Speaker 1: Callaroga Shark Media. So I'm prepping the show and I
Speaker 1: see a headline comedy superstar known for going topless, and
Speaker 1: I'm like, hey, I better click on this story and
Speaker 1: check it out. It was about Bert Kraser. Not what
Speaker 1: I was looking for at all. Hello, I'm Johnny Mack
Speaker 1: with your daily comedy news. If you miss Sunday, it
Speaker 1: was a very robust episode. You want to go back
Speaker 1: and hear the Ovonne stuff if nothing else. Saturday Night Live,
Speaker 1: I don't know. Man started okay and then fell off
Speaker 1: a cliff, no teeth at all, not sure. SNL met
Speaker 1: the moment open with a decent sketch Colin jo just
Speaker 1: getting some run. He got to play Pete. Hegseth and
Speaker 1: did a nice job in character before getting interrupted by
Speaker 1: James Austin Johnson's increasingly drifting Donald Trump impression. The Trump
Speaker 1: character then got met us saying SNL fifty one off
Speaker 1: to a rough start, seventeen new cast members and I
Speaker 1: got the update guy doing the open, which I thought
Speaker 1: was a good observation. I was thinking the same thing
Speaker 1: myself that Jost got the open Johnson, as Trump said,
Speaker 1: I thought Jose would be with his friends at the
Speaker 1: Rion Comedy Festival, Joe saying he didn't get an offer.
Speaker 1: Then onto the credits, and I'm watching the credits, and
Speaker 1: the credits are high energy, and I'm looking at it
Speaker 1: and I'm like, this is a pretty strong cast because
Speaker 1: all the major players returned, and I'm like, Okay, here
Speaker 1: we go. And then Bad Bunny came out and his
Speaker 1: monologue killed it. There's obviously the language challenge there, but
Speaker 1: also his timing, so you know that takes the air
Speaker 1: out of the balloon. First sketch a Jeopardy sketch that
Speaker 1: just never flew. Other notes, I wrote down Marcelo Hernandez
Speaker 1: in a sketch about chat cheap pto, so like a
Speaker 1: a Hispanic version of chat cheapt Marcelo Hernandez. He does
Speaker 1: one thing. He does it really well, but it's the
Speaker 1: only thing he does, and he did it three different sketches.
Speaker 1: On Saturday. Come on, man, there was a K Pop
Speaker 1: what is a Demon Hunter sketch that spotlighted why Bowen
Speaker 1: Yang and Sarah Sherman are special performers. I wrote down
Speaker 1: Jojah Cat lip syncing, like what are we doing? Just
Speaker 1: don't have it? Just the show's called Saturday Night Live,
Speaker 1: not Saturday Night lip Sync. Kind of lame. Cam Patterson
Speaker 1: was on Update. He's got tons of charisma, but he
Speaker 1: can't perform. He was obviously reading the teleprompter and he's
Speaker 1: not good at that, and he's not good at delivering
Speaker 1: a material in that form. What a really, really really
Speaker 1: unfair early prediction. Cam Patterson won and done. Write that
Speaker 1: one down. We'll check back in May. Taylor Swift did
Speaker 1: not appear on a pretty weak Saturday Night Live. Speaking
Speaker 1: of Taylor Swift, she's the guest on The Tonight Show
Speaker 1: starring Jimmy Fallon. Tonight Late Night Wars heating back up.
Speaker 1: Fallon has been catching a lot of grief. He had
Speaker 1: done an interview recently with Newsweek talking about how he's
Speaker 1: not going to make the show political. Jimmy said, our
Speaker 1: show's never really been that political. You know, we hit
Speaker 1: both sizukhle. We trying to make everybody laugh, and that's
Speaker 1: really the way our show works. Our monologues are kind
Speaker 1: of the same we've been doing since Johnny Carson was
Speaker 1: doing The Tonight Show. So really, I just keep my
Speaker 1: head down and make sure the jokes are funny. I
Speaker 1: have great writers, clever smart writers, and we're just trying
Speaker 1: to make the best show we possibly can and entertain everybody.
Speaker 1: People got very upset at this. I'll continue to defend
Speaker 1: Jimmy Fallen that he understands what the Tonight Show is
Speaker 1: and he executes the mission. I think he's got more
Speaker 1: in his tool belt than he does as host of
Speaker 1: the Tonight Show, but I think he understands what hosting
Speaker 1: the Tonight Show is. On social media, film Bart said, Look,
Speaker 1: I've enjoyed taking pot shots at Fallon from the cheap seats,
Speaker 1: but his utter failure to meet this cultural moment comedically
Speaker 1: is pretty staggering. His public persona is a complete and
Speaker 1: total void chilling. I wonder what film Bart thought of
Speaker 1: SNL Mister b Direct said, Fallon is an empty vessel
Speaker 1: puppeteered by the industry and mega corpse always has been,
Speaker 1: but it's never been more obvious. Hilariously, he will get
Speaker 1: taken out by the Trump administration as quickly as the
Speaker 1: rest of Late Night at the ri Odd Comedy Festival tonight,
Speaker 1: Jimmy Carr and Louis c K. If you miss Sunday's episode,
Speaker 1: I recapped K with Bill Moore. I also listen tok
Speaker 1: on Theovaugh's podcast. I couldn't make it all the way
Speaker 1: to the end. They got into conversation about their sexual addictions,
Speaker 1: and I just punched out on it. Matt Bronger on
Speaker 1: his Substack Rights. I'll start by saying I wasn't invited,
Speaker 1: and also thank god for that. If I was offered
Speaker 1: half of what the comics who went were offered, boy,
Speaker 1: it'd be tough to say no, but I think I
Speaker 1: would have. I'm not here to jump on my fellow comics,
Speaker 1: my brothers and sisters who stand alone on the stage
Speaker 1: and talk about their genitals for laughs. However, I will say,
Speaker 1: what the eff are you doing? We can talk about
Speaker 1: the expanding relationships between our country and theirs, and now
Speaker 1: their people deserve to be entertained. And the end of
Speaker 1: the day, you gotta face the fact that A they
Speaker 1: have slaves three exclamation points. B. The guy who ministered
Speaker 1: the entertainment has an entire wing of a prison where
Speaker 1: they torture people have spoken out or tweeted about the
Speaker 1: Kingdom's oppressions named after him. See they allegedly funded slash
Speaker 1: did nine to eleven D. They killed journalists. Matt observes
Speaker 1: comics play Russian next and e Hey, Kevin Hart, the
Speaker 1: Kevin Hart of Saudi Arabia's wife was taken and disappeared
Speaker 1: for driving a car. Matt Bronger then got into some
Speaker 1: other reactions from some other folks, but I'll skip head
Speaker 1: to his reaction to Bill Burr's take. Matt writes, this
Speaker 1: one's stung because ye s dude, you're the guy, maybe
Speaker 1: the closest big performer we have to a modern George Carlin,
Speaker 1: the zigger in a field of zaggers. Remember when Louis
Speaker 1: c k was the new George Carlan. Nobody says that anymore.
Speaker 1: That was the thing that was said. Matt wraps up
Speaker 1: with I'm still a fan of all these guys in
Speaker 1: most of the comics who played the festival, But to me,
Speaker 1: the check wasn't worth the handshake and applies thanks for
Speaker 1: reading for Pajiba. Dustin Rolls rights that defense is not
Speaker 1: gonna fly Bill Burr. Dustin says, here's the problem with
Speaker 1: Burr's defense. The problem was never the Saudi people. The
Speaker 1: problem with the Iranian regime is not the Iranian people.
Speaker 1: The problem with the net In Yahoo government is not
Speaker 1: the Israelis, and The problem with America is not the
Speaker 1: people who didn't vote for this authoritarian regime. The problem
Speaker 1: is the Saudi government, and it's the Saudi government the
Speaker 1: back to truck full of money to Burr's house. Burn
Speaker 1: might argue that he was simply bringing comedy to people
Speaker 1: who deserve to laugh, and on the surface that sounds noble,
Speaker 1: but that's not what's happening here. Bill Burr is giving
Speaker 1: the Saudi government exactly what it wanted, a positive portrait
Speaker 1: of Saudi Arabia. Yes, the Saudi people who are know
Speaker 1: different than the rest of us. They eat at Chilis too,
Speaker 1: But Saudi journalists are getting killed by their government, which
Speaker 1: is David Cross noted, has slaves. The Saudi people are
Speaker 1: victims of the very government that paid Bird to go
Speaker 1: home and tell the rest of the world that Saudi
Speaker 1: Arabia is a great place with great people, and that
Speaker 1: performing for the Saudi royals was one of the three
Speaker 1: best experiences of his life. So, no Bert, that's not
Speaker 1: gonna fly. And somehow I've lost even more respect for
Speaker 1: him because he apparently doesn't even realize he's become a
Speaker 1: tool for the Saudi royal family. Gabe Iglesias performed on
Speaker 1: Thursday night at the Riodd Comedy Festival. He shared a
Speaker 1: video of himself signing a poster showing the stack lineup.
Speaker 1: He captured it, thank you to everyone it came out
Speaker 1: to my event last night in Riod. I will be
Speaker 1: posting more highlight videos and pictures soon. Unity through laughter.
Speaker 1: The New York Times wrote, the festival has been held
Speaker 1: at Boulevard City, a sprawling entertainment complex with a quarter
Speaker 1: designed to resemble Times Square. Young Saudi has gathered in
Speaker 1: gender mixed spaces beneath the glare of giant screens, rather
Speaker 1: than the watchful gaze of the once feared religious police,
Speaker 1: whose powers were stripped down by the Crown Prince as
Speaker 1: part of his reform drive. Still, societal t insformation has
Speaker 1: its limits. Political humor was warmly received. The sex jokes
Speaker 1: not so much. Sipha Sounds started a gag about men
Speaker 1: air dropping photos of their genitals. Uncomfortable laughter rippled through
Speaker 1: the arena. Seipha Sounds said, Oh, sex jokes don't land,
Speaker 1: and Riod got it in the nation. Ben Schwartz writes
Speaker 1: the list of massive ironic cell phones, these comics just
Speaker 1: racked up and riot is impressive. Burr himself once went
Speaker 1: off on Beyonce as a woman who embraces feminism yet
Speaker 1: flew to Libyate to perform for Momar O Gaddafi. Shabelle
Speaker 1: has criticized Israel and Gaza, but just took money from
Speaker 1: a country that backed to civil war and Yemen that
Speaker 1: caused the femine debts of at least eighty five thousand
Speaker 1: children and killed hundreds of thousand more Yemeni civilians. In
Speaker 1: twenty fourteen, Annibal Burst went after Bill Cosby and said
Speaker 1: out loud what many knew but were afraid to say
Speaker 1: about Bill Cosby. Journalism was limited what it could say
Speaker 1: about Cosby because that his rules. Law enforcement was limited
Speaker 1: in what it could do because it is rules comedians
Speaker 1: don't and Bursu's takedown kickstarted Cosby's ultimate downfall. The Riad
Speaker 1: Court period won't mean much to the careers of most
Speaker 1: of these comics. No one's going to lose a Hollywood
Speaker 1: deal for a movie or a show, and with Saudi
Speaker 1: money in Hollywood, something might come home to new deals.
Speaker 1: All this is distracting us from the big story of
Speaker 1: the week, which is Jim Gaffigan bending the knee to
Speaker 1: the bourbon industry. Jim Gaffigan has sold out to Big Bourbon.
Speaker 1: Jim Gaffigan will do a live podcast recording at Pursuit
Speaker 1: Spirits on Whiskey Row. We're told it's a special live
Speaker 1: podcast experience at the brand new Bourbon Pursuit podcast studio
Speaker 1: and tasting room, and he's doing that today at twelve
Speaker 1: thirty in the afternoon. The Golden Globes, which would be
Speaker 1: hosted by Nicky Glazer, has announced the twenty five podcast
Speaker 1: eligible four Golden Globes now quite notably here, stunningly to
Speaker 1: me here, I can't explain this at all. Not on
Speaker 1: the list of twenty five, which I'll read, not on
Speaker 1: the list. Conan O'Brien, how is that possible? James Cridlin,
Speaker 1: who writes the pod News, pointed out that the twenty
Speaker 1: five podcasts is pretty close to the top twenty five
Speaker 1: podcasts on the charts. Nominated are fort eight Hours, Dak Shepard,
Speaker 1: Call Her Daddy, Candice Owens, Crime Junkie, Dateline, Amy Pohlar, Morbid,
Speaker 1: Mister Ballin, Pardon My Take, Pod Save America, Rotten Mango,
Speaker 1: Sean Ryan Smortless, stuff you should know. Ben Shapiro, Bill Simmons,
Speaker 1: The Daily, Rogan, Megan Kelly, Mel Robbins, Tucker Carlson, THEO,
Speaker 1: Vaughn n p R. Now, The Golden Globes is a
Speaker 1: showbiz show. I'm stunned that Conan's not on this list
Speaker 1: and just going to win, because don't you want to
Speaker 1: put on a show like you're gonna go ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 1: Here's crime junkie. Yay. I mean it's popular, but that's
Speaker 1: not showbiz. Ladies and gentlemen. The winner. Best podcast goes
Speaker 1: to stuff you should know again, perfectly fine podcast, but yay,
Speaker 1: here's the guys from The Daily yay. I mean they're
Speaker 1: not gonna give it a Rogan. If you give it
Speaker 1: to somebody like Megan Kelly or Tucker Carlson, you're making
Speaker 1: a statement. I don't know who's gonna get it here.
Speaker 1: Do you just give it to I guess you just
Speaker 1: give it to Amy Pohlar, Right, do you just give it?
Speaker 1: Amy comes out, she smiles, everybody's happy, she's industry, she's
Speaker 1: Golden Globes friendly because she's hosted a thing. So yeah,
Speaker 1: just give it Amy Poehler and we're done. If I
Speaker 1: wrote my notes down correctly. There's a podcast called The
Speaker 1: Idiot Box with Alison Lips the topic, Jay Leno and
Speaker 1: the Late night Stuff, and I'm the guest. I believe
Speaker 1: that is out today, So if you want to hear
Speaker 1: me talk even more, I'm the guest. We recorded that
Speaker 1: before Kimmelgate, if I recall, so some of it might
Speaker 1: be not quite timely, but it is a really good
Speaker 1: conversation for about an hour. John Stewart was asked on
Speaker 1: The Weekly Show why Trump hasn't tried to cancel him
Speaker 1: the way Trump has tried to cancel Colbert, kim ol
Speaker 1: Seth and Felon. John Stewart said, there's no question. It's
Speaker 1: a function of relevance. I don't think we're on the radar,
Speaker 1: you know. I think he's right. It's a cable show,
Speaker 1: and I don't think the president watches that sort of
Speaker 1: TV other than Fox. He's a network guy. He's an
Speaker 1: old school He's from the twentieth century, like me. Makes sense.
Speaker 1: Beth Stelling spoke to Girl Talk HQ about her special,
Speaker 1: The Landlord Special, which you'll find on v Pops. That said,
Speaker 1: I usually know amana something stand up wise when my
Speaker 1: mom says she wants to hear more for this special,
Speaker 1: I was dealing with a very noisy, combustible land lady
Speaker 1: who seemed hell bount in getting me to move so
Speaker 1: she could raise the rent. But for years I was
Speaker 1: more stubborn than I was exasperated. I'd call my mom
Speaker 1: immediately after many of the interactions. On those calls, my
Speaker 1: mom was typically shocked and trying to advise me as
Speaker 1: best she could from afar, But at times it took
Speaker 1: a toll on my mental health to feel trapped in
Speaker 1: a place, especially during the pandemonium, I felt unwelcome and
Speaker 1: under surveillance. This story Heavy Special was born from severe frustration,
Speaker 1: but turning that in the stand up comedy for laughs
Speaker 1: is historically how I process and work through any bad, powerless, painful,
Speaker 1: or uncomfortable things I've experienced. Inspirations that says a renowned
Speaker 1: New York Times critic once referred to my voice as Bamfordian,
Speaker 1: a reference to Maria Bamford, who is one of the
Speaker 1: great stand ups of our time. I think any comic
Speaker 1: that is sharing themselves in a true and honest way
Speaker 1: is inspiring to me. I prefer to watch well wooden
Speaker 1: jokes and stories rooted inauthenticity. I have an aversion of
Speaker 1: what I call word math. I also category as comics
Speaker 1: as not helping when they strive to shock audience members
Speaker 1: in the pursuit of challenge. I believe they're hacky and
Speaker 1: often lack life experience and empathy. And that is your
Speaker 1: comedy news for today. We're off to an interesting start
Speaker 1: this week. Gaffigan's got some bourbon stuff coming up. I
Speaker 1: got a bunch of stories that haven't been able to
Speaker 1: get to. These episodes have been quite robust, and we'll
Speaker 1: see what kind of strife this week brings. Appreciate you listening.
Speaker 1: Still a lot of new listeners hanging around discover the
Speaker 1: show during Kimmel Gate and Riodd so appreciate you back
Speaker 1: here in the morning see and then