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<v Speaker 1>Calorokashock Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with your daily

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<v Speaker 1>comedy news. Is gonna lead off today taking a look

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<v Speaker 1>at Vulture's best comedy specials of twenty twenty five. I

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<v Speaker 1>usually don't agree with them. It doesn't mean that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>right and there wrong, or they're right and I'm wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just a list. My list is just a list.

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<v Speaker 1>I will have my list for you on Saturday if

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<v Speaker 1>you're new to the show. When I do these list episodes,

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<v Speaker 1>when I'm commenting on other people's lists, I don't look

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<v Speaker 1>at them in advance. I like to react in the

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<v Speaker 1>moment to things so twofold from my own list. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to make sure I didn't forget anything. And a

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<v Speaker 1>good way to make sure you don't forget anything is

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<v Speaker 1>to look at someone else's list. So we'll jump in

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<v Speaker 1>the pool here. There are so many comedy specials I clearly,

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<v Speaker 1>and if you listen to your list, I don't see

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<v Speaker 1>them all. If you include the YouTube quote unquote specials

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<v Speaker 1>recorded to the chuckle hut, forget it, you'd never get

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<v Speaker 1>through it all. I do try to watch the majors

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<v Speaker 1>on the bigger streamers. So let's see what Vulture likes here,

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<v Speaker 1>and they probably got some screeners that I haven't been

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<v Speaker 1>able to get access to. I tried to reach out

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<v Speaker 1>to the HBO people to get a couple things and

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<v Speaker 1>just couldn't get anywhere. It's so hard to even get

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<v Speaker 1>through to a human. There was one website I was on.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like, who's recommending you to even log into

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<v Speaker 1>this press website? I was like, all right, relax, relax.

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<v Speaker 1>Vulture writes many of this year's best comedy special share

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<v Speaker 1>a reflective sense of mid career reconsideration. The most striking

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<v Speaker 1>of these is from Kamil Nanjianni, whose special Night Thoughts

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<v Speaker 1>allows him to reassess his career and relationship with comedy

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<v Speaker 1>after more than a decade away from regular stand up. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>here's a perfect example of what I'm talking about. It's

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<v Speaker 1>on Hulu and it's not out till December nineteenth, and

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<v Speaker 1>as we all know, the Hulu publicists will not get

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<v Speaker 1>back to me. So that's a good example of something

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<v Speaker 1>that's on a list that I haven't seen. Apparently it's

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<v Speaker 1>pretty good, according to Vulture, they write for other comedians.

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<v Speaker 1>The retrospective meditation is about grappling with existential dread rather

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<v Speaker 1>than non Gianni's focus on the trap of his external

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<v Speaker 1>public persona. They name check specials by Berbiglia, Maren Cameron, Esposito,

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Burr. Then they write Otsko at Kotska's Father on Earthquakes,

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<v Speaker 1>joke telling Business are also reflections on their comedic identities,

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<v Speaker 1>but they operate without the same wistful existentialism. Meanwhile, Steph

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<v Speaker 1>Tolev's filth Queen and Jordan Jensen's Take Me with You,

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<v Speaker 1>or a matched pair of specials on human debasement. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>jump in all right, they have at number ten Jordan

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<v Speaker 1>Jensen's Take Me with You from Netflix. They write, no

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<v Speaker 1>other comedy special this year accomplishes quite the same mixture

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<v Speaker 1>of emotion that Jordan Jensen's does. Jordan's appeal is how

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<v Speaker 1>transparent she can make the glass while peering into her

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<v Speaker 1>own brain, and there's no question that what's going on

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<v Speaker 1>in there is darker than most other comedians work right now,

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<v Speaker 1>up to and including Bill Burr's lengthy thoughts on death.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I'm checking my notes. I feel like I had

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<v Speaker 1>hit play on this and bailed on it. But I

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<v Speaker 1>also have in my best of list. Personally, I have

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<v Speaker 1>a section called not on list, and I don't see

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<v Speaker 1>that I wrote this down. I do think I hit

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<v Speaker 1>play on it and wasn't feeling it again, these are

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<v Speaker 1>just list so vultures. Number ten as Jordan Jensen's Take

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<v Speaker 1>Me with You. I've added it to my list of

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<v Speaker 1>things to put eyes on. At number nine, they have

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<v Speaker 1>earthquakes joke telling Business. I did not hit play on that.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll find that on Netflix. Just earthquakes not really my thing.

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<v Speaker 1>They write catchphrases or a high wire act. They deliberately

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<v Speaker 1>swim upstream against the current fashion for naturalism and stand

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<v Speaker 1>up sets. But the catchphrase in Earthquakes Joke Telling Business

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<v Speaker 1>is really canny. As he talks about his family, black fatherhood,

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<v Speaker 1>marriage and immigration politics, he keeps inserting the same pivot

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<v Speaker 1>line between each section. These ain't jokes. Number eight Ian

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<v Speaker 1>Edwards untitled on YouTube. Okay, see, I'm glad I'm doing

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<v Speaker 1>this list. This was not on my radar at all.

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<v Speaker 1>Great and I love this description. Ian Edwards reinvents no

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<v Speaker 1>comedy wheels in untitled. This is a YouTube special shot

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<v Speaker 1>at the comedy store where a guy stands next to

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<v Speaker 1>a stool tells jokes about relationships hotel check in lines

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<v Speaker 1>and gender reveal parties. I will add that to my

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<v Speaker 1>checkout list. Good job so far. Vulture. Number seven, they

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<v Speaker 1>have Bill Burr's Drop Dead Years. Absolutely no, it's Bill

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<v Speaker 1>Burr's worst special. I'm not even going to couch. It

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<v Speaker 1>is not his best, it's his worst. This is a

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<v Speaker 1>bad pick. This is one of the specials that makes

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<v Speaker 1>me say, Hulu is where you go to do your

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<v Speaker 1>comedy special when you're on the way down. So that

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<v Speaker 1>could be a warning for Kamil Nan Johnny as well.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't agree with you here on Bill Burr Vulture Road.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there anything better, sharper, more ticklish, or more thrilling

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<v Speaker 1>than Bill Burr doing comedy about he's slowly realizing that

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<v Speaker 1>he and everyone else will eventually die. Yeah, I can

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<v Speaker 1>name twenty five other specials this year that's better than that. Sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>I normally like Bill Burr specials. When that one. Number six,

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<v Speaker 1>they have Otsko at Kotska's Father on Hulu. I think

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<v Speaker 1>I have that one in my middle tier. I mean check, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I have that as number two in my middle tier.

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<v Speaker 1>And again I'll do my list next weekend. It's on Hulu.

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<v Speaker 1>I liked Otsco's previous special better than this one. That

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<v Speaker 1>seems to be the theme that I find with Hulari's specials.

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<v Speaker 1>They did pull out the best joke in the set,

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<v Speaker 1>which always seems to get pulled out. Otsco tells it better,

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<v Speaker 1>but she says, I asked my husband how to turn

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<v Speaker 1>on the washing machine, and that's how he realized that

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<v Speaker 1>he'd been doing the laundry all these years, which is

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<v Speaker 1>a great joke. And I got to take a break

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<v Speaker 1>at some point, so halfway seems to make sense. Be

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<v Speaker 1>right back. Taking a look at Vulture's Best comedy Specials

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<v Speaker 1>of twenty twenty five, at number five, they have Mark

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<v Speaker 1>Maren's Panicked, which I'm I'm gonna have at number one.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't see what's going to pass this. This is

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<v Speaker 1>peak Mark Marin was an HBO special. Vulture Rights. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not exactly Mark Maron's fault that he's become such a

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<v Speaker 1>great comedian for this moment in history. At another time,

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<v Speaker 1>a perpetually anxious comedian who can't keep from ranting about

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<v Speaker 1>his paranoid worries about the end of the world probably

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<v Speaker 1>would not feel like such a helpful guide to life.

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<v Speaker 1>Maren's new special speaks to a national mood better than

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<v Speaker 1>anyone else this year. I wonder why they have this

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<v Speaker 1>so low. Number four, Cameron Esposito has Four Pills. I

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<v Speaker 1>do like Cameron a lot, but this one is on

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<v Speaker 1>dropout and I don't have dropout, so I haven't seen it.

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<v Speaker 1>Vulture says, calling Four Pills a special about the pandemic

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<v Speaker 1>is unfair. Cameron's New Hours about marriage, divorce to Spare

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<v Speaker 1>ag retrieval's mental health, and what it's like to discover

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<v Speaker 1>things about yourself after the age of forty. Number three,

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<v Speaker 1>they have Mike Birbigli as the Good Life. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>really dig what Birbiglia does. I do have it in

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<v Speaker 1>my middle tier at number five, and I wrote civilians

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<v Speaker 1>will like it. I'm a comedy snob and I don't

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<v Speaker 1>really like these shows that Birbigley does. It's just not

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<v Speaker 1>my style of thing. I get that people like it.

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<v Speaker 1>These are just lists, but this will not make my

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<v Speaker 1>top ten, Vulture says, given Birbiglia's track record, it's not

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<v Speaker 1>exactly a surprise to turn a New Hour and discover

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<v Speaker 1>a painstakingly crafted meditation on the meaning of life. But

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<v Speaker 1>it's still a magic trick every time it happens, and

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<v Speaker 1>by embracing a more casual mundanity, the good life sneaks

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<v Speaker 1>its way into the top tier of Verbiglia's work. See

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<v Speaker 1>I think that magic trick line. They're saying it as

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<v Speaker 1>a compliment. That's my problem. I just feel like it's

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<v Speaker 1>a performance. And I understand all these things are a performance.

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<v Speaker 1>But like when she and Gillis gets up there and

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<v Speaker 1>I understand these are written jokes and he's performing them, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I just feel like he checking and driving these of

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<v Speaker 1>the room. I always feel like Berbiglia is performing a

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<v Speaker 1>stage played. It's very, very crafted. It's just not my thing,

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<v Speaker 1>but fine. On number two they have stef Toolev's Filth Queen.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll find that on Netflix. I have that in my

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<v Speaker 1>personal not on list section. The title gives it away.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just not my thing. Vulture rights. Filth Queen does

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<v Speaker 1>exactly what it says on the tin. It is proudly

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<v Speaker 1>and thoroughly gross. Steff Toolev catalogs the many horrible qualities

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<v Speaker 1>of the human body with the care and consideration of

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<v Speaker 1>an obsessive collector. Each fort is treasured for its own uniqualities.

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<v Speaker 1>Et cetera, et cetera. Not my thing, not interested in that.

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<v Speaker 1>And they have number one Kamil Nanjianni's Night Thoughts again

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<v Speaker 1>on Hulu December nineteenth. Haven't seen it, Who's not going

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<v Speaker 1>to get back to me? Who knows Vulture rights? He

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<v Speaker 1>probably could have rolled up to an hour long standup

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<v Speaker 1>special taping, delivered a half hearted life update, and walked

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<v Speaker 1>away mostly on scathe. Instead. Night Thoughts slices deep into

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<v Speaker 1>his last decade, carefully excavating how fame in the public

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<v Speaker 1>eye have changed how he sees himself. Vulture has some

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<v Speaker 1>other how many highlights from the year. They have listed

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<v Speaker 1>Brent Weinbach's Popular Culture on YouTube, Rosebud Baker's The Mother

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<v Speaker 1>Load on Netflix, and Roywood Junior's Lonely Flowers are the

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<v Speaker 1>other three they spotlighted. Now, if you're relatively new to

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<v Speaker 1>the show, I could totally fairly imagine you right now going, John,

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<v Speaker 1>do you even watch comedy specials? Because I mentioned I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't see a lot of the ones that Vulture liked,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll fly down my list really quickly. Right now. I

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<v Speaker 1>have it as Marin, Kevin Hart, Riife, Jim Jeffries, Justin

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<v Speaker 1>Willman's Magic Lover, John Marco, Moe Ammer, Dusty Slay, Kreischer,

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<v Speaker 1>Brett Goldstein, remember that one was real good. Michelle Wolf,

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<v Speaker 1>Sarah Silverman, Matt McCusker, Mattelane, and Tim Dillon would be

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<v Speaker 1>my fifteen top right now, and then I've got nine

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<v Speaker 1>more in my middle tier and a whole bunch on

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<v Speaker 1>my no thank you list. But again, I will do

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<v Speaker 1>that next week. It'll be out on my substack, and

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<v Speaker 1>it'll be an episode or two in this feed. And

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<v Speaker 1>that is your comedy news on a Sunday. Have a

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<v Speaker 1>great day.