April 13, 2026

Kevin Hart's ‘Funny AF’ Trailer, plus SNL May Lineup includes Will Ferrell and Paul McCartney

Kevin Hart's  ‘Funny AF’ Trailer, plus SNL May Lineup includes Will Ferrell and Paul McCartney
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Johnny Mac previews Netflix’s standup competition series “Funny AF,” hosted by Kevin Hart with Keegan-Michael Key, Tom Segura, Bethenny? (Camille) Nanjiani, Chelsea Handler, and Nikki Glaser as guest judges, premiering April 20 with live semi-final and finale May 4–5 featuring real-time viewer voting; he notes familiar NYC contestants including Leonard Ouzts and Caitlin Peluff and observes Chicago listed as a catchall city. He also highlights the Garden of Laughs event at Radio City Music Hall and shares a Steve Schirripa anecdote about acting pay cycles. Other news includes Gianmarco Soresi’s podcast moving to Vox Media’s network, Gabriel Iglesias launching the family-friendly FAST channel “Fluffy TV,” SNL’s remaining season hosts/musical guests (Olivia Rodrigo, Matt Damon/Noah Kahan, Will Ferrell/Paul McCartney), Moontower Comedy Festival badge pricing and headliners, a clipped Stephen K Amos bit from Melbourne, and an update on “Comedy Survivor.”

00:21 Kevin Hart Netflix Contest
01:10 Trailer Highlights and Format
03:19 Contestants and City Breakdown
04:47 Garden of Laughs Benefit
05:55 Gianmarco Podcast Deal
07:34 Gabriel Iglesias Fluffy TV
08:57 SNL Season Closing Lineup
10:33 Moontower Festival Badges
13:59 Melbourne Clip Stephen K Amos


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Callaroga Shark Media.

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It's Monday the thirteenth, which feels like it should be

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a thing, but Monday the thirteenth's not a thing. Johnny MACKA, Hello,

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this is your daily Comedy News, a daily briefing on

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stand up comedy comedians on the comedy industry. He said,

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it's the algorithm Loves. They put out a trailer for

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this Kevin Hart thing, Funny af This is the comedy

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competition on Netflix where they're gonna pick the next great

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stand up And let me tell you, I think this

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trailer's really good. I'm surprised. I'm surprised at myself because

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they tend to be a hater about such things. Why

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are you such a hater, Johnny Mack. Here's why. Because

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they used to have these things on NBC last Comic

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Standing and a bunch of those, and people would come

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to me and be like, hey, Johnny Mack, how come

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you're not playing so and so on the Comedy Channel?

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And I'd be like, because so and so has got

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eight seconds of good material and you saw it on

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TV last night. I get it. On this show, Kevin

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Hart is joined by Keagan Michael keat Thomp Sagora, kamil On,

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Johnny Chelsea Handler, and Nikki Glazer, and they're on the

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trailer and about to play for you. I think we

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hear We definitely hear Kamal Chelsea, and I think we

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hear Keegan. I don't think we hear Sigora and Glazer

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in this trailer, but I watched it about three hours ago,

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so maybe I'm forgetful. Anyway, this is a little long,

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but good. Let's listen. Funny a ed is the search

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for the next great stand up? To me, we have

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an opportunity to discover who the next person could be.

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The competition on Netflix for a large prize. What is

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this squid game? There's never been a comedy competition that

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actually captures the real grind of stand up. I don't

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have anything else.

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There's no backup plan.

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I swow ice cream.

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Hopefully I ain't got to do that.

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No moment. Is this person that's winning getting a Netflix special?

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Great? When were you gonna.

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Tell me that?

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Joining me or some of my friends who also happen

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to be some of the most trusted voices in comedy.

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When we go to Chicago, can I write in your

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private job?

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Okay? So let's talk offline. We figure it out. Okay.

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I used to work ed an STD center. Maybe some

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of you recognize me. Some people have that thing. Now

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you'll the honest crowd. This is the type of crowd

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in MAS Comedians drop home with no music. It's how

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you surprised us. Every race God hateable things.

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East As is very smart, but they drive their kids

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too hard.

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Right, Black people are perfect.

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Yours vote on who will win it all? I'm not

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going out without a fight, can't. I got back up.

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It will be one winner. This person is going to

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be conque of us, the next household name.

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This is an opportunity will you be ready for?

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When you started talking, I was like, I don't think

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Kevin knows what he's gonna say it, but that was

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very inspiring. I mean I've read things inspiring.

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Well, I've actually thought about this well.

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Like, do you know it's my show? Kevin Art joined

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by Keith and Michael Key, Tom Sigour, Camilan and Johnny,

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Chelsea Handler and Nikki Glazer. They will be special guest judges.

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The series premiere is April twentyeth. New episodes released over

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the course of three weeks. The semi final and finale

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live on Netflix at nine Eastern May fourth and fifth.

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Viewers around the world will be able to vote in

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real time during the live shows for their favorite standup comedian,

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and the winner will be announced live on the fifth,

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which means Johnny Mexican have to work nighttime and he

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doesn't like that. There are a lot of contestants here.

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Let's see, you're not going to know these names. I'm

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not going to read off fifty names. But out of

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New York City, you've got a guy from Queen's, two

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guys from Queens. Wait, Leonard Ootz is on this thing.

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Leonard's been around for twenty years. Leonard's really good. But

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this is Oh wait, Kaitln wait, hold on, I got

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to back up. I gotta read this. I was scrolling

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down at names that I didn't recognize. But Kaitlin Palufo

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has been around, Leonard Ootz has been around for twenty

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years at least, and Asama Sadik out of Brooklyn has

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been around. There's some of your New York contestants. Now,

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my New York snobbery is coming out because the Queen's

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people are like, we're from Queens. The Brooklyn people who

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are saying we're from Brooklyn, and some people are saying

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I'm from New York City, New York, which means you're

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not a real New Yorker, you're a transplant living in Manhattan.

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Because Leonard Oitz says he's from Horrlem, New York. Now,

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if you don't know the geography, he could have just

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said I'm from New York, New York or Manhattan as well,

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but he said Hornlem, which is very specific and tells

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me something about Leonard Dowitz, who I'm going to root

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for it because I find him really funny. We have

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LA contestants. Let me see here if I recognize any names. Nope, Chicago.

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And what's interesting is under the Chicago contestants we seem

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to have leftover. See, all the New York people are

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from New York or New Jersey in the New York suburbs.

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The LA people are all from LA. And then there's

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the Chicago contestants, which include people from Brooklyn, New York,

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and Atlanta, Georgia and Austin, Texas. And so it seems

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like Chicago is the cash hall, which is weird because

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Chicago is a great comedy city. In New York City, Tonight,

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it's the Gordon of Dreams at Radio City Music Hall.

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Headliners include John Oliver, the New York Times favorite political commentator,

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Andrew Schultz. Also Ronnie Chang is Zarn't a garg back

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from the Ria Commed Festival, Josh Johnson, and Eliza Slessinger.

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Steve sharipa friend of mine, worked with him, been in

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his car. He is the event's host. Love Steve Chris

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has been encouraging me to tell more stories. All right,

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So here we are. We're in Las Vegas. We're out there.

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We're doing the Wise Guys Show. I don't remember why

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I wind up in Steve Shirippa's car. I don't know

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if he's driving me back to the hotel or we

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had to go to his whatever he's driving and I'm

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riding shotgun and I will never forget this. And I

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have told this to people over the years. Steve, I

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hope I'm not telling a story out of school here,

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but it's been twenty years. You'll be okay, and Steve

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goes Johnny. People think I'm rich, and don't get me wrong.

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When we do the show, meaning the Sopranos, I'm paid

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really well. Then we make ten of them, and then

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I set around for two years and I went, huh, interesting,

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good guy, really really good guy. Steve Sharipa in empress

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release said, the Garden of Dreams Foundation has impacted the

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lives of hundreds of thousands of young people in their

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families in the Tri State area of the last twenty years.

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And it's incredible events like Garden of Laughs that helped

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make that possible. Friend of the Show, Mark, Now, Jamarco,

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we're watching. We're gonna see if you go Gaffigan because

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people know that you've been on the show. I think

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it's four times now. We got to see. At some

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point I'm gonna be on this very podcast in my

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basement going yeah, I can't get John Marco on the

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show anymore, and that's how we'll know he has made it.

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But so far, cool guy still comes on. And good

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news for a friend of the show John Marco Ciresi.

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The downside, his weekly podcast is moving to Vox Media's

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podcast network. Now why that's good news. I mean, you

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and I don't care, but it means he's gonna make

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a lot more money. The Box people they have big

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podcasts that make money. Box Media put out a presser

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saying the podcast embraces the negatives of life with humor

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and honesty, and is a place where complaining is encouraged,

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negativity is celebrated, and silver linings are debunked. Fox Media

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takes over sales, marketing, and distribution for the podcast. The

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podcast was previously with comedy podcast network Hitgum. John Marco

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Soresi said, I'm thrilled to join a network that grants

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Oh no, that's a half assed millennium pression, and John

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Marco doesn't sound like milleni at all. We've established this.

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John Marco said, I'm thrilled network that grants us a

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completely unearned air of intelligence. His YouTube channel has one

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point three eight million subscribers. His instagram has one point

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two million followers. Lilian zoo These, vice president of podcast

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Vox Media, said, JN Marco and Russell have built a

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hilarious and smart show where complaining has never been more fun.

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They're dynamic with their guests and genuine affection for each

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other makes every episode a reliably good time. You could

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tell that she gets the vibe. You could tell Lillian

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has listened to a lot of episodes of the show

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and as a big fan. You could tell we're excited

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to partner and build on their success to bring the

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downside to audiences everywhere. Uh huh, gab Iglesias. He's launching

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a family friendly fast channel, Fluffy TV. Now, if you

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don't know what a fast channel is, you know if

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you go on two B or one of those, there's

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these things that like will just be like streaming Colombo

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all day. Those are fast channels. On Fluffy TV, audiences

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will find programming including classic and contemporary comedy films, stand

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up specials, sketch comedy, and original series. I will be

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shocked if they throw any money and put an original

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series on this thing. I'm saying that loud.

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Maybe they'll produce something that will air on Netflix and

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repurpose it, but they're not going to produce something for

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a fast channel. There's not that much money in these things.

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I don't buy it. Fluffy TV will be wherever you

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get your fast channels, including Amazon Prime, Google TV, Optimum Stream,

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the Roku Channel, tv O plus, Xfinity X one, et cetera,

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et cetera.

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I bought a house with that money, so I don't

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care what you say.

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FUSE Media's chief business Officer Patrick Courtney said, Gabriel Iglacias

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is one of the top most beloved comics in the world.

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Fluffy TV brings that spirited to fast, creating a widely

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appealing channel where audiences can come together for comedy that

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feels inclusive, joyful, and authentic. Gab Igalacias said, I've always

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believed comedy is better when everyone could be in on

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the joke. Fluffy TV is the kind of channel you

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can turn on with your friends, your parents, your kids,

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whoever's in the room. It's packed with stand up movies

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and shows that are made to make people laugh together.

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It is unclear if the channel will be available in

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Saudi Arabia. Saturday Night Live has announced the rest of

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the lineup. I g I heard that one. I got

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that one in Saturday Night Live as it has the

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lineup before the rest of the year, and boy, it's

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a good one. It's so good. I think Lauren should

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call it a day. I know I say that once

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a year. May sewond Olivia Rodrigo is host and musical guest.

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My daughter will be all over that episode. Matt Damon

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hosts on May ninth. Musical guest Noah Khan. I've got

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Noah con tickets this summer. Matt Damon will be promoting

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Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated film The Honysty, which hits theaters

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July seventeenth. Noah Khan's fourth album, The Great Divide, is

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out April twenty fourth, and then to close out the

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season on May sixteenth. How's this for a lineup? Will

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Ferrell and Paul McCartney. Will Ferrell is promoting his new

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comedy series The Hawk, which will be on Netflix this summer.

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Paul McCartney promoting The Boys of Dungeon Lane, an album

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out May twenty ninth. Lauren Michaels are you listening? I

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know Lauren listens. He doesn't miss an episode of this, Lauren,

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Will and McCartney. That's gonna crush. You're not gonna top that.

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It's only gonna get worse. What are you gonna do?

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Have Morsello as do Domingo. Get out. It's been a

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good run. You're eighty one, eighty two years old? Now

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how old's Louren Michael's Lauren is eighty one years old?

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Lauren get out? Have everybody go, Oh my god. That

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was the greatest thing with Will and McCartney and McCartney

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can do like a seventeen minute version of hate You

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to wrap up this show. Everyone will be like, how

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great was that? And then you walk away and then

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next year everyone will be like, wow, snow really sucks.

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I mean, Ashley pe D is okay, but Marcel Ornandez

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does one thing, one thing well. And what's going on

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here in Chloe Feynman? Uh yeah, get out, get Out,

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get Out, get out boy. That was fun. I bumped

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five stories, which means I have a lot for tomorrow already.

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The Moon Tower Comedy Festival, it's kinda started, but really

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kicks into gear on the fifteenth. They put out some

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pressers and we're told, this isn't just a comedy festival.

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It's a choose your own adventure of stand up legends,

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rising stars, podcasters, sketch chaos, karaoke fueled late nights, and yes,

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actual goblins at happy hour. They announced second Wave headliners.

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So these are the people that didn't make the initial

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press release. We're told second Wave headliners. The twenty twenty

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six the lineup gets even wilder. Your second Wave headliners

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include Meg Statler you may know her from Hacks, Sarah Sherman.

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You may know her from Saturday Night Live, Lucy Dorling.

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I don't know where you know her from, but she

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returns with her signature blend of old Hollywood glamour, razor,

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sharp wit and jaw dropping magic. I don't feel I

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agree to do a list of names today. Let me

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skim it. Yakov Smirnoff, is there, Guy brainam Nish, Kumar,

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Bet Stelling, Cristelle Alonzo, Kathy Griffin, Veer does, and we're

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encouraged to get a badge. All right? How do the

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badges work? Badges include access to one hundred plus comedians

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and NonStop club shows and after parties and pre sale

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access to headlining shows at the Paramount and State Theater.

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How what do you suppose to badge? Is? Huh? Well,

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I'm on the website. Badges on sale now. Club Badge

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ninety nine bucks fees included. There you get entry to

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all four nights of club shows. Okay, we could get

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club Premium three hundred dollars fees included. Thank you for that.

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All laughs, No lines. This badge is for the comedy

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connas who knows what they like and wants to be

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the first person through the door. The only difference I'm seeing,

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and I'm sure there are other significant differences, but uh,

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the ninety nine dollars one says entry to four nights

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of club shows plus seventy two hour pre sale nightly parties.

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The three hundred dollars one says skip the line, entry

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to all four nights of club shows plus seventy two

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hour pre sale blah blah blah, skip the line at

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designated bars and nightly parties. I'll wait online. Thanks, Why

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don't we get the full Moon badge? That's fifteen hundred

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dollars and yes, the fees are included. I mean they're

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not going to rip you off, they'll include the fees.

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The Full Moon Badge, of course, is the ultimate comedy experience,

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and it's limited quality. They're not going to just sell

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as many of these as they can. They camp it.

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And the limited Quality badge I'm punching today. The Limited

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Quality badge includes all the benefits of the club Premium badge,

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you know that's the one where you skip the lines.

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Plus it includes your choice of ten paramount and State

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shows from April seven through the nineteenth, with guaranteed seating

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in the first three rows, which if you're a comedy connoisseur.

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You don't actually want you don't want to be right

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in the front. Now I have bad news for you.

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I lied. I just see here. It's sold out. My

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apologies to the Moontower, a comedy festival of people. Clearly

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they will cap this and not sell as many as

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they can. There's also a daily wristband for fifty dollars

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plus fees. Why does this one have plus fees? Everything

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else didn't include the fees? This one f you. You're

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paying the fees cheap? Oh, you're only free for one

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night with Joys the club. With a daily wristband, you

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get access to one night of shows and parties. Pre

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sale access not included. Oh how much the fees are?

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I'm gonna buy one? Well, I'm not actually gonna buy one.

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We're gonna pretend to buy one, right, how I want?

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I do? Here, I'm clicking, let's buy one for Wednesday night?

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Loading very slowly. Now we're told wristband sixty dollars fees included.

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So there's ten dollars of fees, which makes me wonder,

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what's the ten dollars in fees including? Huh? That is

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the Moontower Festival. We'll talk about that later in the week.

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Want to check out on Melbourne? Yeah, because I pulled

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a clip. Here is Stephen k Amos. I have made

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some minor edits here because he said some F bombs.

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I know I've been letting more curses through lately and

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I was thinking about this at the National Donut Chain.

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I think society has changed the younger people. They can't

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get through a sentence without cursing. And you know, I

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try and keep the show quote unquote clean, or like

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match game clean or naughty clean, if you know what

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I mean. But I don't like the out and out

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F bombs. But we've been letting some s words through

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in a couple other words that in the past I

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wouldn't let through because it's the way people speak. If

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I can take it out and not change the gist

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of what's being said, I usually do, but sometimes I can't.

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But I don't want to do the F bombs. So

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here's Stephen k Amos minor edits for F bombs. I

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do like Steven a lot.

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Thank you so very much, lovely to be here.

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I was actually in Australia a year ago, which is

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approximately four British prime ministers ago, because that is indeed

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how we now count late time in the United Kingdom.

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I just come here and to piss out of you

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guys for your revolving door of prime ministers.

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But in the UK you've gone, what a good idea.

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Let's take that home. And one of our prime ministers

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was somebody by them of Liz truss. You may have heard.

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Yeah, Now Liz Trusfer is in office for a month

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and you may not have heard this, but apparently Liz

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trust was the person who killed the queen.

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Or did not know?

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Yes, the last pictures of her Majesty was meeting then

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Prime Minister and the picture of the magic bow. Now

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in my job, I've also been fortunate to meet her

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late Majesty. I did a big show in the United

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Kingdom and I said, my kin't a comedy they go

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for that? Said, yes, you'll be fine. However, you'll meet

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the queen afterwards. And there's protocol, I said, what's the protocol?

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That don't look her in the eye, speak only she

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speaks to you. And above all you have to bow?

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Is that what me bow for another living human being?

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Nowhere in my eyes all meta equal. I was gonna

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stand my ground. We finished the show.

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I'm in the night.

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Who want the other performance? I'll see the queen folks.

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As soon as she gets in front of me, my

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knees went. I bowed like a bitch.

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Hello, Hello, thank you for everything, thank you for saving

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my people. How was this close? Licking the back of

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her head and putting it on an envelope?

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Stam coming up at noon eastern. It is Comedy Survivor.

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We were down to Nikki Glazer, Sarah Silverman and John Mlaney.

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The listeners have voted one of those three people off

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a Comedy Island, and at noon Eastern today I will

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reveal to you who's out, which means we're down to

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the final two, which means we're down to the last

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week of Comedy Survivor. So you can't vote quite yet.

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Well maybe you can. I don't know when you're listening

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to that U in theory. It's not yet noon eastern

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on Monday yet and you can't. But if it's after

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noon eastern on Monday, you can. You'll go to the

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Facebook group Daily Comedy News Podcast Group. You'll see a

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drawing there of me and whoever was voted off and

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then everybody's voting and it should be a big week

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for votes. Voting will continue until end of day Thursday

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and we will find out who is the winner of

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Comedy Survivor. But we first have to do the bonus

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episode which is coming up at noon Eastern today. Comedy

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Survivor meets you back here in a little bit