Speaker 1: Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with your
Speaker 1: daily comedy news. The Minneapolis Star Tribune poster review of
Speaker 1: Theo Vaughn's show on Friday night, so you can hear that,
Speaker 1: I'm doing a delivery that's a little more serious than
Speaker 1: how I usually open up a show. And it's because
Speaker 1: I don't know how I feel about this. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: read it verbatim that Star Tribune rites. He quickly labeled
Speaker 1: his Friday show at Excel Energy Center as a Juneteenth
Speaker 1: Recovery seminar, then launched into bits about a black girl
Speaker 1: with Down syndrome and short buses that catered to students
Speaker 1: with mental disabilities. I'm not racist, he said early in
Speaker 1: a set, unless you are. I don't like the way
Speaker 1: that reads. Maybe in the room it played better, you know,
Speaker 1: body language, but that does not read great. The article
Speaker 1: says Theo's place in pop culture is more complicated than
Speaker 1: partisan loyalty. There were a few mega caps, but I
Speaker 1: spotted more shirts with images of Johnny Cash than images
Speaker 1: of Donald Trump. Quoting the article, Vaon pointed out several
Speaker 1: times during the show that the audience of about eight
Speaker 1: thousand seems to be nearly all white people, but I
Speaker 1: spotted plenty of people of color in the crowd, including
Speaker 1: Andres as Zanbrono, who came to Minnesota six years from Columbia.
Speaker 1: Son Brno told the paper, he's just naturally very funny.
Speaker 1: It's different from what you usually see. Again, directly quoting
Speaker 1: the article, everyone was a target, so Molly's gazed, Jews,
Speaker 1: people from Wisconsin, and an autistic people. He described George Floyd's
Speaker 1: Square as a fent and all dance hall. Juan is
Speaker 1: at his best when he tells tales about growing up
Speaker 1: in small town Louisiana, vividly bringing to life people like Allan,
Speaker 1: a kid's so tiny he needed two hands to eat
Speaker 1: a butterscotch, and the grandmother who wouldn't let him visit
Speaker 1: her for a decade because she thought he stole some
Speaker 1: chocolate from her house. Skipping ahead, his one joke about
Speaker 1: Joe Biden went over a lot better than his one
Speaker 1: joke about Trump. When he told the audience who was
Speaker 1: thinking about buying a gun, the place went wild, the
Speaker 1: paper points out, and I remind you this was from
Speaker 1: last Friday. They were less enthusiastic about a bit in
Speaker 1: which he mused over where the next nine to eleven
Speaker 1: should take place. Font Humor clearly isn't for everyone, but
Speaker 1: it speaks to enough people to make him a voice
Speaker 1: that can't be ignored. An email from the Just for
Speaker 1: Last Montreal Festival titled a very serious open letter from
Speaker 1: a very funny festival. It reads, Hello, I'm Sylvan parent Badard,
Speaker 1: the new owner of Just for Laughs. You don't know me,
Speaker 1: which is why I'm reaching out to you today. Over
Speaker 1: the last few months, the JFL team has dealt with
Speaker 1: some rocky roads with strange days. But believe me, we're back.
Speaker 1: Maybe we're a little different than we used to be.
Speaker 1: We still have the same objective as always, to bring
Speaker 1: loads to your summer. You're probably expecting a joke right
Speaker 1: about now, Well not today. This letter is serious and
Speaker 1: it's about an understanding, a promise, and an offer. Let's
Speaker 1: get to it. Subheading number one the understanding, the letter says.
Speaker 1: The understanding is our appreciation of the long standing, extraordinary
Speaker 1: relationship between Montrealers and Just for Laughs. For years, you
Speaker 1: gave our festival the type of unwavering support unheard of
Speaker 1: in show business. You filled our clubs in theaters night
Speaker 1: after night made big stars out of total unknowns, and
Speaker 1: through it all brought a heartfelt spirit that was more
Speaker 1: family than customer. You are our most dedicated fan base,
Speaker 1: and we were the year's biggest party for you. You
Speaker 1: brought us the attention that made JFL world renowned. We respected,
Speaker 1: relying on and delivered for each other. Section Two The promise.
Speaker 1: So here's the promise. You're going to really love what
Speaker 1: we have in store for you this summer. Then they
Speaker 1: explain the shows. I'll talk about the shows separately. Three
Speaker 1: the offer. So finally, here's our offer. We are certain
Speaker 1: you'll love everything our team is putting together for you,
Speaker 1: but especially the Galas, the festival's crown jewels, our biggest shows.
Speaker 1: In fact, we're so certain that you'll love our galas
Speaker 1: for some reason. If you don't, we're willing to refund
Speaker 1: your ticket price one hundred percent, pure and simple. Then
Speaker 1: there's some details so far. Personally, I don't know what
Speaker 1: to make of the festival. I'm excited that it's back.
Speaker 1: I was sad that it was gone. I think personally
Speaker 1: I need to see a little bit a few more announcements. Now,
Speaker 1: I'd like to take a minute and go through the
Speaker 1: shows here, but I've clicked on the tabs on their
Speaker 1: website where it says shows, and all I'm getting is
Speaker 1: a stager image and no actual shows. So let me
Speaker 1: click on artists here that seems to be working. I'm
Speaker 1: not going to read every name, but let's see who
Speaker 1: the bigger names that we might know from just either
Speaker 1: hosting or listening to the show every day. Adam Ray, Fortune, Fiemester,
Speaker 1: Michelle Butteau, Roy Wood Junior, Mikey Day, Nish Kumar, Malik, Alasol,
Speaker 1: John Doer, Puddles, Brad Williams, Kat Cohen, Dave mar Hedge,
Speaker 1: Emil wakem Ivan Decker, Jamarcos, Soirezi Maye Martin, Nick Muhammad,
Speaker 1: Ralph Barbosa, Russell Peters, Tammy Pascatelli, at Gamble, Jay Jorden,
Speaker 1: Tom Sigora, k Trevor Wilson, Russell Howard. So you know,
Speaker 1: nice and I'm glad it's back, but it's definitely fallen
Speaker 1: to number two. Now. I'm going back here and looking
Speaker 1: at Netflix twenty twenty four. Now they only see to
Speaker 1: be doing a festival every other year, and I am
Speaker 1: on a Netflix propaganda website on Netflix dot com, but
Speaker 1: they remind us. Here is what happened. In twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1: John mulaney had the show Tom Brady Got Roasted, which
Speaker 1: basically accelerated Nicki Glazier's career. Kat Williams happened right, and
Speaker 1: they took a group picture of everybody in this photo. Krascher,
Speaker 1: Jeff Ross, Jimmy Carr, Pauli Short, Chelsea Handler, Tiffany Hattish
Speaker 1: and I'm not reading everybody Chappelle, Nick Offerman, Han Gatsby,
Speaker 1: Sheng Wang, Otsko, Mosha Kasher, Natasha, Eliza, Sarah Silverman, Gaffigin,
Speaker 1: Kevin Hart, Roy Woodkin Jung, Jimmy o'yang, mad Friend, Sebastian Madascalgo,
Speaker 1: Barbosa Whitney, Dion Cole, Tony Hinchcliffe, Leanne Morgan, Papa Stavro, Sassan,
Speaker 1: the Mishi, Patel, Felipia Sparza, Sarah Cooper, Brett Goldstein, Nikki Glazer.
Speaker 1: Pretty good photo. So I don't know. I was originally
Speaker 1: planning on going up for Montreal. I don't know if
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go now. I just I don't know. Daisy
Speaker 1: Lidak caught up with The Hollywood Reporter. They asked her
Speaker 1: if there was an episode or segment she's been most
Speaker 1: proud of pulling off on the Daily Show. She said,
Speaker 1: the day after the election was not easy. I was
Speaker 1: hosting that day. I remember going in that morning just
Speaker 1: being vulnerable at the way I was feeling and hearing
Speaker 1: everybody else try to find humor in it. Coming in
Speaker 1: as a correspondent always played a character hosting. You're yourself,
Speaker 1: that's your point of view, So that day just felt
Speaker 1: like Catharsis with the audience as depressing as it was.
Speaker 1: They asked her about the host search between Trevor Now
Speaker 1: and John Stewart, which reminds me that John Stewart's appearance
Speaker 1: on Trevor Ne's podcast recently was really good. Go listen
Speaker 1: to that one. DESI had you feel about that period?
Speaker 1: She said, it was disorienting, but it put a lot
Speaker 1: of faith on our showrunner. She's the whole reason the
Speaker 1: place runs away does. I just knew I'd have to
Speaker 1: write it out. And as anxiety inducing as the whole
Speaker 1: thing was, there were some fun positives that came out
Speaker 1: of the guest rotation, working with Sarah Silverman, becoming friends
Speaker 1: with Chelsea Handler, having Morlon Wayans come in, her dream
Speaker 1: guest is Carol Burnett because she's the entire reason I
Speaker 1: wanted to do comedy. The South Texas Food Bank is
Speaker 1: inviting locals to enjoy a night of laughter. It's called
Speaker 1: laugh Out Hunger. It'll feature Steve Trevino. On August fifteenth,
Speaker 1: one of the board members said, it's always been a concert.
Speaker 1: This year it's comedy to see if there's a change
Speaker 1: within the community and how many people we can drive
Speaker 1: and bring to these events. We have to stay relevant
Speaker 1: to what our community's asking for, so we feel like
Speaker 1: this change would be something good and different. We're taking
Speaker 1: a risk and trying it out. Doctor Demento is retiring.
Speaker 1: Real name Barry Hanson began hosting the Doctor Demento Show
Speaker 1: back in California in nineteen seventy. Originally, he just played
Speaker 1: rock songs. Over time, he started mixing in some of
Speaker 1: the oddities from his personal collection, and then the whole
Speaker 1: Doctor Demental thing took off. Most notably, a young musician
Speaker 1: named Alfred Yankovic started sending in parodies to Doctor Demento.
Speaker 1: Young mister Yankovic became pretty famous. However, after fifty five
Speaker 1: years on the air, Doctor Demento is announced he'll be
Speaker 1: retiring in October. He told Radio Online. I'm now eighty
Speaker 1: four years old. I've been doing the show for nearly
Speaker 1: fifty five years, about two thirds of my life. It's
Speaker 1: been a blast, but I've come to the decision that I
Speaker 1: need to hang up my top hat soon. The show
Speaker 1: you just heard is the last of my regular shows.
Speaker 1: It sounds like I'll come back for one big farewell
Speaker 1: in October, and I imagine that will be pretty star studded,
Speaker 1: at least in terms of parody records. I'm sure mister
Speaker 1: Yankovic will come by. And it turns out that Ray
Speaker 1: Romano did not like the title Everybody Loves Raymond. One
Speaker 1: of the producers was at the Paley Center and said,
Speaker 1: in real life, raise a modest guy, and he's like,
Speaker 1: everybody loves ray What if the show stinks? That is
Speaker 1: your comedy news for today. Enjoy the heat if you're
Speaker 1: in the Northeast. Who see tomorrow