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Callaroga Shark Media.
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Hi, I don't mind me. I'm just scrolling down. I
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lost the file. Why don't you do it again? John?
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Because that's not fun. Hi. I'm Johnny Mack with your
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daily comedy news. I still didn't find story number one. Here?
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Can you tell? It's the weekend in the summer. Here
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we go. Jay Leno, you know that guy, that horrible guy.
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Some people think he's the worst person who ever lived.
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He hosted the Tonight Show for what twenty two years
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and got ratings and beat out David Letterman, and then
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Conan O'Brien couldn't hack it and they had to bring
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Jay Leno back, and then Jay Letto thinks he knows
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something about late night television and commented on it. He
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was a guest on the Mark Summer's Unwraps podcast, the
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topic Hulk Hogan. What do you think he was going
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to talk about? Now? The wrestling fans is gonna be like,
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oh hey, Jay Leto, he's the worst. So I've erased
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this from my brain. Back in nineteen ninety eight, Hulk
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Hogan and the WCW, remember that was the other Wrestling
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League Circuit Championship whatever. Hulk Hogan and WCW president Eric
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Bischoff appeared as guests on the tonight show. The appearance
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turned into a hostile takeover, as Hogan and Bischoff shoved
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Jay Leno's bandleader, ran down jay Leno, and brought out
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other members of the nWo to hijack the program. You
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know what, this probably appeals to a lot of people,
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the idea of Jay Leno being chased and then jostled
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by wrestlers. People would probably like that these days, because
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he had the audacity to comment on late night television
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as if he would know anything about it. So then
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there was the WCW Road Wild pay perview in August
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of nineteen ninety eight. I was getting married that month.
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That's why I don't remember this at all. I was
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busy for that event. Jay Leno teamed with Diamond Dallas
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Page to face the team of Hollywoodhulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff.
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Jay said to this day, people go, man, look, Jay,
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I know wrestling is fake, but I could tell man,
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you were ticked. I go, no, I wasn't. I could tell.
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Now you can't. Don't you understand it's not real? When
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he threw him down, you were mad, I go, No,
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wasn't mad acting While we're talking about a Hulk Cogan.
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Mister Summers told a story that Hogan's deal anytime he
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did a personal appearance, he had to have a yellow
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Rolls Royce. One time, they're going to the airport in
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the yellow rolls Rooye and Hulk. Cogan said, I hate
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being recognized. Slummers said Hogan was also wearing his signature
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bandana at the time. Roywood Junior was at the Edinburgh
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TV Festival. He's excited about what might happen for Stephen
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Colbert after CBS. Roy said when he's running rampant on
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YouTube like Don Lemon, that'll create a bigger issue for
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this administration in twenty twenty six if he builds an audience.
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If the Trump administration were smart, then leave us alone.
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Let us tell our jokes. God bless whatever Stephen Colbert
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does next with no network pressure to give him notes.
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The Hollywood Reporter asked John Oliver, when was the last
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time a Last Week Tonight's segment made you genuinely anxious?
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Oliver said it there's always a lotw life anxiety with
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every story. I'd argue a healthy level of anxiety, and
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it's only about whether people are going to be willing
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to listen to us talk about something because it's so
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superficially dry or contentious that you're not sure if it's
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something people want to hear, and then you're practicing force feeding.
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But that's part of the joy of having this show,
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the ability to show people things they might not necessarily
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think on their face they want to see. Just a
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few weeks ago, we did a long piece on juvenile justice,
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and that's the kind of story where we think, I'm
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not sure people want to hear this, but I think
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that's the absolute point of having a show like this.
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The hollod reporter asked Oliver if they got any corporate
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interference over the years. This interview was a few weeks ago,
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so I guess theoretically he could have gotten some interference
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this morning, But as of a few weeks ago, John
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Oliver said, we've not experienced interference, and I refuse to
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worry about something that hasn't happened yet. My tolerance level
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would be zero. This would be over real quick. John said,
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I try to pay as little attention to what's happening
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outside of our show as possible. Because it feels like
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wasted energy. The moment it intrudes on our show, I'll
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react very badly to it, but it hasn't. So yeah,
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I try not to angry about things that aren't happening
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to us. Lariday asked Jeff Ross does it require a
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different kind of stamina to perform eight shows a week
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as New Broadway show compared to touring as a comedian,
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and Jeff said, I don't know yet. Billy Crystal told
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me I'll be a new kind of tired, but I
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enjoy waking up in my own bed as opposed to
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adding the JFK or Newark Airport normally is a comic.
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It'd be Friday in New York, Saturday in Detroit, Sunday
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in Cleveland or whatever. So there's a real charm to
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the idea that I'm home and I can have dinner
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and walk my dog by ten thirty. Good question here,
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what's it like to be vulnerable on stage when people
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will know you for roasts? Jeff Ross said that board's
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generally terrifying because as a comedian you want to have
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some swagger. You don't want to let them see you sweat.
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I had to drop that on top of it, I
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had all these stories about my mom and dad were
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in rehearsals and the tech people were like, all right,
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let's take it back to the beat where your mom dies.
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And I'm like, that's just a cue and someone cheat.
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But for me, it's a very vivid memory. I have
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to go. He didn't mean it that way. He just
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wants to get the lighting rate. Another good question. Are
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people surprised to find out you have a serious side?
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Jeff Ross said, I walked through the airport and people
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go roast me. People treat it like it's a porty trick.
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But there's a person in there. If I does that
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meat all the time, I doubt any friends and survive.
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In show business, spoilers, Okay, I'm gonna spoil something. Everybody
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leaves the theater with a banana. The other reporter was curious,
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what's the banana budget. Jeff Ros said, it's significant. It's
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in the thousands per week. Bananas aren't cheap with the tariffs,
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it's a whole thing. Someone has to pass them out.
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Check them for fentanel. Now I'm kidding, but it was
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a big discussion. I pushed really hard. Tinnidou Unaka caught
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up with The La Times about his special on Kevin
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Hart's Thing There on Hulu, and I thought the special
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was really good. Trinitdou said, shout out to Kevin for
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even putting vehicles like this out there, because he doesn't
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have to, and it's not the first time he's done
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something like this before. I worked with him when he
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was booking comedians for his LA Network to go tape
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for just for laughs. His people reached out to my
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people like, we love tinnitdoo do this for us. They
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paid us, they put us up, they flew us out.
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So to work with him again on something similar but
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on a bigger scale was definitely like a dream come true,
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especially respect to Kevin as an artist, but then also
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to his work ethic and how he goes about business.
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And now he's just very forthcoming and helping the younger
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generation get eyes on them. Seeing how much attention to
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detail they took to it versus it being a rush job,
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it felt dope, just the way it looked. All those
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Kevin Art specials then on the Hulu series, those all
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look great, They filled the room. Everything about it felt
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actually special. So to have an opportunity to be one
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of the comedians selected was incredible and I'm happy that
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I was ready for it. And then it went well.
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We basically had one shot to tape it two. I
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think I got it right. Bowhen Yang talked about his
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JD Vance impression. He said, I was pretty resistant at first.
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After a few more conversations, I acquiesced and then I
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went about it in the most child of immigrants way,
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where I hired a dialect coach and I requested a
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screen test where I tried out different contact lenses because
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I felt like so much of JD Vance's sort of
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visual eeriness was in his eyes and I was like,
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we have to get that down. And then we tried
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facial hair options and I took it as a serious charge,
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which may or may not have been the right way
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to go about it, but it's been an interesting journey.
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Hassan Minhaj is a spokesperson for Share the Meal, a
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program founded under the UN World Food Program that aims
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to make fighting hunger accessible. A video circulating on Instagram
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shows Hassan Minhaj calling for it increased aid in Sedan.
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He describes how conflict within the country has resulted in
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the world's largest hunger crisis, and then asked for the
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viewer support through donations to share the meal. Michael Palin
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revealed that he's made some end of life arrangements. He says,
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I do think about death, and the family are rather
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wonderful about it. Have you made a will? Can I
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be in your will? I've made my will in all
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that my family and my children know where to find
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what they need should I die. He's even given all
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his passwords to his three children in case I get
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run over by a bus. However a fit you are,
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anything might happen. But I don't dwell on mortality. It's
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well on life. Eric Idol told the PA news agency
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that his wife is worried what would happen to Eric
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Idol's image once he dies. He told PA, I think
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it's a very interesting point. We ought to have protected
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ourselves by copyriting our images. I know my wife's very
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concerned about that. She's going to coprate my image. I
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won't be there, so I don't really give a hoot.
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He talked about AI and said it's actually not bad
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at copying work, but it can only copy and not create.
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He said, I was with Professor Brian Cox the other
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night he asked it to write a Python sketch and
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it was crap, completely unfunny. It mentioned a few things
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which obviously picked up from Python, but it couldn't put
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them together in a new and funny manner. And I
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think that's the weakness with AI. I don't think it
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makes much difference with a lot of American TV because
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that's just churned out. I think it can't be Robin Williams.
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I think it can't be Billy Connolly. I don't think
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it can be Spike Milligan. Cult following uncovered Jim Carrey's
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cover of The Beatles. I am the Walrus. I was curious.
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I clicked on it. I didn't think it was that good,
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but one fan said, Wow, he is good. You can
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tell he put a lot of work into that and
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want to do it right. Another said, holy, s he
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sings rather well. A third Wow, mind blown and apparently
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insane person said I can't listen to the Beatles version
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anymore because I enjoy Jim Carrey's version much more. The
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Stockton Latin Comedy Festival takes place today at the Adventist
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Health Arena. The Unite includes performances by more than twenty
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top comedians, including Carlos Mencia, Joey Medina and the event
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is was scheduled to honor Paul Rodriguez with the Lifetime
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Achievement Award. Now, Paul's been in the news lately. It's
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unclear to me if the award is still happening or not.
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And I hope Paul is okay. The Toronto Guardian was
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profiling some comedians, one of them Toronto comedian Ben Albert,
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who got to start in comedy by driving eight hours
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to perform at Yuck Yucks in Ottawa. All right, Ben Albert,
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and how do you describe your comedy style and why
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am I coming at you with such an aggressive tone?
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Ben said, my comedy style would probably be described as
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a storytelling type. Being from northern Ontario, it's crucial you
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know how to tell a good story. There's nothing else
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to do. AI Ow, who's your favorite comedian? Growing up?
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He said? I was always a big fan of Kevin
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Hart and Jamie Fox. I liked how they would tell
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a good story while using their whole body as an
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expressive tool. Oh yeah, well, who's your favorite comedian now?
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Ben Albert said, I'm a big fan of Shane Gillis
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and Luisi K. What's your pre show ritual? I text
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my buddy and call him a loser so I feel
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more confident. Hey, that is your comedy needs for today.
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If you would like the program without commercial interruption, you
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go to apple PADCA. You click the banner. It says
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uninterrupted listening. It'll tell you what to do. See you
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tomorrow