April 22, 2026

Dave Chappelle on Saudi Comedy Money, Kimmel on Pro-Trump Comics, and Late-Night Uncertainty

Show Notes
Transcript

Johnny Macc delivers a daily comedy news briefing with political and industry updates. Dave Chappelle tells NPR his concerns about performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival faded given U.S., Netflix, and film industry business ties with Saudi Arabia, arguing all money is connected to something “terrible.” Jimmy Kimmel, on Michelle Obama’s podcast, criticizes comedians who support Donald Trump as opportunistic and says people often compromise for money; he also discusses backlash to his politics and welcoming public admissions of being wrong. Radar Online reports a dark, toxic vibe as Stephen Colbert’s Late Show winds down and dismisses a rumored Netflix deal, while John Oliver jokes about constant anxiety over his show amid mergers. W. Kamau Bell discusses being “terminally online” and performing after Trump’s Kennedy Center takeover news; James Austin Johnson riffs at Notre Dame. Other items: Paul Ilia’s special “Good Son” also releases on Watermelon Plus after Google promotion limits; Zach Galifianakis debuts Netflix’s “This Is a Gardening Show”; Comedy Gives Back hosts a Los Angeles benefit; Jeff Ross says he’s fully recovered from colon cancer; a 2026 comedian draft is teased.

00:15 Chappelle and the Saudi Festival
00:55 Kimmel Calls Out Comics
03:06 Colbert Show Ending Rumors
04:50 John Oliver Merger Anxiety
05:14 W Kamau Bell On News
06:07 James Austin Johnson Bits
08:37 Zach Gardening Series
09:08 Comedy Gives Back Event
10:05 Jeff Ross Health Update
10:25 Draft Tease

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Callaroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny Mack with your

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daily comedy news and daily briefing on stand up comedy,

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comedians and the comedy industry. We're gonna get a little

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political today. Dave Chappelle did that big interview with NPR

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and they asked him about the Ria to Comedy Festival.

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Dave said his concerns faded when you looked at the

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broader relationship between Saudi Arabia and American entertainment. Dave said,

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the United States government does business with the Saudis. Netflix

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does business with the Saudis. The Saudis finance ton of

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the Saudis finance tons of movies. Dave said, as soon

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as a black man can make money off the plantation,

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they try to tell you the money is dirty. NPR

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host Michael Martin pressed Dave Chappelle on weather taking money

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from the festival conflicted with his public image. Dave said,

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if you want to be that pure about money, then

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stop driving your car, stop eating, don't use your cell phone.

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Everything's tethered to something that's just terrible. Jimmy Kimmel called

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out comedians who have supported Donald Trump. Jimmy Kimmel was

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on the Michelle Obama podcast. Michelle the wife of former

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President Barack Obama. Kim All believes there are comedians who

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are pretending to be something other than what they are

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in search of an audience. You know, you look at

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some of these comics, you know, maybe they're not doing

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so great, and they think, I got to pick up

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this maggot seorch and maybe people will support me just

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because of that. Michelle Obama agreed, saying it's important for

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people to know that for some of these folks, this

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is a game, this is a hustle, you know, more

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than you would think. Kim Ill added more than not.

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Michelle said, we saw it in the White House, especially

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around the holidays, and there'd be a set of people

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who would demonize my husband on TV and then be

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in line for a picture with their grandchildren, essentially saying,

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my granddaughter loves you, and you know, if you believe

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in some of the things that you believe, I believe

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this is about someone I wouldn't get in the line.

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So there's a lot of wink and nodding that goes on.

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Kim Will said, on some levels it's hard to understand

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and others it's easy to understand because when it comes

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down people make their money, they seem willing to compromise

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in a lot of ways. It worries me most is

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when comedians warp their sensibilities for whatever reason. Kim All

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thinks because he didn't start out as a political comedian,

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and that's why he gets more blowback. He explained. I

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think I get a little more backlash than somebody like

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maybe John Stewart, who came out of the shoot as

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a very outspoken liberal, because I didn't talk about politics

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because it wasn't really part of my act. I was

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doing sports jokes and this kind of stuff. I'm most

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of the Man Show, and people were like, well, you

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betrayed us. I've always been like this, whatever your parents are,

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usually that's what you are. And my parents were very

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liberal people, you know, very very liberal people, and I've

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always been I've never voted for a publican in my life,

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said Jimmy. Kimmel has just always been of this mindset,

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and I think people wore just shocked to hear because

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you assume somebody you like thinks like you. Jimmy said,

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I have some very close friends who think very differently,

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and I'm okay with that, And I understand that people

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have different life experiences and believe things. I know, I

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personally believe things to be true for a long time

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in my life and realized that they weren't. You have

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to allow for that. I posted something on Instagram about

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some of these, primarily podcasters, who are now having second

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thoughts about who they endorsed for president, and I'm grateful

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for them to being honest. It's the coward normal rule

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of Maggott and never admit when you're wrong. First of all,

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it's the opposite of Christianity. I mean, the basis of

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the whole faith, you know, was asking for forgiveness, and

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that seems to be cast aside. But I welcome those people.

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I don't think there's any way forward if we don't

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send your letters to Jimmy Kimmel. Radar Online wrote about

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the upcoming end of star trek runer Stephen Colbert's Late Show.

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By the way, I was on LinkedIn and I saw

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somebody posted like, hey, I just got a production assistant

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job at the Late Show, And I screen grabbed it

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and I sent it to Mike from the Letterman pot

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and I'm like, should we tell her I mean, I

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guess it's good to have five weeks experience the none,

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but I'm happy for you. I digress. A network insider

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tells Radar Online the grim realities of winding down a

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major production like The Late Show or playing out in

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a pretty dark way. It's all created a dark, toxic

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vibe of the show and on the set. Because these

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network back writing and producing jobs are hard to come

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by in New York City, people stay in them for

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decades if they can. You can practically smell the misery

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and pain that hang in the air. Radar Online said

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there was a rumor That's star Trek runer Stephen Colbert

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had signed a thirteen and a half million dollar deal

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with Netflix for a seven episode series. That would just

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be insane. Thirteen and a half divided by seven is

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like almost two million, not quite lazy math. That's insane.

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Why would you do that? There's no reason to do that,

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and that's why it's not true. John a source said

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Stephen hasn't yet outlined a plan for what he's going

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to do after the show ends and who on the

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staff will come with him. There's been chatter for a

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while that he can start a podcast, and even transform

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himself into a left wing answer to Tucker Carlson. But

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that's not what Stephen wants. I feel bad for the guy.

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Starfleet Academy got canceled and he can't do that wonderful

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job he was doing. Is the voice of the computer

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Radar Online quotes a source talking about Steven's reps. They

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were just as shocked by the cancelation last year as

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Stephen was. Now Steven needs to face the reality he's

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gonna have to completely reinvent himself if he wants to

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avoid the fate that James Cordon suffered, which is a

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total loss of relevance among American audiences when his show

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went off the air. Meanwhile, John Oliver he's worried about

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the future of Last Week Tonight because of the pending

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merger between Warner Brothers, Discovery and Paramount Skideans. Oliver was

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at the twenty twenty six Garden of Laughs All Star

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Comedy Benefit, and he said, I'm worried about my show

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all the time, regardless of mergers. Mergers are going to

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have to get in line in terms of the constant

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anxiety that I have. I'll get to you when I

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have some time corporate overlords. I got a lot of

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self loathing to go through. First around. The show's not

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political enough today. I know. That's why I'm going to

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tell you about w Camal Bell. He's on the Who's

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with Me tour? Come ou said, I'm termally online. I'm

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an information junkie. I keep up with the state of

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the news. I've been on stage and out of my

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phone go off his news broken. But like did everyone

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else see this? I've developed a style and enacted a

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point of view and a brand. And if I don't

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talk about the news, people are going to be like

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what happened to come out? Did Eve a stroke? He

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talked about last year when he was supposed to play

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the Kennedy Center and things one sideways. He said, the

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funny thing is I was in DC proper at a

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place formerly known as the Kennedy Center the day after

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Trump announced he was taking it over. The new tenants

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hadn't moved in yet, but everybody was preparing for it,

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and so when I was there. The thing that was

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so interesting about that shows a lot of people were

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wondering if I was going to cancel it, and I

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did the show because I was on the plane, I

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found out who was taking over. But as a comedian,

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we're in the best place to do the show in

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a place like that because we can talk to directly

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to what's going on. I remember the looks on people's

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face as I left, because people they were mourning for

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what was gonna happen with the Kennedy senator going away.

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James Austin Johnson visited Notre Dame. His trip was recapped

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by the NDSC Observer You're home for Comedy News. James said,

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I was on a tour of the campus. You could

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suddenly see like these biblical statues, which makes you lean.

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One way that I learned Joe Biden had been here

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for a wedding last year, so I'm confused. James then

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riffed on Trump's attempts to cast Biden as the wocus

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person Ever, saying, I don't know about you, guys, but

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when I imagine the wocas person ever, a ninety seven

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year old white grandpa is not what I envision. He

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talked about SNL. He thought SNL was made up of liberals,

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but according to James, the people behind the show are

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all kinds of people, a true cross section of America.

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As for looks, he joked, I hate when comics are handsome.

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Comics are supposed to be ugly. If you're hot and

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thing of doing comedy, please just go in to finance

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comedies for ugly people. I know I'm hot, but it's

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the exception that proves the rule. Not sure what's going

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on here, but there was a press release comedian Paul

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Eliah's stand up special good Son is being released on

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Watermelon Plus. Now you think I'm making up Watermelon Plus,

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but I am not. I was unfamiliar with Watermelon Plus,

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but I was also unfamiliar with Paul Elia. Watermelon Plus

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on their website says we champion fearless cinema and deliver powerful,

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entertaining storytelling without compromise. Apparently a cost eight bucks a month.

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Let's see what's on this thing? Oh? I clicked shop

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thinking I could see some specials and they want to

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sell me a hat. I don't want a hat. I'm

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going back to the story, all right, So here's what

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I know. What's really going on. Good Sun is going

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to be released on Watermelon Plus. In the wake of

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promotional restrictions, Paul faced due to a brief mention of

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Donald Trump, So as the News goes here. Originally only

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planned as a YouTube special, the premiered April eighth. The

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self financed hour long special features a Trump impression followed

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by a joke about Paul's family support for the president.

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The inclusion limited the promotional of the special, but rather

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than edit the material, Elia chose to also release it

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on Watermelon Plus. According to what is in front of me,

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Paul said, while I'm hugely disappointed that Google decided to

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restrict my special from paid promotion, I'm very proud a

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partner with Watermelon Plus, who have been very consistent in

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their mission of freedom of expression? Is that a thing?

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If you tell a pro Trump joke, YouTube won't take

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your buddy. I'm not sure what's going on here. I'm

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confused by this anyway, Go to Watermelon Plus find out

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for yourself and good sun. Paul explores what it means

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to balance cultural expectations with personal freedom. A first generation

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a rocky Assyrian, Paul Iliad delivers a sharp and hilarious

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hour of stand up navigating identity, family dynamics, and the

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challenge of forging an individual path while stay connected to

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one's roots. Happy Earth Day Zach Alfanakis is hosting a

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series on Netflix about gardening. It is titled This Is

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a Gardening Show. It debuts today with six episodes, of

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each episode between fifteen and twenty minutes. This Is a

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Gardening Show is described as a refreshing and whimsical take

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on gardening, blending comedy and an earnest appreciation for the

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planet all the people live on It. No quote from Zach,

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but one of the producers said, I kind of think

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as garden was struggling, you'll see a grown man honestly

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gas when shown the proper way to plant the seed.

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This is peak TV in Los Angeles tonight. It is

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Comedy gives backs Alt Comedy All Stars. You have to

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read that sentence slow. There's just something weird about the

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a's and the season that sentence. That's right. It is

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Comedy gives backs Alt Comedy All Stars. I think the

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s's are a problem there too. At Comedy gives backs

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all to Comedy All Stars. It's John Hamm and David Cross.

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They join a hilarious lineup featuring Star Trek Ruiner, Patton Oswalt,

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Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posain, Mary Lynn, Rice Cub, Doug Benson,

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and a bunch of others. It's at the Montalbon Theater,

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named after Ricardo Montlebon, who, of course was Cohn who

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helped make Star Trek great and now Star Trek Ruiner

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will come by. I don't think Shatner is going to

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come by, but maybe he will. You never know. Comedy

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people listening who are going through chemo, you can do it.

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That is your comedy news for today. Coming up on Thursday,

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it is the twenty twenty six Comedian Draft, five teams

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of comedians will be drafted. It's like the NFL Draft,

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but different.