Daily Comedy News with Johnny Mac

Johnny Mac spotlights comedian Robert Schimmel as part of Saturday deep dives on comics who peaked before YouTube and podcasts. He describes Schimmel’s brutally confessional style—turning tragedies like his 11-year-old son’s leukemia death and his own stage-three non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma into jokes—and recounts Schimmel’s improbable life, including marrying and divorcing the same woman three times, later marrying his daughter’s best friend during chemotherapy, and dying at 60 from a 2010 Scottsdale car accident while awaiting a liver transplant. Mac traces Schimmel’s career: Bronx upbringing, Rodney Dangerfield’s 1986 HBO Young Comedian’s Special boost, Showtime specials, writing for In Living Color, frequent Howard Stern appearances, and a Fox sitcom pilot “Schimmel” canceled after his cancer diagnosis. Mac shares a SiriusXM story about Schimmel swapping stories on-air with David Brenner and cites Schimmel’s specials, memoir, Fresh Air interview, and Comedy Central Top 100 recognition.

00:00 Deep Dive Setup
00:53 Tragedy Into Comedy
03:05 Early Life Breakthrough
03:50 Dangerfield Special Clip
04:35 Career Highlights
05:16 Sitcom Then Cancer
06:57 Stern And Sirius Years
07:38 Raw Dog Lobby Story
10:45 Legacy And Conan Clip

12:44 Old Episode Stories
19:01 Cancer And Faith Bits
21:10 Carlin And Jackie Mason
 

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Poolside, Johnny Mac skims the  comedy updates while watching a solar-powered pool vacuum crush leaves. The New York Comedy Festival announces another 100 shows, but the host isn’t impressed with the lineup and questions who the true headliner is, noting additions and previously announced names including Marc Maron, Ilana Glazer, Jordan Jensen, Jordan Klepper, Sarah Sherman, Patti Harrison, Daniel Sloss, and Ziwe. Guillermo from “Kimmel” is launching a salsa, with a company president saying he made it and Guillermo approved putting his name on it. The host plugs tomorrow’s audio deep dive on comedian Robert Schimmel and reflects on how some early-2000s comics are being forgotten. “Conan O’Brien Must Go” is out on HBO Max, and Conan says he started in improv and likes when things go wrong.

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Johnny Mac reports on Conan O’Brien Must Go season three debuting on HBO Max with four episodes set in India, the Netherlands, Morocco, and the Philippines, highlighting Conan’s approach to choosing locations, improvisation, and embracing travel chaos. He discusses a Harper’s Bazaar profile of Chris Fleming’s Largo variety show and argues for making the 12:30 slot “weird” again by giving Fleming Late Night, citing Mark Maron’s praise and Fleming’s influences and philosophy. The episode revisits Byron Allen’s stance against political humor and his claim that CBS gives him no content notes. Other items include Mariska Hargitay working with Colbert writers on the Emmys, Guillermo from Jimmy Kimmel launching a nationwide salsa line, and Sebastian Maniscalco reacting to Marcello Hernandez’s impression.  

00:16 Conan Must Go Locations
01:27 Improv Travel Chaos
03:02 Make 1230 Weird Again
03:37 Chris Fleming Profile
05:24 Byron Allen Politics Debate
07:13 Emmys Writers Room
07:36 Guillermo Salsa Goes Wide
08:46 Sebastian on Fallon
09:09 Show Plug and Stock Market
10:33 Legal Stories Roundup
13:43 Wrap Up and Tomorrow Tease

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Poolside, Johnny Mac shares an afternoon comedy news update, reacting to the trailer for "Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story," a video-on-demand release arriving September 29th about Cook’s brother Darryl stealing $12 million while serving as his business manager, later pleading guilty and being sentenced to prison. He says the documentary could reignite interest in how big Dane Cook once was, then notes Jo Koy’s sixth Netflix special, "Blue in the Face," premieres September 15th and revisits Koy’s Golden Globes Taylor Swift joke bit. He highlights a New York Times piece about comics pivoting from video clips to scrollable text-and-image slideshow jokes, mentions an incident of a man using recording “pervert glasses” to harass comedian Diane Morgan during a shoot, and spotlights Irish comedian Sean Haggerty’s new 80s/90s “nostalgia room” opening Saturday.

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Johnny Mac delivers Daily Comedy News, explaining his short afternoon YouTube updates while the main audio show stays the same. He covers a Shane Gillis “kerfuffle” after cameras at an Austin FC match showed a Dos Equis near Gillis, a Bud Light spokesperson, with TMZ citing a source saying the beer belonged to a blonde seated next to him; he also notes a favorable Wall Street Journal piece on Gillis and the Netflix success of Tires, including its Quibi origins, self-funded proof of concept, and plans through season three, plus co-star Steve Gerben’s background as a paralegal. He discusses media calling Nate Bargatze “controversial” over photos from a Trump UFC event, previews Jo Koy’s Netflix special Blue in the Face (Sept. 15), details Amy Schumer’s film Best Divorce Ever, reports Robbie Hoffman’s Wake Up comedy album produced by John Mulaney, notes expanded New York Comedy Festival programming, plugs his Five Good News Stories podcast, lists Brett Goldstein’s tour dates, criticizes harassment of Diane Morgan on set, shares Pete Davidson’s home listing update, and mentions Kevin Hart dancing in a viral clip. 0

00:33 Shane Gillis Beer Drama
02:05 Tires Success Story
04:17 Nate Bargatze Backlash
05:57 Jo Koy Special Tease
08:00 Amy Schumer Divorce Movie
09:02 Robbie Hoffman Comedy Album
10:32 NY Comedy Festival Update
11:11 Plug Five Good News
11:41 Brett Goldstein Tour Dates
12:11 Diane Morgan Harassment
13:17 Gossip Corner Wrap Up

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Daily Comedy News is hosted by Johnny Mac and releases every weekday. Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favorite app. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media network. For transcripts and show notes visit www.dailycomedynews.com

Daily Comedy News with Johnny Mac is a daily podcast covering comedians, stand-up comedy, late night television, and the comedy industry. New episodes every morning. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.  

Contact John at John@thesharkdeck dot com 

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