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<v Speaker 1>Callaroga Shark Media hither. I'm Johnny Mack with your daily

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<v Speaker 1>comedy news. I've been trying to stay away from the

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<v Speaker 1>Chevy Chase documentary. I just I don't know why. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just not interested in it. But there's controversy involved, and

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<v Speaker 1>Johnny Mack likes to talk about controversy. One of the

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<v Speaker 1>things that is notable is that nobody from the cast

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<v Speaker 1>of community talked to the documentary that screams volumes and

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<v Speaker 1>now we are hearing from a vet Nicole Brown, or

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<v Speaker 1>rather not hearing from a vet Nicole Brown. She posted

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<v Speaker 1>on Instagram. There are things I've never spoken of publicly

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<v Speaker 1>and perhaps never will. Anyone currently speaking four or about me,

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<v Speaker 1>and she put four and about in caps four or

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<v Speaker 1>about me with perceived authority is speaking without ever speaking

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<v Speaker 1>to me about the things they claim to know about.

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<v Speaker 1>They actually don't know me at all. They actually don't

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<v Speaker 1>really know me at all. They also have no knowledge

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<v Speaker 1>of my relationship with anyone I've worked with, and can

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<v Speaker 1>not credibly speak on any current or previous issues. I

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<v Speaker 1>hate that all this had to be said in East

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<v Speaker 1>Cleveland speak. Keep my name out of your mouth. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's the kind of phrase that somebody says

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<v Speaker 1>when they're about to slap Chris Rock. So she seems

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<v Speaker 1>pretty upset. So, according to this new CNN documentary, which

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<v Speaker 1>is called I'm Chevy, Chase and He're Not, nobody from

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<v Speaker 1>the community cast wanted to speak, and according to the

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<v Speaker 1>doc Chase felt ostracized by the tight knit cast. Chevy

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<v Speaker 1>also clashed with Dan Harmon, the creator of the series. Apparently,

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<v Speaker 1>Chevy arrived with his family to a rap party and

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<v Speaker 1>found Dan Harmon leading the room in a chant of

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<v Speaker 1>Fu Chevy Wow. We are sold the incident that led

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<v Speaker 1>to Chevy's firing from the show involved a scene in

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<v Speaker 1>which Chase's character Peers, performs a puppet show in which

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<v Speaker 1>the hand puppet character performs a blackface. As the story goes,

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<v Speaker 1>there was a discussion about the appropriateness of the scene

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<v Speaker 1>between Chevy and event Nicole Brown. Some say during that

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<v Speaker 1>discussion Chevy used the and Brown stormed off the set

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<v Speaker 1>that wouldn't come back unless Chevy apologize. As the story goes,

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<v Speaker 1>we are told Chase did return to the set but

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<v Speaker 1>didn't apologize. The episode director says, Chevy goes, you know

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<v Speaker 1>me and Richard Pryor I used to call Richard pryor

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<v Speaker 1>the N word, and he used to call me the

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<v Speaker 1>honky and we loved each other. And I'm like, I know, man,

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<v Speaker 1>I love that bit. And I said, you know, can

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<v Speaker 1>we just have a little apology? And he goes for

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<v Speaker 1>what that reference is to a pretty famous Saturday Night

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<v Speaker 1>Live bit that I'm not going to share with you

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<v Speaker 1>for obvious reasons. After this incident was recapped on The

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<v Speaker 1>Hollywood Reporter, apparently Chevy had a full meltdown and worried

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<v Speaker 1>that his career was ruined. Now concurrent to that controversy,

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<v Speaker 1>Saturday Night Lives, Terry Sweeney has weighed in. Terry Sweeney

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<v Speaker 1>was SNL's first out cast member during the nineteen eighty

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<v Speaker 1>five eighty six season. I saw Terry's name come up

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<v Speaker 1>in the news, and I didn't remember him being a

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<v Speaker 1>cast member. That's neither here nor there. It's just my

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<v Speaker 1>own personal lack of recollection. I was like, who. But apparently,

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<v Speaker 1>way back when Chase and Sweeney didn't get along. In

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<v Speaker 1>the CNN doc, director Marina Zenovich reminds Chevy Chase of

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<v Speaker 1>the joke that offended Sweeney, quoting her, you said something

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<v Speaker 1>to Sweeney like, oh, you're the gay guy. Why don't

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<v Speaker 1>we ask if you have AIDS? And every week we

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<v Speaker 1>weigh you burn. Michaels says, I think Chevy was just

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<v Speaker 1>being chevy. He would say things that were funny, would

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<v Speaker 1>assume you were comedy people. He could speak that way.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we would say terrible things because that's what

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<v Speaker 1>would make us laugh. In the documentary, Chevy says Terry Sweeney,

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<v Speaker 1>he was very funny. This guy. I don't think he's

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<v Speaker 1>alive anymore. Well, Terry Sweeney disproved that by both being

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<v Speaker 1>alive and speaking to the Hollow reporter. He told the reporter,

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<v Speaker 1>don't you think he's saying this and making himself look

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<v Speaker 1>more like they ass he is. In the SNL oral

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<v Speaker 1>history book Live from New York, The Complete Uncensored History

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<v Speaker 1>of Saturday Night Live, Sweeney recounts Chevy entering his dressing

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<v Speaker 1>room and apologizing for the AIDS group, but was furious

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<v Speaker 1>that he apologize. Chase responds, my memory is that he's lying,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's my memory. He's not telling the truth. This

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<v Speaker 1>is it's not who I am. And if I am

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<v Speaker 1>that way, my life has changed because I have to

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<v Speaker 1>live with that now. For the rest of my effing life.

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<v Speaker 1>Sweeney says, if Chase's comments to the dock, it all

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<v Speaker 1>reflects rightly horribly on him. Boy, you know, at some point, Chevy,

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<v Speaker 1>it's you like the rest of the world is like

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<v Speaker 1>this guy's a jerk. It's up pointed to you. Dude,

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<v Speaker 1>are there coming for John Stewart? Did you get your

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<v Speaker 1>talking points about why you're supposed to be mad at

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<v Speaker 1>John Stewart? Here? Write this down so you're on the

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<v Speaker 1>right side of righteousness. You're supposed to be furious at

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<v Speaker 1>John Stewart. Currently on The Weekly Show with John Stewart.

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<v Speaker 1>On the December eleventh episode, John Stewart made fun of

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<v Speaker 1>people who still wear masks. John's comments did not go

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<v Speaker 1>down well with people who still are cautious and wear masks.

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<v Speaker 1>I wear masks on airplanes. I've been a germophobe way

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<v Speaker 1>before COVID. Ask people who work with me and serious.

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<v Speaker 1>If you had a cold and you were on my staff,

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't let you in my office. On social media,

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<v Speaker 1>one person wrote, Hey, John Stewart, were you under the

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<v Speaker 1>impression that people who are still taking COVID seriously and

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<v Speaker 1>wearing masks need your bs on top of everyone else's,

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<v Speaker 1>isn't part of your brand being a decent guy who

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<v Speaker 1>thinks Another said, Hey, John Stewart, joke about wearing masks

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<v Speaker 1>aren't funny. Would you ask someone why they wear corrective eyeglasses? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>masks are no different. I mean, can we talk about

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<v Speaker 1>a non controversy here again? I wear masks. My wife's

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<v Speaker 1>a physician. She often wears masks when things are spiking

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit, like this week where there's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of flu going around in New Jersey, so she's masking up.

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<v Speaker 1>If John Stewart wants to goof on us and go, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>look at the fat guy on the plane hosting a

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<v Speaker 1>podcast as basement, What a loser wearing a mask? I

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<v Speaker 1>don't care. Just get the name of the show, right,

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<v Speaker 1>Daily Comedy News. Just John, do twenty minutes on me?

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<v Speaker 1>Please do? Someone else wrote, John Stewart has some absolute

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<v Speaker 1>effing nerve to be making fun of long COVID survivors

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<v Speaker 1>and people still masking. He's seen up close to the

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<v Speaker 1>government to ie healthcare and resources for nine to eleven

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<v Speaker 1>survivors who breathe in toxic air and suffering decades later. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>that's why we're canceling John Stewart A little more serious here.

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<v Speaker 1>Jimmy Kimmel is said to be quote unquote spiraling and

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<v Speaker 1>feeling quote beaten down after the death of his best

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<v Speaker 1>friend Clido Escovedo, who is the bandleader on The Jimmy

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<v Speaker 1>Kimmel Live, a source told Raider Online, which again tends

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<v Speaker 1>to be a little more gossipy but doesn't mean they're incorrect.

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<v Speaker 1>But the source told Rader Online, Jimmy is spiraling. He's

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<v Speaker 1>known Cleto since he was just a kid, and he

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<v Speaker 1>never expected him to be gone this soon. It's got

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<v Speaker 1>Jimmy facing his own mortality and questioning everything. He's in

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<v Speaker 1>a very dark place. The same source says Jimmy's not

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<v Speaker 1>really over the brief cancelation there. The source says, Jimmy

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<v Speaker 1>got back on the air, so a lot of people

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<v Speaker 1>assume that he's moved past this and he's feeling like

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<v Speaker 1>a champ. But that's not the case. The too Much

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<v Speaker 1>TV substack wrote about Dave Chappelle's special, they right, for

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<v Speaker 1>the most part, stand up coming. He's a young man's game. Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>you can keep telling stale jokes until you dropped dead

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<v Speaker 1>while at the mic at some random casino and then

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<v Speaker 1>they get this dig in, which is likely the way

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<v Speaker 1>jay Leno's life will end. Should I just go there again? Like,

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<v Speaker 1>I understand that you're upset that Jay Leno took to

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<v Speaker 1>tonight show back. Okay, he's the worst guy ever, But

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<v Speaker 1>other than that, why they hate for Jay Letto? He

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<v Speaker 1>just it's fine. It's fine. Mike Chisholm, who hosts The

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<v Speaker 1>Letterman Podcast, which I'm the guest on today, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>so when you're done here, go listen to the Letterman Podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>We got onto the we got into this a little bit,

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<v Speaker 1>the whole jay Lenell hate. I'll share that clip in

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<v Speaker 1>an upcoming weekend episode of Daily Comedy News if you

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to listen to Letterman Podcast. But just I

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<v Speaker 1>don't understand they hate for jay Letto anyway too much

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<v Speaker 1>TV or about Chappelle rights. But like songwriting, great stan

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<v Speaker 1>up requires a focus and unhealthy competitive compulsion that is

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<v Speaker 1>much easier to pull off a twenty two than it

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<v Speaker 1>is at fifty two. However, staying relevant comedically also requires

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<v Speaker 1>reinventing yourself to reflect both the change in your life

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<v Speaker 1>and the changes the society. Comedians can go from super

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<v Speaker 1>hot too unwatchable and a heartbeat. Dave Chappelle is fifty

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<v Speaker 1>two and from what I can tell, over the past

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<v Speaker 1>few years, has reinvented himself as a bit of a

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<v Speaker 1>comedy troll. He consistently says things he knows will upset

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<v Speaker 1>some people and channels their anger into a self righteous

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<v Speaker 1>mocking that has become his preferred style of comedy. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a reflection of that new persona that when I tell

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<v Speaker 1>people Chappelle had a new Netflix special, their first question

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<v Speaker 1>was always did he do any trans jokes? I think

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<v Speaker 1>that's true of Ricky Gervais. So I did watch Ricky's

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<v Speaker 1>new special. Ricky is clearly doing the thing where he'll

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<v Speaker 1>say things that he knows will upset people and then

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<v Speaker 1>is like the well, why are you getting upset? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>that's Ricky's entire act. Chappelle, I feel, is trying to

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<v Speaker 1>make bigger points, and like, if you look at the

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<v Speaker 1>recent special where there are quote unquote trans jokes, you

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<v Speaker 1>know part of it is like, hey, I no, you

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<v Speaker 1>don't want me to do this, but I'm doing it anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>But I don't think he was trolling on this one

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<v Speaker 1>too much. TV rights I have no idea what Dave

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<v Speaker 1>Chappelle really thinks of trans people. I know what he

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<v Speaker 1>says about them and how much he revels in his

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<v Speaker 1>ability to tell jokes that would damage someone else's career

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<v Speaker 1>while writing the controversy to bigger successes. I half suspect

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<v Speaker 1>it's all just a giant troll. They then recap the special,

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<v Speaker 1>skipping ahead, he begins that forty minute comedic Touri Force,

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<v Speaker 1>which opens with a thoughtful take on how he's feeling

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<v Speaker 1>and how he thinks the audience is feeling in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five. But the part of Chappelle's closer that is

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<v Speaker 1>getting the most attention is also filled with the most

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<v Speaker 1>historical inaccuracies, Although it makes for a solid bit those

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<v Speaker 1>in act. Yes, Saretha Franklin's funeral and McCain's lying in

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<v Speaker 1>state did happen on the same day, But McCain was

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<v Speaker 1>not the only vote against the MLK holiday in the Senate.

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<v Speaker 1>The final vote was seventy eight to twenty two, and

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<v Speaker 1>McCain wasn't even a senator. In Chappelle's version, it's ninety

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<v Speaker 1>nine to one with a Senator McCain voting against it.

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<v Speaker 1>So again, inaccurate and inaccurate. McCain did vote against the

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<v Speaker 1>bill as a congressman. Too much. TV asks the very

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<v Speaker 1>good question why tell this complex web of lies at all?

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<v Speaker 1>They suspected Chappelle's way of entertaining himself and showing just

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<v Speaker 1>how easily people will believe stories that sound real, even

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<v Speaker 1>if they don't stand up to the slightest scrutiny. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>social media is filled with clips with the McCain story,

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<v Speaker 1>problem with this approach is that it becomes hard to

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<v Speaker 1>take anything he says seriously. I think that's very, very fair.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking of Ricky Gervai's there were, of course the reaction articles.

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<v Speaker 1>the newspapers were like, eh, it's Christmas week, nobody feels

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<v Speaker 1>in connection with the new charges. Russell Brand has previously

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<v Speaker 1>said to statement, I was a drug addict, a sex addict,

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<v Speaker 1>I've never engaged in non consensual activity. Some quick housekeeping,

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<v Speaker 1>which is Daily Comedy News podcast group, you will vote

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<v Speaker 1>Looking forward to that one. As we're hitting January here,

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<v Speaker 1>hopefully you'll dig them. As I was doing some research

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<v Speaker 1>What do people like? And I guess I know this

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<v Speaker 1>would play Donald Trump video and then she would just

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<v Speaker 1>people were like, this is the greatest thing ever. Okay, fine,

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<v Speaker 1>so you're popular on TikTok. Then there were articles that like,

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<v Speaker 1>here in the basement going what she's panamiming to Donald Trump? Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>welcome back. I mean, boy, talk about hype. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>let's hit the comedy stock Market. Comedy stock Market. It

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<v Speaker 1>I've got to sell recommendations for you. Let's sell our

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<v Speaker 1>with you and take care of your kid and find

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<v Speaker 1>Skim's brand. Amy appeared makeup free and had her hair

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<v Speaker 1>We talked about you like you want and if you're

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<v Speaker 1>roastal Mania, a wrestling themed verbal battle that ignores the

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<v Speaker 1>participation is not just encouraged, it's necessary. Mike Krasner or

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<v Speaker 1>be the best, you gotta be the worst. It's Rostalmania

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<v Speaker 1>nine tonight at the Wise Guy's Comedy Club, a nine

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<v Speaker 1>thirty show that sounds like a lot of fun. And

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<v Speaker 1>that is your comedy news for today. Boy, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know what the edited down on this is, but it's raw.

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<v Speaker 1>It was thirty two minutes long episode for a holiday week.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot to talk about, but that's always good. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>and then on Sunday, who won and lost comedy in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty five. We'll see you then,