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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello, I’m Johnny Mack with your Daily Comedy and he was a daily briefing on stand up comedy comedians in the comedy industry. A phrase that will goose the Spotify algorithm. But I don’t have time for that, because Netflix Is a Joke is returning in twenty twenty six with just a huge festival. You’re gonna be blown away by this lineup.
I’m gonna tell you all about it. But before we do that, I have to make fun of the headline from Late Nighter. And I love Latenighter dot com, but this was their headline. Letterman Kimmel, Stuart, Marcelo Hernandez amongst stars bound for Netflix as a Joke Festival again, Letterman Kimmel Stewart Marcelo Hernandez. I get that they’re doing it through a focus of Late Night, but that’s like saying Kirk Picard and Michael Burnham to attend Star Trek thing like just no, no, no, no no no, you’re missing the point there, Late Nighter and I love you guys, all right.
The Netflix Is a Joke Festival May fourth through the tenth in Los Angeles, three hundred and fifty live events. We’ll start with the boiler plate. Kevin Hart hosts Funny af, a live competition in search of the world’s next to funniest comedian. John Mulaney returns to the Hollywood Bowl. Although I will point out nowhere in this release did it mention the return of John Malini’s talk show there on Netflix.
Maybe they’re saving that bullet who knows Seth Rogan gets the three spot. I don’t know about that either. Headlines the Greek Theater, Marcelo Hernandez, Superstar, leads the largest Spanish language comedy show ever at the ball Cat Williams plays The Into a Dome and Flight of the Concords Reunite, plus performances from Shane Gillis, Nikki Glaser, John Stewart, Sarah Silverman, Steve Carell, Tiffany Hattish, Matt Riyfe, Bob Odenkirk, Ali Wong, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan and Bryan and Moore, Marcelo Hernandez and the lead paragraph I’m obviously just living on some other planet where he’s not a comedy superstar. Between this headline and the New York Times, I don’t know what’s going on. Are there two Marcelo Hernandez’s and I’m following the one that’s on Saturday Night Live that does one thing?
It does one thing well, like, is there a second Marcelo Hernandez who’s a comedy I digress. Let’s get back to the festival, John Okay. Festival exclusive events include Nights of Too Many Stars, hosted by John Stewart. Talent includes Bill Burr, So you don’t have to go to Riot to see Bill Burr. You can just go to La Conan O’Brien, Steve Carell, Ron Funches, Nikki Glaser, Tiffany Hattish, Jimmy Kimmel, Leanne Morgan, John Mulaney, Bob Odenkirk, Matt Rife, Adam Sandler, Sarah Silverman, Ali Wong, Noah Wiley you know him from the Pit, and many more.
The Special Evening of Laughter is presented by event founders Robert Michelle Smigel to benefit Next for Autism. What a great event, all right. We talked about Funny af with Kevin Hart, the search for the World’s Next Funniest Comedian that’s also going to stream on Netflix beginning April twentieth. Those will be taped episodes, but the live semi finals and finale will air May fourth and fifth. Wow.
Nate Berghatsi He’ll be taping a special. He’s doing two nights at the Intuit Dome that will be a Netflix special later this year. Shane Gillison Friends Shane headlines the Hollywood Bowl. John Mulaney’s Mister Whatever.
Also at the Hollywood Bowl Marcelo Hernandez as part of the largest Spanish l…
Seth Goes Greek is a massive night of music and comedy hosted by Seth Rogan, featuring Eric Andre, Nikki Glaser, Stavros Haukis, Nick Krol, Sarah Silverman, Taylor Thomlinson with huge surprise guests and musical acts that all supports Hilarity for Charity. Jerry Seinfeld at the Greek Leanne Morgan part of that show. The Beautifully Broken Comedy Night hosted by Jelly Roll, headlined by Andrew Schultz. Lizzo is hosting a night of comedy and music. Sure Lizzo.
That’s with Eric Andre, Nicky Glazer, Dulce Sloan, Meg Statler and Moore. And I’ve Got a Lot to do here, But I just want to remind you there was a reason I made fun of that Late Night or headline. Remember it was Letterman, Kimmel, Stewart, Marcelo Hernandez among stars. They kind of left some names out and again I get it, but just it’s a ridiculous headline. Love you guys, but it’s ridiculous headline.
I mean, if you’re going through a late night lens, you could have included m’laney unless his show’s over. Is that over? Maybe it’s over. A tribute to Peewee Herman celebrates forty years of Peewee’s Playhouse, a once in a lifetime variety show with music and comedy performances from listen to this random list of people. Ready the B fifty two’s Devo, Fred Armison, Sheng Weang, Bob the Drag Queen, Julio Torres, Cherryo, Terry, Natasha Leone and that’s all hosted by star Trek destroyer Patton Oswalt you may know him as Dug.
The Vulcan Flight of the Concords getting back together, first time in LA since twenty sixteen, their first live show in eight years. That’s awesome. Kat Williams is back in this time at the Intuit Dome. How about Dodgers Comedy Night. Yeah, Join your favorite Dodgers players for a night of live comedy and surprises, presented by Will Smith.
Note not the guy that slaps Chris Rock. The Will Smith. We all like the all star catcher of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Dodgers Comedy Night is hosted by Ken Jung. For some reason, a documentary about Martin Short, but we’ll talk about that later.
That’s its own item. Today, Cole will host comedy for the community supporting Altadena, eaton Fire Relief, the Best in Show at the Dolby, or some individual shows from some of the top touring acts in comedy. Those include Michelle Buteau, Jim Gaffigan, Hasan Minhaj plus Ronny Chieng That’s One Big Show, and Wanda Sykes. Bob Odenkirk will be there with the Not Inappropriate Show. They’ll be The Two Bears five K hosted by Bert Kreischer and Tom Sigora.
They’ll be joined by Jelly Roll Go Out for a fun, untimed run at the Rose Bowl. No pressure, just beer, laughs, and fitness Stamptown screenings of the Princess Bride. Nick Cannon presents Wilden Out Live podcasts include This Better Be Funny with David Letterman. Letterman won’t be at the Mantelbon. He’ll be interviewing Martin Short and John Mulaney over two nights.
Interesting that this is now called This Better Be Funny with David Letterman. Is that what they’ve called in the past. I’ll have to ask Mike chishol form the Letterman Podcast about that. Bill Simmons will be doing his podcast there. He’ll have the creators of Tires, including Shane Gillis on McKiever and Steve Gerbin Kill.
Tony going to be at the festival. Theo Vaughn will do his podcast and Mike Tyson The Pete Davison Show, which Netflix thinks is a podcast that clearly isn’t. It’s a low budget television show that’ll be there. Bad Friends with Bobby Lee and Andrews Santino, Fly on the Wall with Carvey and Spade, not to be confused with Comedy on the Fly with d Wade and Chris Spencer. Tim Dillon is going to be there.
All right. Let me take a breath here, because I’m gonna read you the entire list of performers so far, so you can get a full scope of how impressive this thing is. You ready, Malan Ackerman, Eric Andre, Jeffer Curry, Fred Ormison, Maria Bamford, Ralph Barbosa, Nate Berghatzy, Hannah Burner, Mike Berbiglia, Rachel Bloom, Joel Kim Booster, Bill Burr, Michelle Buteau, Nick Cannon, Jord Carmichael, Steve Carell, Dana Carvey, Ronnie Ching, Margaret Show, Dion Cole, Larry David Pete, Davidson, Page Desorbo, Tim Dillon. We’re only up to d earthquake, Alex Edelman, Danny Elfman, franco Eskamia, Fortune, Femester, Flight of the Concords, Ben Folds, Jim Gaffickins, Zarna Gorg, Moe Gilligan, Shane Gillis, Nikki Glaser, a Lot of Glazer, Brett Goldstein, starvros Halkist, Chelsea Hndler, Kevin Hart, Patty Harrison, Marcelo Hernandez, Jeff Hiller, Tony Hinchcliff, Robbie Hoffman, oh Kate Hudson, Nate Jackson, Jamila Jamil Sam Jay, Jim Jeffries, Ken Jung, Anthony Jess, Nick Meany, Kaylaine, Jimmy Kimmel. This is sick, This is just insane.
Burke Krascher, Nick Kroll, Bobby Lee, David Letterman, Lizzo Lunel, Natasha Leone, Mae Martin, Heather McMahon, Hasan Minhaj, Diane Morgan, Leanne Morgan, Sam Mourel, John Mulany, Mark Norman, tig Nataro good keeper off the Star Treks. That’s Ego Nuotum, Conan O’Brien, Bob Odenkirk Otsko, At Kotzka, Patton Oswalt, keep him away from Star Trek two, Tom Pappa, Miss pat Tricia Petis, Edie Patterson, Matt riif Seth Rogen, Jelly Roll, the Great dramatic Actor, Adam Sandler, Andrew Santino, Kristin Schall, Andrew Schultz, Eliza Selessener, Tomson gore At, Jerry Seinfeld. By the way, this is why you hold it in Los Angeles, because if you hold it in Montreal, all these people have to go to Montreal. If you hold it in Los Angeles, you could just be like, uh, hey, I don’t know. Andrew Santino you mind coming over for an hour, and he goes, yeah, okay.
Much easier to book, much much easier to book. Jerry Seinfeld, Shack, I assume Shaq is Shaquille O’Neal. It just says Shack. Britney Snow, Martin Short, Sarah Silverman, Bill Simmons not a comedian, Will Smith from The Dodgers. Not a guy that slaps people, David Spade some more, Brenda Song, Meg Statler, John Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Bob the Drag Queen, Taylor, Thomason Kill, Tony Kill.
Tony’s not a guy that that’s a show. Julio Taurus, Trixie and Katya, Mike Tyson who I think he has actually done a little stand up comedy, Jonathan Vaness, Nick vil Theolvaughan, Dwayne Wade, not a comedian, Shang Wang, He’s great, kat Williams, Justin Willman, Ali Wong, Jimmy O Yang, and Romi Usef who. Tracy Pecosta is the Netflix VP of Comedy Series and says, what makes this fest so special is the sense of community. It’s a rare moment where the comedy industry and the fans come together in one place. We’re not just putting on shows.
We’re creating one of a kind experiences that celebrate the range, depth, and sheer brilliance of the comedy world right now. Robbie Prawn, Netflix VP of Stand Up in Comedy Format said, in just four years, Netflix Is a Joke Fest has grown into the world’s biggest celebration of comedy. This year, we’re bringing together legends, trailblazers, and the next generation of voices for an entire week of unforgettable moments across Los Angeles. Tickets go on sale ten am Pacific on the twenty third. Just wow, just wow.
So clearly the lead story today, blowing out what I thought was going to be the lead story about David Letterman returning to Canada. Dave’s going to make his Just for Last festival premiere in Vancouver on February eighteenth. I looked into going it’s you know, it’s kind of far from where I live, and it’s a Wednesday night, and I was like, Eh, Dave’s going to be interviewing zach Alifanakis. You know he’s excited about this. Is Mike from the Letterman podcast because he kind of lives sort of near that theater.
Conny, he could throw a frisbee and it would hit theater. Nick Berzo is the VP of programming for Just for Laughs. He said, we couldn’t be more excited to welcome David Letterman Just for Last Vancouver. He’s one of the defining voices in comedy history, and to be able to pair him with Zach for show like this is incredibly special for us and for comedy fans in Vancouver. It is a great booking.
I just feel bad that it got totally blown out of the comedy news cycle. Letterman lasted a stand up routine before an interview on the Variety show Ninety Minutes Live in February nineteen seventy eight on the CBC. At the time, David Letterman said, I was advised by the staff here to speak very slowly on behalf of the viewers in Brandon, Manitoba, which is some sort of hilarious local humor that we’ll have to have. Mike from the Letterman Podcast explained to us, we do a bunch of quick things. Tig Nataro, now you may know her from Ruining Star Trek.
She’s also a comedian and I didn’t know that people were saying this. Apparently this is a thing. I didn’t know about this, but once it was pointed out to me, I can’t unsee it. Did you realize because I didn’t. Did you realize tig Nataro looks like Tom Cruise.
I know you’re like Johnny Mack, that’s insane. Look at a picture of the two of them together and I was like, oh, I cannot unsee it now. Well sig met Tom Cruise. She posted on social media. Well it finally happened.
Partied all night at the Governor Awards with my long lost twin brother Tommy. Never imagined the documentary Come See Me in the Good Light would have made all this possible. Anyone see the resemblance Where’s Our Sibling? Action film? Johnnie Mack just bumped four stories to tomorrow.
But I’ll tell you about John Stewart. He was on Instagram. He apparently is running for president because he wants to annex foreign territories. On Instagram, John Stewart said, we want Belgium. Why should Belgium have all the Belgium we want it.
John Stewart says the US cannot take the risk of China and Russia getting their hands on their delicious prelines and threatens if you do not give us Belgium, we were no longer let the Jacksonville Jaguars play football in Germany. You have forty eight hours. If you’re enjoying Daily Comedy News, you will love the ad free version new commercials. So what do you do? You open up the Apple podcast app.
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So I’m gonna wrap this someone up a little more quickly than I thought. Hey, you got a good first half out today on the eight hundred pound Gorilla, Rosie Jones triple Threat, and I did tease. The Martin short documentary It’ll be on Netflix in May. Directed by Lawrence cast In, the documentary includes never before seeing archive footage as well as interviews with some of the most established and beloved stars. The film is set to debut on Netflix on May twelfth, but I gotta go.
I don’t know what temperature it is where you live, but it is freezing here and I need the boiler Guy see tomorrow