Speaker 1: Callaroga Shark Media. Hi, there another busy one. I'm Johnny
Mack with your daily comedy news, daily briefing on stand
up comedy, comedians and the comedy industry. David Letterman did
a big piece in The New York Times with friend
of the show Jason Zenneman. Nice get by Jay Z
the Subhetterer. David Letterman no longer feels a sense of ownership,
but the program's former host has harsh words for the network.
The topic Steven Colbert's show coming to an end. By
the way, Colbert did a ton of press. Now I'm
holding on to all that for Colbert Week because we've
got the Netflix Festival to talk about this week. But
you know me and Dave, if Dave drops something, I'm
going to jump in on it. Jason asked Dave, Hey,
what were your first thoughts when you found out late
show was ending? David Letterman said, disbelief. Then it seemed
like a botched hold up. When we got the facts
about the Ellison family, it's a great delight in referring
to the principle as the Ellison twins. I was later
corrected and told it's just one guy. I didn't care
and I still don't hurt him as twins. There's also
the old Man, Larry, is it in fact? Larry Jason said, yes, Letterman,
as best I understand it, he invented the slinky and
the Ellison Twins are really hill. He's spending the old
Man's money. So that was what ran through my head
that I wondered, what the hell have they done to
Stephen Colbert? And I would say, farther down the list
is your point, Wait a minute, this used to be
my show. It's like driving by your old neighborhood and
realizing that where he used to live, they're putting up
an adult bookstore. They've said, time has separated me from
the genealogy of the show. On the other hand, if
there's outrage to be directed at management, either reel or imagined,
I'm all in, let's go. Does Dave believe they cancel
the Late Show over financial reasons? Dave said, they don't
share the books with me. All of television seems to
have been nick by digital communication and streaming platforms, and
on and on TV may not be the money machine
it once was. On the other hand, what about the
humanity for Steven and the humanity of people who love
him and the humanity for people who still enjoyed that
eleven thirty respite. He was jumped because the people who's
selling the network to sky Dan said, oh no, there's
not going to be any trouble with that guy. We're
going to take care of the show. We're just gonna
throw it into the deal. When well, the ink on
the check dry. I'm just going to go on record
as saying they're lying. This is David Letterman speaking. Let
me just add one other thing, Jason, they're lying. Weasels.
I love that, the article said. As to comment, a
spokesperson for CBS said unequivocally a financial decision that he
apparently did not respond to the weasel comment or The
Times chose not to overprint their response to the weasel comment.
The topic switched to Byron Allen's Comics Unleashed David Letterman
til The Times. I was recently driving around on an
interestate and all I would see with these rental blazes
where we could store your stuff, And I just thought
these didn't used to exist. You used to have to
be responsible for your own stuff. But now everywhere you
look there's warehouses and rental facilities, and I think that's
not a bad parallel for what's happening in network television.
We now have this, but we're just going to lease
it to Byron Allen and you'll make penny us on
every dollar or whatever he's making. But you know, everything
changes in life as people of a certain age understand
both good and bad. He's been more wildly successful than
any hundred of us. I periodically talk to him, and
neither he nor I understand how he became a billionaire.
God bless him. Tell let's seeb to hell with skydancewer
to help with the Winslow Twins or whoever the hell
these guys are. But Byron he'll still be providing comedy
in that time period. I think that's a valuable bit
of resolution. Here, hold on to a little bit more
of that for next week. Normally this would be your
top story. Louis c K gets standing ovation at raunchy
comeback show during Netflix Comedy Festival. This from the Hollywood Reporter.
He not so canceled. Louis c K took the stage
in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. By the way, if
you keep noticing, I keep saying Los Angeles that's a
lettermanism than I am absolutely appropriating. The Hollywood Reporter says
the Hollywood Bowl was seventy five percent full, mostly of
male fans in their twenties and thirties who came to
life when Louis Cik started. After four opening acts, Louis
apparently never addressed the misconduct allegations. Are they allegations? Quoting
the hollyd Reporter, the women alleged that he masturbated in
front of them or on the phone with him. C
K later admitted to the behavior unquote, So that's not
an allegation if he admitted to it, right, not really
to the point maybe, but they're not allegations. If you
said I did it, John, we're leging that you. Hosted
Daily Comedy News Today, TK open up about his dating life,
revealing he has a girlfriend and believes in dating women
his own age. He quote from CK is, if you
date young women, there's pressure sexually. But the women in
my age, I'm like, do you wanna, you know, do stuff?
She's like nah, And I'm like, yeah, good, And if
you do, there's no condoms. He later mused, I think
it's crazy that it's legal for me to date eighteen
year old. That's fed up. That's forty years difference. You
shouldn't have sex with somebody if the years between you
would be the age of a woman who can't get
pregnant naturally. BK got a standing ovation at the end
of the set. He said, that was my last show,
last time telling those jokes, and I'm really happy I
got to tell them to you. Thank you very much
for coming. Thank you to Netflix. I really appreciate the
gig I did see on Threads. One of the comedian
whose name gets dragged into the K news cycle said,
please stop asking her about it. So I'm not going
to say her name, nor am I going to ask
her about it. But I did feel bad for her.
She said, the press keeps reaching out to her. He
has me blocked on Twitter for some reason. I think
I must have used her name in a headline, not
blocked by her on Threads. Whatever beside hers headline, what
Louis K's Netflix is a joke comeback says about the
sad state of our culture. In twenty twenty six, Sean
McCarthy writes Louis c K didn't received consent from many
of the women he exposed themselves to over the years,
and yet Netflix eagerly consented not only to showcase the
comedian at the Hollywood Bull but also to prevent his
forthcoming a ridiculous special on the streaming platform. Is anyone
actually surprised but this turn of events in twenty twenty six.
Before you come at me, please know that my disappointment
at this point is no longer so much at Louis c.
K as it is with the system. It's the system
that continues to fail us, even more now than a
comedy hero may have failed you or me in the
recent past. It's giving down. The media has also failed us,
whether by negligence or laziness. In reports of his new
Netflix deal in Hollywood Ball, Performance, Variety claims he quotes
mostly disappeared from the public eye for a few years
before returning unquote, while the Holly Reporter said his new
Netflix deal quote here's to mark a churning point for
the comedian who'd been exiled from many mainstream comedy spaces unquote.
The side of writes for Netflix says, with so many
others in our capitalist society, there's no moral code, only
a look at the financial bottom line, and only then
in terms of how decisions impact the c suite and
the shareholders, not the subscribers, although the press releases will
tout how subscribers vote with their views. And if Dave
Chappelle and Ricky Gervais could generate such high ratings while
trolling us by tracking in transphobia, then why should they
leave the potential profits of a new Louis c K
special off the platform? But again, it's not just about
c K. Christalia remains disgraced fallowing revelations of his improprieties
with underage fans, writes to Cider, and yet several of
his specials are back on Netflix now. Pucker Carlson started
a book in print and probably gave a deal to
Russell Brands giving ahead. C K couldn't apologize last year,
but he could promote his novel with Bill marn Bank
riches from the Saudi royal family by performing at the
Rion Comedy Festival, and he could write this new hour
of material that his ending his tour with in Hollywood
and filming for Netflix. Might the real amends come then
or thereafter giving a head Again, What matters now and
still is whether or not he can make an honest
amends to the people he's directly harmed. Whether or not
they accept his efforts is beside the point. For us
and for him, all the noise around it is just ridiculous.
Dave Chappelle brought Kanye West on stage. A source tells TMZ.
This happened at the Comedy Store. Kanye did not perform,
but made a quick appearance at the end of the night.
Dave had already done a full set. He brought Kanye
out until the crowd Kanye West has lost more money
than I've ever made, DMZ says. The crowd cheer did
Kanye loudly. He got a full standing ovation and as
he joined Dave. The lineup that night was Shane Gillis,
Chris Rock, and Louis c k. That's not a bad
show there, Dave Chappelle at a club. The roast of
Kevin Hart is Sunday night. Now. I was on the
Netflix site on Wood's Day Thursday, Wednesday morning. Even the
Netflix site had no information about who's on. And I
don't mean like there was an absence of information. They
even had the phrase like stay tuned, We'll let you
know here. I should check that hold on. Okay, it
is ten twenty on Wednesday, and this page was update
on May fifth, sixteen hours ago. Says the time stamp,
and there's some FAQs. I'm on Netflix dot com, Slash
to them, Slash Features, Slash the Hyphen, Roast, Hyphen of
Kevin Hart, Love and Netflix the FAQs. What time is
the Roast of Kevin Heart? The Rest of Kevin Hart
streams live globally on Netflix on Sunday May tenth at
five West eighth East. What's the lineup for the Roast
of Kevin Hart? Now? This is Netflix's site. So far,
the only confirmed stars to appear are Heart and Gillis,
but be sure to check back on TODAM for updates
as the event gets closer. That's a little weird, right
that we don't know who's performing. I was catching up
on Funny AF. I didn't watch any of the live
events yet because I'm kind of a week behind, and
I'm actually enjoying it as a comedy competition. It's the
good version of it, so I didn't want to skip ahead.
I did see some people saying during the semi finals
on Monday night that Chris Rock appeared not into it
at all. Speaking of Kevin Hart. TMZ acquired video of
the Rock being stopped by the police for having a
tinted window on his car. Paparazzi caught Kevin Hart walking
by Miami's car Bone Beach Club. Kevin Hart was asked
if he was responsible for calling the cops on the Rock.
Kevin Hart said, was I either one that called the
cops on the Rock? No, but I would. I often
would because he's a piece of crap. That's why we'll
circle back to Netflexi in a bit. Some other stuff
in the news. Zach alifan Akis has criticized comedian podcasters
who have interviewed Donald Trump without challenging Donald Trump. We
reminded that Donald Trump has appeared on podcasts including The
Joe Er of a Experience Andrew Schultz. The O. Vaughn
Zach told Conan O'Brien, all the podcasters that have had
the President on now, they don't do the court jester.
They don't do it. They suck up to him. That's
not the job of a comedian. You are to challenge,
you are to make uncomfortable. You're not to sit there
and fake laugh. That is not the job of the
court jester period. Meanwhile, Andrew Schultz and Charlemagne the God
not Seeing I too. I This happened on the Brilliant
Idiots podcast. Darlamagine said the brutality of Trump's legal immigration
crackdown could be a motivating factor for someone wanting to
do See I don't need to visit from men in
sunglasses to do something really bad to a famous person
who used to host a game show on NBC. Schultz said,
are you saying was justified because of that? Charlemagne said no, no.
Charla Maaine said, we have to deal with the reality
that some of Trump's policies have hurt people so much
that some folks are willing to risk at all. Schultz said, well,
now you're justifying it, Charlotmagne, I'm not justifying. It's just
a reality you have to deal with. I think it
would be remiss not to take a step back and
not just of conversations about violent rhetoric. Let's just talk
about violent policies that people have been watching over the
last year and a half. I know a lot of
people have been hurt by those policies, and some of
those people are willing to risk at all because to
your point earlier, they have nothing to lose Andrew Schultz,
who on June twenty third, twenty twenty five, got a
headline from The New York Times where they wrote, Andrew
Schultz podcast bro might be America's foremost political journalist. I
have to keep looking back at this to make sure
that this is not the onion. This is a real
thing that the New York Times printed somehow Anyway, the
man who might be America's foremost political journalists said, sure, sure,
but I guess what I'm saying is it's wrong to
do that. Treler made said, I'm not saying it's right.
We have to deal with the reality. The possible America's
foremost political journalist said, but you and I both know
from knowing people that are crazy that it actually doesn't
take that much to get actual crazy people to do things.
As you can hear, it is a busy day. I
was surprised. Right before I sat down, just for laugh
sent out an email blast and you know, and I
love the JFL guys, but they announced a whole bunch
of new shows and I was like, why would you
do that this week? Wait till next week, because the
Netflix is going to dominate you. I mean you're up
against all these things, plus the whole Colbert media tour.
I thought it was an oddly timed email. I don't
have time for today. We'll get to it on Monday.
Some things for you to listen to. Jimmy Carr is
the guest on Josh Zepp's podcast SZEPS. That's a great
podcast that I like listening to, and it's linked to
in my substack. That's a free substack I write once
a week link in the show notes, but it's mcdee
pod on substack. Also, Robert Smigel is on the Late
Nighter podcast. They also did a really good roundtable episode
about the end of Cold where but Smigel's really good.
There was a comment in the Facebook group. I know
who wrote the comment, but I want to get the
person in trouble with Smigel. But the thought was that
Smigel seemed a little, uh, not really into the conversation
early on and then warmed up. And I kind of
caught the same thing. It just seemed like Smigel didn't
want to talk about some things, but then got into it.
It's a very good listen. Dave Chappelle performs the first
of his three shows at the Hollywood Palladium tonight as
part of the Netflix Festival. Deadline is excited to see
Moe a mayor. He's at the Orphium at seven pm.
Moe is now a contributor on the Daily Show. LA
Times asked Will Smith, not that guy, the one from
the La Dodgers. A dozen slab people. They asked that
Will Smith about Dodgers Comedy Knight. Who is the funniest
player on the Dodgers. The clubhouse consensus is Keky Hernandez.
Dodgers Comedy Knight is a fundraiser for the Catching Hope Foundation,
launched by Will Smith, not that one, the other one
and his wife, not that one, the other one to
equipped to aversk youth with skills and leadership and self sufficiency. Boy,
if anybody had a sense, if you humor, Chris Rock
should show up and Will Smith should slap him. Will Smith,
not that one. The other one said. I was definitely
a little anxious because you have to get up there
and give a little speech, which I enjoy. Now, this
is not the first Dodger's coming. Tonight kind of took
me back to my high school days. We have to
give a speech in front of the whole school. It
was a little worrisome. It was fine, It was fun
once I got up there, Will Smith, not that one.
The other one says, I'm not saying too many jokes,
maybe one. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts compared Will Smith, not
that one, the other one to John Lovettz, who said
John Lovitz's comedian, and he has that dry humor. So
there you go. Will has that dry humor. Time out.
Is excited to go see the legend of Crystal Shell.
Crystal Shell is Kristin Shall. Kristin is that Dynasty typewriter
tonight eight o'clock. You may know her is the voice
of Louise on Bob's Burgers. You know my thoughts on
that hoax? Like times, is excited to see Nate Jackson
at the Laugh Factory at ten pm. They write, though
plenty of comics of you. Crowd work is another part
of the job. Nate Jackson has made it the springboard
to a career. If you feel like being made into
a human smore, go ahead and make sure you're somewhere
in his line of vision when he gets on stage
at a Laugh Factory. They're also excited to go see
the are you garbage guys. They're at the Belasco at
seven o'clock and Jay Yang Summers is at Pacific Electric
at seven. They say dark humor means something different to
a woman who narrowly escaping thrown in the Dumbstars of Baby,
A survivor of China's one child policy in the nineties
before coming to America, Joying Summers specializes in jokes too
brutal for the average American psyche, delivered with sweetness that
makes the punchlines even more shocking. Oh Yeah, Big One Tonight,
Night of Too Many Stars, Smigel and Friends, Hollywood Bowl
seven point thirty. Guests include Bill Burdback from the Red
Comedy Festival, Nicki Glazer She Hates Press, Conan O'Brian, Steve Carell,
Ron Funches, Tiffany Hattish, Jimmy Kimmel, Leanne Morgan, John Mulaney,
Kevin Neil and Bob Odenkirk, Matt Riife, dramatic actor Adam Sandler,
Comedy Survivor winner, Sarah Silverman, Ali Wang, Noah Wiley famous comedian,
and many more. If that doesn't float your boat, Big
Night Tonight, Killed Tony at the Intuit Dooms seven o'clock
and that's just what other people spotlighted. Let me click
on the schedule proper here and see what else is
going on. Still man about the flight of the concords
adding three shows. I didn't throw them into Google today.
Let me see if there's any line of the concords.
This is how the show gets put together. I type
as I speak to you. No, nothing yet, not even
to mention that they added all the shows. Okay, Thursday,
May seventh, Let's see what I haven't mentioned. Wanda Sykes
is at the Dolby at seven nine, Saving Los Angeles
with Tim Dillon and the cast of Selling Sunset and
Selling the OC that's at the Wildered like Tim Dillon.
That feels like a little much. At the United Theater
on Broadway at nine forty five, Sammurill, Jordan Jensen, Joe listen,
Rachel Feinstein. That's pretty good show if you're just in
like comedy comedy. I don't need a like super all
star show. At the montabonn David Letterman with Martin Short
seven o'clock, low ticket warning on that one. A lot
of these not sold out. One that is sold out
theater at all with John Marcos Serresi He's at the
Regent at seven. Again, it's easier to sell out a
small theater than the Hollywood Bowl. Matt Rice at the
Comedy Store Main Room at seven. That one is sold out,
just added at the Laugh Factory Lavelle Crawford Rhys Derby's
The Legend Returns is sold out at the Allegion at
seven o'clock. I wonder if the Concords will stop by
that one. They seem to have a night off. Haitlyn
Palufo at west Side at eight o'clock. Probably some heat
on her coming off the Kevin Hart thing, and a
whole bunch of others that I didn't tell you about.
It's a pretty busy Thursday at the Netflix, is a
joke at Comedy Festival, and oh my goodness, I'm just
looking at the raw time here before I make all
the edits and clean up the stumbles. I'm at twenty
six minutes, which is very long for a raw file here,
So I'm going to stop talking and see you tomorrow.