1 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: Callaroga Shark Media. I I'm Johnny Mack with your daily 2 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:16,079 comedy news from Latenighter dot com. We have our first 3 00:00:16,199 --> 00:00:20,120 ratings snapshot post Cobert Ooh do you think finished? First? 4 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,960 Of course, Jimmy Kimmel did. Now, this data is from 5 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:27,839 last Monday, the first time that everybody was live and 6 00:00:27,879 --> 00:00:31,079 things were kind of fair late night or sales US. 7 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:34,320 According to Nielsen Live plus same day data, Jimmy Kimmel 8 00:00:34,439 --> 00:00:37,039 dominated the hour with an average two point one eighty 9 00:00:37,119 --> 00:00:40,240 five million total viewers and two hundred and ninety five 10 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,560 thousand in the eighteen to forty nine's Boy Boy Is 11 00:00:44,759 --> 00:00:47,520 only old people like me are watching these things? I 12 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,880 mean two ninety five in the eighteen of forty nine's Wow. So, 13 00:00:52,039 --> 00:00:56,159 comparing Monday June first, twenty twenty six to Monday June second, 14 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,079 twenty twenty five, Kimmel was up fifty three percent in 15 00:00:59,119 --> 00:01:01,840 total viewers and up one hundred and seventy eight percent 16 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:05,879 among adults eighteen to forty nine. So at eleven thirty five, 17 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,560 Kimmel had an eight point three share average two point 18 00:01:09,599 --> 00:01:14,120 oney eighty five million viewers. Fellon in second place with 19 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:18,480 a little over five share and one point three million viewers. 20 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:24,359 Comics unleashed six hundred and twenty eight thousand viewers. Now, 21 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:26,200 before you're like, that's not a lot of people, The 22 00:01:26,239 --> 00:01:29,159 Big Fancy Daily Show with Jon Stewart had six hundred 23 00:01:29,159 --> 00:01:32,879 and twelve thousand viewers at eleven o'clock and then at 24 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:37,200 twelve thirty seven a m. Late Night with Seth Myers 25 00:01:37,599 --> 00:01:41,120 seven hundred and ninety thousand people, and the new twelve 26 00:01:41,159 --> 00:01:44,599 thirty Byron Allen. Thing funny you should ask, that's now 27 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:48,159 the twelve thirty show four hundred and nineteen thousand people. 28 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,200 Nightline is winning that time slot with eight hundred and 29 00:01:51,239 --> 00:01:55,920 nineteen thousand more. From that Hollywood Reporter Comedian roundtable that 30 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,680 we were picking at yesterday, Nikki Glazer, the Hollyood Reporter writes, 31 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:03,159 this is the hollered reporter speaking recently defined her aspirational 32 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,000 self as follows. I want to be someone who's smart 33 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,120 and effable and adorable and likable and seems nice, but 34 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,360 it's saying awful things. They asked Nikki, did they miss anything? 35 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,879 Glazier said, wow, I didn't practice that before I said it. 36 00:02:13,879 --> 00:02:15,719 I do want to be liked by everyone because it's 37 00:02:15,759 --> 00:02:17,639 a sickness, but I also want to say things that 38 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,159 make people feel less alone. I always felt like it 39 00:02:20,199 --> 00:02:21,919 was weird. No one was really an example of that 40 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,680 on TV, the people that were my role models. And yeah, 41 00:02:24,879 --> 00:02:27,240 I want to be effable because it makes people treat 42 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,319 you better and give you more money for things. I 43 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,520 don't actually want to be ft. I want to be 44 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,360 clear about that. I don't want to be She's getting 45 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,560 a little coarse here. I just want the stuff that 46 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,319 comes with people wanting to feels weird to say that. 47 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:44,280 But who doesn't want to be liked. I've read the room, 48 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,159 and when you look prettier, people are nicer to you. 49 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,280 Maren wade in and said, effable is good. I think 50 00:02:50,319 --> 00:02:51,560 I want people to like me, but I see you 51 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:52,759 don't want them to work for it for a bid. 52 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:54,840 I'm also very clear that not everyone's going to this. 53 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:56,759 Part of me thinks I'm from everybody, but I know 54 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,759 that's not true. The Hollered reporter, we're asking the comedians, 55 00:02:59,759 --> 00:03:02,680 who are your people? How do you define your people? 56 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,520 Maren said, it's multi generations of handringers, sensitive, creative, angry 57 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:08,120 people that feel like they don't have a voice in 58 00:03:08,159 --> 00:03:10,919 the world. A lot of them politically active or at 59 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,159 least engaged and want to feel a little better. Holly Reporter, 60 00:03:14,319 --> 00:03:17,039 Where won't your audiences go with you? Maren, I push 61 00:03:17,039 --> 00:03:19,159 a la leak because I get labeled as this progressive. 62 00:03:19,199 --> 00:03:21,520 I'm a progressive person, but I'm also an old, dirty man. 63 00:03:21,599 --> 00:03:23,360 I mean, I've been in this business a long time 64 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,759 and half of it was drunk. There's a part of 65 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:27,800 me now that I have this following of sensitive, socially 66 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:29,680 concerned people that wants to be like, yeah, but I'm 67 00:03:29,719 --> 00:03:33,280 kind of dirty. You still like me now. Leanne Morgan said, 68 00:03:33,319 --> 00:03:35,479 I don't think I'm qualified to weigh in on politics. 69 00:03:35,479 --> 00:03:38,039 Nobody wants to know what I think, and I don't know. 70 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:40,400 Half the time. I'm just sitting here thinking about how 71 00:03:40,439 --> 00:03:44,240 to get through menopause. Harlan Williams having a bit of 72 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:46,080 a moment. He's been around forever, but he was on 73 00:03:46,199 --> 00:03:49,759 Rogan recently and the spokesman caught up with Harlan Williams. 74 00:03:50,719 --> 00:03:52,240 He said, you tell a joke, can you get your 75 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,759 result instantly in the moment versus waiting for years to 76 00:03:54,759 --> 00:03:57,719 see a finished animated film. I wanted that immediacly. I 77 00:03:57,759 --> 00:04:00,000 wanted that instant feedback, so I knew that's stand up 78 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:01,840 was the right fit for me, so I could get 79 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:04,879 that really quick turnaround on my product. I don't like 80 00:04:04,879 --> 00:04:07,199 to get too serious because to me, comedy is silly 81 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:08,879 and fun. I don't want to talk about politics or 82 00:04:08,879 --> 00:04:10,800 abortion all that stuff. I'd rather talk about a frog 83 00:04:10,879 --> 00:04:14,280 jumping around on a beg of doritos, or something stepping 84 00:04:14,319 --> 00:04:17,319 outside of a predetermined routine. It's like I'm almost entertaining 85 00:04:17,319 --> 00:04:18,879 myself when I don't know where it's going. I think 86 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,319 the audience picks up on that energy that I'm amusing myself, 87 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,839 and so they're amused. It's infectious and it's fun. Tim 88 00:04:24,879 --> 00:04:27,600 Hawkins told The Christian Post there's guys who were entrenched 89 00:04:27,639 --> 00:04:30,480 in the industry and in the world's entertainment business. It's 90 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,240 a dirty place. We're finding that out with certain files 91 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,560 in a certain way the world works. Comedy's a lot 92 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,240 of fun, but you'd be surprised it did a little 93 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:41,000 bit of club work. Starting out was a very depressing place. 94 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:42,879 It was filled with drug addicts. It was filled with 95 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,439 depress people. A lot of comedians just have issues. We're 96 00:04:45,439 --> 00:04:47,560 not the most positive people in the world. All the time. 97 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,879 These entertainers are realizing there's more to it and that 98 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:52,639 they've been down these roads and it doesn't end in 99 00:04:52,639 --> 00:04:54,319 a fun place. It doesn't end in a good place. 100 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,439 It's like, well, what are the answers. I think it's 101 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,759 encouraging and the more clean performance succeed that helps guys 102 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,240 like me. It's really kind of a team thing. There's 103 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,839 more opportunities if you're clean. He named check Nate Brighetzi 104 00:05:06,879 --> 00:05:09,560 and Leanne Morgan. There are a lot of people out 105 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,680 there that can connect and relate to what I'm talking about. 106 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,079 We're not out clubbing, We're home doing family stuff. People 107 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,319 laugh harder when they can relate to what you're talking about. 108 00:05:17,319 --> 00:05:19,040 Be the same person you are in your living room 109 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:23,040 making your friends and family laugh. Jeff Foxworthy works clean. 110 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:26,199 He said he was shocked when Fox Nation agreed to 111 00:05:26,399 --> 00:05:29,600 bring his act back to smaller clubs. Jeff said, there's 112 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,519 just something about that beer smell. I spent so many 113 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,480 years in them, and when it's working on new stuff, 114 00:05:34,519 --> 00:05:36,000 I never do it in a big place. It's always 115 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,160 a little place. Because stand up is intimate. I want 116 00:05:39,199 --> 00:05:41,720 the audience actively involved in it. I'm talking to them, 117 00:05:41,759 --> 00:05:43,199 is this funny? Is it not funny? And I've had 118 00:05:43,199 --> 00:05:45,360 a lot of people that were there for those nights 119 00:05:45,399 --> 00:05:47,120 in the small club saying that was probably my favorite 120 00:05:47,199 --> 00:05:48,560 night of stand up because I got to be part 121 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:52,519 of it. Jeff explained, I wasn't just receiving. I'm watching 122 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:55,600 you thinking, how do we make this better? If you 123 00:05:55,639 --> 00:05:57,360 do it well, it looks like you just walked on 124 00:05:57,399 --> 00:05:59,240 stage and thought of it that day, which works in 125 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,279 the break room when you shared experience in history with 126 00:06:01,319 --> 00:06:02,879 each other, But when you're on stage or in front 127 00:06:02,879 --> 00:06:04,759 of strangers, you have to work it. You have to 128 00:06:04,759 --> 00:06:07,519 be a fishing at it. An example of that the 129 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:09,600 Redneck jokes, he said, the redneck jokes help me to 130 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,120 be efficient as a writer because I had to create 131 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:14,240 an entire joke in one sentence because they were one lighters. 132 00:06:15,079 --> 00:06:18,000 All right, here's a leftover from Cole Bear week. This 133 00:06:18,079 --> 00:06:21,600 guy is Brian Stack. He was a writer on The 134 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,879 Late Show and for Conan. He caught up with Chicago Magazine. 135 00:06:25,959 --> 00:06:28,720 He talked about his influences Good List here Letterman hit 136 00:06:28,759 --> 00:06:30,639 me really hard in college at a younger age was 137 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:35,240 things like SETV, Early SNL, Steve Borton, Richard pryor Peter 138 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:40,600 Seller's Monty Python Great List. The conversation moved to Conan 139 00:06:40,639 --> 00:06:44,519 being silly for silly's sake, and some of the characters 140 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:48,720 Conan would do Chicago mag liked already. Kendle the ghost crooner. 141 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,279 Brian Stack explains that just popped into my head one day. 142 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,079 Rockefeller Center had been around since nineteen thirty, and these 143 00:06:55,079 --> 00:06:57,040 old singers like Bing Crosby were there, and I thought 144 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:59,240 a lot of the views from back then wouldn't be 145 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:01,279 acceptable today. What if there was a guy whose views 146 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:03,920 weren't even acceptable in his own time. I was trying 147 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:05,680 to make it clear that Artie Kendall was a monster 148 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:08,600 who had been murdered because he was awful. I love 149 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:11,079 doing all the silly characters at Conan, but I'm grateful 150 00:07:11,079 --> 00:07:12,639 for some of the newer challenges that I had at 151 00:07:12,639 --> 00:07:15,439 Stephen's show, and learning from people who were so brilliant 152 00:07:15,519 --> 00:07:17,839 political satsire. It was never my strong suit, so it 153 00:07:17,879 --> 00:07:20,439 was interesting and fun to try and develop that voice 154 00:07:20,439 --> 00:07:24,160 war but it was an adjustment, especially when Trump came along, 155 00:07:24,199 --> 00:07:26,199 because that caught us all so off guard by how 156 00:07:26,279 --> 00:07:29,399 much we had to think about one particular guy They 157 00:07:29,439 --> 00:07:32,360 then talked about Conan's nine month run on The Tonight Show. 158 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:34,600 Stack said, as happy as I was for Conan, they 159 00:07:34,639 --> 00:07:36,439 got the opportunity to do the show they'd always wanted 160 00:07:36,439 --> 00:07:38,000 to do. I always felt like we were all better 161 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,759 suited to something that was on a little bit later, 162 00:07:39,879 --> 00:07:42,000 had a little bit less of a high profile. I'll 163 00:07:42,079 --> 00:07:44,600 chime in, and I think in retrospect that's crystal clear. 164 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:47,079 Conan once said that the Tonight Show's like a big, 165 00:07:47,079 --> 00:07:49,240 beautiful ship that's a little hard to maneuver. It moves 166 00:07:49,319 --> 00:07:51,920 very slowly, and it's very large and bulky. When we 167 00:07:51,959 --> 00:07:53,879 got to the TBS show, it was more like being 168 00:07:53,879 --> 00:07:55,720 on a little cigarette both that can flip around and 169 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,959 do whatever you want. I think that's where we felt 170 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,560 more comfortable. I don't remember anyone imposing anywhere strictions on 171 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:02,399 us at the Tonight Show, but there's something about it 172 00:08:02,439 --> 00:08:05,360 as an institution that made us so little self conscious 173 00:08:05,399 --> 00:08:07,959 about some of the stuff we were trying. So while 174 00:08:07,959 --> 00:08:09,959 I wish Conan had gotten a shot at the Tonight 175 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:11,839 Show that we all know he deserved, and the time 176 00:08:11,879 --> 00:08:13,560 to develop it the way the other host did, I 177 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:15,360 always loved the freedom to mess around like we're up 178 00:08:15,399 --> 00:08:18,399 in an attic and no one's paying attention, and the 179 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,560 Toronto Guardian does this serious tragedy plus time where they 180 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:25,480 talk it to local Toronto comedians. One local Toronto comedian 181 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:30,600 is Olena Fox, known for bold, sex positive storytelling and 182 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:36,000 sharp Eastern European honesty. Her influence is Matt Rife for 183 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,840 his fearless crowd work, Louis c k for turning personal 184 00:08:39,879 --> 00:08:43,559 life and relationships into sharp comedy, and of course the 185 00:08:43,639 --> 00:08:47,600 Ukrainian women who survived everything and still make jokes. Favorite 186 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,039 comedian right now. I'm really inspired by Matt Rife for 187 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:54,120 his stage presence in crowd interactions, and Chay Durina for 188 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:59,600 his disgusting but delicious humor pre show ritual lipstick, Deep Breath, 189 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,879 and an internal pep talk, which is, Elena, you survived 190 00:09:02,919 --> 00:09:05,240 immigration and divorce. You can survive people looking at you 191 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:09,120 for ten minutes. And that is your comedy news for today. Right. 192 00:09:09,159 --> 00:09:11,200 It's June. 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