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Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Jenny Mack with your
daily comedy news. Bert Praiser has been on a little
bit of good pr run. He appears in People's new
YouTube series Roast by Life, and he told a story
about going to a quote very expensive dentist in Beverly Hills. Now,
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sometimes Bert tells a story, and I'm not sure I
quite believe the story, perhaps possibly maybe exaggerated for comedic effect,
But as the story goes, Bert was at the dentist
with his daughter, Georgia. She's now twenty. This story happened
when Georgia was four and poor Georgia broke her jaw.
Bert explains, they had to put Georgia under anesthesia, noting,
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and they told me, you know, we can't find a vein.
We need you to put her under. And I was like,
I'm thirty five years old. I don't know what I'm doing.
I'm a brand new dad. I go, baby, we're gonna
put the gas off your face and you're gonna breathe
even lee, You're gonna go to sleep. And then Georgia,
four years old, looks up at me and goes, what
if I don't wake up? And I was like, great question.
I look at the doctors and I said to these dentists,
I go, she dies, do we bring the body home
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with us? And they're like, whoa, what are you talking about?
Bert says he started panicking. I start crying uncontrollably. I
go to the waiting room and crying so bad. People
in the waiting room are freaking out. They're watching a
grown man's sob. His wife, Leanne's crying. There's a kid
with his dad who's like, Dad, you said it wasn't
going to be that bad. Bert remembers a woman trying
to soothe me and make eye contact. After ten minutes,
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the dentist shows up and says Georgia was fine. Everyone
celebrated with applause. Leanne's got Georgia in her lap, Georgia's
got caught. She's still asleep. I'm standing watching. All of
a sudden, the door opens to that room. It's the
same woman from earlier in the story. Remember that woman,
and you know who it is. It's Whitney Houston. And
Bert says, Whitney paid for the whole thing. This is
you know, a long time ago. Bert's not a famous comedian.
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She paid for the whole thing. We didn't have the money,
and Whitney Houston, God Rest her soul took care of us.
Cameron Asposito has a new stand up special out today
pills on the streaming platform Dropout That's the former College Humor.
Cameron guides the audience on a surreal journey through the
ups and downs of her bipolar disorder diagnosis, with detours
to talk about marriage, divinity, school, and one extremely unlucky dog. Oh.
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Cameron says, when you do this job, the number one
thing people say is I don't know how you can
do the jobs. Man. Stand Up's my biggest fear, and
I've always said, well, it's not my biggest fear. Stephen
Rogers' new special is out today as well. Half of
We will premiere on Nate Berghetzi's YouTube channel. Produced by
Nate and Brian Reagan, the new hour sees Stephen Rogers
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blend wit and vulnerability as he shares relatable mishaps, personal struggles,
and stories from his engagement, all building to a shocking twist.
Should you tell the audience there's a shocking twist coming?
Like can't we just I know, I just ruined it,
but I'm just reading the press release. They want you
to know there's a shocking twist, But like, I don't
know if you want to see one of those m
night movies back in the day. Now we all know
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the gimmick, but you know when you first went to
see one, do you want everyone going, Hey, there's a
shocking twist you're never gonna believe. I don't think you
want to know. I always loved the phrasing and press
releases in his career. So far, Rogers has opened for
comedians such as Reagan, Joe List, Tompapa, Napergetzie, and Taylor Tomlinson,
such as is such a fun wording. Camil and Gianni
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will be in the upcoming season of poker Face. He
told the story, I just got a text from Natasha
Leona on a Friday. Kamil and Natasha were on one
of those famous people panels, you know, everybody's sitting at
a table and the reporters asked them questions and then
Vulture writes about it something like that. Yeah, Camel said,
I just got a text from Natasha on a Friday,
and you were like, hey, you want to be in
poker Face on Thursday? And I was like, how long
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can I wait? So that it doesn't seem too desperate,
Camille gave us a tease about what we could expect
his character spoilers. He says, it was this cop and
the Florida panhandle with tattoos and frosted hair, and his
name was Gator Joe and his best friend is an alligator.
I was like, did you send this one to me?
By mistake? People don't see me and go, hey, that
looks like a Florida cup. But adds I love playing
Gator Joe. I love this guy. I had to shave
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my arms and legs to get tato on, and then
I just walked around with all these tattoos. People were
scared of me. Poker Face season two returns May eighth
on Peacock Chelsea Handler, who once dated Joe Coy, who
once hosted the Golden Globes and made a joke about
Taylor Swift. But we're not doing that bit today. She says,
if you travel with her, you better be ready to
play by her rules. She said she once had to
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send a really severe letter to her entire extended family.
Chelsea told Kimmel, I was like, listen, you have to
make eye contact with every person that comes inside the house,
whether you know them, whether they're cleaning your room, whether
you have anything in common. You have to make eye
contact with people and say hello, thank you, and acknowledge
someone to standing there. And don't leave beer bottles under
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the deck. Don't drink the last margarita's without filling up
the picture. There's a lot of finishing alcohol without replenishing
the alcohol, because half of them are underage drinking our alcohol.
This worked with her family. Chelsea said she sent the
letter to friends as a template they could use on
their own vacations. A couple months go by, I get
the letter from someone. Someone emailed me and goes, hey,
I just read this letter. This is a great letter
for you to send to your family. And I'm like,
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it's my letter. I wrote it. That's a fun story.
Dennis Leary is taking this Going Dutch sitcom very seriously,
definitely much more seriously than I'm taking it. Remember this one,
Dennis Leary plays Army Colonel Patrick Quinn who gets reassigned
to a base on the Netherlands. Larry said, I know
we're supposed to be funny, but we're also supposed to
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be soldiers. We're all dressed that way. Even if we're
just in the hair and makeup trailer, generally we're in
our uniforms. It's a constant reminder. He got seriously into
his character and explains there are certain props the audience
will never see that I want my character to have
with him. In this case, there was a challenge coin
I wanted made that comes from my character's background, back
when the character was winning medals in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The audience will never see it, but my character has
it with him every day. Going Dutch filmed on a
real Dutch army base, Lary says, there are jet planes,
cargo planes, tanks, and there's real soldiers advising you off
in the distance. They're really drooling for something. You feel
really intimidated. Let's see what's happening at the comedy festivals.
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I guess we're starting in Mootower because that's the tab
that I clicked first. Got all these tabs saved, and
I just randomly clicked one seven o'clock May Martin's at
the Paramount. Caitlyn Riley is at the State Theater with
the wonderfully titled Kitlin Riley Bullies the audience, Paulie Shore
at nine thirty. Guess my take there would be let's
go see Kitlyn Riley and then grab some drinks in Nashville.
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Jim Jeffries at the Ryman at seven, Dan Cummins at
Zany's Proper at seven, Jared Fried's at the Lab at seven,
Pete Lee and Zanies at nine to fifteen. Caroline Benowitch homeschooled.
The Freak is at the Lab at Zanie's at nine
to fifteen, eleven o'clock Connor Larsen's Big Fun Riff Show.
All right, you want some recommendations for me, gotta go
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see Jim Jeffries, he kills, and then for middle show,
I guess Pete Lee and then let's see what this
Connor Larson's thing is. The Riff Show is a show
of completely improvised stand up comedy on the spot, in
front of a live audience. Comedians have to be funny
with whatever comes up. Okay, that could be fun. And
it's only a sixteen dollars show. And where's my Travers
City bookmark? Did I not bookmark it? We're going to
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have to use Google. Traver's City Comedy Festival they've got many,
many shows. Tonight, I'll just read you the bigger ones.
Six point thirty Jay Farrow seven o'clock a clean comedy showcase.
At eight o'clock a roast Battle starring Kevin Johnson as
your host, Brett Haydon as a judge, and Ella Horwdell
as another judge. I'm not familiar with any of the
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comedians performing in the roast Battle, doesn't mean it's not funny.
Nine o'clock Natasha lazerro at the Park plays Hotel, and
at ten pm comedy karaoke. So I think out of
those three, if you're making me pick, we are hanging
in Nashville tonight. A lot of talk this week about
Tony Hinchcliff, boy, who well from theborbedwire dot com we
learn for a few years now, the Austin comedy scene
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has been dominated by a new ecosystem led by Joe
Rogan and Tony Hinchcliff. The city's now nationally known as
a haven for their style of say whatever crappy thing
you want, It doesn't even need a punchline comedy. For
these guys and their disciples who move here during the pandemic.
The slur is the funny part. But that doesn't mean
the old guard, the people who are doing stand up
before twenty twenty, has gone away, and veteran Austin comic
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Duncan Carson is taking Austin back. He told The Barbed Wire.
They just think anybody that laughs is an inherent good,
and I'm like, not if it's a clan rally. Carson
is launching a new late night show to showcase the
city's old school comedy scene, signing off A Comedy Show
for the End of the World runs Friday's at ten
pm and Today's a Friday. Carson said, I think if
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you counted, I've hosted the most comedy shows in the
history of the city. Maybe that means I'll never get famous,
but it also means I never sold my soul. Carson explains,
I don't want comedy that's like preachy or always that's
a sports, social progress or something. Just don't be a monster.
It's very easy to be funny without being mean. Comedy
is inherently political, and I'm tired of us acting like
it's not. The show's head writer Mendoza told The Board Wire,
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We're just trying to do what makes us laugh most
of the time. I think all of us that work
on the show have always tried to punch up rather
than down. But adds Hingecliff is right. It only takes
a minute to decide you're not a fan of somebody,
and from bearworld dot com you're home for comedy news
and one of those things in my browser. I'm gonna
have to explain to my wife like I got her
to believe, like I'm in the basement. The only reason
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I'm on OnlyFans is because they started doing stand up comedy. Well, John,
why were you on bearworld dot com? Which is not
a site about the types of bears you might see
in the zoo. No, this is a totally other kind
of site. But they interviewed comedian Chris Knight, who explained
his comedic influences. Chris says, being in Australia, we got
to see the best of the UK and the US
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on our TVs. Growing up. I fell in love with
well written, fast paced jokes on shows like The Simpsons
and the Quirkiness and shows like Dork Place. He explains
how Australian crowds are different. Aussie crowds are wild, British
crowds would be some of the most supportive, and Americans
will cheer you so loud you think your rockstar. Aussie
crowds are wild and an rulely bunch while on stage.
I've been offered threesomes and drugs, but I've also had
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to dodge of glass bottles. I think humor is universal.
We all like to pokepund at ourselves and those in power,
but the delivery of that humor changes country to country.
Australians tend to be much rougher and use some very
foul language. We're all descended from convicts, so that shouldn't
be a surprise. And that is your comedy news for today.
So if you want to check my browsing history, it's
going to say things like New York Times. So I'm
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seeing what Jason's Inteman's up to, bear World OnlyFans, the
Hollywood Reporter. It's a very eclectic mix. Who knows what's
even going on in the basement. See you tomorrow.