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Caloroga Shark Media very very robust one today for a Monday, and especially a summer Monday. Hi, I’m met Johnny Mack with your Daily Comedy News. The trailer for the documentary about Louis C.K. Is out. I’ll play it for you in a second.
The Daily Beast reviewed the trailer and they say it opens with footage of fellow accused predator Charlie Rose describing the comedian as philosopher king in the mold of Lenny Bruster, Bob Dylan. Yeah, there was a time there when c K was absolutely being compared to George Carlin. Pre cancellation Sorry Not Sorry is about c K’s ongoing and largely successful attempts at to come back after getting canceled in the fall of twenty seventeen. I’m not sure he’s all that canceled. Did he lose gigs, Yes, but he also can sell out the Garden, so he’s not that canceled.
But the Daily Beast tells us Sorry Not Sorry gives the woman who first spoke out against him a chance to tell their story with a little more time than some of the media coverage gave them. The documentary premier the Toronto International Film Festival. It will hit theaters and video on demand on July twelfth. I’m not sure how wide of a released this is going to get in the video on demand bothers me is a little strong, but I’d like more people to see this, and video on demand means you’re gonna have to go out of your way to be like, oh, yeah, this even exists.
And now that I know it exists, I want to throw some money in its direction.
I wish this were just streaming on Netflix or something so it could be more widely discussed. Let’s play the trailer here a little longer than I usually do for an audio excerpt, but I think you need to hear. I’m going to play most of the trailer. I’ll chop it a little part where there’s just some music and a slight warning for language here as they describe the things that Louis was doing in colloquial language, comparisons to Lenny Bruce, comparisons to Bob Dylan, comparisons to being a sort of philosopher. Can Jesus.
When I said I wanted to work with Louis C.K. I should have been more specific to like how it all panned out. Most female comedians quit because just a series of indignities that they have to suffer their entire life, because you’ve been socialized in this world where men get to treat women, howrder they want. If he’s done this stuff and he’s denied it, we just thought, well, let’s see how much of a story there is there. We got the sense that there were going to be other women.
They were told to keep quiet. People are scared. They want to be on his side for work. He didn’t use the word sorry, but he wrote a whole essay explaining that he knew he did something wrong. He got caught.
The man got caught. I was like, well, the fact that I thought it wasn’t my problem is the problem. Like, that’s exactly the problem Luis did. What was all rough? I don’t know how do we deal with this?
How do we welcome people back or not welcome people back? Usually white men get away with the stuff that they do. You know, he’s coming back, right. He started to do more touring, and they started to sell out. Everybody lives with a certain amount of hypocrisy, And this is the amount that I’ve allocated for myself making fun of the Victims is still good for business.
Women are hurting and feel like they’re crazy because everyone is letting all these predators back. Not only did he get away with it, he’s like rubbing it in all of our faces. Director Caroline Suh says, while Louis C.K. Certainly lost a lot in the process, he still has a lot of fans. You don’t really know or care about what happened.
I think you could say that a lot of women are canceled because before they even get a chance to do something, Because, as we try to show in the film, building or having a career after something like this happens can become more difficult. In an already difficult field like comedy, it can be easy to just focus on Louis and what we think should or should not happen to him, But the film shows that Louie’s behavior was an open secret for a long time. I think we also need to look at the role we play in these kinds of stories and whose careers we work hardest to protect. John Mulaney spoke to The Rap about his late night show. M’laney did a lot of press late last week.
That makes me think something’s up somebody’s laying the groundwork for something. M’laney told the Rap the best thing about everybody’s in la is we didn’t have time to learn. There was something great about not learning. I wouldn’t want to lose that, but I don’t know how you wouldn’t lose that. I’m a big fan of late night talk shows, panel shows, lots of things like that.
It was fun to do our version of it. We were very conscious we were gonna have people on that I really wanted to talk to, and some of them might not be TV savvy or might not have done much media before, but they were the core of the panel. To me, they were the whole reason to do a show. The extra fun of it was that every big comedian was in town at the same time. Mlaney describes himself as a pretty curious person.
Malani liked this compliment from Jerry Seinfeld, who said, this is so much fun. Eline says, I was really happy that he was much much more interested in hearing calls from people about coyotes than talking about comedy or his movie coming out. And same with John Stewart, same with everyone is he opened to another late night esque show. M’laney said, oh, totally. I’m open to so many things now.
John praised some fellow comedians that he wanted a spotlight, including Langston Kerman, Pat Reagan, Robbie Hoffman, and Cole Escolo, whom Alaney called one of the best solo performers I’ve ever seen anywhere. On the comedy industry, m’laney says, the scale’s bigger than it’s ever been. That doesn’t mean there weren’t stand up comedy superstars for forty fifty years even longer, but the sheer amount of comedians touring larger sized theaters is probably the highest it’s ever been. Yeah. I got into that over the weekend with Jason Zinnemann about somebody like Andrew Schultz plays the Garden.
There was a time when if a comedian even played the Garden, never mind sold it out, it was a huge news. Rob Schneider in the news again he called Will Smith an a hole. Schneider was on the Kyle and Jackie o Show where apparently he called Will Smith a liar and a complete utter fraud. Actually there’s a typo in the article, or maybe not Will He may have called Will Smith a layer? Is Will Smith a place where a wild animal, especially if fiercer dangerous one lives.
You’d have to ask Rob Schneider. Perhaps he’s a layer or a liar. I don’t know. Schneider said, it’s a deep dark thing to do that in front of all those people, and to a really legendary comedian who’s literally the best comedian of our generation. You wouldn’t have this whole wave of comedy that came after if it wasn’t for Chris Rock.
He kicked open the doors, Schneider said, I’m reading verbatim here. I’m not sure the second half of the quote makes sense, but the same article said Lair Will as a douchebag. The thing is, that’s how politically correct the academy is that they were so caroly, because if I would have done that, they would have been hauled off to prison. Thinking that should have said that Rob Schneider would have been hauled off to prison if he slapped someone who knows so much news about Late Night, like five stories in a row, let’s run through them. Jimmy Fallon has renewed his deal with NBC.
He will host the Tonight Show through at least twenty twenty eight. If it ain’t broken, Don’t fix it. NBC suit Mark Lazarus, in a statement, says, for nearly thirty years, Jimmy Fallon has brought laughter into the homes of millions and charmed audiences from the stages of thirty Rock. It’s been a privilege to witness Jimmy at the helmet of the Tonight Show, and we’re thrilled to see what innovations and the incredible staff will deliver in the years to come With the network, Jimmy Fallon said, for nearly thirty years, I’ve brought laughter those of millions and charmed audiences from the stages of thirty Rock. It’s been a privilege to be at the helmet of this night show, and I’m thrilled to see what innovations me and the incredible staff will deliver in the years to come at the Network.
No, I’m not changing my quote. Tell Mark to change his. That is amazing love. It may recall fallon faced allegations of creating a toxic workplace at the Tonight Show is detailed in a Rolling Stone story. We’ve made that go away.
We’re back to Hey, it’s Jimmy Fallon. Don’t ask questions about that other stuff. Seth Myers is losing his band now. Like many others, I reacted and said, Seth Myers has a band. Apparently there’s a band called the eight G Band that is a quote signature element of the Seth Myers program.
Now. To be fair, I don’t know if I’ve ever seen Late Night with Seth Myers. I’ve seen clips, I don’t think I’ve ever actually watched it. Apparently had a band they’re leaving. Eli Jenny, the keyboardist of the HG Band, told Vulture that the trio was informed in recent weeks that the band would cease to be a regular part of the program.
Do two budget cuts, Jenny said. In the end, NBC was adamant about where they wanted the budget to go to. It’s not just the ben there’s a whole crew that works with the man, so there’s a lot of people employed. I think this was an easy way for them to cut the budget. Easy’s not the right word.
Smart move by John Stewart. He’s going to host two live episodes of the Daily Show following the two presidential debates, the first one on June twenty seventh, the second on September tenth. The Daily Shows also going to go on the road for both the DNC and RNC conventions. Trevor Noah did live debate coverage in twenty sixteen. He did not do so in twenty twenty.
There was this pandemic. I don’t know if you heard about it. It’s unclear if the live episodes will mean that John Stewart will work two days those weeks, or if you’ll take Monday off and just do the Tuesday. John Stewart was the guest on a podcast called The Town. That’s a good podcast if you’re until this Hollywood business stuff, and he talked about what happened over there at Apple.
John says, has things went along and I did a bunch of other projects. I started having this idea in the back of my head about the sort of difference between whether in climate when it came to the institutions and the media and all these different things. And the Daily Show had always been a little bit more about the weather, you know, we were kind of every day in there. And the genesis of the problem was what if we looked at it more as climate systems, what causes the weather? How did these things arise?
And I felt invigorated again by it. There’s something about changing the perspective and looking at it from the slightly skewed place that felt revelatory to me and kind of excited me again. That was the Apple Show.
And then Apple said, would prefer you not do that?
And then I said, oh, no, no, no, but I’m excited again and they were like, yes, we are less. So got news for you, John apples right here and so you know, we had some disagreements about the direction of it, the tone of it, and the subject matter, et cetera. Yeah, if you listened to John’s new podcast, Apple’s right yuck it up, John Stewart said, And when you’re working for a company like Apple, there are a lot of factors to take an account, like when you work for a corporate entity, that’s part of the deal. Like even in Comedy Central, the dealer is I get to do what I want until they think it’s going to hurt their beer sales or whatever it is they want to sell. And that’s the deal we all make.
Nobody is owned a platform. And when you’re in somebody’s house and they want you to take your shoes off, you take your shoes off. You go to somebody Else’s house. Taylor Solison has been renewed through the twenty twenty four to twenty five tDCS and Amy Reisenbach is a CBS suit who said Taylor is a gifted comedian who brings a unique voice, energy, and plenty of riz to Late Night. I learned riz as a real word thanks to the show.
It’s the little things. I’m glad. She added that because I was going to totally rip that quote. A. Ratings for the show overall are lower than what James Corden was doing.
However, we’re told it’s a solid ratings performer in eighteen of forty nine, and again, if you factor in budget, probably makes more money. Who knows from the Vatican News, your home for comedy news, the comedians were over there at the Vatican on Friday. I wasn’t there. Deacon Mike, who knows a lot of bishops. I’ve seen Deacon Mike talking to bishops.
They clearly know him. So you know, he might not know the Pope, but you know it’s people who knows the Pope. Did he hook me up with an invite to the Vatican? He did not imagine what this episode could have been. Instead, I’m playing Louis c.
K Trailers, Thanks Deacon Mike. The Pope said, because laughter is contagious, can break down social barriers and create connections. Vatican News tells us. The Holy Father went on to highlight another miracle of comedians, the ability to make people smile even when tackling serious issues. The Pope said, I can’t believe I’m saying.
The Pope said, I don’t think that’s ever come up on the show before, other than last week. The Pope said, you denounce the excesses of power, give voice to forgotten situations, highlight abuses, point out inappropriate behavior, but without spreading alarm and terror, anxiety or fear divine wisdom. Practice your art for the benefit of none other than God himself, the first spectator in history. Remember this. When you managed to bring intelligent smiles to the lips of even a single spectator, you also make God smile.
We can even laugh at God, just as we play and joke with those we love. But the Pope pointed out this must be done without offending the religious feelings of believers, especially the poor. Continue to cheer people up, especially those who find it hardest to look at life with hope. Help us with a smile, to see reality with its contradictions, and to dream of a better world. So more coverage of this event.
Remember I mentioned I didn’t think there was a comedian named James. There might be a comedian named James Martin, but that comedian was not invited to the Vatican. It was indeed, Father James Martin sj as I suspected, but he was on the list of comedians. Don’t know why, doesn’t matter. According to reports in the media, Jimmy Fallon was seen larking around the front of the audience hall before proceedings got underway.
He was reportedly quickly he told to take a seat as the Pope was about to walk through the door. Conan O’Brien described his meeting with the Pope and said, well, it was brief. He spoke in Italian, so I’m not quite sure what he said. It was quick. Had a wonderful time.
If you took the weekend off, Hey, in the Northeast, the weather was gorgeous. I don’t blame you, but go back and listen to Saturday’s episode where I talked to comedy with New York Times critic at Lord’s Jason Zenniman. I think you’ll like that one a lot. The upcoming week, I have already corded eighty minutes or so before the edit with Mike Chisholm, who hosts the Letterman podcast. We got all nerdy about David Letterman, so that’ll be coming up on Saturday.
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Boy, those show notes are pretty busy today. Calor roga dot com slash you can get this show and a bunch of the others on the network. Four ninety nine a month gets you them. Commercial free comedy recommendation. You probably heard me over the weekend say I had not yet watched Connor O’Malley Stand Up Solutions.
I didn’t lie, but I had taped it before I watched it. I have seen it. It’s pretty good. It’s on YouTube. I liked it a lot.
Connor O’Malley stand Up Solutions A recommendation from me. Spoilers for season four of the Boys. I’ll give you a second here. If you watched the Boys. Yet that’s what I’ve been watching all weekend.
That’s why I’m behind on my comedy specials. Again, as tends to happen. Plus, I was outside all weekend. It was so nice. All right, there was a cameo in the Boys, and I’m about to spoil it.
Will Ferrell, hilarious has always made a cameo in The boy is that they’re making a movie about a train who’s kind of sort of not quite the flash. In the movie within the Boys, Will Ferrell stars as a train’s coach who warns a train against throwing aways talents to sling yayo from gangbangers. I’m sure we’ll delivered it in a much funnier way than I just did. Hello, I’m not sure. Coach Will Ferrell says, you can either outrun this life or you can outrun yourself into an early grieve.
The director says, Holy f We’re not going to beat that. That was effing perfect, literal tears. Who’s happy they spent two weekends at the Compton Youth Center. Now, Will Ferrell, as Will Ferrell says, I’m not giving off too much of a blind side vibe. Am I The director says, as if that’s a bad thing.
Wait what does that smell? Everyone? Stop? What does that smell? Is that you?
Will Ferrell spawns hilarious as always, I had falafel for lunch. The director then critiques a train. According to showrunner Eric Kripke, one of the scenes with Will Ferrell did not make it. Kirk Ke tells the Rap as you can imagine, these guys are world class improvisers. We have so much film on them riffing and trying different things.
At one point they make out there’s just so much material there that we couldn’t use it, but hopefully in the special features of deleted scenes, because they have a lot of really good stuff. As I just mentioned, I haven’t seen Hannah Einbinders special yet, but the Rap did, and they said, the reason she looks so confident in her day you stand up special everything must go because she’s been working on the joke since twenty seventeen or twenty eighteen. There’s no comedic comparison to what Einbinder does. On one moment, she leans into a round of tried and true dating jokes, only to subvert them at the last minute. Spoiler as a bisexual woman Einbinder has dubbed men idiots and women annoying.
The next she pretends to be the moon, making use of the thick red curtain most other performers would ignore. The joy of Einbinder’s new special is you never know where the comedian’s going to go or what to expect from her punchlines, but you always know that the journey will be interesting. That sounds good. I want to check this one out. They asked her favorite pieces of comedy.
Hannah said, Oh my god, it’s so hard. I got to sound super interesting here, gotta be Niche. Probably The Mighty Booshe, which is a wonderful character driven sketch show. The Brits are like, yeah, we know the answer, Like, what’s the Mighty Boosh? I think it’s on Hulu.
It’s a good show. Check it out, Hannah. What comedians have been impressing you lately? She says, Michael Longfellow. I think he’s the most brilliant, succinct, distinct comedic voice that I’m aware of.
He’s so original and so funny and whipsmart and I look forward to seeing his special and that he’s your comedy news for today. To you tomorrow,