Callaroga Shark Media Jimmy Foul said a Delta Airlines pilot was sentenced to ten months
in jail for showing up to work drunk. Yeah, you got ten months
in prison and a job offer from Southwest. Hello. I'm Johnny Mack with
your daily comedy news. Wait to hear this Kevin Hart thing. Hoo,
there was a lot today. It took me two and a half hours to
sort the stories. Not everything's making today's program, with just so many articles
and interviews and podcasts with comedians. So I've got a load of material well
into next week. But the big thing today, The Washington Post threw some
serious heat I insight right up against Kevin Hart's chin. The headline is Kevin
Hart funny. Now I love this. The genesis of this article here is
basically I'm paraphrasing, why are we giving the Mark Twain Prize to Kevin Hart?
That was kind of my original reaction to the announcement as well. But
the Washington Post is not pulling punches. They write comedy, it seems,
is merely the Empire's cornerstone and some other comedians they could sort of weak.
They quote Donnell Rawling saying on a podcast. I hear so many comics say
Kevin Heart's not funny. Donelle didn't say if he agrees with them or not.
Mike Epps on Instagram in twenty eighteen wrote, I still don't think you
are behind is funny? I cleaned it up a little. You may recall
Kat Williams was on Shannon Sharp's podcast and called Kevin Hart an industry plant.
Kevin Hart reacted to that and said, at the circus, when a lion
comes out and rides a bike, you don't think about it too hard.
You just go, Okay, that's crazy. The post writes Heart has built
something massive, But does the last name Hart mean something in comedy? Does
he consider his comedy to be impactful? Or is he a lion riding a
bicycle? We'd like to ask Cart himself about all this. We spent months
trying to schedule him the Kennedy Center, which we'll host and confer the prize
March twenty fourth. Tried helping. Maybe the interview would be in Qatar,
where we had a show, or maybe on a film set in Atlanta,
maybe just over Zoom, but Kevin Hart had other things to do, so
we bought a one hundred and thirty five dollars ticket for a bad Seat in
North Charleston, South Carolina to see his brand new material tour and listen for
answers. Boy, I love this article so much. They are bringing it.
They're write Heart's small athletic frame. He's five foot four, prowl's the
stage like an NBA player on the court. All twenty three hundred members of
the audience have locked their phones and secure pouches. All eyes are on Heart.
It's clear what he means when he says he doesn't write jokes. Instead,
he shouts his way through meandering stories. They usually end with a laugh
line that will repeat several times, each one louder time out. Chris Rock
does that same thing. I'm not saying Chris Rock sucks, but Chris Rock
will go, here's the punch line. The punch line right. They'll usually
end a laugh line that will repeat several times while he pantomimes say his explosive
defecation after eating a spicy Chick fil a sandwich where his family's eye rolling when
his nephew came out as gay. Quoting Kevin Hart, he I think I
speak for the whole family when I say we know, we know, we
know. The audience devours it, laughing louder with each repetition. Yikes,
yikes, yikes, this is fun. Johnny Mack likes the gossip. Sup
Betting is Kevin Art Funny comics such as Keith Robinson, Patrise O'Neal and David
Tel thought so. They helped him get a start and respect in New York
stand up clubs. Meet Him mogul Damon Dash thought so he put him in
the Rock a Fella produced movie Paper Soldiers, alongside Jay Z, Charlie Murphy,
and Michael Rappaport. Jodd Apatow thought so. He cast him in a
few episodes of his Fox Had Come Undeclared with Seth Rogan and Jay Barshell twenty
three years ago. The Fish out of Water persona he honed in movies such
as Ride Along, Get Harden several films with Dwayne Johnson, draws big box
office receipts. His movie character there is really only one, is an extension
of a stand up act. Frenetic, self deprecating, yet overconfident, fast
talking, and most important, all caps loud. The Washington Post continues,
Funny is in the ear of the listener. But perhaps the proof is in
the empire. Cornerstone be damned his modeled underwear from Macy's. He's played in
major poker tournaments. He co created a TV show in twenty thirteen called Real
Husbands of Hollywood. He founded a production company that pumps out the schlocky comedies
he appears in. He started a ventual capital firm that invests in companies that
make beds, energy, drinks, snacks, and cleaning products. Oh there's
more, all right, fasten your seat belts. Heart's Empire seems impervious to
threats. He cheated on his pregnant wife in twenty seventeen, Johnny Mack pauses,
No one seemed to care. In twenty fifteen, he said he would
never play a gay character. No one really blinked. In twenty eighteen,
the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences announced he would host the twenty
nineteen Oscars. Almost immediately, Twitter useres and journalists began sharing a slew of
his old homophobic tweets and Santa pits. The Academy asked him to apologize.
He refused, resigned a gig, and then gave a non apology on Twitter
but controversy rolls off him because he never fully admits wrongdoing, never earnestly apologizes.
Instead, he talks about personal growth, He's always evolving and growing,
and complains about cancel culture. Did I tell you this is not pulling any
punches. I can't believe this. I forgot to check the byline. Let
me check the bioline here by Travis m Andrews. Travis m Andrews is a
Future Wader. Joined the Post in twenty sixteen. He was previously a traveling
culture editor for Southern Living magazine, a contributing pop culture reporter for Mashable in
the Week. Some of his other recent articles, I'm Just curious is an
oh bit for m m at walsh an article on March fourteenth about the Mark
Twain Prize. On March twelfth, the headline, Oh that's what happens when
the Academy nominates popular movies March twelfth. Chat Cafe the exceptional Indian restaurant in
a gas station. See I'm curious. I want to click on that,
but I cannot afford to get sidetracked today. Johnny Mack Stay focused Washpot writes
a bid from his twenty thirteen special, let me explain about how his infidelity
broke up his first marriage captures the cycle. Yes, people, I cheated.
Am I ashamed of it? No? I'm not do I wish I
could take it back. No, I don't let me tell you why you
can't evolve as a man if you never make a mistake. I'm not sure
that's all that cool. But again, it's in the context of a comedy
special, So we should never take anything set in a comedy special all that
seriously. He told The Sunday Times in twenty twenty one. I've been canceled
what three or four times? In the same interview, he suggests that anyone
who wants to cancel someone should shut the f up. Post continues. One
phrase came up repeatedly among fans and Charleston. Oh, I know where this
is going because I've preread this for age way to hear this That phrase,
he's relatable. Who among us hasn't taken penis enlargement pills from a gas station
and then commanded his spouse to recite his social Security number during six But maybe
we're thinking too literally. What's relatable isn't the taking of the pills, but
the insecurity that leads to them. There's a deep universal anxiety at the heart
of hard jokes, and there's a deep universal anxiety. And the way he
talks about himself. He needed to tell the Sunday Times I'm talented as f
that he's not funny. Slander is the Best began a tweetstorm in twenty twenty
one when Kevin highlighted that his movies have made four billion dollars in the box
office and that three of a stand up specials are among the top ten highest
gross of all time. I've also turned my comedic talents into a place of
business and branding and radio and other revenue streams. The hate slander fuels me
to do more. And now the focus of the Washington Post article asked the
question, is the Twain Prize about being funny? Is fun and loud?
Close enough? Cliff nester Off, the stand up historian, notes that Kevin
Hart and last year's winner Adam Sandler are difficult to contextualize because they're technically mid
career. Nestro Off says, Kevin Hart really belongs to one generation of show
business. I don't know if we're there yet. To see specific comedians performers
that have been influenced by Kevin Hart. It almost feels like we're honoring fame.
Wow, woh, would love to know what you think about that one.
I shared it in the Facebook group. Folks are telling me the article
is payhold, but you just got the gist of it. And if you
use Apple Podcasts, they now have transcripts. So if you want to scroll
through everything I just read to you, I'd be curious your thoughts. Daily
Comedy News podcast group. Wow, that one story was the length of what's
normally one segment. How about this one from Late Nighter? They'll say Sloan
was asked about hosting the Daily Show. She also did not pull any punches
until Late Nighter. I'm just telling you the reality of the situation that's not
going to happen. I'm paying attention and I work there. It's not about
whether they asked me. It's why they didn't ask Roy, would Junior?
Because if they didn't ask Roy, they sure is Heleen gonna ask me?
If they're getting rid of all the diversity in Late Night, why would they
turn around and ask me? Next paragraph here on Late Nighter says Sloan is
referring to the how late night has reverted to just being hosted by white guys
after the following list of people have stopped doing late night shows. That list
includes Samantha Bee, z Way, Ember Ruffin, Jesus and Marrow, and
Trevor Noah, Well, Trevor left on his own. Jesus and Marrow had
a fight, sam Bee. I think turn around out of money, right.
I don't know why the other two ended. Sloane says the atmosphere at
the Daily Show has lightned a bit recently. Sloan said, this is what's
happening with everything. Look at all the shows that are getting canceled. Who
lose this fool was hilarious. It got canceled. Nobody knows why. I'll
tell you why. Nobody watched it. That's why shows get canceled. It
looks like this is what the directive is. And so I can't worry about
everything as a whole, because that just takes your brain somewhere it's not supposed
to go. It's too big for my brain. Listen, if your show
gets views and you can sell to advertisers, it'll be on end a story.
There's no conspiracy. I can tell you why this fool got canceled.
Nobody watched it, so Loan says, with John Stewart coming back, everybody
in the building has relaxed because it's okay, we're probably not going to get
canceled now. Comedy Central is always an interesting place to be. TV right
now is an interesting place to be. So yeah, there are a lot
of people who are like, my kids could stay in private school. We're
probably not going to get canceled right now. That's the main thing. I
got a lot more. I need a break. Normally I do the show
in two chunks. We may have three chunks today. There's so much going
on. David Tel he does indeed have a Netflix special coming out on March
twenty sixth. There's no press about it, there's no articles about it.
This is it's very strange. There's not even a real triller. I went
hunting and found that Netflix posted some audio. But this isn't produced as a
trailer. It's just somebody went all right, I'll grab a couple jokes so
you'll know if there's no music. There's no editing here. You'll also note
that David Tell is working clean here. But I like this clip a lot.
It's really tough because there's no late night food anymore. It's all gone.
I don't know what happened, but no food after eleven. You don't
believe me, I'll take you through it. Okay. I'm in Milwaukee,
which is a great town. Milwaukee, great town, no late night food,
which kind of explains Jeffrey Dahmer. Now, hey, this guy was
a monster, all right. I am not condoning anything he did. But
you get hungry, Am I right? I Mean, come on, all
I'm saying is pack a snack, all right? Now? I do trail
mix anybody. I always travel with a bag of trails the most unsatisfying snack,
Am I right? I mean, honestly, let's call it what it
really is. Are you ready? Not enough M and m's. I mean
that's what trail makes. It is. Every handful is just another handful of
disappointment. Am I right? It's kind of like the hug of a step
dad. I mean, it just doesn't Yeah, I knew he had a
couple of broken toys in the room. For what it's worth, in my
opinion, David Tell, and you don't hear it there? He's doing material
there is really probably the best at crowd work. I've seen him going back
a while. We were at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival and that's a long
time gone. And he just got up there and did I don't know,
half an hour just working the crowd. It was amazing. That Steve Martin
documentary is coming out. Apple has released a longer clip. The first voice
you're going to here is Jerry Seinfeld. Let's listen. This guy was getting
people so happy. He's up there, the most idolized comedian ever. I
always thought of him as the door out of the sixties. Well here's something
I don't often see. Wow, you know, you could be silly again.
You know. I have figured out one thing that would totally put an
endo show business, and that is if the human race, instead of having
two arms, just had one arm right in the center of our body.
Now, the reason that would put an end to show business? How would
people clap? And one more thing, if you bought my album and you
came down here expecting me to do a lot of her teams from the record
and I didn't do them, well, I trim that a little bit for
pacing. Also in this documentary, Tina fey Lorne Michaels, Larry David,
Diane Keaton, Eric Idyl, Selena Gomez, and Martin. Short official synopsis.
Steve Martin is one of the most beloved and enigmatic figures in entertainment.
Steve is a docum mentory in two pieces. I've talked about this before.
First part, the part John cares about the comedy. Second, the movies
and the banjo and all that. I don't care anyway, Steve. On
Apple TV Plus March twenty ninth, Bert Kreischer went on Shaquill O'Neills The Big
Podcast. Jack said, when I work out, my gym is in the
back, the pool is cold. It's like a cold plunge, so I
jump in. I don't want to get out, and then take a shower.
Kreischer shared his workout and said, ice cold pool, Get in there,
wake up. I got rituals. I swim from one side underneath underwater
back to my breath holds Sigora. He's made fun of me for taking pool
showers my whole life. Shack took it personally because that's also his ritual.
So he grabbed the phone for Bert Krescher and sent a voicemail. Tom Sigor
saying, Hey, Tom, this is Bert's twin brother. I take pool
showers too, so leave him alone or I'll kill you. He was joking.
ConA and O'Brien will take part in a special event called Globe Trotting and
Podcasting ConA O'Brien's Life After Late Night TV. This is part of the big
push about this show on Max that's finally coming out called Conan O'Brien Must Go.
We'll be hearing a lot from Conan coming up here. I think Globe
Trouting and Podcasting Conan O'Brien's Life After Late Night TV at the Paley Center in
New York on April eleventh. Did you see Mike Tyson is going to fight
Jake Paul, Our spears waited in telling of lad TV. Mike still got
the power and he still has the speed. My question is does he have
the endurance? And listen, everybody's going, Jake Paul's a YouTuber, Mike's
gotta whoop his butt, blah blah blah. I want to see Jake Paul
get his butt whooped too. But here's the thing. When Jake Paul first
started, he was a little sloppy and he wasn't well put together as he
is now with his body, his postures technique. So my biggest fears that
Mike Tyson does not have the endurance. Hmm all right, let me take
just a quick break here so we can do the second part in the normal
way. I've got a rhythm to this, and I just I need thirty
seconds. Be right back. Climb to New Heights with Monsters, Sharks and
Dinosaurs as we scale the Empire State Building to uncover the legend of King Kong.
This week, we're swinging into the heart of a story that bridges the
gap between monster and man, from Skull Island to the streets of New York
City. Join us as we explore the myth, the mystery, and the
enduring legacy of cinema's most iconic ape. Follow Monsters, Sharks and Dinosaurs on
Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Big
shout out, Hey, one of you has a BMW and you took it
to a shop in New Jersey on Wednesday, and you were listening to Daily
Comedy News. And I know this because the guy that took in your car
is my friend Van, and Van told me the story that he got in
a car and somebody was mid Daily Comedy News. So, whoever you are,
man, say hi on Facebook. I was so happy when Van told
me that story, and I hope your car is okay. He didn't explain
why I was in. I don't know. Maybe just need oil change.
I don't know why, but BMW guy in New Jersey or woman, thank
you for listening. As I mentioned earlier, the Facebook group is Daily Comedy
News podcast group. It's been super active lately, people other than me starting
conversations, which is what I wanted to be. I don't mind starting conversations,
but I love when I log in and I'm like, oh, here's
a good topic, So please feel encouraged to join us. The first time
you post, you'll get a brief timeout so we can make sure you're not
a pornbot. But once we figure out ah, this seems like a human,
will let you in and then you could post away. Mike and Cleveland.
He shot me a note he was reacting to the other day when I
talk about Lenno versus Letterman, and I think he had a good insight,
he said, paraphrasing. Leno felt like he needed to keep the job,
whereas Dave didn't give a hoot if he got fired or not, and I'm
like, yeah, you know what, You're right. Good insight by Mike
in Cleveland. A bunch of podcasts. As I've mentioned, I'm way behind
on my pods. I've got a long drive next weekend. Maybe i can
catch up on them. Anyway. This week, Mark Marin had on Eddie
peppatone that came out yesterday, and David tell I believe that came out on
Monday. Neil Brennan, I forgot to write down the notes. Let me
pull it up. He's at a bunch of people. Ah. Bill Burr,
That's who I wanted to tell you about. Bill Burr came out on
Thursday. Kyle Kanaan came out on the fourteenth. Recent episodes there, Trevor
Wallace, Jim Norton, Seth Green, Dusty Slay. I've listened to the
slag in the Norton. That show has been really clicking lately. Tammy Pascatelli's
on Elvis Duran's podcast. Ari Shafer has launched a new travel podcast called You
Be Tripping' I like that title. His first guest is Andrew Santino. The
official description comedian and seasoned travel expert Ari Shafer has launched his newest podcast,
You Be Tripping On You Be Tripping. Ari Shafir finds the comic wanting to
ditch the travel guides and bring on real folks to discuss their messed up adventures
in hilarious disaster tourism. I don't know is Andrew Santino shucking jokes a good
example of real folks. Here's a clip if you can find a booie in
a bay, which, by the way, is funny to hear him say.
When he would say it, he'd say it sounded like boy. He's
like, we must find a little boy, and I was like, why
do we need a little boy? He's like, no, we have to
get a little boy for the boat. And I was like, I don't
really want a boy on the boat. Your wife just they have different customs.
It's you got, all right, we'll get a little boy on the
book. By the way, that's the first clip they shared, and let's
be honest, that's not the greatest clip. I'll check out the pod,
but that clip doesn't make me go wow, I gotta check this out.
Already has lots of wild stories to tell from his international travels, such as
getting Bert Krescher fat and Greece, as well as dancing for fourteen hours in
a warehouse in Berlin. I had to read that twice to make sure it
said warehouse, not a similar word warehouse in Berlin. On some of the
finest lab made chemicals known to man. The Entra Santino episode, they'd talk
about the little islands off the coast of Italy, the subtle art of annoying
locals and seeing so many stray dogs roaming everywhere. Upcoming guests include frequent podcast
guests Joe List, Mark Norman, and also Kevin Ryan. More to be
announced. From the Sun, No, not the not the Sun, the
newspaper which is called the Sun. Imagine there was comedy news from the Sun.
Channel four bosses have apologized to one of their former employees who made a
serious and concerning outgation about Russell Brand's behavior. The CEO said, one former
Channel four employee made a serious, concerning allegation about Russell Brand in two thousand
and nine. Check your calendar. This was not escalated to Channel four's then
senior management team, nor investigated as it should have been. I've apologized on
behalf of the organization to the individual for this breakdown and for the distress that
this matter has caused. A total of five women claim Brand had assaulted them
between twenty six and twenty thirteen. Before the allegations were published, Russell Brand
released a YouTube video in which he strongly denied the claims without specifying what they
were. Mike Vicky Owns got a special today on the eight hundred Pound Guerrilla
YouTube channel. It'll be at six o'clock. Now, I'm not sure what
time zone the eight hundred Pound Gorilla stuff is usually Central Time. This is
called Worse Kind of Thoughtful. It's inspired by his twenty eighteen comedy album on
the same name. In this unique hour of comedy, Mike fully narrates while
his talented friends, fellow comics, artists and more have been recruited to perform
the stand up material on his behalf. That's Fun. Adam Newmanman has a
new hour of comedy, brought his guitar music, magic horses, but stuff.
This hour has it all. It's called Jew Versus the Volcano. It's
his fifth hour of stand up. You'll find it on Blonde Medicines YouTube channel.
Jew Versus The Volcano has three acts. The first act classic stand up
checking in where he's at now recently Mary traveled and barreling out of a pandemic.
The second act is the age old tale about losing one's virginity, featuring
an appearance by RIM's Mike Mills and a visit to the emergency room. The
third and final act brings us to what Adam Newman has been planning all along
coming out as a guitar comedian. It was in New York a few weeks
ago, and it rained the whole time I was there. The first thing
I had to do in New York was like dip into a bodega and get
like a cheap four dollar umbrella, you know. And I was walking in
Brooklyn, in the neighborhood I was staying in. And I don't know if
it's because I live in LA and just haven't held an umbrella in a long
time, or it was extra slippery or extra wet or whatever, but Augusta
Wynn came and I just lost it. It's just like up in the air.
I turned around just in time to see it land in a baby's stroller.
Okay, the baby's fine, I promise you. The baby's fine,
but the mom was mad. She was like hey, I was like,
I'm sorry, and she goes, you threw your umbrella at my baby.
I was like, I didn't throw it at your baby. Have you ever
tried to throw and have you ever tried to throw an open umbrella? Like
open against the way that it's open, like facing the other direction? Like
for me to accurately be able to skill level, the skill level, the
practice I would have had to put into it, the hatred towards her specific
baby for me to land that in the stroller, her second reaction should have
been my baby. Her first reaction should have been, that was incredible.
You have to show me how you did that. That was amazing you versus
the Volcano digital album and special out today vinyl orders in June. And that
is your comedy News for today. Long episode. But that was a lot,
right, all right, plenty of good stuff for the weekend. If
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