WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:11.439 Caalarogus, Shark Media Boom. Johnny Mack with your Daily Comedy News. 2 00:00:11.519 --> 00:00:15.839 Jim Jeffries rejects the suggestion that he hates women. Jim says, 3 00:00:15.880 --> 00:00:18.640 I don't believe I'm a misogynist. No, but that's you know, 4 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:21.120 that's probably what a misogynist would say. I'd rather this 5 00:00:21.239 --> 00:00:23.800 be part of an interview. This was with Rolling Stone Australia, 6 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:26.160 New Zealand, when people could actually hear me talk then 7 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:28.120 read what I'm saying, or have some idiot in a 8 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:31.760 basement recording a podcast read the words from a transcript 9 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:33.799 from what Jim actually said. Why would we do that? 10 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:36.520 That's dumb, Jim says, But look, you never watched a 11 00:00:36.520 --> 00:00:38.759 female comic go on stage about some guy they had 12 00:00:38.759 --> 00:00:41.520 sex with, who had a little member who didn't make 13 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:44.520 them finish. I've cleaned that sentence up three times and thought, 14 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:46.320 how dare she? Right now? If I were to make 15 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:48.920 a joke about some women's general tillia being too large 16 00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:52.079 and me not finishing, I'm the worst man in the world. 17 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:54.960 Right There's no difference between those two jokes. There just isn't. 18 00:00:55.359 --> 00:00:57.000 But do you believe that that woman when she makes 19 00:00:57.039 --> 00:00:58.759 the joke hates men. No, you don't think that she 20 00:00:58.799 --> 00:01:00.840 hates men like you know, I don't. Women are half 21 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:02.679 the population. I'm gonna make jokes about them. I do 22 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:04.760 self deprecating comedy all the time where I make jokes 23 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:07.480 about myself. Oh, I guess you could make an argument 24 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:10.200 that I hate myself. He discusses his mother. She was 25 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:12.319 a hard person to grow up with. She was physically 26 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:15.200 very abusive and verbally a very abusive person. So sometimes 27 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:17.200 I imagine I've had a chip on my shoulder about women, 28 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:19.319 and it's probably been unfair for much of my life 29 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:21.599 because my abuser was a three hundred pound woman growing up, 30 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:23.319 you know what I mean. So that's where this might 31 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:25.560 come from. Now, if you were here a female comic 32 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:27.719 in an interview say their father was abusive and belittled 33 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:29.640 them and was physically abusive and all this type of stuff, 34 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:31.599 and then they said something about how men are, you 35 00:01:31.599 --> 00:01:34.040 wouldn't begrudge them. You can see where that's coming from. 36 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:36.040 But for some reason, there's no gray are with this 37 00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:38.280 that you can't see where I'm coming from? Or why 38 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:39.760 is this the one subject where you don't know that 39 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:42.719 I'm joking? Jim are there any jokes you do regret, 40 00:01:43.359 --> 00:01:46.840 he says. One in his twenty sixteen Netflix special Freedom, 41 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:51.879 he took aim at Jenny McCarthy and her son, Prison 42 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:53.719 made a joke about whether or not the son was 43 00:01:53.799 --> 00:01:57.079 autistic or just Jenny McCarthy's son. Jim says, I was 44 00:01:57.200 --> 00:01:59.200 more doing it because she was an anti vax person 45 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:01.640 and I thought which she was doing is very detrimental 46 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:03.120 to the world, and I felt like she was a 47 00:02:03.120 --> 00:02:04.959 person who was more of a hindrance on the planet 48 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:07.000 than anything. So I made a joke about her child 49 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:09.080 as a parent. Now I'm deeply sorry I did that. 50 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:12.159 I shouldn't have done that. Maria Bamford has a book out. 51 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:15.120 She and her husband, the artist Scott Marvel Cassidy, have 52 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:18.759 collaborated on Hodge Book and Laser Eyes, a graphic novel. 53 00:02:19.039 --> 00:02:22.240 It describes their relationship from the perspective of their dogs. 54 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:25.080 Maria Bamford told The Express News, it's a beautiful sort 55 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:26.800 of a memorial to all the dogs that we've had 56 00:02:26.840 --> 00:02:28.960 over the course of our relationship and how they supported us. 57 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:31.560 Max was a marine and then he got into private 58 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:33.400 detective work and that's why he did the perimeter of 59 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:35.080 whatever room he was in. He'd go around the perimeter 60 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:37.240 and make sure everything was safe. Then there were Arnold 61 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:39.159 and Betty. They were a bonded bear and they were 62 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:41.280 just completely in love with each other. Maria says they've 63 00:02:41.319 --> 00:02:43.680 typically taken in older dogs, even though it's a setup 64 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:45.599 for heartbreak. She says, you know they're going to pass away, 65 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:47.280 But I prefer an older dog because I think that's 66 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:49.240 what I am. I like to sit down, I like 67 00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:53.240 to eat. Sarah Silverman spoke to NPR about her early career. 68 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:56.400 You may recall it Sarah did blackface at some point. 69 00:02:56.719 --> 00:02:59.000 Sarah said, I think early on there was more character 70 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:01.719 in her early work and certainly was purposely racist and 71 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:04.800 all the ists because the character was an ignorant, arrogant person, 72 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:06.520 and I felt like the truth would come through that, 73 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:08.759 and at the time it worked. I can't imagine a 74 00:03:08.840 --> 00:03:10.800 level of ways in which that special does not hold 75 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:12.120 up now. I think it would be hard to find 76 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:14.719 any clip that works. It's very hardcore and it does 77 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:16.520 not hold up in today's world. But that's also what 78 00:03:16.599 --> 00:03:18.120 art is. You know, you watch it in two thousand 79 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:19.599 and five, and it's a very different show than when 80 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:22.159 you watch it in twenty twenty four because you've changed, 81 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:24.680 because the world has changed around us. I'm absolutely not 82 00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:26.319 proud of a lot of things in it looking back 83 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:28.240 at it today, but I accept that that's what it 84 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:29.759 is to be an artist who's been around a long 85 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:32.280 time without the leeway of changing and growing. We're just 86 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:35.400 defined by our singular moments. The world was bigger and 87 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:37.719 it was way more ignorant. It's funny because the character 88 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:39.520 was this ignorant character that I could point to and go, 89 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:42.080 she doesn't understand, she says all these horrible things, but 90 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:44.439 it's okay because it's a character. And then really, I'm 91 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:47.159 super liberal blah blah blah. And then the irony was 92 00:03:47.199 --> 00:03:49.039 that the real meat behind that was ignorant. But I 93 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:50.840 have to accept that because that's me. And in order 94 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:52.120 to grow, you have to accept that you can grow 95 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:53.719 and change me different than you were, and not to 96 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:56.680 find yourself by your most ignorant moments. Kevin neil And 97 00:03:56.719 --> 00:03:59.639 spoke to the Union about explaining his comedic delivery, and 98 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:01.639 he said, it's kind of like describing how you look. 99 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:04.159 From what I hear, people would say that my stand 100 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:06.319 up is very absurd, and a lot of misdirection, and 101 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:08.120 I did to friends, tell me my comedy kind of 102 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:10.319 sneaks up on you. When I'm onto the next little 103 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:12.159 hunk I'm talking about. The laughter is just coming to them. 104 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:15.199 It's very conversational. You know what makes me laugh? Or children? 105 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:17.279 Children are so naive and they do things that are 106 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:19.360 just funny. I also like to go on the Daily 107 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:21.240 Dose on the Internet and they have videos of animals 108 00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:23.360 or kids or anything. It's really funny. My laughter comes 109 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:26.639 from normal people doing silly things. Chicago Sun Times caught 110 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:30.120 up with Langston Kerman. He graduated during the Great Recession 111 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:32.279 and said, I ended up moving back to my mom's basement, 112 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:34.480 which I vowed I would never do length since now 113 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:36.480 thirty seven, it all felt dark to me. It was 114 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:39.040 so antithetical to what I had envisioned in my head. 115 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:40.800 I went to school, I got could grades and follow 116 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:42.160 the rules, and now I'm back in this life I 117 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:45.000 didn't want. He decided to take a risk and pursue 118 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:47.160 a dream. He signed up to do a comedy set 119 00:04:47.160 --> 00:04:49.920 at an open mic at Doc Ryan's. I went up 120 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:51.720 there and I bomb for five minutes. But it was 121 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:53.399 the great kind of bomb that a sick person like 122 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:55.480 me can somehow translate as you should go do this again. 123 00:04:55.560 --> 00:04:57.079 She keep trying. So every week I'd go up to 124 00:04:57.079 --> 00:04:59.360 that open mic and bomb, and every week I felt 125 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:01.240 a little bit better about the idea of pursuing this. 126 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:03.600 He has a podcast called My Mamma Told Me, which 127 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:07.360 showcases black conspiracy theories. For example, did Bill Cosby attempt 128 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:10.079 to buy NBC? Does the Black Illuminati exist? Or aircraft 129 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:13.639 chemtrails infecting the public with chemical or biological agents. Kerman says, 130 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:15.000 we take a lot of pride in either of us 131 00:05:15.079 --> 00:05:17.560 being scared of any conversation. I think conspiracy theory is 132 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:19.480 so important. I don't mean that we should all be 133 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:21.879 conspiracy theorists, but I do think the conspiracy theory is 134 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:23.959 sort of like the adult version of imagining and whimsy. 135 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:26.480 It's fascinating me to unpack where these ideas come from. 136 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:28.759 It is netflix special. He relays a time when a 137 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:31.160 student made fun of his poetry, and Kerman said, I 138 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:33.439 deeply resent that child. She's not a child anymore as 139 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:35.839 a grown person. Should I ever come across her, I 140 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:39.199 got smoke for her. Felippia Sparza said, I had great 141 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:42.360 advice one time from Paul Rodriguez because I was worried, 142 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:44.040 how is my comedy going to cross over? How's it 143 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:46.399 going to transcend to other cultures, to other nationalities, And 144 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:48.279 he told me don't worry about any of that. If 145 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:50.279 you're funny, the audience will cross over to you. It's 146 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:53.319 not your job to cross over to them. Deadline caught 147 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:55.680 up with Matt Berry. Matt, what were you doing before 148 00:05:55.720 --> 00:05:57.439 you were an actor? Berry says, I was in the 149 00:05:57.519 --> 00:06:00.120 London Dungeon. That The London Dungeon is a lunch in 150 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:02.600 tourist attraction. It's across between a museum and a live 151 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:04.839 performance kind of thing. During the course of the day, 152 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:06.439 you'd be Jack the ripper in the morning, and then 153 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:08.839 you'd be a judge in the afternoon, and it's hired. 154 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:10.560 You'd be doing something like twenty or thirty shows a 155 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:12.279 day and I loved it. It was fantastic fun, but the 156 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:14.240 money was horrendous, so I'd do gigs in the evening. 157 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:16.279 And that's how Dark Place happened. I was doing a 158 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:19.120 gig and Matt Holness and Richard Aoide come up to 159 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:21.079 me and said, we're doing a TV version of their 160 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:22.959 friend show Dark Place, and would like you to play 161 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:24.720 the Spanish doctor. In my head, I was like, well, 162 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:26.480 you're taking a risk there. Because I've never done any 163 00:06:26.480 --> 00:06:28.439 TV or any company before. I haven't got a clue. 164 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:32.079 But obviously I didn't say that to them. I was like, yes, yes, fine, 165 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:35.079 because I had nothing to lose and absolutely nothing going 166 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:36.639 on at that point, so it was all to play for. 167 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:38.680 I just said yes to everything and turned up to rehearsal, 168 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:40.720 and I really enjoyed it. I didn't think i'd work 169 00:06:40.759 --> 00:06:42.720 after Dark Place. I didn't even know whether they would 170 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:44.839 show the whole series, and I wasn't convinced it was 171 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:46.639 actually going to air until the first night when it did, 172 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:49.000 and no one believed I was going to be on TV. 173 00:06:49.160 --> 00:06:51.160 I told people, including my family, said I'm going to 174 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:53.399 be on TV next month. It wasn't until the adverts 175 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:54.839 came on. I was in one of those adverts that 176 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:58.480 everybody realized it wasn't full of stuff. Deadline asked about 177 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:00.720 the origin of Toast of Lunch and which is a 178 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:04.319 fantastic show if you've never seen it, Barry said, I've 179 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:06.040 always wanted to do it because I've been doing voiceovers 180 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:07.759 for years and years with older actors seeing how they 181 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:09.680 behave just finding it very, very funny. I knew there 182 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:11.759 was something there, so I wrote all ideas for it, 183 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:13.800 his name and everything, and then spoke to Arthur Matthews. 184 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:16.120 Because I wasn't successful enough for anyone to say, yeah, 185 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:18.000 he's written this, let's make it a series. I needed 186 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:20.079 help in the form of Arthur. And Arthur's still the 187 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:22.879 best of what he does. The character Toast. He's pompous 188 00:07:22.879 --> 00:07:24.920 and he thinks that better things should be happening to him. 189 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:26.759 There's a never ending supply of things you can do 190 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:28.720 to put him back in his place each time. But 191 00:07:28.759 --> 00:07:30.920 it's just fantastic to play because it's not set in 192 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:32.879 any particular time and as a foot in the seventies 193 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:34.759 and in the modern day, so we're not limited to 194 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:36.839 what we can do. A bit like Shadows, those characters 195 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:38.439 are in their own world and they can do anything. 196 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:41.000 Will there'd be more, he said, Well, I did Toast 197 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:43.040 of tinsel Down the fourth series where he went to Hollywood, 198 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:44.279 and if you've seen that, you'll know what happened to 199 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:46.240 him at the end. I don't know. I'm happy with it. 200 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:48.000 I did everything with it that I wanted to do. 201 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:51.079 Vulture as their list of the comedians you should know 202 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:54.519 and will know. One of those comedians is young Me Meyer. 203 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:57.240 Young Me, if you were immortalized as a cartoon character, 204 00:07:57.279 --> 00:07:59.639 what we were outfit be? She said, I already wear a 205 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:02.360 cartoon character outfit aka the same outfit every day, hot 206 00:08:02.360 --> 00:08:05.439 pink tennis skirt, mesh crop top, pink bra. It's giving 207 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:08.079 dumb bitch cartoon character that f's up everything and think 208 00:08:08.120 --> 00:08:10.160 she's the main character. And she sort of is, but 209 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:14.079 in a villain adjacent way. Vibes worst show ever. Once 210 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:15.839 I did a show at a Jewish retirement home in 211 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:17.240 upstate New York. I had to get a ride with 212 00:08:17.279 --> 00:08:18.759 the other comedians in the lineup. We got there and 213 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:20.959 the show took place in a fluorescently lit dining hall 214 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:23.040 during their dinner at four pm. When I got on stage, 215 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:24.759 I started off by saying, so I'm a single mom, 216 00:08:25.040 --> 00:08:26.680 and this ninety year old grandma on the back just 217 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:29.279 yelled boo and did a double thumbs down. I don't 218 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:32.039 really remember anything after that. I just slowly walked off stage, 219 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:33.879 like what could I even do to recover from a 220 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:37.360 double thumbs down? Nothing? Writing process. I cannot write jokes 221 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:39.080 while sitting down at a computer at nine am with 222 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:40.759 a cup of coffee. No matter how hard I try. 223 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:43.000 In the beginning, I would set aside writing jokes time. 224 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:44.840 I just can't write jokes in that way. The only 225 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:46.879 way I can write jokes is on stage. There was 226 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:48.879 literally a two year period where I just stopped doing 227 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:50.639 bits on stage when just riff By going up with 228 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:52.720 zero material was horrible. But now I feel like I 229 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:54.720 can do bits and they're more dynamic and fluid. I 230 00:08:54.720 --> 00:08:57.279 think joke telling has to be sort of spontaneous for me. 231 00:08:57.320 --> 00:08:59.320 There's something about being pushed into a hairy situation that 232 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:01.080 makes me funny in a way that I can't, for 233 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:04.279 the life of me, pre plan any financial hurdles. The 234 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:08.000 biggest financial hurdle since becoming a comedian is becoming a comedian. 235 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:11.080 I am so broke. OMG. I have to say that 236 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:12.480 I was talking to my friend who was a normal 237 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:15.159 nine to five job that she hates, and she's also broke. 238 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:17.600 We all have to get side whustles as uber drivers 239 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:19.519 and restaurants servers or anyway, so why not do our 240 00:09:19.559 --> 00:09:22.720 dream jobs on the side too. Best comedy advice was 241 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:24.440 for my friend who told me just post anything I 242 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:26.240 thought was funny, and not to be too precious about 243 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:28.600 it or to think about it too much. He also 244 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:30.240 told me not to post or act on social media 245 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:31.759 in a way to game the system, and always keep 246 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:34.159 true to what I thought was funny. Worst comedy advice 247 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:36.440 I've ever seen was when some old stand up comedians 248 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:38.559 told me to focus only on standout, never get into 249 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:41.399 doing online content because it will kill my live performances. 250 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:43.519 Although I understand where he's coming from, truth is, in 251 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:45.320 this day and age, all comedians need to hone the 252 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:47.720 skill of making content. It's a separate language. You mean 253 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:50.240 good is it doesn't translate to the station, vice versa. 254 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:53.399 All comedians need to learn both languages. And that is 255 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:55.399 your comedy needs for today. If you enjoy the program, 256 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:57.120 tell a friend about it. They might like it too. 257 00:09:57.200 --> 00:09:59.240 If you would like the program without commercial interruption, this 258 00:09:59.360 --> 00:10:00.840 link of the show notes. Tell you how that works, 259 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:01.840 and I'll see you tomorrow.