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Caloroga Shark Media. Hi there, I’m Johnny Mack with your Daily Comedy News. David Cross posted on social media and on his website a rather long piece titled my thoughts on the Riodd Comedy Festival. David Cross writes, I’ve been asked for my opinion on the re Odd Comedy Festival, and rather than answer the same question twenty three times, I’ll just put this out there. Oh and I should preface this with the fact that I was not offered the gig, but it should go without saying that there’s not enough money for me to help these depraved, awful people put a fun face on their crimes against humanity.
Here goes, what do you think? I think? I am disgusted and deeply disappointed in this whole gross thing. The people I admire with unarguable talent would condone this totalitarium fiefdom for what a fourthouse, a boat more sneakers. We can never again take seriously anything these comedians complain about, unless it’s complaining that we don’t support enough torture and mass executions of journalists and LGBQT piece activists here in the States, or that we don’t terrorize enough Americans by flying plane and our buildings.
I mean, that’s it. You have a funny bit about how you don’t like Yankee candles or airport lounges. Okay, great, but you’re cool with murder and or the publicating of women who were raped and by having the audacity to be raped, we’re guilty of engaging in adultery. Got any bits on that. These are some of my heroes and he put heroes in all caps.
David Cross continues, Now, look, some of you folks don’t stand for anything, so you don’t have any credibility to lose. But my god, Dave and Louis and Bill and Jim clearly that you guys don’t give a shit about what the rest of us think. But how can any of us take any of you seriously? Ever? Again?
All you’re bitching about cancel culture and freedom of speech and all that shit done, You don’t get to talk about it ever again. By now we’ve all seen the contract you had to sign. You’re performing for literally the most oppressive regime on earth. They have slaves, for f’s sake, slaves and all caps. I don’t understand how being rich can make someone such a whore poor people desperate to improve or their famili’s lives.
Sure, still not acceptable, but I can understand the desperation of put food on the table. But this, I mean, it’s not like this is I’m commercial for a wireless service or betting app. This is truly the definition of blood money. You might as well do commercials for Lockheed Martin or Zyklon B. Holy shit, I remember the backlash I got for appearing in Alvin and the Chipmunks.
He would have thought I’d taken money from a bunch of people responsible for funding al Qaeda. Unless you open your sets with this is dedicated to all the widows and widowers and kids orphaned by this bloodthirsty, oppressive regime, especially from the zany Shenanigans on nine to eleven. Never forget mfr’s all right, so it’s great to be here. I’m gonna be killing it tonight, but in the good way. Straight up, no nbs.
Then your hypocrisy will never not be noted. Signed David. David adds a PS for anyone who actually wants to spend their money on something worthwhile. The Human Rights Foundation does amazing work. Learn more and donate at HRF dot org at the riadd Comedy Festival tonight.
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Known for his whipsmore takes on culture, politics and identity, Omen has long been a staple on the international comedy circuit. Conan O’Brien was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He reminded Stephen of some advice he had given. Conan said, just as I was leaving my late night show, it took you and all the other late night hosts, how remember this. I took you to a wonderful sizzler restaurant.
We all had our trays and I told you, guys, take care of Late Night. If you take care of Late Night, we’ll take care of you. I said, don’t do anything to ruffle any feathers. Remember I said that. And I said, whatever you do, don’t speak truth to power.
I said, Cowardice is the way. Conan said in the twenty eight years of hosting Late Night, he never read the news. I had a masturbating bear and a plastic dog. I didn’t even know who was president. Conan then got serious, telling Stephen Colbert, I have, of course adore you.
I love you. I know he’s a person and also as a comedic force. And I, like a lot of people, am very sad that this chapter’s ending. But I also want to say that you’re gonna do amazing things. You’re gonna have a lot of fun.
And the connection you have and this isn’t just you, it’s mister Kimmel and Fallon all these guys. It’s very special. The connection you have with the audience you’re taking with you. No one else owns that that’s yours for the rest of your life. Conan actually sat behind the desk at one point, which is kind of a cool photo.
Jimmy Kimmel was doing his show in Brooklyn, last night, Kimmel and Colbert were going to go on each other’s shows. We’ll talk about that tomorrow because I want to like relax with the bonus episodes. Kimmel’s monologue made front of Trump, including Trump’s decision to release the Earhart files. Kimmell said, the President’s been hard at work coming up with all sorts of nonsense to distract us from the Epstein files. Unless her final flight was to Epstein’s island, no one cares.
At least they made it to the ease in the files. That’s progress. Taylor Swift, she’ll be on Fallon on is it Monday? Yes, Monday. She’ll also be on Seth Myers on Wednesday.
Why sorry, did I say that out loud? Taylor will be the solo guest on Seth Myers. I guess Taylor wants to reach like nine hundred thousand people. Does Taylor have some weird alliance with NBC?
Speaking of late night, Latenighter dot Com has a wonderful oral history of D…
A little too busy this week to get to that. I’ll get to that at some point. I haven’t even gotten to the Vulture interview. With David Letterman that came out before Kimmelgate. I’ve been sitting on that.
I’ve had it in the script several days in a row, and I keep bumping it because there’s so much going on. For example, THEO Vonn’s performance the other night, people are worried about THEO Vaughn. Vanity Fair had someone at that show, and they say THEO seemed jittery after briefly taking the stage once he had been on the set and started over, only to pick a member of the audience to be kicked out and start over again. Vanity Fair rights wasn’t clear from their seat, nor from the heated discussion that played out afterwards in the THEO Reddit form why that happened. A representative for Theovon didn’t return her quest for comments, says a Vanity Fair from the stage, THEO said a lot of white people in here, Vanity Fair tells us as THEO settled in, he did chunks on racism his childhood.
One of the jokes I’m sure told much better than I will. But reading the text here, we didn’t have any Jews growing up, couldn’t afford a jew, Vanity Fair said, for all the hours of podcasting and stand up, Vaughn has maintained an elusiveness. It was difficult to imagine him processing on stage the influence and soft power he’s acquired. Instead, as he approached the end of his set, he returned to a now familiar mode of troubled vulnerability. Vaughn said, sometimes the only way I can feel is in front of other people.
Mark Maren had jud abbatow on Monday Show. I actually blew it off because I was like, I got enough in my phone. I’m never going to get to that one. But apparently Maren did a clip show of sorts and looked back on previous episodes. We I’m going to go back and listen to this.
Apparently they got into Maren’s relationship with Louis C.K. You may recall Louis C.K. Admitted to sexual misconduct back in twenty seventeen or so, let’s not get into that today. Maren recalled on the podcast that c K felt betrayed because Maren described the behavior as boundary shattering and TRAUMAIZ, insisting there was no way to justify it. Ck didn’t take kindly to being called out by Maren.
Maren said on Monday’s podcast, c K reached out to see if c K cout him on the show and explain himself. Maren agreed in theory, but told c K he had no interest in revisiting his own condemnation. C K saw no point in appearing without addressing that and then declined to come on. Maren noted when he’s run in to Ck on the comedy scene, CK’s been cordial, but doesn’t sound like there’s anything warm there. Jimmy Carr, He’s going to be appearing at the READD Comedy Festival.
He also will have a new show on Comedy Central UK with the title Am I the A Hole? That’ll be out on Monday, October twenty seventh at nine pm, based on the reddits of the same name. A panel show. Jimmy and two other judges look at some questionable characters and there are questionable choices. I have an idea for an episode, Jimmy, if you want to hear it, shoot me a I’ll tell you on the side what we could look at people do make questionable choices.
I think this is a great idea for a show. Each episode sees the three judges delve into a series of jaw dropping admissions, shocking family fallouts, and moments of pure social chaos. As they asked the all important question is this person really an a hole? With sharp wit and zero toalents for nonsense, the panel debates the gray areas of human behavior, sometimes relatable, sometimes ridiculous, and ultimately deliver the verdict, and it’s Jimmy Carr who casts the deciding vote, are they an a hole? The series starts October twenty seventh on Comedy Central UK, the next day on Paramount Plus.
And if you’d like to see Jimmy Carr live, he’ll be at the ri On Comedy Festival. He’s co headlining with Louis C.K. October sixth at the ANB Arena. For some reason, everybody except you and me, I didn’t announce one, but everybody else announced a comedy special. Sarah Sherman will have her debut comedy special at HBO.
I’m hoping this is an HBO special and not one of those HBO Max specials they run on Friday night, and I’m hoping this is a proper Saturday night one, but they haven’t given a date yet. It is called Sarah Squirm Live Plus in the flesh. We’re sold. Sarah Sherman as Sarah Squirm, rips off the strait jacket. Unleash is a festering hour of bodily fluids, open wound confessionals, and jokes that will leave skid marks on your soul.
There’s a description. Sarah Sherman cautions us word to the wise, don’t watch while eating. Nina Rosenstein, who’s the EVP of HBO Programming but not good at giving fun quotes, said, Sarah’s first special is so distinctly her own. She’s hysterically funny, wildly creative, and has a kind of fearless audacity that makes this special truly unforgettable. Thank you for the safe quote, Nina Rosenstein, VP of HBO Programming for late Night and Specials, appreciate you.
Mike Kaplan will have a comedy special this one called Reenie r I NI that’ll be on Blonde Medicines YouTube channel November seventeenth and as an album December twelfth. Reenie is the name of his girlfriend. They’ve been in a relationship for twenty years. We’re told. The Specials a d deeply personal project created by the duo Equal parts of comedy special and a thesis on love.
The show was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe. Mike Kaplan offers advice to his past dumb self while discussing his evolving thoughts on traditional marriage, polyamory, quantum physics, psychedelics, music, god and more. Kaplan says, of Reeny, I’m a better person because of her. I’m a better comedian because of her. We created this show about our relationship together on artistic collaboration, about our own romantic collaboration.
Leslie Jones will have a comedy special, Leslie Jones Life Part Two on Peacock Friday, October twenty fourth. In Life Part two, Leslie Jones tackles aging relationships, fame, and life’s unexpected twist with the kind of honesty and fire only Leslie Jones can bring out. Today, The eight hundred Pound Gerilla has Jeff Innocent, Smart Casual that is a comedy exports premiere. Head on over to the eight hundred Pound Gorilla YouTube channel.
Now, let’s check in with that guy, Jay Leno.
You know this guy, he’ll weigh in on late night comedy like he has any idea what he’s talking about. Well, listen to this Jay Leno’s garage, Jay Leno got behind the wheel of a nineteen ninety Mercedes Benz one ninety e EVO two. Jay called it one of the primo cars of the nineteen nineties. Yeah, back when he was on late night television, he said this was the BMW killer. He apparently wanted to drive one for more than thirty years.
Jay Leno said, this is a car that has eluded me since the day came out. After admit I was a bit of a snob. I bet you were, Jay Leno. He was looking down on the car. It’s four cylinder engine, but then he started reading about it and suddenly he was interested.
And he said by the time I got interested, they were gone. Well, only five hundred of them were made, and Jay couldn’t get his hands Now. Jay Leno saying, the more I drive this, the more I like this. It’s actually a lot of fun. Surprised he didn’t weigh on late night television while I was driving his car.
Guy’s the worst. Pete Davison, who’s going to be at the Riodd Comedy Festival on Friday. He was on Shark Tank. He was there as a celebrity investor backing sock brand Double Soul. So you know, when you’re drinking your Jim Gaffigan bourbon and with a some Tom Pop of bread, maybe you’re having a ben still or soda, put on some Pete Davison socks.
I mean, these comedians are just unbelievably cool. Pete Davison his father was killed at nine to eleven. He’ll be at the Riodd Comedy Festival on Friday and said, I get sent a lot of crap, and I usually give it to my cousins. I got sent double Soul socks a couple of years ago and I had to meet the team, and I wanted to be involved immediately. Pete invested one million dollars for a ten percent ownership stake and signed on as the brand’s creative director in twenty twenty four.
The brand markets itself on three pillars self expression, comfort and sustainability. And that is your comedy news for today. We’ll see what happens in the next twenty four hours and we’ll meet back here tomorrow.