March 7, 2025 • 19 mins
Johnny Mac discusses the angst-filled nature of the day's stories, which delve into political and social issues. Key highlights include an interview with Andrew Schulz about his new comedy special and personal storytelling, Chris DiStefano's reflections on American pride, and a thought-provoking discussion on Bill Burr's evolving public persona. Also covered are Michael Rappaport's clash with a Canadian politician, a controversial comedy club incident involving anti-Semitic remarks, and lighter segments about Joe Koy, the SNL ratings, and upcoming comedy events at South by Southwest. Emphasizing the dynamic day's contrast, Johnny ensures a lighter, funnier episode for Saturday.
01:17 Andrew Schutz on Comedy and Personal Stories
02:49 Chris DiStefano on American Pride and Politics
04:47 Bill Burr's Evolution and Media Perception
08:06 Patrice O'Neill Comedy Benefit and Tracy Morgan's New Show
09:43 Michael Rappaport Controversy and Comedy Club Incident
15:15 Gossip Corner and Joe Koy's Filipino Food Faux Pas
17:45 South by Southwest Comedy Highlights
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01:17 Andrew Schutz on Comedy and Personal Stories
02:49 Chris DiStefano on American Pride and Politics
04:47 Bill Burr's Evolution and Media Perception
08:06 Patrice O'Neill Comedy Benefit and Tracy Morgan's New Show
09:43 Michael Rappaport Controversy and Comedy Club Incident
15:15 Gossip Corner and Joe Koy's Filipino Food Faux Pas
17:45 South by Southwest Comedy Highlights
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, I'm Johnny Mack, host of Daily Comedy News. This
is the Friday episode. I just wanted to talk to
you guys before we get into the episode. As I
put the show together, and you'll hear me say this
during the recording. As I put the show together, I
was like, ooh, all these stories are really angsty. I
hope this episode doesn't annoy people. I hope this episode
doesn't turn people off. It gets into politics, it gets
(00:22):
into some social issues, and as I explained in the episode,
I just put the stories together and I go, Okay,
what's going on today? And you know, sometimes I'll be like, oh,
that can wait till tomorrow, and you know, this could
go next week. The show's getting long. Let me bump that.
You hear me do that all the time live. But
as I put the show together say it's like, oh,
this is going to be very angsty. And I hope
you know, nobody who listens to the show every day
goes away going ah, the show is getting really political.
(00:44):
So I actually recorded Friday and Saturday back to back.
Is today's show angsty? Yeah? It is, is tomorrow's show angsty?
Not at all went out of my way to make
tomorrow just fun and light and silly. Today a little serious.
So this is my little preamble. If you don't enjoy
today's podcast, I get it. But you know I'm here
every day. So you know, if you don't like today's hit,
(01:05):
stop and come back tomorrow and you like tomorrow's episode, Okay,
let's hit it. Callaroga Shark Media. Hey man, what's up.
I'm Johnny Mack with your daily comedy news. More from
Andrew Schultz. In an interview with The l eight Times,
they were curious how Andrew feels a special like life
(01:27):
raises the bar for Andrew's comedy. Great question, Andrew said,
I don't know. I'm always just trying to do something different.
I think that's the exciting thing for me. Before this special,
I was never personal in my comedy at all. Like
I didn't think my life was interesting. And then when
it was tough for us to get pregnant, I think
the only thing I could think of. I just couldn't
think of anything else and nothing really mattered. And then
talking about this got really exciting. On stage. I was like,
(01:47):
maybe I could tell stories. I never really told stories
on stage. I was like, what if I could make
this whole story, and then I didn't want to tell
anybody it was a story because I didn't want there
to be one man's show expectations, and I wanted them
to come in thinking like this is hard hitting stand
up for an hour and have that expectation, but also
see if I could have a story layered onto it.
Spoiler part of the special, Andrew jokes about collecting a sample,
(02:08):
if you know what I mean. The only times was
curious as you were collecting a sample, did you think
there could be a joke there? Andrews said, Yeah. Sometimes
you're in a moment you're like, oh, this is kind
of funny. And then sometimes you're just talking about it
on stage, like you're really frustrated by something, you're embarrassed
by something, and you feel very vulnerable, so you're like, Okay,
let me share this and then maybe I'll find something
funny in it. And then there's other parts where you're
just so miserable in the moments you can't even think
(02:28):
about comedy just yet. So I think it was both
for sure, new topic. Hey, Andrew, what made you decide
facial hair was part of your look? Andrew said, not
all of us can grow a beautiful thick beard. Okay,
some of us, this is all we got mustache. I'm
no clue. I think this is all I got. To
be fair, Andrew warns us, though you can't go too short.
That's a big no no. Be prepared for a lot
of rough looks from people. Chris de Steffan a hotel
(02:50):
Fox News Digital he hasn't seen American pride on such
a large scale since the aftermath of nine to eleven. Chris,
and I think our country honestly now, personally, I know
that it's very divided. But I think that and it
might be because of exhaustion if you think the other way.
I do think we're going to make a concentrated effort
to try to come together a little bit more. Chris said,
I mean, you look at this Trump presidency, the very
early stages of it versus the last Trump presidency. I mean,
(03:11):
people were trying as much as they could to get
anything they could on him, to remove him. People screaming
in the streets, so mad the first three months of
his presidency. But just like, yeah, there's issues, people trying,
but there's no like major upheaval because I think people
are like, all right, so exhausting, can do it the
other way, So why don't we just try. I feel
like we're unifying more as a nation. There's more American
pride or a country than I remember. I haven't felt
American pride like this since, honestly, like nine to eleven,
(03:33):
like after that, like right after that, there was so
much American pride. Everyone came together, and now I feel
it again, which I think is good, Chris said. I
understand America's just lines on a map like every other country,
where there's something about having pride as a nation that's
just better for everyone. It's better for us. I'm not
saying America is the only be all end all. I'm
saying it's good to have pride and where you're from.
Is when I go to other countries, they have pride
and where they're from, and you see their flags flying
(03:54):
and they're proud of something, and that doesn't mean, hey,
you know, we're number one in Mexico. It's like, be prideful,
be proud to be Mexican, be price to be American,
and we can work together. Chris continued. For me, comedians,
I think we like to call it as it is,
and perception is reality. I'm in the middle. I'm Chrissy Grayzone.
I think even Trump's efforts like who knows if the
executive orders will pass, who knows if we'll buy Greenland
or Candadates is gonna be the fifty first state? Who
knows right, could just be wild things he's saying. But
(04:16):
I do think what it's doing is trying to reassert
in an American dominance, which again is just good for
our pride as a nation. The combination of stories today
has me a little worried that some of you are
gonna go away and be like this show has gotten
really political. I just do whatever comes out, and that
there's a couple of stories coming down in the first
half here that are also political ish. It's just the
(04:38):
zeitgeist today, So let me just do a palate cleanser here.
We'll do something else. But again, I don't wake up
and be like, I'm gonna put out a political message today.
It's not what the show is anyway. Friend of the show,
Jason Zinneman talk to Bill Burr. Jason writes in The Times,
I begin to tell bur there was something he often
talks about that resonates with me. When he cut me
off Bill went horse ores, He respondedly, back in chuckling
(05:00):
in a gray hoodie and jeans. That sentence almost sounds
like Norm MacDonald. Right, hores, he responded, leading back in
chuckling at a gray hoodie and jeans. Now, I responded,
I'm not talking about hores, fully appreciating how funny it
sounds for a New York Times journalists to say this
in an interview. Yes, Jason's in him been writing. No,
I'm not talking about whores. Is funny, Jason writes, So,
(05:21):
I wanted to talk about male anger, a long time
theme of Burr's stand up. I won't drop into a
half assed bur impression because I want to catch Jason's
words Here. He's quoting Burr, who said, let me ask
you this, he said, flashing an intense stare. You've been
with me for an hour. Do I seem like an
angry person? Jason writes, I pause. He did appear a
little annoyed when I picked a fight with him about
a bit he does about women's sports. Burr is not
(05:43):
the only one who likes messing with people, but alone
in conversation, Burr seems like the same guy he is
in front of a crowd, only more cerebral than my
old mannerd Burs said, there's a lot of truth in
the guy you see on stage where you just looking
at me for one side, Jason writes, the side I
see here is a guy with anger issues who learned
how to control them. Yeah, there's some sort of uh.
I almost suspect it's a pr campaign. You're in. Burr's
(06:03):
got a special out a week from today. You're gonna
see a lot of Burr has grown up and changed
his ways and learned how to become a better man.
That seems to be the messaging on the mainstreaming of
Bill Burr that he became a better man, which is fun.
We should all become better people than we were yesterday.
I strive to do that, probably like you, there are
(06:24):
things in my past that I'm not too proud of.
I don't have a time machine. All I could do
is be better today than yesterday. So I'm not saying
Burr's a jerking face for being a better guy, but
there does seem to be some sort of campaign around
that messaging is what I'm picking up. Burst said, I
want to lose my edge. I don't want to go
through life angry. And here's the thing. If you have
an edge, you never lose it. I can tap into
that whenever I need it. You bark at the other
dog and make it go away. I know how to
(06:44):
do that, Jason writes. When I tell him the right
wing media figure Ben Shapiro said Bill Burr was going woke,
Burr shot back. All he knew is if you put
Woke on what I said, he'd make more money. I
don't know who he is, but that guy is a
hmm a self enjoying dure. I teach this to my students.
I could just read the phrase there. I mean, the
(07:06):
phrase made the New York Times, so it's not the
dirtiest phrase in the world. But sometimes trying to keep
it clean makes it a little funnier. And that's one
of the reasons I do the kind of things I
do where I won't say a phrase that made the
New York Times in print. Anyway. Bill Burr's special Drop
Dead Years premieres on Hulu March fourteenth. Now my question
for Hulu is if I hit play, am I going
to see the entire special? Or with like thirteen minutes
(07:28):
to go, is the automation going to cut off the
special and I just don't get to see the closer.
I mean, this is a fair question, Hulu. Perhaps your
publicists could get back to me and I'll ask them. Oh,
this paired up nicely, and I didn't do this on purpose.
Remember when Jason Zinnemann wrote, Burr's not the only one
who likes messing with people, someone who liked to mess
with people. But Tresea O'Neil. I've spoken about this in
the past. I did not enjoy the man's company. His
(07:49):
whole thing was messing with you, and great, dude, I'm
here to just be a professional broadcaster and knock out
this segment that we're going to do today. I don't
need to mess with may just be a professional. Didn't
like Patrese O'Neil. Sorry he passed away. I understand the
New York City comedians revere him. Didn't like the man.
The twelfth annual Patrise o'nil Comedy Benefit Concert is a
(08:09):
night of stand up comedy to honor the memory of
Patrise O'Neil. This year, performances by Rosebud Baker Greer bourns
I'm seeing a lot of buzz on Greer all of
a Sudden DC, Benny Bilberr, Tim Dillon, to misch Ptel,
Sean Patten, and Rich Voss. It's at the New York
City Center. All tickets seventy five dollars including fees. May eighteenth,
(08:30):
Doors open at seven. Performance at allegedly seven point thirty.
Nice nice line up there. Tracy Morgan coming back to
NBC and teaming up with Tina Fay in untitled comedy.
Tracy Morgan plays a disgraced football player on a mission
to rehabilitate his image. Tina Fey is the executive producer
on the sitcom. It'll be written by thirty Rock colums
Robert Carlock and Sean Means. So that is telling me
(08:53):
NBC wants to be in the Tina Fay business. Very interesting,
Lauren Michaels Snel, You see where I'm going there. They
want to be in the Tina Fey business. I mean,
it's a good business to be in, but just interesting
because I'm not sure. In the twenty twenty five twenty
twenty six media landscape, b a Tracy Morgan NBC sitcom
is you know what the world is into these days?
(09:15):
Nothing against Tracy Morgan, It's just NBC sitcom doesn't mean
what it meant in the nineties, That's all I'm saying there.
Tracy will also star in Paramount Plus is upcoming comedy
The Crutch, which is a spinoff from The Neighborhood. Tracy
plays Francois Frank Crutchfield aka Crutch, a Harlem widower whose
empty nest plans are put on hold after his millennial
son and free spirited daughter moved back home. It's expected
(09:37):
to premiere it later this year. All Right, some of
the angsty stuff that had me nervous as I put
the show together. Michael Rappaport's in the news now. Anytime
I mentioned Michael Rappaport, and I've brought this up in
the past, it's always like an angsty, angry controversy. It's
never like Michael Rappaport went to the children's hospital, he
gave out teddy bears. The nurses said he was the
(09:58):
nicest man we ever met. It's never that. It's always
something like this from The Daily Wire, Michael rapp Report
slammed a leftist Canadian politician for encouraging lawmakers to ban
him from doing stand up comedy shows in Canada. Rap
Report made his opinions known and a column he wrote
for The Free Press, Canada's new Democrat Party member, Heather
McPherson had referenced rap Reports significant criminal history. I'm not
(10:24):
familiar with that at all. Is that a thing? I'm
not familiar with that at all. If you asked me,
is Michael Rapp Report a criminal? I would say absolutely not.
But maybe I'm wrong. I googled the phrase Michael Rapp
Report criminal. I don't see anything. Maybe I'm forgetting something.
I'm gonna type in Michael Rapp Report crime, Google tells me.
(10:47):
On May eighteenth, nineteen ninety seven, a rap Report was
arrested for harassing ex girlfriend Lily Taylor and charged with
two counts of aggravated harassment. A page six article that says,
years before Michael Rapp Report's court battle with bart Tool Sports,
the actor once pleaded guilty to arresting ex girlfriend Lily Taylor. Okay.
New Democrat Party member Heather McPherson referenced to Rappaport's significant
(11:08):
criminal history, history of Islamic phobic speech and tendencies towards
inciting violence as reasons for her proposed ban of Michael
Rappaport She adds, we're witnessing an alarming increase in Islamophobia
in Canada and globally. All Canadians deserved to feel safe
in our communities. New Democrats are calling on the Liberal
government to deny entry to Michael Rappaport. She concluded by
saying hate has no place in Canada. Rapaport responded, writing,
(11:32):
I have no criminal history other than calling my ex
girlfriend Lily Taylor too many times in nineteen ninety seven.
I'm not ashamed I was in love. I have no
outstanding warrants. I don't have any parking tickets. As far
as Racislamophobia, my only phobia currently is of a radical Jihattis.
I'll admit I have a phobia of anybody wants to
kill hert or dehumanized Jews. The irony here is that McPherson,
in her post asserted that hate has no place in Canada, except,
(11:54):
of course, when hate is directed towards Jews, which Canada
apparently has no problem with. He linked that to a
report which found quote six hundred and seventy percent increase
in anti Semitic incidents in Canada since October seventh, twenty
twenty three. Report wrote some more things and then finished
with if you're reading this other a front row seats
reserved for you in the New Democrats. That's a genuine offer.
(12:14):
Another angsty one, this from AM New York. CJ is
from Brooklyn and was having a wonderful day in Brooklyn.
AM New York tells us she and her husband went
to an exciting fundraiser at her son's school before deciding
to finish off a fun day at a local comedy club. Right,
they definitely want us to know. The day was wonderful
and it was a fun day, AM New York. Right,
she had no idea she'd end the night in tears
(12:35):
after comedian on stage performed a set of jokes culminating
with one personal attack. I wasn't there, so I'm just
going to admit the comedian's name. It is not a
famous comedian, CJ told AM New York. Most of the
comedians were fantastic, at least until a comedian Question took
the stage after ten pm and included a routine that
focused on Jewish people and the Israeli Hamas war in
the Middle East. CJ explains he starts with how Jews
(12:58):
must find free Palestine, really confusing becase we love free stuff.
Then he said, I don't know about you, but a
Palestinian has never kept my security deposit. From a comedy standpoint,
as a Roman Catholic recording a podcast in a basement,
I don't know what faith this comedian is. I don't
know what background this comedian is. But it's not like
I haven't heard that sort of joke before, and I
(13:19):
don't know the nuance of the joke. So the quote
from the person who went to the show was must
find free Palestine really confusing because we love free stuff.
CJ identifies as Jewish, So is the we there the
way the joke was told. So is this a Jewish
comedian going because we love free stuff? Or is CJ
self identifying and was the joke because they love free stuff?
(13:41):
That I don't know that would add some nuance to
this story. CJ and their husband said they didn't find
the jokes funny, but understood that it was comedy, and
hope did move on to something else. Okay, But then
apparently the comedian brought up the subject of slavery among
Jews in history. I don't have any information about what
that part of the set was about and what the
materials sounded like. CJ explains, at this point, I was
(14:03):
getting visibly upset, almost crying at this point. It's very sensitive.
I've dealt with a lot of anti Semitism over the
last five hundred and eight or so days. CJ claims.
The comedian then said something, quoting the article here along
the lines of and then quoting along the lines of
what the comedian said, something like wanting to go kill
somewhere babies, this article says. The audience laughed. CJ then
(14:25):
broke down in tears and left the club. Edward Ferrell
is a spokesperson for the Williamsburg Comedy Club, told AM
New York that the venue believes in free speech, especially
on a comedy club stage, and will not be taking
any action against the comedian. Williamsburg Comedy Club is a
place for comics to take chances. Unfortunately, people occasionally get offended.
That's out of our control. I hear jokes about many issues,
(14:46):
topics and groups in the club that I don't always
agree with or laugh at. I will not censor any
of the comics who were lucky enough to have on
our stage. A comedian made a joke and I stand
by his right to do so. CJ said, I would
love an apology from the club. They want to refund
our ticket prices, That's great, but whatever. What I'd really
like is for at least one person to see this
and not support this comedian, and to warn other Jewish
people that if you see this guy's name on a
(15:06):
comedy lineup, don't go. The comedian is scheduled to do
some more appearances, heavy one today. All right, let's see
what else we got here. Let's go to Gossip Corner.
Gossip Corner is always fun. Joe Coy, you remember Joe Koy, Scott.
I'm doing the bit because this has been a heavy show.
I've been trying to solve peace in the Middle East
and Trump and I gotta do something funny. So Joe
(15:27):
Koy one time he hosted the Golden Globes. You remember
the Scott Beckett. Yeah, and he told this horrible, mean
joke about Taylor Swift. Let's listen. Uh, the big difference
between the Golden Globes and the NFL. On the Golden Gloves,
we have fewer camber shots of Taylor Swift. Anyway, last weekend,
I've had a bounce this all week Joe Coy was
in DC. This show's a mess today, I'm trying. Joe
(15:47):
Coy was in DC last weekend and he stopped by
Purple Patch to gobble up delicacies from fellow Filipino chef
Patrese Cleary. Apparently Joe had some red Snapper Rihanna with
crab and mushroom adobo at the Eater thirty eight. It's
some interesting fact checking here. On Saturday night, Joe Coy
told the crowd at the Capitol One Arena that he's
(16:07):
never had Filipino food like that before. Oh but fact check,
Purple Patch had previously catered Joe Coy back in twenty
twenty two. Hmmm, is Joe Koy lying about what kind
of Filipino food he eats? Investigation? Oh, this one's too serious.
I get a bounce this Sorry, that goes to tomorrow.
Shane gillis only the sixth most controversial thing I've talked
(16:30):
about today. His SNL drew four point two seventy five
million viewers and eight hundred and ninety five thousand viewers
in the eighteen to forty nine demo, which I've aged
out of, compared with the most recent regular episode, which
was Timothy Chellamy on January twenty fifth. That was down
thirteen point seven seven percent among total viewers and down
thirteen point two eight percent in the demo. However, it
(16:52):
was a step up from the sixth most controversial person
on Today's Podcast, Shane Gillis. When Shane hosted in February
of twenty four, he was up seven point two percent
from the year before, however, with viewers aged eighteen to
thirty four down ten and a half percent. Hmmm. Also,
I saw they adjested the Conan numbers. Let me pull
that up Conan oscar readings. I remember they were saying
(17:16):
earlier in the week it was slightly down. The Holly
Reporter now saying nope, it was slightly up, averaging nineteen
point sixty nine million viewers on ABC and Hulu. Of course,
those of us watching on Hulu didn't get to see
the end, not that I'm mad about that or anything.
The original reported number was eighteen point zero seven. The
nineteen point sixty nine million viewers is about two hundred
thousand more than the nineteen point four to nine for
(17:38):
the twenty four oscars back before the pandemic. The twenty
twenty Oscars drew twenty three point six four million viewers,
and south By Southwest Comedy has kicked off. Let's see
who's there tonight. It starts with Comedy Kickoff at seven pm.
Jay Jorden, Bonnie McFarlane, Oppi Alak Baju, Caitlin Palufo. I'm
(17:59):
seeing buzz on all of a sudden. If I were
there at seven point thirty, you would find me at
Elon Musk Disrupt Democracy l subtitled James Adomian as Elon Musk.
The description interplanetary savior of Advanced Evolution, billionaire polymouth genius
and Supreme Shadow President Elon Musk. Asterisk steps now into
the light along with his most feared advisors to train
(18:22):
the fierce fangs the dochegoons upon Austin, Texas. The Asterisk says,
not actually Elon Musk. Great, great lineup, heer James Adomian,
Anthony Tamniwick, Matt Besser, Chad Damiani, Alex English, Christina, Catherine Martinez,
Natalie Palomides, Boy Besser, Natalie and Tammiwick and Adomian Right there, boy,
(18:43):
what a great show. I'm sure we'll see some buzz
on that next week online at nine o'clock. Three Girls,
One Glass, Lisa Gilroy, Punky Johnson, Kristen Toomey and Todd Glass.
I see what you did there well, titled show ten
o'clock only Murderers in the Building, Killer Comics take the
stage for a night of mussy stand up. Greer Born
(19:06):
still you've seen his name ever? All of a sudden,
Lynn Coplets, Eddie Pepetone, Nick Thune. And that's long enough
for a Friday. I'm bumping some things, so I got
plenty of free tomorrow and I'm about to record tomorrow.
So for me seeing about thirty seconds for you, see
you tomorrow,
Hi, I'm Johnny Mack, host of Daily Comedy News. This
is the Friday episode. I just wanted to talk to
you guys before we get into the episode. As I
put the show together, and you'll hear me say this
during the recording. As I put the show together, I
was like, ooh, all these stories are really angsty. I
hope this episode doesn't annoy people. I hope this episode
doesn't turn people off. It gets into politics, it gets
(00:22):
into some social issues, and as I explained in the episode,
I just put the stories together and I go, Okay,
what's going on today? And you know, sometimes I'll be like, oh,
that can wait till tomorrow, and you know, this could
go next week. The show's getting long. Let me bump that.
You hear me do that all the time live. But
as I put the show together say it's like, oh,
this is going to be very angsty. And I hope
you know, nobody who listens to the show every day
goes away going ah, the show is getting really political.
(00:44):
So I actually recorded Friday and Saturday back to back.
Is today's show angsty? Yeah? It is, is tomorrow's show angsty?
Not at all went out of my way to make
tomorrow just fun and light and silly. Today a little serious.
So this is my little preamble. If you don't enjoy
today's podcast, I get it. But you know I'm here
every day. So you know, if you don't like today's hit,
(01:05):
stop and come back tomorrow and you like tomorrow's episode, Okay,
let's hit it. Callaroga Shark Media. Hey man, what's up.
I'm Johnny Mack with your daily comedy news. More from
Andrew Schultz. In an interview with The l eight Times,
they were curious how Andrew feels a special like life
(01:27):
raises the bar for Andrew's comedy. Great question, Andrew said,
I don't know. I'm always just trying to do something different.
I think that's the exciting thing for me. Before this special,
I was never personal in my comedy at all. Like
I didn't think my life was interesting. And then when
it was tough for us to get pregnant, I think
the only thing I could think of. I just couldn't
think of anything else and nothing really mattered. And then
talking about this got really exciting. On stage. I was like,
(01:47):
maybe I could tell stories. I never really told stories
on stage. I was like, what if I could make
this whole story, and then I didn't want to tell
anybody it was a story because I didn't want there
to be one man's show expectations, and I wanted them
to come in thinking like this is hard hitting stand
up for an hour and have that expectation, but also
see if I could have a story layered onto it.
Spoiler part of the special, Andrew jokes about collecting a sample,
(02:08):
if you know what I mean. The only times was
curious as you were collecting a sample, did you think
there could be a joke there? Andrews said, Yeah. Sometimes
you're in a moment you're like, oh, this is kind
of funny. And then sometimes you're just talking about it
on stage, like you're really frustrated by something, you're embarrassed
by something, and you feel very vulnerable, so you're like, Okay,
let me share this and then maybe I'll find something
funny in it. And then there's other parts where you're
just so miserable in the moments you can't even think
(02:28):
about comedy just yet. So I think it was both
for sure, new topic. Hey, Andrew, what made you decide
facial hair was part of your look? Andrew said, not
all of us can grow a beautiful thick beard. Okay,
some of us, this is all we got mustache. I'm
no clue. I think this is all I got. To
be fair, Andrew warns us, though you can't go too short.
That's a big no no. Be prepared for a lot
of rough looks from people. Chris de Steffan a hotel
(02:50):
Fox News Digital he hasn't seen American pride on such
a large scale since the aftermath of nine to eleven. Chris,
and I think our country honestly now, personally, I know
that it's very divided. But I think that and it
might be because of exhaustion if you think the other way.
I do think we're going to make a concentrated effort
to try to come together a little bit more. Chris said,
I mean, you look at this Trump presidency, the very
early stages of it versus the last Trump presidency. I mean,
(03:11):
people were trying as much as they could to get
anything they could on him, to remove him. People screaming
in the streets, so mad the first three months of
his presidency. But just like, yeah, there's issues, people trying,
but there's no like major upheaval because I think people
are like, all right, so exhausting, can do it the
other way, So why don't we just try. I feel
like we're unifying more as a nation. There's more American
pride or a country than I remember. I haven't felt
American pride like this since, honestly, like nine to eleven,
(03:33):
like after that, like right after that, there was so
much American pride. Everyone came together, and now I feel
it again, which I think is good, Chris said. I
understand America's just lines on a map like every other country,
where there's something about having pride as a nation that's
just better for everyone. It's better for us. I'm not
saying America is the only be all end all. I'm
saying it's good to have pride and where you're from.
Is when I go to other countries, they have pride
and where they're from, and you see their flags flying
(03:54):
and they're proud of something, and that doesn't mean, hey,
you know, we're number one in Mexico. It's like, be prideful,
be proud to be Mexican, be price to be American,
and we can work together. Chris continued. For me, comedians,
I think we like to call it as it is,
and perception is reality. I'm in the middle. I'm Chrissy Grayzone.
I think even Trump's efforts like who knows if the
executive orders will pass, who knows if we'll buy Greenland
or Candadates is gonna be the fifty first state? Who
knows right, could just be wild things he's saying. But
(04:16):
I do think what it's doing is trying to reassert
in an American dominance, which again is just good for
our pride as a nation. The combination of stories today
has me a little worried that some of you are
gonna go away and be like this show has gotten
really political. I just do whatever comes out, and that
there's a couple of stories coming down in the first
half here that are also political ish. It's just the
(04:38):
zeitgeist today, So let me just do a palate cleanser here.
We'll do something else. But again, I don't wake up
and be like, I'm gonna put out a political message today.
It's not what the show is anyway. Friend of the show,
Jason Zinneman talk to Bill Burr. Jason writes in The Times,
I begin to tell bur there was something he often
talks about that resonates with me. When he cut me
off Bill went horse ores, He respondedly, back in chuckling
(05:00):
in a gray hoodie and jeans. That sentence almost sounds
like Norm MacDonald. Right, hores, he responded, leading back in
chuckling at a gray hoodie and jeans. Now, I responded,
I'm not talking about hores, fully appreciating how funny it
sounds for a New York Times journalists to say this
in an interview. Yes, Jason's in him been writing. No,
I'm not talking about whores. Is funny, Jason writes, So,
(05:21):
I wanted to talk about male anger, a long time
theme of Burr's stand up. I won't drop into a
half assed bur impression because I want to catch Jason's
words Here. He's quoting Burr, who said, let me ask
you this, he said, flashing an intense stare. You've been
with me for an hour. Do I seem like an
angry person? Jason writes, I pause. He did appear a
little annoyed when I picked a fight with him about
a bit he does about women's sports. Burr is not
(05:43):
the only one who likes messing with people, but alone
in conversation, Burr seems like the same guy he is
in front of a crowd, only more cerebral than my
old mannerd Burs said, there's a lot of truth in
the guy you see on stage where you just looking
at me for one side, Jason writes, the side I
see here is a guy with anger issues who learned
how to control them. Yeah, there's some sort of uh.
I almost suspect it's a pr campaign. You're in. Burr's
(06:03):
got a special out a week from today. You're gonna
see a lot of Burr has grown up and changed
his ways and learned how to become a better man.
That seems to be the messaging on the mainstreaming of
Bill Burr that he became a better man, which is fun.
We should all become better people than we were yesterday.
I strive to do that, probably like you, there are
(06:24):
things in my past that I'm not too proud of.
I don't have a time machine. All I could do
is be better today than yesterday. So I'm not saying
Burr's a jerking face for being a better guy, but
there does seem to be some sort of campaign around
that messaging is what I'm picking up. Burst said, I
want to lose my edge. I don't want to go
through life angry. And here's the thing. If you have
an edge, you never lose it. I can tap into
that whenever I need it. You bark at the other
dog and make it go away. I know how to
(06:44):
do that, Jason writes. When I tell him the right
wing media figure Ben Shapiro said Bill Burr was going woke,
Burr shot back. All he knew is if you put
Woke on what I said, he'd make more money. I
don't know who he is, but that guy is a
hmm a self enjoying dure. I teach this to my students.
I could just read the phrase there. I mean, the
(07:06):
phrase made the New York Times, so it's not the
dirtiest phrase in the world. But sometimes trying to keep
it clean makes it a little funnier. And that's one
of the reasons I do the kind of things I
do where I won't say a phrase that made the
New York Times in print. Anyway. Bill Burr's special Drop
Dead Years premieres on Hulu March fourteenth. Now my question
for Hulu is if I hit play, am I going
to see the entire special? Or with like thirteen minutes
(07:28):
to go, is the automation going to cut off the
special and I just don't get to see the closer.
I mean, this is a fair question, Hulu. Perhaps your
publicists could get back to me and I'll ask them. Oh,
this paired up nicely, and I didn't do this on purpose.
Remember when Jason Zinnemann wrote, Burr's not the only one
who likes messing with people, someone who liked to mess
with people. But Tresea O'Neil. I've spoken about this in
the past. I did not enjoy the man's company. His
(07:49):
whole thing was messing with you, and great, dude, I'm
here to just be a professional broadcaster and knock out
this segment that we're going to do today. I don't
need to mess with may just be a professional. Didn't
like Patrese O'Neil. Sorry he passed away. I understand the
New York City comedians revere him. Didn't like the man.
The twelfth annual Patrise o'nil Comedy Benefit Concert is a
(08:09):
night of stand up comedy to honor the memory of
Patrise O'Neil. This year, performances by Rosebud Baker Greer bourns
I'm seeing a lot of buzz on Greer all of
a Sudden DC, Benny Bilberr, Tim Dillon, to misch Ptel,
Sean Patten, and Rich Voss. It's at the New York
City Center. All tickets seventy five dollars including fees. May eighteenth,
(08:30):
Doors open at seven. Performance at allegedly seven point thirty.
Nice nice line up there. Tracy Morgan coming back to
NBC and teaming up with Tina Fay in untitled comedy.
Tracy Morgan plays a disgraced football player on a mission
to rehabilitate his image. Tina Fey is the executive producer
on the sitcom. It'll be written by thirty Rock colums
Robert Carlock and Sean Means. So that is telling me
(08:53):
NBC wants to be in the Tina Fay business. Very interesting,
Lauren Michaels Snel, You see where I'm going there. They
want to be in the Tina Fey business. I mean,
it's a good business to be in, but just interesting
because I'm not sure. In the twenty twenty five twenty
twenty six media landscape, b a Tracy Morgan NBC sitcom
is you know what the world is into these days?
(09:15):
Nothing against Tracy Morgan, It's just NBC sitcom doesn't mean
what it meant in the nineties, That's all I'm saying there.
Tracy will also star in Paramount Plus is upcoming comedy
The Crutch, which is a spinoff from The Neighborhood. Tracy
plays Francois Frank Crutchfield aka Crutch, a Harlem widower whose
empty nest plans are put on hold after his millennial
son and free spirited daughter moved back home. It's expected
(09:37):
to premiere it later this year. All Right, some of
the angsty stuff that had me nervous as I put
the show together. Michael Rappaport's in the news now. Anytime
I mentioned Michael Rappaport, and I've brought this up in
the past, it's always like an angsty, angry controversy. It's
never like Michael Rappaport went to the children's hospital, he
gave out teddy bears. The nurses said he was the
(09:58):
nicest man we ever met. It's never that. It's always
something like this from The Daily Wire, Michael rapp Report
slammed a leftist Canadian politician for encouraging lawmakers to ban
him from doing stand up comedy shows in Canada. Rap
Report made his opinions known and a column he wrote
for The Free Press, Canada's new Democrat Party member, Heather
McPherson had referenced rap Reports significant criminal history. I'm not
(10:24):
familiar with that at all. Is that a thing? I'm
not familiar with that at all. If you asked me,
is Michael Rapp Report a criminal? I would say absolutely not.
But maybe I'm wrong. I googled the phrase Michael Rapp
Report criminal. I don't see anything. Maybe I'm forgetting something.
I'm gonna type in Michael Rapp Report crime, Google tells me.
(10:47):
On May eighteenth, nineteen ninety seven, a rap Report was
arrested for harassing ex girlfriend Lily Taylor and charged with
two counts of aggravated harassment. A page six article that says,
years before Michael Rapp Report's court battle with bart Tool Sports,
the actor once pleaded guilty to arresting ex girlfriend Lily Taylor. Okay.
New Democrat Party member Heather McPherson referenced to Rappaport's significant
(11:08):
criminal history, history of Islamic phobic speech and tendencies towards
inciting violence as reasons for her proposed ban of Michael
Rappaport She adds, we're witnessing an alarming increase in Islamophobia
in Canada and globally. All Canadians deserved to feel safe
in our communities. New Democrats are calling on the Liberal
government to deny entry to Michael Rappaport. She concluded by
saying hate has no place in Canada. Rapaport responded, writing,
(11:32):
I have no criminal history other than calling my ex
girlfriend Lily Taylor too many times in nineteen ninety seven.
I'm not ashamed I was in love. I have no
outstanding warrants. I don't have any parking tickets. As far
as Racislamophobia, my only phobia currently is of a radical Jihattis.
I'll admit I have a phobia of anybody wants to
kill hert or dehumanized Jews. The irony here is that McPherson,
in her post asserted that hate has no place in Canada, except,
(11:54):
of course, when hate is directed towards Jews, which Canada
apparently has no problem with. He linked that to a
report which found quote six hundred and seventy percent increase
in anti Semitic incidents in Canada since October seventh, twenty
twenty three. Report wrote some more things and then finished
with if you're reading this other a front row seats
reserved for you in the New Democrats. That's a genuine offer.
(12:14):
Another angsty one, this from AM New York. CJ is
from Brooklyn and was having a wonderful day in Brooklyn.
AM New York tells us she and her husband went
to an exciting fundraiser at her son's school before deciding
to finish off a fun day at a local comedy club. Right,
they definitely want us to know. The day was wonderful
and it was a fun day, AM New York. Right,
she had no idea she'd end the night in tears
(12:35):
after comedian on stage performed a set of jokes culminating
with one personal attack. I wasn't there, so I'm just
going to admit the comedian's name. It is not a
famous comedian, CJ told AM New York. Most of the
comedians were fantastic, at least until a comedian Question took
the stage after ten pm and included a routine that
focused on Jewish people and the Israeli Hamas war in
the Middle East. CJ explains he starts with how Jews
(12:58):
must find free Palestine, really confusing becase we love free stuff.
Then he said, I don't know about you, but a
Palestinian has never kept my security deposit. From a comedy standpoint,
as a Roman Catholic recording a podcast in a basement,
I don't know what faith this comedian is. I don't
know what background this comedian is. But it's not like
I haven't heard that sort of joke before, and I
(13:19):
don't know the nuance of the joke. So the quote
from the person who went to the show was must
find free Palestine really confusing because we love free stuff.
CJ identifies as Jewish, So is the we there the
way the joke was told. So is this a Jewish
comedian going because we love free stuff? Or is CJ
self identifying and was the joke because they love free stuff?
(13:41):
That I don't know that would add some nuance to
this story. CJ and their husband said they didn't find
the jokes funny, but understood that it was comedy, and
hope did move on to something else. Okay, But then
apparently the comedian brought up the subject of slavery among
Jews in history. I don't have any information about what
that part of the set was about and what the
materials sounded like. CJ explains, at this point, I was
(14:03):
getting visibly upset, almost crying at this point. It's very sensitive.
I've dealt with a lot of anti Semitism over the
last five hundred and eight or so days. CJ claims.
The comedian then said something, quoting the article here along
the lines of and then quoting along the lines of
what the comedian said, something like wanting to go kill
somewhere babies, this article says. The audience laughed. CJ then
(14:25):
broke down in tears and left the club. Edward Ferrell
is a spokesperson for the Williamsburg Comedy Club, told AM
New York that the venue believes in free speech, especially
on a comedy club stage, and will not be taking
any action against the comedian. Williamsburg Comedy Club is a
place for comics to take chances. Unfortunately, people occasionally get offended.
That's out of our control. I hear jokes about many issues,
(14:46):
topics and groups in the club that I don't always
agree with or laugh at. I will not censor any
of the comics who were lucky enough to have on
our stage. A comedian made a joke and I stand
by his right to do so. CJ said, I would
love an apology from the club. They want to refund
our ticket prices, That's great, but whatever. What I'd really
like is for at least one person to see this
and not support this comedian, and to warn other Jewish
people that if you see this guy's name on a
(15:06):
comedy lineup, don't go. The comedian is scheduled to do
some more appearances, heavy one today. All right, let's see
what else we got here. Let's go to Gossip Corner.
Gossip Corner is always fun. Joe Coy, you remember Joe Koy, Scott.
I'm doing the bit because this has been a heavy show.
I've been trying to solve peace in the Middle East
and Trump and I gotta do something funny. So Joe
(15:27):
Koy one time he hosted the Golden Globes. You remember
the Scott Beckett. Yeah, and he told this horrible, mean
joke about Taylor Swift. Let's listen. Uh, the big difference
between the Golden Globes and the NFL. On the Golden Gloves,
we have fewer camber shots of Taylor Swift. Anyway, last weekend,
I've had a bounce this all week Joe Coy was
in DC. This show's a mess today, I'm trying. Joe
(15:47):
Coy was in DC last weekend and he stopped by
Purple Patch to gobble up delicacies from fellow Filipino chef
Patrese Cleary. Apparently Joe had some red Snapper Rihanna with
crab and mushroom adobo at the Eater thirty eight. It's
some interesting fact checking here. On Saturday night, Joe Coy
told the crowd at the Capitol One Arena that he's
(16:07):
never had Filipino food like that before. Oh but fact check,
Purple Patch had previously catered Joe Coy back in twenty
twenty two. Hmmm, is Joe Koy lying about what kind
of Filipino food he eats? Investigation? Oh, this one's too serious.
I get a bounce this Sorry, that goes to tomorrow.
Shane gillis only the sixth most controversial thing I've talked
(16:30):
about today. His SNL drew four point two seventy five
million viewers and eight hundred and ninety five thousand viewers
in the eighteen to forty nine demo, which I've aged
out of, compared with the most recent regular episode, which
was Timothy Chellamy on January twenty fifth. That was down
thirteen point seven seven percent among total viewers and down
thirteen point two eight percent in the demo. However, it
(16:52):
was a step up from the sixth most controversial person
on Today's Podcast, Shane Gillis. When Shane hosted in February
of twenty four, he was up seven point two percent
from the year before, however, with viewers aged eighteen to
thirty four down ten and a half percent. Hmmm. Also,
I saw they adjested the Conan numbers. Let me pull
that up Conan oscar readings. I remember they were saying
(17:16):
earlier in the week it was slightly down. The Holly
Reporter now saying nope, it was slightly up, averaging nineteen
point sixty nine million viewers on ABC and Hulu. Of course,
those of us watching on Hulu didn't get to see
the end, not that I'm mad about that or anything.
The original reported number was eighteen point zero seven. The
nineteen point sixty nine million viewers is about two hundred
thousand more than the nineteen point four to nine for
(17:38):
the twenty four oscars back before the pandemic. The twenty
twenty Oscars drew twenty three point six four million viewers,
and south By Southwest Comedy has kicked off. Let's see
who's there tonight. It starts with Comedy Kickoff at seven pm.
Jay Jorden, Bonnie McFarlane, Oppi Alak Baju, Caitlin Palufo. I'm
(17:59):
seeing buzz on all of a sudden. If I were
there at seven point thirty, you would find me at
Elon Musk Disrupt Democracy l subtitled James Adomian as Elon Musk.
The description interplanetary savior of Advanced Evolution, billionaire polymouth genius
and Supreme Shadow President Elon Musk. Asterisk steps now into
the light along with his most feared advisors to train
(18:22):
the fierce fangs the dochegoons upon Austin, Texas. The Asterisk says,
not actually Elon Musk. Great, great lineup, heer James Adomian,
Anthony Tamniwick, Matt Besser, Chad Damiani, Alex English, Christina, Catherine Martinez,
Natalie Palomides, Boy Besser, Natalie and Tammiwick and Adomian Right there, boy,
(18:43):
what a great show. I'm sure we'll see some buzz
on that next week online at nine o'clock. Three Girls,
One Glass, Lisa Gilroy, Punky Johnson, Kristen Toomey and Todd Glass.
I see what you did there well, titled show ten
o'clock only Murderers in the Building, Killer Comics take the
stage for a night of mussy stand up. Greer Born
(19:06):
still you've seen his name ever? All of a sudden,
Lynn Coplets, Eddie Pepetone, Nick Thune. And that's long enough
for a Friday. I'm bumping some things, so I got
plenty of free tomorrow and I'm about to record tomorrow.
So for me seeing about thirty seconds for you, see
you tomorrow,
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