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<v Speaker 1>Callaroga Shark Media. Hey, I'm in a good mood. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Johnny Mack with your daily comedy news, A daily briefing

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<v Speaker 1>on stand up comedy comedians in the comedy industry. A

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<v Speaker 1>sentence to the algorithm. Just loves why in a good mood,

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<v Speaker 1>John Well. Pete Holmes I thought was fantastic. If you

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<v Speaker 1>missed yesterday's episode, I just loved talking to Pete Holmes.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm still thinking about it three days later by the

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<v Speaker 1>time you hear this. Pete was just so gracious with

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<v Speaker 1>his time and just what a cool guy to hang

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<v Speaker 1>out with. I also just recorded Comedy Survivor, which will

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<v Speaker 1>come out tomorrow at noon Eastern, and the results are

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<v Speaker 1>incredible and the AI analysis even better. I can't wait

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<v Speaker 1>for you to hear Comedy Survivor. And it was actually

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<v Speaker 1>fifty degrees out yesterday, not fifty below zero, and actual

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<v Speaker 1>fifty like you could go outside and leave your house.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you imagine? The Washington Post profiled Robbie Hoffman. I

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<v Speaker 1>think a lot of us came away was that December

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<v Speaker 1>really impressed with Robbie Hoffman's John Mlaney produced a special.

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<v Speaker 1>The Post writes, Robbie Hoffman is not on TikTok, which

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<v Speaker 1>is surprising for comedian these days until you meet her

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<v Speaker 1>and realize she might be the oldest thirty six year

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<v Speaker 1>old on the planet. Robbie says, my friends, go, are

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<v Speaker 1>you mental? Why don't you do this clip and post

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<v Speaker 1>it on TikTok? I said, I have one of the

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<v Speaker 1>apps I have Instagram. I was born as seventy three

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<v Speaker 1>year old man her origin story. She left accounting for

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<v Speaker 1>a writing gig on the Chris Getherd Ship. For that show,

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<v Speaker 1>she moved back to New York City despite having been

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<v Speaker 1>born in the city. She told the Post, I felt

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<v Speaker 1>like a tourist in many ways. She had only known

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<v Speaker 1>the four square blocks of her religious enclav up until

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<v Speaker 1>that point. She said, this was my first time seeing

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<v Speaker 1>New York too. During the pandemic, she crossed paths with

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<v Speaker 1>Paul W. Downs, the co creator and star of the

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<v Speaker 1>TV show hacks Downs, remembered being struck by how unfiltered

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<v Speaker 1>Robbie Hoffman could be. Robbie eventually guest starred on hacks Down. Said,

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<v Speaker 1>the whole show's about people who are cast aside by

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<v Speaker 1>the industry. We wanted Robbie to fit into that tapestry

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<v Speaker 1>of people on the outside looking in. The post tells

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<v Speaker 1>us though in real life the industry likes Hoffman, she'll

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<v Speaker 1>be back on Hacks. She's also part of Rooster. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Rooster is interesting. It is a Bill Lawrence project. You

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<v Speaker 1>know Bill Lawrence, the guy from Scrubbs and Ted Lasso.

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<v Speaker 1>He knows what he's doing. Rooster stars Steve Carell, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the guy from the Office. And the reason John C

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<v Speaker 1>McGinley isn't in many of the Scrubs episodes is because

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<v Speaker 1>he's working on Rooster. All right, So it's HBO, Bill Lawrence,

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<v Speaker 1>Steve Carell and Robbie Hoffman and John C McGinley. That's

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<v Speaker 1>gotta be good, right on paper, that's like amazing, right,

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<v Speaker 1>better be good. I don't think Bill Lawrence is missed yet,

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<v Speaker 1>so looking forward to that one. John mulaney is quoted

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<v Speaker 1>in this article. He said of Robbie Hoffman has not

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<v Speaker 1>taken into consideration any rules or accepted wisdom on show business.

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<v Speaker 1>And to bring it back home, Hoffman said, I've never

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<v Speaker 1>been the overnight success. I've always been the slow and

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<v Speaker 1>stead he wins the race kind. We may have waited

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<v Speaker 1>a little longer, we didn't do the TikTok pop off

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<v Speaker 1>or whatever, but we did it in a way that

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<v Speaker 1>felt good. Meanwhile, Chris Fleming, did you enjoy Chris Flaming

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<v Speaker 1>Special on HBO on Friday Night? Chris Fleming got the

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<v Speaker 1>fancy schmancy New York Times profile. Mike Birbiglia said, Chris

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<v Speaker 1>is one of the most exciting comedians to watch right now,

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<v Speaker 1>and interestingly didn't accuse Chris Fleming of ripping off John Mulaney.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know why you would do that, but you

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<v Speaker 1>know it's something Berbiglia sometimes does. I don't see it.

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<v Speaker 1>We learned from the Times that Chris Fleming got his

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<v Speaker 1>start doing stand up and finding his exaggerated style at

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<v Speaker 1>a club above a Chinese restaurant in Harvard Square. He

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<v Speaker 1>recalls being at a bookstore next door and looking over

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<v Speaker 1>rockstar photos Mick Jagger, Prince Stevie Nicks, Freddie Mercury, Big

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<v Speaker 1>pictures of these people rocking out, and I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>how do I bring that to one hundred person cap room.

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<v Speaker 1>Since wearing hoodies was out, I gotta wear bird armor.

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<v Speaker 1>I love it. By the way, you caught on Friday's

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<v Speaker 1>Comedy stock Market, we said buy some Chris Fleming. I

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<v Speaker 1>hope you bought some Chris Fleming, because just minutes later

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<v Speaker 1>the New York Times did a big profile here. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>also sitting on the Chris Fleming press. People earn their

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<v Speaker 1>money on Friday. I kicked it to in the middle

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<v Speaker 1>of the week in case I have the jury duty.

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<v Speaker 1>Have I mentioned that you never know when have to

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<v Speaker 1>pre tape an episode at midnight so you can spend

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<v Speaker 1>the day in Newark? I digress. Conan O'Brien and Chris

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<v Speaker 1>Flemings did a whole interview. We'll get to that in time.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you bought stock and Chris Fleming on Friday,

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<v Speaker 1>per the Comedy Stock Market recommendation, you're doing quite well

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<v Speaker 1>right now. Chris explains he sometimes choreographs his routines by

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<v Speaker 1>drawing them, but doesn't watch himself. He finds the humor

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<v Speaker 1>from the audience. He explains a lot of what I

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<v Speaker 1>put out on social media, I'm doing it for the

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<v Speaker 1>first time. In an improv dance class, he learned, don't

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<v Speaker 1>do something unless you feel the impulse to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>It has to be organic. Good description. Here. Fleming's routines

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<v Speaker 1>are densely layered confections of references, space movies, college life,

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<v Speaker 1>animal encounters, the economy confetied with digressions, and Bonker's turns

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<v Speaker 1>a phrase. One song at dance Routine is about why

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<v Speaker 1>a young professional had a tasteful made well sweater was

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<v Speaker 1>the most terrorizing thing at a haunted house at a

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<v Speaker 1>skyward rechion. People are always laughing. What a great paragraph

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<v Speaker 1>there in New York Times. Fleming also has a competitive

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<v Speaker 1>body fearlessness. We learn from The Times. Fleming said, I

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<v Speaker 1>love putting as much weight as I can on the stool.

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<v Speaker 1>I love drop kicking and flanling different ways. To this day,

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<v Speaker 1>I leave every performance completely bruised. Are you guys listening going?

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<v Speaker 1>What's going on with the show? He's been in a

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<v Speaker 1>good mood for like four days? Did Scrubs completely changed

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<v Speaker 1>my life? Can I get back to being Curmudgeonty? More

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<v Speaker 1>wonderful writing here in the Times? Chris is somewhere between

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<v Speaker 1>six foot one and six foot three, with a long

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<v Speaker 1>legged hips wivel that can make them appear even taller.

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<v Speaker 1>When he frog leaps or tumbles over a chair, flieser

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<v Speaker 1>laps around the stage, there's an element of controlled danger,

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<v Speaker 1>a glam firecracker on the loose. Oh yeah. Vulture also

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<v Speaker 1>profiled Chris Fleming. Let me bounce this as well, because

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<v Speaker 1>we you know, I like to fix up the topics.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to do ten minutes like Chris Fleming.

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<v Speaker 1>I love Chris Fleming, but this thing's quite long here.

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<v Speaker 1>It must have been comedian week in the big newspapers.

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<v Speaker 1>Back to the Washington Post, they caught up with Hannah

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<v Speaker 1>Gatsby and we learned that Hannah has broken up with

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<v Speaker 1>the Netflix is. Hannah explains, Netflix was a launching pad

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<v Speaker 1>for me, and I'm very thankful for it. But I'm

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<v Speaker 1>creatively a risk taker, and I like to take things

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<v Speaker 1>apart and rearrange them to do things differently. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to go with the flow right now. The flow

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<v Speaker 1>seems quite toxic. But Netflix, being an algorithmic first machine,

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<v Speaker 1>they've worked out what comedy is. Now they've got the formula,

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<v Speaker 1>and that doesn't actually give a lot of space. The

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<v Speaker 1>Post said, Well, the formula is to pump out endless

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<v Speaker 1>specials for which they've paid a lot of money. That's

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<v Speaker 1>the formula you're talking about. Hannah said, I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to be there. I don't want to live there. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not to say that I can't won't work with them again.

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<v Speaker 1>I just wanted to make a decision and take some

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<v Speaker 1>creative risks, and also a lot of the subjects that

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<v Speaker 1>I talk about in Wolf and the placement of myself,

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to put myself outside of that particular story.

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<v Speaker 1>Hannah's out promoting Woof. The audio to woof is free

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<v Speaker 1>online with a twenty minute video version that features hannagas

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<v Speaker 1>By speaking through an animated sock puppet. They asked about

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<v Speaker 1>the sock puppet thing. Hanna said, every decision is almost

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<v Speaker 1>like what is the algorithm? Wan, I'll do the opposite. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>this is an interesting show. Today. I've talked about three comedians,

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<v Speaker 1>Hannah Gadsby, Chris Fleming, and Robbie Hoffman. And of the

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<v Speaker 1>three comedians I've talked about, Robbie Hoffman is the most

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<v Speaker 1>mainstream comedian. I like the alty stuff. The Washington Post

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<v Speaker 1>was speaking on Zoom with Hannah Gatsby. Hannah was in Tasmania.

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<v Speaker 1>I love details like that. We learned that Wolf was

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<v Speaker 1>originally going to be about the death of Hannah's father.

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<v Speaker 1>Hanna explains, Yeah, and the dead Dad's show is a

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<v Speaker 1>universal show, particularly for people of a certain age when

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<v Speaker 1>you start to think about your mortality. But as I

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<v Speaker 1>realized as I was going through this, I'm the only

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<v Speaker 1>person on earth who hasn't adapted to my fame. I

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<v Speaker 1>was a creature of the Milbourn International Comedy Festival, in

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<v Speaker 1>the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Every year I'd write a show,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe it gets to tour a little bit, then the

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<v Speaker 1>next year I'd set it down right another one. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>pushing forty. I'm not thinking about cracking in the US

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<v Speaker 1>market or having high powered agents in LA And then

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<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden it was more than possible. And

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<v Speaker 1>I was so ill equipped for that good follow up

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<v Speaker 1>by the post who asked what was the biggest challenge

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<v Speaker 1>of all that? And the answer the change in my audience.

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<v Speaker 1>My audience beforehand were definitely people I was talking to

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<v Speaker 1>in the room. I was a live performer that had

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<v Speaker 1>slowly built a solid, sustainable fan base that'd bring a

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<v Speaker 1>new piece of work to every year, maybe every two years.

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<v Speaker 1>I was making a living. Was in the scheme of

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<v Speaker 1>things modest, but I was successful. Then the net happens

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<v Speaker 1>and my agents said, are we going to give up?

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<v Speaker 1>For a stadium tour. I wouldn't survive that. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to be in a crowd of thirty thousand people,

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't want to talk to thirty thousand people.

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<v Speaker 1>Music can work it well in a large crowd, but

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<v Speaker 1>that's where comedy goes to die. When you get to

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<v Speaker 1>those big venues. The last don't come back. They disappear

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<v Speaker 1>out the back. I don't want to sell tickets to

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<v Speaker 1>the Apocalypse, and that's what it feels like. It feels gross.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't actually cast judgment, it's just what they're doing.

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<v Speaker 1>They can do it. Power to them. If you want

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<v Speaker 1>to be a court jester to the Saudi regime, go

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<v Speaker 1>for it. Some news news on a Sunday, Jeff Ross

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<v Speaker 1>is one man show. Take a Banana for the Ride.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll be on Netflix. Hanna Gatsby's not gonna like that.

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<v Speaker 1>On March twenty fourth. You can watch you Take a

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<v Speaker 1>Banana for the Ride. We see Jeff Ross sharing personal

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<v Speaker 1>stories about his upbringing, family, loss, resilience, and how humor

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<v Speaker 1>has carried him through tough times. I just made a

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<v Speaker 1>Hannahatsby joke, But isn't that pretty much what Hannah Gatsby does?

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe Hannah and Jeff Ross could be friends. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I was just riffing on the Netflix of it all.

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<v Speaker 1>Hulu still into the Ralph Barbosa business. They announced a

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<v Speaker 1>new project titled swamp Meat, a half hour series created

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<v Speaker 1>by Ralph Barbosa and comedy animation writer Isaac Gonzalez. This

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<v Speaker 1>will be a cartoon. Ralph Barbosa voice stars and serves

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<v Speaker 1>as an executive producer. Swap Meet coming to Hulu. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're in La, go check out the Henson Puppets. They

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<v Speaker 1>are doing improv comedy in puppet Up Uncensored. Puppet Up

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<v Speaker 1>Uncensored combines the style of puppetry originated by Jim Henson

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<v Speaker 1>with improv comedy games fueled by audience prompts. It can

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<v Speaker 1>get raunchy, he said, don't bring your kids. You know.

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<v Speaker 1>There are no official muppets, but we're told the production

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<v Speaker 1>includes recreations of several original Jim Henson puppets from early

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<v Speaker 1>in his career. And it's Brian Henson that created this thing,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's not like this is totally rogue. Brian Henson

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<v Speaker 1>says of the recreations, they're really old. It's super fun

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<v Speaker 1>to rebuild those puppets and actually perform those scenes in

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<v Speaker 1>front of a live audience. That hasn't happened in forty

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<v Speaker 1>to fifty years. Probably. We're told that Henson puppets are

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<v Speaker 1>tailored for the camera, but in Puppet Up, uncensored audience

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<v Speaker 1>members see both the stage for screen performance on video projection,

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<v Speaker 1>and you also get to see the puppeteers work in

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<v Speaker 1>a way that's usually hidden from view. Henson said, it's

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<v Speaker 1>really fun to let people see how we do it

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<v Speaker 1>because it's clever and it's chaotic. It also means our

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<v Speaker 1>audience watches the show in a different kind of way.

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<v Speaker 1>Hanson was asked about the Muppet Show. I haven't gotten

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<v Speaker 1>around to that yet, but people seem to really liked that.

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<v Speaker 1>That was back Henson's take. The AI craze has created

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<v Speaker 1>a backlash of please let me see human craftsmanship, human artistry,

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<v Speaker 1>where I know this is coming from a human artistic mind.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think right now there's just this enormous appreciation

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<v Speaker 1>for artistry that's not computer generated in any way. That'll

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<v Speaker 1>benefit all sorts of arts, but it certainly benefits puppetry

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<v Speaker 1>for sure. That your comedy news on a Sunday catch

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<v Speaker 1>you back in the morning,