April 18, 2025 • 14 mins
In today's episode of Daily Comedy News, Johnny Mac highlights several comedians currently on tour, including Sam Morril in Minneapolis and Brad Williams in San Antonio. Sam talks about his methods for creating new comedy material and his whiskey company, while Brad discusses his apolitical approach to comedy. The episode also covers an interview with Jimmy Kimmel about Donald Trump's lasting impact on comedy and provides the latest late-night TV show ratings, noting significant viewer declines for Colbert, Kimmel, and Fallon. Additionally, the episode features discussions about Hulu's new comedy specials and a retrospective on the controversial humor of British comedian Benny Hill.
00:12 Sam Morill's New Set and Whiskey Company
01:14 Sam Morell on Joker 2 and DC Universe
01:33 Jimmy Kimmel's Interview with Rolling Stone
03:12 Late Night Ratings and Trends
05:01 Brad Williams in San Antonio
07:17 TI's Comedy Venture and Moontower Festival
10:43 Benny Hill's Controversial Legacy
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00:12 Sam Morill's New Set and Whiskey Company
01:14 Sam Morell on Joker 2 and DC Universe
01:33 Jimmy Kimmel's Interview with Rolling Stone
03:12 Late Night Ratings and Trends
05:01 Brad Williams in San Antonio
07:17 TI's Comedy Venture and Moontower Festival
10:43 Benny Hill's Controversial Legacy
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Callaroga Shark Media. Hey man, I'm Johnny Mack. You're with
your daily comedy news if you're in Minneapolis today. Sam
Morrill is at the Pantagious Theater two nights the Minnesota Daily.
He was curious, Hey Sam, what's new about this new set?
And Sam said, well, the jokes are new. I have
(00:24):
a lot of good new jokes. You don't try and
add to it every day. That's kind of how I tour.
I have the bass, and then you kind of add
to it. It's like making a big pot of chili.
Dis keep adding one thing. All right, here's one thing,
there's another thing, and by the end, hopefully it's pretty good.
They asked Sam about his whiskey company. I think to
be a comedian in twenty twenty five, I'm pretty sure
you have to own a whiskey company. I don't know
(00:44):
who put that law in to effect, but they all
have one, including Sam and then Minnesota Daily. He was curious,
Hey Sam, what makes a good whiskey? Sam said, well,
you want it to be smooth. I want a good
whiskey that stands on its own, like if you drink
it neat. It's also great for cocktails. So I always
like Manhattan's with as opposed to bourbon. I just thought
it was kind of a better match. Yeah, I'm a
big fan of whiskey with a second liquor. I like
(01:06):
the old fashioned cocktail like in Manhattan Fro. I'm doing
like maybe a martiniz and a groaning. I kind of
like the old time he drinks. I think the classic
for a reason. New topic, Sam, were you surprised you
weren't in Joker too? Sam said, you know what, I
was just grateful to be in the first one. I
think Todd Phillips is a really cool guy, and he
was really nice to meet always. And I mean the
fact that I kept my name in the first one
made no sense. It was just Todd being cool. One
(01:27):
more time for Sam Morrell. I think it's hilarious that
I exist in the DC universe. It is got it cool.
Rolling Stone did a lifey and very good interview with
Jimmy Kimmel. I shared this in the Facebook group, which
is Daily Comedy News podcast group. Feel encouraged to join us.
One thing we learn is that Jimmy Kimmel has a
cardboard box full of worn ties that David Letterman sent
(01:50):
him when Letterman retired, Kimmell said, I wore one, but
they're so long Rolling Stone. I hate to do this,
but let's start with Trump. Kim ol Donald Trump, who's that? Yeah,
it used to be when you think of me, you
think of Guillermo or Matt Damon not getting on the show.
Now it's Trump. I think most comedians have a strong
sense of justice, and he violates that so frequently. I
know we should be hard into it by now, but
(02:11):
I'm not, and it's shocking to me. He seems like
the kind of character that would flame out after a
few years, but the fact that he's still with us
is remarkable. A year ago, I would have said, I'm
hoping to show people who aren't paying attention to the
news what's actually going on and hoping to change things
that way. Obviously that didn't have enough impact before the elections,
and now I see myself more as a place to
scream Rolling Stone. From a comedy point of view, there's
some advantages, right Kimmel. You don't have to set the
(02:33):
joke up because everybody knows everything about him, so you
go right to the punchline. The problem is he's somebody
that a lot of people don't like they don't want
to hear his name, but there's always material. Some days
he gives you so much that you're throwing things away.
That would have been the biggest event of the entire
Bush presidency. I try not to get too deep in
the weeds after remind myself this is not an expose,
it's a comedy show. They were curious when Kimmel realized
(02:54):
that Trump was for real. Kimill said, it was twenty sixteen.
I had Hillary Clinton on. I said to Hillary during
commercial breako Trump gets a nomination, I think it'd be
a slam dunk for you, and she said, be careful
what you wish for. Maybe I'll pick at this a
little bit more tomorrow. I don't want to get over
political on the podcast there, but I did share in
the Facebook group if you want to read this all right.
Late Nighter had the final Late Night ratings for quarter
(03:16):
one twenty twenty five. The Secret Giant Monster is Greg
Gutfeld highest ratings ever, up fourteen percent, up nine percent
in the eighteen to forty nine demo compared to Q
four twenty twenty four. At eleven thirty five, Colbert is
number one Kimmel is second in total viewers. Fallon edged
(03:36):
out Kimmel in the demo. All three shows saw decreases
of minus seven and minus eight percent among total viewers.
Fallin down minus fourteen, Colbert down seventeen, Kimmel down twenty
four percent. Wow. Late Nighter says at twelve thirty, Seth,
which I've never met anyone who watches that show, and
(03:59):
I'm not doing the bobs Berger's bit here. I've really
never met anyone who's seen Seth Meyers show. But apparently
it was number one in twelve thirty Nightline and Taylor
Thomlins' is now wrapping up show split second place. Nightline
had more total viewers, Taylor had more viewers in the demo.
The Daily Show and Q one down one percent. Total
(04:21):
numbers shared here by Late Nighter. Guttfeld does a seven
point four to five share, averages three point six million
viewers well at eleven thirty, Colbar with almost two point
four million, Kimmel one point eight, Fallin one point two
at twelve thirty, and it's actually twelve thirty seven. Now
they've let that creep that far, while Seth Meyers nine
(04:43):
hundred and thirty eight, thousand people and Taylor Tomlinson's After
Midnight six hundred and forty seven thousand people. We may
be getting closer and closer to the end of the
late night era. We'll see what happens when these folks
step down the Tonight show in third place. I mean,
that's just stunning, right. Brad Williams is in San Antonio
tonight and he caught up with my san Antonio. Brad's
(05:05):
at the Majestic Theater. If you want to drop by.
My san Antonio was curious, Hey, Texas et cetera, c
eating Mexican food. Brad said, bro, this is the thing.
I tore a lot, and I'm married, so I'm not
out there chasing tail. I'm out there chasing good meals.
I'm chasing good food. But when I'm a place in Indiana,
somebody would be like, Hey, we got this Mexican joint
that's really great, and I'm like, don't even bring that
to me. What are you talking about. It's like, if
(05:26):
I'm out in the middle of the country, I'm not
gonna get seafood. And I don't mind tex mex either,
put Queso on everything. My san Antonio said, you're coming
here a week too early. Fiesta starts a week later.
Brad said, Oh, then I'm coming at the exact right time.
I'm aware of what my status is in life and
or i am in terms of the priority to buy tickets.
I'm always honored that anyone comes to see me. I'm
gonna give you guys an amazing show, but I'm not
(05:47):
trying to compete with Fiesta. I'm a dwarf tilling jokes.
During Fiesta, You're gonna have a lot of Mexicans who
are not that much taller than me doing cool stuff.
It'd be like having a gig on the same night
as the Lakers, whereas Kobe and Shaq playing a playoff
game be in the audience. Brad says, I choose to
be a political during my show. You could probably figure
out my politics, but I want comedy to be that
place where everyone can come together and laugh. For me,
(06:09):
the sign of a truly great joke is when you
tell a joke to somebody who disagrees with it and
they still laugh and they still see the absurdity. Good
question from myceanatnari here. So when you say that you
can empathize with trans people because you too, are part
of a marginalized group. In case you're unfamiliar with Brad
or haven't caught from the contextclues yet, he is a
little person. Are you worried you might lose some of
your audience because that subtle opinion can turn certain people away,
(06:31):
Brad said, I know. The exact joke you're talking about
was in my last comedy special, Starfish. The joke was
about the butt like controversy. When I told it, I
got a laugh from the audience, but I didn't like
where the laugh was coming from. It was like punching down.
As a dwarf, you don't really want to punch down,
so I rewrote the joke. That's the beautiful part of
being in comedy. You have friends of every type of gender,
sexual orientation, race, and religion who will tell me where
(06:51):
the sweet spot is for a joke. As a dwarf,
I've been the butt of a lot of jokes, but
I'm fine with them as long as they're funny and
as long as they're creative. MSN caught up on a
Vice Instagram clip that is doing well with the Indian
American community. In it, Nimesh says, who even asked us
to come here. Indians didn't just show up in the
seventies and eighties. Now, We've been around for over a century,
since the eighteen hundreds. To be precise, we were looking
(07:14):
for Christopher Columbus. We heard he was looking for us.
Are you in Miami? Go see Ti. He's performing some
comedy tonight at the Miami Improv Comedy Theater. Ti says,
it's a freedom. It's therapeutic in my music. I'm serious
because it comes from a very serious part of my life.
And that's probably the scape that I get in comedy
because their things are so serious and heavy in the music,
(07:36):
and now I can get out until a whole other
side of the same experiences. TI is working on a
venture called in the Trap, which will feature up and
coming acts similar to Comic Viewer def Comedy Jamti says,
if you're not making it to a Netflix special, there's
no really other place for comics to be seen at
the Moontai or a comedy festival in Austin. On the
website listing, if I counted correctly, thirty four shows, I
(07:59):
won't reach all thirty four, but let's just see what's
going on. Industry Showcase at the Creek in the cave
at six o'clock. That's the kind of thing I like
to attend because that'll give you a sense for who's next.
That John goblecon guy is back. He's got these Sclar
Brothers at six o'clock. Whoh hanging with Doctor Z at
the hideout at seven o'clock. You know about this. Dana
(08:19):
Gould plays legally distinct Doctor Zais from Planet of the Apes.
The official description eccentric nineteen seventies era talk show host
Doctor Z played by Dana Gould interviews current celebrity guests
as themselves, but set in a golden age of talk shows.
Check that out on YouTube. There's several of those. That's
just fun. Nice Gimmick seven forty five at Vulcan, Big
(08:40):
Jay Okerson, An evening of crowd work eight o'clock at Sunset,
strip tag it. The lineup includes Sclar Brothers, not not
writing the Sclar Brothers. It's just Sclar Brothers. Is that
how they actually go? And I've worked with these guys
and they're cool, but I always refer to them as
the Sclar Brothers. Yeah, their website says the Sclar Brothers.
(09:01):
Also on that show, Bamford, Janine Garoffalo Interesting, Janelle James
at the Paramount at nine thirty, Bamford at the Thompson
Theatre at nine thirty, eleven o'clock Best of the fest.
That's speakeasy. Those are always good to go in at
Antone's at eleve o'clock Nightly Party, the Friday night Party
at One More Day. And we'll talk about that tomorrow
(09:23):
on Hulu. Now they try to hide it from me,
Hulu publicists. You could ignore me all you want, but
I'm still gonna uncover your comedy specials Hulu today as
Morgan Jay's special Morgan Jay Live at the Village. Morgan
is having a big day, also doing two headline performances
at the Wiltern in La today. Now this isn't hilarious.
This one apparently came to Hulu as part of a
(09:45):
licensing deal, and the special has originally aired on YouTube.
In twenty twenty three, Keith David talked about the Community
movie he played Elroy in the final Underrated Season. Now,
while this movie ever come out, I think it will.
And I say that because I lived long enough to
see the Second Avenue subway built in New York City
that seemed like a thing that was never going to happen.
(10:06):
I lived long enough that they actually made more Star
Wars movies. So I believe in the Community movie. Now.
I might be eighty four years old when it comes out.
But Keith David said that he's in quoting Keith just
to show how rumor spread and lies. I never said
anything like that when I asked whether to return a community.
Of course, when asked, I will, and I've been told,
(10:26):
you know, I will be invited to the party. However,
it hasn't fruitioned yet, and of course I would be there.
It has not yet come up. When it has come up,
as I understand it, it could be a matter of schedules.
There's a lot of people to juggle around. It's been
a few years since we've done it. Seen I We'll see.
But let me dispel any rumor that I would not
do it. Of course I would. And The Daily Mail
wrote about Benny Hill. If you are of a certain age,
(10:47):
you remember Benny Hill fondly here in New York City.
It aired on Channel nine, and those of us of
a certain age watched it five days a week back
in nineteen seventy one, Benny Hill was getting twenty one
one million viewers and it was awarded the ITV Personality
of the Year. But times change and now we look
at Benny Hill and we're like, hey, that's racist and
(11:09):
sexist and risque and vulgar, and we could never ever
possibly make the Benny Hill Show today, even though I
was nine years old and watching it, and I think
I came out fine. Apparently, over in the UK they
did a TV special which weighed in on the question
is it time to bring Benny Hill out of the
comedy cold or should he stay canceled. Some gen Zers
(11:32):
were shown a sketch which plays Benny Hill playing a
talk show host speaking to a priest whose fly is undone.
The talk show host tries to move a table with
a vase of flowers to hide the priest wardrobe malfunction.
One gen Zer said that was funny, and I think
it was trying to cover it up with flower pad
that was funny as well, just the awkwardness of it all. However,
(11:52):
another clip, which showed a male office worker watching a
young female colleague wearing a short skirt suspenders bending down
open a drawer, was less popular at the beginning of
the sketch, the mail worker is counting letters. He's up
to number two thy forty four. However, after he's distracted
by his lecherous gazing at the secretary, he realizes he's
lost count has to start again. One of the gen
(12:14):
zers said, the fact that that was on TV in
prime time is insane. Another gen zer said, if that
came up while you were watching TV with the family,
it would definitely be weird. No, wouldn't, really wouldn't. Journalist
Nina Mascou said of the sketch, so this is purely
a male fantasy of what a secretary is. Subservient, bent
over when required, just so sleezy, just so sleazy. However,
(12:38):
actress Nina Wadia said, it kind of works in that sketch.
It works for me because the punchline is funny. Then
they got into a character, Benny did. The character's name
Chow Maine, and Chow Maine is from China. I do
not recall this sketch. One of the gen zers said
that wouldn't fly today. I don't think. Another said that
caught me off guard. To be honest, I wasn't expecting that.
(12:58):
The third said that act and him squinting his eyes,
and that was really bad. One of the jokes chow
Main makes is he is speaking, says the word election
in a stereotypical accent, so the word comes out as erection.
One of the gen zers said, so, the humor with
the miscommunication I think was actually quite funny. But that
the miscommunication was because of Reese is what made it unfunny.
(13:22):
You can't have that both ways. Is it funny or not?
Let me read that back. So the humor with the miscommunication,
I think was actually quite funny. Towards the end of
the Benny Hill Show run, they toned down the Hill's angels.
Those were some attractive women who would appear on the show.
Some critics thought that Benny Hill Show had lost its spark.
By nineteen eighty four, it was canceled. Benny filmed an
(13:42):
American show in nineteen ninety one, titled Benny Hill's American
World Tour, but his health was declining. In February nineteen
ninety two, Benny Hill suffered a heart attack and was
visited in the hospital by Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson apparently
was a huge fan of the Benny Hill Show. Benny
Hill was found dead in April of nineteen ninety two,
sitting on his couch watching TV. He was sixty eight
(14:04):
years old. That track comedy News for Today, See You Tomorrow.
Callaroga Shark Media. Hey man, I'm Johnny Mack. You're with
your daily comedy news if you're in Minneapolis today. Sam
Morrill is at the Pantagious Theater two nights the Minnesota Daily.
He was curious, Hey Sam, what's new about this new set?
And Sam said, well, the jokes are new. I have
(00:24):
a lot of good new jokes. You don't try and
add to it every day. That's kind of how I tour.
I have the bass, and then you kind of add
to it. It's like making a big pot of chili.
Dis keep adding one thing. All right, here's one thing,
there's another thing, and by the end, hopefully it's pretty good.
They asked Sam about his whiskey company. I think to
be a comedian in twenty twenty five, I'm pretty sure
you have to own a whiskey company. I don't know
(00:44):
who put that law in to effect, but they all
have one, including Sam and then Minnesota Daily. He was curious,
Hey Sam, what makes a good whiskey? Sam said, well,
you want it to be smooth. I want a good
whiskey that stands on its own, like if you drink
it neat. It's also great for cocktails. So I always
like Manhattan's with as opposed to bourbon. I just thought
it was kind of a better match. Yeah, I'm a
big fan of whiskey with a second liquor. I like
(01:06):
the old fashioned cocktail like in Manhattan Fro. I'm doing
like maybe a martiniz and a groaning. I kind of
like the old time he drinks. I think the classic
for a reason. New topic, Sam, were you surprised you
weren't in Joker too? Sam said, you know what, I
was just grateful to be in the first one. I
think Todd Phillips is a really cool guy, and he
was really nice to meet always. And I mean the
fact that I kept my name in the first one
made no sense. It was just Todd being cool. One
(01:27):
more time for Sam Morrell. I think it's hilarious that
I exist in the DC universe. It is got it cool.
Rolling Stone did a lifey and very good interview with
Jimmy Kimmel. I shared this in the Facebook group, which
is Daily Comedy News podcast group. Feel encouraged to join us.
One thing we learn is that Jimmy Kimmel has a
cardboard box full of worn ties that David Letterman sent
(01:50):
him when Letterman retired, Kimmell said, I wore one, but
they're so long Rolling Stone. I hate to do this,
but let's start with Trump. Kim ol Donald Trump, who's that? Yeah,
it used to be when you think of me, you
think of Guillermo or Matt Damon not getting on the show.
Now it's Trump. I think most comedians have a strong
sense of justice, and he violates that so frequently. I
know we should be hard into it by now, but
(02:11):
I'm not, and it's shocking to me. He seems like
the kind of character that would flame out after a
few years, but the fact that he's still with us
is remarkable. A year ago, I would have said, I'm
hoping to show people who aren't paying attention to the
news what's actually going on and hoping to change things
that way. Obviously that didn't have enough impact before the elections,
and now I see myself more as a place to
scream Rolling Stone. From a comedy point of view, there's
some advantages, right Kimmel. You don't have to set the
(02:33):
joke up because everybody knows everything about him, so you
go right to the punchline. The problem is he's somebody
that a lot of people don't like they don't want
to hear his name, but there's always material. Some days
he gives you so much that you're throwing things away.
That would have been the biggest event of the entire
Bush presidency. I try not to get too deep in
the weeds after remind myself this is not an expose,
it's a comedy show. They were curious when Kimmel realized
(02:54):
that Trump was for real. Kimill said, it was twenty sixteen.
I had Hillary Clinton on. I said to Hillary during
commercial breako Trump gets a nomination, I think it'd be
a slam dunk for you, and she said, be careful
what you wish for. Maybe I'll pick at this a
little bit more tomorrow. I don't want to get over
political on the podcast there, but I did share in
the Facebook group if you want to read this all right.
Late Nighter had the final Late Night ratings for quarter
(03:16):
one twenty twenty five. The Secret Giant Monster is Greg
Gutfeld highest ratings ever, up fourteen percent, up nine percent
in the eighteen to forty nine demo compared to Q
four twenty twenty four. At eleven thirty five, Colbert is
number one Kimmel is second in total viewers. Fallon edged
(03:36):
out Kimmel in the demo. All three shows saw decreases
of minus seven and minus eight percent among total viewers.
Fallin down minus fourteen, Colbert down seventeen, Kimmel down twenty
four percent. Wow. Late Nighter says at twelve thirty, Seth,
which I've never met anyone who watches that show, and
(03:59):
I'm not doing the bobs Berger's bit here. I've really
never met anyone who's seen Seth Meyers show. But apparently
it was number one in twelve thirty Nightline and Taylor
Thomlins' is now wrapping up show split second place. Nightline
had more total viewers, Taylor had more viewers in the demo.
The Daily Show and Q one down one percent. Total
(04:21):
numbers shared here by Late Nighter. Guttfeld does a seven
point four to five share, averages three point six million
viewers well at eleven thirty, Colbar with almost two point
four million, Kimmel one point eight, Fallin one point two
at twelve thirty, and it's actually twelve thirty seven. Now
they've let that creep that far, while Seth Meyers nine
(04:43):
hundred and thirty eight, thousand people and Taylor Tomlinson's After
Midnight six hundred and forty seven thousand people. We may
be getting closer and closer to the end of the
late night era. We'll see what happens when these folks
step down the Tonight show in third place. I mean,
that's just stunning, right. Brad Williams is in San Antonio
tonight and he caught up with my san Antonio. Brad's
(05:05):
at the Majestic Theater. If you want to drop by.
My san Antonio was curious, Hey, Texas et cetera, c
eating Mexican food. Brad said, bro, this is the thing.
I tore a lot, and I'm married, so I'm not
out there chasing tail. I'm out there chasing good meals.
I'm chasing good food. But when I'm a place in Indiana,
somebody would be like, Hey, we got this Mexican joint
that's really great, and I'm like, don't even bring that
to me. What are you talking about. It's like, if
(05:26):
I'm out in the middle of the country, I'm not
gonna get seafood. And I don't mind tex mex either,
put Queso on everything. My san Antonio said, you're coming
here a week too early. Fiesta starts a week later.
Brad said, Oh, then I'm coming at the exact right time.
I'm aware of what my status is in life and
or i am in terms of the priority to buy tickets.
I'm always honored that anyone comes to see me. I'm
gonna give you guys an amazing show, but I'm not
(05:47):
trying to compete with Fiesta. I'm a dwarf tilling jokes.
During Fiesta, You're gonna have a lot of Mexicans who
are not that much taller than me doing cool stuff.
It'd be like having a gig on the same night
as the Lakers, whereas Kobe and Shaq playing a playoff
game be in the audience. Brad says, I choose to
be a political during my show. You could probably figure
out my politics, but I want comedy to be that
place where everyone can come together and laugh. For me,
(06:09):
the sign of a truly great joke is when you
tell a joke to somebody who disagrees with it and
they still laugh and they still see the absurdity. Good
question from myceanatnari here. So when you say that you
can empathize with trans people because you too, are part
of a marginalized group. In case you're unfamiliar with Brad
or haven't caught from the contextclues yet, he is a
little person. Are you worried you might lose some of
your audience because that subtle opinion can turn certain people away,
(06:31):
Brad said, I know. The exact joke you're talking about
was in my last comedy special, Starfish. The joke was
about the butt like controversy. When I told it, I
got a laugh from the audience, but I didn't like
where the laugh was coming from. It was like punching down.
As a dwarf, you don't really want to punch down,
so I rewrote the joke. That's the beautiful part of
being in comedy. You have friends of every type of gender,
sexual orientation, race, and religion who will tell me where
(06:51):
the sweet spot is for a joke. As a dwarf,
I've been the butt of a lot of jokes, but
I'm fine with them as long as they're funny and
as long as they're creative. MSN caught up on a
Vice Instagram clip that is doing well with the Indian
American community. In it, Nimesh says, who even asked us
to come here. Indians didn't just show up in the
seventies and eighties. Now, We've been around for over a century,
since the eighteen hundreds. To be precise, we were looking
(07:14):
for Christopher Columbus. We heard he was looking for us.
Are you in Miami? Go see Ti. He's performing some
comedy tonight at the Miami Improv Comedy Theater. Ti says,
it's a freedom. It's therapeutic in my music. I'm serious
because it comes from a very serious part of my life.
And that's probably the scape that I get in comedy
because their things are so serious and heavy in the music,
(07:36):
and now I can get out until a whole other
side of the same experiences. TI is working on a
venture called in the Trap, which will feature up and
coming acts similar to Comic Viewer def Comedy Jamti says,
if you're not making it to a Netflix special, there's
no really other place for comics to be seen at
the Moontai or a comedy festival in Austin. On the
website listing, if I counted correctly, thirty four shows, I
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won't reach all thirty four, but let's just see what's
going on. Industry Showcase at the Creek in the cave
at six o'clock. That's the kind of thing I like
to attend because that'll give you a sense for who's next.
That John goblecon guy is back. He's got these Sclar
Brothers at six o'clock. Whoh hanging with Doctor Z at
the hideout at seven o'clock. You know about this. Dana
(08:19):
Gould plays legally distinct Doctor Zais from Planet of the Apes.
The official description eccentric nineteen seventies era talk show host
Doctor Z played by Dana Gould interviews current celebrity guests
as themselves, but set in a golden age of talk shows.
Check that out on YouTube. There's several of those. That's
just fun. Nice Gimmick seven forty five at Vulcan, Big
(08:40):
Jay Okerson, An evening of crowd work eight o'clock at Sunset,
strip tag it. The lineup includes Sclar Brothers, not not
writing the Sclar Brothers. It's just Sclar Brothers. Is that
how they actually go? And I've worked with these guys
and they're cool, but I always refer to them as
the Sclar Brothers. Yeah, their website says the Sclar Brothers.
(09:01):
Also on that show, Bamford, Janine Garoffalo Interesting, Janelle James
at the Paramount at nine thirty, Bamford at the Thompson
Theatre at nine thirty, eleven o'clock Best of the fest.
That's speakeasy. Those are always good to go in at
Antone's at eleve o'clock Nightly Party, the Friday night Party
at One More Day. And we'll talk about that tomorrow
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on Hulu. Now they try to hide it from me,
Hulu publicists. You could ignore me all you want, but
I'm still gonna uncover your comedy specials Hulu today as
Morgan Jay's special Morgan Jay Live at the Village. Morgan
is having a big day, also doing two headline performances
at the Wiltern in La today. Now this isn't hilarious.
This one apparently came to Hulu as part of a
(09:45):
licensing deal, and the special has originally aired on YouTube.
In twenty twenty three, Keith David talked about the Community
movie he played Elroy in the final Underrated Season. Now,
while this movie ever come out, I think it will.
And I say that because I lived long enough to
see the Second Avenue subway built in New York City
that seemed like a thing that was never going to happen.
(10:06):
I lived long enough that they actually made more Star
Wars movies. So I believe in the Community movie. Now.
I might be eighty four years old when it comes out.
But Keith David said that he's in quoting Keith just
to show how rumor spread and lies. I never said
anything like that when I asked whether to return a community.
Of course, when asked, I will, and I've been told,
(10:26):
you know, I will be invited to the party. However,
it hasn't fruitioned yet, and of course I would be there.
It has not yet come up. When it has come up,
as I understand it, it could be a matter of schedules.
There's a lot of people to juggle around. It's been
a few years since we've done it. Seen I We'll see.
But let me dispel any rumor that I would not
do it. Of course I would. And The Daily Mail
wrote about Benny Hill. If you are of a certain age,
(10:47):
you remember Benny Hill fondly here in New York City.
It aired on Channel nine, and those of us of
a certain age watched it five days a week back
in nineteen seventy one, Benny Hill was getting twenty one
one million viewers and it was awarded the ITV Personality
of the Year. But times change and now we look
at Benny Hill and we're like, hey, that's racist and
(11:09):
sexist and risque and vulgar, and we could never ever
possibly make the Benny Hill Show today, even though I
was nine years old and watching it, and I think
I came out fine. Apparently, over in the UK they
did a TV special which weighed in on the question
is it time to bring Benny Hill out of the
comedy cold or should he stay canceled. Some gen Zers
(11:32):
were shown a sketch which plays Benny Hill playing a
talk show host speaking to a priest whose fly is undone.
The talk show host tries to move a table with
a vase of flowers to hide the priest wardrobe malfunction.
One gen Zer said that was funny, and I think
it was trying to cover it up with flower pad
that was funny as well, just the awkwardness of it all. However,
(11:52):
another clip, which showed a male office worker watching a
young female colleague wearing a short skirt suspenders bending down
open a drawer, was less popular at the beginning of
the sketch, the mail worker is counting letters. He's up
to number two thy forty four. However, after he's distracted
by his lecherous gazing at the secretary, he realizes he's
lost count has to start again. One of the gen
(12:14):
zers said, the fact that that was on TV in
prime time is insane. Another gen zer said, if that
came up while you were watching TV with the family,
it would definitely be weird. No, wouldn't, really wouldn't. Journalist
Nina Mascou said of the sketch, so this is purely
a male fantasy of what a secretary is. Subservient, bent
over when required, just so sleezy, just so sleazy. However,
(12:38):
actress Nina Wadia said, it kind of works in that sketch.
It works for me because the punchline is funny. Then
they got into a character, Benny did. The character's name
Chow Maine, and Chow Maine is from China. I do
not recall this sketch. One of the gen zers said
that wouldn't fly today. I don't think. Another said that
caught me off guard. To be honest, I wasn't expecting that.
(12:58):
The third said that act and him squinting his eyes,
and that was really bad. One of the jokes chow
Main makes is he is speaking, says the word election
in a stereotypical accent, so the word comes out as erection.
One of the gen zers said, so, the humor with
the miscommunication I think was actually quite funny. But that
the miscommunication was because of Reese is what made it unfunny.
(13:22):
You can't have that both ways. Is it funny or not?
Let me read that back. So the humor with the miscommunication,
I think was actually quite funny. Towards the end of
the Benny Hill Show run, they toned down the Hill's angels.
Those were some attractive women who would appear on the show.
Some critics thought that Benny Hill Show had lost its spark.
By nineteen eighty four, it was canceled. Benny filmed an
(13:42):
American show in nineteen ninety one, titled Benny Hill's American
World Tour, but his health was declining. In February nineteen
ninety two, Benny Hill suffered a heart attack and was
visited in the hospital by Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson apparently
was a huge fan of the Benny Hill Show. Benny
Hill was found dead in April of nineteen ninety two,
sitting on his couch watching TV. He was sixty eight
(14:04):
years old. That track comedy News for Today, See You Tomorrow.
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