Daily Comedy News with Johnny Mac

Johnny Mac previews Stephen Colbert’s guest appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live and notes Kimmel will again tape a week of shows at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Sept. 28–Oct. 2. Eric Idle says “Python is dead,” rejects any Monty Python reunion (even without John Cleese), and hints at deeper issues amid past disputes over money and management, while Greg Daniels tells Variety an Office reunion isn’t needed because the ending worked. Saturday Night Live Season 52 premieres Sept. 26 with host Jalen Brunson, followed by Dakota Johnson Oct. 3 and Shane Gillis Oct. 10. Other updates include Shane Gillis being spotted in Green Bay, Jo Koy’s new special Blue in the Face, how Theo Von landed a Morgan Wallen preshow video, three new Drunk History episodes on Comedy Central’s YouTube, releases from Cameron Esposito and Vanessa Gonzalez, and a plug for Chris Fleming at The Largo.

 
00:12 Colbert on Kimmel and Brooklyn Shows
00:48 Monty Python Reunion Off
01:59 Money Feud and Personal Fallout
03:04 Host Remembers Working With Pythons
03:33 No Office Reunion and SNL Hosts
04:42 Shane Gillis Sighted in Green Bay
05:11 Jo Koy New Special and Swift Joke
05:50 Theo Von in Morgan Wallen Preshow
06:32 Drunk History Returns on YouTube
07:25 New Releases Esposito and Gonzalez
08:05 Chris Fleming Live in LA
08:42 Wrap Up and Sign Off

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Sam Morril’s New Netflix Special, Kimmel FCC Concerns, and Comedy News Roundup
Johnny Mac shares comedy news, led by Sam Morril’s Netflix special “Incorrect” premiering September 29, his second for Netflix, covering topics like a disastrous one-night stand, assassinations, and a war against rats. Katt Williams is on a book tour for his memoir “Nine Lives, No Wives, and 69 Concubines,” about surviving Hollywood while keeping ownership, voice, and peace. Jimmy Kimmel says his interview with Texas Rep. James Talarico (running for Senate) won’t air on broadcast due to concerns about FCC threats to ABC station licenses and will be posted on YouTube, echoing a similar Colbert situation. NBC schedules four Sunday editions of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” after Sunday Night Football. Chris Rock discusses keeping expenses low to maintain freedom. John Mulaney’s bookstore visit and Instagram recommendations boosted a selected book’s sales. Seth Meyers was spotted shopping in Manchester, NH. Russell Peters discusses comedy as necessity and humor finding common ground.
 
00:13 Sam Morril Netflix Special
01:04 Katt Williams Memoir Tour
01:32 Kimmel FCC Censorship Clash
03:45 Fallon Sunday Night Shows
04:15 Chris Rock On Money
05:26 Mulaney Bookstore Buzz
06:26 Seth Meyers New Hampshire
07:51 Russell Peters On Comedy
09:16 Wrap Up And Sign Off

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Johnny Mac cold-reads and reacts to Rolling Stone’s “50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time” list from Feb. 14, 2017, noting the magazine’s modern-stand-up criteria and reassessing choices nearly a decade later. He questions or comments on many rankings (including Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Reggie Watts, Tig Notaro, Patton Oswalt, Jonathan Winters, Mitch Hedberg, and others), flags some comics as forgotten, and highlights entries like Gary Shandling, Dick Gregory, Redd Foxx, Rodney Dangerfield, Eddie Murphy, and Dave Chappelle. He discusses the complications of figures like Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, and Louis C.K., and explains that Louis C.K.’s cancellation came after the list. He concludes that a current list would differ, citing names like John Mulaney and Nate Bargatze and noting omissions such as Jim Gaffigan.
 

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Jerry Seinfeld was asked which joke he'd send to aliens to represent all of comedy. He picked Rodney Dangerfield. Johnny Mac looks at why — the no-respect premise as a structural achievement, the rapid-fire construction that makes the jokes work even when you already know them, the 31-year comedy club on the Upper East Side that launched Seinfeld, Roseanne Barr, Sam Kinison and Robert Schimmel, the Caddyshack role that was written for Don Rickles, and the honest question of whether the film fame softened the thing that made the early club material great. Rodney Dangerfield built jokes the way a watchmaker builds watches. It's worth understanding how.

"Why was Rodney Dangerfield so funny?" – "What did Jerry Seinfeld say about Rodney Dangerfield?" – "What is Rodney Dangerfield's best joke?" – "What was Dangerfield's comedy club in New York?" – "Who did Rodney Dangerfield help early in their career?" – "What was Rodney Dangerfield's real name?" – "Did Don Rickles almost play Al Czervik in Caddyshack?" – "Why isn't Rodney Dangerfield talked about more?" – "What made Rodney Dangerfield's comedy style unique?" – "Who performed at Dangerfield's comedy club?"

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Johnny Mac delivers daily comedy news on 9/11, leading with Pete Davidson reflecting on the anniversary as a 33-year-old father, discussing his firefighter father Scott Matthew Davidson’s death at the World Trade Center, his daughter Scotty’s name, and how he learned of the death from TV. He then covers a report that John Mulaney may star in a Get Smart reboot, recapping the franchise’s history. A Variety cover story on Chris Rock highlights his careful approach to comedy, views on controversy and club workshopping, shifting identity as a “director guy,” his film Misty Green premiering at TIFF, and why he wouldn’t host the Oscars again unless nominated. Other items include Johnny’s take on Stavros Halkias’ special and GQ comments about workload and vices, Dane Cook’s 50-pound weight loss and fitness/diet routine ahead of his documentary Funny Money, Kathy Griffin recalling a supportive letter from Dolly Parton, comedy “stock market” buys (Nimesh Patel), SNL UK updates (Jeff Goldblum, CMAT, Freddie Meredith), and notes on Edinburgh winner Marty Gleeson and Osaka’s nonverbal comedy festival.
 
00:33 Pete Davidson on 9/11
02:06 Mulaney Get Smart Reboot
03:31 Chris Rock Variety Profile
05:59 Stavros Special Review
06:41 Stavros on Fame and Vices
08:06 Dane Cook Weight Loss
09:32 Kathy Griffin and Dolly
10:07 Weekend Shows and Stock
11:15 SNL UK and CMAT
12:29 Marty Gleeson Interview
13:31 Osaka Comedy Festival
14:29 Wrap Up and Tease

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