April 2, 2026

Kid Rock’s Comedy Jam Lineup with Shane Gillis

Show Notes
Transcript

Johnny Mac delivers Daily Comedy News and apologizes for audio peak distortion before covering Kid Rock’s Comedy Jam returning for its fifth year at the 2026 Nashville Comedy Festival on April 13 at the Ryman, benefiting the Kid Rock Foundation, with a lineup including Kevin James, Kathy Griffin, Shane Gillis, Joey Diaz, Heather McMahon, Morgan Jay, and Nate Jackson. He notes Matt Rife threw the first pitch at a Reds–Red Sox game and wants a Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers game remake, and shares John Mulaney’s book club pick The Monkey Wrench Gang. He highlights Webby Awards details (including entry fees) and nominees such as Conan and SmartLess, plus SNL and late-night nods, and reports Trevor Noah will host YouTube’s 2026 Brandcast upfront. Other items include a Wall Street Journal profile of Seinfeld trivia champions, Amy Schumer’s swimsuit post, Kathy Griffin bleaching her hair, Jay Leno’s emissions-law push, Melbourne Comedy Festival picks, clips from Dave Thornton and Nathan Chin, and last-day voting for Comedy Survivor featuring Sebastian Maniscalco.

00:38 Kid Rock Comedy Jam Lineup
01:39 Matt Rife Reds First Pitch
02:17 John Mulaney Book Club Pick
02:50 Webby Awards Nominees
04:29 YouTube Upfronts With Trevor Noah
04:49 Seinfeld Trivia Champions
05:57 Schumer Slimmer Griffin Blonde
06:41 Jay Leno Law Smog Exemptions
07:22 Melbourne Fest Clips

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/daily-comedy-news-with-johnny-mac-a-daily-briefing-on-comedians-and-the-comedy-industry--4522158/support.

Daily Comedy News is the number one comedy news podcast, delivering daily coverage of standup comedy, late night television, comedy specials, tours, and the business of comedy.

COMEDY SURVIVOR in the facebook group.

Contact John at John@thesharkdeck dot com

For Uninterrupted Listening, use the Apple Podcast App and click the banner that says Uninterrupted Listening. $4.99/month

John's Substack about media is free.

This is the animal sanctuary mentioned in the February 10 episode.

WEBVTT

1
00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:04.440
Callaroga Shark Media.

2
00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:12.759
Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with your daily comedy news

3
00:00:12.759 --> 00:00:15.119
and daily briefing on stand up comedy, comedians and the

4
00:00:15.119 --> 00:00:17.760
comedy industry. A sentence the algorithm loves. Now one thing

5
00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:20.320
the algorithm can help me with. Got some problems with

6
00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:23.039
today's audio. I did a new open here for you,

7
00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:26.440
but there's what's called peak distortion on some of the

8
00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:28.800
audio today, really annoying. I don't know what happened. My

9
00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:31.760
laptop just went nuts and it took me like twenty

10
00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:34.399
minutes to realize this happened. I should have caught it

11
00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:35.880
in the recording, but I did not, So I'm gonna

12
00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:39.159
fall on my sword here and apologize. Kid Rock's Comedy

13
00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:41.560
Jam is set to return for a fifth year as

14
00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:45.359
part of the twenty twenty sixth Nashville Comedy Festival. The

15
00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:48.759
Kid Rock Comedy Jam is hosted by Kid Rock, who

16
00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:52.479
sometimes has army helicopters fly by stop asking questions the

17
00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:55.679
jam Monday, April thirteenth, seven pm at The Ryman.

18
00:00:56.240 --> 00:00:57.880
All proceeds from the show will go to.

19
00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:00.920
The Kid Rock Foundation, a five h one see nonprofit

20
00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:04.719
raising funds for and awareness of local and regional charities

21
00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:07.799
helping disadvantage children, victims of war and natural disasters, and

22
00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:13.079
those suffering from illness. Here's your lineup, Kevin James, Kathy Griffin,

23
00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:16.079
Shane Gillis. I don't know why Shane's name is third

24
00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:19.400
in this thing, mister Rock. Joey Diaz, who I have

25
00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:22.599
heard people say the phrase Joey Diaz is the worst

26
00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:24.879
person you will ever meet in your life.

27
00:01:24.879 --> 00:01:26.959
I've heard people say that about Joey Diaz.

28
00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:28.920
Yes, they go out of their way to tell you

29
00:01:29.239 --> 00:01:32.200
that Joey Diaz is the worst person that you'll ever meet,

30
00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:36.040
but he'll be there. Also appearing Heather McMahon, Morgan, Jay,

31
00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:40.480
Nate Jackson, Nate Jackson and some others. Matt Rife went

32
00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:42.959
to hit a baseball game. It was the Reds versus

33
00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:46.599
the Boston Red Sox. Matt Rife throughout the first pitch,

34
00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:49.359
he received a personalized jersey with his name on the back.

35
00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:53.280
He posted on Instagram, I met my very first Reds game.

36
00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:55.920
Glad to be back home in Ohio. Go Reds. I'm

37
00:01:55.920 --> 00:01:59.000
gonna go shotgun a can of skyline Chile. Matt Rife

38
00:01:59.079 --> 00:02:02.519
is from North Lewis, Ohio. We also learned from Matt

39
00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:05.159
Rife social media that he says the Lord of the

40
00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:08.400
Rings the Two Towers video game is quote one of

41
00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:11.879
the best games ever. A fan had mentioned on Twitter

42
00:02:11.919 --> 00:02:13.879
that they should remake that game, and Matt Riiche said,

43
00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:16.960
I was just saying this update the graphics and relaunch.

44
00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:22.039
John Mulaney John Mulini shared the latest installment of his

45
00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:24.800
book club. Now, this was the one for March, and

46
00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:29.240
he apparently shared it on March thirty. First check your calendar, John. Anyway,

47
00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:31.280
if you want to read something from the John Mullaney

48
00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:34.199
book Club, he recommends The Monkey Wrench Gang.

49
00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:36.400
He said he was in Utah last week.

50
00:02:36.439 --> 00:02:39.560
He'd never heard of it or author Edward Abbey m'lani

51
00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:42.360
tells us the novel is as hilarious, weird, and American

52
00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:45.080
as a classic Robert Altman movie. The characters come together

53
00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:47.479
early and easily and embark on the funniest adventure I've

54
00:02:47.479 --> 00:02:50.240
read in a long time. You'll burn through it enjoy.

55
00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:54.520
The Webby Awards have announced a whole bunch of nominees. Now,

56
00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:56.479
before we get into the Webby Awards, let me just

57
00:02:56.520 --> 00:02:58.919
tell you something. You have to enter the Webby Awards

58
00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:00.639
to have a chance to be one of the finalists.

59
00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:03.159
Now I was curious. It's like, oh, what if one

60
00:03:03.159 --> 00:03:04.960
of my listeners want to enter the Webby Awards, what

61
00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:08.000
would that cost them? Well, for a creator, a single

62
00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:12.080
entry award is four hundred and seventy five dollars, So

63
00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:15.360
ponder that as I tell you all this. There are

64
00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:18.639
so many categories. I could spend three hours reading them

65
00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:20.240
to you, but I'll just tell you the ones that

66
00:03:20.280 --> 00:03:23.280
are mainly relevant to what we handle here. Your nominees

67
00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:28.240
for comedy show podcasts are Conan SmartLess, Fly on the Wall,

68
00:03:28.439 --> 00:03:32.560
Comedy Bang Bang, Las Calturistas, Late Night are covered. They're

69
00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:33.919
part of the universe.

70
00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:35.120
They tell us.

71
00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:38.759
The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon amassed five nominations, including

72
00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:43.080
for Best Creator, Personality or Host. Also of note, they're

73
00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:45.599
nearly hour long. The Life of a Showgirl Deep Dive

74
00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:48.680
with Taylor Swift Extended has emerged as an honoree in

75
00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:52.759
the Music Video and Film category. Meanwhile, The Late Show

76
00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:55.639
with star trek Ruiner Stephen Colbert is nominated for Social

77
00:03:55.719 --> 00:03:59.400
Video Short Form as well as general Social. The Daily

78
00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:03.520
Show is nominated in the Social and Games category. Desiliitik

79
00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:06.479
is up for Best Individual Performance Video and Film for

80
00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:11.960
her Desilidik Foxplains series. In a different podcast category, in

81
00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:13.960
which you could submit for four to seventy five dollars,

82
00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:16.000
The Weekly Show with John Stewart will vie for Best

83
00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:18.040
Series against the Pivot, What Could Go Wrong?

84
00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:19.720
And DC High Volume.

85
00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:24.560
Batman Saturday Night Live nominated for Best Overall Social Presence

86
00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:29.720
and Best Use of Vertical Video. Very Exciting the Webby Awards.

87
00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:32.319
Let's Stay on the Internet. YouTube is coming back to

88
00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:35.680
the TV Upfront's week. Trevor Noah will MC the twenty

89
00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:40.319
twenty six brand Cast presentation for advertisers. That's right, it's

90
00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:43.839
YouTube's brand Cast. Upfront returning to Lincoln Center in New

91
00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:48.079
York City invitation only, sorry, folks, Wednesday, May thirteenth, starting

92
00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:51.079
at five thirty pm. I didn't make Trivia Night last

93
00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:52.959
night because I wanted to stay and to watch the

94
00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:55.120
Moon launch and then to see what the President of

95
00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:57.759
the United States had to tell us. So no trivia

96
00:04:57.839 --> 00:04:58.079
for me.

97
00:04:58.360 --> 00:04:58.560
Now.

98
00:04:58.560 --> 00:04:59.800
I don't know if I could keep up with these

99
00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:03.680
other trivia guys. These are the champions of Seinfeld Trivia,

100
00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:06.800
and they were profiled by The Wall Street Journal. The

101
00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:08.959
journal piece leads off with this question. In season one

102
00:05:08.959 --> 00:05:11.519
of Seinfeld, Jerry secures this apartment dour with what he

103
00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:14.560
calls the most impenetrable lock on the market. What brand

104
00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:14.839
is it?

105
00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:15.720
No Idea?

106
00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:17.720
That's when I look at my team and I go

107
00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:20.600
no idea, and I go back to drinking my beer. Well,

108
00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:23.120
Mike is one of these trivia guys. It's good at

109
00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:25.519
Seinfeld Trivia. He told the Journal. It was almost like

110
00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:27.759
I've been waiting for this question to pop up. The answer,

111
00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:32.079
of course, the clapgo. D twenty nine, Mike and four

112
00:05:32.079 --> 00:05:34.800
of his friends are on a team called Venetian Blinds.

113
00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:36.519
How do they practice?

114
00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:39.560
One of the team members falls asleep two episodes, hoping

115
00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:41.959
details stick in his head. Another listens to the show's

116
00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:43.680
audio while working out and showering.

117
00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:45.120
At one point, the team won.

118
00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:48.040
A six foot aluminum poll, among other prizes, that was

119
00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:50.800
part of a festiv Us theme trivia contest last December.

120
00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:52.839
One of the guys on the team, Joe, said, I

121
00:05:52.839 --> 00:05:54.560
feel like by the time I'm eighty years old, I'm

122
00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:58.279
gonna be the guy with the Seinfeld room. Amy Schumer

123
00:05:58.360 --> 00:06:00.639
likes when we talk about her. She was on Instagram.

124
00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:05.439
She revealed a swimsuit selfie. Fans notice she appears slimmer

125
00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:08.959
than ever following a reported fifty pound weight loss. We're

126
00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:11.879
told that while wearing oversized sunglasses and her hair pulled

127
00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:14.879
back into a casual bun, Amy Schumer kept the look

128
00:06:14.920 --> 00:06:19.600
effortless and unfiltered. Meanwhile, Kathy Griffin is now a blonde.

129
00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:22.000
Fans weren't sure did she dye her hair as at

130
00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:25.680
a wig. One person commented, what the hell is happening here?

131
00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:28.680
Kathy confirmed she had actually bleached her hair. She said, Hi,

132
00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:32.079
you guys, it's Kathy Griffin as a blonde. She then

133
00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:34.480
encouraged people to check out her Talk Your Head Off

134
00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:38.439
with Kathy Griffin YouTube show, where she discusses her decision

135
00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:41.160
to go blonde. The worst person who ever lived?

136
00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:43.800
Jay Leno back in the news. Remember there was this

137
00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:44.279
whole thing.

138
00:06:44.399 --> 00:06:48.759
Jay Leno has been battling against California's emissions regulators. Well,

139
00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:52.040
Leno's law has found its way back into the state Senate.

140
00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:55.920
Right now, California draws a hardline at nineteen seventy five.

141
00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:00.199
Anything built before nineteen seventy five can potentially sidesteps and

142
00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:03.199
smock testing requirements, providing it's not like an everyday car

143
00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:05.519
and it's just for like parades and car shows and

144
00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:08.720
stuff like jay Lena would do. Under the proposed changes

145
00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:11.279
to the law, the collector vehicle threshold would shift to

146
00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:13.480
any car at least thirty five years old, with the

147
00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:16.560
cutoff creeping ford one model year at a time until

148
00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:19.680
twenty twenty two. That would eventually move the exemption all

149
00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:23.399
the way up until nineteen eighty six. Doesn't sound unreasonable

150
00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:26.279
to me. At the Melbourne Comedy Festival, there's a lot

151
00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:29.519
of magic shows during the daytime, so if you're free

152
00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:31.600
on Friday again with the Melbourne stuff, I have to

153
00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:33.759
work a day ahead because of the way time zones work.

154
00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:36.160
But if you're free round twelve thirty, go see Barry

155
00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:37.959
Potter and the Magic of Wizardry.

156
00:07:37.959 --> 00:07:38.600
That's right, I said.

157
00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:42.120
Barry Potter witness Feats of Sorcery in person as a

158
00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:45.839
grown up wizard delves into an untold story. Edmundton Journal

159
00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:49.160
gave it five stars and called it incredible Kiddo mag

160
00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:52.279
four stars presumably out of four, they said fun and

161
00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:56.120
surprise filled. Got a couple actual clips for you today.

162
00:07:56.319 --> 00:07:59.279
Dave Thornton's show was called More or less Ny Gouz.

163
00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:01.120
There's been a lot of her in my family about

164
00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:03.160
getting a dog, and look, I get it.

165
00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:04.879
I grew up with a dog. It's great.

166
00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:07.680
And like you dog owners, I reckon you speak more

167
00:08:07.720 --> 00:08:11.480
complimentary about your dogs than most parents talk about their kids,

168
00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:15.000
Like seriously, you say stuff like, uh, it's my fur baby,

169
00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:19.199
it's my fur baby. I call my kids my flesh

170
00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:28.199
beets not as nice. And the only thing is we

171
00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:29.879
live in a built up area. I saw the dogs

172
00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:31.920
around us. They're small, which is fine, but they're the

173
00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:34.679
kind of dogs you know that humans have bred them

174
00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:40.519
to just be structurally unsound, Like near us there's a pug. Okay,

175
00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:44.200
I'm sorry. Pugs just shouldn't exist like that. You know,

176
00:08:44.440 --> 00:08:46.639
historically they used to have snouts. They did, We've now

177
00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:49.679
bred them to be nostrils straight into skull. Like this

178
00:08:49.879 --> 00:08:52.639
poor thing, it struggles to breathe. I feel so sorry

179
00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:54.120
for it. It jumps up on your lap and it's

180
00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:58.759
like and the owner's like, oh, I think Toby likes you.

181
00:08:58.879 --> 00:09:00.519
I'm just thinking, yeah, well, if he was a car

182
00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:06.000
to be on roadworthyst.

183
00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:06.720
And let's do one more. I think there might be

184
00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:08.559
a naughty word in here. I can't remember from when

185
00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:10.200
I pulled it earlier. There might be a naughty word,

186
00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:12.240
So if you're offended, punch out now. But otherwise I

187
00:09:12.279 --> 00:09:14.840
really like this clip from Nathan Chin. His share was

188
00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:16.600
called the Chinese Comedy Party.

189
00:09:17.039 --> 00:09:20.200
Look, just before I begin, I just want to quickly

190
00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:24.320
start off by also acknowledging the traditional owners of the

191
00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:27.399
land in which we gather here today, the wandery people

192
00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:30.240
of the Cooler Nation, and I pay my respects to

193
00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:34.039
their elders, pass and present, but also have to acknowledge

194
00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:36.799
the true owners of the land, the Central Equity Chinese

195
00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:54.080
property group. Pay my rent to their developers, pass and present. Ah,

196
00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:56.279
gotta say both, now you know what I mean, just

197
00:09:56.320 --> 00:10:00.399
in case they're listening, because you know, I'm actually quite

198
00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:04.000
proud to be an Asian Australian. But it's annoying because

199
00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:05.759
when I tell people I'm Aussie, I get the same

200
00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:08.440
response that so many people have Colla Gate, and that's

201
00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:12.720
a yeah, sure, but where you're really from?

202
00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:13.960
Right?

203
00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:16.519
And I think that's it's a really stupid question to

204
00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:19.519
ask me, considering that in about ten years time, this

205
00:10:19.679 --> 00:10:25.120
is what the average Australian will look like. Right, Some

206
00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:29.159
of you they aren't laughing at that. Ah, that's a

207
00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:34.559
joke about the Chinese taking over Australia. Well, you know,

208
00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:36.840
maybe you don't think he's a joke, in which case

209
00:10:36.879 --> 00:10:39.240
you really should appreciate the freedom to laugh where you

210
00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:39.720
still can.

211
00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:46.000
How a on a plane, it sounds like a lot

212
00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:48.720
of fun, And don't forget Today is the last day

213
00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:52.759
of voting for this week's round of Comedy Survivor Sebastian

214
00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:54.840
manascalgo in Massive trouble.

215
00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:56.799
If you want him out, join the crew.

216
00:10:56.840 --> 00:10:58.559
If you want to save him, get some friends and

217
00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:01.200
hit the Facebook group Daily Many News podcast group and

218
00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:02.039
I'll catch you tomorrow.