April 12, 2025 • 13 mins
In today's episode of the Daily Comedy News, Johnny Mac discusses the latest updates in the comedy world. He starts by addressing his misunderstood Ned Flanders greeting and shares his excitement about the upcoming lineup for John Mulaney's show featuring David Letterman, Hannibal Buress, Leanne Morgan, and Nikki Glaser. Johnny also talks about the UK launching its own version of Saturday Night Live in 2026 and the upcoming comedy specials from Jessica Kirson, Ricky Smiley, and Brett Goldstein. He goes on to mention Cameron Esposito's unique special and ends with a rundown of various comedy festivals and events happening in Nashville and Austin.
00:00 Introduction and Ned Flanders Trivia
00:32 John Mulaney Show Updates
01:57 Saturday Night Live UK Announcement
03:07 Upcoming Comedy Specials
06:33 Cameron Esposito's Unique Special
08:19 Comedy Reviews from Trivia Night
09:13 Gossip Corner: Matt Rife and Alice Fraser
11:12 Comedy Festival Highlights
12:18 Weekend Comedy Shows
13:42 Conclusion and Weekend Plans
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Callaroga Shark Media.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Heidly Ho. I'm Johnny Mack with your Daily Comedy News,
and let's talk about that greeting. Now. I've been doing that,
think I'm channeling ned Flanders. But it came up in
trivia the other night and they asked, how does Ned
Flander as a greed people? And I wrote down heidly Hoe.
But no, no, no, Ned Flanders, apparently, says Hi Diddley Ho.
So I didn't get the point in the trivia game,
but I got the Dave Chappelle question correct. I shared
that in the Facebook group Daily Comedy News podcast group,
(00:31):
Hi Happy Saturday. Maybe, perhaps, possibly they've figured out what
to do with John Mulaney's show next week the guest
David Letterman. Finally, Letterman also dropped an episode of his
show My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. His guest is
WNBA star Kaitlyn Clark. It's not what I want out
of you, Dave. I'm not gonna watch that now. Dave is,
(00:52):
you know, mostly in retirement. He doesn't care if I'm
gonna watch or not. But I don't want that. Can
Mulaney interview Kaitlyn Clark and let Letterman screw around with
a weekly talk show. Can we make that trade? Because
I would watch that great lineup next week David Letterman,
Hannibal Burris, Leanne Morgan, Nicky Glazer, music by Randy Newman.
Maybe he'll do I Love La. So they are pulling
(01:14):
out all the stops next week, Nicki Glazer, Letterman, LeAnn Morgan,
Hannibal Burus, Fantastic. Everybody's Live with John m'laney streams live
on Netflix Wednesdays at ten East seven West. Because John
opens the show with that very exciting it is seven
oh two in Los Angeles, it is fifty nine degrees, John,
take my notes, ask Dave how to do it? Come out,
(01:36):
tell two jokes and roll into the show. You're not
doing this right. And by the way, if you give
me David Letterman, Nicky Glazer, Hannibal Burs and Leanne Morgan
and Randy Newman, and you can't hand in a good show,
forget it. It's not gonna get better than that. All
you have to do is go hey, guys, what's up?
And shut up. At an hour later, go all right, goodnight, everybody.
That's all you need to do with that panel. If
(01:57):
you're in the UK and you're like, boy, I wish
we had Saturday Night Live. Well, they're making Saturday Night
Live UK. It'll launch sometime in twenty twenty six on
Skymax and the streaming service known as Now same format,
guest host, musical guests, and a cast of British comics.
The CEO of Sky Studios said, for over fifty years,
(02:18):
Saturday Night Live has held a unique position in TV
and and our collective culture, reflecting and creating the global conversation,
all under the masterful comedic guidance of Lorne Michaels. The
show discovered and nurtured to countless comedy and musical talents
over the years, and we're thrilled to be partnering with
Lauren and the SNL team to bring an all British
version of the show to UK audiences next year, all
live from London on Saturday Night, Google tells me. In
(02:42):
the States, SNL Studios is a production company founded in
nineteen ninety seven as a joint venture between Louren Michaels
and NBC Studios. NBC Studios is now Universal Television, the
production arm of NBC Universal, a subsidiary of Comcast. So
some version of NBC's got their hands in. Lauren's gonna
get paid a lot of money to be made out there.
(03:03):
I hope this show in the States. A bunch of
comedy specials coming up. Jessica Curson will have a special
on Hulu on April twenty fifth. Now I don't know
this because a Hulu publicists sent me the notes, because
that would be too easy. No, I was on the
internet and I stumbled across this, so I'm happy to
tell you. Jessica cursons I'm the Man. Premiere is April
twenty fifth on Hulu. Jessica tells The Daily Beast, I've
(03:26):
been doing stand up for over twenty years, and this
special is truly special. My stand up has always stood
out to the audiences I've performed for my fans, and
especially to other comics. I'm the Man is me embracing
everything I am, the crazy voices, the characters, and the
fact that I'm fearless on stage. Jessica says people need
to laugh now more than ever. Is that some did?
Speaker 1 (03:45):
They did?
Speaker 2 (03:45):
They pass out a pamphlet to all the comedians that
you just have to say that in an interview. Is
not every comedian saying you know people need to laugh
more now than ever. Has there ever been a point
in history where, like, you know, everything's chill now, people
don't really need comedians, but you know, if you want
to laugh, that would be fine. Everybody needs to stop
saying people need to laugh now more than ever, Jessica continues,
(04:06):
After everything we've been through these past few years, I
wanted to create something brutally honest and authentic. I wanted
the audience to know they're not alone. That I struggled too.
I pride myself on being an entertainer. I wanted people
to see a show nothing too much. That's what people experience,
a fast paced ride. I'm so proud of what I've created.
I can't wait for the world to see it also,
and I'm filled with fear now. I could play a
(04:26):
clip here, except the Hulu publicists don't get back to anybody.
I don't have a clip to play for you. I
guess they don't want you to watch their special. That's fine.
I will not be stopped because I have found out
that the next hilarious thing on May thirtieth is Ricky Smiley.
His is called fool ish with a hyphen between the
L and the Eye in fool Ish, taped at the
(04:47):
Lyric Theater in Birmingham, Alabama. The special is said to
be infused with his trademark humor, characters, and satire on
life and pop culture. It's his first special since twenty eleven,
and Smiley said, as I knew after over ten years,
I had offered something that was satisfy my fans. I've
been through a lot of transformation and trauma these past
few years, and I was determined to get through it
(05:07):
and think that I'll have a deeper connection with my audience.
From my experiences, we can find humor in so much
of life. Fool Ish is for people of all ages,
for those who grew up playing with etch a sketch,
to those who were raised on iPads. Brett Goldstein. We
have a date for his special on Max April twenty sixth.
You can sit home and watch Brett Goldstein the second
best night of your life. Now, HBO does this annoying
(05:30):
thing where they don't release it until ten pm Eastern.
You know, Johnny Max fallen asleep to ten Eastern? How
about seven Eastern? Guys? If you're like, who's Brett Goldstein,
He's Roy Kent on ted Lasso. Now you know who
this is. I've even shared a trailer and it's a
big bag of okay. I had to make some medits
here because there's some naughty words we're not going to
use on this podcast, and overall I find the trailer okay.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Cookie Monster is an addict. Bah, we are meeting him
at the point of addiction where he's still fun in
a few months. You don't want to be hanging out
with Cooky. Cooky is a nightmare very soon. My mom
is really hot. Recently, I've been speaking to lots of
(06:14):
couples in long term relationships, and I've been asking them
about their sex lives because I am a pervert. I'm
vaguely distracted by a child in the front run. Are
you a human child? Okay, We're going to learn so much.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Cameron Esposito talked about her new special with The La
Times and says it's meant to be art. Sadly, stand
up comedy can sometimes just be goofing around, and it is,
but also I wanted to feel like the experience of
a manic episode, which is what the special is about.
There's meant to be three sections within the special. The
first it's just the standard special that you're used to,
with more traditional camera angles. The second it's one of
the camera shifts to being almost up my nose, which
(06:55):
is meant to sort of feel intense and a little
panic inducing. And then the third act is filming in
front of an all white background where the club disappears
and reappears as I talk about the experience of being medicated.
I haven't seen this one yet, but that sounds like
a little too much for Johnny Mack. How about you
stand in front of a brick wall and you tell
some jokes. How about that the camera says, dropout. Let
me build a fake stand up club. It would be
(07:16):
cheaper to shoot at a regular club, but I wanted
to be able to control the exact camera angles and
where the audience was placed so we could pull off
this idea of escalating energy and being on stage. Part
of the reason I chose this job is it being
on stage also induces like a mini bipolar cycle. So
literally being on stage floods the brain with those chemicals,
like those very positive endorphins, like the feeling of working
out or drugs. Because it's also the same chemicals that
(07:38):
happen when people take cocaine. What is going on with
this special? Can't we just stand in front of a
brick wall? So being on stage and all this chemicals
being released and the excitement of that, I want people
to feel that and not just feel it in the
way when you're shooting a special and there's like a
cream shot and it's very far from the back of stage,
and you're getting this grand feeling of stand up, which
is so sumportant to stand up biz, but stand up
when you're watching it. My favorite thing is being in
(07:58):
the room, Cameron. I think that's something that stands a
test of time. Are those specials like Carlin that are
really about this bigger question and they answer it with
an arc. Bo Burnham has done a great job with this,
Hannah Gatsby, all those specials. I think we'll have a
lasting effect and change the art form. And these specials
that are kind of like sermons, they have a point
or hear me out, you stand in front of a
brick wall. I was hanging out with some civilians. Now
(08:22):
these civilians are my friends. We were at trivia night
the other night and they started their own conversation about
what comedy specials they were watching. We usually talk about, Hey,
what are you watching, Bill? What are you watching on Netflix?
What's good this week? Bill? Bill? As soon as it
comes out on Netflix, Bill has seen it. So I
asked Bill, what should I be watching every week? So
one of the guys had watched Bill Burr's special and
really liked it, and then the three of them were like, yeah,
(08:44):
Bill Burn and I didn't want to chime in and
be like, excuse me, I'm a comedy snob. I think
it's actually Bill's seventh best special years what I just went. Yeah.
They also talked about Nicki Glazer and found her to
be a little graphic. They weren't offended, they weren't shy,
but they're like, oh my, I can't believe she says
such things personally, that's not my style of comedy. And
(09:04):
they were bored by Chelsea Handler. So that is three
civilians at Trivia night reviewing comedy. You can agree or disagree.
Let's hit gossip corner real quick. You might have been
there in Adams County, Pennsylvania. You're at the Civil War
Museum and shop and in walks Matt Rife, Yeah, the
Union drummer Boy shop. Posted on social media Matt Rife
(09:27):
stopping by to check out some historic artifacts. It is
unclear if he bought anything from The Guardian. Australian comedian
Alice Fraser not coming to the US after receiving legal
advice that she could be stopped at the border because
of Trump jokes really overreact much. Alice was going to
apply for an one B visa, which The Guardian tells
(09:48):
US permits comedians to live and work in the US
if they demonstrate extraordinary ability in the arts. But after
widespread reports of people being denied entry to the US
and travelers being detained, Fraser sought advice from an immigration lawyer.
Alice tells The Guardian, I asked the lawyer what I
thought was a ridiculous question, that I do political sets
are and have a fair few jokes floating around on
(10:08):
Elon Musk and Donald Trump, and whether that be a risk.
I thought I was being paranoid, but you said it
might pose a risk and it almost certainly googled me
are they doing that? Which reminds me, by the way, Trump,
Elon doing a great job. Nobody's a bigger sport than me. Anyway,
back to the show, she said, while the vast majority
of people will be able to travel. It it out.
They're definitely doing increased scrutinizing. Johnny Mack doesn't want to
(10:30):
go to the comedy Coulac guys is if this is
a thing. I mean, I'm just recording stuff on the podcast.
You guys are doing great, keep it up. If I
didn't have two children, I might be more open to
taking a risk. But the vision of me being there
with a baby strapped to me and held up in
hassled or worse, I'm not up for that. According to
The Guardian, foreigners have had their devices search at the
US border and been denied entry, including a French scientist
(10:52):
who had messages on his phone critical of Donald Trump.
Fraser says, I will go to the America that will
have me when it's no longer reasonable for a visa
lawyer to say I should purge my social media before
I go there because a joke about Elon Musk might
be considered hostile to the nation. Are you at C
two E two twenty twenty five. They're in Chicago and
(11:13):
they have a track for comedy fans this weekend. Patton
Oswald was there last night. Second City is there tonight,
Let's see who's at the various festivals. It is the
final night of the Traverse City Comedy Festival. Three o'clock
Funny Women of a Certain Age, three point thirty, Comikaze
Comedy Show, five thirty Big Fun, Murder in Improv, Murder Mystery,
(11:36):
A Next Up Comedy Showcase at five thirty. Six o'clock
Mark Marin, WHOA, I love Mark Maren and it's happening.
At six o'clock, I could see a comedy show and
being met by quarter to eight perfect seven o'clock Leon Lord.
Eight o'clock the Comedy Rumble with a it looks like
I'm just skimming here, probably about fifteen comedians. That's different
(11:57):
than the Daily Doesn't Showcase. Also at eight a second
a Mark Marin show at eight thirty, but I'll be
in bed by then. At nine thirty the Out of
Towner's Comedy Showcase, ten thirty PM A Dirty Showcase, and
at midnight Comedy Karaoke. Nice job, Traverse City Comedy Fest.
I get to delete that tab until next year, and
my browser fills up. Guys, it can't keep everything open.
(12:19):
In Nashville, Dan Cummins at five o'clock again My kind
of Show. Six thirty a Zany's showcase for the Tonight show.
That's interesting. Dan commins again at Zany's. At seven thirty
Jay Leno at the Rhyme and at seven thirty eight
forty five another showcase for the Tonight show. Ninety five
pm Pete Lee and at ten forty five the Dark
and Dirty Showcase. And I don't know if this is
(12:41):
a mistake or they put it out of sequence. It
says Saturday, April twelfth, four o'clock, Yakoff Smirnoff. But I'm
gonna guess this is a mistake and this is actually Sunday.
Let's say no, it says April twelfth, all right, they
put it out of order yakof smirnof at four o'clock.
I'd probably be at that. They have some more shows tomorrow,
and let's go down to Austin, Texas, where it's all
(13:03):
bro dudes with shaved heads and muscle t shirts and
all the other stuff we hate as they ruin comedy
in Austin, Texas. Those jerks, right, it's not the current narrative.
Four o'clock. Josh Johnson also at for Don reed Boy
Saturday afternoon comedy is the thing. Huh. Josh does another
show at seven, Handsome Live with Tignataro, Fortune Femester in
(13:23):
May Martin at seven, Ricky Lindholm at seven, Josh Johnson
at nine thirty. Josh doing three shows in a row.
I don't know if you want to see that third show, Guys,
and Alex Moffatt at nine thirty at the State Theater.
Out of everything I just talked about, Mark Marin and
Early Bed. How's that sound? It sounds great, Johnny Mack,
I know. And that's a lot for a Saturday, right, Yeah,
(13:44):
let's go do something else. Why are we're listening to podcasts?
It's the weekend. See tomorrow.
Callaroga Shark Media.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Heidly Ho. I'm Johnny Mack with your Daily Comedy News,
and let's talk about that greeting. Now. I've been doing that,
think I'm channeling ned Flanders. But it came up in
trivia the other night and they asked, how does Ned
Flander as a greed people? And I wrote down heidly Hoe.
But no, no, no, Ned Flanders, apparently, says Hi Diddley Ho.
So I didn't get the point in the trivia game,
but I got the Dave Chappelle question correct. I shared
that in the Facebook group Daily Comedy News podcast group,
(00:31):
Hi Happy Saturday. Maybe, perhaps, possibly they've figured out what
to do with John Mulaney's show next week the guest
David Letterman. Finally, Letterman also dropped an episode of his
show My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. His guest is
WNBA star Kaitlyn Clark. It's not what I want out
of you, Dave. I'm not gonna watch that now. Dave is,
(00:52):
you know, mostly in retirement. He doesn't care if I'm
gonna watch or not. But I don't want that. Can
Mulaney interview Kaitlyn Clark and let Letterman screw around with
a weekly talk show. Can we make that trade? Because
I would watch that great lineup next week David Letterman,
Hannibal Burris, Leanne Morgan, Nicky Glazer, music by Randy Newman.
Maybe he'll do I Love La. So they are pulling
(01:14):
out all the stops next week, Nicki Glazer, Letterman, LeAnn Morgan,
Hannibal Burus, Fantastic. Everybody's Live with John m'laney streams live
on Netflix Wednesdays at ten East seven West. Because John
opens the show with that very exciting it is seven
oh two in Los Angeles, it is fifty nine degrees, John,
take my notes, ask Dave how to do it? Come out,
(01:36):
tell two jokes and roll into the show. You're not
doing this right. And by the way, if you give
me David Letterman, Nicky Glazer, Hannibal Burs and Leanne Morgan
and Randy Newman, and you can't hand in a good show,
forget it. It's not gonna get better than that. All
you have to do is go hey, guys, what's up?
And shut up. At an hour later, go all right, goodnight, everybody.
That's all you need to do with that panel. If
(01:57):
you're in the UK and you're like, boy, I wish
we had Saturday Night Live. Well, they're making Saturday Night
Live UK. It'll launch sometime in twenty twenty six on
Skymax and the streaming service known as Now same format,
guest host, musical guests, and a cast of British comics.
The CEO of Sky Studios said, for over fifty years,
(02:18):
Saturday Night Live has held a unique position in TV
and and our collective culture, reflecting and creating the global conversation,
all under the masterful comedic guidance of Lorne Michaels. The
show discovered and nurtured to countless comedy and musical talents
over the years, and we're thrilled to be partnering with
Lauren and the SNL team to bring an all British
version of the show to UK audiences next year, all
live from London on Saturday Night, Google tells me. In
(02:42):
the States, SNL Studios is a production company founded in
nineteen ninety seven as a joint venture between Louren Michaels
and NBC Studios. NBC Studios is now Universal Television, the
production arm of NBC Universal, a subsidiary of Comcast. So
some version of NBC's got their hands in. Lauren's gonna
get paid a lot of money to be made out there.
(03:03):
I hope this show in the States. A bunch of
comedy specials coming up. Jessica Curson will have a special
on Hulu on April twenty fifth. Now I don't know
this because a Hulu publicists sent me the notes, because
that would be too easy. No, I was on the
internet and I stumbled across this, so I'm happy to
tell you. Jessica cursons I'm the Man. Premiere is April
twenty fifth on Hulu. Jessica tells The Daily Beast, I've
(03:26):
been doing stand up for over twenty years, and this
special is truly special. My stand up has always stood
out to the audiences I've performed for my fans, and
especially to other comics. I'm the Man is me embracing
everything I am, the crazy voices, the characters, and the
fact that I'm fearless on stage. Jessica says people need
to laugh now more than ever. Is that some did?
Speaker 1 (03:45):
They did?
Speaker 2 (03:45):
They pass out a pamphlet to all the comedians that
you just have to say that in an interview. Is
not every comedian saying you know people need to laugh
more now than ever. Has there ever been a point
in history where, like, you know, everything's chill now, people
don't really need comedians, but you know, if you want
to laugh, that would be fine. Everybody needs to stop
saying people need to laugh now more than ever, Jessica continues,
(04:06):
After everything we've been through these past few years, I
wanted to create something brutally honest and authentic. I wanted
the audience to know they're not alone. That I struggled too.
I pride myself on being an entertainer. I wanted people
to see a show nothing too much. That's what people experience,
a fast paced ride. I'm so proud of what I've created.
I can't wait for the world to see it also,
and I'm filled with fear now. I could play a
(04:26):
clip here, except the Hulu publicists don't get back to anybody.
I don't have a clip to play for you. I
guess they don't want you to watch their special. That's fine.
I will not be stopped because I have found out
that the next hilarious thing on May thirtieth is Ricky Smiley.
His is called fool ish with a hyphen between the
L and the Eye in fool Ish, taped at the
(04:47):
Lyric Theater in Birmingham, Alabama. The special is said to
be infused with his trademark humor, characters, and satire on
life and pop culture. It's his first special since twenty eleven,
and Smiley said, as I knew after over ten years,
I had offered something that was satisfy my fans. I've
been through a lot of transformation and trauma these past
few years, and I was determined to get through it
(05:07):
and think that I'll have a deeper connection with my audience.
From my experiences, we can find humor in so much
of life. Fool Ish is for people of all ages,
for those who grew up playing with etch a sketch,
to those who were raised on iPads. Brett Goldstein. We
have a date for his special on Max April twenty sixth.
You can sit home and watch Brett Goldstein the second
best night of your life. Now, HBO does this annoying
(05:30):
thing where they don't release it until ten pm Eastern.
You know, Johnny Max fallen asleep to ten Eastern? How
about seven Eastern? Guys? If you're like, who's Brett Goldstein,
He's Roy Kent on ted Lasso. Now you know who
this is. I've even shared a trailer and it's a
big bag of okay. I had to make some medits
here because there's some naughty words we're not going to
use on this podcast, and overall I find the trailer okay.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Cookie Monster is an addict. Bah, we are meeting him
at the point of addiction where he's still fun in
a few months. You don't want to be hanging out
with Cooky. Cooky is a nightmare very soon. My mom
is really hot. Recently, I've been speaking to lots of
(06:14):
couples in long term relationships, and I've been asking them
about their sex lives because I am a pervert. I'm
vaguely distracted by a child in the front run. Are
you a human child? Okay, We're going to learn so much.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Cameron Esposito talked about her new special with The La
Times and says it's meant to be art. Sadly, stand
up comedy can sometimes just be goofing around, and it is,
but also I wanted to feel like the experience of
a manic episode, which is what the special is about.
There's meant to be three sections within the special. The
first it's just the standard special that you're used to,
with more traditional camera angles. The second it's one of
the camera shifts to being almost up my nose, which
(06:55):
is meant to sort of feel intense and a little
panic inducing. And then the third act is filming in
front of an all white background where the club disappears
and reappears as I talk about the experience of being medicated.
I haven't seen this one yet, but that sounds like
a little too much for Johnny Mack. How about you
stand in front of a brick wall and you tell
some jokes. How about that the camera says, dropout. Let
me build a fake stand up club. It would be
(07:16):
cheaper to shoot at a regular club, but I wanted
to be able to control the exact camera angles and
where the audience was placed so we could pull off
this idea of escalating energy and being on stage. Part
of the reason I chose this job is it being
on stage also induces like a mini bipolar cycle. So
literally being on stage floods the brain with those chemicals,
like those very positive endorphins, like the feeling of working
out or drugs. Because it's also the same chemicals that
(07:38):
happen when people take cocaine. What is going on with
this special? Can't we just stand in front of a
brick wall? So being on stage and all this chemicals
being released and the excitement of that, I want people
to feel that and not just feel it in the
way when you're shooting a special and there's like a
cream shot and it's very far from the back of stage,
and you're getting this grand feeling of stand up, which
is so sumportant to stand up biz, but stand up
when you're watching it. My favorite thing is being in
(07:58):
the room, Cameron. I think that's something that stands a
test of time. Are those specials like Carlin that are
really about this bigger question and they answer it with
an arc. Bo Burnham has done a great job with this,
Hannah Gatsby, all those specials. I think we'll have a
lasting effect and change the art form. And these specials
that are kind of like sermons, they have a point
or hear me out, you stand in front of a
brick wall. I was hanging out with some civilians. Now
(08:22):
these civilians are my friends. We were at trivia night
the other night and they started their own conversation about
what comedy specials they were watching. We usually talk about, Hey,
what are you watching, Bill? What are you watching on Netflix?
What's good this week? Bill? Bill? As soon as it
comes out on Netflix, Bill has seen it. So I
asked Bill, what should I be watching every week? So
one of the guys had watched Bill Burr's special and
really liked it, and then the three of them were like, yeah,
(08:44):
Bill Burn and I didn't want to chime in and
be like, excuse me, I'm a comedy snob. I think
it's actually Bill's seventh best special years what I just went. Yeah.
They also talked about Nicki Glazer and found her to
be a little graphic. They weren't offended, they weren't shy,
but they're like, oh my, I can't believe she says
such things personally, that's not my style of comedy. And
(09:04):
they were bored by Chelsea Handler. So that is three
civilians at Trivia night reviewing comedy. You can agree or disagree.
Let's hit gossip corner real quick. You might have been
there in Adams County, Pennsylvania. You're at the Civil War
Museum and shop and in walks Matt Rife, Yeah, the
Union drummer Boy shop. Posted on social media Matt Rife
(09:27):
stopping by to check out some historic artifacts. It is
unclear if he bought anything from The Guardian. Australian comedian
Alice Fraser not coming to the US after receiving legal
advice that she could be stopped at the border because
of Trump jokes really overreact much. Alice was going to
apply for an one B visa, which The Guardian tells
(09:48):
US permits comedians to live and work in the US
if they demonstrate extraordinary ability in the arts. But after
widespread reports of people being denied entry to the US
and travelers being detained, Fraser sought advice from an immigration lawyer.
Alice tells The Guardian, I asked the lawyer what I
thought was a ridiculous question, that I do political sets
are and have a fair few jokes floating around on
(10:08):
Elon Musk and Donald Trump, and whether that be a risk.
I thought I was being paranoid, but you said it
might pose a risk and it almost certainly googled me
are they doing that? Which reminds me, by the way, Trump,
Elon doing a great job. Nobody's a bigger sport than me. Anyway,
back to the show, she said, while the vast majority
of people will be able to travel. It it out.
They're definitely doing increased scrutinizing. Johnny Mack doesn't want to
(10:30):
go to the comedy Coulac guys is if this is
a thing. I mean, I'm just recording stuff on the podcast.
You guys are doing great, keep it up. If I
didn't have two children, I might be more open to
taking a risk. But the vision of me being there
with a baby strapped to me and held up in
hassled or worse, I'm not up for that. According to
The Guardian, foreigners have had their devices search at the
US border and been denied entry, including a French scientist
(10:52):
who had messages on his phone critical of Donald Trump.
Fraser says, I will go to the America that will
have me when it's no longer reasonable for a visa
lawyer to say I should purge my social media before
I go there because a joke about Elon Musk might
be considered hostile to the nation. Are you at C
two E two twenty twenty five. They're in Chicago and
(11:13):
they have a track for comedy fans this weekend. Patton
Oswald was there last night. Second City is there tonight,
Let's see who's at the various festivals. It is the
final night of the Traverse City Comedy Festival. Three o'clock
Funny Women of a Certain Age, three point thirty, Comikaze
Comedy Show, five thirty Big Fun, Murder in Improv, Murder Mystery,
(11:36):
A Next Up Comedy Showcase at five thirty. Six o'clock
Mark Marin, WHOA, I love Mark Maren and it's happening.
At six o'clock, I could see a comedy show and
being met by quarter to eight perfect seven o'clock Leon Lord.
Eight o'clock the Comedy Rumble with a it looks like
I'm just skimming here, probably about fifteen comedians. That's different
(11:57):
than the Daily Doesn't Showcase. Also at eight a second
a Mark Marin show at eight thirty, but I'll be
in bed by then. At nine thirty the Out of
Towner's Comedy Showcase, ten thirty PM A Dirty Showcase, and
at midnight Comedy Karaoke. Nice job, Traverse City Comedy Fest.
I get to delete that tab until next year, and
my browser fills up. Guys, it can't keep everything open.
(12:19):
In Nashville, Dan Cummins at five o'clock again My kind
of Show. Six thirty a Zany's showcase for the Tonight show.
That's interesting. Dan commins again at Zany's. At seven thirty
Jay Leno at the Rhyme and at seven thirty eight
forty five another showcase for the Tonight show. Ninety five
pm Pete Lee and at ten forty five the Dark
and Dirty Showcase. And I don't know if this is
(12:41):
a mistake or they put it out of sequence. It
says Saturday, April twelfth, four o'clock, Yakoff Smirnoff. But I'm
gonna guess this is a mistake and this is actually Sunday.
Let's say no, it says April twelfth, all right, they
put it out of order yakof smirnof at four o'clock.
I'd probably be at that. They have some more shows tomorrow,
and let's go down to Austin, Texas, where it's all
(13:03):
bro dudes with shaved heads and muscle t shirts and
all the other stuff we hate as they ruin comedy
in Austin, Texas. Those jerks, right, it's not the current narrative.
Four o'clock. Josh Johnson also at for Don reed Boy
Saturday afternoon comedy is the thing. Huh. Josh does another
show at seven, Handsome Live with Tignataro, Fortune Femester in
(13:23):
May Martin at seven, Ricky Lindholm at seven, Josh Johnson
at nine thirty. Josh doing three shows in a row.
I don't know if you want to see that third show, Guys,
and Alex Moffatt at nine thirty at the State Theater.
Out of everything I just talked about, Mark Marin and
Early Bed. How's that sound? It sounds great, Johnny Mack,
I know. And that's a lot for a Saturday, right, Yeah,
(13:44):
let's go do something else. Why are we're listening to podcasts?
It's the weekend. See tomorrow.
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