Speaker 1: Callaroga Shark Media. Sit there. I'm Johnny Mack with your
Speaker 1: daily comedy news. I imagine this week and next will
Speaker 1: be very slow for comedy news here, but I will
Speaker 1: have a normal schedule to have episodes for you each day.
Speaker 1: I'll mix in some of my end of the year
Speaker 1: countdown specials. I can pre tape a little bit here
Speaker 1: and give myself a couple of days off. But if
Speaker 1: you're looking for an episode on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day,
Speaker 1: New Year's Eve, ne Year's Day, You've got an episode
Speaker 1: for you every day. Thank you for listening. I really
Speaker 1: enjoyed Jay Leno and Adam Carolla speaking to the Rap.
Speaker 1: The Rap asks a good question. Is there a common
Speaker 1: thread that you guys started off with that would still
Speaker 1: translate to today? Leno said, yeah. The most common is
Speaker 1: a girlfriend or boyfriend going why do you have to
Speaker 1: work every night? If you're the spouse of a comic,
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, you might be close to equal or second
Speaker 1: in importance, but you're not first, especially if you're starting
Speaker 1: out in that relationship. No comic, male or female, is
Speaker 1: going to be happy in a relationship unless they're happy
Speaker 1: with their act. Unless you're happy with what you're doing
Speaker 1: on stage, then I am worth to give my love
Speaker 1: to this person. But if you're dating one of these people,
Speaker 1: they have to do it every night because it's the repetition.
Speaker 1: It's the only way they sit around that other twenty
Speaker 1: three and a half hours waiting for their little set
Speaker 1: to come out. And there's nothing better than killing an audience.
Speaker 1: There really Isn't People say sex is great? Oh yeah so,
Speaker 1: and not really as good as a good comedy set.
Speaker 1: You know this joke? Right? A comic's in Vegas the
Speaker 1: first time. He's all excited. It's like one o'clock in
Speaker 1: the morning, goes back to his room after playing a set.
Speaker 1: The phone rings, Hi. My name is Felicity. I'm the
Speaker 1: leader nancer across the street, and I saw the show
Speaker 1: tonight and I thought you were really funny and sexy,
Speaker 1: and I thought maybe I could come over and we
Speaker 1: could fool around. I mean, i'd leave before morning. I'd
Speaker 1: just like to spend some time with you. The comic goes,
Speaker 1: did you see the first show or the second show?
Speaker 1: Corolla laughs at that and says that is such a
Speaker 1: universal comedian thought, because you do two shows and there's
Speaker 1: always one you like more. And then at some point
Speaker 1: you run into someone they go, I see you back
Speaker 1: at the whatever, and you go, oh, which show? When
Speaker 1: they say the bad show, which isn't even bad, it's
Speaker 1: not as good as the good show, there's a God
Speaker 1: Hates Me kind of moment. Corolla and Leno were doing
Speaker 1: that fantasy camp coming up in January. The rap is curious,
Speaker 1: can you take anyone and give them some beating spark?
Speaker 1: Carol says, I, I don't think you can make a
Speaker 1: non comedian into a comedian. I think you take somebody
Speaker 1: who's got a little acorn of comedy and maybe turned
Speaker 1: it into a mighty oak tree. But I need some
Speaker 1: acorn in there. But being good on your feet and
Speaker 1: being relaxed and being sort of conversational in front of
Speaker 1: people as a universal application, if you're an attorney certainly
Speaker 1: or socially, whatever it is, maybe you're not gonna end
Speaker 1: up being on the marquee playing the theaters that these
Speaker 1: guys play. It's still like I would always tell people,
Speaker 1: take a groundlings class, take an improv class. Why because
Speaker 1: you're gonna join the cast of SNL NO, so you
Speaker 1: can be funny at a party, give and take and
Speaker 1: have good conversations. It could pay off on a first date.
Speaker 1: Leno says, I always find people's comedic ability is inversely
Speaker 1: proportional to their intelligence. You want to try and take
Speaker 1: as much from your life as you can. If you're
Speaker 1: like adult person, a dullart, if you come across a
Speaker 1: sort of boring, then be really boring on stage. That's
Speaker 1: where your humor is. Corolla with his zing, that's what
Speaker 1: Jay does. He draws them decisive life show a fans.
Speaker 1: How many people have had their Dusenberg breakdown on the
Speaker 1: four h five, Leno says, See be a comic. Have
Speaker 1: you ever seen a group of animals and one of
Speaker 1: the animals is injured and all the other animals try
Speaker 1: to come and eat it. That's kind of like being
Speaker 1: a comic. That's what happens. Just now. ESPN wrote about
Speaker 1: Adam Sandler's basketball capabilities. ESPN rights. It's March twenty twenty
Speaker 1: three and an LA based photographer who goes by the
Speaker 1: moniker Xavier Luggage, is in the middle of his first
Speaker 1: pick up basketball game at the Point Set, a recreation center.
Speaker 1: The park typically fills around six pm with people arriving
Speaker 1: to get their games in, but it's an hour so earlier.
Speaker 1: When the intention of the player snaps towards the side
Speaker 1: of the court, they all see him warming up seemingly
Speaker 1: out of nowhere. Luggage told ESPN, it was like, damn,
Speaker 1: that looks like Adam Sandler. Sandler shows up without an durage,
Speaker 1: donning his signature brightly colored, oversized polos and baggy shorts.
Speaker 1: He looks to make the extra pass. He dishes out
Speaker 1: as many compliments as assists, regardless of whether he's on
Speaker 1: your team, and competition reigns supreme. Luggage said, he's like
Speaker 1: the random older dude that pulls up to the court
Speaker 1: and you're kind of like, all right, whatever, and then
Speaker 1: you pick them up and he's making the craziest passes,
Speaker 1: not moving too much, not doing the most, but he's
Speaker 1: just got the og game like he's been playing forever.
Speaker 1: He came up to me and was like, oh, man,
Speaker 1: I hope you're not fast. And I looked at him
Speaker 1: and I'm like, oh, you're fed up. He was meaning
Speaker 1: to play, not just to mess around, you know, like
Speaker 1: you wanted to win for sure. It was honestly pretty magical.
Speaker 1: Bro Patrick Quinn is a comedian who played Sandler in
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, they were in a park in La Sandlor
Speaker 1: comes by, he goes, you, guys, mind if I play
Speaker 1: with you. Quinn played against Sandler in one game, then
Speaker 1: they teamed up for the next. Quinn said, he's essentially
Speaker 1: an influential person in other aspects that you're like. I
Speaker 1: wouldn't expect him to be doing these plays. It seemed
Speaker 1: like he had to be playing a lot to do
Speaker 1: something like that, and he was nailing them. Sandler once
Speaker 1: again was wearing bright colors and a large T shirt.
Speaker 1: Quinn said, Sandler's outfit is disarming. His theory is Sandler
Speaker 1: does it on purpose, so you don't think he's going
Speaker 1: to absolutely dominate on the court. He was playing point,
Speaker 1: calling out the plays. He was calling shots out, he
Speaker 1: was doing no look passes, he was creating shots, and
Speaker 1: he was going up and down the court. He was
Speaker 1: back and forth, sweating, putting in some work. I was
Speaker 1: very impressed. Shashua Jackson said Sandler had to be wearing
Speaker 1: something from a decade ago, like three XL pants, wrinkled
Speaker 1: big and tall shirt. He definitely had clothes on that
Speaker 1: could fit a six foot eight linebacker. He executed a simple,
Speaker 1: beckcut and squared his body with the rim. Jackson turned
Speaker 1: around and said it was a perfect pocket pass. I
Speaker 1: had to go with it. He doesn't wow. Sandler executed
Speaker 1: the past but described it as super quick and soft.
Speaker 1: He says it's still the best past that I've ever
Speaker 1: received in my life. And I'm not saying that because
Speaker 1: it's Adam Sandler. Luggage said, to be honest, I don't
Speaker 1: even remember him really leaving. I just remember that he
Speaker 1: just wasn't there. The only time spoke to Tom Popa
Speaker 1: about his podcast, Breaking Bread. They were curious, are there
Speaker 1: any similarities or parallels between the world of comedy and food.
Speaker 1: Papa said, yes, there are. I name my podcast Breaking
Speaker 1: Bread because I'm huge into baking bread and I love
Speaker 1: to host dinners and get together as I've always enjoyed it,
Speaker 1: I thought it'd be perfect to talk about the food
Speaker 1: we all love. We all have drinks before enjoying a
Speaker 1: meal and a baked bread. For every guest to open
Speaker 1: up the conversation and literally break bread over conversations is
Speaker 1: one of the things that I live for. It's passion,
Speaker 1: mind you all the time. The podcast is growing. We
Speaker 1: just said Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman and more. Jerry
Speaker 1: people are realizing this is a safe, comforting place to
Speaker 1: talk and enjoy bread, food, drinks, and conversations. As for
Speaker 1: food and comedy, the end result is both similar and
Speaker 1: that you're hosting people you're entertaining with, either with your
Speaker 1: food or your jokes, and you just want them to
Speaker 1: escape their lives and smile and enjoy themselves. Also, the
Speaker 1: process of cooking and baking is just as humbling as comedy.
Speaker 1: I've been doing both for a long time, and it's
Speaker 1: always a new experience. Anything can happen at a show,
Speaker 1: we're breaking bread at home. Really, Tom, you always have
Speaker 1: to be humble about your craft. It's not just a
Speaker 1: thing you can pin down. You get better at it,
Speaker 1: but it'll never be one hundred percent perfect. No one
Speaker 1: ever nails one hundred percent of every joke on their
Speaker 1: act all the time. Baking and cooking is very similar
Speaker 1: in this regard. Leanne Morgan wrote in her book that
Speaker 1: she felt unseen in the comedy industry for decades and
Speaker 1: had some advice. Leanne said, I was coming up in
Speaker 1: comedy clubs when Comedy Central was big, and back then
Speaker 1: they didn't want to see a mama talking about three
Speaker 1: little children and how she couldn't fit in her pants.
Speaker 1: I didn't fit the bill. Nobody cared, but anyone in
Speaker 1: my heart there were women out there who'd relate to me.
Speaker 1: I didn't go and live in New York or LA
Speaker 1: because my husband had a good job and we needed
Speaker 1: health insurance. But that ended up being the best thing
Speaker 1: that ever happened to me. It was one of those
Speaker 1: silver linings and blessings because I was able to have
Speaker 1: a real life with my family, and my real life
Speaker 1: led to this wonderful material. I could mind that people
Speaker 1: could relate to what I had to do. I would
Speaker 1: tell others to do is just keep believing in yourself.
Speaker 1: I just kept going. I'd pray about it, and God
Speaker 1: never shut the door. When I would get discouraged, I'd
Speaker 1: get some kind of sign to keep me going. Now,
Speaker 1: at fifty nine, I feel like I've really become my
Speaker 1: authentic self. I was recently asked to speak at my
Speaker 1: alma mater, the University of Tennessee, and I tell those kids,
Speaker 1: don't change who you are. Don't be ashamed of where
Speaker 1: you're from. That's what made you who you are. Be authentic.
Speaker 1: That's what people are attracted to. That is great advice.
Speaker 1: Roz Hernandez is one of Vulture's comedians You should and
Speaker 1: will know. Roz says, sometimes when my family would eat spaghetti,
Speaker 1: I would secretly take one of the noodles out and
Speaker 1: slurp off all the sauce like a plain noodle. And
Speaker 1: a time one end in a nod he stood with me.
Speaker 1: When no one was looking, I'd put the noodle in
Speaker 1: one of my nostrils and then fake snees really dramatically.
Speaker 1: When I'd remove my hands from my nose. My family
Speaker 1: would see a long noodle dangling from my nose, and
Speaker 1: then I would gaslight them and be like, what is
Speaker 1: something on my face? She says, I'm gonna dust that
Speaker 1: one off next time I go on an Olive Garden
Speaker 1: date wors show. Ever, I used to present as a
Speaker 1: drag queen with a big wig and the whole shebang.
Speaker 1: I hosted a month show in the smaller room of
Speaker 1: a venue with two stages. I couldn't even sell those tickets.
Speaker 1: For for a while, Joe Rogan would sell out the
Speaker 1: big room or the people who couldn't get tickets to
Speaker 1: see Rogan would come to my show instead. I learned
Speaker 1: that the people who want to see Joe Rogan but
Speaker 1: didn't get their tickets in time or not mine's demographic.
Speaker 1: All right, what's your writing process? You have to sit
Speaker 1: down at a computer and write crappy jokes every day.
Speaker 1: I feel like I heard older comedians say do that,
Speaker 1: and I'd get frustrated because my mind doesn't work like that. Now.
Speaker 1: I just try to live life and take notes of
Speaker 1: funny things and experiences, and then I usually think about
Speaker 1: how to make them funnier as I drive around town.
Speaker 1: Biggest financial hurdle as a comedian not having rich parents.
Speaker 1: Best comedy advice, worst comedy advice. Best get good in
Speaker 1: a smaller market before moving to a big city. I
Speaker 1: ignored this when I started in LA and I've regretted
Speaker 1: it because it's really hard to undo first impressions. Worst
Speaker 1: try to appeal to everyone. Cracked writes that Jerry the
Speaker 1: character on Seinfeld. The character Jerry Seinfeld is far from
Speaker 1: a need freak according to actual need Freaks. Someone in
Speaker 1: the subreddit wrote, how come Jerry's supposed to be a
Speaker 1: need freak, yet him and his friends rarely put shoes
Speaker 1: on the couch. Along with that was a screenshot of
Speaker 1: Jerry enjoying a diet coke with a sneaker firmly planted
Speaker 1: on the cushion of his teal couch. Gabriel Phileppe works
Speaker 1: for the Environmental Resilience Institute and said, we can track
Speaker 1: in all sorts of bacteria, but certainly some of the
Speaker 1: ones we're most concerned about are e coli because that
Speaker 1: causes severe dominal cramps, bloody diarrhea, and vomiting. There's been
Speaker 1: studies that swab the bottom of shoes and something like
Speaker 1: ninety nine percent of the shoes test positive for fecal material.
Speaker 1: TV watchers point out Jerry gets rid of a shoelace
Speaker 1: for touching the men's room floor, but steps on the
Speaker 1: coffee table with that same shoe when user said, he's
Speaker 1: quite insane, a little confused. I guess that's your comedy
Speaker 1: news for today. Christmas is coming. I will have normal
Speaker 1: episodes all through I don't take a day off. Sometimes
Speaker 1: I pre tape. If you listen on December twenty sixth,
Speaker 1: then you're like wow. John spent his Christmas recording to
Speaker 1: the December twenty sixth podcast. No, that was a pre tape,
Speaker 1: but I'm around, see you tomorrow.