WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:11.679 Callaroga Shark Media. Hey, I'm Shonnie Mack with your daily comedy news. 2 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:14.759 Tom Sever Have you heard of him? Hall of Fame picture, best known 3 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:18.000 for being a picture on the New York Mets. So when Tom Seaver was 4 00:00:18.120 --> 00:00:21.679 late in his career, he's pitching a game and the pitching coach comes out 5 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:24.160 and says, you don't have your best stuff today, you got nothing? 6 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:27.480 And sever goes, yeah, and he gestures at the hatter and he goes. 7 00:00:27.480 --> 00:00:31.559 But they don't know that that, my friends, was yesterday's podcast. 8 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:36.920 For scheduling reasons, I needed to tape both yesterday and today, and after 9 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:40.679 all the twenty minute episodes I've done lately. Naturally, when I was prepping 10 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:43.240 the show on Wednesday, there was almost nothing new, and I was like, 11 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:46.960 ah, you're kidding me. Couldn't like Kat Williams say something about somebody 12 00:00:47.119 --> 00:00:49.799 or something. Now, I had some stories. Today, I had plenty. 13 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:52.520 I'd planned on pre taping today, so I have plenty for today Today's 14 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:54.600 real Yesterday, I was like, all right, let me see if I 15 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:57.359 can check and jive and get through this. And it worked. It was 16 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:00.280 a pretty good episode of the fifteen hundred or so I'm not sure it was 17 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:03.280 the greatest episode, but it was perfectly fine, so I was happy with 18 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:07.079 how that came out to. Doug Benson has already been scheduled for the Tower 19 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:12.239 City Comedy Festival. You know when that is? January twenty twenty five. 20 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:17.200 Then has this super early. It's in Paris, Texas, three nights, 21 00:01:17.239 --> 00:01:21.280 fifteen plus shows, one hundred plus comics. Sounds fun. Doug Benson is 22 00:01:21.319 --> 00:01:23.920 your headliner, Johnny, Sure you're not bluffing today because you led with Doug 23 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:27.560 Benson's playing a show nine months from now? Are you sure you're not bluffing 24 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:30.680 today. I'm not bluffing today. This is a high quality episode. Steve 25 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:36.319 Martin's new documentary is out Apple TV plus been telling you about this one. 26 00:01:36.359 --> 00:01:40.120 It's in two parts. The first part focuses on Steve's comedy. The second 27 00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:42.560 part the movies and the banjo and the Hall of Fame lamp and all that. 28 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:48.519 I'll watch part one. Bill Maher says, what I've decided to do 29 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:52.079 is not preemptively give up my nervous system to Donald Trump like I did last 30 00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:55.239 election cycle, or maybe the last two times. If he wins, he 31 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:59.560 wins, I'll do everything I can to make sure that doesn't happen, but 32 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:01.560 none of them have much influence. The country's polarized. It's like a prison 33 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:05.000 yard. You're either on one team or the other. Everybody says they want 34 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:07.079 to be in the middle, but really they just go to their corners. 35 00:02:07.319 --> 00:02:09.000 So either trumpill Winterer he won't, and then he becomes president. Either he'll 36 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:12.960 blow up the world or put me in Guatanamo Bay or whatever. I just 37 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:17.319 can't worry about it constantly. Paley Fest announced a few moderators. Jet Apatow 38 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:22.919 will moderate Curb Your Enthusiasm on Thursday, April eighteenth. Patton Oswald will moderate 39 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:27.800 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Saturday, April twentieth. Some casting news from 40 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:30.240 This is Spinal Tap. Lars Ulrich, you know him from Metallica, and 41 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:36.199 Chad Smith that's the guy from Red Hot Chili Peppers. They're gonna play drummers 42 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:38.960 in the sequel too. This is spinal Tap. Now, if you saw 43 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:43.159 the first one Spinal Tap, drummers tend to die. Also in the sequel, 44 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:46.759 Fran Drescher's back, Rob Reiner's back, new editions to the cast. 45 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:50.759 Paul Schaeffer isn't Schaeffer in the first one. Did I imagine that? Yeah, 46 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:53.719 Paul plays are you fucking? In the original? Yeah? All right, 47 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:55.360 I didn't imagine that. Maybe I just think at reading comprehension. Anyway, 48 00:02:55.400 --> 00:02:59.159 Shaffer is in the sequel. Here in the sequel, we catch up 49 00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:02.520 with Spinal Tap. They reunite for one final concert after a fifteen year hiatus. 50 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:07.599 They originally wanted to release this this month for the fortieth anniversary of the 51 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:09.719 original film March of eighty four, but there was a strike, delay and 52 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:14.759 stuff, and the movie still does not have a release date. Steph Tolev 53 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:17.520 spoke to w p R and they said, crowd work is where Steph really 54 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:21.120 shines. By the way, some of us were talking about David Tell's CrowdWork 55 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:23.719 at Tell is the best. Did you watch it Tell specially? Yet? 56 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:27.120 Watch it Tell Special number one special? Year? Heckle. Steph tolav at 57 00:03:27.159 --> 00:03:30.479 your own risk her most viral videos of a man who overstepped and then left 58 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:32.879 the theater. She tells the story. It was at the comedy store. 59 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:36.520 I was in another room, so I missed what happened at the beginning of 60 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:38.439 the show. So I came in. I was talking to this couple, 61 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:40.560 and they ended up not being a couple. They were like Boston employee. 62 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:45.120 Then someone else yealed out. He sponsored the show move on with this tone 63 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:47.280 that was so rude for no reason, and he left. So I got 64 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:50.919 mad because I was like, you can't heckle me and leave. Sorry, 65 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:52.919 I now this works. You want to kill me? You stay in the 66 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:54.319 room, you deal with it. I convinced the host at the end of 67 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:57.800 the show to bring me back up. I was so pumped to go back 68 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:00.599 on stage. The crowd went nuts too. They was bet up there. 69 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:04.319 The heckler slunk away once more. Steph says, then he ended up being 70 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:08.599 route to me after texting a guy whose showed was still making fun of me. 71 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:10.680 I was like, yeah, your chance, you wasted it. Sorry, 72 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:13.240 you can't be a troll. You troded me to my face. This 73 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:15.279 is what happens, Johnny. You assure you that trying to pull a CEV 74 00:04:15.399 --> 00:04:21.279 here this These stories sound pretty generic from the BBC You're for Comedy News. 75 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:27.480 Ed Gamble has swapped a hot dog for a cucumber in his advertisements on the 76 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:31.639 Subway. He has swapped a hot dog for a cucumber. You dirty listener, 77 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:34.680 I know what's in your mind right now, hot dog, cucumber. 78 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:39.439 Don't act like it's not. You're thinking about food. Yeah, I know 79 00:04:39.519 --> 00:04:43.079 what you're thinking about. So Ed Gamble had used a hot dog in his 80 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:46.000 advertisement for a stand up tour. Hot Diggity dog makes sense to me. 81 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:53.600 However, Transport for London aka TfL does not allow foods high in fat, 82 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:58.079 sugar and salt to be advertised on its network. Really, a spokesperson for 83 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:01.959 TfL said, following a review the advert, we advise that elements would need 84 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:05.399 to be removed to and short complied with our policy. This is somebody's job. 85 00:05:05.879 --> 00:05:11.120 On Instagram at Gamble describe the incident as a career highlight, adding eat 86 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:15.160 your greens kids. So he removed the hot dog and put in a cucumber, 87 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:18.560 but his team kept the ketchup and mustard. Gamble said, I actually 88 00:05:18.639 --> 00:05:21.600 don't have a problem with the TfL regulations. They make sense to me, 89 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:27.120 but the new posters promote something way more harmful. The idea of the cucumbers 90 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:30.720 pairwell with ketchup and mustard. I'm not sad to have them remove the hot 91 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:32.199 dog. It was only featured on the poster because I wanted to eat during 92 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:35.720 the photoshoot. Hopefully it's not too late to change the title of the show 93 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:42.720 to Q Diggity Cucumber. Today's daily comedy news is brought to you by Monsters, 94 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:46.800 Sharks and Dinosaurs. It's a podcast, Monsters, Sharks and Dinosaurs. 95 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:49.920 I love this one. I just wrote a bunch of episodes for it the 96 00:05:49.959 --> 00:05:54.240 other day, so I won't even read the proper copy. I'll tell you 97 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:58.040 what we're doing here. You pick a monster, say King Kong, and 98 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:00.399 then we explain how King Kong would kill you. Then we get into the 99 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:03.480 plausibility of all right, could there be a giant gorilla? How would that 100 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:06.720 work in science and stuff? We take a look at that, and then 101 00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:11.759 we'd take a look at the monsters in popular culture. Are there movies with 102 00:06:12.199 --> 00:06:15.480 such a monster? A lot of fun. It was originally a throwaway idea. 103 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:17.680 I said to my business partner Mark, I'm like, let's do monster, 104 00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:19.959 sharks and dinosaurs. So that was the extent of the idea, and 105 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:23.879 then when I sat down to actually write them, it came out a lot 106 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:27.800 more fun and a lot smarter than I thought. So this morning I was 107 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:31.720 writing episodes about the Dracula, frank Stein's Monster, the Mummy. We have 108 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:36.079 episodes about Jaws and Jurassic Park. You know, sharks, dinosaurs. So 109 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:42.279 the show is called Monsters, Sharks and Dinosaurs. Monsters, Sharks and Dinosaurs. 110 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:45.959 Where you get your podcast? Check that one out. The CBC says 111 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:48.160 Just for Laughs has been a launch pad for Canadian comedians. What happens to 112 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:53.079 us without it? Comedian Sam's Faraza writes, a few weeks ago, I 113 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:56.439 was feeling pretty good about being a Canadian comic. I'd flown out to perform 114 00:06:56.439 --> 00:06:59.600 on a taping for Just for Last Vancouver as part of the next season. 115 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:02.399 We see gyms that the new wave of stand up series. The morning of 116 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:05.839 my filming, on a typically drizzly Vancouver day, I wrapped myself at a 117 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:10.600 complimentary hotel robe. I treated myself to room service. Life was good. 118 00:07:10.959 --> 00:07:14.759 Then the JFL announcement. My first thought was, what a devastating blow this 119 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:17.639 would be a Canadian stand up My second thought was could my exorbitant room service 120 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:19.920 be blamed for this? Then I remember and I had paid out of pocket 121 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:24.279 Just for Laughs as a beacon for Canadian comedy. It's the carrot at the 122 00:07:24.360 --> 00:07:27.879 end of the stick that every Canadian comedian is chasing, whether they admit it 123 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:30.959 or not, it has a hand in creating the very foundation of Canadian stand 124 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:32.800 up and as a result, getting booked on the Montreal Festival, the biggest 125 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:36.439 comedy festival in the world, is one of the very few springboards for success 126 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:40.680 in our industry. It has propelled comedians from amateur to something to at least 127 00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:44.720 somewhat resembles professional status. Getting on JFL means something. It's a stamp of 128 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:46.680 approval, a sign that you've made it. I'll add an amen to that. 129 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:50.480 Showcases for JFL have all un canceled at the last minute, and comedians 130 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:54.360 like myself that work on these important sets all year long have been left high 131 00:07:54.439 --> 00:07:58.160 and dry. Although it says it hopes to resume the festival in twenty five, 132 00:07:58.279 --> 00:08:01.920 that feels like a tall order the of the festivals dependent on jp R. 133 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:05.399 That's the just for last company pulling off a huge restructuring in a year's 134 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:09.120 time, let's take a lot of innovation and downsizing, no small feat for 135 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:11.920 a large company that's already struggled to pivot. As for other avenues for success, 136 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:16.560 comedians are left with crumbs. There are little to no comedy specific grants 137 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:18.920 for stand up. Often we're grouped together with theater artists in the grant world, 138 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:24.439 forcing us to compete with completely different art forms. Meanwhile, circus arts 139 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:26.399 gets its own category. And hey, no shade to sirc to sleigh. 140 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:31.199 Just want a fair fight. And if you're thinking, just post you stand 141 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:33.440 up online build a following. I could tell you a thing or two is 142 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:37.200 someone with a medium size falling online. First, the money doesn't come easy 143 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:41.000 because you have to have an online following. And secondly, while festivals are 144 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:43.559 far from the only thing to work toward in comedy, getting an opportunity to 145 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:46.279 perform at a festival like JFL is a huge goalpost that's now in peril. 146 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:50.440 If JFL does come back next year, it's hard to imagine Canadian comedians getting 147 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:54.879 a good deal. Canadian comedians will be the first to tell you it means 148 00:08:54.919 --> 00:08:58.919 bringing in more bankable American talent paid for by Canadian taxpayers and artistic institutions. 149 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:03.039 The same criticisms the festival is faced in the past will likely become more ingreened 150 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:07.639 in the future. Speaking of Canada, Canadians are applauding a comedian who expertly 151 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:13.000 shut down an American that insisted on correcting him during a set. Michael Harrison 152 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:16.399 is a New York based comedian from Saskatchewan. He posted a clip titled an 153 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:20.559 American Canadian explaining Canada to me, What a surprise. We don't have a 154 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:24.240 thirteenth grade He've been lying to him. Sorry to correct you. Yeah, 155 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:26.679 we don't have that. I'm Canadian. Trust me, I'm very aware of 156 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:28.879 what our country has. We actually don't. Ontario had that a long time 157 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:31.559 ago. They don't have it anymore. The woman goes, you have it. 158 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:35.559 No, they don't trust me. I hate to admit this to you. 159 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:37.600 You're wrong. The audience laughs. He turns to the audience and says, 160 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:41.600 this is how American that woman is. You're wrong about your country. 161 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:43.519 This is why people don't like you guys as much when you travel other country 162 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:48.200 because of that. Mike Lazer's debut comedy album Life Rules Mixed Ape, Volume 163 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:52.399 one out today on a special Thing Records, The Tights eight tracks of Comedy 164 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:56.600 Gold. Mike hit the stage to explain that saying yes to life, his 165 00:09:56.720 --> 00:09:58.919 love of weed Town, for cooking, having good merch therapy and validation, 166 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:03.600 and the pressure Beast tells Us Originally from Saint Louis. Mike Glazer is an 167 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:09.639 entertainment juggernaut with extensive credits, including appearances at the twenty twenty three NHL Awards 168 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:11.679 and No, I didn't forget. I just moved it to the end. 169 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:16.000 Let's see what's happening at Melbourne. Let's say you're listening on Friday, which 170 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:20.679 means in Melbourne it's Saturday. By the way, Sunday's episode of this podcast, 171 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:24.519 already recorded is a look at up and coming ozzy comedians, so a 172 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:28.240 bit of a format breaker. It'll be me just going, hey, here's 173 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:30.720 this guy I've never heard of. Here's a clip, but it's a lot 174 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:31.200 of fun. I think it came out well. I'd love to know what 175 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:35.080 you think of that episode, and you can share that in the Facebook group 176 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:39.240 a daily comedy news podcast group. The Melbourne site. They must have been 177 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:41.120 listening to me complain about it. It loaded a little quicker and they now 178 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:45.639 have a tab this Saturday, which made it a lot easier for me to 179 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:48.399 do mental gymnastics. Let's see if we could find something with an actual clip 180 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:54.519 today. Tom Ballard's good point, well made, says, there's a clip 181 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:58.159 and there is let's listen rolled. Michael jokes about the name coronavirus Corona. 182 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:03.440 That's like a bee. Then I drink what's next Peroni virus? Yeah, 183 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:09.600 look, everyone of those toilet piper o the news. It was hilarious. 184 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:16.240 Then Tom Hanks got it and we were like, this is serious. Sheriff 185 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:22.759 Woody is sick. Then Richard Wilkins got it and we were laughing again. 186 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:26.360 Okay, we were like, oh, now, this is a wonderful news 187 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:28.919 story. All right. It took me a minute to find a clip. 188 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:33.440 There. He drops a lot of F bombs. I'll give you a note, 189 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:35.799 as a guy in a basement doing a podcast talking to a professional comedian, 190 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:41.320 your particular material doesn't need the F bomb every third word. Just drop 191 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:43.600 it all. You don't need it. Johnny Max is not anti swearing, 192 00:11:43.799 --> 00:11:46.399 but you know, I don't need to do this podcast. Like, hey, 193 00:11:46.440 --> 00:11:48.919 if you enjoy the fing show, tell a friend about it. They 194 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:52.799 might effing like it too. Like I don't need to do that. Eater 195 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:56.519 does that? Comedian? Now I hear my dog flopping upstairs. My dog 196 00:11:56.679 --> 00:12:01.120 is sixteen and a half years old. I'm going to go rescue her. 197 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:03.399 Oh, my God just fell again. All right, see you tomorrow.