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Speaker 1: Callaroga Shark Media.

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Speaker 2: Yes, we're gonna talk about Stephen Colbert, of course we will,

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but we got some other stuff to do up top.

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I am Johnny Mack with your daily comedy news. The

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great dramatic actor Adam Sandler is making a comedy new Yeah.

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I don't know about this one. Boy, you can tell

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how I'm excited. I am all right? What is he

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making this time? John? Grown Ups three? Jesus, Come on, man,

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you were so good at JA Kelly. You're so good

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at the dramatic stuff. We stop. Grown Ups three is

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in development at Netflix. Netflix announced this at their upfronts

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last week. The script for Grown Ups three is by

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Adam Sandler and Tim Hurley. Producers include Adam Sandler and

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famous producer Jackie Sandler. In case you haven't seen the

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Grownups films, the franchise revolves around a set of childhood

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friends who were brought back together as adults over the

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course of a summer vacation. The friends include David Spade,

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Rob Schneider, Kevin James, and Chris Rock, all sets a

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return for the three quel. Really, Chris Rock, I'm impressed

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if they get Chris Rock for this, Chris Why would

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you do this film? Paycheck? Okay, I get it. It's

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been thirteen years since Grown Ups two. This time it

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is believed the Friend group travels to Europe along with

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their families to spread their deceased friends' ashes. Is this

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like a different friend or is Chris rock at this

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thing for two minutes? That would all make sense. We'll see,

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we'll see. I can see that now, Johnny Mack. You

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can hate all you want, but Grownups and the sequel,

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Grown Ups two have grossed over five hundred million dollars

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at the box office. Grown Ups has a ten percent

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rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Grown Ups two was

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even more poorly received. But that's not gonna stop Netflix.

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And if you like that kind of humor, boy, you're

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gonna love The Hawk. That's Will Ferrell's upcoming golf comedy series.

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If Will but comes unavailable, you can drop Adam Sandler

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right in the middle of this one. There is a trailer.

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I went to pull the audio, but it's too visual

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because it's got yuck yuck jokes like people being hill

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with a golf ball hilarious. In The Hawk, Will Ferrell

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plays Lonnie Hawkins two thousand and four's and number one

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golfer again. This is so saidlor Hawkins struggles on the

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back nine of his career, trying to recapture his magic.

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His body says retire, but his heart says he's not

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done yet. His ex wife and his son, Lance, who

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happens to be golf's new Golden Boy, know that Lonnie

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is through, but with one more major to win to

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complete Golf's Grand Slam, Lonnie refuses to believe he's anything

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other than one stroke away from the greatest comeback in

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golf history. Molly Shannon plays Lonnie's foul mouth ex wife Stacy,

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Also appearing This Thing, Fortune Fimester, Luke Wilson, Chris Parnell,

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David Hornsby, who's usually great in things, and some others

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can't wait. Nick Krole has a new comedy series, this

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one called eight hundred Percent. It stars Nick Kroll, Sam Richardson,

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Jason Mitzukis, and vi Us a Bear. Hopefully that'll keep

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her away from the Scrubs reboot. The cast portrays a

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group of friends working inside the thought leader industrial complex.

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Their books, podcasts, and morning routines might help us live

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our lives more perfectly, but away from the screens and mics.

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These characters are most definitely far from perfect. You know,

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I do think this fits into Jason and Krohl's wheelhouse.

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This could be good, Krol said, I'm thrilled to make

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this show with Gabe in this insane cast. I can't

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wait to explore this high functioning group of friends who

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endeavor to live their weird lives. That could actually be good.

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It is called Legacy. I want to pull the trailer.

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the most generic description I've ever seen anyway. That's on

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at three h five am. Friend of the show and

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Facebook group regular Dylan, He's probably watched it, maybe twice.

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Dylan and I keep very different hours. I think. Apparently

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Mike EPP's Netflix special Delusional did really well. It was

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his fifth for Netflix, and they've given him a deal

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for two more. Netflix is playing the long game. They

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plan to release specials by Mike Apps in twenty twenty

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eight and twenty thirty. The press release tell us that

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Mike Epp specials have racked up twelve and a half

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million views. That doesn't even include Delusional, which ranked as

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the number five English language TV title globally on Netflix

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and its debut and roasted number three on the US

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Top ten list. YouTube had upfronts of sorts. Trevor Noah

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was your host. He said, some of you may recognize

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me from stand up comedy, some of you may recognize

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me from my podcast, some of you might recognize me

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from The Daily Show, some of you might recognize me

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from the Grammys. But there's one place where you definitely

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see me. That's on YouTube. These days, everything is on YouTube. Everything, sports, entertainment, interviews, podcasts,

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you name it. Well. Coming to YouTube is Trevor Noah's

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World Tour. Premiere Day TBA. On Trevor Noah's World Tour,

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Trevor ne invites viewers along for the ultimate global hangout

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in this prestige travel series on YouTube. You know I

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like travel and I like Trevor. I'm gonna wind up

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watching Trevor Noah's World Tour, where comedy, culture, and spontaneity

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collide as Trevor Noah journeys from city to city on

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his World Tour with friends, collaborators, and surprise guests joining

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the fun. Each episode blends Trevor Noah's signature humor with authentic,

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on the ground experiences that spotlight local people, food, and culture.

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So it's Anthony Bourdain minus Anthony Bournine plus Trevor Noah.

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Is that what I'm getting here? Not the worst idea?

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Along the way, Trevor turns his discoveries into sharp, hilarious

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observations that weave into his live performance, creating a fresh

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window into his comedic process and into the places that

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inspire him. That actually sounds pretty good. Mo Amer will

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host the eighty sixth Annual Peabody Awards May thirty first,

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at the Beverly Wiltshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Peabody Executive

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director Jeffrey P. Jones said, Moe Ammer is the comedic

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voice we need now. His comedy is bold and refreshing

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because he minds his own personal, heartfelt experiences a refugee

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and blends them with cultural Commentsary that is powerful, moving

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and very funny. Johnny Mack, you said you were gonna

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talk about Stephen Colbert. All right, I mean give me

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nine minutes. I'll get to it. Stephen Colbert answered some

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questions from the other late night hosts. I've clipped this

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down a little bit for pacing, but let's listen.

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Speaker 1: You got a question from Jay Leno. I'll tell you

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when I got this gig. Jay Leno called me right away,

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and Jay goes, yayt the you got the Pope job,

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you got the John c you dead. You're wrong on

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that one. Jay, all right? From Jay Leno. As a

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road comic, I've always enjoyed live audiences. Have you ever

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thought about a road version of your best jokes for

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a live audience still waiting for the best jokes? Jay,

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I think that's a great idea. Jay. Please send me

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a list of what my best jokes have been, and

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let's hit the road together. You drive from James Cordon,

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how are things at CBS? Should I come back? One

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hundred percent? James, one hundred percent? Hold on, hob, I

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see what Cordon actually asked? What have you been doing

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to mentally and emotionally prepare for your daily life after

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the show. Trevor and I can send a zoom link

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if you need a good question. I don't know about you, guys,

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but there's no I don't think there's any prepping for it. Look,

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people I work with and that's going to be hard,

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and they're so physically attractive. From Trevor Noah, is there

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anything you were never able to do because you had

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a late night show? And do you see yourself doing

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it now? Exercising? That's what I would like to do.

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I think my wife was waited long enough. It's time

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for abs. Okay, honey. From Knor and O'Brien, just who

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the hell do you think you are? Sometimes I wish

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I was Connin O'Brien because I've never been able to dunk.

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From Jimmy Kimmel, is it true that hospitals are sometimes

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forced to send patients who are two obese for their

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MRICT machines to be scanned at the zoo. Okay, sometime

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at once. It happened once, but then after that I

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the zoo for my CT scan anymore. From Jimmy Fallon,

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ten years. What's the one musical performance on your show

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that you and the crew still talk about. I mean,

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saying that some are skeptical there was for financial reasons.

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Colbert said, I do not dispute their rationale. I do

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make jokes about it, but I also completely understand why

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people would say, hey, that doesn't make sense to me,

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and be this seems fishy to me because the network

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Trump administration over a twenty billion settled for sixteen million,

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completely frivolous lawsuit. It's possible that two things can be

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true broadcast can be in trouble. They can't monetize because

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of things like YouTube, because of the competition of streaming.

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and how it doesn't work for them anymore. But less

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a long time. So something changed. By the way, oops,

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who knows what they offered him. It is believed Colbert's

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current annual salary is around fifteen million dollars, and I

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think I have it somewhere in my head. They wanted

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him for five years. As Johnny Mack likes to say,

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that way. Eleven years is a long time to work here,

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and almost ten years before that, almost twenty one years

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together in Late Night. I feel so much better to

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be grateful for than to be mad about. The discussion

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those guns. I was talking to Paul Denello, he's one

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of my oldest friends and one of my producers here,

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to go dig up the guns. And he says, Buddy,

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that's the part the audience wants to see. They asked

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Stephen Colbert why he thinks the FCC and the Trump

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administrations are so focused on him. Stephen told The New

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York Times authoritarians don't like anybody who doesn't give them

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undue dignity. Comedians are anti authoritarian by nature and authoritarians

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are never going to like anybody to laugh at them.

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The number of newspeople have said to me or John

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and we can. I think that upsets them. I think

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it might be upsetting and we really don't live in

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their world of principalities and powers. Continuing about Trump, and

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send your letters to Stephen Colbert, he said, I don't

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have any problem with Trump being a Republican. I have

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a problem with Trump being a complete north who's only

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working for his own interest and doesn't appear to care

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I have eyeballs and ears, and I think calling Late

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I reject the partisan description. Partisan means you're never ever

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just not true. There's just no comparison of how fertile

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now in the past, I think I have in my

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brain that he didn't want to do a podcast. But

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doesn't that seem like a no brainer? I'm sure just

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knowing the internal workings of serious I'm sure they've either

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been on the phone with him, or on the phone

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with him right now, or will be on the phone

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with him at twelve thirty eight am Friday morning. Stephen

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says he wants to do comedy, but he's not sure

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what's next because the show takes ninety five percent of

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his brain. I don't think I can give you a

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good answer until I can really think about it. It

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Will it be your relief to not have to think

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about Trump in the same way Steven said, Oh yeah, Now,

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I could be as interested as I want to be

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on a daily basis, as opposed to interested as I

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need to be, to do a show about what our

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national conversation was about. I can opt out of the

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national conversation for day two. I mean, I'm American, I

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still care about my country. I'm still going to care,

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But I could do that recreationally. You know we're privately

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out on the eight hundred pound Guerrilla YouTube page today.

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Now you gotta pay attention because they're going back and

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forth between Gorilla Plus and the YouTube page. This is

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on the YouTube page. Shane Moss trips Parentheses Second Dose.

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The Ish Edinburgh Comedy Awards will return to the Edinburgh

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Festival Fringe in twenty twenty six. James Cordon is backing it.

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He said, I am honored to support the brilliant Mish

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Edinburgh Comedy Awards again. Now in their fourth year, the

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awards continued to direct all sponsorship and come straight to

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performers through prize money. Last year's prizes included four thousand

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pounds each for Best Show and Best Newcomer, three thousand

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for the Panel Prize, one thousand for Better Tech, and

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a five hundred four Best Joke. The winners are decided

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by a volunteer panel who attend every eligible comedy show

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with the Fringe, giving performers an equal chance regardless of

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venue background, industry backing or audience size. The twenty twenty

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six Awards are expected to retain the same five categories website.

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The spinoff is covering the new Zealand Comedy Festival. They

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say Henry Yen is the best bad date at the

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NZ International Comedy Festival. They tell us Wellington's Cavern Club

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is a bit of a dank hole in the wall,

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but it's a cozy place to catch some comedy. During

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a set focused on the highs and lows of life

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as a perpetually single thirty year old, you really start

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to feel like you're on one of those bad first dates.

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He'll never stop telling your friends about the spectator says.

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They write this in the most complimentary way possible. The

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strength of Yen's comedy is in his awkwardness, The way

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he says haha crazy after every other line, The way

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he takes a joke bombing and turns it into another

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opportunity to make another joke appealing to the audience is pity.

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You know what? Who has inspired me to find a clip?

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Let's listen.

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Speaker 3: My parents are here. I love you. Hey, your turn? Yeah,

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I left my computer for this. Yeah, so it's gonna

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be so fun. I'll just tell you, guys, if someone

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walks in here like aggressive, I'm telling you that I'm

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not gonna protect you. Yeah, because recently someone asked me

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to protect them, and I was like, from what like nowhere.

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It's crazy because what happens on the street right in

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the city. These two guys were fighting and the girls

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standing next to me. She turns me, she's like, aren't

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you gonna stop the fight? I was like, oh, thank

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you for believing in me. Yeah, but I don't look

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I'm not a fighter. I'm a snitch.

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Speaker 2: Wow, he's pretty funny. Like that a lot, The spectator

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tells us. Henry Anne's audience work was also impactful. He

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seemed to make a genuine connection with a fellow spreadsheet

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obsessive in the crowd. Good stuff, Henry Ann, And that

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is your comedy news for today. See tomorrow.