WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.120 --> 00:00:12.039 Callaroga Shark Media. Hey, they're Johnny Mack with your daily 2 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:15.359 comedy news Master Brownnie caught up with the ABC, you know, 3 00:00:15.519 --> 00:00:18.839 not the American Broadcasting Corporation whatever, the Australian one is 4 00:00:18.879 --> 00:00:22.359 called that ABC, and they started talking about Colbert Gate, 5 00:00:22.399 --> 00:00:24.320 and Mos said, I love Colbert. I get my news 6 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:27.000 from Colbert. He makes the news fun. I knew that 7 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:29.160 Trump was gonna come after the late night talk show hosts, 8 00:00:29.160 --> 00:00:30.440 but I didn't think it was going to be this way, 9 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:32.960 where their own companies can them. I thought Trump would 10 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:34.920 maybe send the irs out to audit them or something, 11 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:37.320 just make their lives hard. Because Trump, unfortunately doesn't have 12 00:00:37.359 --> 00:00:39.000 a sense of humor. He doesn't have to take a joke, 13 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:43.039 which is what dictatorships usually are like. The job of 14 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:45.520 the comedian is to reveal the emperor has no clothes. 15 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:47.079 I think we need to keep doing that. If we don't, 16 00:00:47.119 --> 00:00:49.840 we're gonna lose our democracy. I always say, the whole 17 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:51.920 point of America is I can make fun of the 18 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:53.880 president in America. I couldn't make fun of the president 19 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:57.039 of Iran. That wouldn't work. We're slowly seeing, maybe even 20 00:00:57.079 --> 00:01:00.240 fastly seeing, the American democracy crumble, and I think now 21 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:02.320 it falls on our shoulders more and more as comedians 22 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:05.439 to make fun of Trump and poke at him. For 23 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:07.920 my entire life in America, I've had to explain Iran. 24 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:09.680 I just try to find funny ways to explain to 25 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:11.120 people what I'm feeling. Like I say, I wish it 26 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:13.159 were Swedish, because you were Swedish, you wouldn't have to 27 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:15.640 explain anything, right, you just talk about a Kia and Abba. 28 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:18.640 Being Iranian has been a challenge, but it's also obviously 29 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:20.400 giving me plenty of material because I've been able to 30 00:01:20.400 --> 00:01:22.400 try and present people from Iran and other people from 31 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:24.319 that part of the world, hopefully in a positive light 32 00:01:24.439 --> 00:01:26.079 versus what you see when they show us in the news. 33 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:30.159 I worked with Mas at the Montreal Comedy Festivals. All 34 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:33.760 my stories now fifteen twenty years old. Yeah, boy, it's 35 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:36.920 got to be fifteen. Cool guy. I really enjoyed my 36 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:39.439 time with him. Ma says, I grew up in America, 37 00:01:39.480 --> 00:01:41.079 so I always say that I'm not in Iran, but 38 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:43.359 Iran is in me. I feel an affinity towards the 39 00:01:43.359 --> 00:01:45.680 country of Iran. I feel an affinity towards the Socrates 40 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:48.079 when they play I feel an affinity towards the people. 41 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:50.840 The Iranian people are some of the most hospitable people. 42 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:52.959 It is a place in my heart. Iran is a 43 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:55.640 cautionary tale of what happens when you mix religion with politics, 44 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:58.040 and currently living in America, we're moving closer to becoming 45 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:01.799 the Christian Republic of America is the Islamic Republic of Iran. 46 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:04.280 When I do a show, I have people of all backgrounds, 47 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:06.280 all religions in the room. We're laughing together and we're 48 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:08.639 humanizing each other. You get a room, We're have a Palestinian, 49 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:10.840 you have a Jew, you have a Muslim, people from 50 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:13.520 different backgrounds and we're laughing together, and then people realize, oh, 51 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:17.400 he's human. I'm human like Maz a lot. Good guy. 52 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:22.000 Bob oden Kirk is optimistic about comedy's future. He tells 53 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:24.120 Din of Geek, I'm not that worried. With the Internet 54 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:26.240 and YouTube and all the streamers. There's more comedy than 55 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:29.960 there ever was, and there's more platforms and opportunities than 56 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:32.520 there ever was. They tend to pay less, but then 57 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:35.159 they pay something and there's more of them, so that's good. 58 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:37.240 I think the biggest challenges can make a very good 59 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:39.240 show now and almost nobody sees it because there's too 60 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:42.240 much to sample. The industry kind of does this journey 61 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:45.919 of expanding and contracting, expanding and contracting. So possibly we're 62 00:02:45.919 --> 00:02:47.719 going to contract a little bit. But I love how 63 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:50.199 many platforms there are and how much variety we can see. 64 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:52.199 As for Late Night, he says, some version of Late 65 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:54.479 Night will continue. It's terrible what happened with Colbert, but 66 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:56.639 I also feel I understand it. There's a lot of 67 00:02:56.719 --> 00:02:58.520 late night shows that are very similar to each other, 68 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:00.680 and I can see how much is online now. A 69 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:02.599 lot of my viewing is online, so I understand that 70 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:04.520 it's going through these changes. I'm okay with it. There's 71 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:07.080 gonna be a lot of opportunity for us. John Oliver 72 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:11.000 was on Monica Lewinsky's podcast last week. John said, with 73 00:03:11.039 --> 00:03:13.319 all these stories going on, it brings something out of you, 74 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:15.639 like it's there that anxiety that I thought i'd moved 75 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:18.439 past the day I got my citizenship. John feels like 76 00:03:18.439 --> 00:03:21.560 attention is now being weaponized and that he himself can 77 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:23.560 get sent back to the anxiety he felt for a 78 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:26.439 very long time, very quick. It's not far from the surface, 79 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:28.560 and it does feel personal. It's one of the things 80 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:30.479 I get really mad about, and therefore I want to 81 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:32.400 use our show to show Americans who may have heard 82 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:34.240 things like come in the right way, just do things 83 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:37.000 the right way, and not fully understand just how antithetical 84 00:03:37.039 --> 00:03:39.879 that is to the process that actually exists. Weirdly, in 85 00:03:39.879 --> 00:03:42.599 the Trump administration's defense, they said all this out loud. 86 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:44.520 I think it's very convenient for people not to believe it, 87 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:45.960 because then it feels like you could vote for them 88 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:48.360 and think, yeah, sure, I voted for you, but I 89 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:52.280 didn't vote for that. For people being chased across fields. Well, no, 90 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:55.439 you did, though, because they again I can't believe I'm 91 00:03:55.479 --> 00:03:58.039 defending them. They did say this, they said all of it. 92 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:01.120 You just chose not to believe it. The Guardian caught 93 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:03.639 up with Jennif Friedman, Michelle Wolf and Sam Jay. They're 94 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:06.840 at the fringe. The headline in The Guardian it felt 95 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:09.680 like a scene from The Handmaid's Tale. US comics on 96 00:04:09.759 --> 00:04:12.000 the dangers of political satire. You now, before we get 97 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:13.759 into the story, whatever you think of the politics of 98 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:17.000 the story, that is the perception of the United States 99 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:20.639 around the world right now. Again, the subheader US comics 100 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:23.959 on the dangers of political satire. In The Guardian, they 101 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:25.879 dusted off a story I told you about earlier in 102 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:28.160 the year from Jennif Friedman. I'll fly through it quickly. 103 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:30.759 She's in the Vancouver airport. She's heading home to the US. 104 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:34.120 Someone she thought worked for airport security asked about her visit. 105 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:36.160 She said, I was doing comedy. Then he asked, what 106 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:38.439 do you joke about. I lightly flirted with him and 107 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:40.800 was like everything other than airport's security. He didn't react 108 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:42.399 at all. Then I realized he was border control. He 109 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:46.360 asked again, what did you joke about. I froze because 110 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:48.360 I'm a political comedian I know to say. Then he said, 111 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:51.560 do you joke about politicians? The Guardian rights she made 112 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:54.439 it home, but the incident stuck with her. She tells 113 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:56.079 The Guardian it did feel like a scene out of 114 00:04:56.120 --> 00:04:58.120 The Handmaid's Tale. I'm a blonde, white woman who looks 115 00:04:58.120 --> 00:04:59.959 like a Republican's wife, and I have an American passport. 116 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:01.680 But what if I had said, yes, don't we want 117 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:03.519 to live in a country where you can joke about politicians, 118 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:07.000 or we can joke about anything. Michelle Wolfe lives in Barcelona. 119 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:10.279 These days, We're told she's yet to encounter border trouble, 120 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:12.639 but with reports of people with green cards and citizens 121 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:14.560 being detained, she says, I'm keeping an eye on it. 122 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:16.879 She says, I feel like I have to address the 123 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:19.199 whole America and Trump thing. People expect me to say 124 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:21.240 something about it. I don't like making it a large 125 00:05:21.279 --> 00:05:22.959 part of my set because it bores me. There's always 126 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:24.600 something crazy happening, but it's hard to come up with 127 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:27.639 creative angles other than that. Can you believe this? Sam 128 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:30.120 Jay says? How did we get here as Americans? Of course, 129 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:31.720 I think race plays a large part in it, and 130 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:33.519 how did these race relations get to the way they are? 131 00:05:33.639 --> 00:05:35.519 Not just blaming white people, but exploring the type of 132 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:37.720 white people we're dealing with and why they might be 133 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:40.600 the way they are their roots in England. She says, 134 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:43.000 of Trump, he's the symptom of this, not the cause. 135 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:44.480 This is a result of years and years of us 136 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:46.240 doing it wrong. It's been building for a long time 137 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:48.519 and a lot of different reasons. Sam Jay says, the 138 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:50.800 mood in America chaos. There's no way to keep up. 139 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:54.279 People are also very desensitized. Stuff just keeps happening in 140 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:56.480 more extreme ways that people are losing a metric for it. 141 00:05:56.959 --> 00:05:59.120 The Guardian asks what does the future hold for US 142 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:01.360 comedians Jennifer and says it's too soon to tell, but 143 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:03.480 I think everybody exercising the US First Amendment in a 144 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:06.000 way that's funny disarming is really important right now. I 145 00:06:06.079 --> 00:06:09.600 feel that article is a little alarmist. The BBC asked 146 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:11.839 Josh Johnson or the things about the Internet that were 147 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:13.959 you in terms of yourself as a comedian. Josh said, 148 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:15.360 I think as lot as I stick to the attitudes 149 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:16.600 I have now and the things are doing now, I 150 00:06:16.600 --> 00:06:18.199 don't have much to worry about. At some point after 151 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:20.519 you realize what is yours and what is not. When 152 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:22.240 you're becoming known for the first time, you might trick 153 00:06:22.240 --> 00:06:24.480 yourself into thinking it's just because of you, but really 154 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:26.879 it's a moment. I think that what you do with 155 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:28.519 that moment is very important. If you handle it well 156 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:30.319 and carry yourself well, then you can establish yourself for 157 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:32.759 a long time. It's not as if the most popular 158 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:34.680 comedians we reference when we think about stand up comedy 159 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:36.879 were flashing the pan. We think about the people who stayed. 160 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:39.199 I think they stayed because of what was built around 161 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:41.639 them and what they did with it. In Los Angeles Today, 162 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:45.160 the Brody Stevens Festival of Friendship a benefit in honor 163 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:47.519 of the late to Brody Stevens, who passed away in 164 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:50.560 twenty nineteen. The event raises money and awareness for comedy 165 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:54.160 gives back at the Comedy Store tonight at eight o'clock. 166 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:58.160 Bill Burr, Robbie Hoffman, eleanor Kerrigan, Dean Delray, Dan Levy, 167 00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:02.000 and Doug Bentson all confirmed to attend. Paul Reiser is 168 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:06.800 getting a sitcom with Fox untitled. The comedy series follows 169 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:09.519 the dysfunctional fallout after the family has failed to launch 170 00:07:09.560 --> 00:07:12.439 twenty something. Sun is forced to work alongside his father, 171 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:15.959 Paul Reiser in the less than glamorous New Jersey damaged 172 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:20.199 goods business that sounds terrible. Just show a football game, guys. 173 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:24.399 Bob Newhart will be honored in September. North Sheridan Road 174 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:28.560 between Ardmore and Thorndale will be renamed for Bob Newhart. 175 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:31.160 He used to live in a condo over there. Friday 176 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:34.000 September fifth, which would have been Newhart's ninety sixth birthday. 177 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:36.759 Bob Newhart born in nineteen twenty nine. In oak Park, 178 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:40.519 attended Saint Ignatio's College Prep and Loyal University, where theater 179 00:07:40.600 --> 00:07:48.920 bears his name. Gossip Connor whispers in the street, Gossip 180 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:53.160 conn probably Bopete, gossip conn awhere the rumors meet with 181 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:59.279 Johnny Mackett's always a tree. Gossip Connor whisp business Tree, 182 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:04.040 Gossip I have gone Probably gossip Cone wethers with me 183 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:07.839 with Johnny Mactoe in the Tree. I really do walk 184 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:10.920 around my house singing that song. It is Jorn Catchy 185 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:15.160 on gossip Corner. Did Kathy Griffin have plastic surgery? Did 186 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:18.000 she have a face lift? We asked Kathy Griffin why 187 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:21.480 I didn't, but somebody did. Kathy Griffin said, you guys, 188 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:23.800 I had a face lift. That's right. I talk about 189 00:08:23.800 --> 00:08:25.480 it now. I know it's not the most exciting thing. 190 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:27.360 I just think it's funny that I'm even having one, 191 00:08:27.399 --> 00:08:29.639 because it's not like I'm known for my face. You 192 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:31.480 talked about the doctor who did it and said he 193 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:32.720 just looks at you and he's like, yeah, you got 194 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:34.360 a lot of problem areas. I can't fix that. You 195 00:08:34.440 --> 00:08:36.039 have to live at that part. But okay, I can 196 00:08:36.080 --> 00:08:38.320 do this. We're gonna move this around and who did 197 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:41.080 your last one? She says, they get really competitive about 198 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:42.759 who did the last one. By the way, this is 199 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:46.679 my third. Jimmy Kimmel still off this week, and Colbert's 200 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:49.360 off for three weeks as well. That's interesting. Tiffany Hattish 201 00:08:49.399 --> 00:08:52.679 will host Kimmel's show. She replaces come Out on Gianni, 202 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:55.240 who was originally announced a host this week. It is 203 00:08:55.279 --> 00:08:58.799 believed he has opted out because of scheduling conflicts for reels. 204 00:08:59.320 --> 00:09:02.120 He's in broad Way previews for his debut in Oh Mary, 205 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:05.720 a dark comedy. If I were working on cbs L'sbeth, 206 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:08.120 I would get my resume ready because they are taking 207 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:11.360 on the Curse of Andy Richter. In case you don't 208 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:13.799 pay attention, if Andy Richter appears on your show, it 209 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:17.080 gets canceled. Even Conan O'Brien was unable to survive the 210 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:20.240 Curse of Andy Richter. Andy will appear on Elle'sbeth. He 211 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:24.399 will play the sidekick of Stephen Colbert's Scotty Bristol character. 212 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:28.240 Andy Richter will play Mickey Munks, the hilarious but long 213 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:32.919 suffering sidekick on Way Late with Scotty Bristol. That sounds 214 00:09:32.960 --> 00:09:35.840 hackier than hack out. Today on The eight hundred Pound 215 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:40.360 Guerrilla available for early access, Moe Welch's Hollywood Forever, and 216 00:09:40.440 --> 00:09:42.559 Johnny Mack. You never talk about Howard Stern, I know 217 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:45.799 in GQ, Vince Mancini, right, So Howard Stern went from 218 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:49.519 shock jock to centrist cat dad. If his audience couldn't 219 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:51.879 follow him, that's not his fault, Vince writes, I've been 220 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:54.399 a loyal Sternee since he first became available to those 221 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:56.000 of us on the West Coast in the late nineties. 222 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:59.600 He never struck me as all that shocking. Despite everything 223 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:02.000 that made it infamous, the show was more like comfort food, 224 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:03.679 a way to be part of a conversation even when 225 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:06.039 you were alone. When Stern moved to satellite, he immediately 226 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:08.559 shelled out for a serious subscription that I probably couldn't afford, 227 00:10:08.919 --> 00:10:10.519 And with the show's replayed throughout the day, I could 228 00:10:10.519 --> 00:10:12.879 listen to them almost any time I wanted. It's easy 229 00:10:12.919 --> 00:10:15.399 to recount the hits, but good bits don't do much 230 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:17.720 to pinpoint the actual appeal of the Howard Stern Show, 231 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:20.840 which would broadcast for almost four hours every day well 232 00:10:20.879 --> 00:10:23.480 back in the day, I CARO could be four plus 233 00:10:23.559 --> 00:10:26.360 it started six and go to ten something. The show 234 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:28.639 was a running hang that I can imagine myself being 235 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:30.600 part of, and that sounds much easier to pull off 236 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:33.960 than it actually is. It did. Yeah, I totally it 237 00:10:34.039 --> 00:10:36.639 felt like a hang you could imagine yourself being part of. 238 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:39.039 I definitely, back in the day would have dreams that 239 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:41.720 I was just like on the show, as like sixth Guy. 240 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:45.440 These people felt like friends. I get it, Vince, who writes, 241 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:48.399 I also haven't listened to Stern for probably fifteen years. 242 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:51.440 I've been throwing that fifteen year number around myself. There's 243 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:53.279 had nothing to do with this famous turnaway from cheap 244 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:57.399 gags and casual sexism, is increasingly therapy influenced introspection, or 245 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:00.879 his gradual slide into normy liberalism and dramatic like that. 246 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:03.960 It just so happened that the explosion of podcasts, which 247 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:06.080 we're free at first seem to coincide with my not 248 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:08.039 having a car for the first time in my adult life. 249 00:11:08.320 --> 00:11:10.600 With so many different versions of a similar thing so 250 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:13.159 widely and more easily available, my need for the Stern 251 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:16.360 Show suddenly it didn't seem so pressing. I can't honestly 252 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:18.879 say that I upgrew him. Had it been a more 253 00:11:18.919 --> 00:11:21.240 frictionless transaction. I might have stuck around, but I got 254 00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:23.759 out of the habit, and suddenly it seemed less important. Now. 255 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:25.480 Part of getting out of the habit was when Howard 256 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:27.960 cut down to three days. I still listened to him 257 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:30.120 in the serious years, and like when the show was 258 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:32.360 what did they do on Friday? Best of? Or like 259 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:34.600 shuffling the stuff from early in the week. You know, 260 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:37.320 you stop listening, you take enough vacations, you find something 261 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:39.639 else to do. That's why I like, for example, I 262 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:43.519 make sure the show always goes out. Do I pre tape? Absolutely? 263 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:46.200 Did I pre tape today's show? I did because I 264 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:49.440 took a vacation day today. Did you notice until just now? 265 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:53.919 Possibly not? Does it matter? Really doesn't. As Stern as 266 00:11:53.960 --> 00:11:56.840 aged and softened, his world seems to have gotten progressively smaller, 267 00:11:56.919 --> 00:11:58.600 not because he sold out or gone woke, or any 268 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:02.360 other dramatic reasons his critics sight, but for more understandable reasons, 269 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:04.799 like the fact that he's a hypochondria near billionaire with 270 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:06.720 OCD who's seventy one years old and has been getting 271 00:12:06.799 --> 00:12:08.639 up at four am for most of his working life. 272 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:11.200 His latter day career is proof that if nothing else. 273 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:13.480 Evolving with the times looks a lot more dignified than 274 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:15.120 trying to be the exact same person you were in 275 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:18.240 two thousand and two. No, I get it. You know, 276 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:22.200 at seventy one years old having young women in the 277 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:24.639 studio and doing the sort of things he used to do. 278 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:29.240 It's super creepy, you know, not a good look. But 279 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:31.519 to pretend it never happened, that's my issue with Howard. 280 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:34.639 To pretend that stuff never happened. Where are the clips? 281 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:37.000 Why can't we watch the clips? We all know what happened. 282 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:39.600 I've got some cassette tapes of the old Howard Stern show. 283 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:41.960 We know these things went on. No, you do have 284 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:44.039 to age gracefully. I totally get that. But to pretend 285 00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:46.120 the other parts didn't happen, that's the part that bugs 286 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:49.320 me this whole. Howard Stern was the great interviewer. That narrative, 287 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:52.480 that's nonsense. Howard Stern was the great shock shock and 288 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:54.200 then the last ten years of his career decided to 289 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:56.720 interview people. Just stop with the revisionist history. That's the 290 00:12:56.759 --> 00:12:59.639 part that annoys me. And that is your comedy needs 291 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:02.399 for today. If you'd like to program without commercial interruption. 292 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:05.639 Click the banner that says uninterrupted listening. Five bucks a 293 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:07.600 month you get this show five Good News Stories, which 294 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:10.799 I also hosted a bunch of others. Ad Free, see 295 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:11.240 you tomorrow.