Daily Comedy News with Johnny Mac

Johnny Mac covers comedy news including Matt Rife facing backlash after replying to a paranormal investigator over an Instagram post promoting the Haunted Warren Museum (home of the Annabelle doll), with TMZ reporting missing context due to deleted comments and noting the pair charge up to $166 for admission, angering parts of the paranormal community. Bill Maher drew criticism for jokes about Ariana Grande’s weight on HBO. John Oliver appears on Days of Our Lives for multiple episodes, while Adam Sandler has been spotted in Madison, New Jersey filming Grown Ups 3 with an extensive cast and local road closures. The LA Times profiles Anthony Jeselnik reflecting on career longevity and interest in fiction. Trevor Noah’s Santa Barbara set is recapped, along with Johnny’s reactions to Ted Lasso season four and Ricky Gervais’ Alley Cats. Updates include new/announced specials and events for Tammy Pescatelli and Cory B, Amanda Knox’s controversial Edinburgh Fringe debut, and late-night ratings led by Jimmy Fallon.
 
00:17 Matt Rife Backlash
01:37 Bill Maher Ariana Joke
02:13 Soap Opera Cameos
02:33 Grown Ups 3 Filming
03:41 Jeselnik Eyes Writing
04:25 Trevor Noah Review
05:51 TV Watch Thoughts
06:43 New Specials Announced
07:20 Amanda Knox Fringe Storm
09:15 Late Night Ratings
10:39 Green Pool Signoff

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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.  

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Johnshares quick thoughts on a few topics: they disliked the Ted Lasso season premiere, arguing the show needs more reality and that it’s unbelievable Ted—after finishing second in the Premier League—would be working part-time at a supermarket instead of coaching, doing TV, or taking another high-level job, and they also can’t buy the idea he’d return to the UK to coach a second-division women’s team. They then say “Alley Cats” was very bad despite liking Ricky Gervais, feeling it was mostly cursing and quitting a couple minutes in. Finally, they react to Ranker’s best sitcoms poll (1.3M votes, 101K people) naming Friends #1, calling it insane and arguing it wasn’t even better than Seinfeld, while also mentioning The Brady Bunch’s cultural impact and that Everybody Loves Raymond is underrated. 

Ted Lasso Season Premiere Rant, Ricky Gervais’ “Alley Cats” Letdown, and Why Friends Isn’t #1 Poolside, the host shares quick thoughts on a few topics: they disliked the Ted Lasso season premiere, arguing the show needs more reality and that it’s unbelievable Ted—after finishing second in the Premier League—would be working part-time at a supermarket instead of coaching, doing TV, or taking another high-level job, and they also can’t buy the idea he’d return to the UK to coach a second-division women’s team. They then say “Alley Cats” was very bad despite liking Ricky Gervais, feeling it was mostly cursing and quitting a couple minutes in. Finally, they react to Ranker’s best sitcoms poll (1.3M votes, 101K people) naming Friends #1, calling it insane and arguing it wasn’t even better than Seinfeld, while also mentioning The Brady Bunch’s cultural impact and that Everybody Loves Raymond is underrated. 

Poolside, the host shares quick thoughts on a few topics: they disliked the Ted Lasso season premiere, arguing the show needs more reality and that it’s unbelievable Ted—after finishing second in the Premier League—would be working part-time at a supermarket instead of coaching, doing TV, or taking another high-level job, and they also can’t buy the idea he’d return to the UK to coach a second-division women’s team. They then say “Alley Cats” was very bad despite liking Ricky Gervais, feeling it was mostly cursing and quitting a couple minutes in. Finally, they react to Ranker’s best sitcoms poll (1.3M votes, 101K people) naming Friends #1, calling it insane and arguing it wasn’t even better than Seinfeld, while also mentioning The Brady Bunch’s cultural impact and that Everybody Loves Raymond is underrated.
 
00:04 Ted Lasso Rant
00:25 Reality Check Complaints
01:27 Alley Cats Letdown
01:47 Best Sitcom Debate
 
 

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Johnny Mac reports on Christina P. (Christina Pazsitzky) and Tom Segura divorcing after nearly 20 years, with Christina confirming on Your Mom’s House that it’s sad but amicable, asking fans not to take sides, and saying they will continue co-hosting. The Times of London gives Dave Chappelle’s London appearance two stars, criticizing a late start, high ticket prices, and an unfocused set that still touched on transgender-related material. Andrew Schulz comments on Caitlin Clark being criticized for avoiding politics. Stavros Halkias discusses playing a sous chef in an Anthony Bourdain movie. An LA Times feature covers Anthony Jeselnik’s insomnia leading to the Jeselnik Book Club and its influence, with a nod to John Mulaney’s book club. Jenny Yang tours grocery-store comedy shows, Mary Beth Barone discusses dating and crowd work, and Meredith Kercher’s sister criticizes Amanda Knox’s Edinburgh Fringe comedy project.
 
00:16 Christina P and Segura Split
01:48 Chappelle London Review
03:23 Schulz on Caitlin Clark
04:02 Stavros in Bourdain Film
04:50 Jeselnik Book Club Boom
07:47 Jenny Yang Grocery Tour
08:51 Mary Beth Barone Dating
09:45 Amanda Knox Fringe Backlash
 

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Johnny Mac recaps an LA Times piece featuring comedians reflecting on selling out Madison Square Garden, including Nate Bargatze (three shows Sept. 26–27, 2025), Dane Cook (three shows in 2006 and 2009), Jim Gaffigan (Dec. 12, 2015), Matt Rife (two shows July 18–19, noted as the youngest to do so), and Andrew Schulz (two shows May 3–4, 2024). He then discusses Josh Johnson’s “Comedy Band Camp,” describing its troupe personality quiz and takes it himself, landing in the Fuchsia Flames, and shares Johnson’s comments on differences between stand-up and The Daily Show’s collaborative process. The episode also covers Austin’s “Anybody But Tony” show reacting to Kill Tony and the Rogan sphere’s influence, Caitlin Palouffe citing Ofira Eisenberg’s memoir as inspiration for stand-up, and Leanne Morgan shopping at an Alabama farmer’s market.
 
00:12 Comics Selling Out MSG
01:29 Matt Rife and Schulz Takes
02:28 Josh Johnson Comedy Band Camp
02:52 Taking the Camp Quiz
06:58 Fuchsia Flames Results
07:58 Josh on Daily Show vs Standup
08:42 Anybody But Tony in Austin
10:00 Alt Comedy vs Rogan Sphere
10:43 Memoir That Inspired Standup
11:32 Leanne Morgan Farmers Market
 

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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.  

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Jay Leno says he never spent a dollar of his NBC salary, he lived off standup income the whole time, even while hosting the most watched late night show in America. Johnny Mac looks at everything about Jay Leno that isn't the Tonight Show: the Comedy Store years, the David Letterman friendship and the edgier version of Jay a generation of comedy fans first met on that show, the Big Dog Garage in Burbank that grew from seventeen thousand to a hundred and twenty-two thousand square feet, the 1907 White Steam Car that caught fire and put him in a burn center at seventy-two, the motorcycle crash three months later, and the story of Mavis, his wife of forty-five years, now living with advanced dementia, who he makes lunch for every day and comes home to every night. The Tonight Show chapter gets its own episode this fall. Today is everything else.

"How many cars does Jay Leno own?"
"What happened to Jay Leno's wife Mavis?"
"Does Jay Leno have a wife with dementia?"
"Did Jay Leno really never spend his Tonight Show salary?"
"What is Jay Leno's net worth?"
"How did Jay Leno meet David Letterman?"
"What is Jay Leno's Garage show about?"
"What was Jay Leno like on Letterman in the 1980s?"
"Is Jay Leno still doing standup comedy?"
"What happened in Jay Leno's garage fire 2022?"
"Who is Mavis Leno and what does she have dementia?"
"What did Jay Leno say about taking care of his wife?"

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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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