WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:10.880 Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with your 2 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:13.240 daily comedy news. But we've had a little run of 3 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:17.640 what I'm describing as angry comedy articles, and I've had 4 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:21.879 fun sharing them. Here's another one from Pajeeba. Seane Gillis 5 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:26.199 blame gen Z for him bombing his SNL monologue. Andrew 6 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:29.879 Sandford writes, you don't tell people you're performing for that 7 00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:32.359 you lost them, nor do you start making excuses if 8 00:00:32.359 --> 00:00:35.159 you do. The great and powerful Conan O'Brien talks about 9 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:37.320 that all the time. He's mentioned that during his years 10 00:00:37.359 --> 00:00:39.359 as a talk show host, anytime a guest would turn 11 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:41.880 to the audience says something the effect of this isn't 12 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:44.280 going well or I lost you guys, it would signal 13 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:47.359 the interview's death. Even if you think things aren't going well, 14 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:50.119 you lead with confidence. You don't start blaming the audience. 15 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:53.079 That doesn't strictly apply to being a late night talk 16 00:00:53.119 --> 00:00:54.840 show guest either. I was part of the New York 17 00:00:54.840 --> 00:00:57.039 City stand up scene for a bit, while that didn't 18 00:00:57.079 --> 00:00:59.520 end up working out. I've seen a lot of bad 19 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:01.679 stand up. More often than not, when a comedian starts 20 00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:04.439 blaming the crowd for their poor performance makes things a 21 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:07.719 million times worse. I've seen comedians whose whole act insists 22 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:09.760 of intermittently telling the audience. I guess that was too 23 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:12.040 much for you guys, or everyone here is so sensitive 24 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:14.719 tonight it's bad form. I do agree with that, that 25 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:17.439 is a good point, but we'll get to the Shane 26 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:20.680 Gillis part. Shane perform a monologue about Trump wanted to 27 00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:22.560 buy Greenland and how white guys want to know if 28 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:25.079 their girlfriends have slept with a black guy. Surprised it 29 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:27.280 did not go over well. He then pivoted to a 30 00:01:27.359 --> 00:01:29.040 joke about the Civil War, and by that point the 31 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:32.120 crowd was pretty checked out. Even commits the cardinal sin 32 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:34.319 and jokes about losing the crowd, even when he hasn't 33 00:01:34.359 --> 00:01:37.200 fully lost them yet, it was bad to be even 34 00:01:37.239 --> 00:01:39.959 slightly fair. Of course, so likely mostly liberal New York 35 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:42.319 City crowd wasn't going to go for Gillis's stick, but 36 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:44.400 he should know that he should pivot. You don't have 37 00:01:44.439 --> 00:01:46.799 to change who you are, just tell more jokes that 38 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:48.799 may work where you are. But Gillis doesn't take the 39 00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:50.920 blame for any of that, as he explained on a 40 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:53.400 recent episode, of SmartLess. It's the young people's fault. He 41 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:56.680 didn't do well, but it was not Shane Gillis's fault. 42 00:01:56.680 --> 00:02:01.640 You guys so much just of Sheen Killa. I don't 43 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:04.480 get it. I think he's funny. It's got a goofy 44 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:07.319 smile that telegraphs that he's just, you know, a guy 45 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:11.360 shocking jokes. Just have a good time taking Toataro. We'll 46 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:15.000 headline the twenty twenty five Eureka Springs Pride Festival coming 47 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:19.000 up on June fourteenth, that's next Saturday. Already, ticket price 48 00:02:19.039 --> 00:02:22.159 has caught my eye, sixty eight fifty to one, sixty 49 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:25.439 four to fifty. There's also VIP meet and greet tickets 50 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:27.520 in case the one sixty four to fifty wasn't enough 51 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:30.879 for you. The BBC, for some reason did a travel 52 00:02:30.919 --> 00:02:34.159 guy to la with Osco at Kotska. Somebody in London's like, 53 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:35.479 h I want to go to La. I wonder what 54 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:38.319 Oscar has to say. The part that catches my eye 55 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:41.719 is about the comedy clubs. Osco says, the comedy scene 56 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:44.039 in la is pretty diverse. We have everything for you. 57 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:47.879 She suggests dipping your twos into the scene by visiting theaters, 58 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:50.439 it's a little more artful than a comedy club. The 59 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:54.759 allegioned theater is her recommendation. Meanwhile, Largo is her go 60 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:57.319 to for music enthusiasts if you like seeing musicians who 61 00:02:57.439 --> 00:02:59.360 just like seeing celebrities trying out their new jokes for 62 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:01.360 the first time, and Largo's a great place for that. 63 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:03.759 Musicians joined the lineup so you can be watching stand 64 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:05.840 up comedy the same night Beck is doing a set. 65 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:09.240 She also recommends places you've heard of, like the Comedy 66 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:12.520 Store in Hollywood Improv. As for the Comedy Store, it 67 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:14.719 has a pretty diverse lineup in the audience is true 68 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:18.360 comedy lovers. Meanwhile, the Hollywood Improv a list lineups are 69 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:21.199 the norm, she says. The Comedy Store in Hollywood Improv 70 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:23.439 are two places I perform at a lot. Those are 71 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:25.520 places I really feel at home. I love that the 72 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:28.120 place I'm working at feels like a second home. Rob 73 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:30.680 Wriggle will have a memoir out this fall. It's called 74 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:33.360 Grit Spit and Never Quit, a Marine's Guide to Comedy 75 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:36.240 in Life. I worked with Wriggle a few times, really 76 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:39.000 enjoyed his company. Just like a cool guy, you know 77 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:41.680 what I mean. Wriggle tells People magazine, I hope people 78 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:43.400 will be able to identify some of what I went 79 00:03:43.439 --> 00:03:44.879 through and it would be a service to them on 80 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:48.080 their own journey. The book tells stories from his twenty 81 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:51.039 three years in the Marines, plus his time in movies 82 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:53.360 and TV. Rob says, I like to think of it 83 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:55.719 as a motivational memoir. I hope people will be able 84 00:03:55.719 --> 00:03:57.280 to identify with some of what I went through and 85 00:03:57.280 --> 00:03:59.400 it would be of service to them on their own journey. 86 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:02.599 Wriggle retired from the military in twenty thirteen as a 87 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:06.439 lieutenant colonel. That's no joke, he says. They pushed me 88 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:08.800 beyond my perceived limits. So whatever I thought it was 89 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:10.960 capable of, the Marine said, actually you can do a 90 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:12.439 whole lot more when pushed, and they were right, and 91 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:13.879 it opened up my mind a lot too. If I 92 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:16.680 could do that, maybe I can do this. I started 93 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:18.680 to actually believe myself and say, you know what, I'm 94 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:20.279 going to bet on myself and so that's when I 95 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:22.199 finally got the courage to gopher it with regard to 96 00:04:22.279 --> 00:04:25.680 comedy and acting. So I give them Marine Corps especially 97 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:28.600 a lot of credit for that. Wriggle learned the hard way. 98 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:30.639 You need to embrace the suck and never give up 99 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:32.439 if you want to get anywhere in life. The description 100 00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:34.839 concludes with he's jumped out of planes and he's become 101 00:04:34.879 --> 00:04:36.959 one of the most recognizable comedians in the country. But 102 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:39.360 at his core, Rob was a regular guy from Kansas 103 00:04:39.399 --> 00:04:42.199 with grit, spit and the will to never quit. The 104 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:44.360 Boston Gloto bast Come out Bell, is it harder to 105 00:04:44.439 --> 00:04:47.360 ridicule Trump now than it was during his first term? 106 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:49.519 Come out and said you can still make fun of him. 107 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:51.399 I joked that my New Year's resolution was to be 108 00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:54.720 more petty. Bell says, the president is still surrounded by 109 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:57.319 bumbling fools, but they're bumbling fools that could turn us 110 00:04:57.319 --> 00:04:59.759 into North Korea West. That's not a joke. The reason 111 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:01.079 to make fun of it is so we don't give 112 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:02.480 all our power away to them. The more we can 113 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:04.160 look them in the eye gives you the juice to 114 00:05:04.199 --> 00:05:05.800 figure out a way to go there and hopefully save 115 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:08.639 the country. Send your letters to w pmal Bell. Brad 116 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:11.720 Williams spoke to k e Yt. Brad was born with 117 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:15.439 a chondroplasia. The primary feature of that is dwarf Ism. 118 00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:18.920 Brad found himself bullied at a young age and says 119 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:21.680 his dad equipped him to handle it. Brad told k 120 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:24.120 e Yt he and I would write comebacks together, would 121 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:26.399 write retorts to common things he thought kids might say. 122 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:28.079 And it was so great because when it happened, I 123 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:29.800 wasn't hurt by it. I wasn't shock with it. I 124 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:32.399 was just trained for this. Most of it isn't based 125 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:34.439 in cruelty. Most of it's based in ignorance. Like a 126 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:37.120 lot of discriminatory practices, a lot of people that don't 127 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:39.120 like and don't accept certain types of people just haven't 128 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:41.680 been exposed to those types of people. The first thing 129 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:43.560 a lot of people notice. Sometimes people come up to 130 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:45.040 me after a show and go, hey, man, thanks for 131 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:48.399 talking about disability and difference. I get it. As for comedy, 132 00:05:48.439 --> 00:05:50.720 it's a positive effect on mental health for me personally 133 00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:52.680 because that's my therapy. That's how I get it out. 134 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:54.959 And just to laugh, you're releasing these joy chemicals in 135 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:58.279 your brain, serotonin, dopamine. You feel good about yourself, and 136 00:05:58.360 --> 00:05:59.920 if you have a physical ailment like a sort of 137 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:02.279 Bruce drm, you go laugh a lot. You'll notice, hey, 138 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:05.680 I'm not hurting right now. Jim Jeffries was talking about 139 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:08.879 the iconic line from Paul Hogan's Crocodile Dundee, you know 140 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:10.920 that's not a knife, that's a knife for that one. 141 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:13.759 Jim said, that famous and iconic line by Hogan, to 142 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:16.120 me is really what we're all about. There's a little 143 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:18.199 bit of that Hogan line in all of us. I 144 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:20.319 feel like when I travel on land at airports filling 145 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:22.560 out the customs form, WHI says occupation I get to 146 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:24.439 write comedian? How cool is that? You get to the 147 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:26.680 desk and the guy behind it says, say you're a comedian? 148 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:28.279 Are you? And they want you to tell a joke. 149 00:06:28.279 --> 00:06:29.920 But I'm like, if you had just told fourteen year 150 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:31.399 old me that one day I'd be writing comedian on 151 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:34.639 my customs form, what a blessing. Jim said, there were 152 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:37.639 world class comedians who rarely for got to perform outside 153 00:06:37.639 --> 00:06:39.480 of Australia because it was too much of a hassle. 154 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:41.519 It takes all those years to conquer Australia, so why 155 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:44.079 would you bother going to another country these in the 156 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:47.439 days before say streaming platforms. I just consider myself a 157 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:49.720 lucky man who's got a few opportunities. I had a 158 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:51.439 lot of luck in my career and I took advantage 159 00:06:51.439 --> 00:06:54.399 of it. He has a small role in the Jordan 160 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:57.439 Peel sports horror film Him, which will be out in September. 161 00:06:57.519 --> 00:06:59.720 Jim says, it's a couple of scenes. I haven't seen 162 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:01.120 the movie yet, but when we were making it, I 163 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:02.600 knew it was going to be awesome and the trailer 164 00:07:02.600 --> 00:07:04.920 for it was killer. The film is about American football, 165 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:07.639 so it'll come out once the NFL season begins. But 166 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:10.079 Stand Up will always remain my first job. It allows 167 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:12.040 me to control my destiny and pick where I get 168 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:16.439 to go. CBS announced what's taking over the Taylor Tomlinson 169 00:07:16.519 --> 00:07:19.519 twelve thirty seven slot, and it is Comics Unleashed with 170 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:23.480 Byron Allen. Comics Unleased had aired in that time slot, 171 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:26.160 filling the four month gap between the end of Cordon's 172 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:29.079 show and the premiere of After Midnight. CBS will air 173 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:31.839 two episodes of Comics Unleashed back to back each night. 174 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:35.279 In twenty twenty three, the run on CBS consisted of 175 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:38.399 reruns and never before seen episodes, all of which were 176 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:41.839 shot prior to twenty twenty three. The belief in the 177 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:44.120 trades and on social media is that these will be 178 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:46.759 older episodes as well, So don't get too excited about 179 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:51.360 comics Unleashed. Hassan Minhaj during that Hollywood Reporter Comics roundtable 180 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:53.879 I've been picking away at talked about I remember when 181 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:55.279 we thought he was going to get the Daily Show 182 00:07:55.279 --> 00:07:58.319 and then didn't because people looked at his comedy special. 183 00:07:58.399 --> 00:08:00.839 Remember that happened, Hassan Sai. Yeah, I had to go 184 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:03.680 through a comedy audit by Turbotext, which is its own thing. 185 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:06.560 Make sure you file everybody, bring your receipts. But also 186 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:09.319 there's a critique aspect to it that's very new. One 187 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:11.199 of the first jokes that came to me was when 188 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:13.279 I called a buddy and I was like, how bad 189 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:15.360 is it? And he was like, the article's bad, but 190 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:18.399 the photos are good. I was like, that's hilarious. It's 191 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:21.240 also very funny to fail so bad that you bring 192 00:08:21.279 --> 00:08:25.000 back Jon Stewart. That is your comedy news for today. 193 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:26.800 If you enjoy the program, please tell a friend about it. 194 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:28.120 They might like it too. If you would like the 195 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:31.120 program without commercial interruption. If you're on Apple Podcast, click 196 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:34.080 that banner that says uninterrupted listening. If you're not on 197 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:37.200 Apple Podcasts, go to caliroga dot com slash plus link 198 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:39.799 in the show notes. Short version five bucks a month. 199 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:42.000 You get the show ad free and feed drop free, 200 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:43.360 and it is a great way to support the show. 201 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:45.480 I appreciate you all. See you tomorrow.