WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:11.839 Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with your 2 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:14.439 daily comedy news at daily briefing on stand up comedy 3 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:16.399 comedians in the comedy industry. And you might be like, John, 4 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:20.120 does that actually goosey Spotify algorithms saying that phrase? It does? 5 00:00:20.239 --> 00:00:22.839 But I don't have time for that because Ricky Gervais 6 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:26.519 is surrounding himself with a security ring of steel. We're 7 00:00:26.559 --> 00:00:30.039 told as Ricky has been trying out quote unquote offensive 8 00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:33.759 gags for his next stand up special, including a joke 9 00:00:33.759 --> 00:00:38.399 about quote unquote mongols. Sources tell Radar Online that Ricky 10 00:00:38.439 --> 00:00:42.039 Gervais described as a quote spineless stand up that Ricky 11 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:45.079 is petrified of getting a Will Smith style smack from 12 00:00:45.119 --> 00:00:48.840 an outraged audience member. Oh no, Ricky was flanked by 13 00:00:49.039 --> 00:00:50.960 You'll never guess how many security guards. I'll give you 14 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:53.840 a second to guess by x amount of security guards 15 00:00:53.880 --> 00:00:56.039 as he tried out some new material at a small 16 00:00:56.079 --> 00:00:58.159 theater in London. Are you ready for the number? You 17 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:00.439 guessed too low? Whatever you guessed you gets too low. 18 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:03.679 One audience member said there were five security on both 19 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:05.239 sides of the theater, and you're like, okay, John, I 20 00:01:05.239 --> 00:01:07.319 guess five, no, no, no, no, no no. There were five 21 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:09.480 security on both sides of the theater, plus more at 22 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:11.760 the bar and at the front. There were about fifteen 23 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:15.159 bodyguards in there. It looked ridiculous. And the place is 24 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:17.719 known as the Comedian's Comedy Theater and there's usually no 25 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:20.480 security there no matter how big the act. It was 26 00:01:20.519 --> 00:01:23.000 all just a bit ridiculous, as this place caters for 27 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:25.959 hardcore comedy fans who see all sorts of extreme stand up, 28 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:28.400 and there's virtually no chance of him being attacked there 29 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:31.719 for an edgy joke. Another source said that the security 30 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:34.480 was constantly scanning the audience for signs that they were 31 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:36.879 using their phones to record. That person said it was 32 00:01:36.879 --> 00:01:39.000 like being at some kind of paranoid a list evin. 33 00:01:39.959 --> 00:01:42.079 These heavies kept looking at everyone and looked ready to 34 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:44.519 grab any phones that were out. Ricky should be embarrassed 35 00:01:44.519 --> 00:01:47.000 over bringing this level of security of this type of gig, 36 00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:50.280 a source said. Ricky Gervais struggled to get laughs at 37 00:01:50.280 --> 00:01:52.959 his first gig and filled the show with boasts about 38 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:55.680 his career, adding he did a long bit about a 39 00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:57.599 dwarf woman coming up to him after another of his 40 00:01:57.680 --> 00:01:59.799 gigs Ricky said that she told me it offended her 41 00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:02.319 by using the M word. He said, all I could 42 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:04.760 think was that I had called her amongoloid when she 43 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:07.120 was actually referring to his use of the term. I 44 00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:09.000 won't use it. The M word that has fallen out 45 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:12.080 of fashion. They added, Ricky was basically making fun of 46 00:02:12.120 --> 00:02:14.879 those people and what he'd joke as spastics, but a 47 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:17.120 lot of it wasn't getting laughs. It wasn't funny or clever. 48 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:19.240 The crowd here more fans that likes of Stewart Lee 49 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:21.800 in comedy with some nuance. Ricky just came across like 50 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:24.560 a pratt with his deliberately anti woke material in his 51 00:02:24.599 --> 00:02:28.560 Hollywood style security that all sounds awful, Like I think, Ricky, 52 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:30.680 you need to move on from that just being the 53 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:32.840 entire act every time, like you're not really good about 54 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:35.520 it on another Netflix special and the whole thing's going 55 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:37.280 to be Like I said this, I can't believe people 56 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:40.560 are offended. Like it's tired. You gotta do something else now, dude, 57 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:43.000 Sore said. Ricky also bragged to the audience he had 58 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:45.520 barely prepared for the gig and they were getting cheap tickets. 59 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:47.560 Around twenty five dollars to pop in to see him 60 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:49.400 try out and material. All right, that's just having fun 61 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:53.400 with the whole stitch. Meanwhile, from Fox News, Chris Deliah 62 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:57.360 is blasting the comedy world that he says deserted him. 63 00:02:57.520 --> 00:02:59.919 Chris apparently was on the Trying Not to Die Pop 64 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:03.159 podcast and said he was blindsided by how quickly people 65 00:03:03.159 --> 00:03:05.960 he'd known for years distanced themselves after a scandal in 66 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:11.080 twenty twenty. In an article from May sixteenth, twenty twenty three, 67 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:13.639 The La Times said multiple women came ford Tuesday to 68 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:16.560 accuse Chris Daalia of sexual assault, harassment, and abuse, three 69 00:03:16.639 --> 00:03:18.879 years after the comedian and podcast host was hit with 70 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:22.840 a wave of misconduct allegations. The twenty twenty three article 71 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:25.560 rights in interviews with Rolling Stone, ten women accused de 72 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:28.280 Leia of predatory behavior, and four of the women claimed 73 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:31.159 they were teenagers when the comic allegedly preyed on them. 74 00:03:31.560 --> 00:03:34.000 Skipping down. The La Times in twenty twenty three wrote 75 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:37.080 de Lea faced allegations of sexual misconduct in twenty twenty 76 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:39.520 when a number of women accused the comedian of making 77 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:43.400 sexual demands online. In the immediate aftermath, Delia was dropped 78 00:03:43.400 --> 00:03:45.199 by his talent agents. Some of his famous friends and 79 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:48.120 colleagues publicly turned against him. Chris said, it blew my 80 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:51.199 mind kind of because like, comedians are so community. I 81 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:54.080 thought what was mattered, But comedians are just so Most 82 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:57.000 comedians are just pretty spineless, you know, their whole life, 83 00:03:57.000 --> 00:03:59.000 they've been the outcast and they finally get some recognition 84 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:00.599 because of laughter. And it's like, I'm not letting go 85 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:02.520 of that and f that I'm not. If that's what 86 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:04.280 a comedian is, then I'll do something else. I'll be 87 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:06.400 something else. I'll be on stage making people leaf. But 88 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:08.879 don't call me that, because that's weird to me. Just 89 00:04:08.919 --> 00:04:11.800 reading the transcript here, I was surprised by a few people. 90 00:04:11.800 --> 00:04:14.080 But you know, it's interesting because you really realize that 91 00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:16.360 people can't effing wait to hate you. It blew my 92 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:18.120 mind and it still kind of blows my mind. And 93 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:20.360 that's how people are, and particularly you know, I can 94 00:04:20.399 --> 00:04:22.680 say people at least that I know, like in comedians 95 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:24.720 and in the arts, but like you know, everyone else, 96 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:27.959 they're cool, Osborne said. And other addictions, whether it's you know, 97 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:29.959 gambling or whatever. In sex, you're considered the worst of 98 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:32.680 the worst of the worst Deliah said, yeah, it's weird. Look, 99 00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:35.160 twenty twenty was the craziest time period when it all 100 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:37.480 started with COVID and then George Floyd and then everything, 101 00:04:37.519 --> 00:04:39.279 and then people were afraid to say anything wrong, and 102 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:41.160 that's when the whole thing went down, and then everyone's 103 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:43.800 afraid to say anything wrong. I was an effing liar 104 00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:46.040 and I would use sex. Looking back now, I think 105 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:47.560 also age has a lot to do with it. Now 106 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:49.720 that I'm forty five, thinkuring about how I didn't think 107 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:51.839 the other shoe was going to drop. Now that I 108 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:53.680 think about that, I'm like, oh, I was crazy. I 109 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:59.000 was delusional. What the f why would that not happen? So, 110 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:01.879 as you know, yeah, I take my Star Trek very seriously. 111 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:04.040 Did you watch this Starfleet Academy show. I had to 112 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:06.120 watch it because I need to know about it so 113 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:08.519 that I can hate on it appropriately. I just want 114 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:11.439 the audience to know I've been radicalized against Stephen Colbert. 115 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:14.040 He is complicit in the destruction of Star Trek, along 116 00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:17.519 with Tig Nataro, Patton Oswald, Genius Year. You're all guilty 117 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:20.759 of destroying Star Trek. Stephen Colbert plays like the PA 118 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:24.720 announcer he's making witty announcements during Starfleet Academy. So I 119 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:26.839 stand with the President when it is time for the 120 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:29.680 Late Show with Stephen Colbert to come to an end, 121 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:32.759 if for no other reason for destroying Star Trek. Now, 122 00:05:32.759 --> 00:05:35.000 the President and I don't agree on all the issues, 123 00:05:35.040 --> 00:05:36.680 you know, but for this one, I think we do. 124 00:05:37.399 --> 00:05:40.240 John Stewart was asked if he would run for president. 125 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:42.800 This happened during a Q and A with the Daily 126 00:05:42.839 --> 00:05:45.680 Show audience. The clip was posted to YouTube on Sunday. 127 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:48.040 Stewart said, I think you should be president as the 128 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:50.399 line that comes right after Effitt, because most people go like, 129 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:52.480 I'm watching this and doing this. These guys aren't doing that. 130 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:55.120 You know what ef it? That guy should he's on TV. 131 00:05:55.759 --> 00:05:57.839 Stuart added, this is a question that comes up a lot, 132 00:05:58.240 --> 00:05:59.720 and I think it speaks to if I may and 133 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:02.079 I don't, or the motivation. It speaks to this desperation 134 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:05.439 and dissatisfaction that we have with the status quo. Stuart said, 135 00:06:05.480 --> 00:06:07.680 it's because you see somebody on television who's saying some 136 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:09.480 of the things that resonate with you. It's almost like 137 00:06:09.480 --> 00:06:12.399 you're cursing me with like a twilight zone, like make him. 138 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:15.720 I so understand the feeling. I think what's happening right 139 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:17.959 now with all of us, myself included, because having the 140 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:19.959 ability to have a Catharsis or talk about it or 141 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:23.279 work with people every day is emotionally sustaining. Some people 142 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:26.439 observed none of that was a no no. I previously 143 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:29.040 had supported the candidacy of Stephen Colbert, but I can 144 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:31.079 no longer do that in good conscious. I cannot have 145 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:33.879 a president of the United States who would destroy Star Trek. 146 00:06:33.959 --> 00:06:35.759 I mean, that is where I draw the line. But 147 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:38.800 to John Stuart candidacy, I'll hear you out. Stuart said, 148 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:41.399 Trump's policies ain't flying. In a lot of places where 149 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:44.519 you might think it might be flying. People keep saying, Oh, 150 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:46.160 this guy's Hitler. No he's not. And I'll tell you 151 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:49.600 why he's not. Hitler was popular. This guy's not. Wow wow, 152 00:06:49.639 --> 00:06:53.079 wow wow. Send your letters to John Stuart. I may 153 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:55.279 have to send a letter to Jason Zenniman in front 154 00:06:55.279 --> 00:06:57.560 of the show writer for the New York Times. Tell 155 00:06:57.560 --> 00:06:59.560 you why in a second a late night er, let 156 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:02.519 us know that Marcelo Hernandez, who does one thing and 157 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:05.040 one thing well, has now been in guess how many 158 00:07:05.079 --> 00:07:07.560 sketches on Saturday Night Live? Take a guess? Did you guess? 159 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:12.199 The answer is two hundred? What Marcelo Hernandez has been 160 00:07:12.199 --> 00:07:16.240 in two hundred sketches? So what four Domingos and one 161 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:18.160 hundred and ninety six where he played guy on the 162 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:20.680 couch in the background. There's no way he's been in 163 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:24.160 two hundred sketches doing what here? And there was just 164 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:27.680 an episode this weekend. Name a sketch other than Domingo 165 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:31.480 that Marcelo Hernandez has been in. I'll wait, Should I 166 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:33.560 just leave, like an eighteen minute pause here in the file? 167 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:37.879 Two hundred? What has he done? Meanwhile? Friend of the 168 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:40.759 Show Jason Zinneman in The New York Times, he wrote 169 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:43.680 a piece titled SNL hasn't produced a superstar in a while? 170 00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:47.839 Could it be Marcelo Hernandez. I'll answer Jason no, But 171 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:50.000 I respect Jason. Jason's one of other people that knows 172 00:07:50.040 --> 00:07:52.000 a lot more about comedy than I do. And I 173 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:53.920 just sit in the basement all day and pop off 174 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:57.160 where he actually goes to shows. So we should trust 175 00:07:57.319 --> 00:07:58.800 Jason Zinnim in Front of the Show from the New 176 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:01.839 York Times, he writes the comics. New special American Boy 177 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:04.040 shows that he is the leading man charisma and hunger. 178 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:06.240 His career will be interesting to watch. The guy definitely 179 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:10.319 has charisma, Definitely, definitely, Jason writes, you can see a 180 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:13.600 fierceness underneath the megawatts smile. Hernandez has just started his 181 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:17.319 career outside SNL, and he's flexing different muscles. I've seen 182 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:19.439 him perform stand up in New York. That suggests he 183 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:21.680 ruthless in getting heart laughs as he is making you 184 00:08:21.839 --> 00:08:24.279 like him. Will he follow in the footsteps of SNL 185 00:08:24.279 --> 00:08:28.879 stars like Murphy, Adam Sandler, Tina Fey. Tap the brakes, Jason, Jason, 186 00:08:29.079 --> 00:08:33.519 Jason love you tap the breaks with that sentence, I 187 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:36.039 could see it. But that kind of success requires luck 188 00:08:36.039 --> 00:08:38.080 as well as talent and drive. One thing I'm sure 189 00:08:38.120 --> 00:08:40.360 of this, he will be back again. I'm a guy 190 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:42.759 in a basement. Jason actually goes and sees the shows, 191 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:45.960 so respect him over me. Maybe Marcello Hernandez is a 192 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:48.759 great dramatic actor. Now, now that could be if you 193 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:51.840 want to make an Adam Sandler comp there, If Marcello 194 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:54.000 wants to just stop doing the Domingo thing and be 195 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:57.919 a charismatic good looking dramatic actor. I would support that. 196 00:08:58.399 --> 00:09:01.639 Got another opinion piece for you from Emma Camp and 197 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:04.519 the Wall Street Journal. Emma Rights never apologized to the 198 00:09:04.559 --> 00:09:07.679 mob this about the whole Bowen Yang backlash? Was that 199 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:10.120 only a week ago? I guess it's two weeks at 200 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:12.399 this point. I was worried there. I thought just times 201 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:14.679 were getting insane, or it's two weeks ago at this point. 202 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:18.960 You may recall the culturistas had some opinions on donating 203 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:22.200 to Jasmin Crockett's campaign. People on the internets did not 204 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:24.759 like that. Emma Camp Rights, they should have waited for 205 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:27.480 the online charter to pass. It isn't twenty twenty anymore, 206 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:31.039 and nonsensical claims of racism no longer have unchecked power 207 00:09:31.080 --> 00:09:34.559 to unravel reputations. More than a few online progressives even 208 00:09:34.600 --> 00:09:36.840 defended the pair by pointing out their observations were on 209 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:40.799 the mark, skipping ahead. Unsurprisingly, rather than calm the outrage, 210 00:09:40.840 --> 00:09:44.559 the apologies have driven another cycle of criticism also from 211 00:09:44.559 --> 00:09:47.679 the Wall Street Journal. They remember last week I said 212 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:50.639 Joe Rogan had a cronk Heite moment. The Wall Street 213 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:53.200 Journal has a whole article on that premise, and they 214 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:56.840 even mentioned the Kronkite piece of the Joe Rogan. Yeah, 215 00:09:56.840 --> 00:09:59.399 the Wall Street Journal they led with in February nineteen 216 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:02.039 sixty eight, p sident Lynda B. Johnson famously lost Walt 217 00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:04.519 to Cronkite et cetera, et cetera and a Joe Rogan piece. 218 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:08.000 You don't suppose somebody at the Wall Street Journal listens 219 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:09.519 to the show, do you? I know somebody at the 220 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:12.360 New York Times used to until about two minutes ago. Haha, 221 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:15.360 he won't get mad at me. Another opinion piece from 222 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:20.279 giant Freaking Robot, Robert Scucci writes New thomsigor Netflix special 223 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:23.639 is complete trash. I'll come up with an appropriate headline 224 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:26.039 once I calm down, But that's my kind of headline. 225 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:28.679 I like that. I think Robert's right here he talks 226 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:30.480 with the special. He says it points to a larger 227 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:34.120 problem and stand up comedy designed for mass consumption through streaming. 228 00:10:34.519 --> 00:10:37.279 It doesn't feel like a new hour. The most common 229 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:39.720 complaint about Teacher That's the Special is that many of 230 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:42.720 the anecdotes can be traced back to interviews in podcast episodes. 231 00:10:42.759 --> 00:10:46.000 That's become standard practice now that most high profile comedians 232 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:49.039 rely on podcasting to stay visible and generat income when 233 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:51.879 they're not touring. The unintentional side effect is that when 234 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:55.000 comedians spend hours casually talking shop with other comedians, they're 235 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:58.240 essentially workshopping their next hour in front of millions of listeners. 236 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:00.720 By the time those jokes are fined tour and eventually 237 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:03.240 filmed for a special, it doesn't feel like fresh material. 238 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:05.799 Robert adds, my biggest issue with Teacher is that the 239 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:08.480 storytelling element that originally drew me Sigora a stand up 240 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:11.919 is almost completely gone. Instead, the special plays like a 241 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:15.679 loose collection of unrelated anecdotes, bouncing from family life to 242 00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:20.039 documentaries about Hitler's stimulant abuse. Teacher feels like an obligation 243 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:23.279 rather than a passion project. I don't think any of 244 00:11:23.279 --> 00:11:25.679 that is crazy, but let me throw out another notion 245 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:29.440 to everyone. At some point, a lot of comedians hit 246 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:32.759 the wall, and you're like, been there, done that, seen this. 247 00:11:33.080 --> 00:11:36.519 I think we're about to see Bert Krascher's wall. His 248 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:38.919 sitcom is out this week and then he's got the 249 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:42.519 Daytona thing. But I feel like Chrayser fatigue is about 250 00:11:42.559 --> 00:11:45.320 to set in. Maybe Sigourrea fatigue is about to set in. 251 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:48.720 I think Burrh's a little past prime, starting to worry 252 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:51.559 if we gaff again. We were at the okay, got 253 00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:54.240 it stage. You get deeper into these careers and it's 254 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:56.960 like okay, yep, And like I talked about on the 255 00:11:56.960 --> 00:11:59.519 Issue Show, then you've got a George Carlin who reinvented 256 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:02.960 himself a few times, including that final Act which I 257 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:05.240 hate at the time, And as I said yesterday, he's 258 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:08.200 the true prof of the twenty first century. So who knows, 259 00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:11.399 but I don't think this is crazy talk about Tom Sagura. 260 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:14.639 If you like daily comedy news, you'll love the ad 261 00:12:14.679 --> 00:12:18.200 free version, no commercials. Just go to Apple Podcasts. There's 262 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:21.240 a button there it says uninterrupted listening. You click that. 263 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:23.399 Five bucks a month, you get this and a bunch 264 00:12:23.480 --> 00:12:26.000 of other stuff on the network, including five Good News Stories, 265 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:29.600 which I also host. Thirty day Free Trial. Try it out? 266 00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:31.679 Why not if you like it. It's a good way 267 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:33.600 to sport the show. Five bucks a month. Apple takes 268 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:35.279 a cut, My business partner, Mark takes a cut, and 269 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:37.039 I got like a dollar ten and you won't have 270 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:40.279 any commercials, So that's not bad, right, Thirty day free Trial. 271 00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:42.799 If you forget to cancel. That's on you. Some stuff 272 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:45.279 to listen to. Trevor Noah is a podcast episode with 273 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:48.679 John Oliver, very very very good. It's long and it's 274 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:51.200 very good. Also Joe Rogan with Matt Damon and Ben 275 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:53.159 Affleck that got a lot of pick up over the weekend. 276 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:56.399 Did you watch the movie on Netflix with Matt and Ben? 277 00:12:56.919 --> 00:12:59.399 What's it called? The Rip? The Rip was very good. 278 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:01.440 Not to be confused with The Pit, which is a 279 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:04.639 TV show on HBO Max. Also very good. Forty nine 280 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:07.440 ers came this weekend. Not very good anyway, Listen to 281 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:10.159 check out Rogan, check out Trevor Noah. Voting is open 282 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:13.759 for Week three of Comedy Survivor. A couple early votes 283 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:15.639 for Joe Coy there. He could be in trouble. You know. 284 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:17.960 Joe Cooy hosts the Golden Globes before Nicki Glazer, But 285 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:20.679 don't have time for that today. Feel eight Nighter. Chris 286 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:23.559 Redd has cleaned up some statements. Remember he kind of 287 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:26.720 sore to imply that he was maybe dealing at SNL. 288 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:30.039 Chris Red had in a six minute video said, while 289 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:32.320 I was at SNL, I had some pill issues. I 290 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:34.919 had some pill problems. I was even selling some to 291 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:38.120 some of my cast mates. Seems pretty clear. While TMZ 292 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:40.440 caught up with Chris Red Who's like, oh no, no, no, no, 293 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:42.600 no no. He cleared it up and said, I was 294 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:44.480 on adderall on xen X, and I was getting it 295 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:46.679 the illegal way because I was scared to go to 296 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:49.440 the doctor and have them sam crazy. I was being 297 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:52.080 facetious about the drug dealing thing. I wasn't drug dealing 298 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:54.399 to my cast I wasn't Walter Whiting. I was trying 299 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:56.159 to make light of it because I felt super vulnerable 300 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:58.159 and raw at the time. I was not selling. I 301 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:00.320 had a full time job as a comic. Okay, So 302 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:03.600 when he said I was even selling some to some 303 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:06.639 of my cast mates, he was not. I don't know 304 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:09.480 how you got confused there and thought he was. We're 305 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:12.000 long today. I thought I had nothing. All right, good 306 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:13.799 fun show out today on the eight hundred pound Gerriilla 307 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:17.600 Michael Blaustein's Silly Goose Eugene Merman, who claims to star 308 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:19.799 in something called Bob's Burger's two quick questions. Have you 309 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:22.039 ever seen bobs Burgers? No, of course not. Have you 310 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:24.320 ever met anyone who's seen bobs Burgers? Of course not 311 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:27.320 one of the great hoaxes of our time. And prankster 312 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:30.519 Eugene Merman will release his sixth comedy album, Here Comes 313 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:34.080 the Whimsy, on February fifth. That same day premiere as 314 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:37.440 a special on VEEPS. Recorded live in Somerville, Massachusetts, Eugene 315 00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:40.480 Merman took the stage with his trademark Playful Spirit to 316 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:43.600 reveal a series of mild grievances through anecdotes from fatherhood, 317 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:47.399 insights from travel, dress code trauma, rental car disputes, and more. 318 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:51.080 Can also catch Eugene Memerman its sketch fest on the 319 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:54.639 twenty third and twenty fourth comedy debate show Abolish Everything 320 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:57.480 got a season two. The trailers out in the new 321 00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:00.320 season will be available on the twenty ninth. New York 322 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:03.960 Times called it the silliest verbal sporing you'll likely ever hear. 323 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:08.360 Unabolish Everything, comedian abolitionists roast a pet peeve they want 324 00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:12.120 banned from society, while hilarious panel dubbed the political establishment 325 00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:15.799 improvides counter arguments on behalf of the status quo. That's fun. 326 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:18.879 The audience crowns and abolitionists. The champion of each episode, 327 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:22.440 Chandler Dean is your ringleader here and the season two 328 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:25.559 will premiere on Nebula. I was unfamiliar with Nebula. Good 329 00:15:25.559 --> 00:15:27.639 thing they put out a purse release, says here, Premium 330 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:31.399 streaming from independent creators. Enjoy exclusive originals, bonus materials and 331 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:34.200 early releases. Let's explore. Let's see what's on here. This 332 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:36.240 is fun. Oh, the riff tracks guys are on here. 333 00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:40.360 You know, rifftracks, Mystery Science Theater three thousand, kind disorder. 334 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:42.480 And we got some news coming out of the Milan 335 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:45.879 Courtina Winter Olympics. If you are a fan of Italian 336 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:49.919 comedian Massimo Boldie, well, Masimo has been removed from the 337 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:53.399 list of torch bearers. The Milano Quartino twenty twenty six 338 00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:58.600 organizing committee decided to ban Massimo Boldie after he boasted 339 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:01.960 being a champion of I can't even say it, a 340 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:06.320 vulgar Italian slang term for female Genitalia. He's the champion 341 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:09.000 of that, at least he says he is. The organizing 342 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:14.320 committee deemed Boldie's remarks incompatible with Olympic values, noting that 343 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:17.639 carrying the Olympic flame represents a privilege and a responsibility, 344 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:20.480 and requires that those selected embody and promote the values 345 00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:24.720 of respect, unity and inclusion. Boldie has apologized and said 346 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:26.320 I made a joke that was meant to be lighthearted 347 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:28.600 and ironic, but it turned out to be inappropriate and 348 00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:31.080 offensive towards women and not in line with the principles 349 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:34.600 of respect and inclusion that inspire the Olympic movement. Extended 350 00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:37.639 an apology to the organizing committee and to all those 351 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:41.159 who felt hurt. And that is your comedy news for today. 352 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:42.440 See you tomorrow.