Feb. 18, 2026

Colbert Says CBS Blocked An Interview; PLUS som Dave Chappelle Reviews

Colbert Says CBS Blocked An Interview; PLUS som Dave Chappelle Reviews
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Johnny Mac leads with Stephen Colbert saying CBS lawyers blocked him from booking Texas State Representative James Talarico on The Late Show, citing concerns around the FCC equal time rule and an FCC chairman Brendan Carr letter suggesting talk-show exemptions could be dropped.

Colbert instead posts the interview to The Late Show’s YouTube page.

The show also recaps Dave Chappelle’s Minneapolis performance per the Minneapolis Star Tribune and reviews of his Super Bowl weekend/Bay Area sets from SFGate and the SF Chronicle, noting topics including immigration raids, Raiders of the Lost Ark, celebrity anecdotes, and jokes involving multiple groups, including mention of an outdated derogatory slur.

Other items include Todd Barry seeking solo dining recommendations in Syracuse, a preview of Just for Laughs Vancouver (including “An Evening with David Letterman” with Zach Galifianakis and other booked acts), a Radar Online report claiming Amy Schumer is preparing to control the narrative of a split from Chris Fischer and aiming for a conscious uncoupling, and Ray Romano discussing his Broadway debut in Simon Rich’s comedy about ambition. 

00:24 Colbert Says CBS Lawyers Blocked a Candidate Guest
01:17 Equal Time Rule Explained (and Colbert’s FCC Rant)
03:04 Kimmel Alliance & Moving the Interview to YouTube
04:19 Dave Chappelle in Minneapolis: What He Said & How It Landed
05:48 Super Bowl Weekend Chappelle Reviews: SF Gate & Chronicle Highlights
08:22 Chappelle’s New Bits: Raiders, Epstein Files, and Culture-War Split
09:20 Todd Barry’s Syracuse Solo-Dining Thread
10:03 Just For Laughs Vancouver Preview (Letterman + Galifianakis Night)
11:48 Amy Schumer Divorce Rumors + Ray Romano’s Broadway Debut
12:57 Colbert’s YouTube Interview with Rep. James Talarico (Clip)
 

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Callaroga Shock Media.

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Hello, I'm Johnny Mack with your daily comedy news and

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daily briefing on stand up comedy, comedians and the comedy industry.

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A sentence the Algorithm loves. Hope you enjoyed the George

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Lopez grill yesterday, because we're back to politics. Very serious

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topic here for real. Stephen Colbert says CBS blocked him

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from having on a rising democrat on The Late Show.

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Colbert said he was told, quote in no uncertain terms,

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that he could have Representative James Tallerco on The Late Show.

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Here's a lengthy clip. I will let Stephen Colbert explain.

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You know who is not one of my guests tonight.

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That's Texas State Representative James Talerico. He was supposed to

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be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms

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by our network's lawyers, who called us directly, that we

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could not have him on the broadcast. Then then I

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was told in some uncertain terms that not only could

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I not have him on, I could not mention me

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not having him on. And because my network clearly doesn't

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want us to talk about this, let's talk about this.

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You've probably heard.

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So you might have heard of this thing called the

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equal time rule. Okay, it's an old FCC rule that

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applies only to radio and broadcast television, not cable or streaming.

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That says, if a show has a candidate on during

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an election, they have to have all that candidate's opponents

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on as well. It's the FCC's most time honored rule,

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right after no nipples at the Super Bowl. There's long

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been an exception for this rule, an exception for news

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interviews and talk show interviews with politicians. Now that's crucial.

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How else were voters supposed to know back in ninety

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two that Bill Clinton sucked at Saxophone? But on January

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twenty first of this year, a letter was released by

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FCC chairman and smug bowling pin Brendan Carr. In this letter,

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Car said he was thinking about dropping the exception for

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talk shows because he said some of them were motivated

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by partisan purposes. Well, sir, you're chairman of the FCC,

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so FCCU.

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Because I think.

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Simple, because I think you are motivated by partisan purposes yourself. Sir,

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I smelt it because he had delt it. You are

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Dutch ovening America's airwaves. Let's just call this what it

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is Donald Trump's administration wants to silence anyone who says

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anything bad about Trump on TV because all Trump does

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is watch TV. Okay, He's like a toddler with too

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much screen time that's cranky and then drops a load

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in his diaper.

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Right, so like super interesting there now. In this next section,

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Colbert talks about his alliance with Jimmy Kimmel and how

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he put the interview on his YouTube page. I have

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edited this for pacing.

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It's no surprise that two of the people most affected

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by this threat or me and my friend Jimmy Kimmel.

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When this letter dropped. We both talked about the letter

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on air, and then later car defended it like this,

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if Kimmel.

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Or Colbert want to continue to do their programming and

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they don't want to have to comply with this requirement,

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then they can go to a cable channel or podcast

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or streaming service and that's fine.

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Great idea man whose job is to regulate broadcast TV

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suggest everyone just leave broadcast TV. It's like when Arby's

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changed our slogan to Arby's would it kill you to

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eat a salad? Anyway? I decided to take Brendan Carr's advice.

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I am going to interview James Tallerico tonight, but it's

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not going to be on the Late Show. It's going

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to be on the Late Shows YouTube page. The network says,

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I can't give you URL or a QR code, but

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I promise you if you go to our YouTube page,

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you'll find it.

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And as the SEC Commissioner has pointed out, I'm not

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part of the equal time rules. So at the end

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of this podcast, I will play some of that interview.

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We'll come back to that. Meanwhile, Dave Chappelle did appear

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in Minneapolis. He was at the Grand Casino Arena. Neil

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Justin caught the show for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Neil

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reports near the beginning of the show, Chappelle said, I'm

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sorry I couldn't get here sooner, but you didn't need me.

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Chappelle wondered if the people in Springfield, Ohio, near his

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hometown would be able to show the same nerve if

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and when federal agents conduct similar raids in Springfield, Ohio.

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Quoting the account from the newspaper, Chappelle apparently said, I

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don't know as much faith in the whites of Springfield

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as I do in the whites of Minneapolis. The recap

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interestingly says Chappelle largely avoided jokes about transgender people, but

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he was far from timid when it came to joking

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about other groups. We're told Chappelle joked, I'm about to

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say the most racist thing I'll say tonight, but it's

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not the only racist thing I'll say. He then launched

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into a bit about Chinese people being sneaky. Neil Justin writes,

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the truth is most of his material was wrapped in affection.

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The one exception was his frequent use of a derogatory

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term for gay people that was dated and unnecessary. But

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for the most part, Chappelle was on good behavior, or

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what passes for good behavior for a comic who thrives

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on pushing buttons. There was hilarious routine on looking at

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Raiders of the Lost Arc with fresh eyes, and another

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on how we tried to get Will Smith and Chris

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Rock to hug it out. On Saturday Night Live, Chappelle

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announced that all proceeds from the show would stay in

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the community. I shared in the Facebook group, which is

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Daily Comedy News podcast group, a video of Dave Chappelle

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visiting the memorial to Alex Pretty Dave play some flowers there.

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There's no audio for me to really share with you here,

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but it's in the Facebook group if you want to

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check that out. Now. While I was in Chappelle mode,

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I found some reviews of his Super Bowl weekend shows. Now,

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I had been looking for these and they just weren't

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coming up in search. Chappelle's and Ami tend to throw

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into the search engines every single day, especially like yesterday

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when I didn't have much news, But all of a

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sudden these popped up. When from the SF Gates Dan

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Chinilly went to see Dave. Dan has written about Chappelle

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many times in the past. Dan thinks it seems like

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a recording of the set might be heading to Netflix.

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He wasn't sure. Chappelle walked out wearing a shirt and

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blazon with Colin Kaepernick on the back that got a

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lot of applause. Colin Kaepernick played for the San Francisco

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forty nine ers. Dan writes, if you've seen Dave's perform

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in San Francisco before, odds are you've heard much of

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the set. He returned to transgender jokes a few times

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and added some lines about Somalians to keep things topical,

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but this time most of the humor was aimed at

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Chinese and Jewish people. The other main theme was Dave's

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famous friends, with anecdotes about Will Smith and Chris Rock's

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Oscar slap. Dan found those bits dated. The standout bit

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of the Knight saw Chappelle recounting the plot of readers

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of the Lost Arc. All right, so that seems like

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it's part of the new set. Dan Wright says he

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has at almost every San Francisco show of the last

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three years. Chappelle told a story about running into a

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childhood friend at a Lakers game who directed him to

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his favorite Indian restaurant in the Tenderloine. Of course, the

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Cli the story includes an unhoused person pooping on the sidewalk.

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Dave closed the night on a somber note. He lowered

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his voice and explained that he performs these days because

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being around audiences makes him feel better, and that was

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in power want to keep us from gathering. The SF

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Chronicle said Dave treated his latest Bay Area appearance not

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as escapism but a reminder to stay vigilant. They recap

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that Dave did some free association weaving together celebrity weekend chatter, politics,

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conspiracy culture, and long winding stories that ended a punchline

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you can see coming but still don't quite expect. A

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chunk of the set was about travel. He described leaving

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the country after his last special and wandering through Paris,

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including a long riff about finally seeing the Mona Lisa

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and imagining how he'd react if he spotted her in

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the club. Oh, he's got a really good punch here,

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but I will get in trouble if I say it's

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so read it in the SF Chronicle. But the punchline

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to the Mona Lisa joke is hilarious. The show's rhythm,

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ramling story, sharp left turn, punchline, then a longer meditation

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also carried the themes that have defined his recent work,

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from the speed of online outrage to the way political

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identities harden into tribes, and how fame turns every breaking

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news update into something uncomfortably close. He then talked about

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Minneapolis again. This show was in San Francisco. Dave said,

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zeffed up what they're doing. Ice were snatching up so

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many Mexicans, they got carried away. They run out of Mexicans,

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so they flew to Venezuela and snatched up the president

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brought him back to America so they could try and

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send him back to Venezuela. That's funny. Something is wrong,

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isn't it. Trump is working on something. And then apparently

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that goes into the readers of the Lost Arc Chunk

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spoilers here for that chunk, Chappelle goes through theories of

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what the arc symbolized. Dave said, you know what the

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box represented to me when I saw it on beet

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the other day. The Epstein Files. They just dumped three

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million pages of the e fing most salacious crap. But

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I'm smart, I'm not going to look. Dave continues, The

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Epstein Files got the whole world ft up, don't they.

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Every time I go out to the party, like all

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Super Bowl weekend, I keep seeing celebrities everywhere, and they'd

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be like, hey, Dave, let's get a picture. I'm like, okay,

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But in my mind when I'm taking the picture, I'd

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be like, boy, I hope you don't reap. In another section,

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Dave described a futurist split between quote maggot Country, which

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is what we're going through now, a woke land, this

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one where he used the homophobic slur using one of

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the F words, quoting Dave, I'm going to read it

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flat deliberately. If I have to choose, and I can't

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believe I'm saying this, I'm probably going to fight on

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the F word land side. I'm going to be in

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a foxhole, like, what's your pronoun soldier? I need more ammunition.

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Let's lighten things up a little bit. Todd Barry will

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be in Syracuse tonight. He posted on social media asking

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celeb friendly solo dining in Syracuse. Actress Laura and Holly

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wrote back, No, you should probably leave the state immediately.

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Musician Stephen Page from The Bare Naked Lady said try

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Noble Settler or the Wedge. Some other recommendations included postibilities

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Dinosaur Barbecue, the York lemongrass Eten, Copper Top Tavern, Daniella Steakhouse,

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and many others. Boy, people really got into this. Todd

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Barry liked to feel the suggestions, including a tip for

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the Wegman's Food Court, but one social media user for

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the win. That person wrote, if you're the select question,

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I think you'll be okay no matter where you go.

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All right, let's see what's happening at Just for Last

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Vancouver tonight. We have our special correspondent, Mike Chisholm from

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the Letterman Podcast. I sent him to two shows last night.

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He got up super early. He texted me at like

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five in the morning. He lives in the Vancouver suburbs.

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He lives in a place called Moose Antler is a

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British Columbia and apparently after commute to Vancouver like ridiculously early.

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So I was sending him to like seven pm shows,

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but you know, he's Canadian. He didn't want to let

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me down, so headed out at like five in the morning.

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So we'll hear back from Mike. But if we were

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at Just for Last Vancouver tonight, anyone interested in this one? Mike,

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You're listening at seven o'clock at the Queen Elizabeth Theater

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an evening with David Letterman and special guest Zach Galifnakis. Boy,

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I hope Letterman has something to talk about. What would

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he possibly bring up? So we all know where Mike

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is going to be tonight. I considered going out to

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this thing. It's a Wednesday, Like if this were like

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closer to a weekend and I could have stretched out.

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I probably would have showed up at JFL Vancouver one

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of these years, I'm going to go to it. But

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it was a Wednesday. It was like, eh, so Mike

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will be on scene to tell us what happens with

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an Evening with David Letterman and special guest Zach Galifanakis.

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Some other shows tonight at the Rio. Craig Connant, He's

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got a show at seven, good luck. Catherine Blandford, who

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you don't know yet. She's fantastic. I've seen her. She's

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really good. I sent Mike to that show last night.

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She has a show tonight at seven. But again, Letterman's

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gonna win all ties. Matty Kelly has a show at

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the Fox Cabaret at seven. Dylan Adler, I've seen him.

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a very very solid night at Just for Last Vancouver.

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From Radar Online, which tends to be a gossipy sight.

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Amy Schumer in the news again. The headline Amy Schumer's

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divorced strategy exposed, including how she's intent on controlling the

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narrative of split from Chris Fisher. Read article about Amy

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Schumer just always makes you feel good, doesn't it. Radar

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Online writes. When speculation ramped up about the possible divorce,

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Schumer maintained, Chris and I are still married, fingers crossed.

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We make it through. He's the best. A source tells

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and property divided. The source told Radar Amy wanted to

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get everything handled before making the news public. For her

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son's sake and for Chris, She's focused on protecting them both. Okay,

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fair enough. She knows she's going to be picked apart

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and wants to give people as little ammunition as possible.

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consciously uncouple, similar to Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. The

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source says, then it won't all hurt so much. Ray

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Romano made his Broadway debut in Simon Rich's comedy about Ambition.

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Ray told the Today Show, Relax, I'm not singing. You

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don't ever want to hear this voice sing. Ray said,

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over the years, have been offered a couple of Broadway things,

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and I've never really had the courage to do a

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full play that runs for months. This seemed like the

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perfect little introduction of Broadway. And let's circle back to

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where we began. On the Late Show YouTube page, Stephen

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Colbert spoke with Representative James tell Rico. Let's listen to

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the beginning of that interview. I've trimmed it a little

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bit for pacing and cutting down music and applause and

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Joining me now is a representative in the Texas State House.

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It is currently running for the United States Senate. Please

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welcome to the Late Show YouTube page. Representative James taller Rico.

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I don't usually say this to a guest, but if

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people are watching this right now, it's because they found

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us online on YouTube. I did an act of the

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show that's on tonight, explaining why it's not the first

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time you've caused some trauma. FCC opening probe into the

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view after appearance by taller Rico, do you mean to

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cause Trump?

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I think that Donald Trump is worried that we're about

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to flip Texas and Stephen this. This is the party

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that ran against cancel culture, and now they're trying to

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control what we watch, what we say, what we read.

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And this is the most dangerous kind of cancel culture,

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the kind that comes from the top. They they went

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after the view because I went on there. They went

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after Jimmy Kimmel for telling a joke they didn't like.

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They went after you for telling the truth about Paramount's

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bribe to Donald Trump. Corporate corporate, corporate media executives are

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selling out the First Amendment to curry favor with corrupt politicians.

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And a threat to any of our First Amendment rights

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is a threat to all of our First Amendment rights.

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So I'm just the.

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Fact the fact check you my network's at are canceling.

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This was a purely financial decision, got it, and I

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remain very grateful for the last eleven years.

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And you can find the rest of that interview on

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the YouTube page. I've shared the link in the episode notes.

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And that is your comedy news for today, Oh, Comedy Survivor.

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Looks like last time I checked, it was like a

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Kevin Hart voting block trying to get rid of Kevin

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Hart and the SIGNATARO people. They're talking a little bit

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too now. As a Star Trek fan, there are certain

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people who are just ruining Star Trek. They include Stephen Colbert,

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who's putting me in a tough spot today because obviously

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I believe in free speech. But on the other hand,

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Stephen Colbert aligns himself with Alex Kurtzman and the people

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destroying Star Trek. So I am forced to choose. I'm

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in a no win battle there. Do I choose free speech?

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Do I choose Star Trek. You know, Johnny Mack takes

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his Star Trek very seriously, but I'm not going to

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burn down the Republic to save Star Trek. I've got

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the DVDs up in the closet next to the Scrubs DVDs.

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I can watch Star Trek TuS whenever I want. What

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you do is you go to the Facebook group taly

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Comedy News podcast group. You find a picture of me

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extinguishing the torch of Seth Myers who was voted off

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last week. Write down the name of who like voted

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off Comedy Island. The list of remaining comedians is in

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that post. Voting continues until end of day Thursday. In

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METU Comedy news for today, see tomorrow