Speaker 1: Callaroga Shark Media Johnny Mack with your daily comedy news
Speaker 1: both today and tomorrow. Pretty robust for the weekend. Tons
Speaker 1: of news. We're in this little comedy cycle now where
Speaker 1: we've had Melaney Burr and coming up on Tuesday, Bird
Speaker 1: Chrysler special. So plenty to talk about in the next
Speaker 1: few days into all of next week. Actually, Bill Burr
Speaker 1: caught up with NPR. I'll drop in and out of
Speaker 1: a half assed Bill Burr impression here and not impression,
Speaker 1: but I try and capture his bite. You know, he'll
Speaker 1: speaking short said, it's this little bit at us, So
Speaker 1: I'll do that. In and out Bill tails NPR. He
Speaker 1: traces some of his rage and his dark humor to
Speaker 1: the emotional abuse he experienced as a child in Massachusetts.
Speaker 1: Bill said, every way that you can be abused as
Speaker 1: what I'm talking about, I don't know if you can
Speaker 1: ever undo things that were done to you. He realized
Speaker 1: at an early age if he could make people laugh,
Speaker 1: he was less likely to get hurt. Since then, he's
Speaker 1: tried therapy and silo they've been aka magic mushrooms as
Speaker 1: a way of dealing with the past. He says both
Speaker 1: helps and lately has felt lighter on stage. Let me
Speaker 1: jump in here there is clearly let me back up.
Speaker 1: I posted this on the Facebook group Pretty Daily Comedy
Speaker 1: News podcast group. A few things. As I've aged, I
Speaker 1: have increasingly been using the phrase many things can be
Speaker 1: true at once. For example, one, we should all try
Speaker 1: to be a better person today than we were yesterday.
Speaker 1: Absolutely true. Two, many things can be true at once.
Speaker 1: There appears to be some sort of PR campaign right
Speaker 1: now to let us know that Bill Burr is a
Speaker 1: better man than he was yesterday, and that he softened
Speaker 1: and he's changed or whatever, that he can dial the
Speaker 1: rage on and off. That is in every messaging I've
Speaker 1: seen for this current promotional cycle. And again go back
Speaker 1: to point one. I think we should all try and
Speaker 1: be better people. But I'm noticing the PR campaign is
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. I'm not saying it's a bad thing.
Speaker 1: I'm just telling you i'm noticing it. Bir said that
Speaker 1: whole myth that you can't be happy and still be
Speaker 1: funny's a myth. I'm a mess of a human being still,
Speaker 1: this far into life. That is my existence to day,
Speaker 1: week to week, month a month. It's just what it is.
Speaker 1: But it makes for good comedy. If you want to
Speaker 1: hear a good, solid hour bilburt Is on Terry Gross's
Speaker 1: Fresh Air, you can grab that as a podcast. He
Speaker 1: talked about the mushrooms and said, I started tripping and
Speaker 1: it was goofy and I was laughing. I was like, Wow,
Speaker 1: this is wild. And then all of a sudden, like
Speaker 1: this feeling came over me and I couldn't really figure
Speaker 1: out what it was. It was this profound sense of loneliness.
Speaker 1: I think I asked the question, which really is a
Speaker 1: cool thing to do when you're on mushrooms, to kind
Speaker 1: of say, what are you trying to tell me? And
Speaker 1: it's weird, like the answer just sort of comes. The
Speaker 1: answer is basically, this is how you felt growing up.
Speaker 1: It's the weirdest thing. For like a week after, I
Speaker 1: was who I would have been if all this stuff
Speaker 1: didn't happen to me. It was like this honeymoon phase.
Speaker 1: This euphoria made me want to become a better person,
Speaker 1: made me want to fix my life. So seven days
Speaker 1: of that, oh my god, I'm not angry anymore. I
Speaker 1: felt this lightness in my chest. But then after seven
Speaker 1: days the anger came back tenfold, and then I had
Speaker 1: to work through that. That was only like a three
Speaker 1: week thing, because I kind of saw who I could be.
Speaker 1: Bill has asked about some of his early career jokes
Speaker 1: about women. Bill said, if you watched my earlier stand up,
Speaker 1: all that crap that I said had nothing to do
Speaker 1: with women. It had to the fact with it. I
Speaker 1: didn't know how to get on with my life that
Speaker 1: I wanted to get married, I wanted to be in love,
Speaker 1: I wanted to have kids, and I didn't know how
Speaker 1: to do it. I didn't understand what my problem was,
Speaker 1: and I didn't know how to fix it. One of
Speaker 1: my biggest fears when I was on her comic and
Speaker 1: I looked at older comics and never got married, never
Speaker 1: had kids. They were still doing shows and then hanging
Speaker 1: out afterwards, trying to pick up chicks at the end
Speaker 1: of it, and I was like, oh my god, I
Speaker 1: don't ever want to be that guy. I wanted to
Speaker 1: get married at twenty six and I have like five
Speaker 1: or six kids, but I didn't know how to do it.
Speaker 1: Good stuff there, We'll pick at that over the next
Speaker 1: few days. Brad Paisley Country Music Store. He's doing a
Speaker 1: comedy benefit at Zany's in Nashville on April thirteenth to
Speaker 1: benefit a free grocery store he operates with his wife.
Speaker 1: That store is called The Store. The show was called
Speaker 1: Groceries with Dignity Comedy Without. Brad says, it's such an
Speaker 1: amazing event in terms of the fact that comedy for
Speaker 1: charity is my favorite way to raise money for anything.
Speaker 1: Most charity events are too long. Most of them are
Speaker 1: asking a lot of people that attend. You're asking for money,
Speaker 1: you're asking for time. You usually feed them a badly
Speaker 1: catered meal. There's an auction that takes too long. None
Speaker 1: of that is part of this. This is literally what
Speaker 1: we call it. Groceries with Dignity Comedy Without. The Store
Speaker 1: is a nonprofit organization that offers a free referral based
Speaker 1: grocery restored at Nasville Families with Food Insecurity. They open
Speaker 1: up their first location in twenty twenty. Last fall, I
Speaker 1: reveal plans for a second store. Brad said, we really
Speaker 1: thought this would take off, and it's great to see
Speaker 1: that it did. No details yet on who's appearing. The
Speaker 1: date is April thirteenth. Doors open five point fifteen, show
Speaker 1: starts at six. It said. Zani's in Nashville. Ticket price
Speaker 1: two hundred fifty dollars general admission. Before you're like two
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty dollars, please remember it's a fundraiser. I
Speaker 1: don't know what's going on at Amazon. George Lopez's special
Speaker 1: came and went, and I didn't see any press about it.
Speaker 1: So as I was putting the show together, I saw, oh,
Speaker 1: Eliza Slessenger spoke to the La Times because her special
Speaker 1: came out last Tuesday. Now, aside from that, I suck
Speaker 1: and I'm terrible at podcasting, and I don't know how
Speaker 1: to put a show together. I do every single day,
Speaker 1: type in the words even if I don't record, I
Speaker 1: type in the words comedy and comedian into Google, and
Speaker 1: I visit five six seven websites. And I didn't say
Speaker 1: a thing about Eliza's special coming out, or I would
Speaker 1: have mentioned it. Somehow fell off my radar. Also, what
Speaker 1: I normally do is if I don't know if Joe
Speaker 1: Comedian announces as special on June sixth, I work off
Speaker 1: an app called agenda. And what I will do is
Speaker 1: I will start a file labeled June sixth, and I
Speaker 1: will put in there Joe Comedian Special out on surface today,
Speaker 1: and that way, when the day rolls around, I know
Speaker 1: it's there. Eliza came and went so Amazon, I don't
Speaker 1: know what's going on. You make the Hulu publicists look awesome.
Speaker 1: Haley Times asked Eliza the title of your special, which
Speaker 1: apparently came out last Tuesday, A Different Animal is an
Speaker 1: aggressive title, but it also seems like it's got a
Speaker 1: bunch of layers to it. How do you think the
Speaker 1: title relates to your comedy? Eliza said, I wanted to
Speaker 1: do something that was very me, but also my comedy
Speaker 1: is a little bit of force, that aggression built into it.
Speaker 1: But I did want to sort of announce that I'm
Speaker 1: on this new platform, Prime Video, and I think what
Speaker 1: I bring as a performer is different. Every comic should
Speaker 1: feel that they're bringing something unique. Otherwise, why are you
Speaker 1: an artist? In a literal way? My comedy is a
Speaker 1: different animal because I do these animal sounds during my show,
Speaker 1: and I'm very theatrical, and what I do this is
Speaker 1: different comedy than what you might get somewhere else. I
Speaker 1: think I create a very special product. She then talks
Speaker 1: about putting on a show and says somebody came up
Speaker 1: with having Eliza and big letter behind me because the
Speaker 1: ideas you're watching this and just in case you forget
Speaker 1: who you're watching. We always wanted it to be on screen,
Speaker 1: and I wanted to be fun and polished and visually appealing.
Speaker 1: I thought about doing everything in white, and Amazon was like,
Speaker 1: that's gonna be a little hard to watch the whole time.
Speaker 1: They're like, you should be the whitest thing about your set.
Speaker 1: She explains, I'm the first one to perform in leggings
Speaker 1: and sneakers when I'm on tour, but for a special
Speaker 1: it should be special. Ela Times said, having seen around
Speaker 1: town in La you do multiple sets to night and
Speaker 1: you're very focused, stressed down, and very inconspicuous. What's your
Speaker 1: mentality when you're in that mode? Eliza said, I believe
Speaker 1: in loving the work, so when I go out at night,
Speaker 1: I'm there to get something out of it. Always do
Speaker 1: the set, even if you don't feel well, even when
Speaker 1: you're tired. If there's no real reason to stay home,
Speaker 1: like if you have flu, maybe okay, stay home, don't
Speaker 1: spread it around or due I think maybe COVID was
Speaker 1: started by a bunch of male comics just breathing on
Speaker 1: a microphone, but I'm there to do work, and I'm
Speaker 1: there to find all the little weak points. I'm there
Speaker 1: to find new things. I'm there to find tags. So
Speaker 1: if I'm not on the road, I'll get up like
Speaker 1: two three times a night. I don't do three sets
Speaker 1: as often as I used to you because by the
Speaker 1: third set, even if it's only a twenty minute set,
Speaker 1: I'm still like, did I already say this to you?
Speaker 1: Or was that the other club boy? I know that feeling,
Speaker 1: especially when I record by out of sequence, I'm like,
Speaker 1: did I say this one yet? I either can't remember
Speaker 1: if I've told the story or if I've told the
Speaker 1: story two days from now, if you know what I mean. Plus,
Speaker 1: I also host the weekly comedy thing on the Live
Speaker 1: one app and some stories get done here and there,
Speaker 1: and it usually happens when I'm recording that show. I'm like,
Speaker 1: did I say this already? I feel like I did
Speaker 1: this one already. I try and keep good notes, Eliza said,
Speaker 1: I try to get up a few times a night
Speaker 1: because I don't write anything down, so it's all in
Speaker 1: my head. And so for me, it's about retaining remembering
Speaker 1: the muscle memory of what gonna laugh last time? The
Speaker 1: only times thought it was crazy that she doesn't write
Speaker 1: anything down. She said, I write down like a word,
Speaker 1: like I'll say gello, and then that's my mental cue
Speaker 1: to remember the entire bit. Even though my memory feel
Speaker 1: shot since becoming a mom. I'm a big believer in
Speaker 1: the repetition that is the workout. So I'll do a
Speaker 1: lot of shows where I riff. If you come see
Speaker 1: me in Hollywood, chances are I'm making up like a
Speaker 1: third of what I'm saying there, and then I feel
Speaker 1: like whatever's good sticks, and that's how we arrive at
Speaker 1: the hour Gavie Igleacias got his hands in the cement
Speaker 1: over at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Gabe said,
Speaker 1: the emotions are going, It's very overwhelming. He paid tribute
Speaker 1: to other Latino entertainers who came before him with a
Speaker 1: shirt featuring photos of Vincente Fernandez, Chess Burrito, Desi, Ornez,
Speaker 1: John Like Guizamo, George Lopez, and Freddie Prinz. Gabe said,
Speaker 1: I thought, if I could find a way, how do
Speaker 1: you say a lot without saying anything? So I had
Speaker 1: this shirt made to showcase this. I love it. I
Speaker 1: spent my childhood coming down here with my family. So
Speaker 1: the fact that I'm here now means a lot, not
Speaker 1: just me, but being Mexican. It's like, this guy can
Speaker 1: do it, why can't I do it? Everybody is a dream?
Speaker 1: What's your dream? And what are you doing to make
Speaker 1: it happen? People are mad at Jennifer Huts and she
Speaker 1: did a promo about her guest, Kevin Hart. They put
Speaker 1: out picture out on social media. You see Jennifer's why
Speaker 1: the queen's accent came out there? Uh drop the accent.
Speaker 1: You see Jennifer smiling brightly in the frame where you
Speaker 1: can only see Kevin Hart from the forehead and up.
Speaker 1: One person on social media said, for the first time
Speaker 1: in my life, I have felt secondhand disrespect. Johnny. You
Speaker 1: never talk about John Mlanie. I know right. Late Nighter
Speaker 1: had a cute story. David Letterman has given an Emmy
Speaker 1: statue that Letterman won for him. My next guest needs
Speaker 1: no introduction. He gave it to John m'laney's father, who
Speaker 1: appeared in the episode that won the award. Lanie's father
Speaker 1: recently got a package from Lenorman. Dave wrote a note,
Speaker 1: I found this extra Ammy in a closet. I told
Speaker 1: the kids. Let's give it to Chip, So here you go.
Speaker 1: I hope you love it the way television people love it,
Speaker 1: and it's solid gold. Spinal Tap two The End continues
Speaker 1: a sequel to the nineteen eighty four This Is Spinal
Speaker 1: Tap is heading to theaters this fall. September twelfth is
Speaker 1: the date, once again, directed by Rob Reiner. Spinal Tap
Speaker 1: two the n continues as Christopher Guest, Michael mckeinn and
Speaker 1: Harry Shearer, all in their original roles as one of
Speaker 1: England's loudest bands. The plot this time spoiler spinal Tap
Speaker 1: is reuniting after fifteen years for one final concert. Reyner
Speaker 1: returns as Marty de Bergie, the documentarian who folls them
Speaker 1: on tour making Cameo Zelton, John Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks,
Speaker 1: Trisha Yearwood and the New Zealand International Comedy Festival has
Speaker 1: announced their lineup. The festival will take over Auckland and
Speaker 1: Wellington throughout the month of May over one hundred and
Speaker 1: fifty comedians, delivering more than six hundred live performances. Some
Speaker 1: of the comedians Nish Kumar, whose name has been coming
Speaker 1: up a lot lately, comedian and podcast host Olga Kach
Speaker 1: Australia stand up and presenter, Becky Lucas, TV writer Adam Kaye,
Speaker 1: also Jen Brister, Laura lex here Shaw, Sarah Keatworth and Moore,
Speaker 1: UK comedians making their way to New Zealand. Lucas will
Speaker 1: host the Best Comedy Show on Earth at the sky
Speaker 1: City Theater, presenting an evening of hilarious comedy from a
Speaker 1: selection of crowd favorites and rising stars. Closing out the
Speaker 1: festival is Last Laughs, hosted by Eli Mathewson, also at
Speaker 1: sky City Theater. And that is your comedy news for today.
Speaker 1: Before we go, I just wanted to touch on one
Speaker 1: thing that's been creeping up a little bit, specifically in
Speaker 1: the Apple podcast reviews. Some people don't seem to enjoy
Speaker 1: the feed drops that you get on Apple podcasts that
Speaker 1: say you may also like and then you get an
Speaker 1: episode of something. Let me just be transparent here. So
Speaker 1: why did I start this podcast? A few reasons. One,
Speaker 1: I was already hosting the Weekly Comedy Thing. That's a
Speaker 1: weekly show I host on the Live One app. I'm
Speaker 1: paid to host that show. I put the show together
Speaker 1: and I was noticing increasingly as they put the show together,
Speaker 1: I had all this extra material, and I'm like, Eh,
Speaker 1: why don't I turn a podcast to that? So that's
Speaker 1: one two emotionally, and I've talked about this when I
Speaker 1: was serious. I built all these comedy channels. I put
Speaker 1: my heart and soul and I build this thing. It's
Speaker 1: super popular for ten years, and then I get tagged
Speaker 1: out because I got a new boss who wanted to
Speaker 1: hire his assistant from Philadelphia and I basically got fired
Speaker 1: for no reason, so kind of annoying. So emotionally, this
Speaker 1: show you're listening to right now, it's mine. It's not
Speaker 1: for sale. You can't have it. I'm not going to
Speaker 1: sell it to you. Maybe it sucks, maybe you hate it.
Speaker 1: I don't think I hated if you're listening this far in,
Speaker 1: but it's mine. So emotionally, this is mine, right And
Speaker 1: then also I like to make money. Podcasting is my job.
Speaker 1: I'm making money off this and the other shows on
Speaker 1: Calaruga Shark Media, including Palace Intrigue and Five Good News Stories.
Speaker 1: We put out the shows, we put commercials in the middle.
Speaker 1: If you don't want the commercials, we have the premium subscription.
Speaker 1: Totally get it. But you know, I put a couple
Speaker 1: hours into this every day, specifically this one show, and
Speaker 1: it's nice to turn a buck. So the feed drops
Speaker 1: they pay really well, Like they pay really really well.
Speaker 1: I wish you could see my face right now. I'm
Speaker 1: looking at you in the ass going. It pays really well.
Speaker 1: So I get it. I personally, I listen on podecasts
Speaker 1: and I don't see those drops at all. They're specific
Speaker 1: to the Apple Podcasts app and they go in as
Speaker 1: bonus episodes. So if they're annoying you, Pockecast is a
Speaker 1: pretty good app. But like, I totally get it, and
Speaker 1: I hope you can understand where I'm coming from, all right,
Speaker 1: see tomorrow