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<v Speaker 1>Caalarogas shock media. Hi there, I'm Johnnie Mack with your

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<v Speaker 1>daily comedy news. Now. We try not to get political

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<v Speaker 1>on this program, especially because the President and I don't

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<v Speaker 1>agree on all the issues, but on one issue that

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<v Speaker 1>we are aligned on, it's this whole make twelve thirty

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<v Speaker 1>great again issue. I'm very passionate about this. We need

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<v Speaker 1>to get twelve thirty back to the great days of

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<v Speaker 1>Letterman and Conan. Are changing networks, Craig Ferguson and now

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<v Speaker 1>we have Seth Meyers. The President said Seth's show is

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<v Speaker 1>a ratings disaster aside from everything else, Myers says no

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<v Speaker 1>talent and NBC should fire him immediately. Seth Myers responded

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<v Speaker 1>to this on his twelve thirty program, which is closer

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<v Speaker 1>in consumption to this program than it is to Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Rogan's program. Those are facts. They're amazing facts, but they're facts.

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<v Speaker 1>Seth said, you guys, they said my name on TV.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not often you hear the name Seth Myers on

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<v Speaker 1>TV before midnight. Seth then got somewhat serious and said,

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<v Speaker 1>as I've said before, I prefer to handle these situation

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<v Speaker 1>is the way you handle an angry driver. Who hawks

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<v Speaker 1>and flips you off on the highway. You just ignore them,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, unless you're in New Jersey then technically that's

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<v Speaker 1>a marriage proposal. Conan O'Brien, who helped make twelve thirty Greats,

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<v Speaker 1>was in India. On social media, he was sharing some

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<v Speaker 1>of the fun he was having. He's shooting season three

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<v Speaker 1>of his travel series Conan O'Brien Must Go. One photo

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<v Speaker 1>shows Conan with a cricket bat and says, my first

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<v Speaker 1>day playing street cricket and I scored eleven hundred points

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<v Speaker 1>question mark, I have no idea what happened. In another post,

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<v Speaker 1>Conan is seen posing with background dancers. Conan was dressed

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<v Speaker 1>in a traditional outfit. Decaption. Just filmed a Bollywood extravaganza

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<v Speaker 1>with these gifted dancers and incredible crew. I can't wait

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<v Speaker 1>for you to watch it on your phone. One more,

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<v Speaker 1>he was interacting with the public. They captured lots of

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<v Speaker 1>laughs in Mumbai with my new friend Rusty and this

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<v Speaker 1>woman was thrilled to meet Ryan Seacrest. Search hashtag Conan

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<v Speaker 1>O'Brien must go on your social media's if you want

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<v Speaker 1>to see those. Bill Maher was on his podcast. The

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<v Speaker 1>guest was Patton Oswaltz. Bill Maher explains to Patton oswalt

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<v Speaker 1>While Bill Moore no longer tours doing up comedy, he said,

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<v Speaker 1>I felt like it was a great choice because I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to be out there in this country, in

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<v Speaker 1>this political atmosphere. I could get shot by the left

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<v Speaker 1>or right. I mean, it's just not a good time

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<v Speaker 1>to be out there. Marris pointed out that he released

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<v Speaker 1>his thirteenth HBO special earlier this year, was called Bill

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<v Speaker 1>Maher as anyone else seeing this, and he said, I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like that's a good body of work. I felt

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<v Speaker 1>like they basically got better as they went along, and

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like the last one was the best one,

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<v Speaker 1>which is a good way to get off. Some other

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<v Speaker 1>factors that Bill said contributed to his decision was getting

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<v Speaker 1>tired of the travel, obviously, and getting tired of being

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<v Speaker 1>twice as funny as people who were selling twice as

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<v Speaker 1>many tickets as me. He said, part of that is

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<v Speaker 1>because I'm on TV every week, not that I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>sell a lot of tickets. You know, do great theaters,

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<v Speaker 1>but I didn't sell arenas and some people did, and

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<v Speaker 1>frankly they aren't that great. But you know, when the

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<v Speaker 1>audience is thirty five to forty five. They don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to see somebody seventy. Pat Oswalt released an audio special

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<v Speaker 1>last week on Audible, this one called Black Coffee and

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<v Speaker 1>Ice Water. It opens up with Patten reading a fake

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<v Speaker 1>disclaimer about how he's gone full Mega in an attempt

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<v Speaker 1>to avoid the hand of Donald Trump. The Last Lafe

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<v Speaker 1>Vulture says it's a funny bit that also underscores Patton

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<v Speaker 1>Oswald's fears about being outspokenly anti fascist in twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five America. It's very simple, Patton, just don't watch Hulu.

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<v Speaker 1>Go upstairs and get the scrubs DVDs. Very simple. You

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<v Speaker 1>didn't need to watch the bashion of Manascalco's special. You

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<v Speaker 1>didn't think it was going to be funny, did you? No?

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<v Speaker 1>Come on? Patten told The Last Laugh about doing an

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<v Speaker 1>audio special. I love the idea of getting to go

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<v Speaker 1>old school again. Then I loved it even more when

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<v Speaker 1>I was ten minutes in recording the set and realized, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not on camera right now. This is just me

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<v Speaker 1>talking and the audience responding. It's very real, and it's immediate,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was so immediately freeing. I felt fantastic. As

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<v Speaker 1>for the new cycles, Patton said, whatever horrible thing happens

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<v Speaker 1>usually will happened for a week, and then they'll move

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<v Speaker 1>on to whatever the next horrible thing is that they

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<v Speaker 1>want to do. Our only advantage is hopefully we can

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<v Speaker 1>outcreate them and outpivot them, because they seem to have

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<v Speaker 1>no object permanence. Weird Al announced that his tour, Bigger

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<v Speaker 1>and Weirder will continue into twenty twenty six and additional

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<v Speaker 1>ninety stops through North America, including cities such as Chicago, Boston, Vegas, Austin, KC, Milwaukee,

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<v Speaker 1>and more. Jim Brewer announced his tour, It's the Fine,

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<v Speaker 1>the Funny Tour. The tour launches February nineteenth at the

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<v Speaker 1>Sunrise Theater at Fort Pierce, Sick Jim's current resume. According

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<v Speaker 1>to this piece, a Long Island native. Strong Island, Brewer

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<v Speaker 1>honed his craft on New York's comedy circuit before breaking

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<v Speaker 1>out as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. See

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<v Speaker 1>I said all the syllables that time? Did I mention?

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<v Speaker 1>I think I mentioned this in the Facebook group. One

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<v Speaker 1>of my favorite things about the Eddie Murphy documentary was

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<v Speaker 1>hearing Eddie Murphy say the first word of SNL the

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<v Speaker 1>same way I do and the same way that Jim

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<v Speaker 1>Brewer does. It must be a Queen's Long Island thing,

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<v Speaker 1>because if you pay attention to Eddie saying Sad Night

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<v Speaker 1>Live the way I do, Saatenite Live or sometimes Saturday

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<v Speaker 1>Night Live, definitely not Saturday Night Live, Saturday Live. I

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<v Speaker 1>loved it. After SNL, Jim Brewer went out to star

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<v Speaker 1>in the Colt Stoner comedy Half Baked, which also features

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<v Speaker 1>Dave Schapelle and appears in films including Zookeeper, Beer League,

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<v Speaker 1>titan Ae, among others. Brewer most recently released the YouTube

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<v Speaker 1>special country Boy Will Survive as Other specials include Hardcore,

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<v Speaker 1>Let's Clear the Air, and Laughter for All I'm Behind

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<v Speaker 1>on my Jim Brewer YouTube specials. Apparently, bill Board asked

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<v Speaker 1>comedian Josh Johnson if he's ever been confused with NFL

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<v Speaker 1>player Josh Johnson. Have you guys ever met or talked?

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<v Speaker 1>Comedian Josh Johnson said no, We've never run into each other.

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<v Speaker 1>Then they asked Josh Johnson, have you ever had a

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<v Speaker 1>politician supporter coming you for something you said on your

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<v Speaker 1>show or in your act? Comedian Josh Johnson said no,

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<v Speaker 1>I try to be fair in my assessments of people.

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<v Speaker 1>Even if there are people I don't really like, I

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<v Speaker 1>can still acknowledge when they did a thing for the

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<v Speaker 1>collective good or made a smart political play, even when

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<v Speaker 1>it's something that I considered to be terrible propaganda. I

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<v Speaker 1>do my best to give kudos when they're deserved. You

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<v Speaker 1>have a better political understanding if you can be as

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<v Speaker 1>close to objective as your political leanings will allow. I'd

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<v Speaker 1>talk about everything, and if I see something that doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>hold water, I'll say so even if I like that person.

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<v Speaker 1>Josh got a little philosophical and said, if you stay

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<v Speaker 1>in the big arc of history and how politics works,

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<v Speaker 1>you can see that there's precedent. We already had a

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<v Speaker 1>guilded age. So there's already a playbook on how people

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<v Speaker 1>combatd the robber baron era. But there's also a playbook

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<v Speaker 1>for the robber barons to get and consolidate power. So

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<v Speaker 1>many of these things are bigger than any one political figure,

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<v Speaker 1>and the last much longer than any one person's political career.

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<v Speaker 1>Josh Johnson, comedian, Are you optimistic about where a country's headed?

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<v Speaker 1>Comedian Josh Johnson said, I always leaned toward optimism because

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<v Speaker 1>that's the best way for me to live. But I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not ever going to poop poo the idea that things

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<v Speaker 1>get worse than you can imagine. I do think with

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<v Speaker 1>optimism and hard work, they'll turn out better than someone

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<v Speaker 1>could have projected. Pure Wow asked Nicki Glazer about her

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<v Speaker 1>upcoming Golden Globes monologue. They were curious, when you're writing

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<v Speaker 1>such a thing, are you rewriting right up until showtime?

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<v Speaker 1>Nickki said yes, I rewrite until the very last minute.

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<v Speaker 1>For my monologue last year, I decided to do my

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<v Speaker 1>closing joke in the moment on live TV. It wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>even in the teleprompter. The closer I had in the

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<v Speaker 1>teleprompter didn't get the pop I wanted, so I just

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<v Speaker 1>winged it and reached for a joke that I had

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<v Speaker 1>previously memorized as a possible closer. Thank god, I had

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<v Speaker 1>rehearsed it enough that I hadn't memorized. It was a wordy

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<v Speaker 1>joke too. Kevin Nelan was on Ted Danson's podcast. Neilan

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<v Speaker 1>talked about the preparation it took to get a fake

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<v Speaker 1>Ever lived Jay Leno, you know that guy with the

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<v Speaker 1>charity work in the opinions about L Night TV. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>the worst. According to Neilan, the makeup artist had to

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<v Speaker 1>cover him in thick plaster that left him unable to

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<v Speaker 1>breathe through anything other than two straws that was stuck

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<v Speaker 1>into his nostrils. He called it a life mask or

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<v Speaker 1>a death mask. Nelon said, I never thought it'd be

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<v Speaker 1>a problem. Then it starts to get warm and it's hardening,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're thinking, oh my god, all that's open is

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<v Speaker 1>my nostrils. If those close up, I'll suffocate. Can you

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<v Speaker 1>imagine the headline SNL comedian dies of suffocation impersonating Jay Leno.

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<v Speaker 1>Nelan said he started to get panicky and I remember

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<v Speaker 1>being about to pass out. Next thing he knew he

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<v Speaker 1>was being administered smelling salts. Tracy Morgan spoke to people

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<v Speaker 1>about his new Paramount plus titcom Crutch. Tracy plays Francois

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<v Speaker 1>Frank Kretchfield. Tracy said, it's one hundred percent of me

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<v Speaker 1>because I'm just mimicking my dad. My older brother moved

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<v Speaker 1>back in with my father, and that was sort of

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<v Speaker 1>a battle, but a teachable moment. Maagine Simba moving back

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<v Speaker 1>in with Mufassa. Who's the lion king. My father had

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<v Speaker 1>to go about it in a graceful way. He let

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<v Speaker 1>my brother know that he was the lion king, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just mimicking that and from Business Insider. Before I

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<v Speaker 1>do the story, I'll remind you George Carlin once said,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a big club and you ain't in it. Business

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<v Speaker 1>Insider was at Baron Capitol's thirty second annual Investor Conference,

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<v Speaker 1>an event known for blending of financial presentations with high

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<v Speaker 1>profile entertainment. Attendance is exclusive. Shareholders must have at least

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<v Speaker 1>forty thousand dollars invested with the firm to get a seat.

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<v Speaker 1>Past conferences of featured people like the great traumatic actor

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<v Speaker 1>Adam Sandler well this year. Doors open at six thirty,

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<v Speaker 1>panels started at nine. Attendees were told to go to

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<v Speaker 1>one of three lunch venues, each hosting a different midday performance.

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<v Speaker 1>Those assigned to one particular theater received box lunches offering

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<v Speaker 1>salads or ham turkey or roast beef sandwiches. Who comes

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<v Speaker 1>out Sebastian Maniscalco, who opened by asking you ever performed

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<v Speaker 1>with the smell of ham sandwiches? Sebastian Maniscalco is hilarious

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<v Speaker 1>or should I say hilarious. That's your comedy news for today,

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<v Speaker 1>See you tomorrow.