Nov. 5, 2024

Jerry Seinfeld criticizes school for off day after Election Day

Show Notes
Transcript

Johnny Mac urges listeners to vote and discusses Jerry Seinfeld's criticism of his children's former private school for allowing a day off due to election stress. John Oliver shares his emotional take on the importance of voting, while a viral clip of Ricky Gervais mocks celebrity political endorsements. The episode also gives a preview of upcoming comedy shows and specials, including Jon Stewart's live election night special and Tony Rock's new comedy release 'Rock the World'. Additionally, highlights from interviews with Seth Meyers and Jimmy Kimmel are shared, focusing on their election-related content.

00:18 Jerry Seinfeld Criticizes Private School
01:32 John Oliver's Emotional Plea
02:04 Ricky Gervais' Viral Clip
02:34 Upcoming Episodes and Election Coverage
03:43 Late Night Hosts on Election Night
04:32 Seth Meyers on Election Tension
06:03 Johnny Carson
06:43 Tony Rock's New Special
07:44 Plano Comedy Festival
08:19 Conclusion and Final Voting Reminder

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Caalaroga Shark Media.

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If you have not voted yet, hit pause and go vote.

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Why are you listening to a dumb comedy podcast. Hi,

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I'm Johnny Mack with your daily company news. Go vote,

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It's super important. Jerry Seinfeld has blasted his children's former

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private school, why because they said they would allow emotionally

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distressed kids to take the day after the election off.

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According to The Daily Mail, children attending the Ethical Culture

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Fieldston School, which costs sixty five, five hundred and forty

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dollars a year in fees, children will be allowed to

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excuse themselves from classes. Further report, an email titled Election

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Day Support, the principal said it acknowledges that this may

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be a high stakes and emotional time for children. The email,

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seen by The New York Times adds, no matter the

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election outcome, the school will create space to students with

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the sport they may need. Jerry spoke to The New

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York Times and said decisions like that irritated his family

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and forced them to transfer his son out. He said,

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this is why the kids hated it. What kind of

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lies if these people live that makes them think this

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is the right way to handle young people? To courage

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them the buckle. This is the lesson they're providing front

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golly sums of money. Absences will be allowed on Wednesday

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or whenever the full election results are announced. Kids, you

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might be out of school for two months. Please vote,

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Vote for somebody. Please vote. John Oliver got emotional during

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last week. Tonight, Oliver said elections alone aren't efficient for

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large scale change, but they're absolutely necessary for it to

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ever happen, because it's the day you essentially get to

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choose who you'd prefer to be pushing for the next

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four years and where you'll be pushing them from. Oliver

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got teary eyed and said, look, I love this country.

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I'm an immigrant, I chose to be here. In the

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words of the late great Lee Greenwood, I'm proud to

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be an American, and I'd argue there's nothing more American

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than having a healthy adversarial relationship with those in power,

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even if you voted for them. A clip of Ricky

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Gervas went viral. Jervas posted this back when I swapped

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out Biden for Harris. Here's Ricky, Hi, guys, Ricky g

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here wellness and beauty influencer.

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As a celebrity, I know all about stuff like science

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and politics, so trust me when I tell you who

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you should vote for. If you don't vote the right way,

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it's like a hate crime. And that makes me sad

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and angry and I'll leave the country, and you don't

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want that.

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Looking at to tomorrow, I don't know what time of

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day the episode's coming out right now. I have nothing

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for tomorrow. I kind of want to react to whatever

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happens tonight. So if the comedians are out saying stuff,

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I'll bang out an episode. You know. If we get

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late into the evening tonight, I might wait and wake

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up and record something. So if you don't have an

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episode at three am Eastern, you'll have one around eight

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am Eastern would be the backup plan. But I'm not

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sure what's going to happen yet. The Daily Show will

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be live tonight. John Stewart and his team are prepared

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for a quote no resolution outcome. Ronnie Chang, Jordan Klepper,

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Michael Costa, and Desi Leidik will join John Stewart providing

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updates and analysis on the election, as well as tips

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on surviving the post election breakdown of society. The special

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will run for an hour oh I thought you guys

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are going to go all night, Come on, go all in,

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Come on, John Stewart, go all in an hour the

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official title, as Comedy Central continues to have terrible titles.

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The Daily Show presents a live election night special with

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John Stewart, Colin in Decision twenty twenty four colon nothing

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we can do about it Now. The special simulcast on MTV,

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Paramount Network, TV Land, CMT Pop and Logo. Jimmy Kimmel

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was on with Joe Scarborough recently and said, I kind

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of have to think through what I might say the

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next day, the next bit the next day being tomorrow

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to you and I because you know you're gonna have

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to be up the next morning talking about what happened

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or what didn't happen, and what message do you want

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to send to people watch the show. Most of my

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shows aren't important. That one seems a little bit more

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important than others because I do have a lot of

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people kind of asking me what I think and going

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along with what I think, and it's a big responsibility.

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I don't feel like I'm mentally prepared for the possibility

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of a loss for Kamala Harris. I'm not ready for it.

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I have to get there when I'm ready for either

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scenario or for no scenario, which might be the case

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for several days. Who knows. None of my writers can

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figure out my take on this. I have to tell

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them what it is. As for the interview he's most

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looking forward to, he says, interviewing President Kamala Harris the

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last laugh. Asked Seth Myers, is a part of you

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like the idea of Trump as president? Don't you kind

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of want him to win because it gives you more material?

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Seth said, I can only tell you the tension left

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my body when Biden officially one was palpable, and that

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slow creep of the tension back into my bones has

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not been enjoyable, because again, this one could be worse,

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and the fact that it's so close as bad. And

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by the way I think we should be talking about him,

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it's not a crutch for me. It's the guy who

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has either had or been runner up to the most

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powerful position in the world. So I'm never like, what

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is it about him that I just can't quit? I

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know what it is, and yet I can't really stress enough.

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And again I'm assuming he's a big fan of this podcast.

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But if he went away, I wouldn't even reference him.

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He'd be retired from the show. The day decides to

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get out of this SETH said, we're not gonna go live.

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I don't think we're going to know much tonight. One

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thing we recently did, which we enjoyed a great deal,

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is a live prime time closer look about the debate.

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But we did it the next day, and for us,

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having twenty four hours to do both a closer look

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about the debate and the reaction of the debate was thrilling.

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So going live was great. Going live moments after the

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dust settles or while it's settling. That's a skill other

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shows of some in their very depth at but we

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have not historically found that we've landed that plane in

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a way that was worth it. As for who wins,

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I think the show will be fine in either way.

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I think if I spent too much time living and

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planning for two different futures, it will just take a

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lot out of me. And you know, myself and they

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had writers. We're all improvisers. We came from an improv

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background and then we learned how to write. And so

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I think what we like most is the yes ending

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to the president, and so I'm just going to stay

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on our toes and knowing that whether we're happy or sad,

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it's better to have the show than not. So it'd

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be cathartic either way to be doing a shit on

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election day and the day after and the day after

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and the day after. Michael Barry was a monologue writer

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for Carson. He told Late Night or I think if

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Johnny were working today, he would definitely dive in. I

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think it'd be offended and angered by Trump. Johnny was

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the epitome of decorum and good manners and Midwestern reticence,

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and Trump is the antithesis of that. But Johnny was

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sometimes motivated by anger. He'd see something in the paper

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that would make him angry, and he'd call him the

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writer and say, let's do something on this. Late Night

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er asked, would Johnny Carson go as far as chemic

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Colbert Myers and fallon? Barry said, all these guys are

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doing jokes, I can picture Johnny doing. He got a

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lot of mileage out of Nixon Watergate. Some people would

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just tick him off. He'd channel that into his comedy.

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Comedians work a lot based on anger, Comedy Dynamics has

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shared a trailer for Tony Rock Rock the World. It's

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out today as a video special on album Form. On

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the eighth, they share a trailer. I pulled it. I

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was ripping the audio and I was going to comment

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on how long it takes Tony Rock to even get

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to anything resembling a punchline, and I was a minute

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five seconds in and I realized, I can't play this

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on my podcast. You guys would be like, what is

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he doing? What happened to the jokes? So no trailer

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from me. It took a long time to get going.

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Tony Rock Rock the World sees Tony Rock offer a

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fresh take on post pandemic life, covering black culture, gender

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and relationships. Tony Rock told Deadline this project has been

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a monumental endeavor, crafted during countless nights of brainstorming or

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rewriting and perfecting every single bit. This isn't just a show.

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It's a milestone in my career, and I believe it's

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some of my best work yet. If the name sounds familiar,

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Tony Rock's brother is Chris Tony Rock, also famous for

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being slapped by the brother of Will Smith. The Plano

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They're back today, guys. Today's not a great day for

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news coverage and tomorrow's worse. Did the election sneak up

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on you? Why would you do this? Today? Headliners include

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More Jonasi, Don McMillan, Sarah Colonna, Mike Vickiones, Cipha Sounds,

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Paul Varghese, Linda Stagner, Kalona Spiller, Kareth Foster I worked

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with Kareth many years ago, Merlin Award winner The Magic

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of Eric Eaton, and Brad Upton, who claims to have

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the second most watched comedy special on the planet. And

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that is your comedy needs for today. Please vote, see

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you tomorrow.