Speaker 1: Callaroga Shark Media, Hello, Johnny Mack with your daily comedy
Speaker 1: news man. You can see just how much damage performing
Speaker 1: at the Riog Comedy Festival did to people's careers. Like take,
Speaker 1: for example, Sebastian Maniscalco. He was interviewed by Forbes down
Speaker 1: in Atlantic City at the Ocean Casino Resort. Forbes I
Speaker 1: met out with Sebastian at the Italian restaurant at the
Speaker 1: Ocean Casino Resort with the classic name Linguini by the Sea.
Speaker 1: Forbes tells us they shared some Manhattans, some homemade meatballs,
Speaker 1: eggplant rolatini, and chicken Marsella. And in this purbing interview,
Speaker 1: they asked, hey, when you play the riod come. No,
Speaker 1: they didn't ask him that at all. They said, hey,
Speaker 1: was wine a regular part of dinner growing up in
Speaker 1: an Italian family? Because this is the hacky Sebastian Maniscalgo interview,
Speaker 1: you do, Oh yeah, you're Italian? Right, yeah, Okay, let
Speaker 1: me ask you about food. Sebastian said, it's not like
Speaker 1: I was knocking back your glass of wine when his
Speaker 1: ten years old, but it was here's the knife, here's
Speaker 1: the glass. I have a little sip, so it wasn't
Speaker 1: taboo growing up. I remember my grandfather having a large
Speaker 1: jug of wine, not Opu's Winter or anything like that.
Speaker 1: I think it was Ernest and Julio Gallo. But yeah,
Speaker 1: food and wine were pretty much a staple growing up
Speaker 1: these days. Sebastian says, I really enjoy red wine. My
Speaker 1: wife and I got married in Napa. My father in
Speaker 1: law introduced me to the world of wine. When I
Speaker 1: met my wife fifteen years ago. I met. Up to
Speaker 1: that point, I was drinking wine, but I didn't really
Speaker 1: know anything. I'm not a wine connoisseur where I could
Speaker 1: taste anything and say, oh, that's a cinnamon whatever. It's
Speaker 1: more of an appreciation for a nice bottle of wine
Speaker 1: as opposed to just grabbing whatever at the store. Sebastian,
Speaker 1: Do you remember your first drink? He said, Amaretto stone sour.
Speaker 1: This was back in the early nineties. Growing up in Chicago.
Speaker 1: The Amearetto stone sour was the drink along with doers.
Speaker 1: My father used to drink Doers on the rocks. I
Speaker 1: was a Scotts drinker for a little bit, all right, Sebastian,
Speaker 1: what's your favorite cocktail now? He says, I'm recently falling
Speaker 1: in love with the Manhattan. I dabbled with the Manhattan
Speaker 1: about twenty years ago and then kind of forgot about it.
Speaker 1: I became strictly tequila. I I was gonna do cocktail,
Speaker 1: but the Manhattan now seems to be the one. If
Speaker 1: I'm out at a bar, I'll just get a Maker's
Speaker 1: Mark Manhattan. They talked to me about comedy, and theysked Sebastian, Hey,
Speaker 1: when you were performing at the Saudi Comedy festal did you? Oh? No.
Speaker 1: They didn't ask him that at all. They asked him
Speaker 1: if he bases his comedy in real life, and Sebastian said,
Speaker 1: a lot of my comedy is based in nostalgia. That's
Speaker 1: how it used to be, this is how it is now.
Speaker 1: I often look back at how I grew up Now,
Speaker 1: being a father, I want to take those kind of
Speaker 1: core values and traditions and implement them into my kids.
Speaker 1: I'm not saying I had the perfect parents, but I
Speaker 1: like the way they taught me manners, they taught me respect,
Speaker 1: and you know, I see the parents of today not
Speaker 1: parenting their kids. It's a little disheartening to see how
Speaker 1: things have changed over the years. Well, Sebastian do you
Speaker 1: like to cook? Do you like movies about gladi eaters?
Speaker 1: Sebastian said, first and foremost, I love meat. I love steak.
Speaker 1: I'm not a astronomist by any means. No one's saying,
Speaker 1: oh my god, he came up with this beautiful, puret.
Speaker 1: Mainly I cook for my kids and try to introduce
Speaker 1: them to food I was introduced to. I mean, I
Speaker 1: was eating fish at nine and my grandfather was sucking
Speaker 1: the eyeballs out of its head. So I'm not doing that.
Speaker 1: But if somebody eats something that I cook and they enjoyed,
Speaker 1: it's almost like telling a joke. You get enjoyment from
Speaker 1: other people's enjoyment. Sebastian, do you enjoy travel? Do you
Speaker 1: ever go to warm blazes in the middle of the
Speaker 1: desert or anything like that? He said. We went to
Speaker 1: Italy this summer, took the kids. I have an eight
Speaker 1: year old and a six year old. We went to
Speaker 1: France first. Then we met mother and took her to
Speaker 1: the Amalfi Coast for her eightieth birthday, where she's always
Speaker 1: wanted to go. I took my dad to Sicily, where
Speaker 1: he was born and raised about twelve years ago. He
Speaker 1: hadn't been back since he had left for fifty years,
Speaker 1: so we made the pilgrimage and now he's been back
Speaker 1: every year since. Then. Of course, Sebastian played THERIODD Comedy Festival.
Speaker 1: Now I've been quoting George Carlin a lot that there's
Speaker 1: a big club and you ain't in it. Sebastian said,
Speaker 1: I went out to dinner with Jerry Seinfel. That was
Speaker 1: a moment for me. Had seen me do comedy at
Speaker 1: the Gotham Comedy Club in New York City. Then the
Speaker 1: next night his wife came to see me and then
Speaker 1: subsequently invited me on comedians and cars getting coffee, Then
Speaker 1: we went out to dinner. I followed his career since
Speaker 1: I was a young kid, and then breaking bread with
Speaker 1: him at dinner. You just don't think any of those
Speaker 1: things are going to happen. Well, do you talk to
Speaker 1: Jerry about comedy or what else? When we get together,
Speaker 1: it's normally about comedy. There was one thing he did
Speaker 1: at the restaurant I found fascinating. I've never seen it
Speaker 1: before prior to going out with him. At the end
Speaker 1: of the meal, there was no bill, there's nothing. As
Speaker 1: we got up, I go where's the bill? He goes, huh,
Speaker 1: just take care of later. I asked him, Jerry, what's
Speaker 1: your method of taking care of a bill? He says, well,
Speaker 1: I make a reservation. I just give the credit card
Speaker 1: events down to put a thirty percent tip on it.
Speaker 1: I don't want to see the bill. It eliminates the no,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get it. It's just all done. I just
Speaker 1: love getting up. Nothing's on the table and we're done.
Speaker 1: It's a good pro tip from Jerry Seinfeld. Keenan Thompson
Speaker 1: spoke to Thrillist about travel. Keenan said, we do a
Speaker 1: lot of flying, especially coming from Atlanta, Big Delta kids,
Speaker 1: so I've traveled a lot. My favorite memories are usually
Speaker 1: with my family. I think any time we take our
Speaker 1: kids to Europe is a good journey. We're exposing our
Speaker 1: kids to so much history, so many scenes, eateies, all
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. Those are really really fun memories.
Speaker 1: For sure. He's so positive. You gotta like Keenan Thompson right.
Speaker 1: One thing I always do when every place is eat
Speaker 1: for sure, I try to get his free and open
Speaker 1: to trying whatever kinds of things are possible. I've been
Speaker 1: pretty adventurous yeah. Boy. My kids they would get so
Speaker 1: mad at dad growing up because I remember we were
Speaker 1: in Australia and they wanted to go to McDonald's and
Speaker 1: I was like, please, can you not go to McDonald's.
Speaker 1: Can you just eat something else? And one of my
Speaker 1: favorite food travel stories, I remember where we were in
Speaker 1: Iceland and food in Iceland is expensive. So we found
Speaker 1: like a pub, you know. I had a beverage and
Speaker 1: a cheeseburger and my son was kind of full and
Speaker 1: he looks at me and he goes, do I have
Speaker 1: to finish the cheeseburger? And I looked him in the
Speaker 1: eye and I said, do you have to finish the
Speaker 1: thirty dollars cheeseburger? He finished it. I digress. Keenan says,
Speaker 1: one thing I try to do every place is eat
Speaker 1: For sure. I can try to be free and open
Speaker 1: to trying whatever kind of things is possible. Have been
Speaker 1: pretty venturous, but there's certain places that I won't necessarily
Speaker 1: do that insects and stuff like that. That one's tougher
Speaker 1: for me. See, I want to go on amazing race
Speaker 1: with probably either my son or my daughter. Now I
Speaker 1: am afraid of heights, bungee jumps, all that I'm not
Speaker 1: doing any of that. They can do that. But when
Speaker 1: they show up with a plate of grasshoppers and they
Speaker 1: want me to eat them, no problem, I'll eat it. Keenan,
Speaker 1: do you pack light or overpack now? Johnny Max Pro tip,
Speaker 1: pack light unless you're like on a business trip or something.
Speaker 1: Pack light. You can rerun a pair of socks, dude,
Speaker 1: you're fine and stuff them in your shoes and stuff
Speaker 1: you're underwear in your other It saves a lot of room,
Speaker 1: and if you get cold, you buy a soup in
Speaker 1: your sweatshirt. Keene says, I overpack every time I come back.
Speaker 1: I'm like, why I wore the same shoes the whole time? Yep.
Speaker 1: I used to have this fear that my shoes are
Speaker 1: gonna get wet. What am I gonna do if that happens?
Speaker 1: You buy a pair of sneakers. Keenan says, I always
Speaker 1: leave something behind that I need, even if I prep
Speaker 1: the night before. It's always one little thing and it
Speaker 1: irks me so much when I forget something. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I tend to overpack. They have stores unless you go
Speaker 1: to Antarctica. I went to Antarctica for Antarctica three suitcases
Speaker 1: I did overpack for Antardica, because you know, it's not
Speaker 1: like Kean run out to the wah wah. Keenan, what
Speaker 1: are your must haves? He said, I need my clippers,
Speaker 1: I got a shave, I need fresh undies. Then my
Speaker 1: toiletry is Bond number Nine's my favorite Colonne old Spice
Speaker 1: hair brush, curl jail. How does he pass time on
Speaker 1: a plane sleeping? I sleep well. I watch a lot
Speaker 1: of TV when I'm at home anyway, so on plane rides,
Speaker 1: I sleep window or aisle. Keenan said, I like window seats.
Speaker 1: I like being able to control the window number one. Yeah,
Speaker 1: oh boy, These you people that close the shades. Do
Speaker 1: you not understand the views you're having? All the billions
Speaker 1: of people who lived on Earth, and here you are
Speaker 1: flying over the United States, all these gorgeous views, especially
Speaker 1: when you get out west, you're thirty thousand feet you
Speaker 1: can look at all the stuff, and you guys have
Speaker 1: the shades down. What are you doing? Keenan says he's
Speaker 1: considered it, and I grew with this. He says, there
Speaker 1: are some inconsiderate window people that will ignore the fact
Speaker 1: that everybody's got their windows closed. You know, night flight
Speaker 1: or early morning something, and I'll open theirs for the
Speaker 1: whole flight and it keeps everybody wake. So I'm not
Speaker 1: that person. You want me on the window, you do.
Speaker 1: Kathy Griffin kicks off her tour today. It's called New Face.
Speaker 1: She's in Las Vegas. Her tour starts today runs through
Speaker 1: May twenty twenty six. She tells People magazine the gloves
Speaker 1: are off. It's an evening with Kathy Griffin. I've been
Speaker 1: touring so long, I think if you buy a ticket
Speaker 1: on my show, you can't. Actually, you don't know that.
Speaker 1: I'm going to curse like crazy. I'm going to say
Speaker 1: inappropriate things. I'm gonna go off on celebrities and talk
Speaker 1: about whatever's on the pop culture zeitgeist. I would say
Speaker 1: that folks coming in my show they know what they're
Speaker 1: in for. I could tell my audience they're very unshockable
Speaker 1: because they've heard me say it all. I'll be saying
Speaker 1: even worse things this time. She promises it'll be a
Speaker 1: different act every night of the tour. I start with
Speaker 1: local material. If I'm in Tampa, talk about what celebrities
Speaker 1: are from Tampa. One time I had a run out
Speaker 1: of theater after my show because I thought it'd be
Speaker 1: funny to read aloud the names and addresses of the
Speaker 1: sex offender list in that town. Wow. She said, I
Speaker 1: got a facelift, which people seem to be fascinating to buy.
Speaker 1: And I just want to say, I don't know why,
Speaker 1: but it cracks me up. I'm laughing because I've done
Speaker 1: some political interviews that I did all this research for
Speaker 1: and then they're like, Kathy Griffin gets a facelift. So
Speaker 1: I know it's part of the story, and I'm fine
Speaker 1: with it. I thought naming it New Face New Tour
Speaker 1: was funny enough. I got to tell you, I'm still
Speaker 1: in shock that was able to do my last tour
Speaker 1: and do seventy five cities, including Carnegie Hall in Boston,
Speaker 1: Symphony Hall. And look, I'm not going to sell it
Speaker 1: every show. I wish I were Dave Chappelle or Chris Rock,
Speaker 1: and I wish I could say I'm going to sell
Speaker 1: it every show, but I'm kind of flabbergasted that these
Speaker 1: offers are coming in. My answer was, are you sure
Speaker 1: it means so much to me? Because prior to the
Speaker 1: Trump Halloween mask with ketchup on it photo, you know
Speaker 1: that one? Yeah, I played the Deep South all the time.
Speaker 1: To be welcome back to these markets is a pleasant surprise.
Speaker 1: I feel a real responsibility to just give one hundred
Speaker 1: ten percent every time. It is Saturday night in the
Speaker 1: Big Apple and the New York Comedy Festival is underway.
Speaker 1: Won't read every show, but let me scroll down here
Speaker 1: see what catches my eye. Four o'clock Facebook Marketplace Live,
Speaker 1: the game show New York City's Funniest improvisers battle each
Speaker 1: other for the title of King of Stuff. Think Who's
Speaker 1: line is it? Anyway? Meets Stooping NYC. Audience members play
Speaker 1: to win free prizes, like really good prizes. Pass prizes
Speaker 1: include a mannequin head, a VHS of FANTATIONA two thousand,
Speaker 1: and a rice cooker. Good to see they're mixing in
Speaker 1: some different names. Near Comedy Club at five as Richard Villa.
Speaker 1: Five o'clock Vittorio Angeloni. He's the Irish Italian guy. I
Speaker 1: saw him up in Montreal. He's really good. You could
Speaker 1: do a lot worse than going to Union Hall today
Speaker 1: at five o'clock, five thirty Bragging Rights with Joey Bragg,
Speaker 1: six o'clock at the Stand West and evening with Bassam
Speaker 1: Shawl high Line Comedy Club eight o'clock, Eric Walshin, Max
Speaker 1: fine Co Headline getting a little more famous here six
Speaker 1: thirty Todd Glass is its second city, the one in
Speaker 1: New York Brooklyn. The Big Shiny Show at seven o'clock,
Speaker 1: a celebration of the twenty fifth anniversary of the cancelation
Speaker 1: of Strangers with Candy with Stephen Colbert, Paul Denillo, and
Speaker 1: Amy Sedaris. Trevor Wallace is at the Beacon at seven,
Speaker 1: ascat New York, at the UCB at seven, Richard Kind
Speaker 1: plays Circo at seven, Hannah Berner Carnegie Hall, Fancy at
Speaker 1: eight o'clock, Wow, and a bunch of other smaller names.
Speaker 1: Now the festival goes for another week. But this, to
Speaker 1: me does not have the star power that it's had
Speaker 1: in the past. And I don't know why. It could
Speaker 1: be just everybody's content to just play Netflix, because, as
Speaker 1: John mulaney says, everybody's in La Well, let's pick away
Speaker 1: at varieties and comics. You should and will nail list
Speaker 1: Joe Sunday, they say, is like a forest nymph plucked
Speaker 1: out of an idyllic wood and thrown onto iguana stage.
Speaker 1: Joe says, I come out as this feminine, adorable character
Speaker 1: to disarm the audience with my charm and my wit,
Speaker 1: and then I'll surprise them with the darkness that lies within.
Speaker 1: In one bit, Joe says, I like to walk home
Speaker 1: alone because I like to cause drum and strife to
Speaker 1: my friend group. People hear that they see how I dress,
Speaker 1: They tell me get home safe. Well, it's not up
Speaker 1: to me necessarily. When someone says get home safe, what
Speaker 1: I hear is tonight might be your last. A good
Speaker 1: luck out there, slut. They asked Joe, what's your worst
Speaker 1: show ever? They said, I bombed at an open mic
Speaker 1: and Hannibal Burs's new comedy club. I wonder if hannibals
Speaker 1: using the money he got paid by the Saldi's at
Speaker 1: the Riadd Comedy Festival to fund that new comedy club.
Speaker 1: I digress, Joe said, I wasn't planning Lieutenant night. I
Speaker 1: passed by on the street and thought, let me show
Speaker 1: these people a thing or two. I just opened for
Speaker 1: Hannibal and Boston, so I felt some swagger. During the bombing,
Speaker 1: I said, I'm not too worried about this because I
Speaker 1: have other stuff. Afterwards, someone asked me what other stuff
Speaker 1: and I had to leave. That's all funny and let's
Speaker 1: get out there. That is your comedy news for today
Speaker 1: on a Saturday. You have an awesome day.