Episodes

Patton Oswalt has a live stream on Saturday. He is still friends with one of his high school teachers and was 19 when he met 14 year old Dave Chappelle. Just for Laughs will run the Montreal Comedy Festival this year. Chicago's Second City is...

Ricky Gervais says he hasn't worn underpants in a year and doesn't like meet and greets. Young Rock gets a mixed review. Kevin James' The Crew gets a wonderfully terrible review. Taylor Tomlinson on her start in comedy and her favorite...

The BBC announced the lame-titled The Festival of Funny, featuring stars including John Cleese, Eddie Izzard and Stephen Fry. Jerry Seinfeld is taking part in a New York City Subway announcement thing that is sure to make me mutter STFU when I hear...

In week one of Comedy's Top Dog, Bill Burr knocked off Jim Gaffigan Now, as defending champion, Bill Burr takes on John Mulaney. You can vote by going to the instagram page https://www.instagram.com/dailycomedynews/ and finding the Top Dog post...

I think the most fascinating thing today is the unexpected sidebar into Ed Asner's Thunder Alley? You remember that show? No? No-one does. But Johnny Mac googles it mid show. The real topic was NBC's new sitcom about the car industry. Why?...

The Guardian lists 10 Comedians to watch for 2021, you can read about that here: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jan/23/comedians-to-watch-in-2021-kurd-fineman-maisie-majimbo-abdulrashid-harouni-manzoor Maria Bamford talks about her...

John Oliver catcher up with Stephen Colbert, and discusses sharing a birthday with John Cena Kevin James is excited about The Crew, his new NASCAR show. Ryan Blaney is his nemesis! FOX News is starting a late night comedy show. Kenan...

By the way I keep forgetting to promote that if I get 100 followers at www.buymeacoffee.com/dailycomedynews then I will do an entire bonus episode that is only me saying nice things about Adam Sandler. I don't think I said anything mean in this one....

A spec script for The Office handles what if the pandemic had happened during Season 2. The Patrice O'Neal documentary will finally come out next week. Dani Zoldan from Stand Up New York isn't too happy with Governor Whatshisname Cuomo from New...

The Zillow sketch on Saturday Night Live was very funny, but did Ted Alexandro do it first? Tiffany Haddish doesn't know what vamp means? Come on. Mary Lynn Rajskub shot her special Live From The Pandemic from her garage - with no audience....

Introducing the Daily Comedy News Top Dog! Every week YOU vote on who comedy's Top Dog is. This week it's Jim Gaffigan vs. Bill Burr. Go to the Instagram Page @dailycomedynews and find the post about this and vote in the comments. OR if you are...

Johnny Mac plays another round of Comedy Jeopardy. The late night hosts are bemused by the Golden Globes nominations. It's another Matt Berry Sunday, A look at the Late Night writers rooms during the Trump Era

This year's Super Bowl commercials feature Will Ferrell, Amy Schumer, Jason Alexander and Maya Rudolph. Plus the Sam Adams one seems funny. Then a look at Kansas City Chiefs fans like Rob Riggle and David Koecher. I don't know if ANYONE is a...

Adam Sandler wants us to vote for him in the Kids Choice Awards! The nominees are FAVORITE MOVIE ACTOR Jim Carrey (Dr. Robotnik, Sonic the Hedgehog) Robert Downey Jr. (Dr. John Dolittle, Dolittle) Will Ferrell (Lars Erickssong, Eurovision Song...

A spec-script for It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia is making the rounds. In the script the gang winds up heading to DC. Mike Birbiglia has a movie recommendation and talks Zoom. Natasha Leggero talks about her time on the Comedy Central...

TV appears to have run out of ideas. Maybe bringing back Frasier is an OK idea, but Kate and Allie? Late Night goes in on Trump's lawyers and the Dodger Stadium protesters. We hear from Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah,...

Late Night chimes in about Tom Brady's age. Good job Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon writers. Paste did a wonderful rant about Dave Chappelle getting Covid. And what if Jeff Foxworthy were to perform the rant as stand-up? Jason...

The New York Times asks What if the most impressive post-sketch show career belongs to Key, not Peele? Sam Morrill on why he changed a joke. Check out the Is This Entertainment podcast (www.isthisentertainment.com) Mike Birbiglia loves being...

The answer....Jim Gaffigan's son won a quilt contest. Speaking of answers, today's @DCNPOD starts with Johnny Mac answering the Jeopardy questions the other day from the FUNNY BUSINESS category, and we learn John knows nothing about comedy. What...

Vulture did a list of the 50 Best Comedies on Netflix, and Johnny Mac takes a look. Yes there is some ADAM SANDLER on there! Woooo. Jeff Ross will host The Snubbys for LiveXLive. You know who else is on LiveXLive? ME! Check out my show The...

Some Jeopardy contestants didn't recognize Dave Chappelle. Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, James Corden, Trevor Noah about Joe Biden's vaccine plans. Billy Crystal got the vaccine. What would a mash-up of Pee Wee Herman and Jurassic Park look...

The backbone premise of The Rock's new sitcom Young Rock is that The Rock is running for president in 2032. Keegan-Michael Key talks about The History Of Sketch Comedy Late Night talks impeachment, we hear from Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon,...

Impeachment jokes from Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Seth Myers, James Cordon and Trevor Noah. SF Sketchfest is Saturday and will feature THE KIDS IN THE HALL, THE STATE, DAVID CROSS & BOB ODENKIRK, THE TENDERLOINS THE BLACK VERSION, UPRIGHT...

Saturday Night Live returns this week with host John Krasinski, you know him as Jim from The Office, or so my SEO manager tells me. And yes it made for a lame title of today's podcast, but hey SEARCH ENGINE JUICE baby!!!! Machine Gun Kelly is the...