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June 16, 2025 9 mins
Johnny Mac covers the latest in the comedy world for June 16th. Highlights include Druski's trailer release for 'The Diggers' featuring Theo Von and Shane Gillis, Jim Gaffigan's parenting anecdotes and pre-stage rituals, and John Mulaney's insights from a Hollywood reporter roundtable. The segment also discusses the potential production of 'Spacballs Two' with Mel Brooks, Taylor Thomason's decision to leave her show, and Jerry Seinfeld extending his Beacon Theater residency. Additional segments include a note on audience ratings, Matt Rife meeting puppies, and the Comedy Cellar's Vegas establishment.

00:20 New Movie Trailer: The Diggers with Theo Von and Shane Gillis
01:44 Jim Gaffigan on Parenting and Personal Life
03:22 John Mulaney's Insights and Parallel Thinking
05:53 Mel Brooks and Spaceballs Two
07:05 Jerry Seinfeld's Extended Residency
08:10 Gossip Corner: Matt Rife and Puppies
08:43 Comedy Cellar in Las Vegas

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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with your
daily comedy news. You know who's a crazy person, Johnny Mack.
It's June sixteenth. I'm already freaking out that summer's half over.
Part of that is it never stops raining here in
the Northeast. Drewski has released the official trailer for The Diggers.

(00:24):
The Diggers co stars Theo Vaughn and Shane Gillis. The
movie he tells the story of Brandon Digger, a young
man who inherits a funeral home upon his grandfather's death.
And see his name is Digger. I see what you
did there. However, Brandon finds himself in a bit of
family drama as he learns that his brother in law
played by Theo Vaughan, also inherited a stake in the

(00:44):
family business and his father's wealth. They come to terms
in their new partnership. Drewski and Vaughn's characters struggle to
keep the family business afloat, and then they run into
Shane Gillis's character, who is the medical examiner. Now this
is interesting. I haven't tested this out yet, but the
trailer caption says, the Digger's funeral home is open for business.
For questions or general inquiries, please call us. And they

(01:06):
gave a phone number. Should I give you the phone number?
All right, you're on your own if you call this
phone number. I don't know what's gonna happen. I don't
know if you're gonna get something fun. I don't know
if you're gonna get porn. I don't know if a
Hitler is gonna answer the phone. It's probably a promo
for the movie. But you're on your own here. If
you call six six, two seven, three three zero one
zero four, let me know what happens. If people are
unsure what's going on here. THEO Vaughn teased the release

(01:29):
back in October on his podcast. At that time, he
had said, me and Drewski did a fake movie. It
was like a fake movie that we made. So we'll
see what's up there. Pretty interesting. Theovon Sheen gillis project
that'll get noticed here on Daily Company News for sure.
U Jim Gaffigan caught up with People magazine. He said,
I feel like getting teenagers out of the house or

(01:49):
out of bed on a weekend is a game in itself.
So the game is like do you blackmail, do you motivate,
do you inspire? Or do you just go full crazy?
Here's what you do, Jim. I'll leave him alone. Jim
admits the task of arrenting teenagers is such a minefield,
and for me, there's the balancing act of you don't
want to lose your mind, but you also have some
sense of self respect, you know what I mean. People
also asked Jim about his rituals. The last thing he

(02:12):
does before he goes on stage, he drinks coffee and says,
I'm such a slow talking Midwesterner. The pacing of a
show is faster than I speak. The last time he scored.
Husband points he brings his wife Jeanie, coffee every morning,
but considering I travel constantly and she does ninety percent
of all the things for five kids, it's very imbalanced.
It's the least I can do. His last to do
it yourself project. I'm not that handy. If the TV

(02:34):
doesn't work, I just don't watch TV. My wife's like,
why don't you just unplug it and plug it back in.
I'm like that would mean standing up. And Jim's last obsession,
he's still pushing this bourbon. Jim nobody cares, but he
did the hit for people, so people waxed his car,
and we're told Jim's current precious batch is called middle
Child Mystery. And as you're drinking bourbon, don't you want

(02:55):
to drink something called Middle Child Mystery? I mean, is
there anything cooler than that? I mean maybe the Cold
Bear Book Club is slightly cooler than Middle Child Mystery bourbon,
but those have to be one and two. Limited quantities
are available m HMM home delivery of thirty seven states,
and you get in the stores in Michigan, Tennessee, and Kentucky.
I had this in Friday's show, and then it got

(03:16):
bounced because of the horrible Mulaney story I told you
about with the death threats. So that was terrible. But
Malanie was part of a comedian roundtable with the Hollywood Reporter.
John said, I've learned that before someone can start giving notes,
ask them questions about what they think you should do.
You know, like, we have an astrologer coming on. Should
I bring them on in the first act and have
them sit there and we can bring out Gary Coleman

(03:37):
and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Where do we bring the astrologer out?
In the third act just start to give them ownership
over something that isn't even in significant And John was
asked what he can't believe he got away with on
the show. He said, it's not so much getting away
with it, but I really respect that they've had me
have so many big music performances on because they have
a lot of data about how music does on TV
and it doesn't do as well as you might think.
I'm dealing with a very data driven company that's kind

(04:00):
of interesting to learn, just like where the gas and
Break is of people tuning in and out, and it
doesn't really color what we do, but it's interesting information
to have. I remember Jim Brewer a million years ago
when he had the afternoon show on Sirius Raw Dog
and I was the program director of that station. He
was like, don't we have ratings? And I told him,
I'm like, Jim, you don't want ratings. The last thing
you want is me coming to you and being like,

(04:21):
you know people are tuning out during this segment. I'm like,
enjoy the creative freedom you're getting paid. You don't need
numbers anyway. Seth Rogan's part of this round table and
was curious if Netflix tells Malaney about the stats and
Lannie said, yeah, tune outs completions things like that. Like,
I get it. You know, the stats are a good thing,
but you look at them too closely, it can definitely
interfere with the orts. I thought this was interesting too.

(04:45):
You know, you hear about comedian theft and stay with
me here. This is a total parallel thinking. So if
you go on my threads feed maybe two weeks ago,
you'll see I posted this. I was watching and Or
the Star Wars thing and there was an actor in
it who kind of looked like a young Roy Scheider,
So I grabbed a screen grab of him and posted

(05:05):
it and joked about my idea for Jaws zero, which
is about a cop in the Bronx who's like had
it and is debating should he take a job as
a sheriff in a small town up in the Cape
cod Right, So that was an original thought I had.
Now Mullaney in this Hollywood reporter thing, and I can't
say this loadly enough. John Mulaney did not rip me off.
I'm not accusing John and Mullaney of stealing my joke,

(05:27):
but I think it does illustrate parallel thinking, John Mullaney said,
you know who I'd love to play is Chief Brody
from Jaws, but in a prequel about his life in
New York as a cop before he got to Amity Island.
But I don't have the rights of the book, the movie,
any piece of it. I'm putting that into the world
because I don't want to do the legwork of running
down any of the rights. But it's out there. I'm
not sure mulaney would be right for that role, but
I like the idea. It's a ridiculous idea. Here's an

(05:50):
idea that I think is terrible. Mel Brooks, who turns
ninety nine this month, will appear in Spaceballs Too. That's
not the official title, that's the working titles. Spaceball's two
will be in theaters in twenty twenty seven. We're told
Brooks will reply as the role of Yogurt in the
follow up to the nineteen eighty seven cult classic comedy
spoofing Star Wars and other films of the era. I mean,

(06:13):
it's just not a good idea. No love mil Brooks.
But if you want proof of why this isn't a
good idea, remember like two years ago we did History
of the World Part two and it was awful. Right,
there's no way Spaceball's two is going to be good.
Here's a starter. John Candy's dead. Yeah, don't make it.
Oh yeah. Joan Rivers was in it as the not

(06:35):
quite c three po. Joan Rivers is also dead. Josh
Gadd is scheduled to be in this one. I don't know.
Just don't make it. Taylor Thomason wrapped up her show.
She explained why she chose to step down and said
it was just not sustainable for me, so I guess
touring pays better than CBS. It was my dream that
I get to finish out the season and hand it
off to a new host. I really wanted CBS to
replace me because I think there were so many amazing

(06:57):
comedians who would have done a great job with the show.
I bet if we live long enough, we'll see a
third version of at Midnight. It's a relatively inexpensive format
to make. Jerry Seinfeld has extended his residency at the
Beacon Theater ten new shows October twenty four and twenty five,
December nineteen and twenty January nine to ten. Nice gig
if you're Jerry Reeltar dot Com tells us. In nineteen

(07:17):
ninety eight, Jerry purchased a duplex apartment just steps from
the American Museum of Natural History in Central Park, a
nice part of town if you can afford that, and
if you're listening to this podcast, you can't. But if
you were to walk from Jerry's apartment to the beaconputer,
that's an eleven minute walk according to Google. It's a
seven minute drive according to Google. But if you're a

(07:38):
real New Yorker, there's no way you're picking a seven
minute drive over an eleven minute walk, because in New
York City, a seven minute drive could easily become a
thirty five minute drive. If you can do it on foot,
do it on foot. Shout out to Mark, who listens
to the show every day and was kind enough to
send me a note on the side, a little QC
quality control issue. You know, sometimes Johnny blows an edit,

(08:00):
sometimes things happen, and Mark was kind enough to hit
me on the side, be like, hey, you might always
take a listening around a minute thirty five to one
of the recent shows, So I appreciate you, Mark, Hope
you're doing well. Let's hit gossip Corner. The Animal Rescue
League of Iowa shared a photo on social media of
Matt Rife and puppies. I bet that got a lot
of likes. The post said, these puppies got a fun

(08:21):
night out this weekend. They got to meet comedian Matt Rife.
We got a request to schedule a cuddle break for
VIP ticket holders at Matt's Des Moines tour stop, and
we're happy to bring these little ones out. The puppies
enjoyed lots of cuddles from VIP ticket holders. They got
to go backstage and hang out with Matt. They had
a great time getting love and giving kisses. One pop
even dozed off in Matt Rife's arms. Thanks for having us,

(08:42):
Matt Rife. Las Vegas Weekly wrote about the Las Vegas
version of the comedy seller You'll find this one in
the rio, We're told when they opened that location in
twenty eighteen, they had a challenge, how do you bring
the field to the newer club to Vegas without losing
its edge and soul. I agree that is a mighty challenge.
Owner known to Warman says in New York, most of
our shows are sold out before we even announce the

(09:04):
line up because they trust our brand. If somebody's funny
in New York, they're funny in Vegas. It's very challenging
to run a place the way I like to run
a place from twenty five hundred miles away, which has
a lot of attention to service and customer satisfaction. I
decided it was the wisest thing to really partner with
a casino. They're in the hospitality business and would take
care of the day to day challenges that I would
risk if I were not able to check in on
out myself. That's smart. A lot of our crowd comes

(09:25):
in knowing what they're going to get. Sometimes they've never
even been to a comedy club before. It takes them
a couple of minutes to go, oh, we can laugh
at that. If they've only seen comedy on social media.
They're pleasantly overwhelmed by the live experience. It's much more
visceral than seeing it on a phone. They do nightly
shows at seven and nine thirty, and that is your
comedy news for a Monday. Summer's almost over. I'm freaking out.

(09:46):
It's got to stop raining. I need beach days. See
tomorrow
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