New specials from Jim Gaffigan and Mark Normand PLUS Dave Chappelle raps, Amy Schumer on Barbie AND a look at this year’s New Faces fro JFL

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The Shark Deck play lot to get to new specials from Jim Gaffigan on Amazon Today, Mark Norman on Netflix Today. Jim Gaffigan is the guest on Mark Marin’s podcast It Is Fantastic. I’ll be picking away at parts of that. Not today, there’s a lot’s covered today, but over the next few days. So check out Jim Gaffigan on Marin and High.

I’m Johnny Mack with your daily common news. But let’s start with the biggest name in comedy, Dave Chappelle Cincinnati dot Com. Right, So, everything was going as planned at the Cincinnati Music Festival Saturday night until Dave Chappelle showed up. Oh WHOA what’s going on here? Cincinnati dot com.

They write, Norman Brown wooed the crowd with his spirit catchrick guitar solos, avery Sunshine, lifted everyone’s spirits with heartwarming anthems and banter with a guitarist and husband Dana Johnson p Funk Connection, gave up the funk and tore the roof off the sucker that all sounds great baby face at the whole crowd singing along and falling back in love with him. Then Dave Chappelle got on stage. Wonder what happened Now I know how the story ends. I don’t know why Cincinnati dot com is making it sound like this was some sort of disaster. It wasn’t they right.

The first time Chapelle hopped on stage, it was to introduce the headliner, Snoop Dog. Dave Chappelle said, I pulled up tonight just to let everyone know in the area. Thank you for letting me live a normal life. Thank you for letting my family be safe. With the East Coast West coast feuding.

He was always Switzer lerned. He was always team hip hop. Please make some noise for the legend Snoop Dog. Cincinnati dot Com rights. It was after the show, after Snoop and said goodbye to Cincinnati and walked off stage, that Chappelle really took the spotlight.

Dave Chappelle said to the dwindline crowd, Ohio, let’s go from this state. We could change the world. Let’s see what we can do if we get a chance. I live right here, I live right down the road. After his short speech, Chappelle asked the drummer to lay it beat down, and we heard Dave Chappelle rap Let’s listen to just a piece of that up.

Jim gaff again has that new special today. It’s called Dark Pale. As I mentioned the top his interview on Marin is fantastic. In Dark Pale, Jim Gaffigan dives into some topical issues, then speculates on how people might respond. Minor spoiler following his jokes about COVID and plane crashes.

Gaffgan stops for second and notes, this is usually the point where people ask when’s he going to do the food jokes? And he goes further discussing funeral decorum, and he stops and asked the crowd was that too dark? It’s going to get worse. Soodberry reacted to Twitter, did you see that we’re going to change Twitter to X? Probably has happened by the time you’re listening to this, Sodberry tweets Twitter employee, I don’t know follow me on X.

Doesn’t really roll off the tongue elon Musk, You’re fired. Trevor Noah said, I’ve always wanted to write a book for all ages, and I’m really excited to announced Into the Uncut Grass, which will be out on October thirty feet Trevor says you can preorder a copy at Trevor Noah books dot com. And Larry the Cable Guy is not dead. Another comedian dead rumor. Larry took to Twitter and said, as much as some haters would love for me to have died, which I don’t know why other than being jealous of my nineteen eighties Dolph Lundgren circa nineteen eighties looking body, I’m still alive and currently putting icy hot on sixty five percent of my body after trying to put on my socks.

Apparently once a year someone spreads this rumor. It’s fake. I’m fully mobile. The last time I laid motionless was on my honeymoon. According to my wife smiley face emoji, I’m not dead.

I don’t have sleepapney or diabetes. I do, however, have major farts from honey roasted pistachios. I love y’all. Just for laughs, put out the big press release talking about who the new faces of comedy are for this year. During this week, I’m going to do several interviews about the new faces.

They’ve all already been recorded, and you’ll hear me talk to the hosts and the host joke that they didn’t know who was going to be on their shows. That’s because we recorded those last week. But the names are now out. This is a lot of material, so I’ll split this up over the next few days. Artists who were once named they just for laugh new face now pay attention here.

You’re going to know these names, so new Faces is nothing to be ignored. Former new faces include Kevin Hart, Mike Berbiglia, Amy Schumer, Ali Wong, Tom Sagura, Eliza’s Lessenger, w Kamal Bell, Kay, Trevor Wilson, Fortune Feamster, Pete Davidson, Rami Usef, and many others. Today, let’s focus on the new faces of comedy. Those showcases I usually attend I mentioned I think on Friday or Monday. My mom’s been pretty sick, so I’m not going to head up there this year Wednesday, seven o’clock at nine thirty, but normally you would find me at both those shows.

And here are the new faces. I have pre looked at this and I think I only know one of the names. But that’s what new Faces is, all right, Let’s go through them. Fumi Abe is an La based Japanese American stand up comedian and writer who has performed on The Late Show with Stephen Kober and has been a staff writer on James Core Show. He currently co hosts the personal finance comedy podcast cash Cutis.

Darius Bennett is originally from Detroit and bought a spur of the moment one way ticket to LA in the middle of the night and has never looked back. Darius can currently be seen on Netflix’s Introducing and says. He’s been featured in numerous commercials for Five Hour Energy and Rocket Mortgage. Troy Bond comedian writer based in New York City, tackling everything from capitalism and big banks to superheroes and the Wizarding World. Bond as a versatile comic to watch.

He co hosts the Bonding Podcast with fellow comic Tory Cole. Number four Zach Brazzoo stand up comedian based in New York City by way of Boston. Zach was named a Comic to Watch at the twenty twenty one New York Comedy Festival. Tommy Brennan, as a Midwest kid now living in LA also named a Comic to Watch at the New York Comedy Festival. You may know Tommy from his web series and podcast roommates in law Nico Karney, Brooklyn based comedian.

His stand up covers his experience as a transman, growing up in Savannah, Georgia, and whatever else he finds silly and interesting. He has a monthly show at Clubcoming Boys Club. He was recently a headliner at the twenty twenty two New York at Comedy Festival. Morgan Jay, that’s the one name that I know on this list. Jay has made appearances on MTV’s Wilding Out, NBC and Comedy Central.

First generation American, he takes his musical influences from his Brazilian and Italian background and nineties upbringing. Dan Lamoort is a quote unique stand up comedian unquote, and that’s not just because he’s on the spectrum. His career started young, at nineteen years old after suffering a career ending injury as a college baseball player. Over the course of three years, he’d go on to lose over a one hundred eighty five pounds, become an ultra runner, and inspire many of his fans to pursue their own weight lost journeys. Lisallow as a writer, performance stand up comedian, using the stage to reflect on her experience as a single Chinese American female living in Los Angeles.

She’s placed first in Bert’s back Rooms LA Top Comic competition and was a finalist in the Crazy Wocation’s Comedy Festival. Sam Morrison is a Brooklyn based comedian and writer. He just made his Late Night’s debut on SETH. His solo show, Sugar Daddy, played off Broadway for fourteen weeks. Next up is Cheek A Robinson, So time out here.

I just went to find out how to pronounce Cheeka’s first name, and I found a clip on YouTube of a dude doing an interview show No Harm, No Foul, But the guy’s pretending to be in front of a crowd and has fake applause. But I think we’re supposed to believe it’s real anyway, found that amusing. Cheek A Robinson, comedian, writer, actor at three D animator based in LA hailing from Flint, Michigan. Recently named a Comic to Watch at the twenty two New York Comedy Festival. He’s one third of the sketch comedy trio Zang.

Kelly Ryan started stand up at the age of seventeen while getting her BS in communication studies from Texas Christian University. She performed improv for four years and taught the art form for three At TCU, she got to open for snls Vanessa Bayer and eighty Bryant. This year. She can be seen headlining and featuring for acts like Anthony Jessenick, Bert Kreischer, Whitney Cummings and more. She owes a podcast called Night Coup.

Brittany Schmidt is an LA based Wisconsin ree’s comic. She likes her comedy like she likes her cheese stanky, don’t be fooled by her girl next Door looks. Her humor is incidious and unapologetic wow. She’s been featured in clubs opening for theo Van, Chris Redd, and Moore. She just put out her debut comedy special, From Ho to Housewife back on July nineteenth.

Anna Sarah Gina is a writer and stand up comedian, named one of Time Out LA’s twenty twenty Comics To Watch and Vultures twenty nineteen Comics To Watch. She produces the La branch of the long running San Francisco show of the Business. Sahebs Sing won the Magoobis New Comedian of the Year composition. His original videos have earned him a strong following on social media. In twenty twenty one, he worked as a writer and performer for Comedy Central.

Sahannas Rivenizan is originally from Dallas and is a graduate of University of Texas Austin. She can be seen in recurring roles on Freeforms, Brownish, and Apples for All Mankind. She will next be seen in a leading role in the Michael Showalter Amazon freev series called The Predeeps of Pittsburgh. Next Uz Derek Stroupe and Alabama native but not your average slow talking Southerner with the cadence of an angry auctioneer. He locks people in with his detailed stories and over the top energy.

He’s been described as a fun mix of Lewis Black and Ron White Nice. He regularly goes on the road with Josh Blue and John Christ. Audrey Stewart comedian slash actress based in La A regular at the Hollywood Improv, Audrey’s been on the NBC series Bring the Funny, The Drew Barrymore Show, and the Facebook watch series Fuzzballs. Saltrahio as a stand up comedian with blue collar roots in Stockton, California, His man child sensibilities have been featured on comedy centrals. Obscure observations on his own life will keep you scratching your head and laughing at the same time.

Ash Award is a comedian writer based in New York City. She recently joined SNL as a writer. And Maggie Winters is a Chicago Fried comedian turned Internet personality, best known under the moniker Saggy Splinters. She trained at both Second City in Io Chicago. She’s opened for Colin Joe’s to Hannah Einbendert Rogers and was named a Content Creator to Watch at the tw Comedy Festival.

Later in the week, I’ll tell you about new Faces, unwrapped, new Faces, characters and new Faces International. The Just for Last Montreal Comedy Festival really kicks in a gear today. Let’s look at the schedule. Seven o’clock, Just for the Culture, seven o’clock brits Ish, seven o’clock Tom Poppa, seven o’clock Britannic, seven fifteen, Drennan Davis, Steph tolev at seven thirty, a show called Surrounded at seven thirty. Let’s see what that is.

Surrounded in electrifying comedy show where the audience is the material. Today’s best comedians take the stage with nothing more than Mike and turn everyday interactions into memorable punch lines. Now, nice lineup, Little Rell, Mark Norman, Phelipia Sparza, Dan soder Any, Leader Wren, don’t sleep on that one. And the ten o’clock Show has Sam Mourel, Preacher Lawson, Rosebud Baker and Nate Jackson. Don’t sleep on that one, Okay.

Seven thirty, Best of the Fast eight thirty, Lucas Brothers nine o’clock Joel Nicole Johnson nine fifteen, The Laughter Bad Boys and Friends will present a bilingual show. Nine thirty Allen Jan Meetra, This is all tonight, a nasty show again at nine thirty, Daniel Sloss at Night thirty, Best with the Fast nine forty five second Surrounded show I mentioned earlier at ten, Razilla Carlson’s It’s Personal at ten, Jean Marco Serezi at ten thirty, Midnight Surprise at midnight. All right, this is a tough edition of the what would we do Tonight? Game? So I cheated.

Normally I would say let’s go see British, but I see we can do that later in the week, So let’s go see that surrounded show with Mark Norman at seven thirty. And on the back end, let’s go see Gianmarco Soresi at ten thirty. So we’ve got a whole round nine or so that we could see something. Let’s see Alangan Mitra. I don’t know too much about Mitra.

He stand up comedian and comedy writer living in New York City. Let’s do that for something a little different. Some news out of comic con Rick and Morty for the voices in case you’re worried. One of the producers said, it’ll be sound alikes. The characters at the same characters, no change, So they’re gonna find somebody who sounds like justin Royland to do that.

My former co worker Jamie Fox put out an Instagram video and he said, first of all, I want to say thank you to everybody that’s prayed man sent me messages. I can’t even begin to tell you how far it took me and how it brought me back. I went through something that I thought i’d never ever go through. I know a lot of people were waiting wanting here updates, but to be honest with you, I just didn’t want you to see me like that man. I want you to see me laughing and having a good time party and cracking a joke, doing a movie or a TV show.

I didn’t want you to see him with tubes running out of me and trying to figure out if I was going to make it through. I know the man A little bit worked will him? That sounds exactly like him. He looks thin in the video, But hope Jamie’s doing okay. Futuruma’s back showed up on Hulu last night.

The Hollywood Reporter says the new episodes on Hulu were a fun fan service, but not much more, and that’s okay. If ever a show owed it’s core audience, some measure of fan service would be a series that was canceled by Fox in two thousand and three, only to be resurrected, first in a set of feature length installments and then for a regular Comedy Central run that concluded in twenty thirteen. The premier starts with some reboot commentary. Fry announces his decision to give his life purpose, and as much and everybody’s horror, that purpose is to watch every available episode of TV ever made, starting with a subscription to Fulu. The world’s fourth most popular streaming service.

Mark Maron was on the picket lines. It was a bit of a show. On Friday, some famous people showed up for the writer strike. Mark Marin was one of them. Mark said, the momentum is still building.

I got some of my comedy buddies were like, let’s go, Let’s make sure we’re there and we show up for our union. There’s a lot of people here and look, eventually they have to negotiate, right. Some of the other comedians that were there, Fred Armison, Hannah Einbender, Chelsea Peretti, Mark Prosch, who plays the Energy Vampire and what we do in the Shadows, and the comedy team of Eric Warheim and Tim Hidecker. Hidecker said it’s gonna be a long struggle along fight. We’re gonna have to be out here until we get what we need.

They were confident because there’s an Arby here and Eric hasn’t eaton Arby’s in a year. And I’ll leave you on a sad note. Fans of The Bob and Tom’s Show are morning after the news that Ron Sexton, known to many as Donny Baker, Floyd the Trucker, and many other characters on The Morning Show has passed away at age fifty two. Sexton’s family announced the death on the official Donny Baker Facebook page on Saturday morning. The post read, he was Donnie Baker to you, but Ron and Dad to us.

Bob and Tom’s Show host Tom Griswold put out a statement and saying he made many many happy during his more than twenty years with The Bob and Soom’s Show, and remember him with love and gratitude. That’s your comedy news for today. Follow the show for free on Apple podcast, Spotify, YouTube, wherever you get your shows. See tomorrow. Hi, I’m Mark Francis and host of a new podcast, The Messy Effect.

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