WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:11.880 Callaroga Shark Media. Hello, I'm Johnny Mack with your daily comedy news. 2 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:16.839 Did you see the NYPD is taking away Trump's gun permit? Stephen Colbert said 3 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:19.760 that he's gonna have to change one of his signature brags. Tell you what, 4 00:00:19.839 --> 00:00:22.320 I could still stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and I don't know, 5 00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:27.879 give somewhat a purple nurple. Seth Meyers talking about Trump accepting the GOP 6 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:31.920 nomination from potentially behind bars. If he wins, they won't be able to 7 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:34.640 swear him in on the Bible until that one inmate comes around with the book 8 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:38.320 cart while Seth again. According to a new poll, fifty eight percent of 9 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:42.679 Republican voters believe that convicted felons should be allowed to become president if they're elected, 10 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:46.280 which is up fifty eight percent from last week. Joe Rogan making the 11 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:51.479 headlines accusing Robin Williams of being a joke fief. I've heard this many times. 12 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:56.960 I believe it has been established by others. Perhaps maybe my lawyers are 13 00:00:56.960 --> 00:01:00.759 passing me a note. Allegedly, some have said, I I've heard that 14 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:03.480 Harlan Williams told Rogan I'm sure he could do anything on his own volition. 15 00:01:03.599 --> 00:01:07.000 But I always heard stories that Robin Williams was that guy. Did you ever 16 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:11.719 hear anything about that? Rogan said, yeah, I heard a lot of 17 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:15.040 stories that he was that guy. I think Robin Williams was like part of 18 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:17.959 that manic sort of style. It's like a constant needs have this bit about 19 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:21.120 anything that you're talking about. Ever, killing, I think was more important, 20 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:23.760 and filling that hole inside of him was more important than anything. So 21 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:26.280 he would just do other people's stuff if he didn't have anything to say. 22 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:30.359 Rogan said that Sam Kinnison got mad at Williams. Rogan added, He's still 23 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:33.560 from everybody. He still from a lot of people. If you ask any 24 00:01:33.599 --> 00:01:37.079 of those comics from back then, there's always instances of Robin going on a 25 00:01:37.159 --> 00:01:38.599 talk show and doing your biddor going on this and doing your bid at a 26 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:42.599 club. Harlan said, maybe he was just so spontaneous he would just puke 27 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:46.079 it out. Rogan said, that's not real. There's no way I think 28 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:49.079 he wanted to kill more than he wanted to be ethical at any cost, 29 00:01:49.120 --> 00:01:52.879 and especially back then when nobody was really watching you other than other comedians. 30 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:57.439 In a biography, Robin there's a story that takes place at the Comedy Store 31 00:01:57.480 --> 00:02:01.079 in nineteen seventy nine when an unnamed former was heads of their own Robin Williams 32 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:05.159 against a wall and ordered Robin to pay him three hundred dollars for the parts 33 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:08.039 of his routine he had believed had been lifted, a shakedown that Robin supposedly 34 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:10.960 agreed to. Rogan said, the thing about these people, and they always 35 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:14.319 get caught, and when they get caught, everything after that sucks. This 36 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:16.439 is how you know a thief is legitimately a thief. If they're being unjustly 37 00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:20.199 accused, they're always going to come up with new material. They're always going 38 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:23.120 to be creative. They're always gonna have new great jokes because they're actually writing 39 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:25.319 and working on it. But if it's true what you see as an initial 40 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:29.439 special or something, or a few things they do that are really funny, 41 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:31.280 and then you see this massive drop off and like the concepts that they talk 42 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:35.680 about, the irony they discover, they don't have any legitimate points. When 43 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:37.919 you're like, wow, this is crazy. There's none of that. It 44 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:40.479 all goes away and it almost becomes like a person doing an impression of the 45 00:02:40.479 --> 00:02:45.680 original successful person because they have no creativity. With every thief, you see 46 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:49.360 a couple big early specials or something, and then you see that massive drop 47 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:53.520 off and terrible performances after that. It's because they're not real. They're parasites. 48 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:55.319 It's what they are. They're vampires. I have nothing to add. 49 00:02:55.360 --> 00:03:00.719 I think Rogan just absolutely nailed that. But yes, I have heard accusations 50 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:05.560 against Robin Williams in the past. Dana White was on Andrew Schultz a Flagrant 51 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:08.240 podcast, and Dana let us know who wrote his roast jokes at the roast 52 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:12.479 of Tom Brady. The answer Bill Burr. Now that you know that, 53 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:15.039 I can hear the Burr in it. Let me see if I can channel 54 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:17.560 a Burr like Cadence. Anyway, Tom, you played for the Patriots so 55 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:20.719 long. I was actually starting to believe you were from Boston. Then I 56 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:23.680 saw you run and I was like, nah, he's definitely from San Francisco. 57 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:25.360 Right, you can hear it. Dana said, stand up is the 58 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:29.719 most underrated thing of all time. If you're public speaking and you f up, 59 00:03:29.719 --> 00:03:31.680 you can recover. You f up telling a joke, It's a downward 60 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:35.360 spiral. You'll never be able to pull yourself out of because you're not a 61 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:38.560 professional comedian. F that stuff. I've done it twice. Remember I said 62 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:42.599 it here. You'll never see me do any of that stuff again. We'll 63 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:46.479 see. Neil Brennan talked about some of his peers being elevated to oracle status 64 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:50.919 and said, when I see them being elevated to oracle status, there's probably 65 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:53.280 a protective part of me. That's probably a grateful part of me, And 66 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:55.360 there's also part of me that's like, what those guys are idiots? What 67 00:03:55.719 --> 00:04:00.960 him? Sam Morrel will have a new special on Amazon on Prime Video, 68 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:05.039 this one called You've Changed, taped at the Wilberth Theater in Boston. Sam 69 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:09.240 Riff's on the worst person he's ever dated, the complications of getting older, 70 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:12.759 and his perspective on everything from cable news to the parils of social media. 71 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:15.599 There is a clip, and it's a good clip. Let's listen. I 72 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:17.720 was on the subway the other day in New York. I accidentally made eye 73 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:21.839 contact with a crazy person. That's a terrible moment as a man. That 74 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:27.680 is the closest you come to feeling like a woman in a bar. They're 75 00:04:27.720 --> 00:04:30.600 like, oh no, we locked eyes and now he's coming toward me, 76 00:04:30.839 --> 00:04:34.920 which is not what I wanted. He sits next to me on the train, 77 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:38.560 puts his hand to my leg. There's nothing you can say. You 78 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:41.000 can't be like, oh, I don't like that when people do that. 79 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:45.000 I don't feel safe right now, so I have to get up. I 80 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:46.399 walk away. I put my hand the pull. He follows, and he 81 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:49.800 puts his hand right above mine, so it's touching. He's just staring at 82 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:53.439 me. Everyone in the train's watching, but they're not watching like they're gonna 83 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:57.720 help. They're watching like, thank god he chose you. That could have 84 00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:01.319 been a problem. Vendor's special is out this week. The La Times did 85 00:05:01.319 --> 00:05:06.160 a big profile of her. If you Hannah's publicist, you deserve your money. 86 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:10.480 This week, Esther Zuckerman wrote the article and wrote, when I told 87 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:13.600 Hannah at the start of our interview I'd seen her new comedy special, a 88 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:16.000 look between terror and elation crossed her face. Hannah says, it feels like 89 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:19.839 the most intimate extension of myself being in soul that I'm sharing. But hear 90 00:05:19.879 --> 00:05:23.360 you say you've seen it is the first time I've heard someone say they've seen 91 00:05:23.399 --> 00:05:26.399 it. It filled me with joy and excitement and anticipation at a little shock. 92 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:30.000 The Hour comes out Thursday on Max. She called it her very short 93 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:33.199 life's work, so no bresh, it's casual. In Everything Must Go, 94 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:38.399 Hannah discusses her bisexuality, her judaism, her passion for the environment, and 95 00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:42.079 her period, in addition to different areas of her life from her stone days 96 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:45.720 to her time as a competitive cheerleader. Now the article bugged me a little 97 00:05:45.720 --> 00:05:48.199 bit. They just casually threw in there that Hannah grew up in Westwood, 98 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:53.800 California. Okay, what it didn't mention at all is her mom is Lorraine 99 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:57.000 Newman. Now why is that relevant? Johnny Mack, You've probably heard the 100 00:05:57.040 --> 00:06:00.600 word nipple baby, And I'm not here to say Hannah's not talented. Many 101 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:04.439 things can be true. One, you can be talented while someone in your 102 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:08.879 family has some connections. For example, dear listener, do you know how 103 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:11.600 to get an agent? Are you on any auditions today? You know why 104 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:15.480 you're not on any auditions today because you don't know they exist. The world 105 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:17.480 works on relationships. If somebody could make a phone call and be like, 106 00:06:17.560 --> 00:06:20.079 hey, do you mind if my kid reads for this thing? Or Hay, 107 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:24.120 do you know anybody who or you're just at a party and you hear 108 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:27.920 of something. Information can help you. If you're just sitting in your basement, 109 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:30.920 you don't know. This an audition today. So and this isn't a 110 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:33.319 Bashan Hannah. This is just in general. Anyone with famous parents in the 111 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:39.319 industry. At some point it helped. I'll switch to sports. Joe Buck 112 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:42.680 at some point, it helped that his dad was Jack Buck, who did 113 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:46.879 Saint Louis Cardinals games. At some point that helped. No Eegle the sportscaster. 114 00:06:46.199 --> 00:06:48.319 At some point, it kind of helps that your dad is on an 115 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:53.439 eagle. If nothing else, there's an agent or I know somebody at the 116 00:06:53.480 --> 00:06:56.160 Lakers and talks to them for you. You know, stuff like that goes 117 00:06:56.199 --> 00:06:59.879 on. Move on, John, before everybody hates you. Chris Fleming is 118 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:03.360 llying Pittsburgh this weekend. Spoke to the Pittsburgh City Paper. Chris used to 119 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:06.560 be better known as Gail, a character he played in the twenty tens in 120 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:13.199 online videos parodying anxious suburban mothers. Fleming told these city paper people strive for 121 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:16.399 relatability, and I don't. I think the fun is the challenge is doing 122 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:20.199 something incredibly specific and making them see it and having them feel what I'm feeling 123 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:23.959 and then relate to it. I really love that mass communication, the thrill 124 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:26.319 of it. I love that, and also the body goes into a state 125 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:29.319 that's so unnatural. There's nothing like it. It's so unnatural, That's how 126 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:31.839 I describe it. Fleming says he's never been to Pittsburgh for these shows. 127 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:35.720 He plans on using newer material, no older than eight months or so. 128 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:39.839 Fleming says, I can't do something for too long. It gets really stale 129 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:42.439 on my head. The shelf life is I want to shoot it pretty fast, 130 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:45.319 and recently I've been doing bits. I just put three bits out online 131 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:46.519 that I was doing for the first time, first or second time, because 132 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:49.519 sometimes I can get glazed over and dead in the eyes if I'm doing material 133 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:54.040 I've been doing for too long. But in Pittsburgh, I'm anticipating being able 134 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:57.079 to mess around a little bit. As they say, in a big theater, 135 00:07:57.199 --> 00:07:59.800 he didn't say mess in a big theater, you kind of have to 136 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:01.439 make saying a sense of structure, otherwise people get really freaked out. In 137 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:05.439 the balcony. The further people get from you and the louse of the show 138 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:09.120 is the more uneasy people get, whereas in a little room it could feel 139 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:11.360 more like a party or a train that's breaking down in fun ways. After 140 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:16.759 his recent Peacock special, Fleming doesn't wrestle with wondering if he's weird enough, 141 00:08:16.839 --> 00:08:20.360 writes The Gazette, Fleming says, I feel like I was able to lean 142 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:22.920 into the esoteric on a mainstream platform that has now freed me to feeling like 143 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:26.360 I'm not afraid anymore not being odd enough. And when I say odd enough, 144 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:28.759 I mean hack. I don't want to be hacked. I even allowed 145 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:31.600 myself to do a bit about the difference between a male doctor and a female 146 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:35.399 doctor and stuff like that. I don't think I would have felt free enough 147 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:37.879 to do because I came from this club. It's a burden that's been lifted. 148 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:41.919 Alex Edelman, you know him from the recent Just for Us a Comedy 149 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:46.519 special, the one where he attended a meeting of neo Nazis. Edelman sells 150 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:50.759 Variety he was recently walking in New York City when he thought he recognized someone 151 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:54.639 from the white nationalist meeting, and Edmund says, I wasn't gonna go Upstille 152 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:56.799 and be like, excuse me, do I know you from a meeting of 153 00:08:56.879 --> 00:09:01.799 neo Nazis and queens? Because you look exact like this person. The Washington 154 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:05.240 Post has been profiling DC comedians. Hey, Maddie Brennan, what's your pre 155 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:09.720 show routine? Maddy says, I always brush my teeth right before leaving the 156 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:11.960 house for an important show. All right, tell us about the time you 157 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:16.200 bombed. One time, I was visiting some friends from college in San Francisco, 158 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:18.039 not long after I started doing stand up. I booked a show to 159 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:20.360 do when I was visiting so that my friends could see me to perform for 160 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:22.440 the first time. When I got to the venue, it was a pack 161 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:26.159 small theater. It was pretty excited, but it turned out that was the 162 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:28.399 show. Before the show I was on, the show let out and everyone 163 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:33.639 left. My friends got there and they were the only audience members I've performed 164 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:35.159 to, just them. That's awful. When we left, I forgot my 165 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:39.240 credit card at the bar. I was so embarrassed by the whole experience that 166 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:41.759 my friend had to go back in and ask for my card. That's the 167 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:46.399 last time I asked friends to watch me perform. Jeff Cirrouley's debut comedy special 168 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:50.919 Live at the Bomb Shelter out today on Comedy Dynamics, we have a clip. 169 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:54.759 Let's listen. These Tuecome podcasts are so popular. There's one called My 170 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:58.879 Favorite Murder that's like the most popular one. I'm like, they're ranking murders, 171 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:03.679 they have favorites. Imagine like your cousin died and you're just like trying 172 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:07.279 to get some info and you come across two women having a great time. 173 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:11.519 You're just trying to get some info and they're basically like, look, I 174 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:15.080 know, it's like really sad that your cousin like got stabbed and left on 175 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:18.600 the side of the highway. But listen, it was our favorite murder. 176 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:22.399 I mean, we loved it, and it was just you're not topping it 177 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:26.279 this year. I mean, our three favorite murders all time Jeffrey Dahmer's second 178 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:31.000 victim, Ted Bundy's third victim, and your cousin. I mean, that's 179 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:39.399 just far money. Top three favorite murders. And that is your comedy news 180 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:41.360 for today. See you tomorrow.