April 24, 2025 • 7 mins
Jim Gaffigan shared a humorous story about his experience with Canadian audiences and their shift in attitude towards Americans. Tim Dillon offers political advice to Democrats, while Jimmy Carr discusses the intricacies of comedy and his respect for comedian Chris Rock. The episode also includes updates about Theo Von's profile by the New York Times, Jimmy Kimmel's upcoming season of 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,' and Andrew Santino's new golf podcast. Additionally, Damon Wayans and Joe Rogan touch on Robin Williams' alleged joke theft, and Sarah Silverman recounts using her father's eulogy as material for her stand-up.
00:17 Jim Gaffigan's Whiskey Story
01:06 Tim Dillon's Political Commentary
02:20 Jimmy Carr on Comedy and Inspirations
04:43 Colin Jost and the Pursuit of Fun
05:09 Quick Comedy News Updates
06:03 Robin Williams and Joke Thievery
07:08 Sarah Silverman's Personal Material
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00:17 Jim Gaffigan's Whiskey Story
01:06 Tim Dillon's Political Commentary
02:20 Jimmy Carr on Comedy and Inspirations
04:43 Colin Jost and the Pursuit of Fun
05:09 Quick Comedy News Updates
06:03 Robin Williams and Joke Thievery
07:08 Sarah Silverman's Personal Material
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Callaroga Shark Media and there I'm Johnny Mack with you know,
Today's Dalley Comedy News. I'm honest with you guys, it
is a slow news day. It was like nobody announced anything. Uh.
Jim Gaffigan in the headlines on a slow news day.
He was recently on We Might Be Drunk with Samuerel
(00:24):
and Mark Norman and Jim started talking about different audiences
around the world, joking that Europeans are often a bit condescending,
but Canadians were always there and had the US's back,
but things have changed recently, according to gaff Again, the
Canadians were always like, we know, it's not you, it's
your government. Now the Canadians are like, we hate you.
They're furious. Jim told a story he went out to
(00:44):
get some bourbon out of Vancouver whiskey bar. Jim explains,
I like bourbon, and so I'm like, all right, I'm
going to get a bourbon. They tell him, no bourbon.
I go, this is a world whiskey bar and they're like, nope,
we're not selling any American whiskey. And I go, so
did you get rid of it? And they're like, oh,
it's back there. We're just not selling it. Gaff again
added when he returned to his hotel, which was owned
by an American company, he was able to drink some
(01:05):
bourbon there. While we're being political, Tim Dillon was on CNN.
He had some advice for the Democrats, saying, you can't
go to war with straight white men for four years
and then ask why they didn't vote for you. That
seems crazy. I've made fun of Megan Markle a lot.
I can't then go, why don't you think Megan Markle's
watching my special? I think you just have to pick
your fights in a better way. Dylan talked about having
JD Vance on his podcast. Dylan joked it was actually
(01:27):
the goal and why I started comedy. JD. Vans I
knew about him when I started out in twenty ten,
and I had it all plotted out like a beautiful
mind on the wall. Then he got more serious and
said it was kind of fortuitous. We just have this
podcast that's big and people listen to it. Trump understands
the two cultural forces that I've seen in my lifetime
have changed the way people behaved reality television and social media.
He understands social media and using it to communicate. Now
(01:47):
that we have phones, we're all starring in our own
reality TV shows. He understands that, and he was able
to utilize that understanding to connect with people in a
way that Kamala didn't seem to understand. It felt like
he just had the upper hand. W come Bell likes
not having a boss and says, basically, nobody can fire me,
so I feel free to say what I want to now.
Having said that, maybe I won't get hired by anybody again.
(02:07):
But there's two things that are important. One making sure
my family eats every day and has a place to sleep,
and two make you sure I'm clear about which side
of history I'm on. Send your letters to w cam
Al Bell, Tim Dillon, and Jim Gaffigan. Digital Spy caught
up with Jimmy Carr. Jimmy said pornography is to sex
with clips of comedy, or to seeing a show. You
can watch something on TikTok and go no, that's not
(02:28):
very good, but he watched it with the sound down,
reading subtitles while going to the bathroom, paraphrasing, you didn't
get the full effect Jimmy's comedy inspirations. I always like
wordplaying clever stuff. Culture lags behind technology. VHS was a
huge thing for me. In the early eighties. Would start
to see tapes of Robin Williams, who'd be thin on
more comitty. Suddenly he could see him live talking about
his cocaine addiction, and as a kid, you'd go, who
the f is this guy? Who does Jimmy Carr think
(02:51):
is the goat of comedy? Think about it for a second.
Interesting pick here, Jimmy Carr says, Chris Rock for me
is the goat because if you look bigger and blacker,
it all stands up. Those routines don't just stand up.
They're still edgy. Now it's extraordinary. Most comedy rots. It
goes back to the pot and that's great, But every
now and then someone just comes along and nails it. Jimmy,
(03:11):
what made you want to be a comic? I think
a lot of people who suffer little from depressions self
medicate with comedy. I was using it and decided to
become a dealer. I like that, that's funny. I often
think of myself like a drug dealer. You're dealing in
serotonin and dopamine. You experience it most when you're in
a group of other people. You're laughing together, you laugh
I think thirty times more. Jimmy talked about growing up.
I look back at school and everyone was hilarious. I
(03:32):
didn't stand out as being the funny kid. I could
definitely hold my own, but everyone was fun Why else
would you be friends with someone if they weren't a
laugh That was the currency, certainly in my home. There's
a lot of mysticism around comedy, like he's just funny,
he just gets up there and does it. No. When
I watch Chris Rock do a special, I see one
hundred jokes that work brilliantly. But what I don't see
is the two thousand jokes that didn't work that got
him to those that did. He had to put the
(03:52):
work in. You don't have this in music. The Beatles
aren't any less magicable because you can write down the
tunes and analyze the notes. I think we should teach
comedy like we teach music. A digital spy at a
good follow up here, you do get musical prodigies. You
could teach people to write songs, but you can't teach
them to be Paul McCartney. Jimmy Carr said that's true,
but he makes my point. He wasn't a covers band
with his friends the Quarrymen. They were fine. Then he
(04:14):
did ten thousand hours work in Hamburg and suddenly his
facility with melody was revealed. And what joke do you
wish you had written? Jimmy Carr said. Anthony Jesselnik has
a routine about modern day slavery that I don't think
you should print, but it's a remarkable piece of work.
I'd really encourage people to check him out. Shane Gillis
is everyone's discovery of the last twelve months. An extraordinary
talented sketch and stand up Beth Stelling. I absolutely love
(04:35):
and check out Neil Brennan special. Neil makes me want
to be a better comic. Wow. High praise from Jimmy Carr,
who's one of the top comedians out there today. Colin
Jost was at Brown University. They had a panel and
asked Jost about comedy, and Colin said, I hope it's
something you can improve that you get better at. I
hope I get funnier. I don't know. Maybe we can
all agree to meet here in ten years and I
can report back on whether I feel like I'm funnier
(04:56):
than I am now. Steve Martin and Martin Short had
some of the best comedy careers in history. There's some
of the funniest people I've ever met, and they're still
worried about Am I still funny? Am I still making
good work? If you're a certain kind of person, whatever
field you work in, that feeling never leaves you all right.
Some quick notes. The New York Times did a It's
not a profile of Theovon. They did an article about
Theovon explaining to people who don't know who Theovan is,
(05:18):
who Theovon is. I don't think THEO participated in it,
but it's a lengthy piece, so THEO will be on
people's rad art. Jimmy Kimmel will get a fourth season
of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. It is the
second time kim ol will host the show in front
of a live studio audience. The first two seasons of
the reboot were during COVID protocols. If you missed it.
Andrew Santino has a new golf podcast. It's called No
(05:40):
Bad Lies. That's a good title. It includes encurse conversations
and in studio interviews with professional golfers. Athletes, entertainers, and influencers.
Santino said, I'm beyond excited to dive into all aspects
of the game with no bad lies, from Live to
the PGA and everything in between. There's so much happening
golf right now. I can't wait to explore the sport
from every with the people who love this game as
(06:01):
much as I do. Damon Walliams is one of the
latest people to accuse Robin Williams of being a joke thief.
I think that's reasonably well known. Damon had been on
Shannon Sharp's podcast before the recent Shannon Sharp controversy. Can
google that one on your own. I don't want to
go there, and said Robin Williams was a notorious thief.
I ain't lying. His manager used to walk around with
(06:22):
a check book and Robin would come off stage and
a comedian be like, hey, he just took me, and
he'd write him a check for seventy five dollars because
he knew Robin was all stream of consciousness and he'd
steal material. It was known. Comedians would go, I'm not
going on because Robin's here. It happens. But I was
look at comedy like this If this is not the
last joke I'm ever going to tell, then I'm not
going to treat it like that. Just a joke means
I got to think of something else. For people to
(06:43):
be up in arms about a joke, Really, what is
the joke? Last year, Joe Rogan commented on Robin Williams
and said, I think Robin wanted to kill more than
he wanted to be ethical at any cost. Part of
that manic sort of style is this constant need have
a bit about anything that you're talking about. Ever, killing
was more important. Feeling that hole inside of him was
more important than anything. If you ask any of those
comics were back then, there were always instances of Robin
(07:03):
going on a talk show and doing your bit, speaking
of joke thieves, stay with me. Sarah Silverman spoke to
The Guardian and she tells the story. My parents were dying.
I was living in their apartment and taking care of them.
So when I went back to stand up, the first
material I tried out was stolen from my eulogy at
my dad's funeral. I thought there's funny stuff in here.
In her new material, she is working through the death
(07:25):
of her parents and explains There was one night when
I hit notes for myself all over the stage. I'm
a stoner, I don't know have to remember what happens next,
and I was in a pretty heavy part of the
show looking down on my notes. It was taking a
few seconds, so I said sorry to the audience, and
they all started a plodding because they thought I was
overcome with emotion and apologizing for it. I probably should
have just gone with it, but I was like, oh no,
I'm not crying. That's your slow news day comedy news
(07:47):
for today, see you tomorrow.
Callaroga Shark Media and there I'm Johnny Mack with you know,
Today's Dalley Comedy News. I'm honest with you guys, it
is a slow news day. It was like nobody announced anything. Uh.
Jim Gaffigan in the headlines on a slow news day.
He was recently on We Might Be Drunk with Samuerel
(00:24):
and Mark Norman and Jim started talking about different audiences
around the world, joking that Europeans are often a bit condescending,
but Canadians were always there and had the US's back,
but things have changed recently, according to gaff Again, the
Canadians were always like, we know, it's not you, it's
your government. Now the Canadians are like, we hate you.
They're furious. Jim told a story he went out to
(00:44):
get some bourbon out of Vancouver whiskey bar. Jim explains,
I like bourbon, and so I'm like, all right, I'm
going to get a bourbon. They tell him, no bourbon.
I go, this is a world whiskey bar and they're like, nope,
we're not selling any American whiskey. And I go, so
did you get rid of it? And they're like, oh,
it's back there. We're just not selling it. Gaff again
added when he returned to his hotel, which was owned
by an American company, he was able to drink some
(01:05):
bourbon there. While we're being political, Tim Dillon was on CNN.
He had some advice for the Democrats, saying, you can't
go to war with straight white men for four years
and then ask why they didn't vote for you. That
seems crazy. I've made fun of Megan Markle a lot.
I can't then go, why don't you think Megan Markle's
watching my special? I think you just have to pick
your fights in a better way. Dylan talked about having
JD Vance on his podcast. Dylan joked it was actually
(01:27):
the goal and why I started comedy. JD. Vans I
knew about him when I started out in twenty ten,
and I had it all plotted out like a beautiful
mind on the wall. Then he got more serious and
said it was kind of fortuitous. We just have this
podcast that's big and people listen to it. Trump understands
the two cultural forces that I've seen in my lifetime
have changed the way people behaved reality television and social media.
He understands social media and using it to communicate. Now
(01:47):
that we have phones, we're all starring in our own
reality TV shows. He understands that, and he was able
to utilize that understanding to connect with people in a
way that Kamala didn't seem to understand. It felt like
he just had the upper hand. W come Bell likes
not having a boss and says, basically, nobody can fire me,
so I feel free to say what I want to now.
Having said that, maybe I won't get hired by anybody again.
(02:07):
But there's two things that are important. One making sure
my family eats every day and has a place to sleep,
and two make you sure I'm clear about which side
of history I'm on. Send your letters to w cam
Al Bell, Tim Dillon, and Jim Gaffigan. Digital Spy caught
up with Jimmy Carr. Jimmy said pornography is to sex
with clips of comedy, or to seeing a show. You
can watch something on TikTok and go no, that's not
(02:28):
very good, but he watched it with the sound down,
reading subtitles while going to the bathroom, paraphrasing, you didn't
get the full effect Jimmy's comedy inspirations. I always like
wordplaying clever stuff. Culture lags behind technology. VHS was a
huge thing for me. In the early eighties. Would start
to see tapes of Robin Williams, who'd be thin on
more comitty. Suddenly he could see him live talking about
his cocaine addiction, and as a kid, you'd go, who
the f is this guy? Who does Jimmy Carr think
(02:51):
is the goat of comedy? Think about it for a second.
Interesting pick here, Jimmy Carr says, Chris Rock for me
is the goat because if you look bigger and blacker,
it all stands up. Those routines don't just stand up.
They're still edgy. Now it's extraordinary. Most comedy rots. It
goes back to the pot and that's great, But every
now and then someone just comes along and nails it. Jimmy,
(03:11):
what made you want to be a comic? I think
a lot of people who suffer little from depressions self
medicate with comedy. I was using it and decided to
become a dealer. I like that, that's funny. I often
think of myself like a drug dealer. You're dealing in
serotonin and dopamine. You experience it most when you're in
a group of other people. You're laughing together, you laugh
I think thirty times more. Jimmy talked about growing up.
I look back at school and everyone was hilarious. I
(03:32):
didn't stand out as being the funny kid. I could
definitely hold my own, but everyone was fun Why else
would you be friends with someone if they weren't a
laugh That was the currency, certainly in my home. There's
a lot of mysticism around comedy, like he's just funny,
he just gets up there and does it. No. When
I watch Chris Rock do a special, I see one
hundred jokes that work brilliantly. But what I don't see
is the two thousand jokes that didn't work that got
him to those that did. He had to put the
(03:52):
work in. You don't have this in music. The Beatles
aren't any less magicable because you can write down the
tunes and analyze the notes. I think we should teach
comedy like we teach music. A digital spy at a
good follow up here, you do get musical prodigies. You
could teach people to write songs, but you can't teach
them to be Paul McCartney. Jimmy Carr said that's true,
but he makes my point. He wasn't a covers band
with his friends the Quarrymen. They were fine. Then he
(04:14):
did ten thousand hours work in Hamburg and suddenly his
facility with melody was revealed. And what joke do you
wish you had written? Jimmy Carr said. Anthony Jesselnik has
a routine about modern day slavery that I don't think
you should print, but it's a remarkable piece of work.
I'd really encourage people to check him out. Shane Gillis
is everyone's discovery of the last twelve months. An extraordinary
talented sketch and stand up Beth Stelling. I absolutely love
(04:35):
and check out Neil Brennan special. Neil makes me want
to be a better comic. Wow. High praise from Jimmy Carr,
who's one of the top comedians out there today. Colin
Jost was at Brown University. They had a panel and
asked Jost about comedy, and Colin said, I hope it's
something you can improve that you get better at. I
hope I get funnier. I don't know. Maybe we can
all agree to meet here in ten years and I
can report back on whether I feel like I'm funnier
(04:56):
than I am now. Steve Martin and Martin Short had
some of the best comedy careers in history. There's some
of the funniest people I've ever met, and they're still
worried about Am I still funny? Am I still making
good work? If you're a certain kind of person, whatever
field you work in, that feeling never leaves you all right.
Some quick notes. The New York Times did a It's
not a profile of Theovon. They did an article about
Theovon explaining to people who don't know who Theovan is,
(05:18):
who Theovon is. I don't think THEO participated in it,
but it's a lengthy piece, so THEO will be on
people's rad art. Jimmy Kimmel will get a fourth season
of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. It is the
second time kim ol will host the show in front
of a live studio audience. The first two seasons of
the reboot were during COVID protocols. If you missed it.
Andrew Santino has a new golf podcast. It's called No
(05:40):
Bad Lies. That's a good title. It includes encurse conversations
and in studio interviews with professional golfers. Athletes, entertainers, and influencers.
Santino said, I'm beyond excited to dive into all aspects
of the game with no bad lies, from Live to
the PGA and everything in between. There's so much happening
golf right now. I can't wait to explore the sport
from every with the people who love this game as
(06:01):
much as I do. Damon Walliams is one of the
latest people to accuse Robin Williams of being a joke thief.
I think that's reasonably well known. Damon had been on
Shannon Sharp's podcast before the recent Shannon Sharp controversy. Can
google that one on your own. I don't want to
go there, and said Robin Williams was a notorious thief.
I ain't lying. His manager used to walk around with
(06:22):
a check book and Robin would come off stage and
a comedian be like, hey, he just took me, and
he'd write him a check for seventy five dollars because
he knew Robin was all stream of consciousness and he'd
steal material. It was known. Comedians would go, I'm not
going on because Robin's here. It happens. But I was
look at comedy like this If this is not the
last joke I'm ever going to tell, then I'm not
going to treat it like that. Just a joke means
I got to think of something else. For people to
(06:43):
be up in arms about a joke, Really, what is
the joke? Last year, Joe Rogan commented on Robin Williams
and said, I think Robin wanted to kill more than
he wanted to be ethical at any cost. Part of
that manic sort of style is this constant need have
a bit about anything that you're talking about. Ever, killing
was more important. Feeling that hole inside of him was
more important than anything. If you ask any of those
comics were back then, there were always instances of Robin
(07:03):
going on a talk show and doing your bit, speaking
of joke thieves, stay with me. Sarah Silverman spoke to
The Guardian and she tells the story. My parents were dying.
I was living in their apartment and taking care of them.
So when I went back to stand up, the first
material I tried out was stolen from my eulogy at
my dad's funeral. I thought there's funny stuff in here.
In her new material, she is working through the death
(07:25):
of her parents and explains There was one night when
I hit notes for myself all over the stage. I'm
a stoner, I don't know have to remember what happens next,
and I was in a pretty heavy part of the
show looking down on my notes. It was taking a
few seconds, so I said sorry to the audience, and
they all started a plodding because they thought I was
overcome with emotion and apologizing for it. I probably should
have just gone with it, but I was like, oh no,
I'm not crying. That's your slow news day comedy news
(07:47):
for today, see you tomorrow.
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