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Speaker 2: Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with your daily comedy news.

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How about that Colbert finale? Huh, let me deal you

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straight here, I'm in London. Yeah, not really the best

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time to play on a trip with a major comedy story.

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So uh, deally straight. I have pre taped the weekend.

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I will catch up on Colbert. I did bring my

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microphone with me. I'll either do a bonus episode or

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it will wait till next week. Now, on tomorrow's show,

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I've got this piece, this hit piece on Jimmy Fallon

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that you gotta hear. I already recorded that one. So

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make sure you don't skip tomorrow show. Now tonight on CBS,

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if you put on CBS at eleven thirty five, it's

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Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen. Yeah, really exciting. Huh. Now,

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I just tried to look to tell you which comedians

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are on Comics Unleach tonight, but the information was not

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available to me. Stephen Colbert had been asked by the

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Hollow reporter what he thought about all this. Colbert said,

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God bless him. I know Byron. We got to know

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each other last year. Actually, he's fascinating Colbert's next gig

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is writing a film set in the universe of the

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Lord of the Rings. He was asked why fans of

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The Lord of the Rings should trust Stephen Colbert with

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the keys to the car. Colbert said, I mean, there's

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no reason to. There's no value in me addressing that,

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because all you can do is, I'll use a load

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of term here. An artist is follow your heart in

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the craft that you've learned to try to turn this

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into something that is not fandom but drama. Colbert added, Luckily,

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I don't have to do this alone. He's working with

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Lord of the Rings writer Philippa Boyans, who co wrote

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all the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings films, and

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those are beloved. Colbert said, I will just say that

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every moment has been a joy so far. With the

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death of The Late Show, there's also been a major

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shift in the ice cream universe. Stephen Colbert has revealed

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that his nineteen year old signature flavor of Ben and

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Jerry's ice cream, called the American Dream, is getting a

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patriotic makeover. In the old packaging, Stephen Colbert wore a

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talk show host typical suit, but now he's casual with

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a button down and no tie. USA Today wondered what

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could go in the time slot if Comics Unleash doesn't last.

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I could see some kind of podcasty thing going there, right,

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Like that's the current trend. By the way, which one

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of us wants to tell Mark Maron he gave up

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six months too early, like Mark gave up last October,

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and if he had hung around another three months, he

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probably gets Netflix money. Mark, you blew that. Mark, you

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could come back, you know. I'm not sure that put

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Mark Maron on at eleven thirty five, but I could

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see some sort of podcast going on in that slot.

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USA Today says things are not as simple as ratings,

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TikTok views and dollars and cents. Whether we tune in

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live every weeknight or not, late night TV is still

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one of the biggest places we go to process major

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cultural moments, from the shooting death of Charlie Kirk to

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the release of a new Taylor Swift album. This article

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brings up the David Letterman quote to The New York Times.

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I'd be surprised if it lasts more than a year

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or so, meaning late night well maybe specific shows. I

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don't think it'll ever go away. Jimmy Kimmel said, it

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would be very surprising to me if it ever went

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away entirely. Maybe it won't be as big, Maybe there

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won't be a big band welcoming the host of the stage.

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Maybe they won't be fifteen writers. But I think there'll

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be some version of the late night talk show we

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will see out today, the HBO comedy special Josh Johnson

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Symphony that'll be on HBO Max tonight at eight o'clock.

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I'm not sure dropping that on a holiday weekend is

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the best idea. I don't know me. Maybe it's me

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like I love to be outside and boy, the greatest

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feeling in the world back when I had like an

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office job, was five oh one pm the Friday of

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Memorial Day weekend. You have the whole summer in front

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of you. The weekend is just limitless. You have the

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whole summer. Everything is possible at five oh one pm. Today,

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I of course booked a trip to the United Kingdom,

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and I'm missing one of my favorite weekends. There's a

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town parade on Saturday of Memorially weekend, and it just

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miss the parade. I love the parade, So I don't know.

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Maybe the rest of you like to watch TV on

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Memorialday weekend. Not me. I would be outside the whole

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time anyway, HBO tells us. Josh Johnson Symphony highlights the

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comedian's unique point of view and his signature creativity as

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he refer on strange child experiences, the perils of being

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labeled nice, challenging family dynamics, and navigating life's most awkward moments,

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leading the audience to laughter the way a conductor guides

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musicians relax. Josh johnson civity showcases the comedian's humor, warmth,

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and relatability to offer a truly original and unforgettable experience.

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There's a trailer. Shall we listen. Let's listen, y'all.

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Speaker 1: Ever wonder if the first chiropractor was just bad at murder?

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I hurt my back. I went to the chiropractice. I

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even really know what chiropractors do. I just know that

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they're supposed to fix facts and stuff. And this man

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put one hand here and one hand here, and I

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was like, I'm a god. I can't take my uncle

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anywhere if you take him out to eat, and he

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has some good food. He has too audibly loudly cat

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call his food. He ordered the lobster bisk This man goes.

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Speaker 2: Oh sick. Otsco at Costco one of my faiths. In

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her current hours fantastic. Go see her. She has teamed

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up with Home States. Home State has a Texas inspired menu.

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The Otsco Bowl marks the restaurant's first multi ingredient bowl

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and its initial use of rice as a primary component.

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I'm not familiar with the Home State chain. Is there

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one anywhere near me? Let me look Home State? Well,

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their website says Home State is a Texas kitchen in

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southern California, sharing breakfast, tacos, queso, brisket, house made flour tortillas, margarita's,

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and genuine hospitality. Now it looks like there's one in Princeton,

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New Jersey. I could go there. Okay, I don't have

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to go all the way out to Los Angeles to

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get this. Oh no, I was faked out. That's Homestead

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Cafe that has nothing to do with this. Home State

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has locations in La Culver City, El Segundo, Pasadena, Santa Monica,

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and Sherman Oaks. Sor right, I'll have to do this.

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When I'm on the West Coast, I'm not going to

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be to get an Osco Bowl, which was developed as

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part of Home State's Band Taco program. The dish blends

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to hano and Japanese influences, featuring California grown Kuho calros

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rice season with lime juice that actually sounds awesome. The

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bowl is layered with marinated chicken, black beans, roasted mushrooms,

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cabbage slaw, and pickled jalapenos, finished with a miso Chipotle sauce.

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I would actually get this. This sounds amazing. One dollar

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from every bowl sold through June fourteenth will benefit the

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Immigrant Defender's Law Center, and nonprofit providing legal aid for

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those impacted by the immigration system. If you're in California,

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get one of these. Let me know how it is.

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Comedy stock Marketngine, thank you Bert Reynolds. Every Friday on

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the Comedy stock Market, we take a look at where

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the value is in various comedians. We're not saying they're

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good to bad. We're just saying some people are a

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little over hyped at the moment and some are a

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little under hyped. Let's buy some weird al I mean,

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we always love weird Al, but a weird Al Broadway musical. Yes,

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and check that into my veans. We'll buy some weird Al.

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And let's buy some Henry Yen. Now you're like, who's

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Henry Yen? You listen to Tuesday's show. That was the

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guy at the New Zealand Comedy Festival. I tell you

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a clip of him. It was pretty funny that guy.

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Let's buy some Henry Yen. Nobody else is buying Henry Yen.

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That's like buying a penny stock in comedians. No offense,

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mister Yann. I'm saying, you're really funny and you got

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a lot of upsides, So we'll buy some Henry Anne.

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We'll buy some weird Al. And I've got one cell

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for you, and my cell is Stephen Colbert. I mean right,

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we gotta be past peak here. What's he gonna do

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like One Man Show podcast, Broadway musical. I mean that's it.

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We try and sell at peak value. Peak value was

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last night, Get out on Stephen Colbert. Buy weird Al,

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buy Henry Anne, sell Stephen Colbert, and that is your

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comedy stock market for today. We'll do some international stuff

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into the holiday week. And I always like this Stuff.

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Award winning Greek Australian comedian Eloise fd Dos says she's

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never been in love. Her latest show is called Aphrodite.

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At the beginning, she says, I don't know if it's real.

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it's real, but I don't know if it's possible for me.

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She says her show is not making fun of women.

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I'm making fun of how you see women. You guys

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can go on stage and say you're hot. F Dos'

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first show in twenty twenty four was called Australia's first

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Attractive Comedian that got a mixed reaction. She said, I'm

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not making fun of women. I'm making fun of how

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you see women. You guys can go on stage and

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say you're hot. I never said female comedian. It's a

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marketing thing. It's funny and it grabs people's attention. Elwy

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says I don't watch women who self deprecate on stage

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and feel and power. And I watched so many women

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talk down about themselves when I saw men go on

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stage and talk crap about women. So everybody talks crap

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about women. It's a silly joke, but it's almost me

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smart and I'm funny, I'll believe it. America's first attractive

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comedian made Efdos the first Australian woman to land a

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Best Newcomer nomination at the Edinburgh Fringe. She said, I

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cried right away. The Fringe was the most physically and

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mentally exhausting thing I've done in my life, but it

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was amazing. It changed my life. She says. The New

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who's supposed to fall because of my hubris and my pride.

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be vulnerable. Maybe when I first started, my character was

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funny that I went from being bullied to personifying this

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powerful woman who says it like it is. If you're

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in Brisbane, Australia, can go see Aphrodite at the Brisbane

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Comedy Festival. Meanwhile, at the New Zealand to Comedy Festival,

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the spectator tells us Susie Cato is everything. Susie Cato

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walked out on stage wearing denim overalls on a giant

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dangly heart earrings and sang and this was a comedy

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show for kids, but it was also a show for

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adults who are frankly sick of being adults. Want an

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antidote to laugh at bum jokes, to hear knock knock

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from the stage, and watches a theater of excited children

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yell back, who's there? But wait, there was more? What

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a revelation to discover performance so talented that you, the

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parent don't have to put on laughter for your children's sake,

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but instead needs to cross your legs so you don't

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risk accidentally weeing a bit. Wow, who knew we needed

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to see a puppet do one handed press ups and

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imitated duck. Let me tell you, oh we effing did.

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The spectator also liked Stephen k Amos. The show went

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over a well traversed territory, the COVID pandemic, his parents,

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and that comedy subjective COVID jokes. It's been six years,

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five years anyway. Some of the lines had first trotted

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out more than a decade ago. If the crowd had

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been looking for fresher edgy, they would have been out

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of luck. They called the show an oldie but a goodie. Meanwhile,

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Amanda Knox yes that. Amanda Knox is going to perform

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a comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe. Her show is

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called Cartwheel, a reference to the exercises that Knox was

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said to have performed in custody after her arrest in

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the suspicion of murdering her twenty one year old a

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British flatmate in Italy. Remember that case, Knox says, despite

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being exonerated, people still debate whether she's guilty or innocent,

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and suggests that makes her the human equivalent of the

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white slash gold, blue slash black dress controversy that played

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out on the internet. She said I was patient zero

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of social media cancelation. At a gig in the US

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earlier this year, she told three thousand people, here's how

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I look at it. If I bomb God forbid on

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a comedy set, what's worse he can do to me.

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I've bombed in a courtroom and they sent me to prison.

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Knox open for Nicki Glazer. After Nicki Glazer spotted footage

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of Knox performing on Instagram, Knox said, I think finding

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condition is important. I really love how comedy allows me

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to feel connected to other people. My past is the context.

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I can't pretend that it isn't there, but ultimately it's

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a show about bringing female life into the world that

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is very prone to judging and violently harming women. Cartwheel

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by Amanda Knox will be the Gilded Balloon August seventh

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through the seventeenth as part of this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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And that is your comedy news for today again tomorrow.

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You gotta hear this fallin thing, all right, I'll see

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you then.