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<v Speaker 1>Kalaroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny Mack with your

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<v Speaker 1>daily comedy news. Tonight in New York City at the

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<v Speaker 1>Beacon Theater. It is the Night of Too Many Stars.

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<v Speaker 1>John Stewart is your host. Some of the performers Chris Rock,

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<v Speaker 1>Adam Sandler, Amy Schumer, Ronnie Chan, Alex Edelman, Susie Smond,

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<v Speaker 1>Jim Gaffigan, Sarah Sherman, Max Weinberg's Jukebox, James Austin Johnson,

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<v Speaker 1>and Sam Morrell. In a statement, creators Michelle and Robert

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<v Speaker 1>Smigel said, we created a Night of Too Many Stars

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<v Speaker 1>with our friends in the comedy world at a time

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<v Speaker 1>when most organizations focused only on research for a cure.

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<v Speaker 1>Seeing so many parents struggle to find appropriate services and

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<v Speaker 1>schools for their children inspired us to create an event

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<v Speaker 1>to support the vital programs and services that individuals with

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<v Speaker 1>autism need right now. This was started back in two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand and three. Also back this week, the Boston Comedy

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<v Speaker 1>Festival it's twenty fifth year. Congratulations to those guys. The

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<v Speaker 1>lineup includes headliners Eddie Peppatonimo Phillips, My Michael Costa, Brooks

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<v Speaker 1>Wheelan from Saturday Night Live. Remember Brooks Know Me Neither

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<v Speaker 1>and Amy Miller, a bunch of stand up contests, a

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<v Speaker 1>benefit show for comedians affected by the fires in LA,

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<v Speaker 1>a diversity showcase, and a clean comedy show. Founder Jim

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<v Speaker 1>McHugh says, every year we do stuff that works, and

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<v Speaker 1>we do stuff that doesn't, and we just keep rolling along.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that sentiment fire call correctly. Jim asked made

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<v Speaker 1>me a judge at the festival a long time ago.

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<v Speaker 1>I had babies and couldn't go up to Boston to

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<v Speaker 1>do it, but that would have been a lot of fun.

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<v Speaker 1>The idea is to appeal to a wide range of taste.

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<v Speaker 1>McHugh says, We've always had the feeling of whoever you

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<v Speaker 1>think is the best comedian.

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<v Speaker 2>You're right. The Boston Globe did a bit of a preview.

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<v Speaker 2>The contest starts tomorrow. The idea is to showcase local acts,

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<v Speaker 2>Jim says. The whole purpose of this thing we started

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five years ago, was trying to get the industry

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<v Speaker 2>to come here and see the acts. April third, the

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<v Speaker 2>Funny Together Tour is Clean Comedy Providence. Comedian Ronda Corey

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<v Speaker 2>is joined by Bug Coulson and Mike Murray. Bug Coulson

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<v Speaker 2>is a great name. Eddie peppatone also on the third

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<v Speaker 2>at City Winery at two thirty pm. On the fourth

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<v Speaker 2>at seven o'clock, a more reasonable time celebrating diversity in comedy.

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<v Speaker 2>Your host is Beer with a Queer Jeff Klein. Also

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<v Speaker 2>a fun title, Emo Phillips on the fifth at seven o'clock.

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<v Speaker 2>On the fifth, Daman Miller says, I think the most

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<v Speaker 2>forty year old thing I do, though, is I have

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<v Speaker 2>a special word for when I've had too much white

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<v Speaker 2>wine and I want to get at a Fistfightchie headlines

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<v Speaker 2>two shows with Courtney Reynolds, and on the fifth it's

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<v Speaker 2>the Boston Comedy Finals, where the final eight contestants will

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<v Speaker 2>compete for the top prize in front of a panel

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<v Speaker 2>of judges. Ryan Hamilton will receive Comedian of the Year.

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<v Speaker 2>Seems like a really good festival, and the one over

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<v Speaker 2>the weekend in Rhode Island also fantastic. Nice to see

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<v Speaker 2>the comedy festivals back. Somebody you may know started a

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<v Speaker 2>comedy podcast six months before the pandemic, and boy in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty size stretching the New Republic seems to agree

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<v Speaker 2>with me that everybody's live with John mulaney is an

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<v Speaker 2>ambitious mess. They write, John Mulanie's new Netflix talk show

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<v Speaker 2>is filled with ideas that are funny in theory but

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<v Speaker 2>only barely working practice, echoing some of what I talked

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<v Speaker 2>about with zivin yesterday. How do you tell the difference

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<v Speaker 2>between a talk show that reinvents the form so radically

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<v Speaker 2>that it confounds the viewers' expectations about what a talk

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<v Speaker 2>show is and a talk show that just doesn't work.

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<v Speaker 2>The young man Philip who wrote this piece says, I

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't old enough to experience the nineteen eighty two Late

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<v Speaker 2>Night with David Letterman, but I suspect that it did

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<v Speaker 2>something like the former Letterman worked almost immediately. The Letterman

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<v Speaker 2>was quirky, but it leaned into the it's twelve thirty,

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<v Speaker 2>the NBC bosses or asleep, No one cares. Let's just

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<v Speaker 2>make ourselves laugh, which is kind of what Mlanie's doing,

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<v Speaker 2>but with a much brighter spotlight. This writer is wrong

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<v Speaker 2>when he writes I imagined that the early viewers of

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<v Speaker 2>Letterman's Late Night initially he may have been confused about

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<v Speaker 2>how the gap tooth Goofball was using the hour allotted

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<v Speaker 2>to him. Nope, not at all right from the get go,

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<v Speaker 2>even the initial opening credits for Letterman, let you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it was low key. You know, over the years, the

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<v Speaker 2>Letterman theme evolved into this big show busy theme by

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<v Speaker 2>the time we got to the CBS version of it.

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<v Speaker 2>But that initial version very very chill, and the understated

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<v Speaker 2>vo no, no, no, this was not screaming showbiz. This

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<v Speaker 2>was screaming It's twelve thirty and nobody cares. The writer says,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't yet know how to watch Mullaney. Mlaney opens

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<v Speaker 2>with a monologue that is followed by pre tape bits

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<v Speaker 2>of varying quality, occasional audience gag, celebrity guests on couches,

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<v Speaker 2>and a musical performance. There are Johnny cars and Ed

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<v Speaker 2>mcmh's style exchanges between Mlanie and Richard Kind. I personally

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if Richard Kine was the right choice either.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure that's an unpopular opinion, but I just said it.

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<v Speaker 2>And there are lutterman esque absurdities, like the same old

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<v Speaker 2>delivery robot that ranges freely around the set. That is true.

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<v Speaker 2>This next paragraph is on point. There's a kind of

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<v Speaker 2>punk wonderment about shows like Letterman's or Eric Andres throwing

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<v Speaker 2>things at the wall to see if it'd stick. As

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<v Speaker 2>acidic as they are. There's a hopeful spirit of formal

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<v Speaker 2>exploration at work, but Mullaney show as a certain sourness,

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<v Speaker 2>a deliberate lack of wonder that's most detectable in his

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<v Speaker 2>management of the panel portion. On one hand, it's slightly

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<v Speaker 2>funny to watch deliberately in Congress guests awkwardly squirm as

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<v Speaker 2>they tried to offer advice to callers, uncertain what exactly

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<v Speaker 2>they're supposed to do. On the other hand, it kind

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<v Speaker 2>of sucks to watch that good analysis there. Let's stop

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<v Speaker 2>off at gossip corner. Shane gillis dating an Instagram model,

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<v Speaker 2>Grace Brassel is building up her follower collection and people

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<v Speaker 2>aren't paying attention. On Instagram. Last week, she shared photos

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<v Speaker 2>of the couple's recent trip to the UK. They attended

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<v Speaker 2>UFC Fight Night Edwards versus Brady in the O two arena.

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<v Speaker 2>She captured one of her posts, drink fifty five Guinnesses

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<v Speaker 2>and fifty five beers with my buddies in Europe that

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<v Speaker 2>got a lot of attention. One person accused her of

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<v Speaker 2>being after Shane's secret grilled cheese recipe. Another person wrote

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<v Speaker 2>about Shane's choice of hat, Shane hasn't taken off that

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<v Speaker 2>Eagles hat since we won the Super Bowl. All right,

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<v Speaker 2>You're not getting a forty five minute episode today. You

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<v Speaker 2>got three in a row. We're back to normal. Andy

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<v Speaker 2>Woodall has released a new album. It's his seventh comedy

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<v Speaker 2>album called Beach Brain. He says it is his silliest

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<v Speaker 2>album yet. Andy says, my hope is it will appeal

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<v Speaker 2>to like minded beach Brains. Have given Beach Brains a

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<v Speaker 2>little taste of life by the water. On the album,

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<v Speaker 2>Andy explores the humor in second marriages, gaslighting, and buying

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<v Speaker 2>toilet paper in Bulk. I am working with Andy's publicist,

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<v Speaker 2>have Andy on the show in a little bit. Yesterday

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<v Speaker 2>you heard Jason Zennemann mention an Andy Kaufman documentary. The

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<v Speaker 2>Guardian wrote about it. They point out Andy Kaufman constructed

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<v Speaker 2>so many clever hoaxes to house this work that many

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<v Speaker 2>assumed he must not have died young at the age

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<v Speaker 2>of thirty five. Can I tell you when I was

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<v Speaker 2>at serious? I know I mentioned it every day. Sorry,

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<v Speaker 2>it's big chunkle my life and I am posting a

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<v Speaker 2>comedy podcast. It's relevant. I was having lunch with Andy's brother,

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Kaufman, now their sibling. So Michael Kaufman obviously looks

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<v Speaker 2>a little like Andy. And as I sat there letting

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<v Speaker 2>my mind wander, looking at Michael Kaufman many years after

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<v Speaker 2>Andy's death, I started to wonder, is it possible I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sitting here with Andy Kaufman. We had a cool idea

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<v Speaker 2>for a broadcast at Sirius. So Sirius does these. They

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<v Speaker 2>call them town hall, so you have a celebrity in

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<v Speaker 2>like we did one with Bruno Mars, and you have

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<v Speaker 2>a bunch of fans come up and the fans get

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<v Speaker 2>to ask questions. The Kaufman estate, led by Michael, was

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<v Speaker 2>willing to announce Andy Kaufman town Hall, and I wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to do a whole big put on of promoting this

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<v Speaker 2>is the return of Andy Kaufman. They were on board.

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<v Speaker 2>We had a press release drafted, and the Big Boss

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<v Speaker 2>just didn't get it. You know. I was planning on

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<v Speaker 2>doing a live broadcast where we just dragged this thing

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<v Speaker 2>out as long as possible, but again Big Boss didn't

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<v Speaker 2>get it, so it didn't happen. But I kept wondering

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<v Speaker 2>is this actually Andy sitting here with me? The new

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<v Speaker 2>documentary is called Thank You very Much, and the Guardian

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<v Speaker 2>tells it's it's upfront about how alienating Kaufman could be

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<v Speaker 2>to audience members, to casual observers, even a coworkers, while

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<v Speaker 2>at the same time never framing his work as pure

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<v Speaker 2>endurance tests. There's a glee in his blurring the lines

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<v Speaker 2>between reality and fiction, even when he does his best

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<v Speaker 2>to hide it under voices or makeup. Thank You very

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<v Speaker 2>Much doesn't depend on the same old clips, and watching

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<v Speaker 2>all this Kaufman footage emphasizes how inimitable the man was.

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<v Speaker 2>Funny sentence here. What's more difficult to replicate is Kaufman's

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<v Speaker 2>dedication to his strangest whims. When Tim Heidecker passes away,

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<v Speaker 2>it will probably not kick off a thirty year ambiguity

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<v Speaker 2>over whether he's genuinely dead. Thank You very Much is

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<v Speaker 2>out in movie theaters in the United States. Out in

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<v Speaker 2>Santa Monica, it's the Bergamont Comedy Festival. The La Times

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<v Speaker 2>covered it. The lineup consists of ninety three percent female

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<v Speaker 2>identifying BIPOC, LGBTQ, plus acts and other perspectives. Historically overlooked

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<v Speaker 2>by gatekeepers and stand up. They spoke with Joe Stetler,

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<v Speaker 2>who's a third grade teacher who lives with an incurable cancer.

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<v Speaker 2>Joel says, comedy has become away for me to sort

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<v Speaker 2>it all out. My response has remained one of the

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<v Speaker 2>few things I can control. Storytelling and stand up given

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<v Speaker 2>me a space to turn something dark into something meaningful,

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<v Speaker 2>not just for myself but for audiences who know what

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<v Speaker 2>it means to have life. Kick the door in among

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<v Speaker 2>the highlights on Saturday, April fifth, an hour from Cameron

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<v Speaker 2>Esposito with new material developed since she filmed her Four

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<v Speaker 2>Pills Special. Four Pills will be coming out on Dropout

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<v Speaker 2>on April eleventh. Oh, dropout is the old college humor.

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<v Speaker 2>This article tells me now I know what it is, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>and that is your comedy news for today. If you

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<v Speaker 2>skip the weekend for some reason, good stuff about Mitch

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<v Speaker 2>Hedburg over the weekend. You might want to go back

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<v Speaker 2>and check out both Saturday and Sunday's episodes. If you

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<v Speaker 2>are into Mitch Hebburg, meet you here tomorrow.