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<v Speaker 1>Caalaroga Shark Media. We'll do spoilers for the Louis c

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<v Speaker 1>K special after the break. Okay, everybody, Hi, I'm Johnny

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<v Speaker 1>Mack with your daily comedy news. Late Night is off

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<v Speaker 1>this week, but I had the late bot write some jokes.

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<v Speaker 1>It's so hot. Trump announced he's building a wall to

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<v Speaker 1>keep the heat out in New York City. Mayor MUMDONI

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<v Speaker 1>wants to tax billionaires to cool down the city. The

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<v Speaker 1>billionaires flew to their second homes and the Hamptons, which

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<v Speaker 1>kind of proved his point. It's so hot. Nateprighatsy performed

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<v Speaker 1>at another Trump event just for the air conditioning. And

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<v Speaker 1>it is so hot that Louis c K is not

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<v Speaker 1>wearing pants. But to be fair, that's not entirely weather related.

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<v Speaker 1>Ricky Gervais has a big news story and I would

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<v Speaker 1>tell you about it here, but I didn't actually paste

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<v Speaker 1>it into the script, and I could edit this out,

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<v Speaker 1>but that's no fun. Where did you go Gervay's story here?

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<v Speaker 1>It is Ricky Gervas gives The Office co star reunion

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<v Speaker 1>for solo anniversary show. I just find it's more fun

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<v Speaker 1>not to do the edits. A source told the Sun.

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<v Speaker 1>Now again, that's a new newspaper. Sources don't usually talk

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<v Speaker 1>to the big yellow thing in the sky making things hot,

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<v Speaker 1>but a source has told The Son that Ricky Gervas's

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<v Speaker 1>decision is a huge blow as it taints the BBC's

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<v Speaker 1>celebration somewhat. The BBC is making a documentary to celebrate

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five years since The Office arrived. Mackenzie Crook and

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<v Speaker 1>Martin Freeman, who played Gareth and Tim, which are roughly

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<v Speaker 1>Dwight and Jim for you Americans, will reminisce about the

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<v Speaker 1>sitcom in the BBC celebration. Ricky Gervais will not be

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<v Speaker 1>part of it. He's decided to film his own documentary.

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<v Speaker 1>The source speaking to the newspaper The Sun said it

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<v Speaker 1>just sums up his lack of allegiance towards the Bebe,

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<v Speaker 1>which has been drifting for some time now. A representative

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<v Speaker 1>for Ricky Gervas told The Independent that Ricky was quote

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<v Speaker 1>not available hogwash. Does Johnny mack to take part in

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<v Speaker 1>the documentary, but remains in contact with the BBC all

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<v Speaker 1>the time about the Office. The BBC declined to comment.

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<v Speaker 1>Jervas announced last week he'll be celebrating twenty five years

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<v Speaker 1>of the Office with a document entry on his own

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<v Speaker 1>YouTube channel. That version will appear Thursday, July ninth, which

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to add to my script right now before

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<v Speaker 1>I forget. And that is good news for me because

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<v Speaker 1>week after July fourth is a slow newsweek. Thank you,

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<v Speaker 1>Ricky Gervas Sorry, BBC. Jerves rep told The Independent that

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<v Speaker 1>Ricky's YouTube content will be an affectionate look back at

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<v Speaker 1>the Office on this big anniversary. Meanwhile, the BBC's Mackenzie

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<v Speaker 1>Crook and Martin Freeman remember the Office. That'll be on

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<v Speaker 1>BBC to an eyeplayer Wednesday, July eighth at ten pm.

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<v Speaker 1>Johnny Mack once again says thank you because week after

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<v Speaker 1>July fourth is a slow newsweek. Thank you guys, not

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<v Speaker 1>only content but a controversy. This is fantastic. Can you

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<v Speaker 1>guys fight some more, maybe say mean things about each

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<v Speaker 1>other in the press, Please do not be civil. Johnny

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<v Speaker 1>Mack has content holes. Back in twenty nineteen, Ricky Gervas

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<v Speaker 1>insisted he was still a fan of the BBC, but

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<v Speaker 1>said I wish it wouldn't bow down a pressure from

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<v Speaker 1>media or from one complaint. That's gotten worse and the

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<v Speaker 1>days are gone. When people say we're leaving it as

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<v Speaker 1>it is, missioning editors are scared of being fired. How

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<v Speaker 1>hot is it? It's so hot. I got to prop

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<v Speaker 1>open the door here in the office before I pass out.

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<v Speaker 1>For weird Al, it's all about the integrity. Mister Yankovic

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<v Speaker 1>told Syracuse dot Com that he's not a big fan

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<v Speaker 1>of AI, and he's willing to put his money where

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<v Speaker 1>his mouth is. Al says he was offered a quote

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<v Speaker 1>nice pile of money to start a commercial for what

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<v Speaker 1>he was told was business software that would increase productivity.

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<v Speaker 1>Al says that a week before we're supposed to shoot it,

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<v Speaker 1>I found out, Oh this is AI, and I thought,

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<v Speaker 1>oh no, I can't be the poster boy for AI.

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<v Speaker 1>Forget it. Dave Chappelle visited a mosque in California where

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<v Speaker 1>three people were killed in a recent shooting. He met

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<v Speaker 1>with community members and encouraged support for the families affected

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<v Speaker 1>by the attack. Dave's official Instagram shared a video in

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<v Speaker 1>which Dave traveled to the mosque to pay his respects.

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<v Speaker 1>On Monday, May eighteenth, a mass shooting at the Islamic

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<v Speaker 1>Center of San Diego left of security guarden to community

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<v Speaker 1>members dead During his visit, Chappelle met with members of

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<v Speaker 1>the congregation and highlighted ongoing fundraising efforts to support the

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<v Speaker 1>victim's families. Trevor Noah on his podcast had guests Don

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<v Speaker 1>lemonon they started discussing the backlash surrounding Kevin Hart's Netflix roast.

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<v Speaker 1>Trevor Noah said, I felt like it was weird that

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<v Speaker 1>all the black comedians that came on stage told jokes

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<v Speaker 1>about the people who were there, but then a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of the white comedians who came on told jokes about

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<v Speaker 1>black people. I was like, wait, wait, wait, I thought

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<v Speaker 1>it was the roast of Kevin Hart on your television today.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're watching General Hospital and you're like, is that

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<v Speaker 1>John Oliver it is. There's even a trailer. I've got

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<v Speaker 1>to get Jocelyn out of Bindimer. Now my work is done.

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<v Speaker 1>I completed the prototype. Nathan isn't who he says he is.

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<v Speaker 1>John Oliver guest stars General Hospital on ABC. John Oliver

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<v Speaker 1>had announced the casting on the June twenty eighth episode

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<v Speaker 1>of Last Week Tonight. General Hospital. Executive producer Frank Valenti

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<v Speaker 1>said in a statement, when John Oliver publicly threw down

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<v Speaker 1>the gauntlet and said he wanted to appear on a soap.

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<v Speaker 1>We didn't hesitate for a second. He was everything you'd

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<v Speaker 1>hope for. Prepared, professional, funny, and genuinely kind everyone on set.

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<v Speaker 1>He plays an integral character in the story and I

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<v Speaker 1>can't wait for fans to see Ross has pass with

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<v Speaker 1>within Port Charles General Hospital is now on its sixty

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<v Speaker 1>fourth year. You'll find it on ABC and Hulu. John

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<v Speaker 1>Oliver said, General Hospital was everything I hoped it would be.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a true honor to be a small stain on

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<v Speaker 1>the history of this illustrious show. Also today, The Onion

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<v Speaker 1>starts rolling out its first wave of official info Wars shows.

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<v Speaker 1>You may recall they acquired the property from the previous owner,

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<v Speaker 1>Tim Hidecker, now the face of it. Idiker said, I

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<v Speaker 1>think well SATs are gets old pretty quickly, and we

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to keep fueling previous owner. So the plan

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<v Speaker 1>is to goof on him for a few months and

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<v Speaker 1>have fun with it, and then transition the site into

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<v Speaker 1>a comedy streaming platform for people that he would hate

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<v Speaker 1>to see have success. Hidecker stressed this is a soft launch.

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<v Speaker 1>He told Indy Wire everything will still live on the

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<v Speaker 1>Onion because a standalone info Wars website and social media

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<v Speaker 1>channel has yet to be set up. The programming will

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<v Speaker 1>be heavy on parodying previous owner and his right wing

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<v Speaker 1>media counterparts. Iidaker says, we're launching a couple shows. One

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<v Speaker 1>is my extension of my emergency broadcast from a month

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<v Speaker 1>or so ago, sort of a parody of the previous world.

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<v Speaker 1>And we're launching the Onions Jim Haggerty show that we've

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<v Speaker 1>been teasing for a while now. That'll all set the

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<v Speaker 1>tone for the summer where this is heading. Heideker said,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's very much comedians and artists and creators

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<v Speaker 1>our experience with the Internet as the fuel and inspiration

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<v Speaker 1>for their comedy. It's very much people that are using

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<v Speaker 1>the tools of social media and satirizing that are reflecting

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<v Speaker 1>that on social media. Michael ja posted Happy b Day

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<v Speaker 1>to my good buddy Colin Jessica Jost. I think back

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<v Speaker 1>to all the stupid fights we had throughout the years,

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<v Speaker 1>like when you came to work with that racist puppet,

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<v Speaker 1>or when you kept doing Nazi salutest our fans on tour,

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<v Speaker 1>when you got a first magazine cover canceled because I

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<v Speaker 1>was making stupid faces, or when you insisted on getting

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<v Speaker 1>or Kelly on the show, or when you took me

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<v Speaker 1>to that whites only store, when you got us beat

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<v Speaker 1>up at WrestleMania, or all the times I had to

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<v Speaker 1>stand there and listen to you and Scarlet argue at

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<v Speaker 1>work and I had to stand there and be like, okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Or when Harry Styles gave us flowers and you gas

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<v Speaker 1>lit me because I don't think he likes me, and

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<v Speaker 1>you got all mad because he got us the exact

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<v Speaker 1>same thing. You're just being reverse racist again, Or that

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<v Speaker 1>time when the FBI thought we were dating. None of

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<v Speaker 1>that matters today, because we're still pals and still the

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<v Speaker 1>best update anchors besides Normantina, Amy, Jimmy Seth, Chevy Chain,

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<v Speaker 1>Ackroyd Miller, Neilan and Quinn. And I'll argue that with anybody.

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<v Speaker 1>The remainder of today's program will be reaction pieces to

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<v Speaker 1>Louis c K's new special. There will be spoilers. If

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<v Speaker 1>you don't want to be spoiled, why don't you come

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<v Speaker 1>back tomorrow for everybody else. The Guardian gave it two

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<v Speaker 1>stars out of five, their headline ridiculous review. Ridiculous is

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<v Speaker 1>the name of the special. The Troubled Comedian returns with

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<v Speaker 1>a whimper. Jesse Hassinger writes, Louis c. K's back again.

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<v Speaker 1>It's been nearly a decade since the comedian etcetera, etcetera.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that story. It's less a triumphant return than

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<v Speaker 1>a gradual slinking back and unspoken assumption that no one

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<v Speaker 1>really cares that much about his behavior. No particular defense

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<v Speaker 1>or apology, just a shruggy emoticon. A genuinely funny observation

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<v Speaker 1>like I can't be held responsible for what I dream.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not a good guy in my dreams doesn't hit

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<v Speaker 1>as squarely as it should, because we've already heard extensively

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<v Speaker 1>about him doing bad guys stuff in real life. It's

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<v Speaker 1>also hard to avoid reading some moments intended as self

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<v Speaker 1>deprecating or honest. Is when he talks about not having

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<v Speaker 1>much sex recently and primarily dating woman in his own age,

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<v Speaker 1>as a kind of tacit burnishing of his regular shrub cred,

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<v Speaker 1>positioning himself as essentially harmless. Maybe this isn't fair. There

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<v Speaker 1>are plenty comedians who haven't been given the opportunity to

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<v Speaker 1>assess whether the dark eyes being downplayed or set to

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<v Speaker 1>the side for the sake of a funny bit. But

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<v Speaker 1>it's the reality Luis c K lives in the disconnect.

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<v Speaker 1>The lack of shared reality accounts for some, but not all,

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<v Speaker 1>of the specials halting on even quality. It has brilliant

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<v Speaker 1>stretches to be sure. The review then gets into some

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<v Speaker 1>specifics there and then skipping ahead elsewhere he relies on

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<v Speaker 1>dopey shock laughs. In past specials, at least some of

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<v Speaker 1>those shocks would stemp more carefully from a logical progression

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<v Speaker 1>almost trapping the audience, and a laughing at something taboo. Here,

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<v Speaker 1>the set just feels like blunt, forced mischief, almost obligatory,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're pushing of some imagined envelope. Luis c K

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<v Speaker 1>is clearly capable of more than this, and ridiculous as

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<v Speaker 1>flashes of his writer's flare for crystallizing what could be

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<v Speaker 1>standard comedians laments into something more vividly relatable. For Slate,

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<v Speaker 1>Imagen west Night writes, the material in this new special

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<v Speaker 1>isn't nasty and bitter as some of the material he

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<v Speaker 1>was doing immediately after his cancelation was. It's classic ck

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<v Speaker 1>superficially offensive, but actually taking kind of gleefully a moral

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<v Speaker 1>route to the morally defensible positions, and funny too. You

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<v Speaker 1>can tell from his on stage a fact that twenty

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen is a long time ago from his perspective, But

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<v Speaker 1>what about from hours as the audience. What is supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to happen after somebody's canceled. They're things K could have

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<v Speaker 1>done to an act of better redemption and didn't. The

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<v Speaker 1>problem is so much K's big on television now, nine

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<v Speaker 1>years after his disgrace. He was always going to return.

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<v Speaker 1>He's simply too profitable and too famous to be put

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<v Speaker 1>out to pasture. The problem is what he's been doing

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<v Speaker 1>in the interim. It's giving ahead. I wonder how people

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<v Speaker 1>taken the long time he proposed in his initial statement

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<v Speaker 1>about the accusations to step back and listen back. In

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eighteen, Slate's Christina Catterucci wrote this prediction. Every time

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<v Speaker 1>ck are one of his canceled peers re emerges, some

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<v Speaker 1>people will get mad, but most people won't. There will

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<v Speaker 1>be other more pressing outrages to some other with energy,

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<v Speaker 1>shows and movies with an ugly entry on their Wikipedia pages,

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<v Speaker 1>but a growing bank account to sue that indignity, The

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<v Speaker 1>rap writes, there's no mention of Louis c. K's once

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<v Speaker 1>perceived downfall in this one hour comedy special, which finds

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<v Speaker 1>the man a little older, not exactly wiser, but with

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<v Speaker 1>a bit of a glint in his eyes, clearly enjoying

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<v Speaker 1>personal stories and his desire and never get plastic surgery

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<v Speaker 1>to his face. Variety says Ck is one of the

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<v Speaker 1>So when I say Ridiculous is a strong hour of

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<v Speaker 1>material performed with practice expertise, it shouldn't come as a surprise.

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<v Speaker 1>Skipping ahead, Variety writes about Netflix, when the company stand

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<v Speaker 1>He was downplaying the decision Netflix itself made to re

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<v Speaker 1>enter a business relationship with c K. The release of

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<v Speaker 1>Ridiculous also culminates a tour that saw Ck make inroads

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<v Speaker 1>Times and The New Yorker and Indie Wire, and gave

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<v Speaker 1>the special acus. They write in Ridiculous, the remnants of

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<v Speaker 1>his former inquisitive, committed self were all but gone. His

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<v Speaker 1>and his individual riffs keep stopping short of real wisdom.

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<v Speaker 1>It's terribly sad that Netflix is platforming Louis K again,

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<v Speaker 1>just as it's terribly sad that there are enough people

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<v Speaker 1>attending his shows to make a return of mainstream media possible.

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<v Speaker 1>It's also sad to see Ck so trapped creatively and emotionally,

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<v Speaker 1>but nowhere near as sad as knowing he physically and

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<v Speaker 1>emotionally trapped others. Then he lied about it, got caught,

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<v Speaker 1>and now carries on as if nothing happened. I have

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<v Speaker 1>not seen the special yet. It is Tuesday as I

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<v Speaker 1>record this I'm trying to work ahead this week into

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<v Speaker 1>the holiday weekend. It was my plan to watch the

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<v Speaker 1>special on Tuesday night and include it one way or

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<v Speaker 1>another in Sunday's episode. Would be the top specials of

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<v Speaker 1>the year so far, it's I'll probably on Sunday tell

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<v Speaker 1>you what I thought of Louis c k Ridiculous now

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<v Speaker 1>streaming on Netflix, and that is your comedy news for today.

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<v Speaker 1>so st an episode and I'll see here tomorrow.