Episodes

Hank Azaria tells the New York Times why he decided to stop voicing Apu on The Simpsons.  Mitch Hedberg seems to be in the zeitgeist.  Jimmy Kimmel gets emotional at the Kobe Bryant memorial.

USA Today has a pretty strong review of Louis CK's recent show.  Go back and listen to my Louis CK commentary from over the weekend if you missed that.  Hannibal Buress talks about laying in the NBA All Star Game.  Tracy Morgan gives a terrible...

Mitch Hedberg had begun speeding up his delivery.  Here's why.   Also, Eddie Izzard is running 28 marathons in 28 days!  John Cleese comments on Trump.

The Trevor Noah is good but not THAT good that Johnny Mac mentioned it for two days.  Oh yeah, the FRIENDS reunion is official.  And a fun story from T.J. Miller.

Was Louis CK's behavior OK?  NO.  But to suggest that he has lazy comedy and wasn't being compared to George Carlin is quite revisionist.  Brad Williams raises money for the boy who was bullied.

Daniel Tosh had a funny tweet storm about the Houston Astros.  Tom Segura will do two Netflix specials, one will be Tom Segura En Español.  Cool behind the scenes look at Kevin Hart working out his new comedy special.  And Norm goes to Dominos.

A cruise ship comedian escaped Coronavirus quarantine, and now seems to have lost his job. The White House Correspondent's Dinner announces a new comedian host. Kevin Hart announces some stuff, what else is new.  Johnny Mac is so jet lagged that if...

A look at some of the jokes Mitch Hedberg had written in his notebook.  Johnny Mac tells the story of how Mitch's posthumous album Do You Believe In Gosh came to be.

Man it's a good thing Tom Papa has three minutes ready to go in case anyone ever asks him about zip-lining in an interview.  Brian Posehn talks at length about The Mandalorian.  And a serious look at the art of Adam Sandler.

Was Will Ferrell's Bush the best presidential impression of all time? How about Darrell Hammond's Clinton?  Chevy's Ford?  Discuss!

In 2017, Rolling Stone made a list of the Top 50 Stand-Up Comics of All Time.  Johnny Mac weighs in with some commentary on numbers 25 through 1, and adds some names that could have bumped Wanda Sykes off the list.

In 2017, Rolling Stone made a list of the Top 50 Stand-Up Comics of All Time.  Johnny Mac weighs in with some commentary on numbers 50 thru 26.

My favorite story today is a bizarre report that Dave Chappelle was not involved in a shooting that didn't happen at all, and wasn't at his house.  Um, OK.  Ricky Gervais has a date for S2 of Afterlife.  Will Ferrell's new idea sounds funny plus has...

Whoa, Dave Chappelle and Joe Rogan are doing comedy shows together.  A funny Coronavirus subway prank.  Mitch Hedberg's notebook.  How interpreters do sign-language for stand-up comedians.

Huzzah, the comedy gods responded to my prayers and once again there is comedy news!  Ricky Gervais got off some good lines that are still funny even when it's Johnny Mac delivering them.  Meanwhile, Trump misses the joke that Larry David was making.

Johnny Mac stitches together an episode with quick hits about Dave Chappelle, Jimmy Carr, Brian Posehn, and the guy who played Gomez on Breaking Bad.  Wait, what?

Chris Rock crushed it at The Oscars, and Dave Chappelle explains how he got into the #YangGang

Gilbert Gottfried spoke to Vutlure about not being invited to recent Comedy Central roasts.  Hari Kondabolu discusses his rules for talking about particular communities.  Seth Meyers' dad had a big influence on his career.  Marc Maron wonders if he's...

The thing you won't be able to unheard on Tom Papa's Netflix special.  More Friends reunion rumors. Michael McIntryre gets a Netflix special. John Mulaney will host SNL soon.

Well, the Ari Shaffir / Kobe Bryant snowball keeps rolling, now it's reached article level in the New York Times.  Brian Posehn's new album sounds cool.  A Ryan Seacrest sitcom?  And can we just talk about how awesome Henry Winkler is?  Thanks for...

Kevin Hart and John Travolta are teaming up for Die Hart!  How Tom Papa became friends with Jerry Seinfeld. The difference between Ron Burgandy and Ron Jeremy.

Lots of mix between comedy and politics this week, from Dave Chappelle supporting Andrew Yang to Brad Pitt getting off some Brexit jokes. And more bad news for Ari Shaffir.

The New Yorker has an interesting article about Louis C.K.'s life on the road.  Can he make it all the way back?  Nikki Glaser apologizes to Taylor Swift.  Letterman is still upset about his Oscar's performance.

Oh goodie, Adam Sandler will get to make more hilarious movies for Netflix.  Joe Rogan has endorsed Bernie Sanders.  Jim Carrey's favorite Stooge.