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Caloroga Shark Media. Hey, remember when I blew off Kat Williams to go to Deacon Mike’s ordination. I hope Deacon Mike remembers that and can hook me up with the Boss. Hi’m Chunny Mack with your Daily Comedy News. The Pope is having one hundred comedians over.
Johnny Mack needs tickets. Deacon Mike, call the Boss. Call in the favor. You guys are tight. Whoopy Goldberg, Jimmy Fallon, Conan O’Brien, and Chris Rock.
I don’t know why Whoopy’s first on that list. I guess why not. I will be among more than one hundred entertainers at the Vatican on Friday. Why am I not at this? Deacon Mike.
A statement from the Vatican says the Pope recognizes the significant impact that the art of comedy has on the world of contemporary culture. The meeting between Pope Francis and the world’s comedians aims to celebrate the beauty of human diversity and to promote a message of peace, love and solidarity. Last month, in an interview, Whoopy said she had offered the Pope a cameo in Sister Act three. She joked. The Pope said he would see what his time was like.
I’m on vannigannews dot com. You’re home for comedy news. That’s right. A list of artists taking part. I’m not gonna read all one hundred.
For example, the artists are listed by a nation of performance origin. I don’t know what what country they’re from. And if you are familiar with Molna Guensburg, who represents Argentina, you should be hosting this show from Ireland. Ardell O’Hanlon, Tommy Tiernan and Patrick Keelty. I know two of the names, Patrick being the one I’m not familiar with.
Hey, mister Pope, here, whoa, whoa whoa. Of these one hundred comedians, sixty seven are Italians. That’s pretty suspicious. Wasn’t really hip to the whole Italian comedy scene, your holiness? Only one comedian from Poland.
I bet the previous guy or two guys ago I guess it is, would have had more Polish comedians. Only two from the UK Ian Hisslop not familiar with and Stephen Merchant from the US Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jim Gaffick, and Hey, your Holiness, did I tell you about father Time, Bourbon Boopie Goldberg, James Martin, Tig Nataro, Chris Rock, Conan O’Brien, comedian James Martin. Or is this the James Morton SJ that shows up in religious articles. I’m googling James Martin. I’m not familiar with comedian James Martin from the United States.
I apologize if somebody wants to correct me. That’s why we have the Facebook group. All right, Uh boy, I got lost there. Colbert found Gaffing and Goldberg, James Morton, tag Nataro, Chris Rock, Conan O’Brien. You think Jimmy Kimmel feels left out?
Colbert fallon Conan anyway, Deacon Mike, hook it up Deanerk post stirring it up, Julia Louis Dreyfus said some things. She never said the word Jerry. She never said the word Seinfeld. People are connecting some dots here. The post reminds us that Jerry recently said is the result of the extreme left, the PC crap, people worrying so much about offending other people.
Well, Julia Louis Dreyfus was at a little event and said, if you look back on comedy drama both let’s say thirty years ago through the lens of today, you might find bits and pieces that don’t age well. And I think to have an intent about sensitivities is not a bad thing. It doesn’t mean that all comedy goes out the window as a result. When I hear people starting to complain about political correctness, and I understand why people might push back on it, but to me, that’s a red flag because sometimes it means something else. I believe being aware of certain sensitivities is not a bad thing.
My feeling about all of it is that political correctness, insofar as it equates to tolerance, is obviously fantastic, And of course I reserve the right to boo anyone who says anything that offends me, while also respecting their rights to free speech right. I just know the lens through which we create are today, and I’m not going to just specify it’s a comedy, it’s also drama. It’s a different lens. Even classically wonderful indisputably great films from the past are riddled with attitudes that today would not be acceptable. So I just think it’s good to be vigilant again, never said the word Jerry never said the word Seinfeld, and I thought her opinion quite reasoned.
Anyway, spin the headlines, Seinfeld cast fighting, blah blah blah, you’ll see all that. Joe Koy was on the View Put your seat beout on Scott. Joe was promoting his Netflix special. Now, I was thinking over the weekend, it was weird that there was no Joe Coy press, like really weird. But at least he was on the View.
On Monday, they asked him about hosting the twenty twenty four Golden Globes. Now, if you’re not familiar with what happened, he told a controversial joke about Taylor Swift and boy who. People got upset. Do you want me to play it? No, I’m not playing I’m not doing it.
Everybodys sick of it. Joe said, let’s shout out that I took that thing with ten days. I thought it was nine days. Let’s also say to the fact that in the eighty two years that the thing was on, they never ever went to an Asian person. So the opportunity came, they asked everyone before me anyway, and they all said no because they were like ten days no, and I was like yeah, because if I don’t say yes now, it’ll be eighty two years before I have this opportunity again.
So I took it. Whatever Whoopee said, it’s a tough gig. All those gigs are tough and people don’t know about them. I always say, unless you could do this, shut up about it. Go see Joy in the arena.
Then you’ll see what he missed. You got the clean version of what you got to see. Go see him at Marina and then talk about what he does. I watched the Netflix special. Oh maybe get some jokes in there.
I like Joe Coy. I just did this new special is just not good. Joe Coy then gushed over how much Whoopy Goldberg influenced his career. I love every bit of you, every single bit of you. I say this all the time, and people think I’m kissing her butt.
It’s like, You’re the reason I sat there in my room, rewinding, rewinding, because before there was the Internet, before there was anything, I could rewind it tape and watch Whoopee. The producers wanted to go to a commercial break. They started playing the music. Whoope wrapped her arms around Joe Coy and kissed him on the cheek, and then break finally happened, all right. More feistiness from ew dot Com.
George Lopez. You know him from George Lopez. Tacos left a headlining comedy set thirty minutes early on Friday, but the reasons why are in dispute. The Facebook page for California’s Eagle Mounted Casino post that on Friday tonight, George Lopez let down his fans and sold out audience by walking out and ending a show thirty minutes early. They offered funds to anyone in attendance.
Lopez claimed the exit was due to an unruly crowd that made the comedian feel unsafe. A spokesperson for George Lopez till the New York Post it’s the venue or casino’s job to provide a good experience for both the artist and the fans, but the casino failed in this regard. The audience was overserved and unruly, and the casino staff was unable to provide a safe and enjoyable experience for the artist and guests. George is not obligated to perform in an unsafe environment. He feels badly that those who came to see the show weren’t able to do so.
As a result, he w writes. Something’s not adding up, though, because Ego Mountain Casino disputes this account of events. In a statement posted to their website, casino representatives said claims of unruly guests are not consistent with casino footage and surveillance. They say that any outbursts were affectionate rather than derogatory. While we did see Guess yelling out, we see recordings showing those say we love you, can we buy you a drink, etc.
We also know the comedy show. There are also likely some outbursts that casino security would have been happy to address had any issue been made known. Oh wait, there’s more. Lopez was originally scheduled to perform at the casino on April twentieth, but canceled the last minute. According to the casino, since he cited a medical emergency and gave the make up date of June seventh, quote, the casino supported the entertainer and wished him well.
The statement reads, mister Lopez or his private security had every opportunity to inform the casino team if they wanted a guest escorted out, and they did not the two prior openers, also comedians, did not have any concerns or issues, so this was quite a shock to everyone attending. This is fun. Johnny Mack likes this kind of stuff. Let’s see what happens. More about Rob Schneider last week, remember he was in Regina.
Tyan Allen says he attended the Hospital of Vagina Foundation’s Four Seasons ball. He told the CBC Schneider’s set included transphobic, misogynistic, and anti vax jokes. Allan said he was horrified by the content as a black queer person who works in equity, diversity and inclusion. Alan and his quota is saying everyone in the room was groaning, saying what’s going on, like whispering themselves, not a single laugh at times. It was just very apparent how uncomfortable everyone felt and how unacceptable the things he was talking about were.
Page six ran into Rob Schneider on the street. They say he was seen walking through the streets with drink in hand when The New York Post caught up with him just before he left with friends now drink in hand, I don’t know, was it a plastic cup of coke from McDonald’s. Was it a jack and coke in a shot class. What was he? What drink in hand is a little loaded?
There no pun. The cameraman said, hey, what do you think of cancel culture? Schneider said, it’s over. Hey, they’re gonna make a grown ups three. They’re better be I must feel bad, robed Schneider having to deal with this stuff walking down the street with drink in hand, a barstool mixing it up a little bit, they write.
Last week, a TikTok by comic Anthony Zacaro blew up when he accused another comedian of gaining a massive following in a dishonest way, basically faking stand up sets from his own aportartment and then editing them to look like he’s killing on stage at live shows. Barstool writes, let’s just say, hypothetically, there’s a comedian who’s gained a million followers by faking most of his videos. Theoretically, let’s just say this guy exists. I love this writing here. Z Carro didn’t name the accused comedian, but Barstool says it took point zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero one seconds.
I may have missed zero there or added one too many you get the point anyway, That long for people to begin tagging who they thought it was. In the comments. The most common guess is Pete Guercio from Low Kick MMA, your Home for Comedy News. Dana White, the UFC boss. He has come clean when he walked out on Howie Mandel’s podcast.
That was what’s the term? There’s a wrestling term for a bit? It was a bit. Anyway, I can’t think of the term. You can tell me in the notes.
Back in February, Dana was on how He’s podcast and said, I’m so bleep and tired of doing podcasts and took off his headset and got up and walked out. So it turns out the whole thing was staged a work. That’s what I was like for this is a work. White was on Andrew schultz Flagrant podcast and said, so what happened was I did the Sage Steel podcast where she called me Joe Rogan. First of all, Sage Steele and I are good friends.
I love Sage. She asked me to be your first guest on the podcast I Go out there now. The studio is owned by Howie Mandel where these podcasts take place. She was signed to Bill Maher’s podcast company and they’re all down there in Howie Mandel’s studio. So we get done with the podcast and Howie Mendel walks in.
He’s like, one hundred podcasts a week ab in year. I’ve never watched any of them. I watched the whole podcast love Who you Are, what you stand for in this stuff. We hit it off, started talking, great dude. So he’s like, let me show you around the studio.
Smart guy, great guy. So we’re walking through and stuff and he goes, would you do me a favor? I said, yeah, what’s up? He’s like, would you come on and get up and walk off my podcast? I go, I’d be honored to walk off your podcast.
So, because I’m so sick of doing podcasts it’s not funny, we go in there and do it right. He’s like, take this to the grave. I said done, I’ll take it to the grave. So what do we make of this Howie Mandel doing works? Dana White can’t be trusted to take something to the grave.
He can keep a secret. What six months well, Dana has explained why he has revealed the secret he was originally going to take to his grave. According to Dana. He was making another public appearance and a group of loyal UFC fans began an anti Howie Mandel chant. That’s when he decided to come clean and prevent any unwanted backlash being directed at Howie Mandel.
Robust one today, We’ve got two from Gossip Corner. Gabriel Iglesias visited a popular Mexican restaurant. He was at Grumpies at Mexican Cafe on Sunday. Gabe shared on Facebook, thank you to everyone at Grumpies in San Antonio for the awesome brunch. I am so tempted to go through Grumpy’s menu, but I’m also looking at the clock here and I’m like, hmm, do I really want to spend five minutes on the menu?
I mean, I really do, but also I don’t need this podcast to be half an hour. Gabe cracked a joke about how the establishment had chicken fried steak the size of a tire rim and how he appreciated the unlimited refills. Based on the Facebook post, looks like Gabe had one of Grumpy’s favorite signature plates for fourteen nine, which features chicken fried steak slathered in gravy. Texas toast and eggs. That sounds yummy.
Meanwhile, Dave Chappelle and wife Elaine spotted in New York City as they grabbed a bite at celebrity hotspot Sedell’s. We’re told Dave kept us look casual with cargo pants, a burgundy T shirt, and white trainers. Yes, I’m sourcing this from a UK newspaper. Lane was dressed for the heat. Wasn’t that hot Sunday?
Wasn’t that hot? It was mostly cloudy on Sunday. Dressed for the heat and a gray tank top and a skirt with a draw string waist. She also wore white trainers and added a black crossbody bag to her ensemble. Dave kept a cool and smoked a cigarette as he walked down the street.
Matt Rife will return to the stage today in Memphis. Matt recently had to postpone some shows due to exhaustion. He is scheduled to do a pair of sold out shows at the Orpheum tonight. And that sound you here, that is all the coolness sucking out of Jim Gaffigan’s body. Jim, am I gonna have to get the Pope involved.
Deacon Mike, You’ve got some way to get to the Pope. We’ve got two days. You need the Pope to tell Jim Gaffigan the Father Time Bourbon it’s not happening. It’s not cool. We don’t care.
It’s not a good look. All right, Deacon Mike, call your boss have them talk to Gaffigan in person on Friday, because we need to stop this. Jim Gaffigan stop by the Delish Kitchen studios to share some cocktail wisdom. Let’s listen. My name is Jim Gaffigan.
And if you’re just joining us here, it’s almost Father’s Day, and I know you forgot. What we’re gonna do is we’re gonna make a drink your father would like. It’s an old fashioned but I have my own twist on it. What are the chances that it would be my bourbon father Time? And by the way, this is a Kentucky bourbon.
For it to be a bourbon has to be over four years, so it is over four years. And I specifically pick this. I’m not like one of those celebrities that just put their names on it. And this is a precious batch, meaning there’s only a limited supply. And by the way, when this airs, it’s going to be sold out, so tough beans.
Gotta stop, Jim. I’m trying to help you. You gotta stop that your company needs. For today. On Saturday, I’ve got Jason Zinneman from The New York Times for an hour fantastic again.
And if you didn’t listen to last Saturday with Mark Malcoff where we talked about Late Night, that was really good. If you liked Malkoff, you’re gonna love Zinnamon. And if you like all this ad free, go to Caalaroga dot com a slash plus four ninety nine a month. You’ll get the shows ad free. You don’t have to listen to five million online casino ads.
I feel you. I might pay myself five dollars. See you tomorrow