroll with his daughters. Adam Sandler spotted in London walking around.


Also spotted playing basketball with some locals.

We’re told Adam opted for a laid back look with a light blue hoodie and a pair of red tracksuit bottoms. Let’s see what’s happening at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival so I can save my voice. Daniel Connell’s show is called Little Aussy Battler. Let’s listen. Lovely to be here, It’s lovely to be out and about.

It’s great to say international travelers returning from Ivis and Ozzie’s coming back. They haven’t been able to come back for a while. I’ve been out at the airport last week. I went out there. I didn’t have anybody to pick up.

I just went out to watch. It’s nice just watching people jumped on a few family huddles. They hated it, but I quite enjoyed it. It’s just nice to feel something, you know, just anything at a moment, absolutely ruined though. This guy is about mid thirties.

He’s come bolt through the terminal. I see his parents on the other side of the early seventies. He runs up to him. He’s got all his luggae. John.

He gets to him, I’m almost about to jump on the huddle and they pull their mass down the mother and the sun and a big, long kiss on the lips. Big that is disgusting. If we cut that out. I land out like an audible. Ah, it’s pretty good.

How about this show? Ruby Ester does her Bester? I like the title, let’s listen. I hey, look, I’m just gonna get right into it and preface my set by saying I’m aware. I’m aware.

I come off quite anxious on stage, all right, Not to worry, It’s mostly just the anxiety. No, but I think my anxiety started in intermediate school when I was moderately to severely bullied. That’s a laugh line. It’s okay. The bully died last year.

Delta. No sorry, no, sorry, too soon? Too soon? No? No, no, I did it?

Do you guys like my hair? Thank you? Correct? Yeah. I went to the hair dresser very recently with a very specific image in mind and in hand.

I printed it out and I handed it to my hairdresser and she looks concerned, and she was like, okay, just going to confer with you. You want me to give you waistlength extensions and diet all black? No, no, I said, you’re not listening on h leak. You see the way the girl in the picture is looking out the window. You see the way the rain is falling softly on the window pane.

How she’s unoberturbed by the slight warping of her face in the water, or the hand resting on her shoulder, or even the party going on in the windows reflection behind her. You see how she doesn’t quite fit in, but she doesn’t not belong. You see how she doesn’t know, She doesn’t know where she’s going to go next. Maybe she’ll rejoin the party, maybe she’ll go to a different party, go to a club, go to a friend’s house. For hell, maybe she’s gonna go home.

Can you cut that? Is that? I think it’s like layers and she couldn’t zero stars, so we bleached it. Thank you, I’ve been Ruby, You’ve been lovely. Have a good night.

I loved her. Her presence is fantastic. Now, maybe not the funniest joke, but what a great storyteller. I couldn’t wait to hear how that one would finish. She at me totally captivated.

Fantastic. Right, let’s do one more. Tommy Little’s show was called Tommy Little has a regular sized deck. There’s a picture of him playing cards. I don’t know what you were thinking.

Let’s listen. I had a busy year last year. I went to fight pies. I became a pilot. You do people clap with that, but that’s fine.

I’m obviously performing to a room for fellow pilots. Nice. It’s not as long as you think right. When you’re driving a car, you have to do one hundred and twenty hours next to someone else before you’re allowed to drive a car by yourself. Flying a plane, I did nine hours and I was allowed to fly a plane by myself.

How why was that? It means you can catch a flight from here to Hong Kong, and if you earn on the way, when it lands, you can say to the captain, don’t worry, champ, I’ll take it back from here. Being a pilot is the best because there are no rules. Sorry, there are heaps of rules, there’s just no one to check on them. You can’t get pulled over in the sky.

No one has ever checked my license. No one has ever breathalyzed me, no one has ever drug tested me. There’s a key to the door that opens our hangars, and then the planes don’t even have keys. If you can fly them, you can take The reason I’m telling you this is because if there’s a story on the news five years from now, and I’m accused of smuggling drugs around this beautiful country and I’m on the news going I didn’t do it. There’s no way I ever do this.

I did it. He’s fantastic. I like him a lot. He is Tommy Little. And that is your comedy news for today.

Because I have no voice, Tell a friend about the show see tomorrow.

Tim Dillon makes three generations mad, Joe Rogan’s nuclear war fears

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Featured: Tim Dillon, Joe Rogan, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Mark Marin, Carol Burnett, Kristen Wiig, Bill Burr, Roseanne Barr, Carrie Lake, The Lonely Island, Harry Jowsey

What’s in This Episode

  • Tim Dillon slams Baby Boomers, Millennials, and Gen Z on podcast
  • Joe Rogan expresses nuclear war fears on podcast
  • Solar eclipse jokes from late night hosts
  • Kristen Wiig joins SNL Five Timers Club
  • Bill Burr’s Trump impression on SNL
  • Roseanne Barr speaks at Carrie Lake fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago
  • The Lonely Island launching new podcast with Seth Meyers

Questions Answered in This Episode

What did Tim Dillon say about Baby Boomers?

Tim Dillon called Baby Boomers a selfish generation who refuse to retire, describing them as ’emotional terrorists’ who hold houses over their children’s heads, while also calling them the funniest generation ever because they don’t care about the future.

What controversial statement did Tim Dillon make about Gen Z?

Tim Dillon suggested Gen Z should be drafted into the military and sent to die in Ukraine, citing their issues with fentanyl, violence, and TikTok culture.

What are Joe Rogan’s nuclear war concerns?

Joe Rogan expressed fear about nuclear escalation, questioning what stops countries from using nuclear weapons if they’re willing to bomb cities like Gaza, wondering what ‘the line’ is that prevents nuclear weapons from being used.

What did Roseanne Barr say at Carrie Lake’s Mar-a-Lago fundraiser?

Roseanne Barr told people to drop out of college, claiming it’s nothing but ‘devil worshiping, baby blood drinking Democrat donors,’ and offered to help people via email or Twitter instead.

What is The Lonely Island’s new podcast about?

The Lonely Island podcast, which includes Seth Meyers, breaks down each Lonely Island digital short in chronological order and discusses backstories about what was happening behind the scenes of SNL that week.

Why is SNL’s Five Timers Club ceremony losing its cultural impact?

According to EW’s critique, SNL’s rituals like the Five Timers Club have become perfunctory and rely on superficial fan service rather than capturing the danger and edge that made SNL a cultural institution.


Full Transcript

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Caloroga Shark Media, have me a clips day. I’m Chuckie Mack with your Daily Comedy News. I just recorded an episode of five Good News Stories, Number five Good News Stories, and the first story there is all about the eclipse. If you’d like some eclipse fun facts. Did you see the moon is getting its own time zone?

Stephen Colbert joked it’ll be great for anyone who needs an excuse to day drink. Hey, it’s moon o’clock somewhere. Jimmy Kimmel said, this sounds like a fake project Trump would have given Mike Pence to keep him busy. Seth Myers said, in honor of the solar eclipse, Krispy Kreme is offering a glazed donut that’s dipped in black chocolate icing and top lit sprinkles, buttercream frosting, and an oriole that is true the joke. After a dozen of those, you will also block out the sun.

I have no voice today. I don’t know why. I don’t think the Mirror newspaper understands Tim Dillon’s comedy. The headline Tim Dillon has slammed baby boomers as a selfish generation who refused to retire. He was on the Diary of a CEO podcast, Dylan called boomers very sick people and called millennials a crap generation and want would be patted on the back for everything.

He then targeted Gen z as he claimed they should be drafted into wars so they can go die in Ukraine. Send you letters to Tim Dilon, not me. Tim said, I love the Boomers. They’re a selfish generation. The state of the Boomers is they are these very powerful people who refuse to leave their mansions.

They won’t retire. They diminish their children by saying, I can’t believe you canto in something like this. They like holding these houses over the kid’s head. They’re very sick people. They’re refuse to give up their jobs.

They’re emotional terrorists. And I grew up with them, and they’re very interesting people. They’ve proven the lie of the sixties. People thought they were progressive hippies. They were not.

They were actually just selfish drug addicts. They just wanted to get high and roll around in the mud. He then called them the funniest generation that ever lived. Nobody is funnier because to be funny you kind of have to not care. No one has cared less about the future of this planet or the future of their children, about anything but the boomers.

Then he called them millennials a crap generation where they’re like pinametal on me, put a ribbon on me. I’m right. I went to the college, I got the right internship, I believe the right things. I tweeted the right thing, I have the right politics. Millennials are these kind of ambitious people that want to constantly be patted on the back told how great they are.

He switched to gen Z, and while he did have some kind of things to say about them, he’s still went after them. He said, gen Z, your self starter is very skeptical of institutions and cynical. That’s some of their positive qualities. They’re more negative qualities are the murder, filming murders and fentonyl vapes and we need a draft. To be honest, young people should just go into the military.

No, that’s going to be a controversial thing to say. But if they’re just going to do fentanyl and attack each other in malls and put it on TikTok, they can go diye in Ukraine. Send your letters to Tim Dillon Again, I haven’t heard this yet, but I’m guessing Tim was joking and doing the type of material he does on his podcast. But as I’ve been saying all along, at some point, I’m going to distance myself from Tim Dillon be Like I never said Tim was funny. He’s horrible, but he hasn’t been canceled yet, so for now, he’s funny.

Someone on Twitter said hating everyone because hate. Another said boomers are far from selfish. They’re go up to be hard workers with morals and ethics passed down by their parents. Joe Rogan on his podcast said, I can’t remember time in my life where things seemed so unhinged. He feels like things could go sideways.

What’s terrifying is if you’re willing to let’s just say, what Israel’s doing to Gaza, If you’re willing to almost eliminate a city, just bomb the f out of a city and kill who knows how many innocents? What is it? What are the numbers? Is thirty thousand? I don’t know what the numbers are.

What’s the line that keeps you from dropping a nuke that kills three hundred thousand? What’s the line? Why do we have this idea won’t accelerate to that when it has in the past. Is it because we only did it once in Japan in nineteen forty five? Is that what it is?

Mark Marin has Carol Burnett on his podcast today, I’m looking forward to that. Kristin Wigg hosted SNL and joined the Five Timers Club and joked, it’s not even that special. E w wrote, you know what. She’s right. There was a time when the show’s rituals like joining the Five Timers Club carried a degree of fun, if not exactly wait, but today’s rudderless, leaderless era, these elements of the show have become just so perfunctory.

I know it, you know what. The show clearly knows it, the comedy equivalent of decades of scar tissue in cartilage. The show’s habits and superficial fan service increasingly challenged the entire purpose of being a live comedy show. As it approach is fifty, it’s never been clear that SNL may need some profound rejiggering or revamping to capture that danger that made it a cultural institution in the first place. Bill Mohre had met friend on the show.

A lot of people like met friends. Trump impression. It’s okay, but I think there’s better ones. Let’s listen. You remember that time I met you in the in the club Mombaugh in New York.

Do you remember that president? Okay, Well, Moomba is a great place. It sounds like the name of an African American in the NBA. This is Mumbai, number seventeen on the Lakers. Mumba.

Remember it was on Seventh Avenue Downtown. It was the spot. I mean, I wasn’t surprised that you were there. Well, actually I actually created Mumba. It was a great place.

I invented Mumba. Well, Moomba is a great friend of mine. I know the guy Mumba very well. Mumba. He was in that great movie Coming to America, which was great with Eddie Murphy Moomba Surphy.

But mount Boomba is a smart and tough guy, right, He’s a tough guy. Okay. Magazine got my attention with the headline drunk, washed up. Comedian Roseanne Barr mocked for unhinged rent during Carrie Lake’s fundraiser at Mara a Lago. Barr released a statement ahead of the event, who wrote, on my way to Mara Lago to help support the great Cararie Lake.

We must try to vote our way out of this for at least one year, and if that doesn’t work hashtag seventeen seventy six. I assume that is enthusiasm for the wonderful restaurant, Morristown, New Jersey. A video of Bar showed up on Twitter, where Barr says, so, I’m just going to say to you, please drop out of college because it’s going to ruin your lives. Do me a favorite dropout. They don’t teach you nothing good.

Email me or Twitter me or whatever you call me, and I’ll help you with your life. But you got to get out of college because it is nothing but a bunch of devil worshiping, baby blood drinking Democrat donors. Several social media users shared the clip and compared her to the drunk anted family that makes everyone uncomfortable. All right, my voice is going to give out, and I have to record Tuesday as well because I’m goofing off today with the eclipse. Let me tell you real quick.

Lonely Island they’re coming out with a podcast. I was excited about it, but maybe maybe it’ll just be okay. The podcast is out today. Seth Myers is involved with this. It is a podcast geared toward breaking down each of the Lonely Island digital shorts in chronological order, along with the backstory about what else was going on behind the scenes of SNL that week.

It’s called The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers podcast out today and let me save my voice. I’ll play a bunch of clips from the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Harry Jin’s show is called Watermelon Licking. Let’s listen. I’m Harry John and I’m Harry John and we’re touring our new stand up comedy slash cartoon show, Watermelon Licking, all over Australia.

The name watermelon linking is based on a Korean proverb licking the outside of a watermelon. And it’ll be about karreane culture as well some other silly stuff, ah, Korean stuff. Did you know that Korea has the lowest birthright in the world. Well, you can either cry or you can laugh. True, we don’t know why we say ittle little all right, that’s okay.

He’s charismatic. Maybe not the best clip, but he’s charismatic. Simon Teelor’s show was called Big Time The Adelaide, Advertiser, Glamor, Adelaide, and the Age all gave it five stars. And here’s a clip of him on the Tonight Show, so it must be pretty good. Let’s see, Hello, this is fun.

The last fun thing I did before I came to America was I played monopoly with my parents. But they play monopoly by the modern rules. Do you know the modern rules of monopoly? That’s where my parents start with all the property and I just wait for them to die because they’re boomers. They’re so condescending me, Like, well, if you want to get into the housing market, millennials, maybe you should stop eating all that avocado on toast.

How dare Let’s do the math for the boomers. Okay, twenty five bucks a pop for smashed avocado eggs coffee. You do that four times a month, that’s one hundred bucks a month. That’s twelve hundred bucks a year. So if I want to put a deposit on a house in an inner city suburb, I have to stop eating avocado toast for twenty to thirty thousand years.

There’s no way into the marga for my generation. They don’t cater auctions to millennials. There’s no auction here going. All right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the auction just for the under thirty fives here today, just for the millennials here in the beautiful suburb of Outer Outer Manhattan, Kansas. We’re in Kansas.

Should have just said that fantastic. I like him a lot.

All right, Let’s see one more Dean Simpson and his dad.

This show is called The King, and I so maad, thank you so much. I love it. I get this question a lot. Okay. So both my parents are Aboriginal.

Yeah, that’s and I know I don’t look you know. That’s why what happened is that my granddad on my mom’s side was a white fellow. Yep. So I don’t know how that makes me Indian, but you lot adamant that I am. The thing is is that I’m the lightest in my family right the I’m the youngest in my generation, and I’m the dad Reckons.

The Texter just ran out of color, you know what I mean. Like it’s crazy. My eldest brother black, like he’s dark. He’s rule back. They call him Midnight, that’s how black he is.

He calls me seven thirty. He’s Dean Simpson. I like him a alright, let me save my voice and wrap it up here today. That’s your comedy news. If you enjoy the show, tell a friend about it.

See you tomorrow, Happy eclipse.

Theo Von’s This Past Weekend: The Next Joe Rogan Experience? Plus, Jim Gaffigan Bounces Back Post-Bourbon Reveal

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Featured: Jim Gaffigan, Theo Von, Tim Dillon, Joe Rogan, Conan O’Brien, John Hamm

What’s in This Episode

  • New Jersey earthquake disrupts Daily Comedy News recording
  • Jim Gaffigan Father Time Bourbon promotional video with celebrity cameos
  • Theo Von’s This Past Weekend podcast ranked 8th most popular in America
  • The Atlantic profile comparing Theo Von to Joe Rogan
  • Adam Caton Holland discusses Kansas City pot shop opening predictions

Questions Answered in This Episode

What is Theo Von’s This Past Weekend podcast ranking?

According to The Atlantic, Theo Von’s This Past Weekend is the 8th most popular podcast in America, sandwiched between This American Life and The Ben Shapiro Show.

How does Theo Von compare to Joe Rogan?

The Atlantic compares Von’s podcast to Rogan’s in terms of appealing to similar audiences with themes of heady masculinity and unsanctioned speech, though Von brings his own unique perspective with his Louisiana accent and conversational style.

What celebrities appear in Jim Gaffigan’s Father Time Bourbon video?

The video features Joe Buck, Conan O’Brien, John Hamm, and Sarah Cooper providing voice cameos in a comedic Q&A about the bourbon brand.

Did an earthquake interrupt the Daily Comedy News episode?

Yes, Johnny Mac was recording in New Jersey about an hour after an earthquake hit and experienced it firsthand in a CBS parking lot, initially mistaking it for a gust of wind.

What is Theo Von’s background before podcasting?

Theo Von grew up in Covington, Louisiana and worked his way up through MTV reality shows like Road Rules, hosting gigs, stand-up comedy, and appearances on Last Comic Standing before launching his successful podcast.

Why did Johnny Mac initially dislike Theo Von’s stand-up specials?

Mac found Von’s Netflix specials Regular People and No Offense cold and wasn’t impressed with the twangy stand-up energy and accent work, but found the podcast format better suited to Von’s improvisational style.


Full Transcript

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Caloroga Shark Media. I’m actually recording this one Friday, about an hour after the earthquake. Boy, that was fun. Hi, I’m Johnny Maack with your Daily Comedy News Sammarill Tweed did iPhone sending you the earthquake alert an hour after? It makes me think we’re getting these zumber alerts once the car has already left town.

I know you West Coasters are like four to eight, really relaxed. Hey, it was a big deal here in the basement, New Jersey. I was actually in a CBS parking lot and I was like, huh, that was a strong gust of wind.

And then the strong gust of wind went on for I don’t know thirty five seconds…

And then my kids started texting me. I had the late bot write some jokes, like the quake was initially mistaken for Chris Christy jumping into the presidential race. The earthquake was so weak he was immediately offered a spot on the Jets roster. New Jersey ins were surprised to feel the ground shake. Usually the only thing shaking in New Jersey is someone’s fist at another driver, So the earthquake kept us busy.

We put out a bonus episode of five daily trivia questions about the earthquake and a bonus episode of Monsters, Sharks and Dinosaurs talking about the various earthquake movies. Check those out where you get your podcasts. All that made me go back on Twitter, and lucky for me, I saw Jim Gaffigan tweeted something now maybe perhaps possibly, but I doubt it. Jim Gaffigan saw the title of Friday’s episode about has Bourbon sucked the comedy out of Jim Gaffigan and Jim has rebounded. I hit click on this video and at first I was like, oh, the Bourbon has sucked all the fun out of Jim Gaffigan.

But if I give it the full two minutes, this was actually pretty funny. He must have called in every favor in the book except Jerry Seinfeld, who must have said no. In this video, some of the voices are Joe Buck, Conan O’Brien, John Hamm and the woman you hear at one minute twenty seven, Sarah Cooper. You know Sarah Cooper. People get mad at me when I say this.

Gez’s famous for PANTOMI iman to Donald Trump on TikTok. Don’t get mad at me. That’s what she’s famous for. Anyway, Let’s listen to Jim Gaffigan, who somehow pulls the funny out here after a bad start. Hi, it’s Jim Gaffigan, the founder of father Time Bourbon.

I guess you could say I’m the father of father Time Bourbon. I guarantee you it’s good bourbon. Now, all you have to do is be twenty one and you could be drinking father Time Bourbon. I’m sure you probably have some other questions. How old do you have to be to buy father Time?

Well, you have to be twenty one. I’m over the age of twenty one. Can I Can I still buy father Time? Yes? Twenty one is twenty one or over?

Yeah? I’ve been told that I look like a teenager, So can I pre order father Time? It’s like buying alcohol in any other part of the United States? You just have to be twenty one or older. Why do you need to know my age?

I don’t want to know your age. I’m not a father. Can I buy father Time? Oh? That well, that’s just the name of the bourbon.

I’m a father. I have five children, so it’s a against mothers. Why would you be anti mother? It’s not anti mother? What did you call me?

I didn’t call you anything. It seems like if you wanted people to buy your scotch, you wouldn’t be so hostile. Well, I wasn’t intending to be hostile. And it’s not a scotch. You’re also sailing a scotch.

Do I have to be twenty one to buy the scotch? It’s bourbon, not scotch. I’d like to buy Father Time Bourbon, but I’m not a fan of your comedy. Can I still buy it? Well?

Do you know if any good can beans who are releasing a scotch or a bourbon? If you’d like to buy father Time Bourbon, you can always follow the link below or go to father Time dash bourbon dot com. Thank you. The Atlantic with this headline is theovon the next Joe Rogan whoa whoa tap? The breaks the Atlantic rights.

Someone is talking to you? Where is he talking to himself? A deep, spacey voice with pondering pauses and a resinous Louisiana accent. There’s this trick. The voice says, that’s the devil out there.

Your whole life goes on You’ll think, Oh, I’ll just keep judging, keeping people at a distance. But then I get to the end of my life and I realize, you know what, I didn’t win anything by doing that. That was a trick, and the only thing I won was being alone. The Atlantic points out Vaughan’s This Past Weekend podcast is huge, currently the eighth most popular podcast in America. Sandwich between This American Life and The Ben Shapiro Show.

Number one is Rogan. Vaughn has been on Rogan Show multiple times while This Past week and is fully inside the Rogan algorithm. We’re taking of the same vibe of heady masculinity and unsanctioned speech, tapping the same world of canceled professors, polar plungers, hungover stand ups, supplements salesmen, moonlighting mystics, grifting neuroscientists, and gleaming mixed martial arts warriors. It’s also different. The Atlantic tells us Theodore Capitani von Kurnatowski, the third did not know that grew up in Covington, Louisiana and showbiz Why’s it came up?

The hard way? Multiple seasons on MTV’s reality series road Rules and its spin offs, Gigs hosting an online TV recap show, a hidden camera show, a lot of stand up, including an appearance on Last Comic Standing. Vaughn, at forty four, has grown into himself. Kevin Neelan, on his YouTube show Hiking with Kevin, asked Vaughan back in twenty nineteen about his accent. Vaughn said, for a long time, I tried to pretend like I didn’t have one because I was trying to fit in.

That was the devil’s decoy right there. The Atlantic explains that theo Vaughn will interview quote unquote regular people, a mortician, a plumber, a female truck. How to describe the experience of listening to him, Riff, it’s fast and slow. You’re caught in a sort of languiditly blooming stonery revelation. Say that five times fast.

I got it on the first take, sort of, but with brilliant scintillas of poetry zipping around a light speed in the foreground. The Atlantic rights, and I agree with this with Vaughn. I went on a bit of a journey. His two Netflix comedy specials, Regular People in No Offense left me cold. Yeah, I agree.

Stalking around with that twangy stand up energy, overdoing his accent and making jokes about Denny’s waitresses being ugly. I wasn’t into it. I didn’t laugh. Then, as I got deeper into this past weekend, its hazy backwoods conservatism swam in a view I had a political panic. I said to myself, theo’s a shill, He’s a sinister victor of reactionary bs.

He’s a license fool in the court of Steve benn And. But this I decided as a category error. When Vaughn is on, He’s unstoppable. His recent conversation two hour improv Jack with Tim Dillon is so hilarious, such a flaming, atrocious summit of the American absurd. I had to pull my car over and sit there weeping with laughter and relief.

I think I will listen to that on Monday. I’m planning on doing a Eclipse related drive. I’ve had that in my cue at, just haven’t had the two hours to listen to it. Anyway, that’s in the Atlantic. A good profile.

Deals podcast is good, and like I’ve said about a few podcasts recently, I might not agree with everything he says, but I’m a free thinker. I can listen to a guest and go, well, that’s nonsense. But I also he’s easy on the years. I take in a lot of things. I listen to a lot of podcasts.

Like I said, my dog is sixteen and a half and I’ve been sleeping in the basement with her because she gets up every four hours and wakes up the rest of the family. So I just take one for the team. So we’re up. We’re up at midnight. We’re up again at four.

Johnny mackets some insomnia, stares at the ceiling, goes all right. Time to listen to some podcasts from the pitch k c Adam caton Holland. He’s from Denver and he’s telling a Kansas city what to expect when pot shops open up there. This was pretty good, he said, pot shop names, they’re going to be so dumb, just the worst puns imaginable, with terrible fonts and lazy graphics, Kansas sticky k C keefs. If you can think of it, someone else will it.

With a pot leaf. Try to patronize ones that have the word relief in the title. Reward the ones that are at least trying to be professional. Hopefully, in turn, they’ll reward you by not blasting DM. Every zip stuff who sold drugs in high school is going to get in another pot game.

They’re gonna call themselves guentrepreneurs, and they’re going to refer to marijuana’s flower. And you’re gonna want to roll your eyes so hard that they fall out of your head. If you’ve been squirreling away money for your kids college funds, stop right now, take it out and buy a warehouse. That warehouse will eventually be more valuable than any education. The secret is out on Kansas City.

No one could afford a warehouse, even in the worst neighborhoods. You think it’s expensive, now check back in ten years. Gross space is everything. Every part of Denver that was one stabby is now full of crow houses and utterly frivolous commerce and beautiful idiots vaping. Had my dad for gone my college fund to buy me a warehouse, I wouldn’t have to write ridiculous one hundred and one drug screeds in the pitch.

I would just stop at my warehouse, mopping sweat away from my brow. Short Old gave Hannah Gadsby’s woof four out of five hannahs performing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Chortle says it’s easier to define Hannah Gasby’s latest show by what it isn’t rather than by what it is. That maybe because the comic lost faith and what they were planning at the last minute, and advisedly so, if their description of the barber streisand obsessed hours anything to go by, and is now left with a looser collection of routines orbiting around the comedian’s anxieties. Woof is not a laser focused gunreanch of a show like Ninette?

How could it be? By placing limits on what they’re prepared to talk about on stage, showing the comics usual stubborn defiance when it comes to what’s expected them is why the show is missing the ending. Yet, even an incomplete Gasby show knocks the socks off many of their contemporaries, and Woof offers this stingingly funny assembly of typically smart, opinionated and iconoclastic routines. Lot of big words on the podcast today and all the things praying on the comic’s mind, which may or may not have contributed to the aforementioned panic attack at an ice cream shack. Oh, whoa, this isn’t a setup here.

I just was like, all right, let me skim through the rest of this article, and the word Swift caught my eye. Uh oh, let’s read this. Hannah’s disdained for the Barbie film. Putting rampant commercialism in a feminist rapping is to be expected, though more controversial is confessing to not getting the peel of Taylor Swift. Gatsby’s analogy dismissing Swift was oddly specific and devastatingly accurate, showing the comics writing to be as sharp and as defined as ever, but occasionally poetic too.

Boy. You know, if I were Hannah, I would be worried because you don’t want to make fun of Taylor Swift. One time Joe Coy made fun of Taylor Swift and it was vicious. Here, let’s listen, a big difference between the Golden Gloves and the NFL. On the Golden Gloves, we have fewer camber shots of Taylor Swift.

I love that joke. You guys think of this joke yet I love that joke so much. Oh boy, Joe Coy, that was so mean. So Hannah Gadsby’s about to be canceled by the Swifties. We’ll see if Taylor murders Hannah Gadsby’s career the way she may have.

I don’t know for a fact, but she may have possibly murdered dree A Cooy’s career. Let’s see who was at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, John, did you preload the website? Of course not. Let’s see Monday the eighth. This one says it as a clip, Nina Oyama is coming.

Ed you title there. Nina is a thirty year old comedian who doesn’t really know what she’s doing or where she’s going, but one thing is for certain, she is coming. Smiley face emoticon Jordles says a natural comedy. Well, let’s listen. I suspect this is gonna be a little naughty and I’m gonna have to make some minutes, but let’s listen.

My name’s Nina, by the way, lovely to meet you all. Nina. I like to say, it’s easy to spell spelled the same as the Lin Nina weather effect. You know, I’m just like the La Nina effect. I too, am warm and wet and I’ll ruin your party if you couldn’t tell from my entire situation.

I’m gay, Hi, I like to say. I like to think that I’m like so gay. I’m like three kinds of gay right, Like, I’m like the normal type of gay, which means homosexual, I’m the Christmas type of gay, which means happy, and then I’m the derogatory playground of gay, which means I’m kind of really annoying. I don’t know, I liked it. I’m probably technically like a bisexual or whatever.

I kind of like to think of my sexuality as like a pasta strainer, Like most of the time it keeps the spaghetti at bay, but occasionally a noodle will slip through. Well, what do you think? Do I tell you what I think? I’m just gonna observe. That’s the clip she chews.

Sashi Perreira’s show is called Boundaries. Let’s listen. My top news is that I finally got to go on my honeymoon. Yeah. We eloped three lockdowns ago, so it was very exciting.

We went to Fiji, anyone being yes, Fiji friends for everyone else. Amazing country. Weird incoming passenger declaration form, you know the form you feel out on the plane and it’s like Are you carrying any plants? Are you carrying any drugs? This one said, are you carrying any holy water?

Which I think might be the easiest substance to get through customs because it looks so much like normal water. What are they gonna do if you take no? Just at this image of like Fijian border security officials just flicking suspected holy water at each other just to see if like a miracle happens. They can be like aha, gota and what happened for them to put that on the form Fijian border security briefing, just being like someone keep surprised baptizing us. It’s got to stop, okay, says the guy recording a podcast in the basement.

I think the premise is good there. I think there’s something to be done with TSA and holy water, et cetera, et cetera. But I don’t want to be nate. I’ve tried any supportive. But like you listened, how hard are you laughing right now?

These are the showcased clips. I don’t know. Move on. John Mindy Kaling is returning to Hulu with a new comedy, this one called murray Hill. Hulu gave it a straight to series order.

It’s about New York City friends navigating their careers and personal lives. There’s an original premise, new York City friends navigating their careers and personal lives? Where did you come up with that one? Mindy Kayling John, you’re so negative today, but listen to how original this is. Five work obsessed twenty somethings strive for professional success and if they have time, personal happiness in Manhattan.

Mm hmm. Have you ever seen a show like that? I haven’t. And here’s another one that has me scratching my head while I’m being captain negative, an animated version of Good Times. You know, Good Times?

JJ Walker Dyno mighte that it’s back, except it’s a cartoon for some reason. The cast includes JB. Smooth of Vet, Nicole Brown, Jay Farrow, and some others. But my question is why I’ll scroll through the news here to see if I have anything positive? So you’re not like, what is this podcast?

This guy’s a jerk? I don’t have one for Oh wait, here’s one. Politico was suggesting that no labels take a look at some alternative political candidates. They said an option might be Dave Chappelle. Dave’s got a taste of the cultural wars and liked it enough to keep at it.

A former Andrew Yank supporter, Chappelle’s an eclectic ideological profile and a developed sensibility about the grievances that animate a range of disaffected Americans, including what he calls the poor whites who vote for Trump. Is Chappelle weird and controversial? Yes? And yes. Has that been an obstacle to entertainers in other countries?

It has been an obvious advantage when Americans really elect someone who tells stories about hanging out with strippers, mox, trans people, and people with disabilities, offends Jewish voters and makes excuses for Bill Cosby. They wrote, check who’s currently leading of the twenty four election. Send your letters to Politico, not Johnny Mac. This hell last third year is a disaster. I’m wrapping up.

Sometimes you gotta take d L john See tomorrow

Matt Rife: Seems nobody but Netflix is excited about his new specials and sitcom

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Featured: Matt Rife, Rachel Weisman, Kyle Kinane, Brian Reagan, Jerry Seinfeld, Joe Coy, Brad Williams

What’s in This Episode

  • Matt Rife Netflix sitcom and crowdwork special announcement
  • Kyle Kinane’s new special ‘I Gave You Five Days’ review
  • Brian Reagan’s evolved comedic approach and edgier material
  • Brad Williams’ 20-year comedy career and Cirque du Soleil headline performance

Questions Answered in This Episode

What new Netflix projects does Matt Rife have coming?

Matt Rife has a Netflix comedy series set at a gym and will do Netflix’s first all-crowdwork special, focusing on audience interaction rather than pre-written jokes.

What did Rachel Weisman criticize about Matt Rife’s new Netflix deal?

Weisman criticized the projects given Rife’s history of sexist jokes and his pivot away from stand-up writing, calling the workplace comedy setup unoriginal and expressing concern about him acting out his problematic material.

How long is Kyle Kinane’s new special?

Kyle Kinane’s new special ‘I Gave You Five Days’ is 75 minutes long, with 45 minutes being a continuous story about moving to the suburbs.

What does Brian Reagan say about his comedy evolution?

Brian Reagan says his earlier material focused on childhood and relatable topics like baseball, but he now tackles edgier subjects like guns, crime, and philosophy while trying to keep audiences comfortable.

What was Brad Williams’ first reaction to headlining a Cirque du Soleil show?

Brad Williams said ‘hell yes’ when Cirque du Soleil reached out after his manager recommended him, and he enjoyed the challenge of performing after acrobats who juggle each other with their feet.

How long did it take Brad Williams to reach theater headlining status?

Brad Williams took 20 years to headline theaters, which he describes as being a ’20 year overnight sensation,’ noting that early in his career being different helped him get booked but later became a limiting gimmick.


Full Transcript

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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello, I’m Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News. It’s Saturday, and I love Saturday, and nothing I like more than spending the entire day on my laptop doing my taxes, my kids taxes, my late mom’s taxes. Oh, today is going to be so much fun. Matt Rife, I tell you he’s got to deal with Netflix.

Part of that is a comedy series. I guess it’s a sitcom. Comedy series is the language they’re using. It takes place at a gym. On the marysoud dot com, Rachel Weisman did not react well to that, and she wrote, I guess we learned the wrong lessons from Matt Rife’s Netflix special Natural Selection.

Remember when he turned on his entire fan base during the special. None of that matters, apparently, because now he’s on the path towards even more Netflix content. Yay, Well, at least he’s going back to his roots. His next special will be Netflix’s first all CrowdWork special, So I guess you won’t hear jokes rich by Rife, but instead just watch a show that’s a longer version of his TikTok videos. Speaking to Deadline, he’d previously talked about acting and how much he loves it more than stand up.

Raife said, I love acting just as much, if not more than stand up. I just haven’t been doing it as long, and I haven’t been able to get my foot in the door as well as I have would stand up. But now that I have freedom and success via stand up, it opens up avenues in other areas that I’m passionate about, like film and television that I’m hoping I can make that transition over to because it can only feed itself. Rachel writes, this sounds like hell. Rife has proven that has written jokes lean towards sexism, So why would I want to see an entire show where he’s acting out said jokes.

The workplace comedy setup has been done time and time again, and while the deal simply says that he can do it, I don’t really want to see what it means fun see. I’m all in favor of more Matt Rife content because I like controversy. The eight hundred Pound Guerrilla talked to Kyle Kinnean about his recent special I gave you Five Days? Did I give you five days? Tesday One said, there’s Friday, I gave you four and a half days to watch Kyle Kanaine’s special.

I had mentioned I think in that special about ten minutes in there’s an all timer bit. I’m about to spoil what the bit’s about. I’m not going to discuss any of the jokes, but by listening to me further you will find out what the all Time bit is about. You’ve been warned ready eight hundred prown Gerilla said, you’re bitting a new special about the Fast and the Furious franchise is inspired. Kyle said, I mean, we all know what they are.

It’s not going to go down as one of the best films of the century, but go have fun with it. People like Star Wars, I don’t care about that. These are my Star Wars, that’s my Marvel Universe. Gorilla was curious about the construction of a bit, and Kyle said, I think you just have to allow yourself to get carried away sometimes. Let’s see how far I can go before the audience is like, okay, we’re now off board from this premise.

What bit took the longest to come together? In this new special, Kyle said, the full special, most of it is just a forty five minute story about moving to the suburbs. But stuff like this isn’t a conscious effort, Like this story starts here and ends there. You just start telling you one night and then you remember another detail. You can add into it, another story that seemed unrelated.

But I can put into this before you know it, You’re talking for forty five minutes about moving to the suburbs. So I’ll chime in here. As I said the other day, I loved the special, but it was like the difference between two beers and nine beers. And I was loving it, and seventy five minutes in, I was like, okay, can we wrap this up? I went from like oom, is this gonna beat a tell or be up there with a tell?

To okay, can we stop already? And I really liked it. I’m trying to explain my emotions here. I both really liked it and thought it was too long. And that’s what she said.

I’m sorry, I had to do it. It was right there you were thinking it. I had to. I know. I try and keep it clean here, but it was right there.

Michael Scott does it. John Hehugh was saying, you aspire to be Michael Scott. Yeah, maybe I digress. So if Kyle it’s got forty five minutes about moving to the suburbs, maybe that could have been one special, and then the Fast and the Furious stuff with some other things could have been another special, and I would have went, oh, both specials are amazing. Again.

It was really good. It was just too long. You’re thinking it. Stop thinking it. I didn’t say anything that time, thought it on your own.

My mic just crashed again. This is that’s my mom’s ghost. My mom didn’t like that humor. There see, I got to keep it clean heer. Brian Reagan spoke to the Montecito Times.

They wrote, critics, fans, and fellow comics love him, including Jerry Seinfeld, who had him guessed on two episodes of Comedians and Cars Getting Coffee. Times was curious how Reagan’s approach to comedies changed over the years. Brian said, I want to talk about things that are interesting to me. When I was younger, my material was about coming out of my childhood. I had Little League baseball routines and things about feeling stupid in school.

But now I like to touch on things that are maybe a little bumpy or edgy, which might surprise people, right. Imagine if Brian Reagan suddenly went into it that’s what she said, that would be pretty edgy. I still don’t want my audience to get to the point where they feel uncomfortable or wish they hadn’t come. But I do like to talk about guns and crime and philosophy in a lighthearted way as possible. But I do sneak a point of view in there.

I think sometimes audiences might go, WHOA, we didn’t expect this. We’re the donut sprinkle jokes. Yeah, you gotta be careful of those audiences. You know, you might be this comic on the rye and suddenly you tell a horrible, mean joke about Taylor Swift. I mean, remember Joe Coy did that one time.

If you don’t remember, let me refresh your memory. The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL. On the Golden Gloves, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift. Oh that’s so mean. It’s just cruel.

I mean, Joe Coy, what are you doing? I wonder Taylor Swift apparently murdered his career. He deserved it for that one. That was just vicious. I mean, suggesting that they showed tailor shift on football games.

How dare you new? Vo dot Net spoke to Brad Williams, who said it first, having Dwarfism was a great benefit to his career because people wanted to put me on all their shows. They wanted to have something different on their shows. So at first, when you’re different, it helps because you check a box and you get put on shows that you probably don’t deserve to be on. They need somebody who doesn’t look like every other person on the show, so it helped me at first.

But once you start getting good agents and club owners and all that, just see he was the gimmick they don’t see as a person who’s just really good at comedy. So that was the challenge I had overcome. Now I’m in theaters and it’s taken me twenty years. When people say, oh, Brad Williams, he came out of nowhere, I’m like twenty year overnight sensation. Okay.

Sure. Brad was apparently the first comedian to headline a Cirque to Soligh show. He told the story, they reached out to my manager, Barry and they said, hey, we’re thinking about having a comedian in a Cirk show. Who do you think would work? My manager’s first response was Brad Williams.

Cirk was like, cool, that’s great. We’re gonna look at some other people too. They did for a month and they came back to my manager and said we looked and yeah, you’re right, Brad Williams is who we want. My first reaction was hell, yes, I liked being part of a team. It was a challenge to go on after the guys who literally juggle each other with their feet, but it was fun to try and win people over who weren’t exactly there for stand up comedy, but I would and it was great.

I love doing it. Sorry, I couldn’t stay there longer do more, but it was coming to a time where I was like, well, I could stay here, do circ to Sleigh and make this money for the rest of my life, or I could bet on myself and go solo. He said, Thank god I did, because so I was still in Vegas, I wouldn’t be playing the Egyptian Room in Indianapolis.

All right, Let’s see who’s at the Melbourn Comedy Festival on Sunday, April s…

Again. The way time zones work you know if the mill burner has got up today and grabbed the episode. They’re like, John, it’s already Sunday here. I don’t know why you’re telling us who’s playing Saturday night. So that’s why I don’t do that.

I’m telling you who’s playing Sunday night? And I actually have the website loaded for once. Now you’re probably thinking, John, you lying to us. Did you record Friday and Saturday back to back and the website was already loaded? Busted?

You think I would actually remember to load it? Now? What’s weird? When I pulled up the Sunday page. Usually I have vertical lines.

Here, today I have boxes. I don’t know why they gave me boxes. Today, here’s a show that supposedly has a clip. We know how that goes. It’s Adam McKenzie hacked and with the box here I can see his graphic.

It looks like a man in a suit, and where the head should be is a monitor like a TV monitor, like an old four x three size monitor, with a man, presumably Adam McKenzie making a funny face the description. In September twenty two, Adam was part of Australia’s largest ever cybersecurity disaster. In this hilarious new show, Adam dives deep into the dark web uh oh, and finds out just how much of our identities they’ve stolen. The age gave it four stories, and let’s listen all the edits you’re about to hear and the bleep those are in Adam’s clip. I did not make any of these edits, but I have listened to this clip already.

You’re gonna like it. I also used to watch when I was sixteen years old, a little TV show called Beverly Hills nine No. Two. Juan, Yeah, you know what I’m talking about. I’ll give you an episode synopsis, Frandra Kelly.

They were fighting over a role in the school play and it got really intense. Guys, but then they realized their friendship was way more important and they became best friends again. You what could teenagers like to watch these days? Yeah? They watched a little teen drama called Euphoria.

Do you want an episode synopsis from you? Fouri? Okay? Nate watches every one of these dad’s sex tapes.


Meanwhile, Ashtraye Murder’s mouth with a hammerco Oh my god, Oh my god, what…

Brandon and Brenda had the front it on balling plants you stopt about their parents.


Meanwhile, Room wid a Bob oh Laurie, She’s dropping hero.

Wow, that’s really good like him alt Adam Mackenzie. That show is called a hacked Let’s do one without a clip. Alexander Hudson’s show is called Making Lemonade. Alexandra believes if society thinks of her as a lemon, she might as well use them to make herself some sweet lemonade. Alexander explores her experiences as a disabled woman and challenges the misconceptions held about her.

Alexander took joint first place in Raw Comedy in twenty twenty two. That is a Big Award and was a twenty twenty three Comedy Zone cast member. No reviews. Jess Pierman’s show is called Champagne Problems. It’s a classic stand up about human behavior, beauty, standards in society gone wrong, privilege and partying, all delivered in a punchline heavy and confronting show.

If you’re a fan of the dark, the filthy, and the philosophical, this show’s not to be missed. Easily offended need not apply, but it’s for audiences fifteen and up, no reviews, and as my computer just reminded me, I have a conference call in nine minutes. That means that your comedy is for today. Could I do a quick story here? Danis Lass spoke to the Telegraph in India and they said, in Indio, where we used to stand up comedian switching between two or three languages, which is not the case in the UK.

Do you enjoy that approach to a show? Daniel Sloss said, yeah, I do enjoy watching Indian comedians do their punch lines in Hindi and their setups in English. Yeah. I noticed that on the UH there’s a version I don’t want to misspeak to which language it is, but there’s a foreign language version of the Office that is switching between English and I think Hindi. You’ll find that on Hulu.

It’s fun, but they just go back and forth, and I figured out I can read captions. It makes the comedy hard to follow, but there’s something very fun about mixing it up like that. I can somewhat relate to the fact if I’m getting particularly angry for a joke, or I’m performing in Scotland, I have a thicker accent than I do anywhere else in the world. They asked, in what ways is Daniel Sloss the performer different. I’m Daniel Sloss, the person, Daniel said, I guess I’m more arrogant on stage.

I’m actually confident off it, but I’m not an in your face piece of crap. I guess I’m definitely more insecure in real life. I think I’m a nicer person in real life. Maybe I’m much friendlier when I’m on stage. In real life, I’ll not talk to anyone, but on stage I’ll talk to people quite happily.

And that’s because I don’t have to listen to their feedback. That’s the problem with conversations. Other people get input, and that’s your comedy news. Johnny Max got a conference call. Follow the show for free on Apple, podcast, Spotify, wherever you get your shows.

Tell a friend about it. See tomorrow

Jerrod Carmichael vs. Dave Chappelle, John Mulaney on Letterman, Joe Rogan Takes on The View

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Featured: Jerrod Carmichael, Dave Chappelle, John Mulaney, David Letterman, Joe Rogan, Daniel Tosh, Joe Coy, Whoopi Goldberg, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Fallon, James Corden, Jimmy Kimmel, Larry David

What’s in This Episode

  • Jerrod Carmichael criticizes Dave Chappelle’s focus on trans material in Esquire interview
  • John Mulaney appears on David Letterman’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction returning April 30th
  • Joe Rogan comments on The View as ‘rabbit-infested henhouse’
  • Daniel Tosh discusses unverified Kardashians filming at Malibu grocery store
  • Joe Coy defends Golden Globes Taylor Swift joke and sells out Kia Forum
  • Conan O’Brien to guest on Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to promote Max series
  • James Corden clarifies he was not fired from CBS Late Late Show
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm season premiere features Larry David arrested under Georgia election law

Questions Answered in This Episode

What did Jerrod Carmichael say about Dave Chappelle?

Carmichael criticized Chappelle in Esquire for focusing too much on trans material and said Chappelle didn’t take constructive criticism well, wanting a public apology instead.

When does John Mulaney appear on David Letterman’s show?

John Mulaney will appear on My Next Guest Needs No Introduction on April 30th, with clips showing him touring his Chicago high school.

What joke did Joe Coy make about Taylor Swift at the Golden Globes?

Coy joked that the Golden Globes has fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift compared to the NFL, which generated backlash online.

Did James Corden get fired from The Late Late Show?

Corden clarified on Jimmy Kimmel that he was not fired and left CBS on his own terms, though he says people in England don’t believe him.

What is the plot of the new Curb Your Enthusiasm episode?

In the season premiere, Larry David’s character is arrested for violating Georgia’s election integrity law after giving water to someone waiting in line.

Is the Kardashians grocery store story true?

Daniel Tosh reported the story from a grocery store employee but acknowledged it may not be verified; a source close to the Kardashians denied it was 100% false.


Full Transcript

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

Caloroga Shark Media. Hello, I’m Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News. Hey, if you’re enjoying the show. I feel like it really clicked this week, so this would be a great week to share it with a friend, a great week for new beast to sample the show. So if you wouldn’t mind doing that, appreciate it.

I told you yesterday today would be robust, that I’d bumped a few things. We will get to those in another fight involving Dave Chappelle. That’s always fun. First, a quick joke from Late Night, Seth Myers said at his rally, former President Trump said I do great with suburban housewives. Seth said, in fact, Trump recently found out that was his most viewed category.

I think about it all right. Gerard Carmichael is the cover store in Esquire, and according to Carmichael, a comment from Dave Chappelle about Rothaniel continues to live with them. Carmichael said Chappelle referred to it as the Bravest Special for nineteen ninety six, which sounds nice until you remember that Wherethaniel came out in twenty twenty two. Carmichael said, it’s like a funny enough line but whatever. But I wonder if he gets the irony that the fact that you’re mocking it.

That’s why it was hard. Back in twenty twenty two, Carmichael told The Hollywood Reporter the Chappelle’s legacy is currently a bunch of opinions on transit stuff, which he called an odd hill to die on. I agree. I have said many times on this program, Dave Chappelle’s OH bit is going to be Dave Chappelle, creator of Chappelle’s show, blah blah blah trans controversy. And I don’t know why he wants that to be his O bit.

You know, in the fourth paragraph we’ll get to the Marktwain Prize something like that. But Dave, just move on, Dave. Carmichael clarified his comments and tell Old Esquire that Chappelle is not revealing anything personal about himself, and he’s removed from what he’s talking about. I think he’s smarter than that, deeper than that, he has more interesting thoughts. According to Carmichael, Chappelle did not take constructive criticism too well.

He took it as f Dave Chappelle because he’s an ego maniac. He wanted me to apologize to him publicly or some crap. Carmichael says, so much of comedy is just gay jokes. As long as people continue to laugh at it and mock it, as long as it’s a punchline, it’s going to be scary for somebody. It’s scary for me.

David Letterman is coming back with a new season of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. One of those guests, John Mulaney. Netflix shared a clip in it Milanie and lettermanstrol the hallways of John Mulaney Chicago High School. I went to a birthday party and mister MacArthur his name was. He said, that’s a sharp shirt you have on.

I said, yeah, sometimes I use it instead of scissors. Hmmm, pretty good. And mister mccarthury left. Everyone left, and so that and then my dad would have these in the summer. His law firm would have these like summer parties at our house.

I’d watch Doctor Ruth on TV and I was like five, and then I walk up those different partners and I go, I’m going to be a sex therapist, and I go what I go? Sex is an experience of life. It brings joy to the body. I just repeat things, doctor Ruth said, and I was destroyed. Wow.

Wow, that’s pretty edgy, esoteric. Yeah, it was a very funny bit to do. I think I knew. It’s funny that you’re five holding at schweps walking around. That episode will be out on April thirtieth.

Joe Rogan commented on the view and said, it’s the show that people love to hate. They get so much hate watching and viral clips of them saying ridiculous things. It’s a Rabi’s infested henhouse. Daniel Sash is spreading a false rumor. Even he says it’s false, but he’ll spread it anyway.

Let’s hit gossip Corner, gossup corner. On the Toss Show podcast, Daniel Tosh said, here’s something crazy. I went to the grocery store in Malibuu and I was talking to employee there. I tried to avoid it, but I was talking to this guy and I said, why were you guys closed yesterday? The work responded saying, well, I’m not supposed to discuss it.

But according to the story, the Kardashian Jenner crew were filming the season five finale of The Kardashians at the store. Tash had spoiler alert. This random grocery store persons telling me that they rented out the entire store, shut it down, and then acted like they were grocery shopping. That’s the scene that apparently happened. Kylie reveals that she’s pregnant again with Timothy Schala May’s kid.

What a bombshell. Tash added story might not be true, saying, I’m not verifying anything. This is what an employee at a grocery store in Malibu told me. A source of clothes to the Kardashians told The Daily Mail this story is one hundred percent false. Joe Cooy spoke to the Seattle Times.

He was talking about the Golden Globes. I don’t know if you knew that Joekoy hosted the Golden Globes and he told this just horrible mean joke about Taylor Swift, who then justifiably basically murdered Jokoy’s career. Let’s listen to the horrible mean thing. Joe Cooy said. The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL.

On the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift. Wo It’s brutal Jokoy told The Seattle Times, she’s got what be Goldberg face timing me and Jamie Fox face timing me. Do they all have each other’s numbers? Or do you have to like tell your assistant, like, hey see if you can get me Joe Cooy’s cell phone numbers so I can FaceTime him? And do you start with a FaceTime?

Do you text? Like a You’re just sitting home and your phone goes do do Do do doo and you’re like, oh, it’s whoopy Goldberg. Maybe I’m not famous enough. The Internet will blow up anything out of proportion. Look at the gig.

It’s like a corporate gig, and unfortunately this one was televised. It’s all good. I went on to sell out the Kia Form. That’s more important to me. I’m the first comic to sell six sold out nights at the Form.

That’s one of those things I hold close to my heart. Those are the gigs I was thinking about when I saw Eddie Murphy at Climate Pledge Arena sucking up to Seattle. There, con on O’Brien, we’ll return to the tonight show. No, don’t get too excited. He’s not returning his host he’ll be a guest on Jimmy Fallon’s tonight show.

ConA will be on Tuesday Night to promote his new Max series. Conan O’Brien must go the one that only has four episodes because I don’t know. I don’t have access to the books, but I don’t think HBO, Warner etc. Has all that much money. And they said this thing was coming out, and it is coming out, but four episodes seems a litle light to Johnny Mac.

James Cordon was on with Jimmy Kimmel and said, no, he was not fired from CBS. He said, no one believes me that I wasn’t fired. I’ll be in a pub or something and people will be like, so, why’d you come back to England? Cordon said. People will be like, you don’t have to give me that BS.

If you got fired, you got fired because nobody thinks that you’d ever leave. What is, let’s be honest, a cushy existence. Kim Wll said, can’t you get a letter from CBS saying that you weren’t fired, that you left on your own free will. Cordon jokingly replied, it’s hard to convince anybody in England that CBS exists, or that a show whatever is latest twelve thirty? Have you been watching Curb your Enthusiasm?

I am way behind on Curb. I am obsessed with Three Body Problem on Netflix, which is not a comedy, but I am obsessed with that, and Showgun. Showgun is really good too. But I only watched TV the Tuesdays. Fridays and Saturdays tend to be my TV nights, you know, And Tuesday there’s always Comedy Specialist to watch.

So I’m behind on everything. But in the season premiere, Larry David’s character Larry David was arrested for violating the Georgia State election Integrity Law after giving Leon’s aunt a bottle of water while she waited in line during a hot day in Atlanta. Last month, Real Life Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger sent a letter to Larry David addressing the plot line. The Atlanta Journal Constitution obtained the letter in a public records request. I love this podcast.

There’s always something totally random, like that fun fact. The letter apparently read says, the Chief Elections Officer for the State of Georgia would like to congratulate you on becoming the first and to our knowledge, only person arrested for distributing water bottles to voters within one hundred and fifty feet of a bolding station. We apologize if you didn’t receive celebrity treatment at the local jail. I’m afraid they’ve gotten used to bigger stars. That’s a backhanded thing about a guy whose initials are d T.

It’s the TMZ of mugshots. So Johnny Mac was at trivia and he saw us friend Van, Van is the cool one in the group. I’m not the cool one. I know, You’re like, John, You’re not the cool one. No.

Oh no, I’m not the cool one. Van is the cool one. He drinks bourbon. I’m not a bourbon drinker, so I don’t know what I’m talking about. Maybe Jim Gaffigan bourbon is awesome.

So I asked Van about Jim Gaffigan bourbon and I expected him to make fun of it, and he was like, no, I would try it. And I was like what. And we had a whole conversation about Jim Gaffick and bourbon and I’m like, but isn’t it like totally uncool? He’s like, nah, I’d try it, and then night’s on the price point.

And then he was like, no, so I don’t know.

I don’t think Jim Gaffigan bourbon sounds cool at all. How about Danny McBride tequila. GQ did a profile of Danny, and the part I found interesting was about the tequila. It’s called Don Gato. He plans to launch it this year.

Danny told GQ, I drink a lot of tequila. Every one of my circle drinks a lot of tequila, and so we’re like, let’s make one. I know everyone and their mother’s doing that. It’s kind of lame, Ellie. He knows.

New album is out today. It is called Soft Bones. Here’s a clip. I haven’t mantra. Okay, I have this mantra that I have to recite now every time I go to target.

Okay, I have to tell myself over and over. I have to say, Ellie, you are a forty four year old woman. You’re a forty four year old woman. Do not try on a romper by do it? I do it every time.

And then I’m just standing there in the dressing room, just half buttoned, like, what did you think was gonna happen? Ellie? Was it gonna be different this time. You look like a chaperone at Coachella. Good stuff.

I like her material a lot, and she’s very charismatic. Let’s keep an eye on her. She said. I was lucky enough to open for Maria Bamford at a big theater show in Minneapolis, and she told me it was time to record an album. She said, Poop it out, Just poop it out.

Soft Bones is a compilation of stories about being an ADHD mom, wife and a regular human woman. Let’s see what’s happening at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. We’re three weeks into this and you would think I would remember to preload the website before I hit record. I don’t. As I’m babbling here, the website is loading notoriously slow.

All right, it is April fifth for you and I probably and those of you in Melbourne. It’s already April six. Let me tell you what you can do on Saturday night at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, which continues till April twenty. First, as we wait for the website two load, and what you missed there was the nine seconds of silence that I took out.


All right, let’s do some with clips Today, Tony Knight’s show is called Mad D…

It’s the world’s first and so far only comedy show about dog behavior, stand up and sit. I like what you did there, suitable for all ages, and the Melbourne Comedy Festival has lied to me. There’s no clip. Ci Alex White show is called Don’t We Look Stupid? Have you ever seen a photo of yourself from yesteryear and cringe so hard that you did associated?

Can you report your mother to Child Services for how you dressed it as a toddler? This is an hour show about life. Kan’t awkwardly on photo. There is indeed a clip. Let’s listen.

And a lot of other jobs have this stigma of doing nothing and being lazy, which is very unfounded. I feel like if you guys said, like council workers, there’s a stigma that council workers are lazy guys out there repairing the roads. Dad will always drive past er these guys doing nothing. I don’t think those guys are lazy at all. After ten years working in office, I just think those guys are really exposed.

Okay, do you know what I mean? I’ll tell you all. I would not look at that crash hot if my desk was in the middle of the Princess Highway. Okay, you know it took a little long to get there, and I’m not sure the peyof was all the good, says the guy. You We’re going to a podcast.

In his abasement, scary Stranger said Alex’s show was the stand up highlight of this year’s Sydney Fringe Festival. His joke writing was tight. Well that’s interesting. Did not find that writing tight at all. I’m sorry, Alex Waite.

Maybe you should start a bourbon sam goerliep. His show is called big Ick Energy, I said ick. It’s a picture of him smiling and he has a guitar with him. Let’s see watch as he exposes his ix in front of a live audience through stand up and song. The Adelaide advertiser said, natural chrisma, good hair, mad rap skills.

All right, let’s listen. I got my pen lie since last week, just like we always talked about. He said that this would make me a big boy, and I hope to make you proud. Now writing a story and it doesn’t rob all right, I don’t think I’m hopping on a plane in Milburn today, maybe tomorrow be a little better. Let’s see if we could start shrinking these shows down.

They’ve been getting quite long, so let’s wrap there. We can meet up here tomorrow, follow the podcast wherever you get your shows, tell a fround about it. See you here tomorrow. Bye.

Has bourbon sapped Jim Gaffigan of the funny? PLUS Is Sebastian Maniscalco’s story true?

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Featured: Jim Gaffigan, Sebastian Maniscalco, Ricky Gervais, Dimitri Martin, Kyle Kinane, Frank Calando, Adam Sandler, Billy Joel

What’s in This Episode

  • Jim Gaffigan launches Father Time Bourbon for $150 per bottle
  • Jim Gaffigan’s bourbon marketing video criticized as unfunny
  • Jim Gaffigan selling $80 quote glasses with parenting jokes
  • Celebrity spirit brands compared: Jim Gaffigan vs. Ricky Gervais
  • Dimitri Martin Netflix special review and direction quality
  • Kyle Kinane’s ‘Dirt Nap’ special review with standout ten-minute bit
  • Frank Calando performs Billy Joel songs in character on Bob and Tom Show
  • Johnny Mac’s controversial Billy Joel gimmick songs comment backlash

Questions Answered in This Episode

How much does Jim Gaffigan’s Father Time Bourbon cost?

A bottle of Father Time Bourbon costs $150, and a set of four handcrafted quote glasses costs $80.

What is Jim Gaffigan’s new bourbon product?

Jim Gaffigan launched Father Time Bourbon with his college buddy and film director Stu Pollard. The bourbon is marketed to parents and comes with optional quote glasses featuring parenting jokes from his comedy.

Did Johnny Mac like Jim Gaffigan’s bourbon video?

No, Johnny Mac strongly criticized the video as unfunny, comparing it negatively to Adam Sandler’s ‘Jack and Jill’ and stating it’s the worst thing he’s seen.

How did Ricky Gervais handle his spirit brand differently than Jim Gaffigan?

Ricky Gervais made his Dutch Bond Vodka advertisement funny and self-aware, acknowledging the absurdity of celebrities making spirits and even suggesting cheaper alternatives like Smirnoff.

What did Johnny Mac say about Dimitri Martin’s Netflix special?

Johnny Mac praised Dimitri Martin’s Netflix special for its great direction and creative choices, calling it really good with a strong closer and recommending it highly.

How long is the standout bit in Kyle Kinane’s ‘Dirt Nap’ special?

Kyle Kinane has a lengthy bit about ten minutes in that Johnny Mac considers maybe an all-time great bit and describes as really strong.


Full Transcript

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

Caloroga Shark Media. Hello, I’m Johnny Mac, who with your Daily Comedy News. This show has been so much fun to do lately. There’s been so much to talk about, so I just want to get in front of it. I know the episodes have been hitting the twenty minute mark lately.

I just want to tell you that’s not the plan. When it gets back down around twelve, when things calm down, don’t get mad at me, and don’t be like, hey, you hook up the show so short it’s supposed to be. I don’t know around twelve minutes, there’s just been so much. All right, we’ve got to start with Jim Gaffigan. This clip I’m gonna play.

It’s awful. It’s absolutely awful. I made it a minute and thirty eight in. I couldn’t take it, and I was pulling the clip to share with you guys, and then I realized that my little program here called Audio Hijack wasn’t actually recording and I would have to listen to it again. And I actually said f out loud, all right, what’s going on here?

Jim Gaffigan’s got a new product. Let’s let Jim tell you about it. I’m telling you. I’m warning you this clip is awful. Don’t bail on the podcast.

If you can’t take it. Hit thirty seconds, skip twice. But here’s Jim gaffigin but stay with the podcast. I’ve got really good stuff today. This video is actually less funny than an Adam Zaydler movie.

That’s how bad this is. If you said to me, Johnny Mac, we’re gonna watch something, do you want to watch Jack and Jill or this video from Jim mcgaffigan, I would pick Jack and Jill. And I’m not doing a bit. This is awful. Here’s Jim Gaffigan trying to sell you something.

Hi, I’m generous comedian Jim Gaffigan, and I’d like to talk to you about a condition that affects three out of five men. That’s six out of ten men, or nine out of fifteen men. I’m talking about a condition called fatherhood. Now, this can affect all types of men, good looking men, ugly men, it doesn’t matter. One of the only things we have discovered that can help reconcile this situation, there’s something me and a group of scientists have developed called father time bourbon.

This bourbon may not cure you of children, but it makes you forget about those children. Yeah, so Jim tweeted big news. I’ve got my own bourbon. Yes, my own bourbon. It’s called father Time, and it’s available for pre order right now at the website.

I went to the website. There’s some FAQs. One of them who’s behind father Time? He writes, it’s just me, Jim Gaffigan and my college buddy, film director Stu Pollard. We’ve had tons of help making father Time happen, but the investment in all the decisions were made by us.

One of those decisions, apparently, was the pricing. How much is a bottle of bourbon Johnny Mac one hundred and fifty dollars. They’re also selling quota glasses. The website says, we don’t recommend drinking father Time directly from the bottle, but if you have teenagers, you may occasionally feel the desire to do so. There are four handcrafted quo tumblers, inscribe with parenting lines from Jim Gaffigan.

Father Time Bourbon is dedicated to father’s and all parents. I also understand not all parents drink alcohol, but what parent doesn’t enjoy a glass with a quote complaining about parenting. The quote glasses A set of four costs how much wrong? Eighty dollars And here are the quotes. On glass number one, it says, you know what it’s like having a fifth kid.

Imagine you’re drowning, then someone hands you a baby. That would be funny if Jim Gaffigan told it. I agree Jim’s second glass as being a father is definitely the most important thing I will fail out in my life. Hack next one, Most of my fatherhood feels like going through customs with an outdated passport. It’s kind of hacky.

Fourth one, Raising kids may be a thankless job with ridiculous hours, but at least the pay sucks. That’s funny. Four glasses eighty dollars plus a bottle of bourbon one fifty So for two hundred and thirty dollars you can enjoy the heck out of this product that I don’t know has sucked all the cool out of bourbon, like all of it. Like if you came over and I was like, on some Jim Gaffigan bourbon in a gimme class, would you be like? What?

So? That’s how I feel about it. Jim has another clip, and uh, he’s either the Andy Kaufman of this and doing an amazing put on where he’s completely self unaware. Let’s listen. Isn’t it weird that celebrities have their own spirit.

I mean, look, you’re a great actor. All right, you’re good looking, but what do you know about tequila? It’s offensive to Mexicans like myself. Okay, you’re a great athlete. You’re one of the best basketball players on earth, but what do you know about rum.

You’re a great musician. That doesn’t mean you should make whiskey. Anyway, I’m coming out with my own bourbon. Now you might be thinking, Johnny Mac, you’re a hater. Why do you hate so much?

Well, because I like my comedy to have quality. Here’s Ricky Gerviz also talking a very similar product. But here’s how you do it. Ricky, show Jim how you do it. Hi, I’m Ricky Gervaias and this is Dutch Bond Vodka.

It’s a beautifully crafted premium spirit. It tastes great and it’s friendly to the environment. It’s known as the posh one in the brown bottle. But if you can’t afford it, just get smirtof get that for fifteen quid. In some places it does the trick.

Now that’s funny. Now I hope you’re still here. I hope you didn’t bail on the podcast because the other day I commented about Billy Joel and how a lot of his songs are gimmick songs, and I might as well have made fun of Taylor Swift while hosting the Golden Globes. It was not people did not react. Well, now we know how Joe Cooy feels.

Now I feel like John, I understand what did Joe Coy say? Here? Let me share with you the big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL. On the Golden Gloves, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift. Oh boy, that’s me.

That’s worse than saying Billy Joel has a lot of gimmick songs. All this to set up a clip from the Bob and Tom Show. Sometimes you can’t make this stuff up. Frank Calando was on The Bob and Tom Show and he sang Billy Joel songs in character. I’m gonna join this mid song and stay to the end because this all comes full circle.

You’re gonna laugh when he does it. Here we go, Adam Sandler, Here we go Yard at the bar. A friend of mine h me my drinks and he quickly I light up. I Fogboddy Tide it all together a Billy Joel gimmick song, and Adam Sandler love it as planned. On Tuesday night, I PLoP down in the TV cheer and I watched some comedy specials.

I watched three of them, well two and a half. The first one I watched Dimitri Martin on Netflix. Really really good. This he gets into and I talked about it yesterday with an article that sourced the whole thing about is this just an hour taped at the Chuckle Hut and you threw it up on YouTube? Or is this a special Dmitri?

The direction on this is great. The creative choices are great. It’s gimmicky. That’s the word of the week. Apparently the word of the week is gimmick.

It definitely has some gimmicks in it, but the gimmicks absolutely work. The bit he does with the demon is really funny. The closer is really strong, and uh, that’s all I’m gonna say. Either close is really strong. We’ll give you a chance to watch it, so I like Dmitri a lot high recommend on that.

And then I watched Kyle Kanane’s Dirt n app. Wow, I’m gonna give you a chance to catch up on it. There is a chunk about ten minutes in and it’s a lengthy chunk. You’ll know it when you hear it. That I think, listen to me, maybe an all time bit.

It’s really really strong. It is lengthy. I didn’t clock it, but it felt like it was a ten minute chunk and it’s really really strong. So I was watching that and I’m like, wow, Kyle is crushing it. Here is this better than a TELL?

And I had that thought for a minute during the really strong chunk, and I was like, now, because a Tel put on a masterclass, it’s gonna be really really tough to beat out that at Tel Special.

And then as the hour went on and the hour’s amazing, I had a pee, let’s see S…

But you know, I’m like, all right, we’re probably like thirty seven minutes in, we’re forty five minutes in, we’re fifty minutes in. Wow, we’re past an hour. How long is this think, Kyle? It’s seventy five minutes long and like a Tell showed last week thirty seven minutes in Crush. Had Kyle Kinane wrapped this up at around forty five minutes, it probably would be either two or three on my list.

Because he won seventy five minutes. It was actually diminishing returns, too much of a good thing. He probably could have lifted a full half hour and made a second special out of it with a new topper. So my updated rankings number one A Tell to Triumph. Watch the Triumph, you lucky bastards.

It’s on run on Netflix. That’s wrong, it’s on YouTube. Correcting my notes. Three is David Cross were stadding in the world. At one point I was like, ooh, can I Kyle’s probably funnier than that.

Again, it was too long, and I loved the special. Does that make sense? I both loved it and it was too long. It’s like I love beer, but nine beers is too many, you know what I’m saying. Three David Cross.

Four Dusty Sleigh. As I went to actually do the rankings this morning, I was like, can I put Kyle ahead of Dusty Sleigh? And I can’t. If he’d asked me a half hour in absolutely, but all said and done, I can’t, so I’d tell Triumph Cross, Dusty Slay, Kyle Kanayane Dmitri at six. Dimitri is really strong and up in that top group.

Then I’m starting a middle group here. I realized I hadn’t added Hannah Gatsby’s gender agenda. So that’s gonna be like in a middle group. Right now, it’s seven. Some things will wind up by the end of the year, sneaking ahead of that.

Some we’ll fall behind it. And on the bottom group right now, Brian Simpson, Tig Nataro, and Taylor Tomlinson would be your ten. I also watched Liz Meely’s special Now Keep It. I had already been watching two comedy specials that are in the top five six five, so I had to ingested a lot of comedy and I watched it. And I’ll say the same thing about Liz meely special on YouTube that I said about Steve Trevino.

It’s fine. If you’re hanging out at comedy club and Liz Meely gets up and does that exact set, you’ll have a wonderful time. Is it next level? No? Is it great?

No? Is it bad? No? Perfectly fine comedy special, and it’s okay to have a perfectly fine comedy special. It’s not gonna make my Best of the Year list, but I’m not hating on it.

So check check your watch. Look how far we are into this already, and I’ve barely started, and I’ve kicked three major stories I could tell you tomorrow. I’m gonna talk about Mulaney and Daniel Tosh and one other thing at the top of tomorrow’s show, but I’m trying to not have this thing get all the way to half an hour. But there’s just so much going on real quick. In the Facebook group, Dylan has been a very active member of the Facebook group is Daily Comedy News podcast group Dylan, I appreciate what you’re doing.

Dylan posted his rankings. I’ll fly through them, Ettel Canaane, Brian Simpson, Taylor soder Akosh sing A gas Lit on YouTube. Dylan gave it an A minus. I’ll have to catch up with that one. Dusty Tig crossed, Dmitri, Mike Apps selling out at eleven, Kevin James, Kevin Ryan’s Live in Philly on YouTube B minus h Foley A C plus, Pete Davidson Donnell Rawlings, Rory Scovel, hannagats By, Jackie Novak, Steve Travino, fun.

I like that you guys are doing this. I’m really excited that the Facebook group is starting to really take on a life outside of me posting things. I appreciate that Matt Rife not so canceled. It’s got a two special deal with Netflix. The first will be a full length CrowdWork special.

All right, Let’s pretend we’re at the casino here and I have a chip in my hand, and there are two boxes. One says good idea, bad idea. I just put all my chips on bad idea. We’ll see if Johnny Mac’s right or wrong. It’s gonna shoot at the Comedy Zone in Charlotte, North Carolina, and we’ll be directed by Eric Griffin.

I don’t know. I feel like it’s gonna be fake crowd work. I don’t know Matt Rife. I’ve never seen Matt Rife in person, never met him, never seen one of his shows. While I’m sitting in the audience.

But I don’t know. This just seems like a bad idea. I said what I said. Tom Papa says he’ll be filming his next special for Netflix and DC, taping it at the Warner Theater Great Venue June fifteenth. The New York Post tells a Sebastian Manuscalco was upset at fees.

Now wait for the end part of this story, because Johnny max spidy sense is tingling. But as the story goes, Sebastian was on social media that port’s accurate, and he said, I went to a restaurant last night and I got the bill and they charged me a COVID fee. I asked the guy, what’s the COVID fee? He goes, yeah, well, we got to wipe down the menus. Wipe down the menus.

You’re charging three dollars to wipe down your own menus before COVID what you just brought out the menu with spaghetti sauce on it? All right, funny enough. Manuscalco did not identify the restaurant or say where was located. And here’s where Johnny Mac’s Spidey sense tingles. Sebastian said, it’s a real bad look as a business absorbed the fee.

It’s called the doing business. They added, that ain’t right, by the way, that happens to also be the name of his upcoming tour. Hmm.


Moving on, Kelly Carlin and those people that made that AI thing that Kelly w…

They have a settlement. Fox News reports the settlement reached the demands made by Carlin’s a state in the lawsuits. According to Fox News, those demands included removal of the special and unspecified damages. Kelly Carlin put out a statement saying, I’m grateful that the defendants acted responsibly by swiftly removing the video they made. While it is a shame that this happened at all, I hope this case serves as a warning about the dangers posed by AI technologies and the need for appropriate safeguards, and not just for artists and creatives, but every human on earth.

So big news in town. Another donuts chain opened, this one. I don’t give free commercials for donuts chains, as you know, I go to the National Donuts chain every morning. This one, I’ll just give you a hint. Quack quack, you know what I’m saying.

So the family came home yesterday with a box of quack quack and I was like, oh right, And I had a quack quack and wow. They’re good. They’re like thick and meat. He’s not the right word for a donut, but thorough is that the right word. They’re not airy, you know how the National Donut Chain.

You bite into it and it’s like mostly air, not like the cream guys. The cream guys. That’s like, I don’t know what that is. That’s like icing on a pocket of air. I love those.

I can eat millions of those in one sitting because they’re mostly air. National domet Chain not too much to them. But quack quack, Wow, those are really good. So I don’t know, good thing for me. A Vaughn went to buy me a coffee dot com slash Daily Comedy News and bought not one, not two, not three, not four, five large iced coffees with caramel and milk.

Avon. Thank you, Avon wrote, I appreciate your opinions on the industry. That’s the best part of your show, you know. So I’ve been a little more candid lately. I will admit that I’ve also been a lot more candid on LinkedIn.

In the LinkedIn part of it is because I’m trying to really build out the podcast company. Now, you know, part of it is being candid to get noticed. I’m not putting on an act that in my real opinions, but in the past I always worked for company, and you work when you work for company to get candid. Usually somebody comes in and eye rolls you and tells you to cut it out because we’re a big, giant, publicly traded company, or you’ve got some boss it doesn’t like your opinions. But now that I’m bossless, I could just shoot from the hip.

So thank you Evon for going to buy me coffee dot com slash Daily Comedy News I keep forgetting to promote five good news stories. Number five good news Stories. I host that podcast that’s three times a week Monday, Wednesday, Friday. The gimmick word of the week is that I tell you five stories and they’re all good news Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Billy Joel calls it a hackey podcast with a gimmick.

Joe Coyce as the only difference between that podcast and The Golden Globes is the Golden Globes has more pictures of Taylor Swift. I agree, I got it, but five good news Stories. I’m hopped up this week about it. Because Apple podcast is promoting it, so the numbers have really spiked. A bunch of new people listening to me over there this week.

That show is actually more popular than this show, which is kind of cool. Don’t root against yourself, Johnny Mac, but five good news stories wherever you get your shows. I put out a new substack yesterday discussing Apple podcasts. My substack is free mcdepod dot substack dot com. Link in the show notes.

Again, if it ash you for money, just click the free option. I’m not trying to make money off that. Houston Red Yards will host the Riot Comedy Festival at the bar’s local comedy Addict. The Riots Comedy Festival kicks off tonight and we’ll go through the seventh. Robert Kelly is one of your headliners.

Ricky dl Davis Paris, Sasha Jordaana Fisher, Tom the Carr Up, and comers like Kim Congden and Casey Rockett the Riot Comedy Festival. If you’re down by Houston. Kelsey Cook will tape her special at Comedy on State in Madison, Wisconsin, tonight, three tapings tonight through the sixth. Kelsey Cook is the daughter of an international Yo yo ch and a professional foosball player. She’s got a special on the eight hundred pound gorilla if you want to check that out.

It’s called The Hustler. And again she’s taping a new one tonight. And let’s see what’s happening at Melbourne. Where’s my favorite bookmark? There you are?

It is April fifth in Melbourne. Because of the way time zones work. By the way, did you see they want to create a time zone specifically for the moon. Yeah, that’s a real news item I saw earlier today. Nick White’s show is called Teenage Dream and apparently has a load to no avails, almost sold out.

Apparently. Let’s see what this one is. I’m doing ones without clips today because we’re a little long again. Creative expression is something Nick White is always hear and for, even if it wasn’t always easy. Join Nick as he looks back on the things that have shaped him from his youth to now.

The show contains occasional coarse language. There were no reviews. I guess he’s nice looking. I don’t know. I’m wondering why that particular show sold out.

The description didn’t do anything for me. Abby Howells show is called La soup coo, and that’s at the Chinese Museum’s Jade Room, which sounds like a cool blak to see a show. Lasuko is the name of a screenplay Abby Howells wrote when she was eleven years old. It’s a romance set in the Navy in the wake of World War Two. No historical research, verification or corroboration was undertaken.

Lasuko was the winner of the prestigious Billy T. James Award at the twenty twenty three New Zealand International Comedy Festival. Periodical the spinoff from New Zealand said she’s a unique voice and made me laugh in a way that’s typically reserved for when I’m with my siblings and we’re just being silly. Stuff said, joyful and authentic, as hilarious as it is transfixing. I’m curious about the Chinese Museum Jade Room.

Apparently there are several Chinese museums with jade rooms throughout the world, this one in Melbourne box office. There’s no dedicated box office at Chinese Museum. However, the Comedy Festival front of house staff can assist with purchasing last minute tickets. The entrance to the Silk room is via the foyer and the performance space is on level one. From the foyer, proceed up the large internal staircase approximately fifteen plus stairs to level one.

Approximately fifteen plus stairs. It’s not one thousand stairs. Can somebody please count the stairs? If you’re in Melbourne, can you go over to the silk room and tell me? Is it fourteen?

Is it sixteen? Is it nineteen? And at what point are we not at approximately fifteen? Like it’s twenty three, approximately fifteen. No, that would be like more than twenty right.

Oh sorry, that’s the silk room. We shouldn’t have even talked about that, but I made myself laugh. The entrance to the Jade Room is via the foya, and the performance space is on level three. See if you’re on level one, you wind up with a silk room. You want to go to level three.

From the foyer, proceed up the large internal staircase approximately three flights of stairs to level three. All right, hold on, I’ll give you the it’s like fifteen stairs. How many flights of stairs is it? You? Just look?

It’s three, it’s two, it’s four. What is the issue here? Melbourne Comedy Festival. I w in the bathrooms. They’re on level one.

That’s your comedy news for today. If you join the program, tell a friend about it. They might like it too. Tomorrow is going to be long as well. I’m having a lot of fun.

Thank you for listening. To see you then,

Gianmarco Soresi vs. the opener with the big shirt

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Featured: John Oliver, Jimmy Fallon, Dmitri Martin, Tracy Morgan, Kathy Hochul, Bowen Yang, Matt Rogers, Taylor Swift, Kenan Thompson, Jon Stewart, Lina Khan, Roy Wood Jr., Samantha Bee

What’s in This Episode

  • John Oliver roasts Trump’s fundraising and merchandise
  • Jimmy Fallon jokes about Google privacy lawsuit and data destruction
  • Dmitri Martin’s Netflix special ‘Dmitri Deconstructed’ receives critical praise
  • Tracy Morgan joins New York organ donation awareness campaign
  • Los Culturista’s Culture Awards moving to Brooklyn’s King’s Theatre
  • Kenan Thompson addresses Quiet on Set Nickelodeon documentary
  • Jon Stewart reveals Apple censored him from interviewing FTC chair Lina Khan
  • Roy Wood Jr. discusses missing Daily Show hosting opportunity on Samantha Bee’s podcast

Questions Answered in This Episode

What did John Oliver say about Trump’s merchandise?

Oliver joked about various Trump products including a Bible, cologne, and a mini speaker, quipping that the speaker is ‘way too loud and never dies’ and that Trump’s gold AirPods case would make people lose all their friends instantly.

Why did Google have to destroy user browsing data?

Google settled a privacy lawsuit by pledging to destroy millions of users’ browsing data that was collected through their incognito browser.

Is Dmitri Martin’s new Netflix special getting good reviews?

Yes, The Daily Beast gave it a positive review, praising ‘Dmitri Deconstructed’ for being actually special and designed with purpose specifically for streaming rather than as an afterthought to a tour.

Where is the Los Culturista’s Culture Awards moving to?

The third annual Culture Awards is moving from Lincoln Center to King’s Theatre in Brooklyn on June 15th and will now be a ticketed event with upholstered seating.

Why did Apple prevent Jon Stewart from interviewing Lina Khan?

Jon Stewart revealed on The Daily Show that Apple specifically asked him not to interview FTC chair Lina Khan on his Apple podcast, which Stewart criticized as showing the dangers of concentrated corporate power.

Did Roy Wood Jr. get the Daily Show hosting job?

No, Roy Wood Jr. did not get a chance to host The Daily Show and discussed his mixed feelings about the missed opportunity with Samantha Bee, comparing career opportunities to finding a faster checkout line at a grocery store.


Full Transcript

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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News. I’m laughing about the stuff that’s in the second half. We’ve got all sorts of battles, including a really fun comedian battle, but it’s a little long. I’ll save that for the second half.

Some late night jokes. John Oliver was talking about former President Trump trying to raise some money and said, this is a man who talks NonStop about how he’s one of the richest men on earth, begging strangers for money in a hostage video that looks like it was filmed that a house haunted by the world’s tackies ghosts. Oliver made fun of the various merch options you can buy from Trump, including the infamous Bible and some Trump cologne. Oliver was fascinated by a mini speaker that bears Trump’s likeness. A great joke, Herry goes, I assume it’s way too loud and never dies.

There’s also a gold Trump branded earbud case, and Oliver said, you know, you can never tell which AirPods are yours and which are your friends, because all the cases look the same. You get these, you lose all your friends instantly. Problems solved. Jimmy Fallon talked about this Google lawsuit. You see, they were collecting some data on their incognito browser there.

So if you were on OnlyFans, you know, watching Whitney Cumming specials as we all do in the basement, I get it, Jimmy Fallon said, in order to settle a privacy lawsuit, Google has pledged to destroy millions of users browsing data, and based on your silence, it sounds like there are some very relieved people. Last night, I was planning on having a big TV comedy night. Hopefully that happened. I was planning and watching Dmitri Martin special, and The Daily Beast got me even more excited about it with this headline, Dmitri Martin made a Netflix hour that’s actually special. If you listen every day, you know my whole thing about specials versus hours, and we’re throwing everything up there on the internet, including you know, me doing eight minutes at the chuckle Hut going new special.

I’ve never done eight minutes at the chuckle Hut. I am not a comedian. In case you can’t tell, The Daily Beast writes, many of us fall into the same trap every time we open Netflix’s comedy page watching the latest special from the same mainstream comedians we’ve been watching for years. It can be high risk for comedians to break the mold and warp the conventions of comedy. It can also be high reward, with specials like Hannahgatsby’s and an Adder Bo Burnham’s Inside receiving critical acclaim.

The reimagining of comedy forms the basis of Dmitri Martin’s Dmitri Deconstructed with a black and white trailer that immediately stood out blah blah blah, combined with a jazz theme and plenty of Wes Anderson esque symmetry, Martin Special feels like something that was designed with purpose, streamline for streaming, as comedy specials should be, rather than left as a lucrative afterthought. Following a money making tour ouch, the New York Governor, Kathy Hokeel and Tracy Morgan joined the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles to encourage New york Is to give the gift of life by joining the New York State Donate Life Registry. April is National Donate Life Month, which shines the spotline on the urgent need for organ I and tissue donors. I will also encourage you to be an organ donor. I am an organ donor.

My personal philosophy is I’m dead, maybe these parts could help someone else. Tracy Morgan underwent a kidney transplant back in twenty ten. He credits that with saving his life. Tracy said, I’m living proof of the benefits of organ donation and has given me an opportunity to show people that you can go on and live a full life when you find a match. My donor saved my life, and by enrolling in the New York Donate Life Registry, you could help save many others.

One organ donor can save up to eight lives and heal seventy five more through I and tissue donation. Bowen Yang and Matt Rodgers are working on the Los Culturista’s Culture Awards. It’s moving to the King’s Theatre in Brooklyn for its third annual show June fifteenth. One hundred or so categories brainstormed by Yang and Rogers. Some mainstays include a Record of the Year and he Kate Blanchett Award for Good Acting.

They were asked if Taylor Swift might participate. If Taylor wants to send in a video, that’d be great. Our message to her and her publicist is help us, help you play ball, but she may not be in her sending videos to fake awards shows there anymore. The ceremony was hosted at Lincoln Center for the past two years and had twenty six hundred attendees. Bowen said, we’re moving indoors so that people can enjoy upholstered seating.

Finally, I think people are too used to uncomfortable posterior resistance. I think they’re used to hard plastic cheers. Since our basement days, we haven’t given them a full award show experience, and we’re aiming to give that holistic packaging of being an honest to goodness award show. The pass shows had been free to attend. This one will be ticketed.

There’s a pre sale April fourth at ten am, General ticket sales April fifth. All winners are determined by Rogers and Yang, but the two hint that, like with Swift, they could be swayed by who decides to participate. Keenan Thompson has spoken out about that quiet on set documentary You Know This One, The Dark Side of Kids TV got into some stuff going down at Nickelodeon. We don’t want to go there on this podcast, but you know you can read it. People caught up with Keenan, who said it’s a tough subject.

It’s tough for me because I can’t really speak of the things that I never witnessed, because all these things happened after I left. Remember John Stewart had a show on Apple that none of us watched, and then he left all of a sudden. Well, the other night, John was interviewing Federal Trade Commission cheer Lena Kahn on the Daily Show. He told Kahn that he wants pitch to have her as a guest on the Apple Show. John said, I wanted to have you on a podcast, and Apple asked us not to do it.

They literally said, please don’t talk to her. They wouldn’t let us even do the dumb thing where we just did in the first act on AI, meaning a segment Stuart did on The Daily Show in which he criticized the rise of AI and spoke about how it’s making human workers obsolete. Stuart asked about Apple, like, where’s the sensitivity? Why are they so afraid to even have these conversations out in the public sphere. Kahn answered, I think it just shows the danger of what happens when you concentrate so much power and so much decision making and a small number of companies.

Variety reached out to Apple for a comment and they did not have one open letter to Roy Wood Junior. Let it go, man, you gotta just let it go, Roy, let it go. Roy was on with Samantha Bee on her podcast Choice Words. You may recall Roy kind of wanted to host the Daily Show, so do I, but Roy didn’t get a chance. Do I want host the dailyshal Share?

I’ll host that. I’m free next week, call me, Roy would and sold sam Be I’ve had the gift of choosing to jump out the window a couple of times and being kicked out of windows a couple of times over the course of my career. I have more control if I jump because I know where the grapple hook is. Shows are getting canceled, streamers are collapsing. The industry is slowly imploding.

And I’m not just talking about late night I’m talking about the type of programming that studios and networks will show confidence in and stay behind so that fear is kind of what showers over me. It’s also rooted in if this industry is shifting, and if it’s changing to something different, now’s the time to be first in line for that thing. I’ve always viewed opportunities and entertainment like a grocery store. We’re all in line to be checked out, and then you look over there and a new register’s opening, and you’re trying to decide if that register will be faster than the line you’re And I like this analogy a lot. And I’ve been in this line for eight years.

It’s a good line man. But looking over there and I just chose to get out of line and go to another line. I don’t know if I’m right. I don’t know if that’s the right move. As for the Daily Show, was the best time in my life, but without being able to have an accurate vision for how it can end, I had to choose my ending.

He said when he left, he had no idea that John Stewart would be coming back to host Mondays. That was not in the conversation, that was not even a rumor. Had he known, he might have decided differently. He said, I do hate that I missed out on some of that good John Stewart tutelage that would have been dope. Joe Flaherty, best known for his roles on Freaks and Geeks and to me his sketchwork comedy on SCTV, has passed away at age eighty two.

After serving in the US Air Force, Flowerty joined Chicago’s Second City Theater. He was instrumental in bringing Second City to Toronto. He starred on SATV for eight years and appeared in seventy five episodes, during which he created memorable characters like Count Floyd, Guy Caballero, and Big Jim mcbob. Joe Flaherty was eighty two. All right, it is time for comedian fights.

I was prepping the show. I was on Twitter. I saw John Marco Ciresi’s comment here, and John Marco tweeted, Hey guys, there was a little bit of drama on one of my San Diego shows this past Friday. I made a video response over on TikTok that lays out my side of things, but happen to answer any questions you may have. Thanks, so I’m gonna play it here.

I watched it. John Marco looks bothered by this he seems to be freaking out. He’s not doing this for laughs. He seems genuinely bothered. During this clip, you’re going to hear him refer to his opener.

I will set this up for you. The opener is wearing what to me looks like a red T shirt, but it’s a really really big red T shirt that goes down to like the guy’s knees. That is key to this drama that we’re about to unfold.

Also near the end here when John Marco takes the stage, I have edited out sev…

Okay, here’s John Marco on TikTok. Well, I just want to address something that another comedian has been saying about me on TikTok. Long story short, I was headlining in San Diego this past Friday, and right at the gate, let me say this guy. He’s not my normal opener. My normal opener is named Liam Nelson.

He was not available, so the club assigned me to this guy. He said, I was late. I was not late. It was it was a seven pm show, sold out crowd. The club asked to push it back twenty thirty minutes so they could get everyone in there.

So last number one, number two, he said that I was like, like I made fun of him or his outfit the for like fifteen minutes. I said a couple of small jokes. He had a absurdly large shirt on, so it wasn’t it wasn’t like I wasn’t trying to like haze the Marty thing he had. It was a I haven’t let’s played the video or to that point here whatever, very nice, very nice, could to see everyone. This is good, let’s see this.

I suppose was staying up comedy show before. I’m not gonna say something about that. Here’s one more angle. Just you understand how big this shirt was. Good.

You guys are gonna be a fun crowd. I love to see that. This is exactly what you want. Yeah, thank you. So yeah.

When I went on stage, I made a couple jokes about that shirt because I felt, I think it’s my job to address the elephant in the room. I mean, this shirt was big enough for an elephant, and I just want to play the video for you. You can judge it for yourself. But like, I certainly don’t want to be known as someone who’s bullying or making fun of their openers. I appreciate my openers.

I just so you just play it. Really, guys, I need y’all to truly go bump wild right now for John Marco’s crazy That was a shirt. I was watching the bag. I was like, my openers a three kids in a trench hut. I truly I thought the curtain was just stuck on him like this, and then I was like, oh, I was coming with him.

Give it up for time. Comedian J P. McDade reacted and tweeted, I’ve opened for John Marco a few times. I know his act is basically Dane cooked the musical. What a great line.

Dane cooked the musical. But he’s a good guy and a surprisingly good hang. If you’re an opener trying to get sympathy for him roasting your shirt, which looks like the elbow parade float deflated on you, grow up. John Marco tweeted back, not quite the defense I wanted, but probably the defense I deserve. Persian Cat jumped in and said, Dane cook comparison at a surprisingly good hang, Oh my god, he kind of hates you worst.

Elon Musk responded to a tweeter. The tweeter had tweeted a screenshot of John Oliver, and Elon responded, John Oliver hasn’t been funny for years. Oh, I disagree, and you might want to watch on Sunday night. Elon more streife Dr in the Facebook group not Happy with my Billy Joel Hot Take, Dr wrote, Billy Joel is the best all caps and four exclamation points. I used to sing professionally.

You would always love it when a Billy Joel’s song was requested. My favorite she’s got away about her hashtag lay off my Billy. Another shout out to Aaron. I was thinking of Aaron this morning when I was Q seeing the show. I always listened back to the podcast on my way to the National Donuts Chain, and it just worked out.

I was in the parking lot of the Donuts chain when I heard me from yesterday thanking Erin for buying me not one, but two coffees at buy Me Coffee dot com slash Daily Comedy News, so you get double thanks, thanks very much. The Webby Awards are coming out. There’s just too many things. For example, last week I told you somebody won some comedy podcast award. Do you remember who was?

Because I don’t anyway. The Webby Awards, the nominees for Comedy Shows Podcasts are Conen Kevin Hart Hold Up with Dulce Sloan and Josh Johnson from the Daily Show, which apparently is a podcast that exists the Bald and the Beautiful and whatever. Trust Fall from Broadway Video is what’s trust Fall? While I look that up? To be nominated, you submit yourself.

You don’t get nominated. You submit yourself and then they consider you. The application, I understand is four hundred and ninety five dollars. There are some, you know, discounts for students or whatever, but you know this is a money maker, So let’s understand what this is. Trust Fall is a new podcast hosted by Jordan Gleeson and Logan Williams.

In its incoherent ramblings, wanderings and convos with like minded peers, it attempts to explore day to day life blah blah blah. Anyway. So that’s nominated. Are you excited? They also nominated Individual Episodes.

The nominees for Individual Comedy Episodes Individual Episodes by Bitch Sesh, Fly on the Wall, How Did This Get made? Last Culture Reestis and the comment section a Spotify podcast again. You can next year if you want to jump in. Four ninety five dollars will get you an application and you might make yourselves to the finals. Okay, speaking of awards, the Golden Globes have set January fifth for the eighty second ceremony.

This will be on CBS Live eight to eleven. Now in case you’re wondering, would there be a football game on that before? Yeah, on January fifth, they’ll be football on Sunday. And that leads to the next question, what is the difference between the NFL and the Golden Globe Awards? Well, Joe Koi as the answer for you.

As you know, we came on after a football double header. The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL. On the Golden Globes, we have fewer climber shots of Taylor swift Boy. What a horrible mean joke. That was so mean.

Oh I didn’t prep here. The next thing on might run down, it says Melbourne, And you’re about to get my daily slow burn about how slow this website loads. All right, where are you, Melbourne? Bookmark? Let’s see I’m recording on April second.

You’re listening on April third, which means in Melbourne it is April fourth. We’re a long again today, so let me do some that don’t have clips. Will save the clips for you know, when I need to pad a little bit. Ronnie Nevill all Irish Storytelling. He’s got a nice logo where he’s standing in front of the Irish flag making a what just happened kind of face.

Caught my attention. Let’s see Come and experience the globe trotting international Irish storyteller Ronnie Neville from Cork to Perth with a suitcase full of stories, Tales from the bogs and streets of Ireland, watered and growing on the floorboards of Irish pubs. Truly, this man is either a genius or a lunatic, you decide. Fringe Feed gave it four stars, saying the set was reminiscent of the style of Billy Connolly. Express mag also gave it four stars and said hilarious.

It’s not much of a review. Here’s one Stuart Dalman into the Galaxy. He’s wearing an orange traditional spacesuit in his logo. Twenty eighteen Moosehead Recipient. Now I don’t know what that means.

And you know I’m about to google it. This has brought me to the Moosehead Awards. I’m on their about page. It says welcome to the Moosehead Retrospective, a year by year review of where it all started and where it is today. We have a keen eye for picking the stars of tomorrow.

As you can see. Twenty twenty three recipients include Prue Blake we played Preu over the weekend. You can apply. You think they get four hundred ninety five dollars. Let’s see.

What is the Moosehead. It’s an organization that wants to get financial support to Australian comedians putting on new shows at Melbourne. Oh that’s cool. Why do we want to help you put on your show? The Mooseheads have a really long history of supporting comedians in the Melbourne Festival, et cetera, et cetera.

How will we help you? One we’ll pay your Melbourne Comedy Festival registration. Two will pay the first three thousand dollars of your venue rental. Three will pay you up to twenty five hundred dollars for you to have creative support. Wow, this is cool.

See John, you were making funny these guys and they’re like super awesome cool. Four, we’ll do some overhead marketing. Five if you live outside of Melbourne at the time of application, meeting more than ninety minutes from Melbourne Central Business District, we’ll continue it up to two thousand dollars torture accommodation. Remember all these dollar amounts are probably Australian dollars, so do like a times point six in there. The Mooseheads try to make it easier for comedians to collaborate and stretch their creative legs.

All right, we like the moose heads. The moose heads are cool, see and I was making fun of them. What a jerk you are, Johnny Mac. Stuart Donalmond’s show was given four and a half stars by the Music who said it’s both cynical and brilliant and on every level it works kind of like this podcast. Huh yeah, Half Beat Magazine four and a half stars, they said, brilliantly crafted the Harold Son four stars.

Dear description Prepper weird all right, and our friend of the show, Dan Boobleitz Junior, he’s been a guest. I gotta have him on again. We’ve been emailing about Dan, I’ve just been so busy. You know what’s going on? Just have it at a minute.

The level end of reporter interviewed Dan. What if Dan’s cringing right now, wondering if I’m going to goof on him. I don’t know if I’m going to goof on you. I don’t preread articles. Dan said, comedy is something that really brings people together.

It’s the thing everyone can find common ground on. How did Dan get in a comedy? Oh no, The short answer is I got divorced. The longest version is I got divorced after a twelve year marriage and felt like I’d wasted the last twelve years of my life. In hindsight, it wasn’t a waste.

Is that experience help shape who I am today, and comedy is something I’ve always wanted to do. So I decided that I didn’t want to be a person that looked back in life and wondered what if. Instead, I wanted to look back and know what happened, whether I succeeded or failed. I also wanted to overcome my fear of public speaking, so I found a local open mic. It’s signed up.

I remember when my name was called and I walked on stage and looked to the audience as I grabbed the Michael. I could think was what I get myself into. Then I told the joke and got a laugh, and I’ve been performing ever since. When I first started, it was scary, nerve wracking because I had a fear of public speaking. The more I’ve done it over the years, the easier it has gotten.

No matter how long one does it, making a room full of strangers laugh is the hardest thing to do, but the most rewarding, Dan Doy, you prefer improv or a script dances, I think it’s better. I have a mix of both. I’ve taken improv classes and it’s helped I stand up tremendously. Comedy should be somewhat loose, and when a comic has a set script, it’s easy to feel more like a copy and paste performance than a one of a kind experience for the audience. Yes, I uh one of the Australian comics I played on Sunday.

I made that note that it just sounded like a performance rather than vibing with the audience. Dan says, I’ve written plenty of jokes and I usually write out a set list for each performance that acts as my guide. I know where I want to start and where I want to end, and whatever happens in the middle, it doesn’t matter as long as the audience is having a good time. Who are Dan’s favorite comedians? I hope you don’t say Adam Sandley here or we’re gonna not be friends anymore, he said, that’s a very tough question to answer.

There’s so many greats George carl and Richard Pryor up there. As for working comedians, I’m a big fan of John Mulaney, Mike Burbigley, Steve Martin, and Mark maron Great List. Dan, congrats on the article. Check out Dan Boubletz at Dan Buobletz dot com at d A n bu b l I t z at dot com. I want to hear some of Dan’s comedy.

You do, Let’s do it. And a lot of guys they’ll brag about dating outside of their lee right like they’ll date. They’ll say, oh, I’m just a woman’s way out of my league. And I think any guy that’s with any partner, you’re out of your league. That’s how I look at That doesn’t matter.

You’re always out of your league. That’s just the way it is. But what I’ve come to realize is that not only am I out of my league, I’m out of my tax bracket. Because she wanted to go see a financial planner, and those are two words that are not in my vocabulary, not at all. But I was like, you know what, I want to be a supportive partner.

I’ll go see the financial planner. Let’s do this, and so we did. Of course, he had questions right away. He wanted to know what my name was, what I did for a living. If I want my name’s Dan.

I’m a stand up comedian. Oh that sounds like a fun job, Dan. Well, I gotta ask you a few questions. First question, what are your future financial goals? So well, if I could pay rent tomorrow, that’d be fantastic.

Nice, all right, Dan Boublet’s junior end of the show. If you want to hear the rest of that set, it’s up on his website, Dan Booblet’s dot com. And that’s your comedy news for today. Tell a friend about the show. They might like it.

To see you tomorrow.

Is Billy Joel overrated? Jerry Seinfeld says no. PLUS Jon Stewart controversy, Larry David controversy

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Featured: Tag Nataro, Steve Trevino, Rami Youssef, Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Fallon, Hugh Grant, Billy Joel, Steve Martin

What’s in This Episode

  • Tag Nataro special review with audio sweetening concerns
  • Steve Trevino special review
  • SNL with Rami Youssef and Sarah Sherman
  • Jerry Seinfeld’s Pop-Tarts movie with Hugh Grant and Mark Ronson
  • Billy Joel’s MSG residency milestone and discography analysis
  • Steve Martin documentary

Questions Answered in This Episode

What did Jerry Seinfeld say about Billy Joel?

Seinfeld called Billy Joel’s MSG residency a ‘beautiful medallion on his career’ and praised his voice, music, and songwriting as making him a genius, noting how Joel’s music captures the experience of living in New York and Long Island.

Is Jerry Seinfeld in the new Pop-Tarts movie?

Yes, Jerry Seinfeld wrote the script and starred in the Netflix film ‘Unfrosted’ (releasing May 3rd) alongside Hugh Grant, who plays a theatrical actor character opposed to the commercial nature of the film.

What did Jerry Seinfeld say about working with Hugh Grant?

Seinfeld said Grant was a ‘major headache’ and ‘a pain in the ass to work with,’ but praised him as cool, witty, and great to hang out with after they had dinner and got drunk together on set.

What did Johnny Mac think of Tag Nataro’s special?

Mac praised it as a good special that made him actually laugh, though he noted suspicion of added crowd noise sweetening and found the piano section diminished the special’s impact.

Why did Johnny Mac critique Billy Joel’s songs?

Mac argued that most of Billy Joel’s popular songs rely on gimmicks rather than straightforward songwriting, citing examples like ‘Uptown Girl,’ ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire,’ and ‘The Longest Time’ as gimmick-based despite their quality.

What is Johnny Mac’s ‘Emperor of Rome syndrome’?

Mac developed a comedy snob mentality after spending ten years running SiriusXM comedy, listening 10-12 hours daily to comedy albums featuring artists’ best material, which made it harder for him to genuinely laugh at comedy.


Full Transcript

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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello, Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News is going to go a little slower today. Catch my breath. I’ve got a lot to catch up on most of the weekend and Monday I had pre taped to accommodate some travel. So this is just a bunch of stories that I didn’t get a chance to comment on.

Let’s start with comedy specials. I watched Tag Nataro’s special It will make the end of the year list down in that bottom pack with Taylor Tomlinson and Brian Simpson. It’ll be there. It’s a good special. I laughed again.

I’m a psychopath who has Emperor of Rome syndrome. If you’re a new listener, i’ll explain that. So I ran serious XIM comedy for ten years and as doing that, I would sit at a desk every day listening to comedy ten twelve hours a day. And since these were comedy albums, this was everybody’s best version of their best material. And I’ve become a comedy snob and it’s sort of fried my brain where often I’ll watch comedian and I’ll be like, oh that was really good, Oh great callback And if you hang out with actual comedians in the back of the room.

They do the same thing. So when I actually laugh, I appreciate it, and take made me actually laugh. One thing that threw me off on the special is I’ve got an ear for edits and I don’t know, but it wouldn’t shock me if possibly, perhaps maybe somebody added some crowd noise to that one. It sounded a little bit off to me, and that throws me. And she didn’t need to do that because of the special was funny.

So if somebody did sweeten the special, don’t do that. At one point she does sit down at a piano and from there I think it’s diminishing returns. I’m not sure. I couldn’t make it out of the piano section. I was just like, this thing just ground to a halt.

Not sure on the decision there, but tak the tar special is pretty good. Then I switched over to Steve Travino and it’s fine. I belled on it, not because it wasn’t good. He’s a nice company. It just he’s got nothing to say.

It reminded me of your friend who had three beers and going, hey, you know why Timmy’s playing right field? Right because he sucks. Like it’s basically that and basic marital humor. Again, fine, if you went to a club and Steve Trevino got up and did that, material’d be like, oh, that guy was good, but like it’s not next level, so that won’t make the list, but I don’t hate it. Saturday Night Live with Rami Usef had some really good moments before I forget to mention it.

Jostin, Sarah Sherman, their chemistry is just amazing. They did a thing where Sarah was Flock of the Owl’s widow that was really solid. Sarah just knocks it out of the park and Rami Yusef just so charismatic as monologue was good. We’ll talk about that in a bit. And I put the Steve Martin documentary on.

It seems fine. I got like fifteen twenty minutes into it. I was kind of comedied out, and I’m really into Netflix’s Three Body Problem, and you know, I’ve busy life. I don’t get to watch all that much TV, and I’m like, I kind of want to get back to that. So Steve Martin and I will finish up on that.

But again, seems perfectly fine. I have nothing bad to say about it. I was enjoying it. It’s just I get TV. Add a couple jokes from Late Night Jimmy Fallon.

The CDC reports that sexually transmitted diseases are becoming more common among older adults. It’s even worse the next morning when you’ve got to do the Walk of shame. That’s jokes, a bit hacked, but it’s funny. Courting a new survey, thirty five percent of men said it’s important for them to smell good during their first sexual experience with a new partner, while the other sixty five percent were given a fake phone number. Jerry Seinfeld was on with Fallon pushing this new pop tarts movie that’s coming out, and I think at about a month quoting Jimmy Fallon talking to Seinfeld here, Phelan said, you say, Jimmy, I did the movie and Frost.

They came out great. It’s locked, but I think there’s still a room to get Jimmy Fallon in this movie.

And then Foun explained Seinfeld throw a curveball and him going, I don’t wan…

Seinfeld said, Mark Ronson wrote the music. I wrote the lyrics. Fallon read those lyrics, which are please give me that sweet morning heat. Every single day of the week. You’ve got all the leff and I need give me that sweet morning heat.

Then they played some of the song. Hugh Grant shared some of his experiences with Jerry on the set of Pop Tarts. Grant said, he’s definitely great in a Tony the Tuger kind of way. Jerry brings different things to the table. He’s a brilliant comic.

He’d written a great script. He and his team are able to massage the scene and the whole time and come up with new jokes left right, and say. He was lovely and very supportive of me. Grant explains his character was a very grand theater thespian who thought all this was very beneath him. So that’s really the joke of the whole thing.

I do appear once or twice as Tony the Seger, but otherwise I’m this tortured theater actor. Seinfeld told Jimmy Fallon Grant was a major headache. We had lots of fights. He’s paying the ass to work with. He’s horrible.

He tells you before you work with him, you gotta hate this and he’s so right. We shout for tad Wakes. That night he and I had dinner and we got drunk havin dinner. That was the greatest night because he’s so cool and he’s that English thing, you know, that witty. He looks good at Jackie.

He’s one of those guys. I love those guys. Unfrosted Netflix May third, Jerry’s been out and about a lot. Last Thursday, he was at Billy Joel’s one hundredth concert at the MSG Residency. Can we talk about Billy Joel for a second, you know, so I’m a fifty one of my fifty four boy, I’m so old I can’t remember wholem I’m fifty four.

So you know, I like the seventies eighties of rock music, and it boggles my mind that for there was a point where Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen were neck and neck, I mean, the cat matched, and then Billy just stopped. And over time, as I pay more and more attention to Billy’s music, I’m like, you know, these are all gimmick songs, like his very few straightforward songs. They all have some sort of gimmick. And we didn’t start the fire is terrible, but I digress. Billy Joel was there playing the Garden.

Apparently a lot of people like this Billy Joel Fellow more than I do, because he sold out the Garden one hundred times and I’m sitting here in the basement recording a podcast. Seinfeld called Billy Joel’s MSG residency a beautiful medallion on this career that he’s had. There’s three things that make Billy a genius of music. The voice, the music, and they’re writing of the most beautiful songs. There’s another thing about Billy that makes them so unique and so special that there’s no such thing as so unique, Jerry.

It’s unique or not unique. There’s no modifier unique. It’s pet Pete mine. But the other thing about Billy that makes them so unique and so special is that we captured hat we all feel living in this particular part of the world, Long Island and New York. He’s like the companion that we’ve gone through our whole lives with.

His music is our best friend for our whole life. I don’t even think he can understand and how much his music means to us from where we are, and I feel like going through Billy Joel’s discography. If you don’t want to hear this hit, skip for one minute, indulge me. Spotify has made a playlist called This is Billy Joel The Essential Tracks. Uptown Girl, It’s fun, but it’s a gimmick song.

Vienna Solid Piano Man. A great song, but it’s a gimmick. We didn’t start the fire is terrible and a gimmick. It’s still rock and roll. To me is a gimmick song.

She’s always a woman, a solid my life is solid, great song, turn the lights back on? What is that? Is that the new one? Yeah, that’s the new one. The River of Dreams.

Nobody cares about just the way you are solid, solid song, So I take it back. There was that little period there where Billy Joel was just doing great songs. The Longest Time is a gimmick song, because the entire Innocent Man album is a gimmick album. You may be right a solid only as good Die Young great in New York state of mind, Little gimmicky tell her about it. It’s a gimmick.

Don’t ask me why is perfect? Moving out is great, She’s got away all right. Allentown is a gimmick. Big shot is great, pressure is great, and make it all back. But I’m leaving it in.

But you see what I’m saying, there’s a lot of gimmick songs in there. Maybe I just need to make a playlist. You know, I’m gonna do that later today. I’m making myself a playlist of non Gimmickee Billy Joel straightforward rockers. All right, I have totally digressed.

Larry David in the news Apple TV is bringing back Fragle Rock, and the Hollywood Reporter caught up with the puppeteers of Fraggle Rock and they are not happy with Larry David. Remember Larry David attacked Elmo. One of the puppeteers said, you know, there’s a person’s hand inside of there. That wasn’t a planned thing. So the puppeteer in me was like, oh my god, that’s super dangerous, Like you just grabbed somebody’s hand and twisted it.

People forget all the time there’s somebody inside of these characters when you don’t see us, and so it’s a risk we take. Yes, puppeteering is extremely dangerous. Larry David also upsets some people on the political front. He was on CNN and accused Trump of throwing two hundred and fifty years of democracy out the window. Quote Unglarry, I mean, you can’t go a day without thinking about what he’s done in this country because he’s such a little baby.

He’s throwing two hundred and fifty years of democracy out the window by not accepting the results of an e life. I mean, it’s so crazy. He’s such a sociopath. He’s so insane. He couldn’t admit to losing.

And we know he lost. He knows he’s lost. And look how he’s fooled everybody. He’s convinced all these people that he didn’t lose. He’s such a sick man.

He’s so sick. Larry calmed down and said, anyway, no, it hasn’t impacted me at all. John Stewart was in the news. The headline of the New York Post John Stewart benefited by eight hundred and twenty nine percent overvalue of his NYC home, even as he labels trump civil case not victimless. Late Nighter explained that John Stewart last Monday, eight days ago, took defenders of Donald Trump to task by arguing that when Trump inflated the value of his real estate assets to get better terms on loans and insurance, it was a victimless crime.

Stuart said that money isn’t infinite, and when one person gets a loan because they lied, it means there’s less money available for loan seekers who give an honest valuation of their assets, hence not a victimless crime. The post suggested that Stuart himself paid real estate taxes on his home based on the city’s valuation of his property, but then sold it for significantly more, making him John Stewart a hypocrite. John Stewart reacted, tweeting, OMG, I’ve been caught doing something not remotely similar to Trump. But I guess all I need to do now is start a fraud college, steal classified docs, bankrupt casinos, pay hush money grab. I’m not gonna read that word.

You know, grab things that you grab, Actually you don’t grab. You don’t do that, the kind of thing that people stand outside buses and talk about grabbing. You don’t do that. Pay hush money thing I just mentioned. Discriminate in housing, cheetah golf, and ferment insurrection, and you’ll revere me.

Twitter user cat turt wrote, un funny hypocrite thief says what Neil Brennan Specials coming out On April ninth, he told people this one had been kind of developing while I was doing Blocks. Blocks are so emo and so self caring and sort of navel gazing, and like most people, I’m kind of split. I’m like, I don’t know. Maybe it’s effective, it might feel good, but I don’t know if this is the best course. I was just getting sick of feeling sorry for myself and everyone on earth kind of feeling sorry for themselves.

But there’s an upside’s bad mental health. In fact, there’s a massive upside to it. That’s sort of where I was coming from. Despite what you want to call it poor mental health or in perfect mental health. I kind of got through it, and I ended up with a bunch of material that was sort of expressing that.

And then also the idea of this other sort of wind that was blowing culturally was this idea that comedians or the moral backstop for the rest of society, which was like, where’d you guys get that? So Neil Crazy Good April ninth, there’s a trailer. The trailer is quite stylized, fast edits, out of time, edits. In the middle of a joke, they’ll show Neil reacting to something. So I’m going to share a little bit of the trailer, but as edited as the original trailer is, I’ve edited even more.

Here’s a quick clip. The Sun is basically the cops for white people follow us around everywhere we go, heel and our cousins for no reason.


And then when I tell my black friends that the sun killed my cousin, are like…

Dmitri Martin Dmitri deconstructed Netflix. Dmitri is already going to tape his Neck special April thirteenth at the Paramount Theater in Denver. Kyle Kanaane’s Dirt Nap is out on YouTube but today so Johnny Max got a big night plan in front of the television. Isaac went on Apple Podcasts and left a review. It says, thanks for putting less ads.

I love this podcast. Thank you, Isaac. Isaac says I changed my one star back to five because of less Ads. I love this podcast and listen every day. Thanks for keeping me in the loop about the latest comedy specials.

Thank you for listening so the ad load should be one pre roll, three in the mid and two in the post. I’m quite open this is a money making enterprise. I’m trying to make a living off this. I like sitting in the basement and talking to you. I dabbled with commercial free subscriptions for a while and it just it wasn’t even that it wasn’t worth the money.

It wasn’t worth the effort. You have to like double load things and the back end stuff. I won’t bore you with, it just takes forever to do, and I was like, it’s just not worth my time to do it. So I find a better way is to ask you guys to go to buy me a coffee. Dot com slash Daily Comedy News the support the show that way.

Erin to that Aaron bought me two coffees Dolls, thank you very much, Erin and Isaac, thanks for switching the review back. I did have two pre rolls at the beginning, and now I only have one, so maybe that is what you’re hearing. And this week there’s obviously a live read, so that makes the show just a little bit longer. But also the podcast itself, I’ve been hitting more like twenty minutes lately, so I guess the same spot load. You notice when it’s a nine minute podcast versus twenty two minute podcast like today is long.

So the ads came a lot later in the mix. I don’t know I’m here to make money. I’m just being honest. I put out a new substack at mcdeepod dot substack dot com. The substack is free.

If that asks you for money, just pick the free option that one. I’m not trying to make money off that. I just like sharing my thoughts. I wrote about April Fool’s jokes in radio, so check that out. Mcdeepod dot substack dot com.

A link in the show notes Joe Coy he spoke to the Seattle Times and said the theme of his current tours where he’s at now in his life. Joe said, I’m older now, so we were talking about that life is changing now. All the hair is gray, so I got to keep it shaved down really close to my head. I’m gonna have your place so stressful. My son is an adult now and he’s thinking about his life.

And that’s the best part about being a dead seeing your offspring grow into an adult. I think those are wise words my children are a little older now, and I’m like, yeah, there, we are nice adults. I like my children. Thanks Johnny Mac. We’re glad you like your children.

I know, right. Joe Coy, you may remember he hosted that I Love this bit. He hosted the Golden Globes and he made just the meanest joke about Taylor Shit. It’s so horrible. I almost don’t want to play it for you, but just in context, I think you need to hear the mean thing Joe Coy said about Taylor Swift.

As you know, we came on after a football double header. The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL. On the Golden Globes, we have fewer camber shots of Taylor Swift. Terrible, terrible, terrible. Rommy Yousef crushed it on SNL at least the monologue part.

This part in particular, got a lot of media pick up a little long. But let me play it for you. I’m one of the only guys who praise I’m friends with a lot of sinners, but just discuss sing people and they call me when they’re in trouble because they want me to pray for them. Right, So, I get a call from my buddy Brian. He’s stressed.

He’s been in court for ten months with his ex and they’re fighting over the dog. And he goes RAMI, Dude, she doesn’t take care of the dog. She feeds him kibble, she doesn’t even feed him wet food. And I need him back. It’s just destroying my life.

Please, man, pray for me. I need him. And I’m like, dude, all right, I got you, I got you. And no how it goes by, I get a friend, my friend Ahmad, calling me. His whole family’s in Gaza, and he goes ROMI, they’re suffering.

I don’t know where half of them are. I don’t know what to do. Please pray for them. It’s the only thing we can do. And I’m like, dude, I got you, right.

So that night I go to pray and my prayers are complicated. We’ve got a lot to fit in and my God, please please help Ahma’s family. Please stop the stuffering, stop stop the violence. Please free the people of Palestine, please please, and and please prew the hostages, all the hostages. Please.

And while you’re at it, you know, free mister Bojangles. I mean he’s he’s a beautiful dog. I’m praying for that dog.


Also, great jokes in the news, and Michael Chase said Joe Biden will visit th…

He’s a great joke. Colin Joe just talked about Trump’s Bible and said that it concludes the Constitution, the Pledge, and I assume God’s letter of resignation. He then tagged it with the Bibles mostly the same, but Trump’s version is with Jesus and his disciples storming Jerusalem to overturn the results of the crucifixion. Wow, I’m gonna do Melbourne quickly today because we’re getting a little long, all right. It is April third in Melbourne.

Today. I will pick shows that don’t have clips so we can go a little more quickly. But let me tell you what’s going on. Melbourne International Comedy Festival goes all the way till April twenty first. As I’m talking and babbling, this slow website is still loading.

All right. While the website loaded, I went in, I got my car washed and I picked up some coffees. On the way back. It’s finally loaded now. John Glover’s show is called Microsoft Orifice.

That’s at the Catfish bar Let’s seho. The description of this one is join John and some others for some water cooler gossip as he dismantles your work culture publicly docks is your Finsta and spends forty five minutes of the show trying to set up a new modem calling all millennials, colleagues and corporate cucks. Raise yourself for an evening of hilarious Dan comedy that HR doesn’t want you to see. The Age gave it four stars and says razor sharp one liners are a plenty and timing is spot on. This is a budding comic to watch now.

He does have a clip. This website is terrible. It didn’t the shows say clip here on some of the acts, and as you heard last week, sometimes they do that and there is no clip. This one didn’t mention a clip, which is why I picked it because I’m trying to wrap up the podcast today in less than half an hour. But there’s a clip, So since we’re here, let’s listen to the clip.

Huh. I’ve recently started sitting down to pays it’s time at all getting back. Everyone should really give it a shot. It makes a noise if you sit down to pay. Oh yeah, some women have idea.

All the women on his side silence everyone here like we’re we can, but honestly, like just as a PSA for the men in the room. I pretty game. By the way. My blind friend of your apostle, who kind. He’s fun.

He’s got a tremendous presence too. Like him a lot all right, speaking presents, I totally forgot Rommy yusef the camera loves him. He just looks good. He’s so charismatic. All right.

Here’s another one that supposedly doesn’t have a clip, James Warren’s King Single, and indeed it does not have a clip. Let’s see James Warren’s King Single, A show of jokes, observations and stories about going to parties, living alone, and dating as a person with mild autism. The reviews here only one from the infamous Swanston Gazette, which I’m now curious about. I’m gonna click on the Swanston Gazette says careful comedic timing. There’s a review for you.

Let’s see the Swanston Gazette is a student led paper at r MIT’s University. Oh we are going down a rabbit hole. Some of the featured articles on the Swanston Gazette menstruation, the Bloody Big question mark and unplugging from news or plugging news all timeternatively hashtag Palestine, hashtag Israel.


Also hair dressing in crisis.

Australian hairdressers are being overlooked in the cost of living crisis. So again the Swanston Gazette the only review here on James Warren’s page. Swanston Gazette says careful comedic timing. I should get out there, but I want to tell you. Liz Meely has a new comedy special also out today free on YouTube nine pm Eastern.

It’s called Murder Sheets. Liz is someone you should absolutely keep an eye on. Filmed live at the Bellhouse in Brooklyn, Liz hit the stage with her rapid fire storytelling style to share her tales of dating, murder, rules, about edibles, international touring, dead cats, and more. Lizameli dot com and that is your comedy news for today. All a little different today.

I enjoyed today. Hope you did too. We love your comments on Billy Joel, I am actually going to make that playlist. I’ll even share it so he can nitpick it. That’s your comedy news for today.

Follow the show for free, tell a friend about it, and all that. See tomorrow

Tim Dillon : Comedy’s Controversial Genius

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Featured: Tim Dillon, RFK Jr., Andrew Schultz, Dave Smith, Theo Vaughn, Whitney Cummings, Brian Simpson

What’s in This Episode

  • Tim Dillon Guardian interview and comedy style
  • The Daily Beast article on comedians supporting RFK Jr.’s campaign
  • Controversy over comedian statements on vaccines and social issues
  • Tom Brady presidential election joke by Brian Simpson

Questions Answered in This Episode

What did Tim Dillon tell The Guardian about getting into comedy?

Tim Dillon said he was a child actor who failed and felt he let down his parents, took a break, and eventually got back into comedy at 25. He describes his comedy style as dark and silly, filtered through a lens to help make sense of the crazy world.

Why did The Daily Beast write about comedians supporting RFK Jr.?

The Daily Beast published an article highlighting that several popular comedians including Tim Dillon, Andrew Schultz, Dave Smith, Theo Vaughn, and Whitney Cummings have been appearing on RFK Jr.’s campaign and supporting his presidential run.

What accusations did The Daily Beast make against Tim Dillon?

The Daily Beast described Tim Dillon as a former subprime mortgage broker and current 9/11 truther who has embraced white nationalist Great Replacement conspiracy theory, hosted Alex Jones, and questioned COVID vaccine efficacy. Johnny Mac disputes several of these characterizations.

What is Tim Dillon’s pre-show ritual?

Tim Dillon drinks Earl Grey tea before every show and keeps it in his rider for all green rooms. He likes a bit of solitude before performing but nothing too elaborate.

Did Brian Simpson joke about Tom Brady running for president?

Yes, Brian Simpson made a joke suggesting Tom Brady could run for president and win, joking that Kyle Shanahan would be the only Democrat candidate who could beat him in Georgia, and humorously suggested LeBron James as his VP.


Full Transcript

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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello, I’m shining back with your Daily Comedy News April already. Wow. Tim Dillon is one of my favorite comedians. And as I’ve said in the past, and I’ll continue to say, he’s eventually going to step on a landmine, and I’m going to distance myself from Tim Dillon so fast I’ll be like I never said.

Tim Dilan was what are you crazy? Especially since he said that thing it’s gonna happen. The Guardian asked Tim Dilan, howd you get in a comedy? Tim said, I was a child actor and I failed. It was embarrassing and shameful.

I felt as if I’d let down my parents, who wanted to retire off my winnings as an actor, except there were none. I took a long break from that, eventually got back into comedy at twenty five. How would you describe your style of comedy dark and a bit silly. That is a good description. I think people need to laugh at the world, and the world is crazier than ever.

I think I put that through a filter that helps it make more sense. The Guardian was curious if he has any pre show rituals. Dylan said I’m not placating the British here, but I like tea. I’m not being patronized saying, but I have a couple of Earl Gray before every show. He’s like Captain Picicord.

It’s in my writer and it’s in all of my green rooms. I have a cup of tea and chill out. I like a bit of solitude before show. Nothing too crazy. His best hackle.

He was asked about a couple got up in the middle of my show and walked out and said, we’re leaving because we’re gonna go have sex. I can’t compete with that. That was in Greenwich Village at a bar where I did shows all the time. I said, well, it’s probably more productive than what I’m doing. Pet Peeves from the World of Stand Up Tim said, I don’t like you want a host.

Ask if it’s anyone’s birthday or if anyone’s celebrating anything, because I don’t care strangers. Fan encounter. I had someone follow me into a hotel I was staying at and getting the elevator. Tell me they were a big fan. They said, I followed you for two blocks and I said, oh, you’re not staying at the hotel and they said, no, I’m a fan.

It’s very strange when someone tells you that in an enclosed space. Best advice don’t overestimate your worth. Worst advice you can do anything you put your mind to. Tim Dillon, American Royalty in Manchester, Glasgow in London. April fourth through the seventh, The Daily Beast wrote a punchy article with the headline comedians line up to help RFK juniors miss in from campaign.

They write from Rogan to Bill Maher Kennedy, sos have been a who’s who of comedy’s biggest cranks. Just so happens that some of them are also incredibly popular artists with highly engaged fan bases. There’s Andrew Schultz, who, in his twenty twenty Netflix special blame the pandemic on dirty Chinese people, according from The Daily Beast here, and in twenty twenty one, persuaded in La Theater to waive its vaccine rechoir. And for shows, there’s Tim Dillon, the former subprime mortgage broker and current nine to eleven truther who has lately embraced the white nationalist Great Replacement conspiracy theory. Hosted Alex Jones praised the white nationalist writer Steve Saylor stoked the moral panic over trans people and questioned the efficacy of COVID vaccines and masks.

I listen to Tim’s pot every week. I think the writer here is missing the comedy that Tim is doing. Tim can speak for himself, but I don’t find him to be a nine to eleven truther in the least, or I would not listen to him. I also don’t find him embracing the white nationalist great replacement theory, or I would not listen to him. Did he have Alex Jones on If he did, I skipped the episode on purpose and stoking the moral panic over trans people.

I’m not sure about that either. The Daily Beast writs he was also banned from Airbnb in twenty twenty one for threatening to burn down his host home over a cleaning fee. But that’s neither here nor there. I have heard Tim tell that story. I don’t know how accurate diversion he tells is or not.

Back to RFK, The Daily beeastrights, there’s Dave Smith, the anti vaccine Libertarian Party activist who has also embraced the great Replacement theory, praise Nazis, demonized trans people, argued that drunk sex can’t be rape, and said that American Jews should be grateful to the United States for allowing him to flourish. There’s Theo Vaughn, who recently sat down for amiable chats with Tucker Carlson featuring misinformation about the polio vaccine and a former border patrol chief featuring violent anti immigration rhetoric. Kennedy has even found a friendly ear in Whitney Cummings, who has spent recent years arguing that comedians are supposed to be scumbags, and who lived up to her promise by mocking trans women in her latest stand up special. In Kennedy’s contation with Tim Dillon or if Kay described the anti vax label as pejorative intended to marginalize and silence him. Daily Beast writes on Vaughn’s This Past Weekend podcast, he agreed with the hosts false claim that the polio vaccine ended up giving cancer to a lot of women.

On Howie Mandel’s podcast, he insisted he’s not anti vaccine, before acknowledging that he never got the COVID nineteen vaccine and falsely claiming again that vaccines cause ostism. He told Mandel, I’m not saying all autism is caused by vaccine. I’m saying that vaccines, definitely, you know, are largely responsible for the epidemic that we saw begin in nineteen eighty nine. He made the same argument to Bill Maher, who argued that this position is not unreasonable. Dave Smith had Kennedy on his podcast to debate his position on Israel, tailing Kennedy, You’re so great on your Craine, You’re so great on the vaccine.

Why can’t it be great on this THEO Vaughn mostly stuck to questions about his other campaign positions, while Bobby Lee mostly asked about his relationship with Cheryl Hines. Cummings only touched the vaccine issue in a rambling pre interview speech that concluded with the message, let’s be honest with ourselves. No one knows anything interesting stuff. I’ve listened to a few RFK interviews. I find him easy on ears.

Now you’re like, don’t you hear what his voice sounds like. I understand he has vocal challenges, but I like a podcast that doesn’t yell and scream. It’s why I like Rogan. I can just kind of zone out to Rogan. I actually prefer Rogan’s interviews more than the comedians, because with the comedians sometimes we’ll get a little louder.

I often have insomnia is a little strong. But like I’ll wake up the middle of night, it takes me a full hour and a half to go back to sleep, so I’ll wind up listening to podcast to kind of wind back down, and I find Rogan good for that in middle night. So I’ve heard a bunch of these RFK interviews. I disagree with a lot of his positions, but I enjoy listen to him speak, if that makes sense. Comedian Brian Simpson believes Tom Brady could run for president and win.

I think, yeah, here’s your choices, Trump, Biden, RFK junior Tom Brady. That Brady Button’s gonna be pretty attractive there. Tell me who his VP candidate is and I’ll look at it. Simpce. It did caution that the quarterback is likely to lose the swing state of Georgia.

That’s a joke about the Super Bowl. Timpson said. The best way to in sure Tom Brady gets into the White Houses by making sure forty nine Ers coach Kyle Shanahan as his opponent. Shanahan was the offensive coordinator for the Falcons in that famous Falcons loss in the Super Bowl where Brady brought the Patriots back. Simpson said he’d only lose in Georgia.

Brady could run as a Republican and we could get Kyle Shanahan to run as a Democrat, He’ll definitely beat him. He then suggested Vice President Lebron James as Brady’s running mate, suggesting they have such a fan falling that nobody in America could match. Well, I can think of somebody who could match Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift versus Tom Brady. I think Taylor might take that election.

You know who made a joke about Taylor Swift one time, Joe Coy. Yeah, it was vicious. So what was happening was Joe Coyle’s host thing the goal the gloves and boy, way do you hear this vicious joke he made about Taylor Swift. As you know, we came on after a football doubleheader. The big difference between the Golden Gloves and the NFL.

On the Golden Gloves, we have fewer camber shots of Taylor Swift. I swear Taylor was having none of that and basically murdered Joe Cooy’s career. Joe Coy recently spoke to I ninety five and he was asked if he would host the Golden Globes again. He said, I ain’t scared to do anything. The risk is the best part of life.

I could say I did it. It’s a crazy gig, but who else would do it? Like I said, Chris Rock called me and said the same thing. They offered it him and he turned it down. I saw the opportunity.

It was eighty three years that they’ve had this award show. Never, not once did they offer it to an Asian comedian or anybody to host it solo. And that was my opportunity and I took it. You know, when you get Seth Meyers, Jamie Fox, she mc kimel, Steve Martin, they all understood the complexity of that gig. It’s like, you know, I bash it over the head, and damn if I do it, Damn if I don’t mention anything.

It’s like, bro, I took the gig in less than a week and a half. You know what I’m saying. Everybody turned it down. I want to take that risk and go for it. I saw an opportunity and went for it.

You know, That’s what happened. So if I could explain the situation, you’d understand. If I kept on going, it sounds like whatever Joe said. When you see the cuts, you’re not really seeing the entire situation. If you want to see it, it’s like, oh cool, he’s performing in a food court at a mall.

What a gig. He’s in front of basket and robins. There’s a sale on pepper and an ice cream, Like legit. It was pure chaos. It’s literally the Award Show where they’re eating lobster and drinking wine.

You know what I’m saying. It’s the craziest thing, but no one knows that. You see the oscars and you’re like, I don’t understand what’s happening. It’s like, Okay, put a lobster tail in every single lap, in six bottles of them away, you know what I mean. You hear clinging forks at butterfalling and it’s like, what’s going on?

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That’s where I share thoughts on the media. It is Comedy Month, that’s right. The eight hundred Pound Gorilla is having worldwide Comedy Month. That month is April, and Clown Jewels has joined Comedy Month. They’ll be releasing material from Red Fox, The Mothers Brothers, Gilbert Godfreed, Jonathan Winters and Jackie Gleason, The Best of Red Fox Show Volumes one and two April twelfth, the Best of the Jackie Gleason Show Volumes one and two April nineteenth, and a newly curated album from Gilbert Godfried called Still Screaming That One on April thirtieth.

That’s awesome.

Meanwhile, the eight hundred Pound Gorilla has fleshed out their release cale…

Let’s take a look. You got a pen lot going here today. David Cross Worst Daddy in the World tomorrow Kyle Kanaane Dirt Napp, who loves Kyle Kanaan? I do On the third, Michael Yo’s I never thought On the fourth, Angela Johnson Reyes say, I won’t On the fifth, Evil Graham Live from the blooms Very Theater on the sixth, Kurt Brauneller perfectly stupid. On the seventh, you get to rest.

I mean, there’s only so much comedy you can do. On the eighth, Eric Delessandro’s I Don’t understand on the ninth, Monty Franklin Live from Sydney. On the tenth, I hope you rested on the seventh, because on the tenth you get Dina Archie’s Soxic but Safe and Jimmy Shin’s Upcoming Space on the eleventh, Matt Rife. On the twelfth, Dan raths, I’m not doing well, folks.


Also The Red Fox Show Volume one and two on the thirteenth, Ben Roy’s Hyena f…

Also the release of The Jackie Gleason Show, Volume one and two, the twentieth vadera by armand Soon Season, the twenty first Mike Britz Checked the Mic, the twenty second Greg Warren The Salesman, the twenty third Moe Welch Dad Jokes, the twenty fourth Joe Zimmerman’s Cult Classic, the twenty fifth Mike Veckie Owns the Attractives, the twenty sixth The Nick Offerman American Ham, the twenty seventh Jake Rush Overwhelmingly Neutral, the twentieth Sam Campbell Companion, twenty ninth Sasheerze Matta Is the First Woman, and the thirtieth Tom Allen’s Absolutely Live. Johnny Mac, Why need you read thirty days of stuff to us? Because I was away all weekend and I wanted to pretape today. It’s cool, all right, let’s see who’s in Melbourne today. Now I really have to do some math.

Okay, it’s whatever day I recorded this, and then you’re listening April first, except somebody’s in Melbourne where it’s tomorrow, so April second. This it’s so confusing. Plus the Aussies they do their calendars Monday to Sunday. You know us Americans, we do Sunday to Saturday on a calendar. It’s a Tuesday’s not even where Tuesday’s supposed to be.

Alright, let’s see what we got here, trash test dummy circus. Here are three guys in construction hats. Everybody put your bins out. Tonight’s midnight and the trash test dummies are on duty. With side slipping, slapstick comedy, daring acrobatics and dexterous juggling.

These dummies are off on an imaginative adventure that’s anything but garbage, with ballet and balloons thrown in for good measure. This fast paced hour of adept unadulterated mischief delivers a dump truck full of hilarity. All right, that’s fun, Hannah Gatsby, we know who that is. It’s even a clip. Let’s listen.

I’m genuinely to be here. It’s been a minute for me to be at the festival. Happy to be back. When they phone me to ask me the host. I said, yes, of course, what an honor.

But it is also very confusing, like I’m not a natural host, like I’ve killed the vibe already. I am aware of this, don’t worry. Like a host is supposed to be warm and like naturally buoyant. This is me trying. That was fun.

Let’s get out there, and that’s your comedy needs for today. If you enjoy the program and tell a friend about it, they might like it too. And I’ll see you tomorrow

Discovering New Comedians – the Australian up and comers

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Featured: Mel Buddle, Reese Nicholson, Luca Miller, Nina Oyama, Alexandra Hudson, David O’Doherty, Tina Arena

What’s in This Episode

  • Australian up-and-coming comedians discovery
  • Melbourne Comedy Festival coverage
  • Sydney Comedy Festival highlights
  • Australian ABC comedian recommendations
  • Emerging Australian comedy talent 2024

Questions Answered in This Episode

What is the Melbourne Comedy Festival?

The Melbourne Comedy Festival is a major Australian comedy event held annually where many emerging and established comedians perform across various venues throughout the city.

Who is Mel Buddle?

Mel Buddle is an Australian comedian from Ipswich, Queensland who made it to the Raw Comedy National Final in 2008 and is known for her dry, deadpan delivery and clever joke writing.

What is the Comedy Zone at Melbourne International Comedy Festival?

The Comedy Zone is a curated program at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival that features emerging comedians and is mentioned as a reliable showcase for new talent.

Who recommended these Australian comedians?

The Australian ABC asked a panel of comedians to recommend other up-and-coming comedians they were into, which formed the basis for Johnny Mac’s episode.

What town is Luca Miller from?

Luca Miller is from Achuka, a town in regional Victoria, Australia, which he references in his comedy material.

Is Nina Oyama from Sydney?

Nina Oyama now lives in Sydney but previously lived in Bathurst, which she mentions in her comedy about moving to the city.


Full Transcript

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Caloroga Shark Media Mappy Easter. I’m Johnny Mac with your Daily Comedy News. I thought i’d try something new today. Since it’s Easter, with people on holiday mode, the numbers will be down a little bit, so I’m like, all right, this will be a fun day to try something different. It’s festival seasoned down in Australia.

The Melbourne Festival will just starting to get in a full swing and then the Sydney Festival will follow that up. The Australian ABC asked a bunch of comedians what other comedians they were into. So what today is going to be is me rattling off comedians. I’d be stunned if you’ve heard of anybody I mentioned today. Of the entire list, there was only one comedian on the entire list that I was familiar with.

So this is educational for me. I’ve pulled a lot of clips, so it’s going to be me talking, then say a minute from everybody. I thought it might be interesting to learn about some new comedians. A couple observations as I put this together. So many comedians with Hey I’m from insert town you never heard of.

Hey I’m from scalawawrogu. Have you guys heard of it? They all do that same joke. It’s very strange, and then they either slam Melbourne or Sydney.

Also, as I pull these clips, I want to be fair to the comics.

I’m pulling a minute or so and usually their first minute. So if you’re listening to this podcast, do you understand how comedy works and things ebb and flow, So it might not be a fair representation of their work. But I also don’t want to play, you know, thirty minute clips from people. Mel Buddle was working as a high school teacher in Brisbane when she made it to the Raw Comedy National Final in two thousand and eight. She was twenty sixteen.

She didn’t win, but she said it fell at Christmas. I had my first flat white and ate at Pellegreenies. I was completely swept up in the magic of the comedy Festival. I couldn’t believe my eyes. It blew me away.

Little o Me a mere mortal was in the same sushi shop as David o’dherty. Here is mel Buddle at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Note the local humor and wow, wait this is nice. Nice to be here. Isn’t it.

Because I live in a place called Ipswich in Queensland, so whoo yes, And it’s nice to be somewhere nice. If you haven’t been to Whipswitch in Queensland, it’s a little bit of a bit polv right, it’s a bit of a rat hole, like I don’t know what your nearest rat hole is. Let’s just I don’t know. We’ll say Sydney for now. There’s no there’s no purebred dogs.

You know those suburbs where everything’s a Staffie cross, Staffy goss Kelpie staffa goss border Collie and I Staffy goss laborat or some of the kids are Staffy cross. There’s no purebred dogs. We can’t afford them. And if you do see one, it’s a German shepherd. That’s a police dog.

Out of the way. Ah. That was Melbutle, who says I really love brownwind Cuss. Whenever she’s available, I ask her to open for me. She’s dry as a bone with a deadpan delivery that really allows her brilliant joke writing to shine through.

She has a joke about Tina Or that makes me chuckle on myself on a weekly basis. Here is that joke from the Melbourne Comedy Festival twenty twenty three. All right, I’ll go first. I guess I think you’ve got to be careful what you say to people, right, Like some stuff, some stuff really sticks. Yeah, Like for me, when I was fifteen, someone said to me, she said, hey, you know Tina Arena.

I said, yeah, I know, Tina Arena. She said, well Tina not even her real name. Her real name Pena, Pena Arena. If anyone out there is waiting for a punchline, it’s Peena Arena. Reese Nicholson says, in terms of a lovely schmorgasboard of new babies, I feel professionally threatened by Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Comedy Zone is always a sure thing.

Here’s Reese Nicholson at the Sydney Comedy Festival. It is so genuinely nice to be like out and about doing things again, like because remember at the beginning of everything a few years ago, and let’s not talk about it, but like at the beginning of everything, i’d friends when the lockdown started, I’d friends that really used that time. I don’t think I’ve ever used time like I’d friends that like you know, you got really fit during the lockdowns, transformed their bodies. Me. No, I’ve been in a relationship with the same man for over a decade.

At the beginning of the pandemic, we locked the doors and we started drinking like it was jonestown, Like I oh, I’ve never given up with such a band and in my entire life, like what a thrill. I reckon for six to nine months. So the closest we came to any kind of exercise was we once tried to have sex under a weighted blanket, and it’s the least anxious I’ve been during sex. An agent recent Joris is Luca Miller and says I wouldn’t really call him an up and coming anymore, but Luca Miller always needs more attention. His show this year has a wonderfully Bonker’s conceit.

He’s a good boy. Here is Luca Miller. He did everyone have a good Christmas? It’s pretty deep into the year for that question, for sure. Middle of April, I had a great Christmas.

I went back to the town that I grew up in. I grew up in regional Victoria, a town called a Chuka. Do you guys know a Chuka. Yes, yes, yes, that’s good. People always have some connection to it.

A few weeks ago go I was like, I’ve been there. I was like, what did you do there? He goes, I’ve played paintball and I don’t know anyone knows, but quite a good thing happened at the paintball place in a Shuga a few years ago. So I was like, cool, man, when was that when it was a paintball He’s like, oh, maybe about five years ago. I’m like, that’s good.

And it makes sense because three years ago the guy who ran the paintball place and a chooka went to jail for selling math and he said, yeah, when I was there, he tried to sell me math. Beautiful town, most intense payball games in the state. Nina Oyama says, I love being asked for recommendations because there are so many great up and coming comedians who deserve your attention and money.


Now here’s Nina.

As I listen to, I’ll tell you what I think afterwards. Hey, hey guys, oh my god, I didn’t expect so much supplause. This is really cool. Yeah, it’s really cool. I love I love Sydney, I love living here.

But Before I moved to Sydney, I lived in Bathist. Has anyone heard of Bathist? All right? Yeah, Bathist is Like it’s like famous for the car racing, you know, like the Bathist one thousand races, and less famous for like the Bathist one thousand racists. But oh, I’m half Asian, by the way, Like that’s why my face is weird.

Yeah, my dad’s Japanese. So he flew hey blue here and then I agree here, taut looks I didn’t want to poison your brain there. I feel like she’s reciting her material rather than performing it. I’m not a performer. I feel like she’s memorial Obviously everyone’s memorized their act, but for example, I’m working off my coworker of mine used to call it script helper.

I’m not totally reading to you. I’m looking at the words and I’m trying to talk them. I feel like she has memorized everything and is just reciting it, if that makes sense me. And it’s all the ABC. It’s an incredible feeling to witness a new comedian’s rise to fame, and an even better feeling when he gets a smugly say I saw them back at twenty twenty four when they performed at a venue that’s used as a carpet store room for the other eleven months of the year.

I do that, Guilty, Guilty. This is more common than you think, and to their credit, carpet roots do make surprisingly good settings for comedy. Anyway, take a punt on any of these shows. They are well worth your while and many are in actual proper venues. You’ve heard me say this before about comedy fests, like if you want to see Chris Rock, Chris Rock’s great, you can also see Chris Rock on Netflix.

Go see Somebody Haven’t heard of? She recommends. Alexandra Hudson. I like this clip a lot from the Melbourne Comedy Festival. A little bit about me.

I was born Sandwich between my brother and my sister, so each year on our birthday, I call and thank them for the brain damage. You can laugh, they’re not here, Yeah, so that’d make me crip lead. People always ask me what it’s like being a triplet, but honestly, I’ve got more in common with my ninety six year old grandmother then I do my fellow triplets, because me and my grandmother we show a lot of the same ailments like she has bunions and I have bunyans. She uses a walker. I used to use a walker.

She often pushed me around on her walker when I can’t be bothered walking anymore. Yeah, we have a really great thing going. We sit back all everyone in our family does everything for us. Next up we have Zoe comes More. Here she is at the Melbourne Comedy Festival.

And what I like is she comes right out and starts, no work in the audience, just grabs the make boom and we’re in. So you know, when you’re on magic mushrooms, you know he knows, and yeah he knows, and you know that thing, right, that thing that happens. You know, say you take the mushrooms at like eight forty five and then four and a half hours later it’s eight forty six. What’s up with that? That’s what twenty twenty was like.

My girlfriend and I moved to Melbourne at the beginning of twenty twenty. It’s weird because we’ve lived in Sydney for about fifteen years, but somehow we’ve lived in Melbourne longer. So weird. Yes, I did, it’s a girlfriend. I am a lesbian.

Best to clarify that early. It can be confusing, can’t it? Like? Is she lesbian or just from the country boat? Hey?

Double? Where me? I am very high up in my coven. Will Zoe recommends Lou Wall. Lou’s been doing great stuff for years and their show this year is the wrongest list of life affirming, dumb stuff you never know you needed, delivered via internet memes and musical comedy by an eight foot talk queer comic from Kuma.

What morek could you want?


Also?

I directed that one, so don’t let it put you off. Unfortunately there is no clip of Lou Wall available, but the show’s called The bisexuals Lament and it’ll be at the Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney Comedy Festivals. It’s next guy. I like a lot. I did make an edit here because of an F bomb, but boy he’s got presence.

This is Dilbrook Jaya Sinna. I believe, I hope I got that right. It’s truly nice to be back back on stage, back in Melbourne. I actually, I actually one of the few people that get to say it’s nice to be back in Australia because I’m one of the lucky people that just flew internationally Yeah, I just got in from Perth and it’s just nice to be back on home soil two years of a pandemic. Two years ago.

I was the last sort of international flight I took, and that was to South Africa to go into a jungle for the TV show I’m a celebrity, Get me out of here. But when I went in, they were going to change the name too. Is he a celebrity? Should he be here? I had a small profile, right, and of course they start kicking people off the show, and the bigger the profile you have, the longer you stay because the audience picks up the phone votes for the people they like.

Right now, I still knew that I was going to go all the way to the end, and that’s not arrogance. I just know how the game works because it’s voted by the Aussie public that these days consist of so many immigrants. Haha. You think people from India, Schulankan, pakistan A voting for Randa Birch. It’s like that meme you know, Carol’s by candlelight curries by candlelight Steel.

Rox says, there are two bronze that I’m in awe of bron Lewis has only been doing comedy for a handful of years, but her command of the stage and skills and make you think she’s a seasoned veteran who’s been doing stand up for decades. And the joke writing in Bronwin Cuss, a show last year, made my own material feel like an open micer’s. We heard braun Win Cuss earlier. Here’s bron Lewis at the Melbourne Festival in twenty twenty three. A lot of buzz on her and she is the one comic I had heard of before I put this together.

Note I did take out a short phrase of her material here because of an F bomb. Heh, Hello, Hello God, it’s good to be out. I am living with a blunke at the moment who doesn’t speak English. I know this is very unpopular to say, but it’s really annoying. I mean, he has only just turned two.

You’ve been here your whole life. You know, I similate you, baby. You know we’re trying to teach him how to speak English. We are we trying to We’re teaching him words he needs to know to survive, you know, because we do want him to survive. He’s a beautiful baby.

We love him so much, but mostly we want him to survive because we don’t want to start again. You know, we are. We’re teaching where to survive, like food. When he’s hungry, he says food, great, nailed it. When he’s thirsty, We’re trying to teach him how to say water.

It’s having a hard time with that one. Because we pronounce it water, he pronounces it puta. That’s a bit funny because the cultured people in the room, we know that puta in Spanish means whore. Love it back in a second. Will Anderson up next.

This is a Greek clip. I had to make several edits for the f bombs, but hopefully you get the gist here. Love this clip. I tried not to get mad at the Americans for making stuff up about our country, because, let’s be honest, I also make up stuff about our country, particularly when I’m overseas, because people think I’m an expert in Australia just because I’m from here. But you don’t know everything about here just because you’re from here and they want to know about stuff it’s not my area of expertise.

They don’t ask me about the dark Knight trilogy. They asked me about like Koalas. I’m like, well, I can tell you about doctor who. They’re like, no, Koalas, that’s all they want to know. And I’ve been spreading misinformation because I didn’t really I wasn’t an expert, and I just was passing on what i’d heard.

And I’d heard this is my favorite thing I’d heard about Koala’s was they sleep eighteen to twenty two hours a day. And the reason they sleep eighteen to twenty two hours a day is you canalypt as leaves. I only give them enough nutrition to be awake for the remaining hours. But the reason they like you canalypt as leaves is you calypt as leves get them high. And I was like, I love Koala’s high half.

I was like, that is the best evolutionary choice of all time. One day, one Koala’s looked at the other Koala and gone, hey, Bill, you know what, after our next nap, get out of the tree and get some more nutritious thing and then we could like work more during the day. And Bill’s like, We’ve made our choice, mate. We’ve sleep fight in to twenty two hours and then we get high and we hang out in a tree and we’ll like, oh my god, I’m fluffy. Why are you making trouble?

Mike? Why are you I failing this? Will says I think of all the shows I saw last year’s Melbourne, Bronwin Cuss was my favorite. Right, that’s the third time Bronwin’s been mentioned. Such a relaxed style and great jokes.

Lou Wall is definitely a new favorite. Their Facebook marketplace piece is genius and I’m looking forward to seeing a whole hour of them. Tom Walker has been around for a while now, but still one of the most inventive and surprising comedians on the scene. I think Prue Blake is definitely someone to watch, great smart jokes in a dry delivery. Here’s Prue at Melbourne.

I’ve been thinking a lot about friendship recently. Friendship it’s meant to be the thing that makes your life better, right, But for me, it’s just been very hard and difficult to maintain. And like, I know, like I was never the popular girl in school. I was never that hot girl, you know, the girl that kind of like marched to the beat of her own drum, like everyone wanted to do what she was doing. Everyone wanted to wear what she was wearing.

Everyone wanted to say what she was saying. You know, she marched that beat of her own drum, but the beat of her drum was the BPM that makes house music people go absolutely feral. She had like, did your school have that girl? No? If your answer is no, then you were that girl.

And I’m thrilled that you came. So I’m Gleason. Clip next from Melbourne twenty seventeen. I had to make several edits for f bombs. Here the topic is the Wiggles.

I don’t like the setup. I don’t know if you know they’ve done They’ve rebooted it. I’ll talk you through it. This is what they’re doing now right Anthony, he’s still there at the Blue Wiggle, He’s still there right. Then there’s Simon.

He’s the Red Wiggle. He used to be an opera singer or something. He’s like, hello, Kudes, boom boom, boom boom, you’re creeping me out, Simon. You’ve got dead eyes, mate. Then there’s Lockie.

He’s the Purple Wiggle. There’s no Jeff anymore, Lockie, there’s no wake up Jeff anymore. It’s Wyke. Up Lockie doesn’t even sound right? Does it?

Wake up? Lockee? Actually stay asleep. Then there’s Emma. There’s a girl wiggle.

Now there’s a girl wiggle. Now what has his country come to? Wiggling is a man’s job. You can’t trust a woman with this. Tom Gleason tells us, I’ve got one recommendation, and that is Jenny Tann.

I saw her at the Adelaide Fringe. Saw a lot of shows there, maybe twenty shows, and maybe another five shows at the Perth Fringe. It was my favorite out of all them. Jenny’s fresh, she’s young. She was talking about stuff that I don’t think about, which I like.

She’s very funny. Obviously she’s got a good story to tell. She had just gotten into stand up when the pandemic started, so she had to put her plans on hold for a couple of years. In the past the time she did TikTok and accidentally on purpose, became famous, so she’s got this huge TikTok following. It was fascinating when I saw her in Adelaide.

The crowd was on board right from the top, and everybody seemed to know her from TikTok. They already liked her personality, but I think the thing that makes her cut above is that she’s a really good stand up. I’m not on TikTok, and I understood the whole show. I really enjoyed it, so she’s really good at including people. I liked this clip a lot.

This is Jenny Tan at the Melbourne Festival in twenty twenty three. I also like, as I mentioned before, she gets right to it, grabs some Mike goes, doesn’t go like, hey, Melbourne, how we don’t just boom right into the material? That’s how I like my comics to do it. I wanted to play a lot more from her, but she started to get a little dirty about boobs, so I had to cut this a little shorter than I wanted to. But I like this a lot.

Allo, you are such a beautiful audience. By the way, not all audiences are so nice, right Like, I did a gig the other day and there was actually someone that came up to me after the show and they were like, you know, your English is actually quite good, and I found that very condescending because it was my mom. So I’d be curious with what you thought of today’s episode. Hopefully you enjoyed. It’s something a little different and you got a lot more stand up than you usually get.

Let me know in the Facebook group Daily Comedy News Podcast group would be curious at what you thought of today’s show. All right, normal episodes tomorrow there’s something a little different to break things up. Happy Easter and I’ll see you tomorrow