Speaker 1: Caalaruga Shark Media. Hey man, sometimes you just gotta hand
Speaker 1: it to somebody. Hello. I'm Johnny Mack with your daily
Speaker 1: comedy news. Congratulations to Jim Gaffigan. His whiskey brand Father
Speaker 1: Time Bourbon, the one I made fun of, has won
Speaker 1: best New Bourbon at the twenty twenty six San Francisco
Speaker 1: World Spirits Competition, with the Caboose Empty Nestor Strength. The
Speaker 1: cast Strength Kentucky Straight Bourbon also received a double gold
Speaker 1: medal and an impressive ninety seven point score on the
Speaker 1: Father Time website. Jim Gaffigan said, I'm obviously not a
Speaker 1: bourbon expert. Oh, Jim, I disagree. You are an award
Speaker 1: winning bourbon maker. I salute you, sir. I fall on
Speaker 1: my sword. I made fun of you. You are the man.
Speaker 1: Jim Gaffigan said, I'm obviously not a bourbon expert, but
Speaker 1: I did do my research and I know what I like.
Speaker 1: I handpicked the bourbon and personally signed every bottle of
Speaker 1: Father Time. And no, this isn't some big spirit company
Speaker 1: behind this adventure. It's just me and a buddy from college. Well,
Speaker 1: congrats to Jim and the buddy. The Caboose is a
Speaker 1: Kentucky Strait Bourbon whiskey source from an undisclosed distillery and
Speaker 1: made from a mash bill of sixty three percent corn,
Speaker 1: thirty percent rye, and seven percent malted barley. It's sold
Speaker 1: to two proof points. The precious batch clocks in at
Speaker 1: ninety two point four proof, while the award winning Empty
Speaker 1: Nester Strength is an uncut one hundred and twenty one.
Speaker 1: The suggested retail price for Empty Nestor Strength is two
Speaker 1: hundred dollars. Congratulations again, Jim Gaffigan, CBS will LERR a
Speaker 1: special two hour presentation of Comics Unleashed. That's the Byron
Speaker 1: Allen thing. It is celebrating that shows twentieth anniversary and
Speaker 1: you're like, what, John, That's only been on since May.
Speaker 1: Oh no, this has been around in like syndication and
Speaker 1: Late Late Night for twenty years. Byron Allen's a billionaire.
Speaker 1: Don't make fun of him either. The primetime special air Tuesday,
Speaker 1: September twenty ninth. The program will offer clips of Byron
Speaker 1: Allen's monologues interview using comedic panels from the past two decades.
Speaker 1: Guests will be announced at a later date, said CBS.
Speaker 1: Comics Unleash debuted in first run syndication on local TV
Speaker 1: stations in two thousand and six. The show produced more
Speaker 1: than two hundred thirty episodes before taking quote an extended
Speaker 1: production hiatus in twenty sixteen, during which repeats aired. Then
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four, when Taylor Thomlinson walked away from
Speaker 1: After Midnight, CBS was like, yeah, let's throw this on,
Speaker 1: so they started making more and then CBS was like,
Speaker 1: do we even need Stephen Colbert. The answer apparently no.
Speaker 1: The show has been attracting more than eight hundred thousand
Speaker 1: viewers over the age of two and in the eighteen
Speaker 1: of forty nine to eighty three thousand. The other Byron
Speaker 1: Allen show, the one that's on at twelve thirty now,
Speaker 1: is called Funny You Should Ask, and that is returning
Speaker 1: to production on August eleventh. New episodes will start showing
Speaker 1: up on CBS at twelve thirty five am September twenty
Speaker 1: First hosted by John Kelly, Funny You Should Ask has
Speaker 1: produced four hundred and fifty episodes across nine seasons and
Speaker 1: is going to tape its landmark five hundredth episode this winter.
Speaker 1: If you haven't seen the show and I know You Haven't.
Speaker 1: The show pits two contestants against each other as a
Speaker 1: panel of six comics cracked jokes and offer answers to
Speaker 1: trivia questions. Contestants must then decide whether those answers are
Speaker 1: correct or merely funny. Isn't that just the Hollywood Squares
Speaker 1: minus Tic tac Toe? Yes. After three rounds, the contestants
Speaker 1: with the most money advances to an end game for
Speaker 1: a larger cash prize. Some of the people that have
Speaker 1: appeared on this thing Tiffany Hattis, Sean Lovitz, Jamie Kennedy,
Speaker 1: Cheryl Underwood, Adam Carolla, Howie Mandel, Whitney Cummings, Carolyn Ray,
Speaker 1: Natasha Lazeiro, Jeff Ross, Tommy Davidson, Jimmy Walker, and Gabriel
Speaker 1: Fluffy Iglesias. Byron Allen said in a statement, Funny You
Speaker 1: Should Ask is a comedy game show with a simple premise.
Speaker 1: For every question, there's a funny answer. Congratulations to Seth Myers.
Speaker 1: His day drinking segment will be presented on Peacock as
Speaker 1: its own series. Today is Johnny Mack is wrong about
Speaker 1: everybody and everything day. What happens next? We're going to
Speaker 1: give a life time comedy Award, Adam Sandler and Say
Speaker 1: Marceller R and Eds is funny. This is an awful episode.
Speaker 1: You'll find day Drinking with Seth Myers on Peacock Now.
Speaker 1: As at the time of this recording, the collection includes
Speaker 1: all but one of the show's seventeen installments. The mystery
Speaker 1: holdout episode is Seth Myers. In twenty twenty two with
Speaker 1: post Malone, I saw on the Spotify comment somebody got
Speaker 1: mad at me that I often take shots at Seth
Speaker 1: Myers make twelve thirty great again? And as I wrote, look,
Speaker 1: there's a home for Seth and maybe it's Peacock, But
Speaker 1: I want to make twelve thirty great again. And I
Speaker 1: need somebody willing to throw watermelons off a tower, maybe
Speaker 1: have a bear masterbait. And I keep coming back to
Speaker 1: Chris Fleming. Wouldn't Chris Fleming be a wonderful host of
Speaker 1: Late Night with Chris Fleming twelve thirty seven, whatever it
Speaker 1: is on NBC, Wouldn't that be great? And then like
Speaker 1: Seth Myers could be on like Peacock or something. I
Speaker 1: think that would be awesome. Continuing today's theme of Johnny
Speaker 1: Mack is wrong about everything, Jimmy Fallon continues to trail
Speaker 1: Jimmy Kimmel's summer guest host and even lost some ground.
Speaker 1: Jimmy Kimmel Live Minus Jimmy Kimmel averaged one poin five
Speaker 1: seven four million viewers the week Coleman Domingo hosted. That
Speaker 1: same week, Fallon did one point four to two million
Speaker 1: In the eighteen to forty nine s Kimmel Minus Kimmel
Speaker 1: two hundred and three thousand adults. Jimmy Fallon won sixty
Speaker 1: eight at twelve thirty nine hundred and twenty four thousand
Speaker 1: people were watching Seth Myers Flat from the previous week
Speaker 1: eighteen to forty nine to ninety seven thousand people. Byron
Speaker 1: Allen Show Keeps Doing Byron Allen Things. The final week
Speaker 1: of Show after Soccer starring James Corden, properly titled FIFA
Speaker 1: World Cup on Fox After Hours with James Cordon Rolls
Speaker 1: Off the Tongue drew seven hundred and seventy six thousand
Speaker 1: total viewers, up fifty three percent, adults eighteen to forty
Speaker 1: nine one hundred and fifty seven thousand up thirty nine percent.
Speaker 1: The Daily Show is taking August off. I guess I
Speaker 1: can't blame them. Meanwhile, over at Comedy Central, they've announced
Speaker 1: a new series of Comedy Central stand Up Selects, short
Speaker 1: sets from fourteen comics that will tape in August and
Speaker 1: launch exclusively on the Comedy Central stand Up YouTube channel.
Speaker 1: Interesting that it's going to YouTube and not actually Comedy Central.
Speaker 1: Welcome to the future, John. We are told that Comedy
Speaker 1: Central Stand Up Selects will mix newer and established talent.
Speaker 1: The newer and established talent include Adam Ray, Daniella, in Nes, Calvo,
Speaker 1: Fume Abbe, Ian Edwards, Jay Jorden, Jeremiah Watkins, Jesse Jitski Johnson,
Speaker 1: Joey Sarone, Catherine Blandford, Leslie Low, Mendal, Ryan Goodcase, Sammy Maury,
Speaker 1: and Skyler Higley. Kevin Hart was hanging out with his
Speaker 1: golfing pal Lebron James, who is now a Philadelphia seventy
Speaker 1: six er. There's a video of them playing golf together.
Speaker 1: There were a lot of naughty words, so I can't
Speaker 1: play it for you, but Kevin Hart started using a
Speaker 1: lot of Philly lingo to keep Lebron updated on how
Speaker 1: his new fans talk. Bron said to Kevin Art, you
Speaker 1: back on your Philly lingo, young bull. So I am frustrated.
Speaker 1: If you work with me long enough, I will roll
Speaker 1: out of bed and have an idea and like I
Speaker 1: have no patience, I'm like, let's do it now. So
Speaker 1: on Sunday I was hanging out on the deck poolside
Speaker 1: and I was like, I should do a YouTube live
Speaker 1: and then I was like, yeah, the family's around, they'll
Speaker 1: just distract me. I'll do it Monday. So Monday one
Speaker 1: o'clock I went live on YouTube. And if you caught it,
Speaker 1: thank you. And if you didn't catch it, you're not
Speaker 1: gonna catch it. And here's why I'm frustrated. You know,
Speaker 1: I'm a newbie. I don't know what I'm doing. And
Speaker 1: the audio of the live stream cut off after four minutes.
Speaker 1: I did like fifteen minutes and a cut off after four.
Speaker 1: It was just me talking about stuff, including the death
Speaker 1: of my friend Vinnie Passtoor. Hold On, my wife wants
Speaker 1: to know if I want Chinese food. The answer is,
Speaker 1: of course yes, Do you want to order with me?
Speaker 1: We could do this. She's getting Panda Express, hm hot
Speaker 1: and orange chicken. Should I get that? There's like a
Speaker 1: black in chicken? Oh update required, Come on, Panda express.
Speaker 1: I just want to order. Let's say, how good my
Speaker 1: internet is? I it loaded super fast. The fiosky came
Speaker 1: by after the Storm's boy he hooked it up. My
Speaker 1: internet is quick. Now I'm going to get a bowl.
Speaker 1: It's this black pepper chicken. That's what I really like her.
Speaker 1: I don't get that. What kind of rice should I get? So? Good?
Speaker 1: Fried rice or white rice? I do? Is some fried rice?
Speaker 1: Why not? That's not going to be good for the
Speaker 1: salt anyway. So I did this fifteen minute show and
Speaker 1: I only have the four minutes of the audio. I
Speaker 1: don't know what happens, so I'm very frustrated. I might
Speaker 1: try that again on today Tuesday, assuming you're listening Tuesday.
Speaker 1: I'll see if my wife is around and how quiet
Speaker 1: the house is or not. But I did enjoy doing
Speaker 1: I want to try it out anyway. I was talking
Speaker 1: about Vinnie Passtdoor and a few minutes of the audio
Speaker 1: did survive. So let me just drop that in here
Speaker 1: and then I'll pick it up. But I thought I
Speaker 1: would start today talking about Vinnie Passdoor because I was
Speaker 1: friends with Vinnie, worked with him on The Wise Guy Show.
Speaker 1: At Serious Exam. I just was reading the press release
Speaker 1: in March of two thousand and four, that show came out. Wow,
Speaker 1: So that's do the math John twenty two years ago already,
Speaker 1: which is kind of crazy. Vinnie was a good guy.
Speaker 1: I was happy to see all the press that he
Speaker 1: got where people were celebrating his career and his life
Speaker 1: and the fun guy that he was. So when I
Speaker 1: worked with him, it was the wise Guy Show on
Speaker 1: Serious ExM raw Dog Channel. This was in the height
Speaker 1: of Sopranos menia, and the idea for the show as
Speaker 1: designed by executive producer Steven van Zant, you know Stevie
Speaker 1: as Silvio on The Sopranos and also from the EA
Speaker 1: Street Band. So he started the show to capture the
Speaker 1: feeling of the back room at the bottom bing. That
Speaker 1: was the idea there. So Vinnie was the star on
Speaker 1: the show. He played Big Pussy on The Sopranos, so
Speaker 1: he was the star of the show. And he was
Speaker 1: surrounded by some Italian American character actors, and they were
Speaker 1: quite characters. They were actors, and some of them might
Speaker 1: have known somebody and some of them might have been somebody,
Speaker 1: but they were always great to me. I enjoyed working
Speaker 1: with them. So we would lock them in a room
Speaker 1: for three hours. At first it was on Saturday. I'll
Speaker 1: come back to that. And then we did the show
Speaker 1: on Wednesday nights and Vinnie was the ringleader and we
Speaker 1: would do segments like What's your Beef, have some celebrity
Speaker 1: guests in, and it was just a really fun show
Speaker 1: to work with. I remember one night we had The
Speaker 1: Beach Boys on, and I'm a big Beach Boys fan.
Speaker 1: I was in the control room not quite pre sing
Speaker 1: more the adult supervision keep the train on the rails,
Speaker 1: and I was talking to Mike Love, the lead singer
Speaker 1: of the Beach Boys, and Mike says to me, are
Speaker 1: they real wise guys? And I just sometimes I just
Speaker 1: nail things and say things the right way. So I
Speaker 1: said to Mike, I don't know, it's kind of like
Speaker 1: being a surfer. And Mike got what I was coming from.
Speaker 1: You know, the Beach Boys aren't expert surfers. They've been
Speaker 1: to the beach, you know, so he appreciated that. We
Speaker 1: started the show it was on Saturdays, and I just
Speaker 1: as I looked up at the press release and saw
Speaker 1: that it was in two thousand and four. That reminded
Speaker 1: me of this house that I'm living in right now.
Speaker 1: I was on my way to see it. I was
Speaker 1: with my wife and we were going to tour this
Speaker 1: house and I got summoned in by one of the
Speaker 1: bosses for a Wise Guys show meeting. This was before
Speaker 1: the show had launched, on a Saturday afternoon. I was like,
Speaker 1: are you kidding me? And I had I was still
Speaker 1: new enough it's serious, and had been out of work
Speaker 1: before serious for long enough that I wasn't able to
Speaker 1: tell said, go host yourself. I'm not doing that. Later
Speaker 1: in my career, I one hundred percent would have been like,
Speaker 1: I'm not doing that. But in this case, it was
Speaker 1: early enough in the run and I needed the gig,
Speaker 1: so yeah, I said, okay, I'll be in. And my
Speaker 1: wife wound up looking at the house and you know,
Speaker 1: said it to me, this is the house you want.
Speaker 1: It's on a cul de sac and it as a pool.
Speaker 1: And I took her word for it and took the
Speaker 1: leap of faith. And We've been on this house that
Speaker 1: I hadn't seen and I've lived here for twenty something years.
Speaker 1: The Wise Guys show boy in the middle of Sopranos Mania,
Speaker 1: we took the show out to Las Vegas at one time,
Speaker 1: and you know again, I was just a guy along
Speaker 1: for the ride, literally along for the ride in the
Speaker 1: limousine with some of the stars of the Wise Guys Show,
Speaker 1: including Vinnie, including Steve Sharipa, who played Bobby Bakalan Sopranos,
Speaker 1: and I was one of the humans who got out
Speaker 1: of the limo. The crowds reacting to these people back
Speaker 1: in the middle of Sopranos media. It was insane. And
Speaker 1: I remember that Las Vegas show, particularly because the guys
Speaker 1: were being a little ornery, as they would get sometimes,
Speaker 1: and I remember Shrippa. I kind of snapped at them,
Speaker 1: and Shrippa backed me up and was like, you tell him, Johnny.
Speaker 1: And then once Sharrippa told everybody to stay in line,
Speaker 1: they all stayed in line, and then the audio cut off, right,
Speaker 1: So what I was saying was that Steve Shirippa told
Speaker 1: the guys, you know, hey, John's in charge here, snap
Speaker 1: it back, and then all the guys listened. So that
Speaker 1: was nice. And I'm checking my notes here because I
Speaker 1: can't remember, you know, I told the full story, and
Speaker 1: I can't remember what you heard or not. All right,
Speaker 1: it looks like you didn't hear the part about The
Speaker 1: guests on that particular episode were Robert Goulay if you're old,
Speaker 1: you know who that is. If you're younger' like who
Speaker 1: I think mister Gulay may have had a beverage or
Speaker 1: two or five or eleven, or maybe not at all.
Speaker 1: And Debbie Gibson, who was beautiful anyway. Vinny good guy,
Speaker 1: had a temper. You can google some stuff about Vinnie
Speaker 1: and it'll show up in the news, the temper. Sometimes
Speaker 1: he'd be a little annoying to work with, but a
Speaker 1: good guy, and I stayed friends with him after The
Speaker 1: Wise Guy showanded, and after I left Sirious and for
Speaker 1: Reels last week, I was thinking of reaching out to
Speaker 1: him because I was talking to a friend about showbiz
Speaker 1: and how all these actors. When you work, you make money,
Speaker 1: but when you don't work, you don't make any money.
Speaker 1: And I was thinking about Steve Shriippa and Vinnie, and
Speaker 1: I almost reached out to Vinnie, and I did not.
Speaker 1: Vinnie Passtoor was eighty years old and a good guy,
Speaker 1: and I'm glad that people on the internet are remembering
Speaker 1: him fondly. Let's do one more and get out of
Speaker 1: here before the wife shows up with the Chinese food.
Speaker 1: There's a trailer out for season two of Leanne. In
Speaker 1: season two, we follow Leanne Morgan's character Lean as her
Speaker 1: world is turned upside down, and it takes place after
Speaker 1: the character's husband of thirty three years unexpectedly leaves her
Speaker 1: for another woman. I wonder how her real life husband's
Speaker 1: gonna feel about that. Supported by her family, including her
Speaker 1: Ride or Die sister Carol, Leanne learns to embrace the
Speaker 1: chaos and find strength, laughter, and hope in the most
Speaker 1: unexpected places. Leanne tells people to see how Leanne navigates
Speaker 1: this new chapter of her life, handling a divorce, caring
Speaker 1: for each parents, dating at sixty. How old are her
Speaker 1: parents if she's sixty and trying to make sense of
Speaker 1: it all the way we all do. I hope people
Speaker 1: find it both relatable and hilarious. Oh we learned. The
Speaker 1: season opens with my elderly parents, Celia Weston and Blake Clark,
Speaker 1: moving into my house. And now how old are they?
Speaker 1: If Leanne is playing a sixty year old character, how
Speaker 1: old are these parents? Celia Weston is seventy four, so
Speaker 1: your mom is fourteen years older. Than you, and alright,
Speaker 1: and Blake Clark held is Blake Clark. He's eighty all right,
Speaker 1: so he was twenty when he had Leanne. All right,
Speaker 1: then that works a little bit. John, It's a sitcom
Speaker 1: on Netflix. Why are you worried about if it makes
Speaker 1: sense or not? I don't know. Leanne says she can
Speaker 1: relate to this feeling. Her own parents are eighty three
Speaker 1: and eighty five. She says, they're still in their home,
Speaker 1: but they need more assistance with each passing year. There's
Speaker 1: real tension that comes with everyone living under one roof.
Speaker 1: We have to find the humor in it to get through. See.
Speaker 1: I forget my parents were a little older when they
Speaker 1: had me. I probably quote unquote should have been born
Speaker 1: in like nineteen sixty four, but I was not. I
Speaker 1: really digre. I mean, the live stream just made me sad.
Speaker 1: Like I said, maybe we'll try again today. Maybe not.
Speaker 1: That is your comedy news for today. See you tomorrow.