Speaker 1: Callaroga Shark media.
Speaker 2: Crazy one today and I am fascinated by the jousting
Speaker 2: Montreal Comedy Festival that kicks off tonight. But what do
Speaker 2: you know? The New York Comedy Festival dropped their lineup
Speaker 2: to steal the press spotlight. And there's a massive riade
Speaker 2: festival which includes Bruce Hills. Who's that? That's the guy
Speaker 2: that used to run the Montreal Comedy Festival. All this
Speaker 2: news out at once, plus the Emmy nominations. Plushing gillis
Speaker 2: host the SPS tonight. So much going on after two
Speaker 2: weeks of nothing. Guys, can we spread the comedy news out? Please?
Speaker 2: And hello, I'm Johnny Mack with your daily comedy news.
Speaker 2: Let's start with the New York Comedy Festival. As the
Speaker 2: New York Post put it. Comedian Louis c K is
Speaker 2: set to headline two nights of the New York Comedy
Speaker 2: Festival later this year, marking one of his first high
Speaker 2: profile stand up accents. Being accused of sexual misconduct by
Speaker 2: five women back in twenty seventeen, I'm pretty sure mister
Speaker 2: c K admitted to such things, a quote from Louis
Speaker 2: in the New York Post. These stories are true. So
Speaker 2: I don't think they are allocations at that point. At
Speaker 2: that time, I said to myself what I did was
Speaker 2: okay because I never showed a woman my thing without
Speaker 2: asking first, which is also true. The power I had
Speaker 2: over these women is that they admired me, and I
Speaker 2: will died that power irresponsibly. Let me get the lilt
Speaker 2: out of my voice. So anyway, nobody is really canceled
Speaker 2: in this world. Caroline Hirsch, who runs the festival, said,
Speaker 2: We're thrilled to unveil this year's incredible line up, a
Speaker 2: dynamic mix of global headliners and rising voices that reflect
Speaker 2: where comedy is right now and where it's headed. We're
Speaker 2: proud to continue to bring in New York City the
Speaker 2: very best of the best in a constantly shifting landscape.
Speaker 2: We stay committed to spotlighting new voices, championing fresh perspectives,
Speaker 2: breaking form, and shaving a festival that sets it's the standard,
Speaker 2: both creatively and commercially. Louis will perform his special Ridiculous
Speaker 2: at the Beacon Theater in November fourteenth and fifteenth, also
Speaker 2: headlining Stephen Colbert, Amy, Sidaris, Pete Holmes. Now I looked
Speaker 2: at the initial lineup I'm not blown away here. This
Speaker 2: feels smaller than it has in the past. Again, we
Speaker 2: have so much to get to today. Let me go
Speaker 2: quickly here. Friday, November seventh, Ryan Long and Nurse John.
Speaker 2: Those are two different shows. The shows on Saturday, November
Speaker 2: eighth at seven o'clock a celebration of the twenty fifth
Speaker 2: anniversary of the cancelation of Strangers with Candy with Stephen Colbert,
Speaker 2: Paul Denello and Amy Sedaris at town Hall. Okay, Ryan Long.
Speaker 2: Two shows Trevor Wallace and Hannah Berner. Sunday the ninth
Speaker 2: istmo at town Hall. Then nothing on the schedule that
Speaker 2: I'm seeing until Thursday to thirteenth. Johai Spaondor at town Hall,
Speaker 2: Morgan Jay and The Basement Yard which is a podcast
Speaker 2: and the Basement Yard is Madison Square Garden. Wow. That
Speaker 2: Friday Michael blax and Pete Holmes and Louis c K.
Speaker 2: That's Saturday the fifteenth, Alex Edelman, Michael Blaxon, Margaret Choe,
Speaker 2: c K and Chris Fleming. Yeah, I guess. I imagine
Speaker 2: they will announce more as we get a little bit closer.
Speaker 2: That one's in November, So I thought the timing on
Speaker 2: this was really interesting. Deadline had an exclusive the re
Speaker 2: Odd Comedy Festival. Now why this really catches my eye.
Speaker 2: Is attached to this is Bruce Hills. Now, Bruce is
Speaker 2: the guy I worked with at Just for Laughs Montreal.
Speaker 2: Bruce is a good guy. Bruce knows comedy, Bruce knows
Speaker 2: how to do a comedy festival. I just thought the
Speaker 2: timing was fascinating that Deadline had this on Monday, and
Speaker 2: this is also the week of the return of the
Speaker 2: Montreal Comedy Festival, which Bruce is no longer attached to.
Speaker 2: Could be a coincidence, could be some fun sjousting. I
Speaker 2: don't know, just found it interesting. But this Reodd Comedy
Speaker 2: Festival taking place in the Saudi capital this fall. Again,
Speaker 2: I don't know why it had to be announced on Monday,
Speaker 2: July fourteenth, anyway, but listening to these names, Kevin Hart,
Speaker 2: Tom Sigora, Pete Davidson, Russell Peters, Jim Jeffries, Whitney Cummings,
Speaker 2: Zornagarg and Jessica Curson are all quote in talks to
Speaker 2: perform at the inaugural Reod Comedy Festival. That in talks
Speaker 2: is interesting. Again, the Deadline went with this makes me
Speaker 2: think it's quite likely, Deadline says. While no deals have
Speaker 2: been finalized, reps for WME, which is consulting on the festival,
Speaker 2: confirmed ongoing discussions with several top tier acts. Turkey Alashiki
Speaker 2: is the chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority. In May,
Speaker 2: Turkey had posted on x the best fifty stand up
Speaker 2: comedians of the world are coming to the Riad Comedy
Speaker 2: Festival from September twenty sixth to October tenth. Deadline reports.
Speaker 2: Sources say the festival will feature multi comic showcases and
Speaker 2: solo shows. A company called Sella, the largest live events
Speaker 2: company in the Kingdom, will produce alongside Bruce Hills, described
Speaker 2: in this article as a legendary comedy producer who's spent
Speaker 2: nearly four decades at Just for Laughs, hoping to turn
Speaker 2: it into the largest and most prestigious comedy festival in
Speaker 2: the world. Again, I only have great things to say
Speaker 2: about Bruce and I continue to find the timing fascinating,
Speaker 2: Deadline says. A source familiar with comedy touring noted that
Speaker 2: there's big money to be made by comics of the
Speaker 2: Middle East, up to millions or tens of millions, depending
Speaker 2: on the profile of the artist. They said, many the
Speaker 2: top stand ups are happy to be wined and dined
Speaker 2: by the Saudi government, which has come to recognize the
Speaker 2: power of comics as the cultural icons of our time.
Speaker 2: Deadline rights. Of course, there are also significant drawbacks or
Speaker 2: at least factors to consider in performing in the Middle East.
Speaker 2: For starters, Saudi Arabia is known for limiting freedom of
Speaker 2: expression when it comes to the arts, typically dictating on
Speaker 2: the offer sheheet per multiple agents what cannot be set
Speaker 2: on topics like religion, sex, and the Saudi royal family.
Speaker 2: Deadline ads, while the kingdom is known for its discrimination
Speaker 2: against the LGBTQ plus community. Sources were particularly curious as
Speaker 2: to how many female comics will be appearing, given that
Speaker 2: they'd have to perform out of the constraints of Sharia
Speaker 2: law in a country considered even more conservative than the
Speaker 2: likes of Abu Dhabi or Dubai. Sources say organizers are
Speaker 2: currently in talk with Cummings, garg and Curson, among others.
Speaker 2: Art Davidson, Segura, gorg and Curson are all with WME.
Speaker 2: Sources say it's unclear how many marquee names not repped
Speaker 2: by WME will make the trek. At least one top
Speaker 2: commedian that fills Arenas has declined to attend. Very very interesting.
Speaker 2: I'll do Montreal in the second half of the podcast
Speaker 2: because I want to talk about the schedule as well.
Speaker 2: Let's look at the Emmy nominations. Naperghetzy is the host
Speaker 2: of the twenty twenty five Emmys, and he also was
Speaker 2: nominated in the Outstanding Variety Special category Netflix specials. They
Speaker 2: include Your Friend, n Aperghetzi, Adam Sandler, Love You, Ali Wong,
Speaker 2: Single Lady, Sarah Silverman, Post Mortem One, I'm Gonna Skip
Speaker 2: On Purpose, Come Back To and Hulus Bill Bird Dropped
Speaker 2: Dead Years. So if the nominees are Bill Burr, Sarah,
Speaker 2: Ali Wong, Sandler, and Nate Bergatzy. Out of those, I
Speaker 2: would pick Adam Sandler. Believe it or not, I think
Speaker 2: that was the best of those specials. However, the one
Speaker 2: I skipped and the No Way This doesn't win unless
Speaker 2: you guys are insane also nominated Conan O'Brien the Kennedy
Speaker 2: Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. If that doesn't win,
Speaker 2: I don't know what we're doing the nominees for Best
Speaker 2: Comedy Series, Abbott The Bear, which is not a comedy,
Speaker 2: Hacks nobody wants This is an American romantic comedy TV
Speaker 2: series created by Aaron Foster, starring Kristen Bell, Adam Brody
Speaker 2: and some others on Netflix. Hmm, you learn something new
Speaker 2: every day, only murders, Shrinking the Studio, and what we
Speaker 2: do in the shadows. If I had to pick, probably Hacks.
Speaker 2: Best Talk Series. I talked about this before. Only three
Speaker 2: nominees because of the way it works in the Math.
Speaker 2: The nominees are The Daily Show, Kimmel and Colbert. You
Speaker 2: got to give that to The Daily Show. Best Actress
Speaker 2: in a Comedy Series, Huzzo, Aduba for The Residents, Kristen Bell,
Speaker 2: nobody wants this. Quentin Brunson, Abbotts, I at a Berry,
Speaker 2: The Bear, Geen Smart, Hacks. I would give it to Gene.
Speaker 2: Best Actor in a Comedy Series, Adam Brody, nobody wants this.
Speaker 2: Seth Rogan The Studio, Jason Siegel Shrinking, Martin Schwert Murders,
Speaker 2: Jeremy Ellen White The Bear, which is not a comedy.
Speaker 2: I don't have an opinion there. I will abstain Best
Speaker 2: Supporting Actor in a comedy series. Ike Baron Holds The Studio,
Speaker 2: Coleman Domingo, The Four Seasons, Harrison Ford Shrinking, Jeff Hiller
Speaker 2: Somebody Somewhere even while Spockerrock The Bear, which is not
Speaker 2: a comedy, Michael Uri shrinking, and Bowen Yang for SNL.
Speaker 2: I don't have an opinion SNL. You can get best
Speaker 2: Supporting Actor in a comedy series out of SNL. That
Speaker 2: doesn't seem right. Don't give it a Bowen. Best Supporting
Speaker 2: Actress in a comedy series. Eliza clonezais the Bear. She's fantastic,
Speaker 2: but that's not a comedy. Hannah Einbinder Hacks, Katherine Hahn
Speaker 2: The Studio, Janelle James Abbott, Katherine O'Hara The Studio, Shiryl Lee,
Speaker 2: Ralph Abbott, Jessica Williams Shrinking. I don't have an opinion.
Speaker 2: Best guest Actor in a comedy series, John Bernhall The Bear,
Speaker 2: Brian Kranston The Studio, deve Franco the Studio, Ron Howard
Speaker 2: the Studio, Anthony Mackie the Studio, Martin Scorsese the Studio.
Speaker 2: I would give it to Ron Howard. We'll talk more
Speaker 2: about the studio in a second. Best Guest Actress in
Speaker 2: a Comedy Series, Olivia Coleman The Bear, Which is not
Speaker 2: a comedy, Jamie Lee Curtis, The Bear, Which is not
Speaker 2: a comedy, Cynthia Rivo Poker Face, Robbie Hoffman, Hacks, Zoe Kravitz,
Speaker 2: The Studio, Julianne Nicholson Hacks. I don't have an opinion,
Speaker 2: but don't give it to any of it from The Bear.
Speaker 2: Not that it's not a great show, it's just not
Speaker 2: a comedy. Best Writing for Comedy Series goes to the
Speaker 2: teams from Abbott Hacks, the rehearsal, somebody somewhere, the studio,
Speaker 2: and what we do in the chef I kind of
Speaker 2: like what we do in the Shadows. Only two nominees
Speaker 2: in Outstanding Scripted Variety. They are SNL and Last Week Tonight.
Speaker 2: Are we giving it to SNL for the fiftieth anniversary
Speaker 2: stuff or for regular SNL? That's my question. I guess
Speaker 2: it's all one big thing if it's just for the
Speaker 2: recent normal season Last Week Tonight, But if you're going
Speaker 2: to include all the stuff from the fiftieth, they're going
Speaker 2: to give it to SNL. SNL has thirty one nominations,
Speaker 2: and they do indeed include specials like SNL fifty, the
Speaker 2: Anniversary Special, SNL fifty, the Homecoming Concert SNL fifty Beyond
Speaker 2: Saturday Night. Lauren Michael's already held the record for most
Speaker 2: Emmy nominations for an individual, has added six to the count,
Speaker 2: putting him at one hundred and eighteen nominations total. I'm
Speaker 2: a one hundred and eighteen time Emmy nominee.
Speaker 1: Wow.
Speaker 2: Late Nighter points out that After Midnight, which no longer exists,
Speaker 2: got a NOD for Outstanding Technical Direction and Camera Work
Speaker 2: for a Series. They had submitted their February twenty fifth,
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five episode featuring guest Juniray, commil Anjohanni and
Speaker 2: Emily Gordon for consideration. Okay, this next one, I feel
Speaker 2: really strong about. It's Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. Two
Speaker 2: of the nominees are Kristin Wig and Adam Sandler. Now
Speaker 2: listen to me. We cannot give Adam Sandler an Emmy
Speaker 2: for a song that will encourage him to do more
Speaker 2: terrible songs. And we can't have that. You guys should
Speaker 2: have given Adam Sandler the Academy Award for Best Actor
Speaker 2: for Uncut Gems which is what he wanted, and then
Speaker 2: he would have become a dramatic actor and made great movies. Instead,
Speaker 2: you keep rewarding him for crap, and then we get
Speaker 2: things like Opera Man as Terrible, Adam Sandler songs Go.
Speaker 2: Adam Sandler's song fifty Years from the SNL fifty Special
Speaker 2: wasn't bad in terms of like in the Adam Sandler canon.
Speaker 2: It was probably one of the better ones. But we cannot,
Speaker 2: we cannot, absolutely cannot reward Adam Sandler for his musical comedy. No,
Speaker 2: do not do that. Kristin Wigg has an original song
Speaker 2: from Will and Harper called Harper and Will Go West
Speaker 2: Time Team Christ. All right, the studio Now, I watched it.
Speaker 2: It's fine, but Hollywood loves Hollywood. A lot of buzz
Speaker 2: from social media, but all seems to be industry people.
Speaker 2: I don't see anybody in like quote, the real world
Speaker 2: talking about the studio. But boy, it received twenty three
Speaker 2: Emmy nominations. That's the most ever for a comedy series
Speaker 2: in its first season. The New York Times points out
Speaker 2: John mulaney did not get any Emmy nominations. Again, You've
Speaker 2: heard me say many times. Love John Mullanie that late
Speaker 2: night show did not work. Okay, Gang, I may have
Speaker 2: to double break you today. Here's why. If I don't
Speaker 2: take the break, the automation forces a break. There's just
Speaker 2: behind the scenes stuff that, like the commercial break will
Speaker 2: have to happen. So let me take one here and
Speaker 2: I'll come back and we'll talk about Shane Gillis. Shane
Speaker 2: Gillis hosts the sb Awards tonight. He was on Jimmy
Speaker 2: Kimmel on Monday Night. Now for some reason, Christis Stefano
Speaker 2: is guest hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live. Why. I don't know either,
Speaker 2: and I'm being facetious. I think I figured it out.
Speaker 2: Christa Stefano repped by w ME, Jimmy Kimmel rep Bysea
Speaker 2: with me and everybody on three one two three WME. Listen,
Speaker 2: that's how Hollywood works. Anytime anything doesn't make sense, look
Speaker 2: at the agents and that will always tell you what
Speaker 2: is going on there. So somebody's doing somebody a favor
Speaker 2: because Christis Stefano are hosting a late night talk show. Yeah, anyway,
Speaker 2: Jane Gillis was the guest, and let's listen.
Speaker 1: I'm excited about it. Uh, we got I still got
Speaker 1: a lot of work to do. I got to figure
Speaker 1: it out. The jokes were killing, the jokes are they
Speaker 1: I've never done a thing where they at somebody else's
Speaker 1: writing right jokes and they just like they hired writers
Speaker 1: and they just they're like, here's the jokes we can
Speaker 1: and they're like self deprecating for me. So like I'll
Speaker 1: be at home, I'll get an email and it's like, Hey,
Speaker 1: I'm Shane. I'm hosting the thirty third sp Awards. I'm
Speaker 1: a big fat dumbass who wrote this which one of
Speaker 1: you guys wrote that one. Yeah, I'm not saying that.
Speaker 2: The sb's air live tonight from the Adobe Theater in
Speaker 2: Los Angeles at eight pm Eastern and Pacific stream live
Speaker 2: on ESPN plus US. If you've cut the court like me,
Speaker 2: you can either visit your friend who lives on the ship,
Speaker 2: if you know what I mean, or it'll be on
Speaker 2: Hulu tomorrow. This is the thirty third annual SP's. Some
Speaker 2: of the categories best Athlete men's Sports. You know how
Speaker 2: many is Josh Allen from the Bills, Saquon Barkley from
Speaker 2: the Eagles, SGA from the Thunder or Tany from the
Speaker 2: La Dodgers. Boy, that's tough. This thing's in LA. Right,
Speaker 2: give it to show. Hey, Best team? How about this
Speaker 2: the Florida Panthers, or right, they've won two in a row.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers, the Ohio State Buckeyes, the Oklahoma City Thunder,
Speaker 2: the Philadelphia Eagles, the North Carolina Tar Hills women's lacrosse team,
Speaker 2: or the US women's national soccer team or the University
Speaker 2: of Connecticut Husky's women basketball team. Who are you picking there?
Speaker 2: Best NFL player Josh Allen, Saquon Barkley, Lamar Jackson from
Speaker 2: the Ravens, Patrick's thirteen from the Broncos. Got to give
Speaker 2: that to Saquon. Best baseball player, Freddie Freeman, Aaron Judge, Shohey,
Speaker 2: Tarik Skuball, you got to give it a show. Hey,
Speaker 2: And I'm gonna take another break here. I feel you
Speaker 2: know it's annoying. But if I don't, I'm telling you
Speaker 2: just the way the system works, because I'm doing a
Speaker 2: long show today. If I don't, it's going to drop
Speaker 2: a commercial break mid sentence. So I'd rather properly place
Speaker 2: the break than have a drop at mid sentence, because
Speaker 2: I have that's a major pet peeve of mine, don't forget.
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Speaker 2: I'm making it sound like somebody else, like Krista Stefano
Speaker 2: does it on Tuesdays. No, no, no, no, that would
Speaker 2: be insane. We don't have the same agent. Gave you
Speaker 2: a little bind scenes here. So normally I record the
Speaker 2: show on the early afternoon. Right now it's seven twenty
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Speaker 2: day and then I was like, all right, I'll do
Speaker 2: the show when I get home, and oh my goodness,
Speaker 2: my kids will not stop texting me. But I can't
Speaker 2: get mad. I can't be like, first of all, you
Speaker 2: don't want to you know, it's nice that your kids
Speaker 2: want to check in with you. But also you can't
Speaker 2: be like, oh I recorded my podcast. Sound like a jerk. Anyway,
Speaker 2: I'll click the matter, This says n editor of the
Speaker 2: listening and he got the show commercial free. One more
Speaker 2: break and then we'll talk Montreal. Just for laughs. Montreal
Speaker 2: Comedy Festival is back, baby. I got my note yesterday.
Speaker 2: They gave me creudentials planning on heading up there at
Speaker 2: some point. That should be a lot of fun. Deadline
Speaker 2: has that new podcast where they talk about comedy. I
Speaker 2: didn't bring my phone down. Oh no, here's my phone.
Speaker 2: Let me tell you what that's called found it. It
Speaker 2: is Deadline's Comedy Means Business. The other day they had
Speaker 2: on Sylvan Bodard, he's the new boss ed, the reconstituted.
Speaker 2: Just for laughs, he says they've sold over one hundred
Speaker 2: thousand tickets. Think about that number. That's a lot of
Speaker 2: tickets for the upcoming festival, and said that the festival
Speaker 2: will not lose money this year. He already knows that
Speaker 2: and says it's the first step in his grand vision
Speaker 2: for the festival. A touring agent tell Deadline it's more
Speaker 2: than a transition, it's like a rebirth right. I think
Speaker 2: as an industry of reps, we all want it to
Speaker 2: be there, and I think cautious optimism right now would
Speaker 2: probably be the overwhelming sentiment. A manager told Deadline she'd
Speaker 2: heard mixed things about how people are feeling going into
Speaker 2: this year, A good amount of enthusiasm, a little skepticism.
Speaker 2: But I don't think anyone's rooting against the festival. I
Speaker 2: think we all wanted to succeed because at the end
Speaker 2: of the day, it's a great avenue for clients to
Speaker 2: get discovered. How noble of you, Yeah, we don't want
Speaker 2: the festival to fail because we can make money off it.
Speaker 2: Here's some quotage a manager gave to Deadline, calling it
Speaker 2: zombie JFL back from the dead. I think I've used
Speaker 2: those exact words in different combinations. That manager said, breaking
Speaker 2: out of jfl's new faces used to mean comics would
Speaker 2: be a thing forever, but that's no longer reliably the case.
Speaker 2: They said, that is a historic lack of digital strategy
Speaker 2: on jfl's part. Now, if you listen to the Deadline podcast,
Speaker 2: they got into the digital strategy and it sounds like
Speaker 2: they have a really good plan for it this year.
Speaker 1: I mean, I've been.
Speaker 2: Involved in comedy for twenty years. I don't I don't know.
Speaker 2: I kind of reject what that manager's saying. I think
Speaker 2: new phases is a good thing and still means something
Speaker 2: now interesting to me. We haven't seen the list yet.
Speaker 2: I'm surprised that's not out yet. I was kind of
Speaker 2: expecting that to come out on Monday. It clearly this
Speaker 2: close that people must be solidified on the line up,
Speaker 2: but we haven't seen a list yet. Now, that manager
Speaker 2: tells Deadline they predict companies will send quote less people
Speaker 2: to cover the festival than in the past, between slash
Speaker 2: travel budgets and uncertainty. That same person said some my
Speaker 2: greatest acts were definitely helped by just for laughs. I
Speaker 2: think the power of new faces isn't as big as
Speaker 2: it used to be, but I still think it's a
Speaker 2: nice notch on your belt and a credit that people
Speaker 2: still value. I like those guys at JFL, and I
Speaker 2: think they've been able to showcase talent incredibly well. One
Speaker 2: manager said the success of this year's festival will be
Speaker 2: reflected in people talking about it afterwards, new faces walking
Speaker 2: out with new representation conversation. Yeah, I think that's fair.
Speaker 2: The manager says, you look at Netflix as a joke,
Speaker 2: and those new face introducing people are getting somewhere between
Speaker 2: ten to one hundred thousand views on their YouTube channels.
Speaker 2: I'm curious to see what jfl's views look like. Also
Speaker 2: fair Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mack to be a Just
Speaker 2: for Laughs, they're going to receive the Generation Award. Also
Speaker 2: getting an award is George Wallace. His award will be
Speaker 2: presented by Roywood Junior. Roy will present George Wallace with
Speaker 2: a Lifetime Achievement Award. Benito Skinner, known for his online
Speaker 2: persona Benny Drama. We'll receive a Breakout Comedy Star of
Speaker 2: the Year prize from Mary Beth Baron. The Rising Comedy
Speaker 2: Star of the Year award will go to Hannah Burner.
Speaker 2: Is Hannah rising. She's got a huge podcast. But okay,
Speaker 2: all right, let's look at the line up starting tonight.
Speaker 2: A few French shows early the evening at seven o'clock,
Speaker 2: the Just for the Laughs Culture Show that used to
Speaker 2: be the Ethnic show. That's at Club Soda, Good Club Boy.
Speaker 2: A whole lot of French shows tonight. I think that's great.
Speaker 2: Nine point thirty, The Nasty Show, also at Club Soda.
Speaker 2: So you know, that's kind of how I would roll.
Speaker 2: I would if I were up there tonight, I would
Speaker 2: just head over to club Soda and do the back
Speaker 2: to back and get home at eleven thirty and go
Speaker 2: to bed and record a podcast. So those are the
Speaker 2: two English show tonight, but I skipped maybe twelve thirteen
Speaker 2: French language shows. Again week one, the Wednesday night, this
Speaker 2: thing will totally pick up, So don't judge the festival
Speaker 2: by tonight's lineup. That's just the first night. The head
Speaker 2: of programming is Nick Brazio. He's worked for JFL for
Speaker 2: sixteen years. He used to report to Robbie Prau, who
Speaker 2: went on to head Netflix's live comedy division. Nick says,
Speaker 2: I gave up stand up to get on the production side,
Speaker 2: to get a closer connection to the world class comedy scene,
Speaker 2: and that satisfies a lot of the reasoning I gotten
Speaker 2: a comedy in the first place. Nick said about fifteen
Speaker 2: months ago, there was concern that just for laughs could disappear,
Speaker 2: but the opportunity to bring everything back has been so uplifting.
Speaker 2: So many great memories have been made over the four
Speaker 2: decades the festival has been around. Now we have the
Speaker 2: opportunity to make more. Here's Nix's eight picks for the festival.
Speaker 2: Number one, Chay Darrina host of The Nasty Show. Chay
Speaker 2: is a viral Canadian comedy sensation with over eight million
Speaker 2: followers on social media platforms. Number two a se If Ali,
Speaker 2: host of The Culture Show. Three Nick Muhammad You know
Speaker 2: Nick Muhammad from Ted Lasso. Okay, not a bad pick.
Speaker 2: Nick will be doing a seventy five minute show on
Speaker 2: number four. Mary Beth Barone, one of the stars and
Speaker 2: writers of Over Compensating and a repeat guest on Jimmy Fallon.
Speaker 2: This marks her first performance in Montreal, but definitely not
Speaker 2: her last. Yes, I could see her breaking out. That's
Speaker 2: a good one. On number five stamp Town July twenty
Speaker 2: third through the twenty fifth. The Club Soda a full
Speaker 2: on fever show hosted by the unforgettable Zack Zucker and
Speaker 2: featuring some of the most energetic, over the top comics
Speaker 2: from around the world. It is totally bananas, raunchy, and chaotic.
Speaker 2: Nash shows have included the likes of Neil Patrick, Harris,
Speaker 2: Richard Kine, May Martin, David Cross and Sarah Sherman. That's awesome.
Speaker 2: Six Rhys Derby you know him A legend indeed is
Speaker 2: this comic from New Zealand who cracked up audiences, big
Speaker 2: Time in Flight of the Concords and unbelievable Italian. He's unique.
Speaker 2: Get a Delight. Seven. Kat cohen Us bas but known
Speaker 2: around the world for festival and TV appearances, as well
Speaker 2: as her two Netflix specials and number eight. Andrea Jin
Speaker 2: is a featured performer at the Culture Show. Originally from Shanghai,
Speaker 2: she grew up in Vancouver and is now based in
Speaker 2: la and is a former New Face of Comedy. I've
Speaker 2: got more. We're not done yet, all right, so don't
Speaker 2: get mad at that second commercial break there. I'm jam
Speaker 2: packed today. Out today on YouTube. Luke Kegy have that
Speaker 2: comedy Exports YouTube premiere at five pm Central eight am Aest.
Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure that's Australian time, all right, So that's
Speaker 2: one to check out. And then this has come to
Speaker 2: my attention. I don't know anything about it, but apparently
Speaker 2: this exists. Okay, you're ready, You're not ready for this.
Speaker 2: Sean Hannity and Jimmy Fayla have a comedy special on
Speaker 2: Fox Nation. Now. The good news is it's on Fox Nation,
Speaker 2: so almost nobody will see it. Whew, a Sean Hannity
Speaker 2: comedy special. If we weren't over a half hour to
Speaker 2: the show. I would do ten minutes on this. I
Speaker 2: can't think of anybody and I've met the guy. I
Speaker 2: can't think of anybody less funny than Sean Hannity. I
Speaker 2: looked for clips, haven't found clips again. Busy Show. I
Speaker 2: didn't dig that hard. All I can tell you is
Speaker 2: the description. It was a night of liberty, laughs, and
Speaker 2: a whole lot of winning only on Fox Nation. So
Speaker 2: if you're like boy a Sean Hannity comedy special Fox Nation.
Speaker 2: And also, we cannot ignore Elmo. On The Daily Show,
Speaker 2: John Stewart told Daily Show viewers Monday night that his original,
Speaker 2: well designed, articulate episode had to be scrapped because Elmo
Speaker 2: had lost his bleeping mind. I don't know if you
Speaker 2: saw the Elmo Twitter account was presumably hacked. Some very
Speaker 2: very terrible things came out of that account. John Stewart said,
Speaker 2: this is what happens when you go too long without
Speaker 2: tickling Elmo. Elmo was the guest on The Daily Show.
Speaker 2: Elmo admitted, I'm not going to do a half assed
Speaker 2: Elmo here. John Stewart did in the bit Elma wasn't ACKed,
Speaker 2: it was Elmo, but Elmo was radicalized by the manisphere.
Speaker 2: Elmo was part of the male loneliness epidemic. You see
Speaker 2: what happened was Elmo was doing his own research on
Speaker 2: flu shots. Six hours later, because of the algorithm, Elmo
Speaker 2: was moderating the QAnon discord chat and building homemade bombs.
Speaker 2: John Stewart told Elmo, don't blame the algorithm. Elmo said,
Speaker 2: are you canceling Elmo? Once again the so called tolerant
Speaker 2: left policing speech that's inconvenience of their Wolke Dogma. Who's
Speaker 2: the real puppet now, John, Oh boy, that is a
Speaker 2: very long episode of Daily Comedy News for today. Now
Speaker 2: Tomorrow is all the stuff that I didn't even put
Speaker 2: in today's show. I could record tomorrow right now and
Speaker 2: do twenty minutes, but I'm not going to because I'm tired.
Speaker 2: See you tomorrow