Is Theo Von OK? This Past Weekend star allegedly melts down during Netflix taping Bomb

Theo Von's recent Netflix special taping at the Beacon Theater was marred by errors, leading to audience concerns and a significant portion leaving before the show's end.

David Letterman praised Jimmy Kimmel's first monologue but criticized Donald Trump.

Nimesh Patel explains why he dropped out of the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

Atsuko Okatska says she rejected an offer to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, citing censorship and ethical concerns.

Pete Davidson defended Pedro Pascal's rise in fame, while Walton Goggins responded positively to the same discussion.

Heather McMahon faced backlash and stepped down from PGA hosting duties after starting an inappropriate chant.

Ben Stiller launched a really cool low-calorie soda line because Ben grew up in the 1930's.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Caalorokashock Media. Hey, I'm Johnny Mack with your daily comedy news.
It's incredible. There's like six things today that normally would
just be a lead story. But let's start with THEO.
Vaughn Is fans are worried. Last week, THEO was recording
his Netflix special at the Beacon Theater. It is being

(00:26):
described as a brutal showcase filled with gaffs and embarrassing moments.
People in the audience said THEO halted his performance as
many as ten times throughout the nights, that THEO frequently
left the stage, asked a producer to remind him of punchlines,
and THEO struggled to finish stories. Some people that were
there said a third of the crowd left before the

(00:46):
show ended. And again, this isn't just a regular show,
this is a Netflix taping. There are clips on social
media circulating. I'm choosing not to play it, but in it,
the THEO says I'm having a long month and I'm
trying not to take my own life. It's unclear how
serious he was or if he was joking with the
audience and everyone, remember, if you're struggling, you're not alone.
Help is available, call her text the Suicide and Crisis

(01:09):
Lifeline at nine to eight eight anytime, day or night
come and shared with Men's Journal called the night a
roller coaster. One audience member said THEO had to pause
the show to ask for the punchlines several times. Another
audience member said he seemed unrehearsed and disorganized, repeating bits
multiple times, clearly trying to get it right for the camera.
This killed the vibe in the theater. Another said it

(01:30):
took THEO six times to get through one anecdote and
that THEO appeared exhausted and anxious. Hope everything is okay there.
David Letterman was on the Barbara Gains Show. That is
the uh deliberately simply produced YouTube thing that Dave will
pop on. He called Jimmy Kimmel's first monologue word perfect,
describing it as funny, powerful, and moving. Letterman then turned

(01:52):
his attention to President Donald Trump, who had called David
Letterman overrated and a loser. Dave had this to say.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
But boy, the cowardice that is on display now and here, now,
this is just my thought. Do you want to hear
any of I do? And I can't verify this. This
is just how I feel. This is just what it
looks like to me. People seem to be stunned when
things like this happen, and I am so tired of

(02:21):
people being stunned by things like this, because we have
a pretty good history of being stunned by this guy.
And the reason he continues to behave this way not
because he wants to stun us, but because he's a dictator,
and dictators do things like this. I think the question
we need to ask ourselves now is what exactly are

(02:42):
we going to do about this.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
Nimesh Patel pulled out of the Riodd Comedy Festival. He
posted this on social media. I've got some comments on
the back end.

Speaker 3 (02:51):
Hey, it's me Nimesh Patel. Asalamlekam.

Speaker 2 (02:54):
No.

Speaker 3 (02:54):
I am not attending the read Comedy Festival I was
stated to attend. I initially had accepted the offer, but
I canceled last week after having a change of heart.
I was going to cancel quietly, but then the event
went viral in the last two days and now I
feel like people are tagging me. I have to explain
myself at least a little bit. No, I'm not attending.

(03:15):
I just figured you know what, I'll just do forty
shows that I had not planned on doing here in
the perfectly clean moral above everyone else, United States of America.
I'm tired just thinking about it to make up for
the lost bag. So that's what I'll do. I'm gonna
do forty shows that I had not planned on doing
that I haven't even been launched yet that we're now

(03:37):
trying to figure out between now and the end of
the year to make up for the lost bag before
my theater tour kicks off. So if you want to
hear my rationale, come out to those shows whenever they are,
or come out to the theater tour in joke for them.
I'll explain why I decided not to go because this
clip was not at all sincerity is so stupid. Man,

(04:06):
I gotta go prep for this checking in comedy festival
that I'm doing, all right. I enjoy the rest of
your doves, all right. I hope to see you. I'm
not going. Sorry to the people of Saudi. I very
much would have appreciated performing for you, guys. I know
you're all good people over there, and I know I
have some fans over there, and hopefully you remain fans

(04:27):
and hopefully you understand, all right, deuces.

Speaker 1 (04:32):
Mister Prittel, that's a bad look. You're just I get it.
You want to get paid, then get paid. Don't don't
killed us that you got to do forty shows now
not a good look at all. By Nimesh Patel Otsco
at Conska revealed that she turned down the Riodd Comedy
Festival and shared the details of the offer. She went
on social media and posted a screenshot of the offer

(04:55):
she allegedly received her perform at the Riodd Comedy Festival.
In her post, Otsgo noted that the booking came with
censorship rules. She wrote, the money's coming straight from the
Crown Prince who actively executes journalists, people with non lethal
drug offenses, bloggers, et cetera, without due process. A lot
of the you can't say anything anymore. Comedians are doing
the festival. They had to appear to do censorship rules

(05:16):
about the types of jokes they can make. Otsgo shared
a screenshot of content restrictions from the alleged offer. The
document she shared reads artists shall not prepare or perform
any material that may be considered to degrade to fame
or bring into public distribute contempt, scandal, embarrassment, or ridicule
A the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including its leadership, public figures,

(05:38):
culture or people. B the Saudi Royal family, legal system,
or government, and see any religious religious tradition, religious figure,
or religious practice. Man, can you imagine a leader of
a country trying to stop comedians from making fun of
its leadership or public figures or certain people. Can't imagine
that happening, And I mean I live in the United
States America. That would never happen here. Tonight at the

(06:00):
Rio Comedy Festival, Ali Sadik brings whip smart storytelling. Expect
observational riffs, CrowdWork, and slow burning stories that land. Big
Pete Davidson was on Theo's podcast last week and he
called out the Internet for turning on Pedro Pascal. Pete
said two years ago, he's a hard working, great actor.
Everyone was like, he's worked so hard and has been

(06:21):
a struggling actor. He blows up. I'm paraphrasing as Pete
used several f words in this. Pedro blows up so
bleeping hard. Everyone's like, daddy, daddy, Yeah, daddy daddy. Then
a year later he's in everything now because he's hot
and big and everyone's like, go the f away, dude.
You got to give someone that time to adjust to
a new level of fame. He's been banging at it
for thirty years and now he's learning how to go

(06:41):
get a cup of coffee, or like deal with someone
that taps you on the shoulder while you have your
earbuds in and freaks you out. You got to give
that guy a second adjust It's like we build everybody up.
It's like so fast, turn on the celebrity. The turn
is crazy. Pete then suggested that the social media is
going to do it with Walton Goggins next. It's like
within months. Walton Goggins saw this and responded on Instagram.

(07:03):
Walton Goggins writes, I saw this article and had to respond.
Pete was talking about his own experience. Pete, we don't
know each other, but I appreciate the heads up. We're
ground one thing. Pedro Pascal isn't a good man. He's
a great man, a dear friend of mine. As a
fifty three year old, I'm acutely aware that every experience
has a shelf life. I appreciate so many of you
going on this journey with me. I imagine that a lot
of you, and I don't blame you, are tired of

(07:24):
hearing my homilies. Trust me, I'm tired of saying them.
Have a few things coming out that I have an
obligation to talk about, not for me, mind you, but
to honor all those that work so hard to bring
these stories to fruition. So if you see something with
my name on it, I encourage you not to click
on it unless you want to, and if you do,
I appreciate the sport. See to me, being included in
this headline isn't a curse, It's a blessing. How lucky
am I that this is even a possibility. I've had

(07:45):
the good fortune of engaging in so many interesting conversations
with so many of you, of collaborating with so many
top shelf people across so many disciplines over the last
couple of years, Way more than a poor kid from
Georgia would ever have the audacity to imagine. I wouldn't
take one back. So if saying yes in life more
than saying no is a crime, then I'm guilty as charged.
Walton Goggins had added, if this headline is a possibility

(08:06):
or an inevitability. If this is my fate, well f it.
I'm going to enjoy the all caps F out of it.
Heather McMahon, What are you doing?

Speaker 3 (08:16):
So?

Speaker 1 (08:16):
Heather McMahon was hosting like PGA coverage over the weekend.
She stepped away from Sunday's coverage and apologized to golfer
Rory McElroy for a vulgar chant. The PGAA of America
put out a statement which reads, Heather has extended an
apology to Rory McElroy and Writer Cup Europe and a
step down from hosting the first t of the Writer Cup.

(08:38):
You see, Heather McMahon was captured on social media starting
an F you Rory chant into a megaphone at the
first t of the event. She was trying to get
the US crowd amped up. What are you doing? That's
just stupid. You're there, you're hosting the coverage and you're
going to start an F you chant? What is wrong

(08:59):
with you? My dog is here. I got to tell
people about what's happening on late night TV. We can't
go out right now. We've been out three times in
the last hour. You got to chilax Conan O'Brien was
on Stephen Colbert last night. I got to tell people
about this doggie. Now, what am I supposed to do?
Are you gonna make me hit Paul this? But what
about Codon O'Brien on Stephen Colbert. Can't this way two minutes?

(09:20):
All right? I guess we'll be right back. I'm laughing.
I did pause that. I'm looking at the wave that
I can see these big giant spikes in the audio
where worry. Oh the dog did need to go out,
by the way, I'll leave it at that. Conan O'Brien
was on with Colbert last night. Now, that's an interesting

(09:40):
twist in the Late Night Wars and I'll cover that tomorrow.
I got to relax at the bonus episodes. I mean,
I don't want you guys to be like another episode.
So back to normal schedules here. But that's interesting in
the Late Night Wars because Jimmy Kimmel is in Brooklyn
this week. Now on Tuesday night, Colbert and Kimmel are
going on each other shows. Kimmel and Colbert will take
in Brooklyn. Then they're going to head to the ed

(10:02):
Sellivan Theater for Colbert's taping. So is Kimmel recording like
in the middle of the afternoon. That's interesting, right, because
Colbert probably tapes at five thirty, so we actually have
to record the show. He got to commute from Brooklyn
to Midtown Manhattan, no easy thing at rush hour. I
also am curious how that affects Colbert's prep right, because
you know, normally he'd be around right before the taping,

(10:22):
but he's going to head to Brooklyn, so he's got
to start his day earlier. But then he has to
change his mindset for two three hours and then get
back into hosting mode. That that's just interesting. As somebody
who's been in the media for thirty years. There is
something to be said for the mindset earthquake specialist that
out on Netflix today. It is called Joke Telling Business.
He had a previous Dave Chappelle produced special back in

(10:44):
twenty twenty two. By the way, I've been googling, like
Bill bur Riod, Dave Chappelle Riod, no news coming out
of there, earthquake tells youatl dot com. There wouldn't be
no earthquake if it wasn't for Atlanta. Landa is where
I learned to tell a joke. I'm still eating off
the lesson of the blessings I received one there in
ninety one. I went to Atlanta because CNN said this
was the best place to come if you were an

(11:04):
African American looking for a good job to prosper. I
had never been to Atlanta. I just went off that
recommendation and stepped out on stage one day and kept going.
And I haven't gotten off since. He was initially frustrated
when one of the premier Atlanta venues for black comics
wouldn't let him perform. Mom suggested he open his own
comedy club. She said, you know when I told you
when you were little, if somebody don't let you rather bike,
go get your own bike. I told her I couldn't

(11:25):
have my own comedy club, and she said why not?
So that's what I did. He opened Uptown Comedy Corner
and Bucket in nineteen ninety two. Mister Quake is currently
developing a half hour sitcom based on his life for Fox.
And I've been telling you about the legion of cool comedians.
You know, these are comedians doing really cool things like
Jim Gaffikins selling bourbon or Tom Papa's bread products, or
even Sebastian Maniscalco hockeying pizza ovens when he's not at

(11:49):
the Riog Comedy Festival. Anyway, ben Stiller has gotten into
low calorie SODA's that's right, it's Stiller's soda. How cool
is that? Does he make a cola? Because you could
take some Jim gaffickin bourbon, maybe put a little colon
it and have like a really cool drink. Well, the
answer is stiller soda comes in lemon, lime, Shirley temple,
and root beer. So I'm not sure how that's going

(12:11):
to mix with the bourbon. We're told the collection brings
in inspiration from ben Steller's childhood growing up in New
York City, which makes it sound like Ben Stiller grew
up in the nineteen thirties. He's three years older than me,
so let's relax with the old timey sodas you grew
up drinking cans of coke, dude. Ben Stiller told people
that it was important him to create a drink that
tasted like soda, but where you don't feel like you're

(12:32):
putting bad stuff in your body. I don't drink, so
I love having an option for soda, for something to
drink for adults too when you're out. Ben Stiller's a
great dad, just like Adam Sandler. He got his kids
involved with the product. Ben Stiller said of his son
when he asked to have a second lemon Lime because
he liked it so much, I felt like we were
on the right track. We're told his daughter has tried

(12:53):
the sodas and approves of them too. Ben says, the
idea of having a healthy soda for kids, I think
is something that's important to a too, something the parents
can give their kids and not feel bad about it.
At twelve back of Stiller Soda thirty bucks. That's two fifty, akin,
Ben Stiller. Welcome to the Legion of Cool Comedians. And
that is your comedy news for today. See tomorrow.