WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:11.679 Callaroga Shark Media. Hello, Jenny Mack with your daily comedy news. 2 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:15.640 Taylor Tomlinson has a dream guest for her show After Midnight. 3 00:00:15.720 --> 00:00:19.879 The dream guest is Conan O'Brien. Taylor told CBS Mornings. 4 00:00:19.879 --> 00:00:21.960 I think he's one of the funniest people on and 5 00:00:22.039 --> 00:00:24.320 off stage and screen. I'd love to get him on 6 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:26.679 the show. Taylor says she has a lot of freedom 7 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:28.839 working that show. You're able to try new things and 8 00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:32.079 be weird, and our shows very weird. She explains. They 9 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:34.640 have a team of writers who prepare jokes for the guests, 10 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:37.240 but the format also allows for plenty of improvised moments. 11 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:39.640 Taylor says, I think people go in feeling so prepared 12 00:00:39.640 --> 00:00:41.759 that they feel ready to riff and do stuff off 13 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:44.479 the cuff as well. Taylor was trying to explain the 14 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:48.520 point system on the show. Gail King was confused until Taylor. 15 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:52.039 I don't understand the scoring system, Taylor said, and you shouldn't. 16 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:55.119 It's absolute nonsense. I'm giving away the points. If the 17 00:00:55.119 --> 00:00:57.159 points meant to anything, they wouldn't trust me with them. 18 00:00:57.520 --> 00:00:59.439 It's just me with a button. Her current tour is 19 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:02.119 called Say and explains I grew up at a church, 20 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:03.520 and so I have a lot to say about that, 21 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:05.920 both positive and the challenges of growing up that way. 22 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:08.439 I had a lot to work through and deconstruct over 23 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:10.159 the years, and I wanted people coming to other live 24 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:12.159 shows to know that it was a lot about that 25 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:15.560 election day Around the corner what happens with John Stewart 26 00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:17.840 on the other side of the election Late Night Er 27 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:20.239 thinks John will stick around, pointing out that de Look 28 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:23.000 is very happy behind the desk and totally in command. 29 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:25.799 As they call it. The once a week arrangement seems 30 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:29.000 to be working for everybody. John's taken all this well. 31 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:31.519 My feeling is this election will never end, So why 32 00:01:31.519 --> 00:01:33.239 would I leave? How could I leave? I won't be 33 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:35.519 allowed to leave until we're all ground to some sort 34 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:38.079 of calcified nubs. The one thing I will say is 35 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:40.280 I walked away nine years ago because I was burnt out, 36 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:43.519 and I don't feel that right now. I feel reinvigorated. Deal. 37 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:46.879 Hughlee finds that political jokes are low hanging fruit, but 38 00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:49.719 he had something to say about Elon musk Dl says, 39 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:52.599 when you're really, really rich, what do you buy media? 40 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:54.319 And why do you buy it? Because you want to 41 00:01:54.319 --> 00:01:56.280 control the narrative. You want to be so rich that 42 00:01:56.319 --> 00:01:58.920 you tell people what to think. As for Toyter, he says, 43 00:01:58.959 --> 00:02:02.480 instead of X should be three ks. Hughglee talked about 44 00:02:02.480 --> 00:02:05.159 reports that ex is struggling to make money. Even that 45 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:07.439 tells you how much money you have and how important 46 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:10.039 it is. I'll lose money to shape a narrative. I'll 47 00:02:10.039 --> 00:02:12.280 lose money to shape minds, to tell people what to think. 48 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:15.599 Like he's literally the chief of dispensing misinformation, the chief 49 00:02:15.639 --> 00:02:18.400 of it. He's ai all these kinds of things, he said, 50 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:20.439 all that kind of stuff. But that's how valuable having 51 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:24.240 information is, the access to information. Tim Meadows has gotten 52 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:26.199 a little more political and said it started when he 53 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:29.439 sold his Tesla. Tim explains, I love that car. It 54 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:31.680 was not an easy decision to go, Okay, I'm gonna 55 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:33.840 get rid of the best car I've ever driven? Why 56 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:36.759 do he sell it? Tesla? Ceo Elon Musk and his 57 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:40.479 donations to Trump's campaign, Tim says, I just thought it's 58 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:42.560 wild that this guy can donate that much money. But 59 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:44.439 when it comes down to it, he only has one vote, 60 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:46.199 just like me. We're equal in that way, so I 61 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:48.080 can't give forty million dollars or whatever it is. But 62 00:02:48.120 --> 00:02:50.319 I can give something, I'm gonna try to do more 63 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:53.319 than just give my limited donor amount. So he sold 64 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:56.280 the car. He used that money to fund a comedy 65 00:02:56.360 --> 00:02:59.840 Caucus event. These days, Tim is driving my old beat 66 00:02:59.879 --> 00:03:02.800 up Mercedes, which both my kids drove through high school. 67 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:06.639 It's a two thousand and seven two thirty Tim As 68 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:08.960 the political rhetorica's so ugly now, I was just thinking 69 00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:10.680 it'd be fun to have a political night where it's 70 00:03:10.919 --> 00:03:15.840 just comedy. Donald Rawling spoke to The Chicago Defender. Donnelle 71 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:18.280 explained why his tour is called the Black and Mild 72 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:20.240 Tour and says it was inspired by a bit of 73 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:23.520 conflict with the Chicago comedian who said my comedy wasn't hot, 74 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:26.159 calling it mild. It got me thinking, I don't even 75 00:03:26.199 --> 00:03:28.159 like hot sauce as much as I used to, thanks 76 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:30.960 to some digestive issues. But really it's more about making 77 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:33.919 comedy digestible. My style is sharp, but it's something everyone 78 00:03:33.960 --> 00:03:36.199 can enjoy. I'm not here to be disgusting or insulting, 79 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:38.080 so I took what was meant as an insult and 80 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:40.240 turned it into something that works for me. You'll get 81 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:42.800 a loud, fun performance with a diverse crowd at my shows. 82 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:45.840 Gang members, regular folks, everybody. It's become a brand that 83 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:48.560 reflects my style and people love it. Donell talked about 84 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:50.840 growing up in DC and said I wasn't the biggest 85 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:52.919 or most athletic kid. Growing up, I had to find 86 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:54.840 my way in other areas, and being funny became a 87 00:03:54.840 --> 00:03:56.919 defense mechanism. You're out in the schoolyard. If you don't 88 00:03:56.960 --> 00:03:59.080 know how to roast people, they had roast you. It 89 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:00.879 was survival in a way. But honestly, I never thought 90 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:03.039 about pursuing comedy as a career. Wasn't something I set 91 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:05.599 out to do. I was a military police officer in 92 00:04:05.639 --> 00:04:07.400 the Air Force, and when I got out, I was 93 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:09.800 waiting to become a DC police officer. I was a 94 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:12.199 security guard at a grocery store when this guy who 95 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:15.159 worked for a promotions company gave us free comedy show tickets. 96 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:17.480 Would go just for fun. But one day people started 97 00:04:17.519 --> 00:04:19.560 saying I should get on stage. The club owner challenged 98 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:21.240 me to perform. Next thing, you know, I'm up there. 99 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:23.399 Thirty three years later, I haven't looked back. I never 100 00:04:23.399 --> 00:04:25.160 gave myself a plan b or C. I just stuck 101 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:27.240 with it, stand up of all for me. Over time, 102 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:29.199 I realized it was more than just telling jokes. It 103 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:31.600 was about bringing characters to life and showing different size 104 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:34.079 of myself that eventually led me to acting. So no, 105 00:04:34.199 --> 00:04:36.160 I wasn't one of those comedians who always dreamed of 106 00:04:36.199 --> 00:04:38.560 doing this. Opportunities came my way. I recognized them and 107 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:41.040 went after them. If you want a good listen, check 108 00:04:41.079 --> 00:04:44.439 out Stavros Hawgaiz on Neil Brennan's Blocks podcast. I thought 109 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:49.439 Stavros was really honest about what his career and money 110 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:53.319 and what motivated him. A really thoughtful. He'd clearly done 111 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:55.480 some soul searching. He told Neil. I kind of was 112 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:57.600 always working towards the Netflix special because I was an 113 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:00.000 Internet guy. From first. It was just like was podcast guy, 114 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:01.480 then became a clips guy, and then it was like 115 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:04.040 I need one. My first TV credit is an hour 116 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:06.680 long Netflix special. I never had anything else, so I 117 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:08.160 was like, I need that, And once I got that, 118 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:10.240 I was like, all right, you did it. It's funny 119 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:12.199 how these things that don't help you that much get you, 120 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:14.639 like industry attention, like some list that I was well 121 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:16.519 past getting my agents were like, let's just get you 122 00:05:16.519 --> 00:05:18.759 on this. I was like, I'm so beyond that, but 123 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:20.560 you get that, and then some executives are like, oh, 124 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:22.600 I saw him on Vulture and it's like, I'm on 125 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:24.639 a list. I've been selling out theaters and I'm on 126 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:27.560 a list like people who just started doing comedy. Jimmy 127 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:30.639 Carr will host Last One Laughing at UK. It'll be 128 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:34.959 on Amazon in twenty twenty five six episodes. Jimmy Carr says, 129 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:37.279 I'm thrilled to be making Last One Laughing UK with 130 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:39.959 Prime Video Shorty deliver and if it doesn't, it will 131 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:41.920 leave the fun with your neighbors. Usually when I make 132 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:44.240 a TV show with ten brilliant comics, I'm expecting everyone 133 00:05:44.279 --> 00:05:46.319 have a bloody good laugh. But not in this series. 134 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:48.560 The Last One Laughing wins. It's a great format and 135 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:50.079 it's been a huge hit around the world. I can't 136 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:52.759 wait to see who cracks up first. When Matteo Lane 137 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:56.839 isn't doing comedy, he's eating pasta. He self describes as 138 00:05:56.879 --> 00:05:59.759 an Italian, Irish Mexican homosexual, and he brings all that 139 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:04.360 experience to his new cookbook, Your Pasta Sucks. Matteo says, 140 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:06.519 I started making things I knew how to make and 141 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:08.720 just chatting while I would cook on camera. Then people 142 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:11.120 started making my recipes. They were sending me pictures and 143 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:13.160 really letting me know that they were into it. Your 144 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:17.800 Pasta Sucks is part cookbook, part autobiography. Mateo explains, I'm 145 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:19.600 trying to let somebody know that if they don't know 146 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:21.879 how to do pasta, and then they're in the cookbook section, 147 00:06:22.240 --> 00:06:25.720 it probably implies that their pasta sucks. And two, I'm 148 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:27.240 trying to make a joke that this is a quote 149 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:30.160 unquote cookbook because I'm a comedian and the book is 150 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:32.839 a mix of stories and genuine recipes. It's not Martha 151 00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:35.639 Stewart with eight hundred and seventy recipes, including three hundred 152 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:39.120 and sixty recipes for Christini. It's fewer recipes, but the 153 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:41.519 ones I've chosen are authentic to my family, both in 154 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:45.240 Italy and the United States. Mateo explains the main component 155 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:47.560 for eating a perfect bowl of pasta is to be 156 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:50.319 eating that pasta in Rome. But if that's not an option, 157 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:53.279 it's really about taking pasta more seriously. Pasta's been sort 158 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:55.600 of watered down as it's traveled around the world, it's 159 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:58.079 seen as more of a fun sponge and everybody's obsessed 160 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:00.040 with the sauce. But when you go to Italy, the 161 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:02.920 pasta itself is the star. The shape of the pasta matters. 162 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:04.920 You have to care about flavoring it. You want to 163 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:07.600 treat cooking pasta almost like you would cooking a steak. 164 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:09.560 There are a lot of little things sitting under your 165 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:13.279 nose when it comes to cooking pasta that most people overlook. Meanwhile, 166 00:07:13.319 --> 00:07:16.399 The Vernon Morning Star cut up with Brent but he 167 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:19.879 has become a celebrity burger judge. He was at a 168 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:22.759 celebrity burger tasting event at the Vernon Lodge and said, 169 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:25.959 I was pretty keen. I'm a big burger guy. He 170 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:29.000 tried five of the twelve burgers in this year's challenge, 171 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:31.160 cutting each burger placed in front of him in half 172 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:33.680 to share with a local businessman. He tried the rest 173 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:35.800 of the burgers the next day before a stand up 174 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:39.560 comedy show. This was all for the Golden Burger Challenge, 175 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:42.680 where Vernon restaurants create a special burger with five dollars 176 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:46.480 from every burger sould donated to a local charity. Between bites, 177 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:51.160 But said they're all really good burgers, no overlap between them. Sometimes, 178 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:52.759 when they're given a lot of freedom to be creative, 179 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:54.680 they can almost step outside the bounds of what a 180 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:57.560 burger's supposed to be. But these are all burgers, but 181 00:07:57.600 --> 00:08:00.879 they're all very different from each other, and very And 182 00:08:00.959 --> 00:08:03.680 that is your comedy news for today. Are you hungry now? 183 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:06.240 I am. 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