More coverage of the Riyadh Comedy Festival, featuring perspectives from Louis CK and Jessica Kirson on performing in Saudi Arabia. Kirson's participation sparked controversy, leading her to donate her performance earnings to a human rights organization.
00:40 Late Night Jokes Recap
02:20 Louis CK at Riyadh Comedy Festival
04:54 Jessica Kirson's Statement on Riyadh Performance
07:10 Theo Vaughn's Recent Performances and Reflections
11:24 Ryan Hamilton and Other Comedy News
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Caalaroga Shark Media Super Robust Sunday. Hello, I'm Johnny Mack
with your daily comedy news. I'm actually recording this after
six pm on a Saturday night, which I don't know
if I've ever done that, except maybe like some comedian
died or something crazy happened. But I normally don't record
(00:25):
Sunday on Saturday night. I usually pretape the Sundays. But
it was beautiful out sat in the yard all day.
I'll be out in the yard again today. It's supposed
to be eighty five degrees. I'll be watching football on
the back deck. But that's not why you're here. I
will catch up on Saturday Night Live tomorrow, but let's
do the late night jokes. Didn't get to them because
there's so much going on. Ronnie Chang talked about that
(00:48):
meeting of all the generals the other night and said, look,
I get that the military needs to be fit, but
in defense, fat generals they're kind of like coaches, right.
Coaches don't need to be fit enough to play the sport.
They just have to be fit enough to day a
twenty four year old. That's a good Bill Belichie joke.
And by the way Bill did not have a good
Saturday of college football. Jimmy Fallon said, yep, this would
be the first government shutdown since twenty eighteen. Not including
Joe Biden at the debate, they're paying attention to President Trump.
(01:11):
That's a Joe Biden joke. Did you write that one down?
Jimmy Fallon makes fun of both sides. Don't cancel him,
Jimmy Kimmel said in Trump is threatening to make irreversible
cuts if there's a shutdown, which you know what. I
was recently the victim of a government shutdown. They are reversible.
I'll tell you that. That's a good joke. Fallon said,
No one has any idea how long it all last.
People are calling it the Gree's anatomy of government shutdowns.
(01:32):
That's all right. Ronnie Chang said, it's day two of
the shutdown and only the most essential services are still operating,
Social Security, medicare. In that department that makes up causes
for autism, Bill Maher said, James Comey, our former FBI director,
was indicted by the Trump administration. I didn't even know
he had a talk show. That's a good joke. Colbert
tapped in, if Trump can indict a former FBI director,
(01:54):
anyone who's ever stood up to Trump as to worry
about being thrown in jail. And I will fight that
with every fiber of my where my name is not
Jimmy Fallon fa ll o N. And here's one from
Greg Guttfeld. I'm sure he told it better. I'm sure
it was in context. But explain to me how this
is funny. Greg Guttfeld said, to raise some extra cash,
(02:15):
the Secret Service is using Joe Biden's car as an uber. Okay.
Greg louie Ck was on Bill Moore's show, I Know Who.
I told you. I would tell you about that on Monday,
but I decided not to pre tape Sunday show, so Hi,
you get to hear about it today. C K will
be at the Rion Comedy Festival this weekend. Told Bill
Moore he has mixed feelings about participating in the controversial festival,
(02:39):
but has come to see it as a positive thing.
He's been talking to the comedians who've been over there
and said, I've been talking to them, the comedians who
have been there and have been really surprised by what's
going on. There's a woman who's a lesbian and Jewish
who did a show there and she got a standing ovation.
I assume the woman who's a lesbian and Jewish is
Jessica Curson, who will get to and she got of
(03:00):
standing ovations. So there's stuff going on that's unexpected in
this thing. C K explains. People have been playing Saudi
Arabia for years. Comedians have been going and playing Arab countries.
There was a film festival there recently it's kind of
opened up. But I've always said no to Arab countries.
I do shows everywhere. And with this came up. They said,
there's only two restrictions their religion and their government, and
I don't have jokes about those two things. Time out.
(03:21):
Didn't we all just make a BFD in this country
about joking about the government. Wasn't everybody like two weeks ago,
like comedians should be able to say whatever they want
to say and be able to make fun of the government.
Wasn't that like a thing? I remember that being in
the news. Didn't some guy with a show get taken
off the air something? Anyway? C K said, there's only
(03:42):
two restrictions their religion and their government. You know what,
I got it all right? So hypothetically, say someone passed
a law saying you couldn't make fun of the leader
of a country. Hypothetically, say someone passed a law saying
you can't make fun of the Republican Party, you can't
make fun of Christianity. Seek's cool with that, right, just checking.
(04:04):
There's only two restrictions, their religion and their government, and
I don't have jokes about those two things. It used
to be when I got offers from places like that,
there'd be a long list and I'd say, no, I
don't need that. But when I heard it's opening, I thought,
that's awfully interesting. This just feels like a good opportunity,
and I just feel like comedy is a great way
to get in and start talking. Seek says he plans
to go to a comedy club his first night in
(04:24):
Saudi Arabia and meet local comedians. That's actually cool. I
love stand up comedy and I love comedians. So the
fact that it's starting to open up and starting to
but I want to see it, I want to be
part of it. I think that's a positive thing. I
think the whole discussion is worthy. I'm glad these guys
brought this stuff up. I'm glad that people are challenging
this thing, because you shouldn't just pretend it's something it's not.
I had mixed feelings about it too. I struggled about
going once I heard what everybody was saying. There's some
(04:46):
good in it, maybe some bad in it, but for me,
I think it cuts towards going. That's my decision, and
I know where it's coming from because I can see
right inside myself. Jessica Curson making headlines, she put out
a statement expressing sincere or regret. Kerson shared a statement
with the Hollywood Reporter as one does, and said she
was surprised to be asked to perform at the Reod
(05:07):
Comedy Festival. She even went so far as to request
a guarantee that she could be openly out as a
lesbian on stage and perform gay material as is common
in her act. The statement, I'll read it verbatim. I
hope that this could help LGBTQ plus people in Saudi
Arabia feel seen and valued. I am grateful that I
was able to do precisely that. To my knowledge, I
am the first openly gay comic to talk about it
(05:28):
on stage in Saudi Arabia. I received messages from attendees
sharing how much it meant to them to participate in
a gay affirming event. At the same time, I deeply
regret participating under the auspices of the Saudi government. Kerson
said she is deeply sorry to all the fans and
followers hurt or disappointed by her decision to perform in
Riod quote. I have a special relationship with my fans
because of the vulnerable nature of my comedy and the
(05:50):
trust they place in me as part of the queer community.
To my fans, I see you, I hear you. Your
voice matters to me. I love you all, and I'm
genuinely sorry for making a poor decision that had repercussions
I didn't fully consider. I will take full responsibility for
my actions and dedicate myself to making amends so that
my words and choices reflect the respect and care you deserve.
She was responding to some fans on social media. One wrote,
(06:12):
you really sold out like I'm super sad about this.
Another wrote, still waiting for the explanation behind your terrible
decision accept money from a horrible regime? Do you care
so little you think it'll all blow over? Jessica's statement says,
I have donated the entirety of what I was paid
to perform there to a human rights organization. I made
this decision because I want that money to go to
an organization that can help combat these severe issues. I
(06:33):
respect my fellow comics who have spoken out against the festival,
and we should all be able to share our perspectives.
I recognize the concerns and criticism this has raised. I
hope that this moment sparks dialogue about how we can
use our platforms for good, to support people without a voice,
and to find ways to be less divided. In the past,
I faced criticism for choices I've made, both on and
off stage, and I rarely responded. This time, I felt
(06:55):
like I needed to speak up. I could not remain silent.
Ari Spears at the Reodd Comedy Festival Today. Spears brings
heavyweight charisma and rapid fire impressions to the Reodd Comedy Festival,
trading on the sharp timing that made him a breakout
on Mad TV theo Vaughn in the News, He said
on this past weekend that his performance at his comedy
(07:16):
show was shoppy and messier than previous ones, and that
he had been feeling mildly manic in the lead up
to the special. He said it wasn't perfect, man. I'll
agree to that. I eat failure for breakfast, brother, and
that's okay, man, It's part of the job. The first
ten years of doing comedy's failure. So much of my life.
The best things that have ever happened in my life
have been on the other side of failure. He also
wanted to make it clear to his followers. I would
(07:37):
never take my own life. I had shared earlier in
the week a story where he had said something that
scared people on stage. THEO said, I'm grateful to God
for his grace in my life. I love my siblings.
I have so many friends and people that love me,
and people that don't want to see their children grow up.
I'm hopeful that I get to have a wife and
meet my own children one day. Like there's a ton
of things in my life that keep me alive and hopeful.
Right I want to be able to have an impact
(07:58):
in the world. THEO was on college game Day on Saturday,
Alabama was hosting Vanderbilt. THEO picked Vanderbilt. That game was
tied at halftime. Last I checked it's probably now final
by the time you're hearing this. THEO said, they're my
ride home. I'm not joking. Host Rhys Davis fielded questions
from reporters on October third, asking why he picked Theovonn
(08:19):
to be on the show. David said, he's hilarious. He's
been on the show before. I mean, I understand that
schools like to have their legends, and we did that
a lot. We've had Joe Namathier, if memory serves, we've
invited Ozzie Newsome here. When you have someone who sort
of transcends the game and expands your reach, and he's
also awesome, like Theovonn, I mean, Theovon's like an easy yes?
Or is he an easy yes? Because listen to this clip,
(08:40):
people are wondering if Jess Simms shot down a Theo
vonn advance live on national television. Okay, I'm gonna play
a clip here of THEO on the broadcast. Pay close
attention to the end. You are such a dandy fan
that you actually bought former head coach Derek Mason's house.
You live in his house. Curse Derek Mason's old that's true.
(09:02):
Did he leave anything at Eric, give him a break.
He went. I think he went in sixteen. I'm not joking.
Bless him, bless your Garrett. Yeah he did. He left
some trophies in there. I gotta get back home. Had
a ponder too. Actually, well, well we'll talk about that later. Well,
the guys are ready for your secondmount of pixel Go ahead,
right up there. I'm already gone. You're already going to
(09:23):
see you later, see you again? No, I hope what
does I hope not need? This is brutal. Let's see
Nate brighetsy story. He's at Louisville doing his show at
the KFC Youm Center. Can we stop naming these buildings
ridiculous things? During the week leading up to the show,
(09:43):
some enormous googly eyes were spotted on several statues and
objects all over the Derby City. Did you know that
Louisville is the Derby City? I did not, That's right.
Nate Berghetsie's big dumb eyes were seen on the statue
of David the twenty one Sea Museum Limo, the Troll
statue outside the Troll Pub, under the Bridge bar on
a Muhammad Ali mural, the Rosy Riveter statue, across the
(10:05):
Ohio River in Clarksville, the Lincoln Memorial Sculpture on the waterfront,
and at least one of the many painted horse statues.
At last check, tickets were still available. All right, I
got a bunch of stuff that I bumped from yesterday.
We just got a clear out here. Cameraon Esposito in Chicago.
This weekend, she was asked by Axios to describe her
best day ever in Chicago. Oh, can I go? All right?
(10:29):
My best day ever would be, let's see, I like
a Friday day game Wrigley Field, So I would do that,
and then I would hang out in Rigvyville for a
little bit. Then I went head over to the aquarium
and then forget that the aquarium closes and I would
be disappointed. But I have some sort of fantasy where
I can both do the day game and the aquarium. No, okay,
Cameron Esposito for breakfast, she says, located right below the
(10:51):
California Blue Line stop, Cozy Corner is the classic diner
you need to start your She says, coffee, eggs over
easy and toast on the side of slice tomatoes. That
sounds good. Then she wants to over to the Lincoln
Park Conservatory. She says it's legit cool. People don't talk
about enough for lunch, farm to table, American restaurant, Lula Cafe,
Dinner El sid On Kedzie. She says she used to
(11:12):
eat at the end of the block and has eaten
everything on the menu. At night, she says, it's the
WNBA playoffs, So you got to hit the newly opened
women's sports bar Babes in Logan Square. That's where you
go to watch women's sports. Okay, I didn't get to
tell you. Ryan Hamilton was taping a Netflix special last night. Now,
if you're a longtime listener, you of course know Ryan
Hamilton is from Idaho and not whatever Johnny Mack misspoke
(11:34):
three four years ago and said, Ohio or Canada or Iowa,
whatever the heck I said. And I heard from a
lot of you he's from Idaho. I got it. I
wrote it down. It's etched from my memory. He's really fantastic.
He filmed his Netflix special last night in Seattle. Kamail
nan Gianni has unveiled the title and premiere date for
his special on Hulu. It is titled Kamail nan Jianni
(11:54):
supports fascism because he didn't cancel Hulu and Disney Plus
to support Jimmy Kimmel. That's actually not what it's called,
but as he supports fascism and Hilarius, it is called
Kameil Najianny Night thoughts. It is Kameil nan Jiohnny's second
special in more than a decade, December nineteenth. So, uh,
you know, that's probably right about when most people, actually
(12:18):
most people will be done with their end of the
year list by then, and I'll almost be done. I
gotta see how the calendar falls, because candidly that'll be like,
let me pre tape one here, We're three out of
the calendars fall this year. Let's look, when's Christmas. I
know it's December twenty fifth, you Wisenheimer, all right, so
we have a Wednesday Christmas Eve and we have a
Thursday Christmas, which means we have a Wednesday New Year's
(12:40):
Eve and a Thursday January first, And usually the best
specials of the year I can drag out to be
three episodes. So I would be surprised if you get that,
say the thirtieth, thirty first and first. I could see
that happening. Can't you told me out a lot for
a Sunday, All right, Jitney Books went to see Tony
hinch They say they were in the upper balconies and
(13:02):
Tony call all the people up there, the well behaved poores.
Jitny Book says the opener was David Lucas, who I
usually like and killed Sony, but he fell flat with
mostly sexually graphic material have failed to land with Tony's
more conservative fan base, including this embarrassed dad. Does Tony
Inchcliffe have a conservative fan base? Hmm? I never thought
(13:23):
of him that way, Like I know, I know he
did the thing in the garden and told the joke
I remember, but I don't know. I don't know if
I think of him as conservative comedian anyway. Jenny Books
tells us Timmy No Breaks was a pleasant surprise to
the lineup of three total comics for the night. He
does a character that seems one part Andrew dice Clay
and one part Andrew dice Clay imitating Andrew dice Clay.
(13:45):
Timmy did some amazingly entertaining crowd work. All right. Tony
Inchcliffe comes out early in his act. He says, it's
crazy times people were going to talk all about it.
He joked about buying a gun after moving to Texas
and said it's like having a second D word. I
don't know to clean it up. The first thing I
did when I got home was I put it in
my mouth. I see he shredded Amy Schumer, saying it
(14:06):
was cool to see Brendan Fraser when an oscar. He
then puts the microphone on top of his barstool scrapes
it across the stage. The fan says it sounded like
a deep sea audio recording. The joke. That's Amy Schumer
communicating with her family. Wow. Brutal Tony apparently discussed Charlie Kirk,
saying among the best people I have ever met, A
good friend. I parted with him at the inauguration. We
(14:27):
had a good time. He was nothing but nice. A
lot of these people at the time were shying away.
I didn't know whether they could hang out with me
or whatever. He was the total opposite, absolutely nothing but
welcoming and hung out with me and kit Rock. We
had the best time. He then told a Charlie Kirk
joke that I made an edit here. I made an
attempt to do it, and then I don't know how
to clean it up, and I don't come to offend,
(14:47):
but the gist of the joke is, can you imagine
the shock of the father finding out who the assassin
was in a relationship with? And then some crude jokes there.
This is from jitneybooks dot com if you want to
see what Tony said there, but I'm not going there.
And Tony said Football's back so great, so many athletes.
I don't know about you, guys, but I think that
Travis Kelcey might be the next O. J. Simpson, Tony
(15:09):
Hinchcliffe everybody. And that is your comedy news on a
very very busy Sunday. All right, football starts at nine
thirty Eastern today, so I'll be watching football for the
next zillion hours. Like I said, it's gonna be eighty
five in New Jersey today. I'll be outside. See you tomorrow.
Caalaroga Shark Media Super Robust Sunday. Hello, I'm Johnny Mack
with your daily comedy news. I'm actually recording this after
six pm on a Saturday night, which I don't know
if I've ever done that, except maybe like some comedian
died or something crazy happened. But I normally don't record
(00:25):
Sunday on Saturday night. I usually pretape the Sundays. But
it was beautiful out sat in the yard all day.
I'll be out in the yard again today. It's supposed
to be eighty five degrees. I'll be watching football on
the back deck. But that's not why you're here. I
will catch up on Saturday Night Live tomorrow, but let's
do the late night jokes. Didn't get to them because
there's so much going on. Ronnie Chang talked about that
(00:48):
meeting of all the generals the other night and said, look,
I get that the military needs to be fit, but
in defense, fat generals they're kind of like coaches, right.
Coaches don't need to be fit enough to play the sport.
They just have to be fit enough to day a
twenty four year old. That's a good Bill Belichie joke.
And by the way Bill did not have a good
Saturday of college football. Jimmy Fallon said, yep, this would
be the first government shutdown since twenty eighteen. Not including
Joe Biden at the debate, they're paying attention to President Trump.
(01:11):
That's a Joe Biden joke. Did you write that one down?
Jimmy Fallon makes fun of both sides. Don't cancel him,
Jimmy Kimmel said in Trump is threatening to make irreversible
cuts if there's a shutdown, which you know what. I
was recently the victim of a government shutdown. They are reversible.
I'll tell you that. That's a good joke. Fallon said,
No one has any idea how long it all last.
People are calling it the Gree's anatomy of government shutdowns.
(01:32):
That's all right. Ronnie Chang said, it's day two of
the shutdown and only the most essential services are still operating,
Social Security, medicare. In that department that makes up causes
for autism, Bill Maher said, James Comey, our former FBI director,
was indicted by the Trump administration. I didn't even know
he had a talk show. That's a good joke. Colbert
tapped in, if Trump can indict a former FBI director,
(01:54):
anyone who's ever stood up to Trump as to worry
about being thrown in jail. And I will fight that
with every fiber of my where my name is not
Jimmy Fallon fa ll o N. And here's one from
Greg Guttfeld. I'm sure he told it better. I'm sure
it was in context. But explain to me how this
is funny. Greg Guttfeld said, to raise some extra cash,
(02:15):
the Secret Service is using Joe Biden's car as an uber. Okay.
Greg louie Ck was on Bill Moore's show, I Know Who.
I told you. I would tell you about that on Monday,
but I decided not to pre tape Sunday show, so Hi,
you get to hear about it today. C K will
be at the Rion Comedy Festival this weekend. Told Bill
Moore he has mixed feelings about participating in the controversial festival,
(02:39):
but has come to see it as a positive thing.
He's been talking to the comedians who've been over there
and said, I've been talking to them, the comedians who
have been there and have been really surprised by what's
going on. There's a woman who's a lesbian and Jewish
who did a show there and she got a standing ovation.
I assume the woman who's a lesbian and Jewish is
Jessica Curson, who will get to and she got of
(03:00):
standing ovations. So there's stuff going on that's unexpected in
this thing. C K explains. People have been playing Saudi
Arabia for years. Comedians have been going and playing Arab countries.
There was a film festival there recently it's kind of
opened up. But I've always said no to Arab countries.
I do shows everywhere. And with this came up. They said,
there's only two restrictions their religion and their government, and
I don't have jokes about those two things. Time out.
(03:21):
Didn't we all just make a BFD in this country
about joking about the government. Wasn't everybody like two weeks ago,
like comedians should be able to say whatever they want
to say and be able to make fun of the government.
Wasn't that like a thing? I remember that being in
the news. Didn't some guy with a show get taken
off the air something? Anyway? C K said, there's only
(03:42):
two restrictions their religion and their government. You know what,
I got it all right? So hypothetically, say someone passed
a law saying you couldn't make fun of the leader
of a country. Hypothetically, say someone passed a law saying
you can't make fun of the Republican Party, you can't
make fun of Christianity. Seek's cool with that, right, just checking.
(04:04):
There's only two restrictions, their religion and their government, and
I don't have jokes about those two things. It used
to be when I got offers from places like that,
there'd be a long list and I'd say, no, I
don't need that. But when I heard it's opening, I thought,
that's awfully interesting. This just feels like a good opportunity,
and I just feel like comedy is a great way
to get in and start talking. Seek says he plans
to go to a comedy club his first night in
(04:24):
Saudi Arabia and meet local comedians. That's actually cool. I
love stand up comedy and I love comedians. So the
fact that it's starting to open up and starting to
but I want to see it, I want to be
part of it. I think that's a positive thing. I
think the whole discussion is worthy. I'm glad these guys
brought this stuff up. I'm glad that people are challenging
this thing, because you shouldn't just pretend it's something it's not.
I had mixed feelings about it too. I struggled about
going once I heard what everybody was saying. There's some
(04:46):
good in it, maybe some bad in it, but for me,
I think it cuts towards going. That's my decision, and
I know where it's coming from because I can see
right inside myself. Jessica Curson making headlines, she put out
a statement expressing sincere or regret. Kerson shared a statement
with the Hollywood Reporter as one does, and said she
was surprised to be asked to perform at the Reod
(05:07):
Comedy Festival. She even went so far as to request
a guarantee that she could be openly out as a
lesbian on stage and perform gay material as is common
in her act. The statement, I'll read it verbatim. I
hope that this could help LGBTQ plus people in Saudi
Arabia feel seen and valued. I am grateful that I
was able to do precisely that. To my knowledge, I
am the first openly gay comic to talk about it
(05:28):
on stage in Saudi Arabia. I received messages from attendees
sharing how much it meant to them to participate in
a gay affirming event. At the same time, I deeply
regret participating under the auspices of the Saudi government. Kerson
said she is deeply sorry to all the fans and
followers hurt or disappointed by her decision to perform in
Riod quote. I have a special relationship with my fans
because of the vulnerable nature of my comedy and the
(05:50):
trust they place in me as part of the queer community.
To my fans, I see you, I hear you. Your
voice matters to me. I love you all, and I'm
genuinely sorry for making a poor decision that had repercussions
I didn't fully consider. I will take full responsibility for
my actions and dedicate myself to making amends so that
my words and choices reflect the respect and care you deserve.
She was responding to some fans on social media. One wrote,
(06:12):
you really sold out like I'm super sad about this.
Another wrote, still waiting for the explanation behind your terrible
decision accept money from a horrible regime? Do you care
so little you think it'll all blow over? Jessica's statement says,
I have donated the entirety of what I was paid
to perform there to a human rights organization. I made
this decision because I want that money to go to
an organization that can help combat these severe issues. I
(06:33):
respect my fellow comics who have spoken out against the festival,
and we should all be able to share our perspectives.
I recognize the concerns and criticism this has raised. I
hope that this moment sparks dialogue about how we can
use our platforms for good, to support people without a voice,
and to find ways to be less divided. In the past,
I faced criticism for choices I've made, both on and
off stage, and I rarely responded. This time, I felt
(06:55):
like I needed to speak up. I could not remain silent.
Ari Spears at the Reodd Comedy Festival Today. Spears brings
heavyweight charisma and rapid fire impressions to the Reodd Comedy Festival,
trading on the sharp timing that made him a breakout
on Mad TV theo Vaughn in the News, He said
on this past weekend that his performance at his comedy
(07:16):
show was shoppy and messier than previous ones, and that
he had been feeling mildly manic in the lead up
to the special. He said it wasn't perfect, man. I'll
agree to that. I eat failure for breakfast, brother, and
that's okay, man, It's part of the job. The first
ten years of doing comedy's failure. So much of my life.
The best things that have ever happened in my life
have been on the other side of failure. He also
wanted to make it clear to his followers. I would
(07:37):
never take my own life. I had shared earlier in
the week a story where he had said something that
scared people on stage. THEO said, I'm grateful to God
for his grace in my life. I love my siblings.
I have so many friends and people that love me,
and people that don't want to see their children grow up.
I'm hopeful that I get to have a wife and
meet my own children one day. Like there's a ton
of things in my life that keep me alive and hopeful.
Right I want to be able to have an impact
(07:58):
in the world. THEO was on college game Day on Saturday,
Alabama was hosting Vanderbilt. THEO picked Vanderbilt. That game was
tied at halftime. Last I checked it's probably now final
by the time you're hearing this. THEO said, they're my
ride home. I'm not joking. Host Rhys Davis fielded questions
from reporters on October third, asking why he picked Theovonn
(08:19):
to be on the show. David said, he's hilarious. He's
been on the show before. I mean, I understand that
schools like to have their legends, and we did that
a lot. We've had Joe Namathier, if memory serves, we've
invited Ozzie Newsome here. When you have someone who sort
of transcends the game and expands your reach, and he's
also awesome, like Theovonn, I mean, Theovon's like an easy yes?
Or is he an easy yes? Because listen to this clip,
(08:40):
people are wondering if Jess Simms shot down a Theo
vonn advance live on national television. Okay, I'm gonna play
a clip here of THEO on the broadcast. Pay close
attention to the end. You are such a dandy fan
that you actually bought former head coach Derek Mason's house.
You live in his house. Curse Derek Mason's old that's true.
(09:02):
Did he leave anything at Eric, give him a break.
He went. I think he went in sixteen. I'm not joking.
Bless him, bless your Garrett. Yeah he did. He left
some trophies in there. I gotta get back home. Had
a ponder too. Actually, well, well we'll talk about that later. Well,
the guys are ready for your secondmount of pixel Go ahead,
right up there. I'm already gone. You're already going to
(09:23):
see you later, see you again? No, I hope what
does I hope not need? This is brutal. Let's see
Nate brighetsy story. He's at Louisville doing his show at
the KFC Youm Center. Can we stop naming these buildings
ridiculous things? During the week leading up to the show,
(09:43):
some enormous googly eyes were spotted on several statues and
objects all over the Derby City. Did you know that
Louisville is the Derby City? I did not, That's right.
Nate Berghetsie's big dumb eyes were seen on the statue
of David the twenty one Sea Museum Limo, the Troll
statue outside the Troll Pub, under the Bridge bar on
a Muhammad Ali mural, the Rosy Riveter statue, across the
(10:05):
Ohio River in Clarksville, the Lincoln Memorial Sculpture on the waterfront,
and at least one of the many painted horse statues.
At last check, tickets were still available. All right, I
got a bunch of stuff that I bumped from yesterday.
We just got a clear out here. Cameraon Esposito in Chicago.
This weekend, she was asked by Axios to describe her
best day ever in Chicago. Oh, can I go? All right?
(10:29):
My best day ever would be, let's see, I like
a Friday day game Wrigley Field, So I would do that,
and then I would hang out in Rigvyville for a
little bit. Then I went head over to the aquarium
and then forget that the aquarium closes and I would
be disappointed. But I have some sort of fantasy where
I can both do the day game and the aquarium. No, okay,
Cameron Esposito for breakfast, she says, located right below the
(10:51):
California Blue Line stop, Cozy Corner is the classic diner
you need to start your She says, coffee, eggs over
easy and toast on the side of slice tomatoes. That
sounds good. Then she wants to over to the Lincoln
Park Conservatory. She says it's legit cool. People don't talk
about enough for lunch, farm to table, American restaurant, Lula Cafe,
Dinner El sid On Kedzie. She says she used to
(11:12):
eat at the end of the block and has eaten
everything on the menu. At night, she says, it's the
WNBA playoffs, So you got to hit the newly opened
women's sports bar Babes in Logan Square. That's where you
go to watch women's sports. Okay, I didn't get to
tell you. Ryan Hamilton was taping a Netflix special last night. Now,
if you're a longtime listener, you of course know Ryan
Hamilton is from Idaho and not whatever Johnny Mack misspoke
(11:34):
three four years ago and said, Ohio or Canada or Iowa,
whatever the heck I said. And I heard from a
lot of you he's from Idaho. I got it. I
wrote it down. It's etched from my memory. He's really fantastic.
He filmed his Netflix special last night in Seattle. Kamail
nan Gianni has unveiled the title and premiere date for
his special on Hulu. It is titled Kamail nan Jianni
(11:54):
supports fascism because he didn't cancel Hulu and Disney Plus
to support Jimmy Kimmel. That's actually not what it's called,
but as he supports fascism and Hilarius, it is called
Kameil Najianny Night thoughts. It is Kameil nan Jiohnny's second
special in more than a decade, December nineteenth. So, uh,
you know, that's probably right about when most people, actually
(12:18):
most people will be done with their end of the
year list by then, and I'll almost be done. I
gotta see how the calendar falls, because candidly that'll be like,
let me pre tape one here, We're three out of
the calendars fall this year. Let's look, when's Christmas. I
know it's December twenty fifth, you Wisenheimer, all right, so
we have a Wednesday Christmas Eve and we have a
Thursday Christmas, which means we have a Wednesday New Year's
(12:40):
Eve and a Thursday January first, And usually the best
specials of the year I can drag out to be
three episodes. So I would be surprised if you get that,
say the thirtieth, thirty first and first. I could see
that happening. Can't you told me out a lot for
a Sunday, All right, Jitney Books went to see Tony
hinch They say they were in the upper balconies and
(13:02):
Tony call all the people up there, the well behaved poores.
Jitny Book says the opener was David Lucas, who I
usually like and killed Sony, but he fell flat with
mostly sexually graphic material have failed to land with Tony's
more conservative fan base, including this embarrassed dad. Does Tony
Inchcliffe have a conservative fan base? Hmm? I never thought
(13:23):
of him that way, Like I know, I know he
did the thing in the garden and told the joke
I remember, but I don't know. I don't know if
I think of him as conservative comedian anyway. Jenny Books
tells us Timmy No Breaks was a pleasant surprise to
the lineup of three total comics for the night. He
does a character that seems one part Andrew dice Clay
and one part Andrew dice Clay imitating Andrew dice Clay.
(13:45):
Timmy did some amazingly entertaining crowd work. All right. Tony
Inchcliffe comes out early in his act. He says, it's
crazy times people were going to talk all about it.
He joked about buying a gun after moving to Texas
and said it's like having a second D word. I
don't know to clean it up. The first thing I
did when I got home was I put it in
my mouth. I see he shredded Amy Schumer, saying it
(14:06):
was cool to see Brendan Fraser when an oscar. He
then puts the microphone on top of his barstool scrapes
it across the stage. The fan says it sounded like
a deep sea audio recording. The joke. That's Amy Schumer
communicating with her family. Wow. Brutal Tony apparently discussed Charlie Kirk,
saying among the best people I have ever met, A
good friend. I parted with him at the inauguration. We
(14:27):
had a good time. He was nothing but nice. A
lot of these people at the time were shying away.
I didn't know whether they could hang out with me
or whatever. He was the total opposite, absolutely nothing but
welcoming and hung out with me and kit Rock. We
had the best time. He then told a Charlie Kirk
joke that I made an edit here. I made an
attempt to do it, and then I don't know how
to clean it up, and I don't come to offend,
(14:47):
but the gist of the joke is, can you imagine
the shock of the father finding out who the assassin
was in a relationship with? And then some crude jokes there.
This is from jitneybooks dot com if you want to
see what Tony said there, but I'm not going there.
And Tony said Football's back so great, so many athletes.
I don't know about you, guys, but I think that
Travis Kelcey might be the next O. J. Simpson, Tony
(15:09):
Hinchcliffe everybody. And that is your comedy news on a
very very busy Sunday. All right, football starts at nine
thirty Eastern today, so I'll be watching football for the
next zillion hours. Like I said, it's gonna be eighty
five in New Jersey today. I'll be outside. See you tomorrow.
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