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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello, I’m Jenny Mack with your Daily Comedy News. Super Bowl tickets going for twelve thousand dollars. Jimmy Fallon said, yeah, but that’s cheap to see Taylor Swift. Fallon adds, nothing like being ten grand down before stepping foot in Vegas.
You know what I’m saying. Greg Guttfeld talked about Shane Gillis, and I was going to read you the story, but I need you to hear it. I know the show is supposedly popular, but it seems terribly unfunny, and I don’t want to be blamed for not properly presenting Guttfeld’s humor. Let’s hear it from the man himself, Greg Guttfeld discussing Shane Gillis. He’s funny and he does Trump better than Alec Baldwin.
Plus, plus he hasn’t shot anyone yet. But what’s special about Gillis is that he beat cancel culture. In twenty nineteen, he was hired as a cast member on Saturday Live, but was fired before he ever appeared on the show after people dug up old clips in which he made jokes about Asians. Now, if you’ve seen SNL in the past few years. You might even say he got lucky.
You know, he’s like the guy who causes a ruckus at the gate, so he’s banned from boarding the plane and then that flight crashes. SNL is like that crashing plane, only not as funny. That silence is stunning. I mean, I know he doesn’t do a full studio audience and it’s just the crew, but really, let’s listen to some more. But it’s no surprise they fired him before he set foot on stage.
He was too dangerous for Elita snobs who think anything Trump or Republican is an automatic punchline. He also didn’t tick any boxes that they liked, and the ones he did, white and male, were like a French kiss from your grandmother, the last thing they wanted. Wow. Wow, all right. Dana Carvey and David Spade have a spinoff podcast.
This one is called Superfly. They will riff on current events, pop culture, social clips, and audience submissions. I’m a podcasting expert, so here’s what that means. It means, Hey, our podcast is doing really well. Can you guys do another one?
And they went, yeah, we’ll just come in and riff for an hour. That’s what that is. David Spade said, I can’t wait to meet Dana. I’ve heard great things. Dana Carvey said, I can’t wait for David to meet me.
Larry. David has revealed his favorite episode of Seinfeld. The correct answer is the contest. Yes, that is the best episode of Seinfeld. What about Curby Your Enthusiasm?
Larry has picked Palestinian Chicken from season eight. Larry becomes obsessed with a Palestinian restaurant and a gorgeous Palestinian woman who works there. The restaurant is next to a Jewish deli. Larry the character tells Jeff Green, the character, this would be a fantastic place for Jews. We’re cheating on their spouses to come to because no Jews would ever come here.
They’d be so safe. Kirby Your Enthusiasm back tomorrow Night.
Also Tomorrow Night the Grammys.
Trivor noeh as your host. In case he didn’t hear, he spoke with ET online and says, even though he’s hosted it four times, I’m still nervous every single time. It’s the same amount of nerves, same amount of excitement and anticipation, and I think I can see why I’m nervous. When you look at the lineup while the performers are going to be on, you know, you don’t want to be the person who messes that thing up. I wonder if Taylor Swift will be there, and if so, do you dare joke about Taylor Trevor.
You don’t want Taylor to murder your career like she did to Joe Coy. You know what, Trevor’s a pretty high profile go for it, make a tailor joke. I want to see what happens. Trevor says, whatever job I’m trying to do, and try and make sure I’m doing it with people I enjoy doing it with, meaning the Grammy people in this case, because even if the outcome is terrible, the process doing it was rewarding and wonderful seeing how good the other people are. I appreciate that.
That’s probably one of the biggest things that keeps me coming back. He also likes his quote unquote seat. He says, where else you get to get a ticket to see do Alipa, Travis Scott burn a Boy and Billie Eilish. So I think that’s the most selfish reason I do it easily the best concert that’s ever made. Looking ahead, just to warn you guys, Monday’s episode, I’ll see how the Grammys go.
A lot of times I say I’m going to put the episode out late on Monday, and I wind up recording it Sunday night. Anyway, I want to see what Trevor does, both from stand up and who wins the Comedy Award, So if the episode is late Monday. That’s why Trevor spoke to people about hosting award shows, and he says, the first thing that I’ve learned is all your preparation is really just a parachute for what actually happens on the night, because anything can happen, and every single year, somehow it does. Yeah, you never know. Somebody might get up and slap you, or a famous pop star might murder your career because she has no sense of humor.
Bring it, Swifties, it’s called Daily Comedy News. Put me on your message boards. I’ve also learned that because it’s a celebration of these musicians and what they’ve done, everyone is there to party and have a good time. So as the host, I’m constantly navigating the room. There’s people walking by while I’m trying to do stuff.
There are people who are catching up with their friends while I’m trying to move the show along. It’s almost like I’m at a huge party and I’m trying to work while I’m at the party. And I’ve also learned to have a good time. People asked the question do you feel any nerves after seeing Joe Coy’s experience, and he says, you know what, I don’t need to see anything to have nerves. I’ve never approached either an award show or stand up show without nerves.
Tailing a joke is like jumping out of an airplane with a parachute. You have an idea of where you’d like to land, but when you actually get close to the ground, you might be a little off where you intended to be. So I just worked my butt off try and think of the funniest things to say and waste to say them. The rest I leave to god. Trevor is nominated for Best Comedy Album.
He said, it’s really momentous for me because I’m not just about the award of the nomination. It’s about the company that I’m nominated alongside. I grew up watching Wanda Sykes on TV just seeing her as one of the funniest human beings. I watched Chris Rock single handedly to find an era of comedy. I watched Dave Chappelle and thrall audiences and take comedy to new heights.
To be in the same category as these people’s really something special. It becomes a milestone in my life that reminds me to think more about the process than the outcome. And to be in this moment. I want to savor it for as long as possible. They asked him if he doesn’t win, will he return to the show next year’s host or has this been an elaborate campaign to win yourself a Grammy.
Trevor laughs and says, it’s all been a long con But yeah, if I was asked a host, I think I would say yes. But let me give you that answer after I host this time. As my mom always says, just chew the food that’s in your mouth and then you can focus on the next bites. All right, good advice there, mom, Trevor says. The honest truth is, I don’t think there’s any way you can win in art.
I think the real way you win in art is by moving people and making an impact. In people’s lives. I don’t know. I’m not part of the Italian team, so I don’t even know how close the votes are. Sometimes I think to myself, what if somebody won by one or three or five votes.
So, in a weird way, I don’t root for any one person. I just think of my favorites to go, Oh, that person did amazing. I love what they did. Grammy’s tomorrow. I’ll talk more about it tomorrow, including my annual soapbox about the category of comedy album.
You’ve been around for a few years, you’ve heard this. If you’re new, see you tomorrow. No, I’m not leaving, don’t go sorry, that’s usually my sign off. No, we’ve got ten more minutes here. Netflix announced their slate of movies for twenty twenty four, and if you’re like me, you can’t wait for March first, because that’s when Spaceman will be on Netflix.
It’s actually in select theaters February twenty third, not too far away. I can’t wait, can’t you? What? Spaceman Johnny mack Well, six months into a solitary research mission at the edge of the Solar System, an astronaut played by Adam Sandler realizes the marriage he left behind might not be waiting for him. Okay, good premise, Adam Sandler, How could that not be good?
Johnny Mackwell, Desperate to fix things with his wife, Adam Sandler is helped by a mysterious creature from the Beginning of Time he finds hiding in the bowels of his ship. The mysterious alien from the Beginning of Time works with Adam Sandler to make sense of what went wrong before it’s too late. How could that not be good? May third. Jerry Seinfeld makes his directorial debut Unfrosted, the pop Tart story Michigan nineteen sixty three, Kelloggs and post sworn serial rivals raised to create a pastry that will change the face of breakfast, The Tale of Ambition, Betrayal, Sugar and Menacing Milkman.
Unfrosted stars Jerry Seinfeld in his directorial debut. That’s Exciting Jerry.
Also in the movie Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Amy Schumer, Hugh Grant and…
What are you doing? Eddie Murphy? Of course is your store in that one? If for some reason you came by today and you expected me to say nice things about Adam Sandler movies, as I explained, I had planned that for today, but with the Grammys and Curb, I’ve pushed that back two weeks. I hope you understand just wasn’t the right day to hand it.
Engineeric on Seafood Corner, the new segment. Are you enjoying Seafood Corner? Tell me in the Facebook group Daily Comedy News Podcast Group. Back in November, Bill Murray was spotted at a popular seafood restaurant in Boston. Bill Murray was at Select Oyster Bar.
They shared a photo on Instagram of Bill Murray posing with the chef. They were standing under a print inspired by the West Anderson two thousand and four film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zizzu. I don’t like this next door, you know, Dave on FX Little Dickie’s Show or Little Dickie’s Show l L Lil Well. FX tells us Dave Bard is going to focus on his real life rap career instead of his on screen one. A suit from FX tells Variety after some back and forth, there are no current plans for a fourth season of Dave, as Dave Bird has decided to take an extended break to focus on music and other ventures.
That does not rule out the possibility of doing something in the future. We’re excited that our partnership with Dave will continue as he develops future projects for us through his overall production deal with FXP Doo Bad Really Good Show from low KICKMMA dot com. You’re home for comedy news. Brendan shab is taking a time out from stand up to focus on his family. Brendan revealed that his baby daughter was hospitalized and being prepped to undergo emergency surgery.
The procedure went as planned. On his podcast The Shob Show, Brendan revealed he’d be walking away from stand up comedy to focus on his family. He left the door opened for some local gigs, but he says his days of traveling across and out of the country. You’re done for the time being. Brenda tells us I had to cancel in Boston and Nashville.
Usually I hate doing that, but I think this time, I just don’t care. It’s where I’m at. I gotta be home more. I have to pull back from touring so much. I gotta be home.
I’m tired. I’ve been hustling for over twelve years. I’m not gonna stop doing the podcast. But as far as the plane rides and stuff, I gotta chill out. Maybe do some spots in La So Cow.
But going international to going across the United States ain’t happening right now. I gotta take a break from that, just focus on family and do my thing. That makes a lot of sense to me, And I hope your daughter and your family are doing well. Laurie kill Martin has a new special out on video on Demand. That’s gotta be tough, right because you know, just about everybody has Netflix and there are so many free YouTube specials.
So, you know, Laurie kill Martin, wonderful comedian, but not quite Dave Chappelle in terms of a household name. You got to ask people to go find this thing on VOD That’s a bit of an ask anyway. The La Times caught up with LORI. She’d tell The Times this is a generalization, but men get into stand up to get laid. Women get into stand up to be heard.
So the reasons where these comedy clubs are very, very very different. On the road, I didn’t hang out, and that really hurts your career as a comic. I didn’t feel safe. I would do my set and leave. If you connect with the bookers and hang out, they like you more, they bring you back more.
So making sure you’re safe will also slow down your career. You may have heard the La Times laid off a lot of people recently. I’m wondering if their comedy coverage will continue to be excellent. Has been really good over the past few years, so I hope they don’t cut back on that. There’s also a guy who was writing down on Philly.
I can’t remember his name. He had good stuff. I haven’t seen anything from him in a while, and I don’t even remember his name or what website it was, but it was he’d talk a lot about people or comedians passing through Philadelphia suburbs. Anyway, you know, I hope that guy’s all right as well. And we started with Fox let’s end with Fox.
Jimmy Fayla, He’s got his new exciting Saturday night show. If you want to stay home tonight and watch Fox get some laughs, you could do that. Jimmy says, we’re not doing a Republican comedy show. We’re doing an American comedy show. Forbes then commented, no one’s bothered to ask him if he thinks Democrats count as Americans.
I mean it is. I think in a lot of ways, late night talk shows are packaged in one way that’s denying us common culture. He pointed out back in the day, the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson was bipartisan. Jimmy said, for a long stretch there, late night was where we put our differences aside.
And now I feel like our differences are the lead on every late night show.
I mean, if you watch Colbert, we’re gonna talk a lot about Trump voters, and the same would go for something like Kimmel. For me, politics aside. If you look at presidential comedy, like when Obama was president, nobody ever really nailed the definitive Obama impression, and it wasn’t too much that was funny about Obama. So presidential humor kind of went away, whereas during George W. Bush it was Biden’s not funny.
I mean, Stephen Colbert will put on sunglasses. That’s not really funny. You can make old jokes. Old jokes are fun, but they’re really old jokes. They’re not really about Biden jokes, whereas former President Trump tends to get into I’ll call them capers, So there’s usually something to joke about.
That’s my point of view on that. We’ve only got two days left. Its sketch fast out in San Francisco. Let’s see what’s going on today. Three o’clock Off Book, the improvised musical that’s sold out, that is also a podcast, a fantastic podcast, also sold out.
Comedian feud open Mike Eagle, Blair Sochi. Let’s see who else is on that the way I know, Paul F. Tompkins, Shoesier Zamata, the comedians will feud it out in the style of the classic game show. Don’t want to step on anyone’s trademarks there, but you know what they’re doing. Seven o’clock The Groundlings are sold out.
A lot of sellouts today. The George Lucas talk show that’s also a fun video podcast, Mosha Casher’s Subculture Vulture, An Evening in six scenes, Joid, Mosha and Friends for an evening of comedy and conversation broken down into six sections. Raves, burning man, Sobriety, the Deaf Community, Judaism and stand up comedy. Six Chapter, six scenes, six moderators, Controlled Chaos on that bill, DJ Demmers. He is very funny, probably off your radar.
I’ve been playing him on the live one show that I host, which is called The Weekly Comedy Thing, and new episodes every Monday. Guy Brainham comeals on that show. That’s a good show. Eight o’clock Mark Marin.
Also at eight o’clock Todd Berry pick your pleasure there, love both those ar…
Nine thirty Improvised Shakespeare Groundlings Brian Possaine, Filipino af with about ten comedians. That’s sold out. Nine forty five Fun Voices with Ron Funches and Blair Sochi and some other shows. All right. If we were in San Francisco today three o’clock, I would go to off Book the Improvised Musical because I am a fan of that podcast.
Comedian Feud seems like fun. Let’s do off book something different. Seven o’clock. I would go, say, Mosha Kasher because I want to see DJ demmer Is in person. That means we’ll skip both at Mark Marin and Todd Barry.
So here’s my thing about comedy festivals. If you’ve been listening for all, I’ve heard this before. Do I love Mark Marin? Yeah? Do I love Todd Barry?
Yeah? I had it at as like what the number one or two special last year? But I can stay home and hit play and see an hour of Mark Maren or an hour of Todd Barry, Whereas say, if we hit the Mosha Casher thing, I’m not gonna be able to just see that on Netflix. You know what I’m saying. So when I go to the festivals, I like to explore a little bit that said.
If we’re free at nine thirty, I dig Brian possayin I’d like to go see him. John, you just contradicted yourself. I know. Eight hundred pound Gorilla dot Com reviewed some shows they were at recently. They said Dave Hill cave Man in a spaceship.
They wrote spoilers. When Dave Hill hit the stage, it became clear going and blind was the right call. Right. I’m gonna blow this up for you. Spoiler spoiler spoilers, back by fire on a projection screen.
Dave Hill dressed in a blue denim jumpsuit, brandished nunchucks and started shredding on guzar All within the first sixty seconds. That tells you everything you need to know what you’re in for. The Gorilla also saw Doug Love’s movies. Kind of a generic review here. He has a knack for surrounding himself with amazing panelists talking about all things movies, and this show was no exception.
And they also caught celebrity autobiography. A group of celebrities take turns reading passages from autobiographies by other celebrities. It’d be amazed and how quickly something that wasn’t intended to be funny becomes hysterical once you take it out of context. Thomas Lennon was on that show, so was Dulce Sloan and Lorae Newman. That’s cool.
Oh, I was gonna bump this next story, but since I named check Laraae Newman, it fits right into this. That movie SNL nineteen seventy five. They have cast the not Ready for Primetime players Corey Michael Smith plays Chevy Chase. You may know Corey from Gotham, Matt Wood from SpongeBob SquarePants, Broadway Run is John Belushi. Lamar and Morris from New Girl and Fargo plays Garrett Morris.
Dylan O’Brien from May’s Runner and Teen Wolf is Dan ackroyd Ella Hunt from Dickinson is Gilda Redner. Emily Farrin from The Responder is Lorae Newman See What I Did There? And Kim Matula from La to Vegas is Gene Curtin. And that is your comedy news for today, if you enjoy the program. By the way, the numbers have been really good like the last two weeks.
I really appreciate you all. I love you all, except Mike and Cleveland, who I just like as a friend. He knows that he understands he’s at Joe Gatto’s comedy show anyway. But the numerus have been great, so really appreciate that. Tell a friend about it.
They might like it too. Let’s grow this thing together. I really appreciate the help there. And I’ll see you tomorrow.