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September 25, 2025 11 mins
Andrew Santino jokes that Bill Burr is “a lunatic” who wants to battle audiences.  You'll be able to catch Santino and Burr at the Riyadh Comedy Festival this weekend!

Mark Maron and Sarah Silverman square off on Celebrity Millionaire.

Sebastian Maniscalco drops in on his own impersonator contest.

Matt Rife rages at Delta.

Plus: Joe List’s new documentary, Caleb Hearon on truth in comedy, James Austin Johnson editing a special, and JFL Toronto picks.

At noon eastern today, an interview with Gianmarco Soresi....and then probably a Kimmel bonus later afternoon.


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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Caalaroga Shark Media. Hi, I'm Johnny Mack and this is
the normal daily comedy news for the morning on Thursday,
September twenty fifth. I'll continue to do bonus episodes as
events warrant. Do these two things go together? A residency?
And I'm going to push back on that word hard.

(00:24):
A residency was announced for Las Vegas. It's Nicky Glazer
and David Spade. Do those two artists go together? I
feel like those are two at least somewhat different audiences. Anyway,
this is being spun as a residency. They're going to
do three long holiday weekends together at Caesar's in Vegas
in twenty twenty six, But is that a residency? They're

(00:46):
doing two shows on King weekend, two shows Memorial Day
and two shows Labor Day. But is this residency? They're
doing January sixteenth and seventeenth, then they're back May twenty
second and twenty third, Then they're back September fourth and
fifth are two dates and maybe they'll do double shows,
so or four shows on a weekend and then there's
nothing there for five months. Is that a residency or

(01:08):
are you just passing through town? Very strange Matt Rife
is very, very upset with Delta Airlines. We learned this
from a British tabloid The Mirror, who says matt Rife
was raging with Delta Airlines after claiming to have purchased
a first class seat. However, he was told at the
last moment that a quote random aircraft reason met the

(01:28):
seat was no longer available. On Twitter, matt Rife fumed, Hey,
Delta f view to pieces, I hate your airline a
billion points on here. Paid money for a first class
ticket just to lose my seat for a random aircraft reason.
Go f yourself. It is unclear to me what actually happened.
In the comments, one person wrote sit with the commoners

(01:51):
and another said time to get that private jet. This
is fun. From NJ dot com, there was a Sebastian
Manuscalco impersonation contest in Atlantic City. Seven or so impersonators
got up. They did Sebastian's mannerisms, his facial expressions, his
hand gestures, his signature line What's wrong with people? The
winner was Mark Maggie or Magi m Aggi and shocker

(02:15):
Guess who showed up. Guess who's in town doing an
actual residency in Atlantic City Sebastian Maniscalco. He said of
Mark the winner, very talented, and I thought I was
looking into a mirror. Mark was decked out in a
black leather jacket, black shirt and black jeans and a
nearly identical haircut. He does, you know, somewhat look like Sebastian,
especially if you see him in the middle of a

(02:36):
Sebastian contest. I'm not sure. If I were walking down
the street, I'd be like, is that Sebastian Manasquata? Like
he doesn't look that much like him? But in context sure. Now,
the winner said, I don't have to do an impression.
The scary part is I just act like this. I'm
kind of waiting for my residual check from him. It
was a privilege to be here. Yeah, it's pretty cool.
Now I noticed the winner has I hadn't noticed before.

(02:57):
Sebastian does kind of a distant stare when he's on
stage that I hadn't noticed until now. But the winner,
uh did do that. Now. The material was let's listen
all these people here. Impressions. I don't know, impressions, Okay,

(03:20):
I have back up. You look like that on the
purpose you know who is a good impressionist. Is that
James Austin Johnson. He revealed on Instagram that he's editing
a comedy special right now, that's all we know for now.
Joe List has a documentary called Tom Dustin Portrait of
a Comedian that's now available on Punch Up Live. List

(03:41):
was talking to Forbes about the doc but before we
get to that part, he talked about, uh, you know,
the good old days. All those guys, Greg Giraldo, Jim Norton,
Colin Quinn, Bobby Kelly, they were all so funny from
Keith Robinson were all funny first and density of jokes.
Comics that don't have reverence for those guys or know,
those guys I just don't think are as strong. I
think those guys and tough crowd really certainly lay the
foundation for what we all want to do and try

(04:03):
to do. That's the quote unquote New York comedy scene,
as I call it. Got the New York scene, We've
got the Chicago scene, We've got the LA scene. We've
got an Austin scene. Now, we've got an Alt scene.
Now there's an Atlanta scene. There's all kinds of scenes.
But Joe's talking about that New York Gfy attitude style
of comedy. Jim Norton said, the first time he met
Joe List, he slapped my hand away and spit on me.

(04:25):
Being respected is always a great feeling, but honestly, it
won't make you necessary like someone you wouldn't be inclined
to like. People rooted for and respected Joe because he's
completely genuine and unique, and the writing is incredible. He's
a great comic. Him being such a likable person is
just a bonus, Okay. Tom Dustin Portrait of a Comedian
is the Joe List doc. It is a portrait of
veteran comedian and comedy club owner Tom Dustin and his

(04:47):
decades long friendship with Joe List and Tom Dustin's struggles
with depression and alcoholism. Joe List explained, I think Tom
is such a great character. I love him. I think
he's hilarious. I'm interested in comedians that people just don't
know we're working comedy. There's so many people that think
there's fifty comedians in the world, all the ones they know,
and there are so many great comics making a great
living doing stand up living a sort of stand up

(05:08):
life that aren't in New York or LA and never
went there. And Tom is such a great character, and
it seemed like a great person to immortalize a film.
He's got a million stories and he's just a unique
guy in character, and it ended up becoming very much
about our friendship and a relationship. But I just thought
my original idea was to have Tom telling all these
great stories and show him doing stand up and killing
iguanas and running a club. It kind of became more
of that, but you just seemed a perfect character. Mo

(05:30):
A Maayre will have his third Netflix comedy special, this
one called Wild World. It'll be out October twenty eighth.
Mo A Mayer is headed to the Dubai Comedy Festival,
which is not the Riod Comedy Festival or two comedy festivals.
I know this can get confusing if you're not hip
t geography. Dubai is a major city in the United
Arab Emirates. Moa Mair is one of the headlines of

(05:52):
the Dubai Comedy Festival. We'll talk about the Reodd Comedy
Festival tomorrow. Andrew Santino told Variety about filming his recent
special at the Contagious theater in Minneapolis. F already asked
a drinking culture factor into the decision of where to film.
Santino said, obviously, you want the audience to be a
little loose. I just like it for me so I
can go get hammered after the show. No, I like
a city that doesn't take itself seriously when it comes

(06:14):
to going out and having good time. Minneapolis is a
great eating and drinking town with good people. They've gone
through a lot recently, unfortunately, and I'm proud of shot
it there, brid he said. Bill Burr said he prefers
when the audience is hostile. Do you enjoy that? I
love this answer for him, Sinceino he goes, No, Bill
Burr's a lunatic. He's insane. I don't want to get
in a gunfight with the audience. I just wanted to
be comedy. Fans are ready to let loose and disappear

(06:34):
in the room with me. We keep the lights low
so they can laugh at stuff that they shouldn't. Just
have a good time. I'm not up there to battle them,
but Bill's the best at it. That's why he loves it.
Caleb Heren did a lot of press for his special
again I still don't know how that's on HBO Max.
It's a brand misfit. His mission on the special was
to point out life's most absurd contradictions. He said, it

(06:55):
makes you laugh even harder to know that the person
who just said that insane, goofy thing about a thing
a person might do to a man, that a man
might enjoy, that that person also holds the serious opinion
about politics. I think that's how we all moved through
the world. And the balance is the biggest part. The
balance is everything, the balance between talking seriously about what's
going on in the world. I think that's part of
the job. First and foremost, the job is to make

(07:16):
people laugh. But I also feel there's an additional responsibility
that I feel to tell the truth as I see it,
and to talk about what's happening in our world, and
also to share about myself and how I arrived at
the perspective that I have. And I was worried about
this one. I'm glad I guess this is happening. Mark
Marin is scheduled on Celebrity Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire tonight. Now. I was worried it would get bounced

(07:36):
because the host of Celebrity Millionaire is Jimmy Kimmel, and
you know that guy was in all sorts of stress
last week, but I assume that's going to air tonight.
Why I'm excited about this is Mark Marin has announced
that if he wins, his prize money will be donated
to the Carolina Tiger Rescue in Pittsburgh. The Carolina Tiger
Rescue on Instagram said his generous support will make a

(07:57):
real impact for the Tigers, big cats, and other rescue
in our care. If you're down that way, Caroline at
Tiger Rescue is hosting a watch party at Pittsborough's Havoc
Brewing Company. Maren will be going ahead to head with
Sarah Silverman. Now, Sarah Silverman used to be romantically involved
with Jimmy Kimmel and they seem to be friends. Kimmel's
not gonna cheat and help Sarah Silverman, or maybe he

(08:19):
seriously wants to get back at his ex girlfriend. He's
gonna help Mark Maron. So we'll have to watch Celebrity
who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Now that we're not
boycotting Disney anymore, we can watch the Amandalorian trailer. We
can watch Monday Night football, and we can watch Celebrity
who Wants to Be a Millionaire tonight at eight eastern
without feeling guilty on Gossip Corner, No Song Today, Adam
Sandler and Kevin James visited motor Oil Coffee in Albany,

(08:42):
New York. A local said, I love that they're supporting
local businesses and randomly hanging out at a coffee shop.
Parade tells us that Adam Sandler was walking into a
recent show, somebody asked, what's going on? Sandler said, oh
fat as s word. People found that funny Next Mag
was up at the Toronto Comedy Festival, which is in
the Notes today. Believe it or not, they went to

(09:02):
see James Adomian's Alternative Show with James Adomian. The All
Show used to be hosted by Andy Kindler, and Next
Mag tells us much of a material for the show,
including his Kindler impression, feels like it might be a
bit too much inside Baseball for an average crowd. Luckily,
this crowd understands inside Baseball. With many of the city's
most diehard comedy nerds in attendance, Toronto sketch favorite Chris

(09:25):
Sandiford joined to James as co host. Part Way through
the opening, they engaged in any loose and somewhat disjointed
back and forth on US politics. A Domian switched between
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders impressions. A Domian did Bernie
Sanders and one of my favorite comedy albums of the
last ten years, The Trump versus Bernie album is fantastic.
Sandiford did a RFK Junior Impression, and then a bunch

(09:49):
of other people whose names that you probably don't know,
came out. But that thing got a really good review.
All right. Johnny Mack remembers to talk about JFL Toronto,
Look at Me seven o'clock, Todd Barret, Sorry, love it already?
Also at seven, two Dykes and a Mic going hog
wild Alistair Ogden at seven, Chloe Radcliffe nine o'clock, and

(10:09):
then a couple of late shows. So if I were there, absolutely,
Todd Barry and then I guess we go see Chloe.
The Omaha Comedy Festival is back. It's its thirteenth year.
Four days of stand up kicking off tonight. Amy Miller,
Adam Clayton Holland, Colton Dunn and Susie Barrett are the headliners.
There will be more than seventy comedians, from established names
to up and comers. Meghan Malone owns the Tiny House Bar,

(10:32):
which is the headquarters for the festival, and says it's
a chance for people to see big names alongside performers
who are just starting to break through. OMAHA audiences will
have the opportunity to say I saw them here first
the Nashville Comedy Festival and now that's not back until April.
They announced their lineup in a long festival April ninth
through the nineteenth. That lineup includes Albert Brooks, David Spade,

(10:53):
Heather McMahon, Kevin James Morgan, Jay sal Volcano, Kathy Griffin,
Grace O'Malley and Moore. New York Comedy Festival unveil the
lineup for New York's Funniest Stand Ups Showcase November twelve
at the Venue at the Hard Rocket Times Square. New
York's Funniest Stand Up Showcase include Jeffrey Asmus, Gabby Bryan,
Jason Choy, Rocky Dale, Davis lev Furr, Antonio, Kareem, j McBride,

(11:16):
Who's Fantastic Amber Singletary, Maddie Smith, and Joe Zimmerman. That
is your comedy news for today. Keep checking that feed.
You know Johnny Mack. He'll put out an episode every
five minutes. If you can see you soon. I don't
even know when soon is, but I'll see you soon.
Johnny Mack bought here. He wound up recording with Gion
Marco so Razy, and that episode will come out at

(11:37):
noon today
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