Speaker 1: Callaroga Shock Media.
Speaker 2: From the Lake House him Johnny Mack with your daily
Speaker 2: comedy news, daily briefing on stand up comedy, comedians and
Speaker 2: the comedy industry. That's right, I've left the basement as
Speaker 2: we begin to get into warm weather mode. This is
Speaker 2: the first time I'm recording in my new space, so
Speaker 2: I have to get used to the audio. It's a
Speaker 2: bigger room. It's not my little bit corner of the basement,
Speaker 2: so my voice is echoing. I'll have to learn how
Speaker 2: to modulate my voice in this setup, and we'll see
Speaker 2: if the audio sounds any different. You don't care about
Speaker 2: any of that. Let's talk about Louis Ck Jezebel Rights.
Speaker 2: Everybody crying about cancel culture for the last decade can
Speaker 2: shut up, because apparently the diagnosis does not take that
Speaker 2: long to wear off, as evidence by well, pick any
Speaker 2: crappy man of the last decade. They are, of course,
Speaker 2: commenting on the announcement that Louis CK will headline a
Speaker 2: show at the Netflix as a Joke Festival, and we'll
Speaker 2: have a special on Netflix titled Ridiculous Jezebel Rights. This
Speaker 2: mark CK's first major streaming deal since his quote unquote
Speaker 2: cancelation aka when he got fired for being a creep.
Speaker 2: They re litigate that part of CK's biography. I went
Speaker 2: over that on Friday. If you're not familiar with it,
Speaker 2: it's all water under the bridge. Let's get this creep
Speaker 2: back up on the homepage. Great idea of Netflix. A
Speaker 2: more fitting career trajectory for Ck would have been banishment
Speaker 2: to the depths of the podcast only men listen to
Speaker 2: either that or a lifetime residency at the Rion Comedy Festival.
Speaker 2: Just begune. He played the comedy festival, so he's not
Speaker 2: gonna be mad at you for saying that, Jezebel writes.
Speaker 2: More importantly, can men stop acting like women are out
Speaker 2: here ruining careers by coming forward with their stories of
Speaker 2: sexual misconduct? The narrative is tired. Unfortunately it has never
Speaker 2: been the case. There's literally a rapist in the White House.
Speaker 2: So let's collectively agree to stop pretending cancel culture was
Speaker 2: or is real in any meaningful, permanent way. Because if
Speaker 2: I recall, it only took about a year after c
Speaker 2: K's cancelation for him to be back on stage, receiving
Speaker 2: standing ovations and joking about how he lost thirty five
Speaker 2: million dollars in an hour. Thing out today on Netflix,
Speaker 2: Shang Wing, I like Shang a lotta. I've got a
Speaker 2: trailer for you in a second, and it reminds me
Speaker 2: of how much Shang reminds me of Mitch Hitburg.
Speaker 1: I'm feeling pretty good. I've been trying to eat more berries.
Speaker 1: I'm real passionate about those antioxidants.
Speaker 2: It's weird.
Speaker 1: I don't even know what oxidants are. I just know
Speaker 1: that I'm against them. It seems like whenever you eat
Speaker 1: something that's yummy, there's some oxidants trying to bring you down.
Speaker 3: Right.
Speaker 1: So after I eat like a steak and some martinis,
Speaker 1: I call on my berries. I send in the antioxidants.
Speaker 1: I'm like, hey, man, go handle that make it look
Speaker 1: like an accident. Sometimes I eat the berries before the dinner.
Speaker 1: I lay a trap.
Speaker 2: Directed by Ali Wong, the new special Herpole delves into
Speaker 2: what it means to be a grown up. Sheng Wang
Speaker 2: explorers ordinary life moments, sharing prize berriers with your friend's kids,
Speaker 2: cooking with shallotts, and braving the ghosts in your house.
Speaker 2: Herpol was filmed at the Warner Theater in Washington, d C.
Speaker 2: Great venue there We also have a trailer for Rammy
Speaker 2: Usef's special that'll be out on HBO on the seventeenth.
Speaker 2: This trailer is fantastic. I did edit out a chunk
Speaker 2: that's a little too naughty for what I want to
Speaker 2: do on this particular program, but this is a strong trailer.
Speaker 4: Rommy Usef is back in his third HBO comedy specially,
Speaker 4: he's the most famous comedian to not do the Saudi
Speaker 4: Comedy Festival.
Speaker 5: I didn't do that because I wasn't invited. My wife,
Speaker 5: whole family's in Saudi.
Speaker 4: I go there anyway.
Speaker 5: I'm the only guy in Hollywood that loses money going
Speaker 5: to Saudi Arabia.
Speaker 4: He's got the solution to AI.
Speaker 5: You ever see what's happening on grap any picture of
Speaker 5: any woman they're turning it into.
Speaker 4: I mean I thought of.
Speaker 5: One defense, you know. I mean, really, the only thing
Speaker 5: that could help would be if all women kind of
Speaker 5: were just all black, but only through the eyes. For years,
Speaker 5: I've been going, why do they make them wear that?
Speaker 5: And now it's become clear. I mean this was a prophecy.
Speaker 5: I mean, you know, sell them. I will never let
Speaker 5: them rock you.
Speaker 4: And He's got thoughts on being a man.
Speaker 5: Any guy I know who should be married is married.
Speaker 5: Any guy I know who's singles should be who single?
Speaker 5: These guys are crazy, the single guys. None of them
Speaker 5: got a job, phone, always dead, one hoodie. It's hard
Speaker 5: being a guy. And that's what we're talking about tonight, Fellas. Yeah,
Speaker 5: this one is for the boys.
Speaker 4: Bro Rammy Yusef in Love.
Speaker 2: Rommi Yusef in Love, HBO, April seventeenth, Filmed at The
Speaker 2: Hideout in Chicago, directed by Chris Storer. Now you may
Speaker 2: not recognize the name, but he is the creator of
Speaker 2: the Bear. Robmi Usef playfully engages with the audience as
Speaker 2: he approaches a vast spectrum of personal topics, both hilariously
Speaker 2: relatable and genuinely serious, all while doing so with the
Speaker 2: belief that he can find light and hope in all
Speaker 2: things if you just try to see them through a
Speaker 2: lens of love. Whether it's his marriage, being a dog parent, AI,
Speaker 2: or religion, Robmi comes at everything with his own brand
Speaker 2: of heart and humor. HBO Executive vice president of Late
Speaker 2: Night and Specials Programming, Nina Rosenstein, in a statement, said
Speaker 2: Rommy's third HBO special feels like a homecoming for him
Speaker 2: and for us. He has this rare ability to make
Speaker 2: a room feel like it's just you and him, and
Speaker 2: then use that closeness to say something that catches you
Speaker 2: completely off guard. Filming inside a small Prohibition era bar
Speaker 2: in Chicago only deepens that intimacy. It has a lived in,
Speaker 2: timeless quality to it, and the result is a special
Speaker 2: that feels completely and unmistakably romy. Joe Rogan experience making
Speaker 2: some news he had on guest Theovon, I try not
Speaker 2: to get too political on this program, so I will
Speaker 2: read you verbatim what they wrote in The Independent. Quoting
Speaker 2: The Independent, they write, quote influential podcasters Joe Rogan and Theovon,
Speaker 2: both of whom supported President Donald Trump in the twenty
Speaker 2: twenty four election, have expressed their dismay at the war
Speaker 2: in Iran. Theovon sat down with Rogan the day after
Speaker 2: the President delivered that twenty minute televised national address. Remember
Speaker 2: that one? Did you watch that one? Theovon asked Rogan,
Speaker 2: what do you think is going to happen? You think
Speaker 2: we're going to be okay? Joe Rogan said, I hope, so,
Speaker 2: of course, I don't know. I'm confused. I can't believe
Speaker 2: we went to this war and we started bombing Iran.
Speaker 2: I was like, this can't be true. Theovann jumped in
Speaker 2: and said, what about Lebanon. Joe Rogan said, well, they're
Speaker 2: supposedly trying to stop the terrorists. Theovonn laughed and said
Speaker 2: that's crazy, though, you're the effing terrorists. You know what
Speaker 2: I'm saying, Like, if you want to stop them, effing
Speaker 2: stand in front of the effing mirror and start there.
Speaker 2: I have a little audio for you from the Joe
Speaker 2: Rogan experience.
Speaker 6: It just seems so insane based on what he ran on.
Speaker 6: I mean, this is why a lot of people feel betrayed, right,
Speaker 6: and he ran on no more wars and these stupid,
Speaker 6: senseless wars, and then we have one that we can't
Speaker 6: even really clearly define why we did it.
Speaker 2: Another section is making the news. People seem a little
Speaker 2: concerned about Theovonne after this exchange. Particularly Joe Rugan seems
Speaker 2: concerned about Theovann. I have made several edits here for
Speaker 2: swear words.
Speaker 3: It's all just a cat and mouse game. People are like, well,
Speaker 3: like the Democrats next time, It's like, but it's all
Speaker 3: the same. Shit has been happening forever. They haven't been
Speaker 3: helping anybody forever. They're letting politicians slurp on kids. All
Speaker 3: of our money goes to Israel and they're using it
Speaker 3: gets to genocide people. It's like everybody is scared out
Speaker 3: of their wits right now. It's like our religious leaders
Speaker 3: are afraid to speak out, and it's like it's a
Speaker 3: time where it's like Satan is amongst us and our
Speaker 3: religious leaders are talking about bullshit at the poll. It's
Speaker 3: just like, what is going I don't know, man.
Speaker 6: You got to get you up at the present sun.
Speaker 6: You're losing your marbles.
Speaker 4: You think I am come hang out with us?
Speaker 2: Just chilling them here, and the topic went on to aliens.
Speaker 2: The Ovon asked Joe Rogan, do you think these upper
Speaker 2: echelon people have met the visitors and there's some other
Speaker 2: thing going on, because there's something it feels like something's
Speaker 2: going to happen soon. Broguess said, the idea that the
Speaker 2: aliens come down here and they're like, who's the leader
Speaker 2: of the people. I highly doubt they give an f
Speaker 2: if they talk to Trump. He's out there building a
Speaker 2: ballroom and they're like, leave that guy.
Speaker 5: Alone.
Speaker 2: I'm not interested in him. Rogan predicted the aliens would
Speaker 2: visit military establishments, like if they find a nuclear weapons base,
Speaker 2: maybe I'd go to that because they probably know the
Speaker 2: signal of nuclear armament. They probably know the signal of
Speaker 2: these weapons. They'd probably visit those places. But would they
Speaker 2: interact with the people on the ground. Perhaps maybe they
Speaker 2: would if they could be assured of their safety. Maybe
Speaker 2: it's possible. But I don't think we're alone. I think
Speaker 2: the idea that we're alone is silly. Send your letters
Speaker 2: to Joe Rogan and Theo Vaughn, or perhaps to John Stewart,
Speaker 2: who had some thoughts about the President of the United
Speaker 2: States on The Weekly Show. John Stewart said, the thing
Speaker 2: I get most frustrated with that I think is happening
Speaker 2: with Trump right now is is we all point to,
Speaker 2: well he got convinced or his mental acuity. This is
Speaker 2: who he's been from the get go. Like when people say, well,
Speaker 2: I'm upset with him now and I regret my vote
Speaker 2: because he lied them in and he came down the
Speaker 2: escalator through the It's the largest inauguration that's ever been
Speaker 2: seen in history. There is nothing fundamentally different about his
Speaker 2: decision making process about the manner in which his add
Speaker 2: pushes him from lurching from one endeavor to another. Stewart
Speaker 2: referred to Trump as a movie star president, saying he
Speaker 2: doesn't have the stamina to sit through the whole movie.
Speaker 2: He's just the trailers. And right now the Iran War.
Speaker 2: The trailer's done. Now what do I do? It so
Speaker 2: frustrates me that all these people on the right are like, well,
Speaker 2: this boy really pushed me over the edge. I'm like,
Speaker 2: this is the same effing thing we've been dealing with
Speaker 2: for twelve years again. Send your letters to John Stewart.
Speaker 2: Eugene Merman was on social media. He posted a photo
Speaker 2: of himself with a bandaged right hand holding a sign
Speaker 2: that said life is an adventure. On social media, Eugene
Speaker 2: Merman said, I am extraordinarily thankful to the heroic people
Speaker 2: that pulled me from the car, and to the warm,
Speaker 2: kind and talented staff at the hospital that cared for
Speaker 2: me and got me on the mend. I am thankful
Speaker 2: beyond words to be here and doing relatively a right
Speaker 2: all things considered. In case you missed the story, Eugene
Speaker 2: Mermann pulled from a fiery car crash Last week, Devin
Speaker 2: Walker had some comments about Saturday Night Live. There was
Speaker 2: a promotional piece in Vanity Fair. Vanity Fair's instagram showed
Speaker 2: a post featuring mikey Day, Chloe Fyneman, James Austin Johnson,
Speaker 2: Ashley Padia, Jane Wickline, and Sarah Sherman. Devin Walker commented,
Speaker 2: loll I forgot everyone on the show is right now
Speaker 2: the nineties is beck. An SNL fan account shared a
Speaker 2: screenshot of Walker's comment, noting SNL used to have Devin Walker.
Speaker 2: Walker responded to that, saying no respect to the homies.
Speaker 2: I got a lot of love for them, but there's
Speaker 2: an institutional trend to play that is very underdiscussed. In
Speaker 2: my opinion. Late Nighter points out. Season fifty one's cast
Speaker 2: includes Keenan Thompson, Michael Chay, and Camp Patterson, as well
Speaker 2: as Marcelo Hernandez, none of which were involved in the
Speaker 2: Vanity Fair shoot. They also have counted some screen time.
Speaker 2: Hernandez and Thompson are seventh and eighth out of the
Speaker 2: seventeen players on SNL in terms of screen time. Michael
Speaker 2: Chay rarely appears outside weekend Update. He's number eleven. Camp
Speaker 2: Patterson is in last place in screen time. I will
Speaker 2: jump in there, not to undercut Devin Walker's overarching point.
Speaker 2: But Cam Patterson, I've been saying since week one, I
Speaker 2: don't see him having a place on the show. In
Speaker 2: no way think he will be back. I never thought
Speaker 2: he fit the cast well. Marcelo Hernandez, I've said several
Speaker 2: times does one thing and does one thing well, so
Speaker 2: you know you can only do Dimingo once an episode, guys.
Speaker 2: But as to Devin Walker's larger point, I don't want
Speaker 2: to be dismissive of that at all. If it really
Speaker 2: simplify the argument, you think Keenan Thompson could be in
Speaker 2: the photo shoot? Not unfair. Sticking with U SNL, Colin
Speaker 2: Jost has a new gig. Peacock is developing a drama
Speaker 2: series about dentist turned drug lord Larry Lavin. Now, if
Speaker 2: you were like, who could I cast as a dentist?
Speaker 2: You might think Colin Jost, Well, how about a dentist
Speaker 2: turned drug lord? Sure, Colin Jost. The currently untitled series
Speaker 2: is based on season one of the true crime podcast
Speaker 2: Wolves among Us. We are told by day Larry was
Speaker 2: a respect did Ivy League dentist and family Man by Night,
Speaker 2: the East Coast most elusive Cocaine Kingpin, who of course
Speaker 2: would be played by Colin Jost. The Melbourne International Comedy
Speaker 2: Festival continues taking a look at some of the shows
Speaker 2: on Wednesday. Daniel Kitson's show is called Work in Progress.
Speaker 2: I love it the description Daniel Kitson is working on
Speaker 2: a new show. He's hoping, as per usual, to make
Speaker 2: something funny, maybe a bit sad, intimately thought provoking, slightly audacious,
Speaker 2: and at fall possible, largely unfathomable. He started properly thinking
Speaker 2: about it in the middle of January and it needs
Speaker 2: to be properly finished by August, so that should give
Speaker 2: you a sense of how far through the process these
Speaker 2: particular shows are likely to be in terms of the
Speaker 2: lump of stone to finish sculpture ratio on the upside
Speaker 2: that been priced accordingly and will last no more than
Speaker 2: ninety minutes. Love it and the festival ads. Please note
Speaker 2: all copy provided by Daniel Kitson. Let's say how much
Speaker 2: tickets are twenty five dollars Australian and the show's at
Speaker 2: six pm. Check our conversion rates twenty five Australian dollars
Speaker 2: is seventeen dollars in twenty three cents USD depending on
Speaker 2: when you made your currency exchange. That's not bad, right
Speaker 2: for an in progress show. Seventeen bucks from a good comedian. Yeah,
Speaker 2: that works. The Guardian caught up with ruben K. He's
Speaker 2: touring his Hard to Swallow tour, in which he explores
Speaker 2: the creep of fascism, Nazism and techno feudalism. Wonder who
Speaker 2: you mean there? He recalled a mourning back in twenty
Speaker 2: twenty three when police dogs swept through sniffing for explosives. Well,
Speaker 2: what had happened was people are upset at ruben K
Speaker 2: had received some death threats for a religious double on
Speaker 2: tendra he had made. He said he and his management
Speaker 2: team had to meet with counter terrorism police. He explains,
Speaker 2: there were fifty sixty men, far right Christian thugs marching
Speaker 2: up and down in Moore Road and outside my agent's office,
Speaker 2: all with their faces covered, chanting the Lord's Prayer. He
Speaker 2: then said, sometimes I think neo Nazis cover their faces
Speaker 2: so no one can recognize them. Off grinder. So what
Speaker 2: he started doing was greeting the audience in the lobby
Speaker 2: with hugs to let everyone know is a safe space.
Speaker 2: Security in the police were not happy about it. He explains.
Speaker 2: My in was I'm going to show this audience how
Speaker 2: much I truss them, and I'm not afraid. So even
Speaker 2: if someone's going to pull a stunt or hurt me,
Speaker 2: the first thing they see is me saying, Hi, I'm here,
Speaker 2: I'm hugging you. I'm a human being, You're a human being.
Speaker 2: He explains. One of the most disconcerting things that's happened
Speaker 2: to him recently was he was on a cruise shape
Speaker 2: performing and an audience member got upset. Cayse says, I
Speaker 2: mentioned Charlie Kirk in a song. This guy stood up
Speaker 2: in the middle of the number and started screaming and shouting,
Speaker 2: and I replied, I don't know you want me to do.
Speaker 2: I'm working. I'm just doing my job. Ruben kay is
Speaker 2: hard to swallow at the Atheneum Theater through the nineteenth
Speaker 2: and Lucy Arnez is working with the National Comedy Center.
Speaker 2: Part of her work there is preserving the work of
Speaker 2: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez, her parents. Of course, she says,
Speaker 2: I'm thrilled we've been able to make some people happier
Speaker 2: with some of the things we've been doing with the
Speaker 2: legacy they left behind.
Speaker 5: She said.
Speaker 2: After her parents passed away, she had to start going
Speaker 2: through their stuff and explains, no one wants to be
Speaker 2: saddled with all the things you're saddled with when your
Speaker 2: folks die, But when it's Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez,
Speaker 2: I was in the process of saying, what on earth
Speaker 2: do we do all this for one reason or another
Speaker 2: valuable material. Lucy Arnez is thrilled about the success of
Speaker 2: the Comedy Center. Lucy said, build it and they will come.
Speaker 2: My mother was right. I just took a while to
Speaker 2: figure out how to do it. She's there every day
Speaker 2: taking credit for all of it. She loves this. I
Speaker 2: guarantee you there's a spirit of my mother. You will
Speaker 2: feel her.
Speaker 6: She is there.
Speaker 2: The National Comedy Center is in Jamestown, New York. And
Speaker 2: that is your comedy news for today. And I'll catch
Speaker 2: you tomorrow.