Jan. 10, 2025

Comedy Scene Updates Amidst LA Fires

Show Notes
Transcript

Johnny Mac updates the comedy world amidst the LA fires, discussing closures of comedy clubs and late-night shows, and statements from hosts like Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers. Melissa Rivers shares her experience escaping the fires. Gene Smart calls for networks to donate awards season revenues to fire victims. Highlights include Jim Gaffigan on Kelly Clarkson's show, Nikki Glaser's regrets about Dancing with the Stars, and Roy Wood Jr.'s upcoming special. Moe Mera announces a new tour, the Chiefs debut a comedy series with Pete Holmes, and Russell Brand gets fined for speeding. Finally, Jim Norton exits SiriusXM to start a new podcast.

00:00 Los Angeles Comedy Scene
00:32 Late Night Shows React to Wildfires
01:39 Personal Stories from the Wildfires
02:17 Jean Smart's Call to Action
02:45 Jim Gaffigan on Kelly Clarkson Show
03:08 Nikki Glaser's Dancing with the Stars Regret
03:23 Roy Wood Jr.'s Upcoming Special
04:49 Mo Amer's New Comedy Tour
05:16 Kansas City Chiefs' Comedy Series
06:44 Bad Bunny on Tony Hinchcliffe's Joke
07:06 James Acaster Turns 40
07:30 Russell Brand's Speeding Incident
08:11 Jim Norton Leaves SiriusXM

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Callaroga, Shark Media.

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Be there, Trainy mat with the daily comedy views. Let's

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start out in Los Angeles. Some comedy clubs had to

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close as the fires spread. The Comedy Store announced they

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would be closed, saying we prioritize the safety of our staff,

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performers and audience. We're working on rescheduling the shows for

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the dates and will provide an update soon. The Laugh

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Factory similarly closed, announcing on Instagram these shows had been canceled.

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All ticket holders will be refunded. On the TV side,

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Jimmy Kimmel Live has shut down production on his Tuesday monologue,

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which was taped at four thirty pm Pacific time, and

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Jimmy said he had no power at his house and

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joked that he might have to sleep over at Gillermo's.

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Jimmy did get a joke in saying the wind is

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especially scary here in LA because of all the boatos.

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We're not used to seeing things move at all. Also

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shut down. The price is right. I'll mention that because

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comedian Drew Carey HOSTSED and CBS's After Midnight. The late

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night shows did discuss it, they treaded lightly. Seth Meyer

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said before Kick Things off. We just want to send

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our love to everybody in the LA area in California

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right now who are dealing with wildfires. These scenes we're

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seeing on television are obviously harrowing, and there are no

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real words so they can share other than we're thinking

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about you and hoping for your safety. Jimmy Fallon said,

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I just want to say that a heart's got to

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everyone in Los Angeles right now dealing with the massive

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wildfires out there. You just see the footage on TV.

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It's surreal. We have so many friends who've been affected.

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We just hope that everybody stay safe, including all the

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firefighters and everyone else trying to contain it. Stay safe.

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We love you, La. Stephen Gobert said, we know that

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people love Los Angeles are resourceful and kind, and they're

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doing everything they can do to help one another. We

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want to send our love and concern to all the

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residents of Los Angeles who are facing what is being

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described as the most destructive fire in the city's history.

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Joe River's daughter Melissa, shared that she had just a

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few minutes to save a couple items from her house,

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which was destroyed by the fire. She told CNN, I

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kind of had a mental checklist. I made sure that

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we got passports, birth certificates, medication, clothing. I was just

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out shopping for clothes. It started to hit me. We

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literally just had what we had on our backs. I

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grab whatever was there in my personal situation. That's it.

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That's the end of everything that belonged to my family

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and the history of it. To be one hundred percent honest,

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I grabbed my mom's Emmy, a photo of my dad

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and a drawing that my mother had done of me

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and my son. Melissa shared that the Emmy is Jones'

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Daytime Emmy Statute, which she won on behalf of the

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Joan Rivers Show in nineteen ninety for outstanding Talk slash Service.

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Show host Jean Smart's start of Hacks has called on

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the networks to skip awards season. In her statement, Jean

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Smart said, with all due respect during Hollywood season of celebration,

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I hope any of the network's televising the upcoming awards

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will seriously consider not televising them and donating the revenue

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they would have garnered to the victims of the fires

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and the firefighters. She labeled her post with the word

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attention in all caps at the start a nod at all.

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Convinced that that is something the networks are going to do.

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The Awards shows will happen, in my opinion, shifting gears.

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Jim gaff again was on The Kelly Clarkson Show and

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asked Kelly, what is going on with the feet you see?

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He noticed that Kelly Clarkson was barefoot at the beginning

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of their interview. Kelly explained, I feel more grounded when

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I sing if I'm barefoot. Jim then speculated on why

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she might not have shoes on and did a high

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pitched voice, saying, I feel more grounded when I sing

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if I'm barefoot. I can feel the ground. Nikki Glazer

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tells The Wall Street Journal she regrets her twenty eighteen

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season of Dancing with the Stars. She was the first

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contestant eliminated. Glazer said that was truly a low point

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in my life. I never thought I'd be in first place,

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but I thought it might last longer than the blind

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woman on the show. Roywood Junior has a special coming

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out on January seventeenth. There is a trailer and I'm

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going to go first here. I think this material is hacky.

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I think the material is weak, and to my ears

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it sounds if perhaps possibly maybe conceivably the laughter is

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added in which you know happens in trailers. But this

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whole piece here not good. Let's listen.

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We ain't gonna make it. What happened to the next shit,

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Let's go. I was at the gun range and I

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saw somebody get bad service at the gun range? How

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are you gonna be rude to somebody who showed up

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to practice account security? Questions? Are just us reminiscent about

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when life was better? Remember when you had a home

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field with love?

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What street was that house all?

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Before you get Paddy, got your auntie pregnant, and now

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you got a brother cousin. Retail changed, They locked up everything,

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and then they mad at us because we need to

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keep The only time you see an employee at the

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grocery store is when you do self check out wrong.

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What you've done to the machine?

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Get your way up.

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You evern't seen a couple so happy it ruined the

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date that you own. We get mad if the phone

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ranged double intended for talking. Oh hell dog, you got

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to text me first.

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Hilarious Lonely Flowers. January seventeenth, moa mayor announced a new

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stand up comedy tour beginning in February titled Moha mayor

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also Palestino Spanish for the Palestinian Bear on the tour.

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US life family and his journey as a new dad

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in today's political climate, will also shortly get season two,

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the final season of Netflix's Mo A Good Show. If

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you want to go see Mo, He's really good. February

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thirteenth in Milwaukee is when the tour starts. I'm not

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going to read fifty dates to you, but it goes

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through May sixteenth in Washington, DC, the Kansas City Chiefs

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are getting into comedy for some reason. The Magic Number

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features Pete Holmes and total debut on the Chiefs websites

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on Tuesday. The Magic Number is an original, lighthearted, multi

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episode buddy style comedy series. It'll be on Chiefs YouTube

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and Chief's official social channels three pm Central Time Tuesday.

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The Magic Number follows two fans on an adventurous quest

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for their third friend, hoping to bring the team good luck.

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By the way, to hear my voice going, this is

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what happens when you spend fifteen hours on a plane.

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My fellow passengers, Come on, guys, if you're coughing wear

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a mask. I should have worn a mask. That's on me.

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The multi part series promises to deliver a mix of humor,

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heart and playful storytelling. The comedy's voice by Chiefs fan

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Jason Sedakis. Key cast members include Pete Holmes. Pete said,

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I had so much fun with this Chiefs Playoffs campaign.

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The story celebrates the connection and companionship sports spring and

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I'm excited to share this adventure with all the fans.

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The cast and the crew were amazing. Holly, David and

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I ruined a bunch of takes cracking each other up,

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and I love playing a part in this fun take

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on fandom. I've been doing this for a while. That

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was written by somebody in the publicity department and Pete

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signed off on it would be my guest, perhaps possibly maybe,

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And if the Chiefs make the Super Bowl, they might

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want to head over to fifty cents Super bowld Comedy

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block Party. That'll be Saturday, February eighth, Although you know

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you might nitpick what they're doing at a comedy show

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the night before the Super Bowl. Fifty cents super Bold

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Comedy block Party features fifty cent Bill Bellamy, Chico Bean,

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and DC Young Fly Bad Money finally went in on

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Tony Hinchcliff's Puerto Rico joke Bad Money till the New

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York Times. It was a real moment of frustration. Yeah,

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I know he's a comedian, blah blah blah, but that

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wasn't a stand up comedy show. Was supposed to be

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a political rally. He was in a suit. I was like, Oh,

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he's a politician. Then people told me, no, it's a comedian.

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It wasn't funny for a lot of reasons. I have

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a great sense of humor, and I like dark humor.

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But there's places and their circumstances for that. James Acaster

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turned forty yesterday and says it feels wild with the pandemic.

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Suddenly we were two years older. I feel like now

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I'm still thirty seven, or I when I turned thirty.

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I loved it, actually, because in my twenties I thought, oh,

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I'm an adult. Now he really needs to know stuff.

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I need to understand the world. Then when I turned thirty,

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I realized, oh, I'm never going to understand anything, and

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that felt a lot better. Now I'm turning forty, We'll

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see what the revelation is Ultimately, I guess I'm just

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lucky I'm still here. That's good. Just got to focus

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on that. Russell brand busted for speeding. He's been fined

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after pleading guilty to speeding. Apparently, Russell was driving his

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Mini at ninety five miles an hour on the M

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four last June. He also was busted for driving the

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Mini at at thirty seven miles per hour and a

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thirty mile an hour zone. He did not attend the hearing.

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He was handed three penalty points for the thirty seven

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mile per hour breach and five points for the ninety

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five mile an hour speeding, on top of the three

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points he already had on his license. That gives him

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a total of eleven. Drivers who get twelve or more

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points without a three year period face a band. The

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judge find him thirty four hundred and fifty seven pounds

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for the offenses. You know, Russell could probably afford a

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car service. And Jim Norton has joined the exclusive club

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of people who worked at Series XM and got shown

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the door. Welcome to the club, Jim. After twenty years,

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Jim Norton is out. He had been hosting a show

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with Sam Roberts Jim announced his new podcast, Jim Norton

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Can't Save You. On the podcast, he shared that he

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was expecting and received a low ball offered during the holidays.

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Jim is a good guy. I've worked with him a

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few times. Really like Jim a lot. Best of luck

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