May 30, 2026

Kevin Hart Reconciles With Katt Williams, Marlon Wayans won't be at Chappelle, Josh Johnson on Breaking the Comedy Special Format

Show Notes
Transcript

Johnny Mac covers Kevin Hart saying on The Breakfast Club that he and Katt Williams privately reconciled about eight months ago, want to move past old issues, and discussed collaboration; Hart invited Williams to participate in a roast and emphasized keeping their conversations private. Josh Johnson tells Extra his HBO Max special “Josh Johnson: Symphony” aimed to sidestep standard special formats with strong support and minimal rehearsal, and he draws jokes from mundane, shared experiences. Marlon Wayans explains to Variety how he stays friends with Dave Chappelle while supporting his trans son Kai, rejecting hate and defending comedic intent. Patton Oswalt shares comedians and artists he watches with his daughter, including Mitch Hedberg, Maria Bamford, Richard Pryor, and Weird Al. Amy Schumer posts boating vacation photos and notes losing over 50 pounds. Pete Holmes discusses material creation and how “clean” comedy can still be harmful. Radar Online reports Bill Cosby cut his NYC townhouse price amid a $59M judgment.

00:12 Kevin Hart and Katt Williams
02:16 Josh Johnson New Special
03:37 Marlon Wayans on Chappelle
04:38 Patton Oswalt Dad Watches
05:13 Amy Schumer Vacation Update
05:36 Pete Holmes on Clean Comedy
07:04 Bill Cosby Money Troubles

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Callaroga Shark Media.

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Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with your daily comedy news.

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All right, Kevin Hart, what's the deal with you and

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Kat Williams? Kevin Hart was on the Breakfast Club and

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dropped a lot of fbombs. So Johnny Mack has made

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some edits for language.

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No, man, Cat have been we've we've reconciled.

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How long prior?

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No, probably like maybe eight months ago? What bought? Maybe?

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How did that happen? Because everybody knows the infamous club

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station if you plus you've been taking a shot at

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you for years?

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Right? What happened?

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Kat and I had a conversation, conversation, a private conversation

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between me and Kat. But the baseline was like, we're older.

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This is years and years and years of there's no

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reason why we shouldn't like figure out a world of

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compromise where we can get along and we can give

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the fan base something different with us, something that's unexpected,

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and figure out a way to work together, right, figure

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out a way to frame the comedy minds that we

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both have and put them at the table. Cat thought

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it was time to do it, as did I. Shook hands.

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Great conversation, great dialogue, The first thing that came up,

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of course, was the rose. When the opportunity for the

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ross came up, reached out the cat. It'd be dope

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if you did it, Kat said. We just got in

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a good space. keV. If I do it, I'm gonna

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do it. I said, have ad it. Cat had ad it.

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And our conversations are private. Like. That's another thing too, man.

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I'm not big runningto the microphone and telling personal business

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the an adult, Go call the person, go call whatever, whomever.

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Have a conversation. After that conversation has had, that's your

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all business. I think Kat's business is ours. We are

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in a good spot, thankfully, finally, and it's a good

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feeling when you can say like you've put the problems

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of old behind you right once again. Forty six I

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mean fifty soon. That's half your life, man.

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Josh Johnson talked with the Extra instead of his recent special.

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I think for this one, my overall concept and the

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way that all came together feels very different. It's something

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that's never happened before. For the level of support that

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I have in the amount of time twenty six seconds

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that we have to come up with something really unique.

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I mean, I can't say enough, like the straight up

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support has been very special, very thankful. What does it

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take to do, especially, says I mean, at first you

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have to have an hour's worth of things to say

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that would help. And then in this case, I worked

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on the concept with the director for the special for

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a while and wanted to make sure I was doing

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something that really felt like sidestepping a standard format and everything,

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and so we didn't get to rehearse it. Like it's

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kind of a miracle that it all came together. I

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feel very strongly that the future of the form is

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breaking free from a standard model, and I think we

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did that with this, and I look forward to doing

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it in the future. How does it come up jokes?

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I just don't do anything else. I think it's mostly

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just the things I find interesting were the things I

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think that other people might skip through the day, Like

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I'm fascinated by things that are mundane and pretty boring,

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which has been good for the most part. It's been

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good for that fodder because it's all something we share

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and there's sort of a universal aspect there and you

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can pull from it endlessly because we all engage with

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some of the stuff differently. For example, I don't know

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when's the last time you took the bus, but the

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bus now versus the bus before the war's very different.

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Like initially when you were taking the bus before the

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war and Iran, you were just taking the bus, and

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now you're taking the bus with people who know they

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have a car but can't afford gas right now, so

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it's a much angrier bus. Josh Johnson Symphony is on HBO.

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Max Marlon Wayne's explain how he's able to remain friends

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with Dave Chappelle while also supporting Marlin's trans Son Kai

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Way instead of Chappelle. Dave's intention isn't to punch down

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Wayne's sold variety. I wouldn't hang with Dave if he

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was full of eight I don't hang with people like that.

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I know Dave's heart, and his intention is not to

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punch down. Dave wants to freely tell his jokes, and

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if you're gonna be anti comedy, then he's going to

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keep attacking you, so you learn to have a sense

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of humor. He's just standing there and defending his front

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line as a comedian. As a comedian, I respect his journey,

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and as a friend, I respect his journey and for

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my child. I respect their journey, and as the father

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of my child, I could appropriate my feelings toward my

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friend and my feelings toward my child, and how we

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could put those two things together and I can explain

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both sides on between them, so I can explain both

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sides to each other. All my kids are gifts and

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our love is the wrapping paper. I'm not here for hate.

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Transphobia is a form of hate. Homophobia is a form

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of hate. Racism is a form of hate. Although small hearted,

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simple minded people, there's a hell for you. And if

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you think you're going to bully my child, go somewhere else.

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It's not gonna happen. I won't stand for it. Star

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Trek ruiner Patton Oswalts shared with Variety what Patton Oswalt

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watches with his daughter. He did not mention Star Trek,

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which he helped to ruin. Some of the things they

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watch includes stand up comedy. Star Trek grown her. Patent

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Oswalt said there's certain comedians like Mitch Hedberg and Ria Bamford.

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I'll show her bits of online this summer. I'm going

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to watch the original Richard Pryor live in concert with

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her just to show how a true master the form

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a person staying with just a microphone can create words

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in your head. Patton said, I'm gonna take her to

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see weird Al this year. His daughter was friends with

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weird Al's daughter, who has now graduated college, but they

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first got together when they were little. That's nice. Amy

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Schumer likes when we talk about her. She of course,

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shared some photos of her boating vacation on Instagram. The

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photos were captioned travel. Amy shared twenty pictures showing Amy

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Schumer jet skiing, paddleboarding, and soaking up the sun on

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a yacht. Amy Schumer wore a red sweatsuit and black

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life vest and is sharing her weight loss journey of

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over fifty pounds. Upworthy caught up with Pete Holmes. Some

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people thought Pete Holmes is a little edgier than he

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used to be. Up Worthy was like, so you feel

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like it's not you're making a choice to be edgier,

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You're just doing you. Pete said, oh, yeah, that's how

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material shows up too. I always liking to it if you

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ever got an Amazon package on your doorstep and you

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don't even remember what it is. That happens every day

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in my house. That's how the material shows up. I'm

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not trying to be a flashy artist like, oh, I'm

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just the vessel. I'm just saying I'm living my life

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and certain things come up right down. I perform them,

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people like them, and then you have about an hour

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and ten minutes of that and you have a show.

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As for clean comedy, the line has moved. Pete Holmes said,

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I think it's very possible that someone does what's considered

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clean comedy, meaning they're not talking about their penis or

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sex or about drugs, and they're not swearing, they're not

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saying the seven words, right, and that comedy can be toxic,

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it can be ugly, it can be encouraging really backwards

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thinking and harmful ideologies. Right by the way, I'll defend

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someone's right to be able to do that. I'm just

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saying what I see sometimes, and I think it's quite

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possible to talk about drugs and your penis and the

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existence of sex and say all the seven words and

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do a joke that's really beautiful. In fact, I think

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that's part of the message. I'm not ashamed. I don't

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choose my thoughts, I don't choose my feelings. I'm here

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to report on them and laugh at them and thereby

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take away some of their power. Now, did I say

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F Yes, But if that's your line in the sand,

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whether or not, a comic says, f that's fine. That

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was me for the first twenty eight years of my life.

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It's not my line anymore. And I'm happy to say

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there are lots and lots of people that are nuanced,

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that are lovely, compassionate, generous, interesting, interested people that aren't

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turned off by the full human experience. By the way,

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I love clean comedy too. It's just like, I don't

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think clean necessary. That early means it's going to be

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mean or ugly or somehow harmful. I don't think ugly

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means you swear. Radar Online says Bill Cosby is so

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desperate for money. How desperate is he? Bill Cosby's so

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desperate for money that to pay off a massive civil

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judgment granted to one of his victims, he has slashed

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the price on his New York City townhouse by more

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than seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars to track buyers

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as quickly as possible. A source tells Radar he's desperate

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to raise money and clearly willing to do just about

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anything necessary to do. So, you should volunteer for a roast.

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Can you imagine, boy? That would be amazing? Sourza said,

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is once estimated four hundred million dollar fortune had shrunk

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to an estimated one hundred and twenty eight million dollars.

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In March, at California court ordered Bill Cosby to pay

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fifty nine million dollars to a former waitress who a

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LA jury determined he'd attacked in nineteen seventy two. The

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townhouse originally went on the market for a price tag

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of six point nine to nine million dollars. It's now

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at five point nine nine million dollars. Someday Bill Cosby

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will pass away and I will tell a story on

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this very program. The Toronto Guardian does a wonderful series

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called Tragedy plus Time when they talk to local comedians,

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one of them Shanil Patel. We are told Shanil Blend's

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sign Feldian observations with Larry David level of frustration, balancing clean,

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clever premises with the occasional unhinged detour. Mittel says, I

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mostly joke about my marriage and securities, frustrations and brownness.

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People tell me my delivery is smug and lethargic, but

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apparently not in a bad way. Favorite comedian growing up,

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Rowan Atkinson is mister Bean. You don't see that answer

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a lot. Favorite comedian right now Nate Berganzi Josh Johnson

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impresses me the most pre show ritual pacing while trying

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to remember my joke. Order. Favorite bit you've written, Bettel says,

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I've been working out a bit about learning French that

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I'm proud of because it's clean. My other favorite new

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bit is one called Grandpa's penis Mold, which is less clean.

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