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

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<v Speaker 1>comedy news. My hat is off to whoever handles the

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<v Speaker 1>press for the Top Secret Comedy Club in the UK.

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<v Speaker 1>They got worldwide pickup on this one, the headline from

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<v Speaker 1>The Guardian. One of the UK's leading comedy clubs has

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<v Speaker 1>banned guests with botox. Yeah, this made worldwide news. Good job.

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<v Speaker 1>The Top Secret Comedy Club has hosted some of the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest names in comedy, with star acts Jack Whitehall, Amy

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<v Speaker 1>Schumer and Dave Chappelle gracing the stage. In a drastic move,

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<v Speaker 1>those with botox will be unable to see similar stars

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<v Speaker 1>live at the London venues. After stand up, acts shared

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<v Speaker 1>concerns that audience members with frozen faces are not reacting

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<v Speaker 1>to their jokes. Is this a real thing? Comedians? I

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<v Speaker 1>might have to reach out to some comedians and ask them,

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<v Speaker 1>is this a real thing that the people have so

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<v Speaker 1>much botox that they're not laughing at your jokes and

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<v Speaker 1>it's affecting your performance? You see? As The Guardian explains,

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<v Speaker 1>botox is a neuromodulator, which is a type of injectable

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<v Speaker 1>that temporarily disrupts the nerve signals to the muscles that

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<v Speaker 1>prevents them from contracting and producing the appearance of wrinkles.

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<v Speaker 1>The Guardian further explains the rising tweakments, particularly among twenty somethings,

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<v Speaker 1>has risen sharply in recent years. Will then estimated one

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<v Speaker 1>million botox injections carried out in the UK each year.

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<v Speaker 1>Mark Rothman, the owner of the Top Secret Comedy Club

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<v Speaker 1>who has just an amazing pr team kudos to you guys, explained,

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<v Speaker 1>our incredibly salented comedians are fed up with performing to

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<v Speaker 1>reactionless faces. I've had numerous complaints from performers who find

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<v Speaker 1>it increasingly challenging to gauge audience engagement and bounce off

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<v Speaker 1>their reactions. Comedy thrives on connections, and facial expressions play

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<v Speaker 1>a huge part. We want people to laugh, cry, frown sneer,

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<v Speaker 1>but frozen faces from botox impact the entire atmosphere. We

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<v Speaker 1>hope try laying this band will help move the needle

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<v Speaker 1>and get fit reactions back into the room for the

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<v Speaker 1>benefit our comedians and the audience. I had to check

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<v Speaker 1>to make sure it wasn't the beginning of April. Nope,

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<v Speaker 1>this came out in March. One of the venues. Regular

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<v Speaker 1>stand up acts is Andrew Mensa, and he said performing

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<v Speaker 1>to an audience with frozen faces can be incredibly tough.

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<v Speaker 1>Comedy is a two way street. We feed off the

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<v Speaker 1>energy and reactions to the crowd. Mark and the team

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<v Speaker 1>are always devising new ideas to support as comedians. This

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<v Speaker 1>might be his best one yet. Paul Chowdrey, who's going

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<v Speaker 1>to perform at the club in March, says, my face

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<v Speaker 1>barely moves on stage. I wouldn't want to see the

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<v Speaker 1>same thing staring back at me so effective. Immediately, audience

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<v Speaker 1>members will be vetted by the door staff, and now

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<v Speaker 1>the door staff has been trained to carry out ID

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<v Speaker 1>checks and expression texts. Rothmun warned, we're dead serious about

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<v Speaker 1>the band and if you're surprised, we need to see that.

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<v Speaker 1>We're looking forward to welcoming faces all the new that

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<v Speaker 1>can still move in our venue soon. Well done, pr team.

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<v Speaker 1>This next item, I didn't react well too, and then

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<v Speaker 1>I thought about it and I calmed the heck down.

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<v Speaker 1>My initial take was all good things get ruined, and

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<v Speaker 1>then I thought about it more. Let me tell you

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<v Speaker 1>what it is, John Mulaney's talk show, which is back

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<v Speaker 1>on Netflix on Wednesday is now going to include commercial

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<v Speaker 1>breaks for all Netflix subscribers, whether you're subscribed to one

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<v Speaker 1>of the platforms, AD supported, tears or not. Following the

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<v Speaker 1>live stream, the ad breaks will be removed for AD

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<v Speaker 1>free subscribers. So this is even more of an incentive

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<v Speaker 1>for me to not stay up late on Wednesday night

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<v Speaker 1>and just watch it Thursday. The show premieres this Wednesday

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<v Speaker 1>at ten pm Eastern seven West. But I thought about

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<v Speaker 1>this commercials annoying, et cetera. However, I've produced a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of talk radio in my day, and I remember when

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<v Speaker 1>I was at Sirius and we were commercial free music.

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<v Speaker 1>The talk stations had commercials. And among the reasons you

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<v Speaker 1>have commercials on a talk show, sure, money's great, we

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<v Speaker 1>like money. I like commercials. I have commercials in this show.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm not going to be hypocrite on that standpoint.

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<v Speaker 1>But you do you when doing a talk show, it

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<v Speaker 1>is convenient to have time outs so you can connect

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<v Speaker 1>with the host, or regroup or stop talking for a second,

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<v Speaker 1>like right now. Honestly, this is the third straight podcast

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm recording, and my voice is already starting to go.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm not live, so I have the luxury. I

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<v Speaker 1>can go get vitamin water or something, or take a

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<v Speaker 1>break or finish this up an hour from now. So

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<v Speaker 1>when you're live, you know, there's that maybe a segment

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<v Speaker 1>go sideways, maybe the producer wants to get in your ear.

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<v Speaker 1>So having breaks does make sense totally to me from

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<v Speaker 1>that standpoint. So I get it, and they're taking them

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<v Speaker 1>out of the replace, so you know, it's not a

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<v Speaker 1>ton of money grab so I don't think I have

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<v Speaker 1>a problem with this. So you know the other things

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<v Speaker 1>you could do is you could throw it to some

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<v Speaker 1>pre recorded thing. I'll just point you towards. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>on John Oliver Show, the opening segment always crushes and

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<v Speaker 1>then they do the and now segment for like a

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<v Speaker 1>minute in the two hole, ten years, in fourteen years,

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<v Speaker 1>in whatever we're in with that show. I've yet to

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<v Speaker 1>see one of those segments really fly. So could they

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<v Speaker 1>pretape some stuff to John the timeout? They could. If

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<v Speaker 1>you've ever listened to a streaming radio station that fills

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<v Speaker 1>their commercial breaks with features, those are always lame, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes a professional broadcast where it just throws it to

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<v Speaker 1>a Budweiser commercial, sometimes that actually is the best thing.

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't really have a problem with this one.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm excited. Mark Maren has announced a new stand up

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<v Speaker 1>comedy special and to be on HBO later this year.

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<v Speaker 1>Variety says it will consist of material from his All

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<v Speaker 1>Into where it'll be filmed in New York City in May.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll be Maren's sixth stand up special, two years after

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<v Speaker 1>his latest for HBO, which was From Bleak to Dark,

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<v Speaker 1>in which Maren discussed the death of his partner Lynn Shelton.

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<v Speaker 1>No release date, no trailer yet, but looking forward to that.

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<v Speaker 1>Chronogram spoke to Patton Oswalt Paton explain where he is

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<v Speaker 1>right now in terms of working politics into the act.

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<v Speaker 1>He says, I try to do my version of punching up,

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<v Speaker 1>which is by focusing on Elon Trump, Bezos, whoever's letting

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<v Speaker 1>this crap happen. I've kind of cranked up the absurdity.

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<v Speaker 1>Things are so dark, it's such an enormous thing to

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<v Speaker 1>expect a comedian to address. But it's certainly not the

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<v Speaker 1>whole set. Our current situation is massive, but I also

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<v Speaker 1>think there are things that they're even bigger there aren't

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<v Speaker 1>being addressed, like the environment and AI. I'm obviously being

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<v Speaker 1>affected by what's going on. But I also sometimes feel

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<v Speaker 1>like the MC and Cabaret who's saying, what the hell

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<v Speaker 1>am I supposed to be doing here? Elon is putting

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<v Speaker 1>us through all this because he wants to be cool,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's not cool. He's like the kid whose dad

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<v Speaker 1>owns the laser tag place and thinks all the kids

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<v Speaker 1>should like him, but he's obnoxious and means so no

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<v Speaker 1>one wants to hang out with him. A few years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>Patten got into a Twitter feud with a follower, which

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<v Speaker 1>Patent resolved by contributing to the man's go fundme. Paige

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<v Speaker 1>Patten explains, you could see how miserablely was. You're seeing

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<v Speaker 1>similar things now with a lot of these Trump voters

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<v Speaker 1>online going wait, my job is gone, or oh he

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<v Speaker 1>took away my medicaid. They want someone else to be

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<v Speaker 1>punished for their pain. They don't realize that the people

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<v Speaker 1>they're voting for don't care about them. So a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of times when you see someone being racist or transphobic,

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<v Speaker 1>it's because they're in a lot of pain they can't

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<v Speaker 1>articulate it. That'd rather take power over growth. Growth involves pain,

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<v Speaker 1>just siding with the most popular and the most powerful

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<v Speaker 1>saves you a lot of pain, and they're looking to

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<v Speaker 1>avoid that. And I don't blame them. Everybody wants to

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<v Speaker 1>avoid pain. No one's looking out for them. Trump voters

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<v Speaker 1>are especially being exploited, abused, and used by the powers

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<v Speaker 1>that be. Donald and Elon could care less about their supporters.

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<v Speaker 1>They openly despise them, says Paton. And it's become very

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<v Speaker 1>clear quickly that none of these billionaires give a hoot

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<v Speaker 1>about these people. So of course they're going to lash out.

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<v Speaker 1>Why wouldn't you, I would I get it? Send your

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<v Speaker 1>letters to Paton. Oswalt from short Oal comedian Harreeth a

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<v Speaker 1>Scander has been fine the equivalent of seventeen hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>fifty British pounds after making a punt about the word

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<v Speaker 1>ham was deemed to have mocked Islam. The Facebook post

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<v Speaker 1>was pulled by Meta at the request of Malaysia's Communications watchdog.

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<v Speaker 1>That watchdog also demanded that the account be shut down completely.

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<v Speaker 1>The comedian had posted a joke on social media about

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<v Speaker 1>an iced coffee drink called ham something ham sapping the

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<v Speaker 1>Cantonese word for leude, as well as containing the name

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<v Speaker 1>of a port product forbidden to Muslims. Harriest wrote, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>so confused. My faith is at risk. This iced coffee

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<v Speaker 1>drink will lead me down the wrong path in so

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<v Speaker 1>many ways, not just tempting to me to become whatever

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<v Speaker 1>the offensive term is here. I'm not here to offend,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'll confusing me with the word ham in. It

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<v Speaker 1>is Candor and a woman named Cecilia who made the

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<v Speaker 1>same joke online where each find ten thousand Malaysian ringots,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the equivalent of six weeks average salary in

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<v Speaker 1>Malaysia is Candor was named the funniest person in the

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<v Speaker 1>World in an international competition run by The Laugh Factory

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<v Speaker 1>in America back in twenty sixteen. He released a Netflix

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<v Speaker 1>comedy special called I Told You So in twenty eighteen

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<v Speaker 1>and regularly tours Asia and Australia. Very interesting. Let's see

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<v Speaker 1>what's happening at south By Southwest today, final day of

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<v Speaker 1>comedy over there at four o'clock the street meet a

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<v Speaker 1>comedic celebration of food trucks, grease pits and sandwich shops.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Joe Deorosi's thing. I think this is so

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<v Speaker 1>much fun. He'll be joined by Jeames Adiomian. I'll tell

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<v Speaker 1>you one thing south by the talent that they flew

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<v Speaker 1>down there. They're getting a lot of work out of them.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the same people doing the same shows over and over.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's like, hey, you can come, but you're doing

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<v Speaker 1>six shows. Stuart Goldsmith tapes his Comedians Comedian podcast again,

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<v Speaker 1>this time with Pete Lee. Feel like Stuart could have

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<v Speaker 1>gotten better guests. They were a better guests. Nothing against

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<v Speaker 1>Pete Lee, but your names to be gotten down there.

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<v Speaker 1>Doug Love's Movies, they're taping their podcast six Stand Up

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<v Speaker 1>at Clown Live Comedy at the Creek in the Cave

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<v Speaker 1>at seven. So weird to be The Creek of the

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<v Speaker 1>Cave is like the Brooklyn Dodgers of comedy, like they

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<v Speaker 1>used to be at Astoria now they're in Austin Stand

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<v Speaker 1>Up and Clown. James Adomian, Yeah, we're flying you down.

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<v Speaker 1>You're doing every show, James, Chad Damiani, Megan Galli, Christina

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<v Speaker 1>Catherine Martinez, Mary Neely, Opi Alagbaju, Nick Fune. You've heard

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<v Speaker 1>me saying the same names over and over. Yeah, you

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<v Speaker 1>can come, but you're gonna work eight o'clock. Pretty robust

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<v Speaker 1>for a Monday night at a Comedy Festival. I said

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<v Speaker 1>that about Sunday, but Mondays are usually deader than dead.

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<v Speaker 1>Gotham Comedy presents Slynn Coppletz, Caitlin Polufo, Brian Simpson. No

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<v Speaker 1>offense of those comedians. I feel like it's missing a

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<v Speaker 1>bigger name there. Especially Gotham is a real good club

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<v Speaker 1>and I know the owner. Something's missing there that just

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't feel right to me. Nine o'clock stand up Downtown.

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<v Speaker 1>It's got that AI I think generated image of what

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<v Speaker 1>a comedy audience might look like. Greer Born seeing a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of him all of a sudden, Drew Dunn, Alex English,

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<v Speaker 1>Rich Voss, and our final show for the festival is

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<v Speaker 1>called appropriately the Last Laugh. Also within probably possibly maybe

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps AI generated image of what a mostly white comedy

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<v Speaker 1>audience would look like, and by mostly I mean white.

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<v Speaker 1>This lineup, Reggie Conquest. I don't think I've said his

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<v Speaker 1>name right, all right, Reggie got in there at the

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<v Speaker 1>last moment. Pete Lee, Kristin, Toomey and Godfrey. That is

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<v Speaker 1>the south By Southwest Comedy Festival. Now we doing on time,

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<v Speaker 1>all right? We can get one more in here today.

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<v Speaker 1>The Trevor's City Comedy festival announced their twenty twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>lineup with top comedians and diverse events. They Traverse City

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<v Speaker 1>Comedy Festival will feature dozens of comedians from across the

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<v Speaker 1>country and events from improv and roast battles to all

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<v Speaker 1>star showcases and stand up sets April tenth through the twelfth,

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<v Speaker 1>in of course, Traverse City. Pretty good lineup. You've heard

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<v Speaker 1>of these people. I don't have to explain who Mark

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<v Speaker 1>Maron is or Jay Farrow, Natasha Lazeiro, Gosh Blue. That's

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<v Speaker 1>a pretty impressive top four there, Traverse City. Other shows

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<v Speaker 1>include The Funny Women of a Certain Age Julius Scotti,

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<v Speaker 1>Leanne Lord. They're not the funny Women of a Certain age,

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<v Speaker 1>they are their own things. So Funny Women of a

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<v Speaker 1>Certain Age full stop. Also performing Julia Scotti, Leanne Lord

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<v Speaker 1>in I'm just skimming down here a good thirty forty names.

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<v Speaker 1>N most of you won't know any of them, so

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not gonna just read you a list of people

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<v Speaker 1>you don't know. I'm not dumping on them. I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>saying they're less famous than Mark Maron. And if you

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<v Speaker 1>listen all the time, you know that. I encourage listeners.

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<v Speaker 1>If you go to Comedy Festival. Go see the smaller shows.

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<v Speaker 1>I love Mark Maren you know what he's gonna do.

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<v Speaker 1>You can watch Mark Maron on HBO later this year.

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<v Speaker 1>Go see the smaller shows. That's where the action is

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<v Speaker 1>at the Comedy Festival. Events at the festival will include

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<v Speaker 1>the Daily Dozen Showcase, featuring a dozen comedians on stage

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<v Speaker 1>telling their best and funniest jokes. Well I hope they're

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<v Speaker 1>their best and funniest jokes at a showcase. Roast Battle,

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<v Speaker 1>a single elimination ross battle tournament featuring eight fearless comedians

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<v Speaker 1>with judges in the audience determining the winners. Comedy Rubble

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<v Speaker 1>a lineup of thirty hilarious comedians, each given a lightning

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<v Speaker 1>fast ninety seconds to showcase their comedic talents. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>interesting because there's a big difference between doing ninety seconds

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<v Speaker 1>and a tight five or an eight, or a ten

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<v Speaker 1>or an hour ninety seconds. Again, just listen to Kill Tony.

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<v Speaker 1>There's plenty of people can kill for a minute? Can

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<v Speaker 1>you kill for an hour? But okay, that's fun, And

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<v Speaker 1>now that I say that out loud, that's probably the

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<v Speaker 1>inspiration for Comedy Rubble. How about big fun Murder the

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<v Speaker 1>improv Murder Mystery, in which six improvisers act out a

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<v Speaker 1>completely improvised murder mystery. It's never the same show twice.

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<v Speaker 1>There's the Clean Comedy Showcase. If that's your thing. If

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<v Speaker 1>that's not your thing, go see the Dirty Comedy Showcase.

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<v Speaker 1>Love it. There's also something called the Traverse City Kamakazi

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<v Speaker 1>Comedy Show that has me a little bit scared, so

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna get out here. That is your comedy news

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<v Speaker 1>for today. See tomorrow.