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<v Speaker 1>Calaroga Shark Media Johnny Max got a bad cold. The

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<v Speaker 1>COVID test was negative, but as you can hear, my

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<v Speaker 1>voice does not exist. I think if I talk from

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<v Speaker 1>the front of my mouth, I'll be able to make

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<v Speaker 1>it through here. Anthony jessel Nick is in a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of a war now with Joe Rogan and the

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<v Speaker 1>Newest Special. Jessel Nick has a joke that says, I

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<v Speaker 1>like Joe, but if you listen to his podcast, you're

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<v Speaker 1>an effing loser. Rogan retweeted a clip with Jeslnick telling

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<v Speaker 1>the joke and wrote, hands up if you're a loser.

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<v Speaker 1>I watched the special. I made it seven minutes in

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<v Speaker 1>and I just thought it was I don't want use

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<v Speaker 1>the word bad. I just didn't care. It wasn't doing

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<v Speaker 1>anything for me. It's just like, you know, here's a premise,

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<v Speaker 1>and now I say something twisted and dark, over and

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<v Speaker 1>over and over and over and over, like I get

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<v Speaker 1>that's what the act is, but it's tired. Seven minutes

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<v Speaker 1>I made it into that one. The Daily Beast dusted

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<v Speaker 1>off some background on the Rogan versus Anthony battle here.

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<v Speaker 1>Jessinnick was on THEO Vaughn's podcast back In twenty twenty three,

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<v Speaker 1>The Daily Beast writes, Jessinic pushes back on comedians who

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<v Speaker 1>believe they should be able to say whatever they want.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, that's wrong as far as I'm concerned. People

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<v Speaker 1>think as a comic, their job is to get in trouble,

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<v Speaker 1>but they don't want to get yelled at. It's okay

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<v Speaker 1>to make people mad, but they don't want any pushback.

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<v Speaker 1>If you put out a special and everyone's ticked, he

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<v Speaker 1>didn't get away with it. You need to make everyone laugh,

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<v Speaker 1>that's right, otherwise you're just a troll. In the special,

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<v Speaker 1>Justlinnick addresses cancel culture and said comedians are supposed to

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<v Speaker 1>be on parallel badasses. I know this because I have

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<v Speaker 1>an effing mirror. Towards the end of the hour spoilers,

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<v Speaker 1>Jesslinnick says, guys. Don't get me wrong. I like Joe.

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<v Speaker 1>Joe's my friend. Joe's a good guy, but if you

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<v Speaker 1>listen to his podcast, you're an effing loser. Back in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty nineteen, justin Nik til the Last Laugh podcast. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to be the type of villain that the other

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<v Speaker 1>villains are afraid of. We live in a world now

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<v Speaker 1>where there are very real villains. I'm a comedian. People

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<v Speaker 1>get mad at me, but I make people laugh for

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<v Speaker 1>a living. There are way worse people out there that

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<v Speaker 1>you should be upset with, and I like that I

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<v Speaker 1>might make those people a freed. Krackt asked Jessinic about

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<v Speaker 1>Tony Hinchcliff. They were curious, say, Anthony, did you watch

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<v Speaker 1>that joke and say I know how to make that

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<v Speaker 1>joke work. Jessinix said, I never would have put myself

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<v Speaker 1>in that position. Firstly, on either side of political rally

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<v Speaker 1>at MSG was the wrong joke to tell. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>have a problem with to joke and listen. I love

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<v Speaker 1>Puerto Rico. I've given money to Puerto Rico for earthquakes

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<v Speaker 1>and hurricanes. I didn't find it distasteful. It was like,

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<v Speaker 1>I get what you're doing, but their constituents, you're trying

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<v Speaker 1>to get them to vote for you. What are you doing?

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<v Speaker 1>And that was my big takeaway, You're roasting the wrong things.

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<v Speaker 1>If I had been hired by Donald Trump to do that,

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<v Speaker 1>I would have roasted his opponents. I would have roasted

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<v Speaker 1>states who's definitely gonna lose that we could all laugh at.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not crazy talk by Jessini at all. I

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<v Speaker 1>think he just misjudged his audience and that was his

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<v Speaker 1>greatest sin. I think the joke is fine. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think it's a good joke, but I'm not as upset

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<v Speaker 1>about it as some people were, unless you put it in

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<v Speaker 1>the context of the opening of the last minute political rally,

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<v Speaker 1>that of course didn't change anything. Cracked. If your audience

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<v Speaker 1>is more conservative, do you worry that they're enjoying your

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<v Speaker 1>jokes but not in the way you intend? Jeslinix. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't really matter to me. I have one joke

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<v Speaker 1>where I say I'm against cancel culture. In the audience cheers,

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<v Speaker 1>I think they're playing along. I think they know that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm making fun of people who say that they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to cheer because that's what a hack comedy the audience

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<v Speaker 1>would cheer for. Sometimes I think they're cheering because they

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<v Speaker 1>know what's about to happen. I rarely think they're cheering because, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he's on our side. Because they know I'm gonna pull

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<v Speaker 1>out the rug from them if they're coming to buy

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<v Speaker 1>a ticket, They're like, I'm happy to have the rug

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<v Speaker 1>pulled out from underneath me. My audience is smart enough

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<v Speaker 1>not to have to agree with everything I say to

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<v Speaker 1>themselves and then ay of you lost and I showed

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<v Speaker 1>his jobs because being material. Justin Ix said, I was

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<v Speaker 1>always sprised that I was able to get on TV

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<v Speaker 1>at all. What the five minutes jokes that I'd tell

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<v Speaker 1>I was doing my actor try to audition? I have

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<v Speaker 1>somebody hire me to write for them. I never thought

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<v Speaker 1>I'd be a stand up of this magnitude, just because

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<v Speaker 1>I thought they're not gonna let me on TV with this.

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<v Speaker 1>And this was before Netflix. It was like, could you

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<v Speaker 1>get on Conan? Can you get on premium Blend? And

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't sure in the beginning. I also watched James

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<v Speaker 1>Acaster's special, and by watched, I mean stared at it

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<v Speaker 1>for eight minutes wondering, what are you even trying to

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<v Speaker 1>do here? I'm just bewildered. I got the premise that

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<v Speaker 1>people were allowed to heckle him, but maybe then, if

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<v Speaker 1>that's the premisure selling, maybe have somebody heckle in those

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<v Speaker 1>first eight minutes. Uh wow. I mean I didn't like

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<v Speaker 1>Justin k special at all, but at least like I

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<v Speaker 1>get it Acast I didn't get it all, neither one

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<v Speaker 1>of them. We'll make my end of the Year list.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd rather watch an Adam Sailor comedy and be honest.

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<v Speaker 1>Vulture spoke to Acastor their question, if you could conceive

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<v Speaker 1>of a version of stand up where there was no audience,

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<v Speaker 1>what would yours look like? Acaster said, when bo Burnham

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<v Speaker 1>did Inside, I think every stand up had the thought of, oh, shoot,

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<v Speaker 1>he's done the thing a lot of us have been

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<v Speaker 1>thinking throughout a career. Wouldn't be great if I could

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<v Speaker 1>do this without them here. But then you're like, at

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<v Speaker 1>what point is that not stand up anymore? I love

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<v Speaker 1>that special. I think it's an incredible achievement and we'll

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<v Speaker 1>be remembered for generations. It's such an amazing time capsule

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<v Speaker 1>and it was the perfect thing to do during lockdown.

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<v Speaker 1>But in many ways it's the first ever YouTuber comedy special.

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<v Speaker 1>That was his origin and he utilized that, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>what I thought. He was so amazing at I think

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<v Speaker 1>the answer I've landed on and someone will do this

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<v Speaker 1>at some point is the other way around. There's no comedian,

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<v Speaker 1>but there's an audience, so you go to the Abba

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<v Speaker 1>voyage route of having a hologram. I went to see

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<v Speaker 1>Abba and I got a jacket there and originally in

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<v Speaker 1>the show and wear it on stage and not reference it.

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<v Speaker 1>Someone will do it someday. I'll be very jealous of

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<v Speaker 1>that person. If I'm not the one who's done it,

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<v Speaker 1>I probably won't be because the admin alone seems like

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<v Speaker 1>a nightmare. But you'd be able to do multiple shows

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<v Speaker 1>a day, sitting at home somewhere and get on with

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<v Speaker 1>your life. That sounds pretty pretty sweet, and that is

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be my inspiration for what we're gonna do. Here.

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<v Speaker 1>You hear my voice, it's gone. I have a new

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<v Speaker 1>tool that I haven't taken out of the toolbox yet.

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<v Speaker 1>So in the spirit of what James A Caster just did,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna take the break and I'll deal you straight.

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<v Speaker 1>When we come back from the break, it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be AI Johnny Mack. I will write the words, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to have my new AI avatar voice it

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<v Speaker 1>because I sound like crap. Okay, So I'm not trying

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<v Speaker 1>to trick you. I'm not trying to lie to you.

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<v Speaker 1>I will write the words, the AI will voice everything.

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<v Speaker 1>After the commercial break, and it's a holiday weekend. What

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<v Speaker 1>better time to experiment than right now? When I have

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<v Speaker 1>the excuse of I sound like crap and my voice hurts,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've got the technology, and it's a holiday weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>so when we come back AI Johnny Mack with more.

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<v Speaker 1>Joel Kim Booster opened up to the eight hundred Pound

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<v Speaker 1>Gorilla about crafting his new special. He's focused on creating

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<v Speaker 1>a cohesive through line to elevate it beyond just an

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<v Speaker 1>hour of jokes. He's currently working with directors to refine

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<v Speaker 1>the show's structure. He prefers smaller venues that allowed direct

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<v Speaker 1>audience connection and crowd work, saying he'd rather look the

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<v Speaker 1>audience in the eye than perform in three thousand seat theaters.

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<v Speaker 1>While respecting peers who thrive in larger venues like the

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<v Speaker 1>Greek Theater, Booster maintains he's really content exactly where I am.

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<v Speaker 1>Patton Oswalt's comic book series Minor Threats is expanding with

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<v Speaker 1>a new anthology, Welcome to Twilight City. We'll bring in

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<v Speaker 1>major creators including Matt Fraction, Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Alred,

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<v Speaker 1>and Gene Haw for a four issue Dark Horse series

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty five. This next one is fun Brooklyn

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<v Speaker 1>Cat Cafes, Monthly Zoomies comedy show features adoptable cats roaming

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<v Speaker 1>free and occasionally heckling during stand up sets. At a

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<v Speaker 1>recent show, a grey kitten named Pebbles became the breakout star,

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<v Speaker 1>interrupting comics with sassy mews from the back of the room.

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<v Speaker 1>Comics quickly learned cats make unpredictable audience members. The lineup,

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<v Speaker 1>including host Marty Cunney and comedians like Alison Leeby and

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<v Speaker 1>Natasha vain Blatt, had to dodge cat storming the stage,

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<v Speaker 1>starting fights, crash into audience members, and attacking the mic cord.

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<v Speaker 1>The best sets embraced the chaos, making Pebbles's antics a

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<v Speaker 1>running bit. While lacking traditional comedy club amenities, the scrappy

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<v Speaker 1>show delivers laughs along with the chance to meet adoptable pets.

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<v Speaker 1>Attendees are encouraged to pet and play with cats during

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<v Speaker 1>the show, though may have done again. Told the Dodo,

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<v Speaker 1>the experience may leave you feeling satisfied and covered in

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<v Speaker 1>cat hair. The show runs first Fridays at Brooklyn Cat Cafe.

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<v Speaker 1>Pebbles is still seeking her forever home. Adopted on chap

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<v Speaker 1>Wayne Knight, you know him as Newman from Seinfeld, reports

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<v Speaker 1>his one hundred and ten pound weight loss has hurt

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<v Speaker 1>his acting career, He told TMZ. It takes time for

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<v Speaker 1>people to accept you as you are, and then they

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<v Speaker 1>find out whether or not you can still do things

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<v Speaker 1>without being fat. Knight shed the weight since his nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>ninety three Jurassic Park role through various methods including therapy,

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<v Speaker 1>drug surgery, exercise, and radiation. When asked if he lost

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<v Speaker 1>weight the old fashioned way, he said, what do you

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<v Speaker 1>mean like not eating? Yes, that does work, and that

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<v Speaker 1>is your comedy news for today. If you're a human

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<v Speaker 1>with no voice, feel better and remember resistance is futile.

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<v Speaker 1>See you tomorrow,