Speaker 1: Kalaroga Shark Media. Hello Johnny Mack with your daily comedy news.
Speaker 1: He was back in nineteen ninety seven, Rolling Stone called
Speaker 1: Bert Krescher, a sixty year undergraduate, the top partier at
Speaker 1: the number one party school in the country, which was
Speaker 1: Florida State University. Now Bert Kraser, three decades later, tells
Speaker 1: USA Today he's still partying hard. Bert says, I'd argue
Speaker 1: it's probably even worse. My game hasn't changed much, but
Speaker 1: I take bigger stints of sobriety now and I'm healthier now.
Speaker 1: I work out every day, I get hydrating ivs probably
Speaker 1: twice a week, I drink water, and I'm more cognizant
Speaker 1: of my sleep and my recovery. Now. What makes the
Speaker 1: Bert Krescher tour bus, He says, A ton of vodka,
Speaker 1: which is his own brand, because all comedians have to
Speaker 1: have some sort of sidehouso these days for some reason, water, snacks,
Speaker 1: and a full gym which is stowed in the bus bay.
Speaker 1: During his twenty twenty three tour, Bert Krescher packed three
Speaker 1: semi trucks with even more workout equipment. Boy, you've got
Speaker 1: some budget, dude. Bert said, we had five electric bikes,
Speaker 1: a cold plunge of sauna, a full gymnasium with rowers
Speaker 1: and assault bikes, compression boots with recliners. How much money
Speaker 1: is this dude making? He lost forty five pounds on
Speaker 1: the tour and said, I'm so much healthier when I'm
Speaker 1: on the road, without a doubt. Dusty Sleigh has been
Speaker 1: sober for over a decade. He told Fox. I like
Speaker 1: to party. I like to get into it, and so
Speaker 1: every night comedy became a party, and it's not sustainable.
Speaker 1: I just wasn't feeling good. I wouldn't remember my jokes.
Speaker 1: Getting sober changed my whole life. More than just comedy,
Speaker 1: but changed my life. He wondered, will I still be
Speaker 1: funny without the booze? When I quit drinking? I thought
Speaker 1: I might quit comedy because all my jokes are about drinking.
Speaker 1: I'm much better at comedy now now I have all
Speaker 1: these ideas. My brain's not constantly clogging flooded with poison.
Speaker 1: You know, Dusty said, I don't care if people drink,
Speaker 1: but for me, it changed my life and made everything
Speaker 1: better for me. I'd be a total wreck. I wouldn't
Speaker 1: be sitting here, and if I was, I'd be sweating,
Speaker 1: even though it's heavily air conditioned. I'd sweat and you'd think,
Speaker 1: have you been drinking? And I probably would have been
Speaker 1: I've had a beer before I'd go. You guys got
Speaker 1: any beers around here, and you guys would be like,
Speaker 1: this is a news station buddy who tells us George
Speaker 1: Clooney has achieved the impossible. He got Adam Sandlor to
Speaker 1: dress better. Nice job, George Clooney, although I kind of
Speaker 1: liked knowing that Adam Sandler is the one person in
Speaker 1: the world who dresses worse than I do. If you
Speaker 1: think I'm wearing some sort of ratty sweatshirt and some
Speaker 1: sweatpants and a baseball cap right now, you're right. But
Speaker 1: even that is probably better than the baggy basketball shorts
Speaker 1: look Sandler normally goes for. But now he's all George
Speaker 1: Clooney fancy pants. Colooney told people, I've actually been making
Speaker 1: Adam wear suits. Don't you think he looks nicer instead
Speaker 1: of those big, baggy shorts, Pony said, Adam Sandler, a
Speaker 1: great dramatic actor, is the sweetest man in the world.
Speaker 1: I love him. He's a dear friend. And the fact
Speaker 1: I got to work with him again is great. Sandler
Speaker 1: says he doesn't really think about his traditional baggy look.
Speaker 1: He says, it's as funny as hell. Whatever one of
Speaker 1: my kids or their friends talk to me about it.
Speaker 1: My wife's like, what are we talking about right now?
Speaker 1: How did that happen? Even when we were younger, others
Speaker 1: would say, would you put on something better than that?
Speaker 1: Your wife's dressed so beautifully. My wife would say, he's
Speaker 1: comfortable like that. Let him do that. Leave him alone. Yeah,
Speaker 1: She's like, dude's making five hundred million dollars a year.
Speaker 1: Leave him alone. He can wear Peggy Shortz. Shut up.
Speaker 1: Jay Kelly opens in Select theater is November fourteenth, will
Speaker 1: stream on Netflix December fifth, People saying it's an Oscar
Speaker 1: worthy performance by the great dramatic actor Adam Sandler, So
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to that one. Hopefully it's in the
Speaker 1: pantheon of Sandler movies, the great movies like uncut Gems,
Speaker 1: Space Movie, Basketball one and the two with Drew Barrymore,
Speaker 1: everything else complete garbage, but hopefully this one is up
Speaker 1: in that top tier. I saw this as part of
Speaker 1: my Adam Sandler googling. Far Out Magazine writes even though
Speaker 1: an alarming percentage of his filmography is made up of awful,
Speaker 1: awful comedies. Adam Sandler seems like a nice guy. I
Speaker 1: agree with everything in that sentence. It is made up
Speaker 1: of awful, awful comedies, and he does seem like a
Speaker 1: nice guy. And most of the people who know are
Speaker 1: of work with him think the same thing too. The
Speaker 1: most annoying thing about Sandler, apart from some of the
Speaker 1: characters he played, is that he knows he's been coasting
Speaker 1: for years, if not decades. Every now and then he'll
Speaker 1: show up in something like Punch Love, Uncut Gems or
Speaker 1: Hustled or Mine everyone he's actually a great actor. Then
Speaker 1: it's back to mugging for the camera and happy goomore sequels.
Speaker 1: Did I write this? Maybe I wrote this and I
Speaker 1: forgot I wrote this. Anyway, the point of this article
Speaker 1: is to spotlight Andy Kindler, who has added himself to
Speaker 1: the list of people who believe that Sandler squandered his
Speaker 1: potential by becoming inordinately wealthy. Kindler, it's old last I've
Speaker 1: been making fun of him for years just for the
Speaker 1: fact that his movies are never reviewed. He doesn't even
Speaker 1: put them out to be reviewed, and just consider the
Speaker 1: Pixels movie. It doesn't sound like you listen to the
Speaker 1: whole pitch. Kindler then talked about The Ridiculous Six, saying, basically,
Speaker 1: I said that Native Americans who walked off the set
Speaker 1: of the movie said they'd prefer another genocide. They'd prefer
Speaker 1: once again to be slaughtered by the white man in
Speaker 1: the stay on this movie. I don't know if it's
Speaker 1: that bad. It's close. What bugs Andy Kindler is? He
Speaker 1: used to be a huge Adam Sandler fan until Adam
Speaker 1: became a movie star, which left him feeling that Adam
Speaker 1: Sandler could be doing better, but for some reason decided
Speaker 1: to go with the money. I wonder why he decided
Speaker 1: to go with the money. Is it? Let me think?
Speaker 1: Is it the money? Look? He puts out terrible comedies,
Speaker 1: But was Adam Sandler the re Odd Comedy Festival? He
Speaker 1: was not. At least he's like putting in the work
Speaker 1: to make happy gilmore too, So I'll give him that.
Speaker 1: He hooks up his friends. His daughters are some of
Speaker 1: the best actresses in Hollywood, so he's lucky enough that
Speaker 1: he knows them that he can cast them in the film.
Speaker 1: Is it terrible? Of course, it's terrible, but it's not
Speaker 1: the reodd comedy Festival. Am I becoming an Adam Sandler fan? Hmmm.
Speaker 1: Valcher spoke with David Letterman. Hey, Dave, any specific memories
Speaker 1: of the first episode of Late Night with David Letterman.
Speaker 1: Dave said, well, we had several first shows, the first
Speaker 1: show on the daytime show, the first show on the
Speaker 1: NBC show, on the first show on the CBS show,
Speaker 1: and it's always like you're getting ready for the Rose Parade.
Speaker 1: You have the Rose Parade, and then it's so, geez,
Speaker 1: what are we doing tomorrow? I think that was typical
Speaker 1: of the daytime show, the late night show, and then
Speaker 1: the late show. After all of the effort, all the
Speaker 1: energy goes on that first show, now what do we do.
Speaker 1: It's not until about a month and a half to
Speaker 1: establish a rhythm and production that will hold you, that'll
Speaker 1: prop you up for the rest of the run. But
Speaker 1: until you're comfortable with that, and it's going to be
Speaker 1: a struggle. Vulture asked about Johnny Carson's involvements, and Johnny
Speaker 1: was a producer of a Late Night with David Letterman
Speaker 1: at the beginning there, so that made the man you
Speaker 1: idolized your boss, or at least your partner. Was he
Speaker 1: a silent partner or did he chime in? Dave said,
Speaker 1: to my memory, Johnny couldn't have cared less except whatever
Speaker 1: the cut of the budget he got. We're of no
Speaker 1: threat to him. He was still the king of the heap.
Speaker 1: To him, we were just all right, call me when
Speaker 1: they're canceled. He was always very nice. He'd have me
Speaker 1: on from time to time we would promote the show.
Speaker 1: I think he found it amusing, and who knows. I
Speaker 1: never really asked him what he thought of the show,
Speaker 1: but always felt like, if you're not as good as Johnny, really,
Speaker 1: is there any point in leaving Indiana. But if you
Speaker 1: look at Johnny's work, now, my god, it was just solid.
Speaker 1: Pick one night of the week the first year of
Speaker 1: the eighth year, of the twentieth year. He's just rock solid.
Speaker 1: He's like the very best home healthcare person you could afford.
Speaker 1: He's constant, doesn't miss a beat, doesn't get you worried.
Speaker 1: I mean that, let me jump in there. Dave's so
Speaker 1: right about Carson. Doesn't get you worried again. It's another
Speaker 1: mark of a great host of just steady in the
Speaker 1: chair driving the train, not going to go off the rails,
Speaker 1: not going to get the network canceled. Dave said, I
Speaker 1: always felt like I felt short of that. I feel
Speaker 1: like everybody else feels short of doing it. The only
Speaker 1: person I think didn't fall short of that was Regis Philbin.
Speaker 1: Regis was, you know, get on him when we hit
Speaker 1: your stop, because I'm gonna keep going. He was fantastic,
Speaker 1: and Johnny the best since Regis came up. I'll tell
Speaker 1: a quick readis story. I've told it before. So I
Speaker 1: worked with Regis a few years. He would come into
Speaker 1: Serious and host bing Crosby Christmas Radio. He's a big
Speaker 1: fan of being Crosby and we wanted to have a
Speaker 1: cool celebrity host it. So Regis would come in and
Speaker 1: one year somebody on the serious end forgot to order
Speaker 1: a car for mister Philbin, and he was standing in
Speaker 1: front of the building waiting for a car that didn't come.
Speaker 1: He eventually got a car himself. He comes in and
Speaker 1: he's all Regis Philbin and he's churning it on. He's
Speaker 1: doing ninety percent the act ten percent letting me know
Speaker 1: that he's annoyed, and he's right, we're we're totally in
Speaker 1: the wrong here. We didn't order m car. He's out
Speaker 1: in the cold. We're wrong, we're wrong, wrong, wrong, We're wrong.
Speaker 1: Johnny Max's wrong. Staff is wrong. We're wrong. But so
Speaker 1: it's like ninety percent the fun ten percent give me
Speaker 1: the business. And he's like yeah, and you know, and
Speaker 1: I had to pay for my own car to get here.
Speaker 1: Now I don't know what made me do this, but
Speaker 1: I took out one hundred dollar bill for some reason.
Speaker 1: I had one hundred dollars bill and I put it
Speaker 1: on the counter and I looked him the eye and
Speaker 1: I smiled, Ago, we good, and he laughed and he goes, okay,
Speaker 1: he didn't take my money, of course, but he's just
Speaker 1: just like all right. I think we had an irish
Speaker 1: thing going on. Anyway. I loved working with Regis Philbin,
Speaker 1: a pros pro. One of the things I love working
Speaker 1: with people who are professional and understand, hey, we're here
Speaker 1: to do a job. Let's knock this out professionally. People
Speaker 1: that can hit their marks, people that can read a script,
Speaker 1: people that can do things in one or two takes.
Speaker 1: I love it. Now, Jay Leno, you know this guy,
Speaker 1: he's the kind of guy that like, weighs in on
Speaker 1: late night television as if he has any expertise on
Speaker 1: the subject, and you know, when he's not out doing
Speaker 1: charity work, he's just the worst. I saw this story
Speaker 1: here from Late Night Er. I guess. According to Bill
Speaker 1: Carter's book The War for Late Night, jay Leno could
Speaker 1: spend five hours straight choosing material for each evening's program,
Speaker 1: pouring over jokes until someone dragged him to a rehearsal.
Speaker 1: Jay Leno hated vacations and really went to parties. Listen
Speaker 1: to this guy working on the show. Between seasons, he
Speaker 1: spent his time off working the comedy club circuit, Bill
Speaker 1: Carter wrote, some might call him a robot with no
Speaker 1: apparent inner life, for all didn't care in or did
Speaker 1: it even seem to disagree all that much. Guy seems
Speaker 1: like the worst OT's called Costco, who did not play
Speaker 1: the Rioda Comedy Festival. In fact, went out of her
Speaker 1: way to make sure we knew she didn't. She's figured
Speaker 1: out another way to make money. She's teamed up with
Speaker 1: PF Changs. She's using her social media to introduce items
Speaker 1: from PF Chang's revamped menus, such as the return of
Speaker 1: the chain's popular grolic noodles. She's promoting their new eight
Speaker 1: to ninety nine cocktail options like the Laichi Martini, which
Speaker 1: she says gives elegance and mystery sounds like me not
Speaker 1: me not Johnny Mack sounds like Otsgo Go tells us
Speaker 1: the Jade Margarita is rich with flavor and vacation vibes,
Speaker 1: and aunces that the grolic noodles have flavor boulder than
Speaker 1: my wardrobe and my personality. Again, nothing bold about my
Speaker 1: walterrobe or my personality. She's speaking about herself. The new
Speaker 1: menu include sushi roles like Spicy Tuna, Kung Pow Dragon roll,
Speaker 1: and chimped Ti, and entres like Kung Poun chicken. Customers
Speaker 1: can now either select medium or traditional entrees sizes. The
Speaker 1: eight ninety nine cocktail collection also includes seasonal specials like
Speaker 1: the Blood Orange Margarita and the par Teeny And On
Speaker 1: The Guardian, George Francis Lee wants The Simpsons to end.
Speaker 1: Lee wrights the Simpsons hasn't been good since nineteen ninety seven,
Speaker 1: which means the show has been in decline for as
Speaker 1: long as I've been alive. Now we're beset with season
Speaker 1: after season of awful awful episodes. Ironically, the show is
Speaker 1: already lampooting the growing difficulty in keeping itself fresh all
Speaker 1: the way back in ninety five. As Troy McClure said
Speaker 1: in The Simpsons one hundred and thirty eighth episode Spectacular,
Speaker 1: who knows what adventures they'll hat between now in the
Speaker 1: time the show becomes unprofitable. Boy that was a good episode,
Speaker 1: and boy that episode was thirty years ago. The yikes
Speaker 1: that went fast. Lee writes, it's impossible to explain succinctly
Speaker 1: why modern Simpsons doesn't work. It's not funny, sure, but
Speaker 1: Springfield the ends are now oversimplified characteratures of themselves, something
Speaker 1: so in ned Flanders transition from a well meeting and
Speaker 1: church attending neighbor to a relentless Christian fundamentalist that it's
Speaker 1: spawned the term flanderization. Recently, the Simpsons has suffered more
Speaker 1: by the loss of some of its iconic voice talent.
Speaker 1: The voice of Miss Croboppol passed away in twenty thirteen,
Speaker 1: the voice of Martin the Bully passed away, and the
Speaker 1: voice of Millhouse retired last year. Then there's the declining
Speaker 1: voice quality of actor Julie Kavner, whose voice for Marge
Speaker 1: now sounds as pleasant of polyp surgery. That's harsh, and
Speaker 1: Harry Shearer when he voices characters like mister Burns and
Speaker 1: Ned Flanders, he comes off like he's doing a bad impression.
Speaker 1: How long until Ai is used to skirt the limitations
Speaker 1: of actor mortality. Hank Azaria, the voice behind Bartender Moe
Speaker 1: and the ax Up, who has already written an op
Speaker 1: ed predicting that very outcome. Now they're making another Simpsons movie,
Speaker 1: I'm paraphrasing here. Not only that, but Fox has commissioned
Speaker 1: four more seasons, meaning that when it hit season forty
Speaker 1: and twenty twenty eight, the Simpsons will be the same
Speaker 1: age as Homer is in the show. When the doughnuts
Speaker 1: start to go stale, you don't keep them around for
Speaker 1: another twenty seven years. You chuck them out. That is
Speaker 1: your comedy news on a Monday. Have a great day.