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Caalorokashock Media. Hey, I'm Johnny Mack with your daily comedy news.
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It's incredible. There's like six things today that normally would
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just be a lead story. But let's start with THEO.
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Vaughn Is fans are worried. Last week, THEO was recording
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his Netflix special at the Beacon Theater. It is being
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described as a brutal showcase filled with gaffs and embarrassing moments.
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People in the audience said THEO halted his performance as
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many as ten times throughout the nights, that THEO frequently
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left the stage, asked a producer to remind him of punchlines,
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and THEO struggled to finish stories. Some people that were
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there said a third of the crowd left before the
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show ended. And again, this isn't just a regular show,
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this is a Netflix taping. There are clips on social
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media circulating. I'm choosing not to play it, but in it,
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the THEO says I'm having a long month and I'm
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trying not to take my own life. It's unclear how
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serious he was or if he was joking with the
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audience and everyone, remember, if you're struggling, you're not alone.
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Help is available, call her text the Suicide and Crisis
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Lifeline at nine to eight eight anytime, day or night
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come and shared with Men's Journal called the night a
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roller coaster. One audience member said THEO had to pause
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the show to ask for the punchlines several times. Another
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audience member said he seemed unrehearsed and disorganized, repeating bits
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multiple times, clearly trying to get it right for the camera.
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This killed the vibe in the theater. Another said it
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took THEO six times to get through one anecdote and
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that THEO appeared exhausted and anxious. Hope everything is okay there.
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David Letterman was on the Barbara Gains Show. That is
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the uh deliberately simply produced YouTube thing that Dave will
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pop on. He called Jimmy Kimmel's first monologue word perfect,
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describing it as funny, powerful, and moving. Letterman then turned
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his attention to President Donald Trump, who had called David
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Letterman overrated and a loser. Dave had this to say.
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But boy, the cowardice that is on display now and here, now,
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this is just my thought. Do you want to hear
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any of I do? And I can't verify this. This
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is just how I feel. This is just what it
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looks like to me. People seem to be stunned when
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things like this happen, and I am so tired of
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people being stunned by things like this, because we have
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a pretty good history of being stunned by this guy.
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And the reason he continues to behave this way not
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because he wants to stun us, but because he's a dictator,
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and dictators do things like this. I think the question
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we need to ask ourselves now is what exactly are
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we going to do about this.
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Nimesh Patel pulled out of the Riodd Comedy Festival. He
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posted this on social media. I've got some comments on
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the back end.
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Hey, it's me Nimesh Patel. Asalamlekam.
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No.
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I am not attending the read Comedy Festival I was
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stated to attend. I initially had accepted the offer, but
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I canceled last week after having a change of heart.
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I was going to cancel quietly, but then the event
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went viral in the last two days and now I
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feel like people are tagging me. I have to explain
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myself at least a little bit. No, I'm not attending.
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I just figured you know what, I'll just do forty
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shows that I had not planned on doing here in
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the perfectly clean moral above everyone else, United States of America.
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I'm tired just thinking about it to make up for
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the lost bag. So that's what I'll do. I'm gonna
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do forty shows that I had not planned on doing
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that I haven't even been launched yet that we're now
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trying to figure out between now and the end of
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the year to make up for the lost bag before
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my theater tour kicks off. So if you want to
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hear my rationale, come out to those shows whenever they are,
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or come out to the theater tour in joke for them.
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I'll explain why I decided not to go because this
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clip was not at all sincerity is so stupid. Man,
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I gotta go prep for this checking in comedy festival
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that I'm doing, all right. I enjoy the rest of
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your doves, all right. I hope to see you. I'm
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not going. Sorry to the people of Saudi. I very
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much would have appreciated performing for you, guys. I know
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you're all good people over there, and I know I
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have some fans over there, and hopefully you remain fans
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and hopefully you understand, all right, deuces.
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Mister Prittel, that's a bad look. You're just I get it.
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You want to get paid, then get paid. Don't don't
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killed us that you got to do forty shows now
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not a good look at all. By Nimesh Patel Otsco
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at Conska revealed that she turned down the Riodd Comedy
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Festival and shared the details of the offer. She went
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on social media and posted a screenshot of the offer
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she allegedly received her perform at the Riodd Comedy Festival.
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In her post, Otsgo noted that the booking came with
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censorship rules. She wrote, the money's coming straight from the
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Crown Prince who actively executes journalists, people with non lethal
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drug offenses, bloggers, et cetera, without due process. A lot
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of the you can't say anything anymore. Comedians are doing
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the festival. They had to appear to do censorship rules
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about the types of jokes they can make. Otsgo shared
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a screenshot of content restrictions from the alleged offer. The
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document she shared reads artists shall not prepare or perform
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any material that may be considered to degrade to fame
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or bring into public distribute contempt, scandal, embarrassment, or ridicule
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A the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including its leadership, public figures,
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culture or people. B the Saudi Royal family, legal system,
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or government, and see any religious religious tradition, religious figure,
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or religious practice. Man, can you imagine a leader of
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a country trying to stop comedians from making fun of
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its leadership or public figures or certain people. Can't imagine
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that happening, And I mean I live in the United
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States America. That would never happen here. Tonight at the
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Rio Comedy Festival, Ali Sadik brings whip smart storytelling. Expect
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observational riffs, CrowdWork, and slow burning stories that land. Big
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Pete Davidson was on Theo's podcast last week and he
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called out the Internet for turning on Pedro Pascal. Pete
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said two years ago, he's a hard working, great actor.
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Everyone was like, he's worked so hard and has been
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a struggling actor. He blows up. I'm paraphrasing as Pete
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used several f words in this. Pedro blows up so
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bleeping hard. Everyone's like, daddy, daddy, Yeah, daddy daddy. Then
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a year later he's in everything now because he's hot
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and big and everyone's like, go the f away, dude.
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You got to give someone that time to adjust to
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a new level of fame. He's been banging at it
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for thirty years and now he's learning how to go
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get a cup of coffee, or like deal with someone
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that taps you on the shoulder while you have your
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earbuds in and freaks you out. You got to give
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that guy a second adjust It's like we build everybody up.
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It's like so fast, turn on the celebrity. The turn
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is crazy. Pete then suggested that the social media is
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going to do it with Walton Goggins next. It's like
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within months. Walton Goggins saw this and responded on Instagram.
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Walton Goggins writes, I saw this article and had to respond.
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Pete was talking about his own experience. Pete, we don't
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know each other, but I appreciate the heads up. We're
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ground one thing. Pedro Pascal isn't a good man. He's
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a great man, a dear friend of mine. As a
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fifty three year old, I'm acutely aware that every experience
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has a shelf life. I appreciate so many of you
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going on this journey with me. I imagine that a lot
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of you, and I don't blame you, are tired of
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hearing my homilies. Trust me, I'm tired of saying them.
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Have a few things coming out that I have an
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obligation to talk about, not for me, mind you, but
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to honor all those that work so hard to bring
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these stories to fruition. So if you see something with
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my name on it, I encourage you not to click
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on it unless you want to, and if you do,
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I appreciate the sport. See to me, being included in
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this headline isn't a curse, It's a blessing. How lucky
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am I that this is even a possibility. I've had
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the good fortune of engaging in so many interesting conversations
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with so many of you, of collaborating with so many
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top shelf people across so many disciplines over the last
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couple of years, Way more than a poor kid from
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Georgia would ever have the audacity to imagine. I wouldn't
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take one back. So if saying yes in life more
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than saying no is a crime, then I'm guilty as charged.
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Walton Goggins had added, if this headline is a possibility
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or an inevitability. If this is my fate, well f it.
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I'm going to enjoy the all caps F out of it.
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Heather McMahon, What are you doing?
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So?
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Heather McMahon was hosting like PGA coverage over the weekend.
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She stepped away from Sunday's coverage and apologized to golfer
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Rory McElroy for a vulgar chant. The PGAA of America
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put out a statement which reads, Heather has extended an
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apology to Rory McElroy and Writer Cup Europe and a
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step down from hosting the first t of the Writer Cup.
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You see, Heather McMahon was captured on social media starting
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an F you Rory chant into a megaphone at the
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first t of the event. She was trying to get
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the US crowd amped up. What are you doing? That's
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just stupid. You're there, you're hosting the coverage and you're
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going to start an F you chant? What is wrong
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with you? My dog is here. I got to tell
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people about what's happening on late night TV. We can't
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go out right now. We've been out three times in
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the last hour. You got to chilax Conan O'Brien was
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on Stephen Colbert last night. I got to tell people
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about this doggie. Now, what am I supposed to do?
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Are you gonna make me hit Paul this? But what
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about Codon O'Brien on Stephen Colbert. Can't this way two minutes?
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All right? I guess we'll be right back. I'm laughing.
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I did pause that. I'm looking at the wave that
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I can see these big giant spikes in the audio
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where worry. Oh the dog did need to go out,
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by the way, I'll leave it at that. Conan O'Brien
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was on with Colbert last night. Now, that's an interesting
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twist in the Late Night Wars and I'll cover that tomorrow.
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I got to relax at the bonus episodes. I mean,
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I don't want you guys to be like another episode.
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So back to normal schedules here. But that's interesting in
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the Late Night Wars because Jimmy Kimmel is in Brooklyn
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this week. Now on Tuesday night, Colbert and Kimmel are
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going on each other shows. Kimmel and Colbert will take
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in Brooklyn. Then they're going to head to the ed
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Sellivan Theater for Colbert's taping. So is Kimmel recording like
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in the middle of the afternoon. That's interesting, right, because
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Colbert probably tapes at five thirty, so we actually have
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to record the show. He got to commute from Brooklyn
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to Midtown Manhattan, no easy thing at rush hour. I
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also am curious how that affects Colbert's prep right, because
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you know, normally he'd be around right before the taping,
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but he's going to head to Brooklyn, so he's got
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to start his day earlier. But then he has to
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change his mindset for two three hours and then get
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back into hosting mode. That that's just interesting. As somebody
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who's been in the media for thirty years. There is
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something to be said for the mindset earthquake specialist that
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out on Netflix today. It is called Joke Telling Business.
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He had a previous Dave Chappelle produced special back in
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twenty twenty two. By the way, I've been googling, like
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Bill bur Riod, Dave Chappelle Riod, no news coming out
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of there, earthquake tells youatl dot com. There wouldn't be
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no earthquake if it wasn't for Atlanta. Landa is where
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I learned to tell a joke. I'm still eating off
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the lesson of the blessings I received one there in
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ninety one. I went to Atlanta because CNN said this
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was the best place to come if you were an
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African American looking for a good job to prosper. I
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had never been to Atlanta. I just went off that
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recommendation and stepped out on stage one day and kept going.
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And I haven't gotten off since. He was initially frustrated
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when one of the premier Atlanta venues for black comics
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wouldn't let him perform. Mom suggested he open his own
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comedy club. She said, you know when I told you
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when you were little, if somebody don't let you rather bike,
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go get your own bike. I told her I couldn't
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have my own comedy club, and she said why not?
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So that's what I did. He opened Uptown Comedy Corner
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and Bucket in nineteen ninety two. Mister Quake is currently
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developing a half hour sitcom based on his life for Fox.
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And I've been telling you about the legion of cool comedians.
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You know, these are comedians doing really cool things like
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Jim Gaffikins selling bourbon or Tom Papa's bread products, or
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even Sebastian Maniscalco hockeying pizza ovens when he's not at
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the Riog Comedy Festival. Anyway, ben Stiller has gotten into
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low calorie SODA's that's right, it's Stiller's soda. How cool
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is that? Does he make a cola? Because you could
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take some Jim gaffickin bourbon, maybe put a little colon