Dec. 2, 2024

Anthony Jeselnik vs. The World

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Johnny MacBot guests hosts today (John lost his voice).

Anthony Jeselnik discusses his approach to comedy and emphasizes maintaining high standards. Conan O'Brien and Jim Gaffigan praise Martin Short as the top comedian roaster. Matt Braunger shares insights on his acting and comedy career, maturity, and fatherhood. Chloe Radcliffe debuts 'In Tandem,' a new interview series featuring comedians biking. Vir Das comments on American cancel culture with humor. Lastly, updates on Andy Samberg's SNL wardrobe mishap, Ted Lasso's 'Wizard of Oz' references, the Golden Globes' rating surge, Nikki Glaser hosting the 2025 Golden Globes, and Michelle Buteau hosting the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.

00:13 Anthony Jeselnik on Comedy Standards
02:27 Jim Gaffigan Praises Martin Short
03:07 Matt Bronger's Creative Journey
04:21 Chloe Radcliffe's New Interview Series
04:53 Vir Das on American Cancel Culture
05:36 Andy Samberg's SNL Wardrobe Malfunction
05:53 Brett Goldstein on Ted Lasso and Wizard of Oz
06:18 Golden Globes and Billboard Music Awards

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Caalaroga Shark Media Happy Monday, I'm the Johnny Macbot with

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today's daily comedy news. Cracked asked Anthony Jesselnick what makes

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you better than your peers. Anthony said, I would say,

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as politically as I can, that I have a higher bar.

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I write more jokes, and I fail with more jokes

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in order to get to that great one where some

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people just say that's good enough. Like some people are like, well,

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I'm just gonna go up there and talk and they

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get a laugh, and you know that's okay. Lest I

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think some comics they say something backstage and their friends

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laugh and they're like, oh great, and they go out

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and they say it on stage and the audience doesn't laugh,

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and they're like, huh, it's still a good joke. That's

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not the way it works. I don't think I'm more talented.

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I don't think i'm smarter. I just think I have

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a little bit of a higher bar. That's why it

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takes longer in between specials. I choose fewer projects because

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I really want to make every little bit of it great.

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But I think some people are like, you know what,

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let's just make that wall look good and we'll ignore

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the rest of the room. There's a subculture on YouTube

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where they collect clips and then put them together, and

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they're making just as much money as everybody else. There

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was one where I was making fun of Bert Kreischer

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and Tom Segura for a lot of the stuff they

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were doing, but it was very subtle. Then I run

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into Bert Kreischer at the comedy store and he's acting

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a little weird and he's just not as gregarious as normal.

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And I get home and I see they put together

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all of these clips into one thing, and when you

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put it in without context, it looks like I'm trying

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to bury the guy. And it's like, no, I'm just

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messing around. I think I'm just too well versed in

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what's going on in comedy. I shouldn't know anything about

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what Tim Dillon did last month, and I know so

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so much. If I didn't, would I be angry? Would

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I ever think about it again? They also asked him

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about the shade he throws in Chappelle's general direction in

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the new special. Jesselnick said, it's more powerful to not

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use his name, but I can't imagine you watch that

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bit without thinking that's exactly who I'm talking about He's

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considered the greatest stand up comic alive right now, and

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he's been riding this wave of bull crap for so

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so long that I think it would have done the

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bit a disservice to actually say his name, But I

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don't know how you could watch that without understanding it.

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I hope that, in the same way that I think

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that thoughts and prayers stop people from saying thoughts and prayers,

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I would hope that my trans bit squashes ninety nine

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percent of trans material. I think obviously make fun of

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these people, but you can make jokes about race without

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the racial slurs. That's something that I will never condone

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in comedy. I'm hoping that maybe people will up their

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game a little bit, especially in terms of trans material.

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It doesn't have to be this lightning rod. It can

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just be a subject. Jim Gaffigan and Conan O'Brien recently

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praised Martin Short as comedy's most devastating roaster, surpassing even

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Don Rickles. Wow. Gaffigan was on Conan and said Short

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is beyond a doubt, the quickest, the meanest, and so funny.

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That's pretty high praise. Wow, Jim said at a recent

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show at the Beacon, he literally walked out and stole

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the whole show, just dressing us down for five minutes,

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and he left. He's seventy five years old. He walked out,

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ripped into us left, and everyone's like, well, that's the

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best part of the show. Cohen In said, the writing

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is so sharp. He can do it ad lib, but

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I think he as so has some jokes prepared ahead

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of time. He can hide in the fat suit and

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say things like, you know, your career never quite took off,

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now did it. The Pitch KC caught up with Matt Bronger.

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Matt said, when I was a kid, I did a

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lot of plays in musicals. I figured that was it.

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I'd watch the oscars and say that I want to

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do those things. Now that I've been in this world

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for so long, the goal is to make as much

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cool stuff as you can while you're here. It's not

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about this massive achievement. I've learned that you're better off

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if you just keep honing your craft, but be open

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to things. I wish I hadn't been so judgmental about

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stuff that I didn't want to do or didn't want

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to do when I was younger. I know my position

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in this strange universe is to be the silly one.

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So I'll be the silly one and I'll look foolish

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if it works. There's so many ways to be creative

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and to express yourself other than how I saw it

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through the tunnel vision of a young actor's eyes. I've

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never really thought i'd be a stand up, and that's

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been my main meal ticket. I still love it after

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twenty plus years, and I've been an actor even longer.

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I find the more you practice your art, the more

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peace you have in your life. These days, we're always

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looking for quick fixes to this simple pain of existence.

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But if you find something that can be an outlet

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for what you need to express yourself in this world,

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and you can make a couple bucks at it, it's

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pretty incredible. Matt also loves being a dad. It's one

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of those things I never thought I would get a

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chance to do, and it takes over everything in my

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life in the best possible way and gives me an

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incredible perspective. It will beat the crap out of you,

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but it'll give you life and purpose like you've never imagined.

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Chloe Radcliffe has launched in Tandem, a new interview series

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filming comics biking through Central Park and La River. She

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says it's like comedians and cars for less successful people.

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The show premiered last week with Ralph Barbosa. There's something

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that happens to you when you ride a bike that

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makes everything a little lighter, more fun, and more care free.

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Because we aren't making eye contact, I think people can

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relax a little bit. Radcliffe says the show uses a

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go pro rigged tandem bike from her Bushwick shop. New

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episodes drop Wednesdays at nine am Eastern Time on YouTube.

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Virdaz finds American cancel culture debates amusing compared to his

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experience in India. He told The Hollywood Reporter, the American

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cancel culture archetype is cute. Every time an American comedian

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complains about getting canceled, I'm like, grab a flight to India.

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Just let me show you something. After facing serious threats

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in India, Doz took a strategic approach. I didn't really

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milk my controversy. I just shut up and wrote a show,

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put the show up, and then that show got some

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acclaim I wasn't doing the equivalent of crying on Oprah.

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After winning an International Emmy, Doz highlighted its significance for underdogs.

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If you're looking for an award ceremony that supports the

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underdog purely on the might of their content, the International

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Emmys are it. Mac Packer Andy Samberg revealed on his

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podcast that his shorts almost caused a wardrobe malfunction during

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SNL's Here I Go sketch with Charlie XCX. Samberg said

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there was a lot of debate about how high my

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shorts should be. After requesting even shorter shorts, he realized

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during dancing that I really almost flopped out. I was like,

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oh no, yikes. Brett Goldstein confirmedy fan theory that suggests

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Ted Lasso heavily references the Wizard of Oz. Brett told

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Entertainment Weekly Ted has to go home. There's no place

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like home. He mapped characters to their Oz counterparts. Ted

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is Dorothy Roy Kent is the tin Man, Rebecca is

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the Lion, and Jamie is the Scarecrow. While the show

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appeared to end after three seasons, a fourth could happen

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despite Joe Coy's rough reviews. In twenty twenty four, The

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Golden Globes saw ratings jump fifty percent to ten million viewers,

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their highest since twenty twenty. You may recall Joe Coy's

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appearance was controversial because of this joke he made about

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Taylor Swift. As you know, we came on after a

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football doubleheader. The big difference between the Golden Globes and

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the NFL. On the Golden Globes, we have fewer camber

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shots of Taylor Swift. That's right, Scott Beckett. Even the

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AI can do the bit. Nicki Glazer will host in

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twenty twenty five, with over four months to prepare. She says,

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some of my favorite jokes have come from past Golden

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Globes opening monologues, when Tina Amy or Ricky have said

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exact bactly what we all didn't know we desperately needed

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to hear. It's live, unpredictable, and in front of Hollywood's

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biggest stars, who also might be getting wasted while seated

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next to their recent exes. Michelle Buteau will host the

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twenty twenty four Billboard Music Awards on December twelfth, just

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before her Netflix special A Buteaux Ful Mind, premieres at

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Radio City Music Hall. Michelle says music is just one

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of those magical devices that can bring people together. With

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me hosting, you can expect a fun party, a cute celebration,

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and a whole moment in a plus size sequence suit.

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Her special will be on Netflix on New Year's Eve.

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And that is your comedy news for today. Johnny Mack

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will be back tomorrow. Resistance is Futile. Portions of today's

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program were created with the help of AI. See you Then,