May 7, 2026

Letterman Slams CBS Over Colbert Ending, Louis C.K. gets standing ovation at Netflix festival

Letterman Slams CBS Over Colbert Ending, Louis C.K. gets standing ovation at Netflix festival
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Johnny Mac’s Daily Comedy News covers David Letterman’s New York Times interview about the Late Show ending, where he mocks the Ellisons, questions what happened to Stephen Colbert, and calls CBS/Skydance “lying weasels” despite CBS saying it was “unequivocally a financial decision,” while also discussing Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed as a sign of network TV’s shift. The episode reports Louis C.K.’s Netflix festival set at the Hollywood Bowl, his material, standing ovation, lack of addressing misconduct he previously admitted to, and a Decider critique of Netflix and the media’s framing. It notes Dave Chappelle bringing Kanye West onstage at The Comedy Store, uncertainty around the Roast of Kevin Hart lineup, Zach Galifianakis criticizing podcasters who don’t challenge Trump, a Schultz/Charlamagne debate, and festival spotlights including Night of Too Many Stars, Kill Tony, and multiple LA shows.

00:17 Letterman on Colbert Ending
03:13 Louis CK Netflix Festival Standing Ovation
05:09 Culture Critique and Media
07:09 Chappelle Brings Out Kanye
07:38 Kevin Hart Roast Updates
09:14 Andrew Shulz and Trump Podcasts
11:16 More News and Listening Picks
12:19 Netflix Festival Show Guide
15:21 Thursday Lineup at Netflix fest

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Callaroga Shark Media. Hi, there another busy one. I'm Johnny

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Mack with your daily comedy news, daily briefing on stand

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up comedy, comedians and the comedy industry. David Letterman did

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a big piece in The New York Times with friend

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of the show Jason Zenneman. Nice get by Jay Z

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the Subhetterer. David Letterman no longer feels a sense of ownership,

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but the program's former host has harsh words for the network.

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The topic Steven Colbert's show coming to an end. By

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the way, Colbert did a ton of press. Now I'm

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holding on to all that for Colbert Week because we've

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got the Netflix Festival to talk about this week. But

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you know me and Dave, if Dave drops something, I'm

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going to jump in on it. Jason asked Dave, Hey,

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what were your first thoughts when you found out late

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show was ending? David Letterman said, disbelief. Then it seemed

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like a botched hold up. When we got the facts

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about the Ellison family, it's a great delight in referring

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to the principle as the Ellison twins. I was later

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corrected and told it's just one guy. I didn't care

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and I still don't hurt him as twins. There's also

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the old Man, Larry, is it in fact? Larry Jason said, yes, Letterman,

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as best I understand it, he invented the slinky and

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the Ellison Twins are really hill. He's spending the old

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Man's money. So that was what ran through my head

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that I wondered, what the hell have they done to

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Stephen Colbert? And I would say, farther down the list

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is your point, Wait a minute, this used to be

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my show. It's like driving by your old neighborhood and

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realizing that where he used to live, they're putting up

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an adult bookstore. They've said, time has separated me from

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the genealogy of the show. On the other hand, if

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there's outrage to be directed at management, either reel or imagined,

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I'm all in, let's go. Does Dave believe they cancel

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the Late Show over financial reasons? Dave said, they don't

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share the books with me. All of television seems to

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have been nick by digital communication and streaming platforms, and

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on and on TV may not be the money machine

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it once was. On the other hand, what about the

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humanity for Steven and the humanity of people who love

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him and the humanity for people who still enjoyed that

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eleven thirty respite. He was jumped because the people who's

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selling the network to sky Dan said, oh no, there's

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not going to be any trouble with that guy. We're

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going to take care of the show. We're just gonna

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throw it into the deal. When well, the ink on

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the check dry. I'm just going to go on record

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as saying they're lying. This is David Letterman speaking. Let

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me just add one other thing, Jason, they're lying. Weasels.

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I love that, the article said. As to comment, a

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spokesperson for CBS said unequivocally a financial decision that he

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apparently did not respond to the weasel comment or The

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Times chose not to overprint their response to the weasel comment.

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The topic switched to Byron Allen's Comics Unleashed David Letterman

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til The Times. I was recently driving around on an

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interestate and all I would see with these rental blazes

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where we could store your stuff, And I just thought

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these didn't used to exist. You used to have to

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be responsible for your own stuff. But now everywhere you

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look there's warehouses and rental facilities, and I think that's

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not a bad parallel for what's happening in network television.

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We now have this, but we're just going to lease

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it to Byron Allen and you'll make penny us on

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every dollar or whatever he's making. But you know, everything

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changes in life as people of a certain age understand

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both good and bad. He's been more wildly successful than

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any hundred of us. I periodically talk to him, and

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neither he nor I understand how he became a billionaire.

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God bless him. Tell let's seeb to hell with skydancewer

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to help with the Winslow Twins or whoever the hell

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these guys are. But Byron he'll still be providing comedy

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in that time period. I think that's a valuable bit

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of resolution. Here, hold on to a little bit more

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of that for next week. Normally this would be your

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top story. Louis c K gets standing ovation at raunchy

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comeback show during Netflix Comedy Festival. This from the Hollywood Reporter.

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He not so canceled. Louis c K took the stage

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in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. By the way, if

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you keep noticing, I keep saying Los Angeles that's a

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lettermanism than I am absolutely appropriating. The Hollywood Reporter says

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the Hollywood Bowl was seventy five percent full, mostly of

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male fans in their twenties and thirties who came to

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life when Louis Cik started. After four opening acts, Louis

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apparently never addressed the misconduct allegations. Are they allegations? Quoting

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the hollyd Reporter, the women alleged that he masturbated in

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front of them or on the phone with him. C

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K later admitted to the behavior unquote, So that's not

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an allegation if he admitted to it, right, not really

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to the point maybe, but they're not allegations. If you

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said I did it, John, we're leging that you. Hosted

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Daily Comedy News Today, TK open up about his dating life,

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revealing he has a girlfriend and believes in dating women

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his own age. He quote from CK is, if you

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date young women, there's pressure sexually. But the women in

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my age, I'm like, do you wanna, you know, do stuff?

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She's like nah, And I'm like, yeah, good, And if

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you do, there's no condoms. He later mused, I think

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it's crazy that it's legal for me to date eighteen

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year old. That's fed up. That's forty years difference. You

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shouldn't have sex with somebody if the years between you

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would be the age of a woman who can't get

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pregnant naturally. BK got a standing ovation at the end

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of the set. He said, that was my last show,

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last time telling those jokes, and I'm really happy I

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got to tell them to you. Thank you very much

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for coming. Thank you to Netflix. I really appreciate the

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gig I did see on Threads. One of the comedian

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whose name gets dragged into the K news cycle said,

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please stop asking her about it. So I'm not going

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to say her name, nor am I going to ask

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her about it. But I did feel bad for her.

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She said, the press keeps reaching out to her. He

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has me blocked on Twitter for some reason. I think

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I must have used her name in a headline, not

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blocked by her on Threads. Whatever beside hers headline, what

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Louis K's Netflix is a joke comeback says about the

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sad state of our culture. In twenty twenty six, Sean

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McCarthy writes Louis c K didn't received consent from many

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of the women he exposed themselves to over the years,

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and yet Netflix eagerly consented not only to showcase the

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comedian at the Hollywood Bull but also to prevent his

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forthcoming a ridiculous special on the streaming platform. Is anyone

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actually surprised but this turn of events in twenty twenty six.

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Before you come at me, please know that my disappointment

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at this point is no longer so much at Louis c.

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K as it is with the system. It's the system

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that continues to fail us, even more now than a

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comedy hero may have failed you or me in the

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recent past. It's giving down. The media has also failed us,

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whether by negligence or laziness. In reports of his new

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Netflix deal in Hollywood Ball, Performance, Variety claims he quotes

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mostly disappeared from the public eye for a few years

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before returning unquote, while the Holly Reporter said his new

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Netflix deal quote here's to mark a churning point for

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the comedian who'd been exiled from many mainstream comedy spaces unquote.

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The side of writes for Netflix says, with so many

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others in our capitalist society, there's no moral code, only

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a look at the financial bottom line, and only then

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in terms of how decisions impact the c suite and

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the shareholders, not the subscribers, although the press releases will

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tout how subscribers vote with their views. And if Dave

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Chappelle and Ricky Gervais could generate such high ratings while

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trolling us by tracking in transphobia, then why should they

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leave the potential profits of a new Louis c K

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special off the platform? But again, it's not just about

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c K. Christalia remains disgraced fallowing revelations of his improprieties

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with underage fans, writes to Cider, and yet several of

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his specials are back on Netflix now. Pucker Carlson started

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a book in print and probably gave a deal to

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Russell Brands giving ahead. C K couldn't apologize last year,

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but he could promote his novel with Bill marn Bank

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riches from the Saudi royal family by performing at the

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Rion Comedy Festival, and he could write this new hour

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of material that his ending his tour with in Hollywood

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and filming for Netflix. Might the real amends come then

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or thereafter giving a head Again, What matters now and

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still is whether or not he can make an honest

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amends to the people he's directly harmed. Whether or not

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they accept his efforts is beside the point. For us

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and for him, all the noise around it is just ridiculous.

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Dave Chappelle brought Kanye West on stage. A source tells TMZ.

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This happened at the Comedy Store. Kanye did not perform,

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but made a quick appearance at the end of the night.

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Dave had already done a full set. He brought Kanye

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out until the crowd Kanye West has lost more money

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than I've ever made, DMZ says. The crowd cheer did

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Kanye loudly. He got a full standing ovation and as

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he joined Dave. The lineup that night was Shane Gillis,

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Chris Rock, and Louis c k. That's not a bad

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show there, Dave Chappelle at a club. The roast of

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Kevin Hart is Sunday night. Now. I was on the

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Netflix site on Wood's Day Thursday, Wednesday morning. Even the

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Netflix site had no information about who's on. And I

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don't mean like there was an absence of information. They

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even had the phrase like stay tuned, We'll let you

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know here. I should check that hold on. Okay, it

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is ten twenty on Wednesday, and this page was update

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on May fifth, sixteen hours ago. Says the time stamp,

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and there's some FAQs. I'm on Netflix dot com, Slash

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to them, Slash Features, Slash the Hyphen, Roast, Hyphen of

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Kevin Hart, Love and Netflix the FAQs. What time is

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the Roast of Kevin Heart? The Rest of Kevin Hart

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streams live globally on Netflix on Sunday May tenth at

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five West eighth East. What's the lineup for the Roast

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of Kevin Hart? Now? This is Netflix's site. So far,

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the only confirmed stars to appear are Heart and Gillis,

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but be sure to check back on TODAM for updates

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as the event gets closer. That's a little weird, right

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that we don't know who's performing. I was catching up

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on Funny AF. I didn't watch any of the live

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events yet because I'm kind of a week behind, and

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I'm actually enjoying it as a comedy competition. It's the

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good version of it, so I didn't want to skip ahead.

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I did see some people saying during the semi finals

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on Monday night that Chris Rock appeared not into it

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at all. Speaking of Kevin Hart. TMZ acquired video of

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the Rock being stopped by the police for having a

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tinted window on his car. Paparazzi caught Kevin Hart walking

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by Miami's car Bone Beach Club. Kevin Hart was asked

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if he was responsible for calling the cops on the Rock.

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Kevin Hart said, was I either one that called the

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cops on the Rock? No, but I would. I often

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would because he's a piece of crap. That's why we'll

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circle back to Netflexi in a bit. Some other stuff

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in the news. Zach alifan Akis has criticized comedian podcasters

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who have interviewed Donald Trump without challenging Donald Trump. We

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reminded that Donald Trump has appeared on podcasts including The

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Joe Er of a Experience Andrew Schultz. The O. Vaughn

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Zach told Conan O'Brien, all the podcasters that have had

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the President on now, they don't do the court jester.

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They don't do it. They suck up to him. That's

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not the job of a comedian. You are to challenge,

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you are to make uncomfortable. You're not to sit there

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and fake laugh. That is not the job of the

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court jester period. Meanwhile, Andrew Schultz and Charlemagne the God

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not Seeing I too. I This happened on the Brilliant

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Idiots podcast. Darlamagine said the brutality of Trump's legal immigration

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crackdown could be a motivating factor for someone wanting to

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do See I don't need to visit from men in

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sunglasses to do something really bad to a famous person

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who used to host a game show on NBC. Schultz said,

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are you saying was justified because of that? Charlemagne said no, no.

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Charla Maaine said, we have to deal with the reality

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that some of Trump's policies have hurt people so much

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that some folks are willing to risk at all. Schultz said, well,

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a reality you have to deal with. I think it

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would be remiss not to take a step back and

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not just of conversations about violent rhetoric. Let's just talk

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about violent policies that people have been watching over the

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people have been hurt by those policies, and some of

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those people are willing to risk at all because to

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your point earlier, they have nothing to lose Andrew Schultz,

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who on June twenty third, twenty twenty five, got a

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headline from The New York Times where they wrote, Andrew

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Schultz podcast bro might be America's foremost political journalist. I

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that this is not the onion. This is a real

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thing that the New York Times printed somehow Anyway, the

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man who might be America's foremost political journalists said, sure, sure,

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do that. Treler made said, I'm not saying it's right.

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We have to deal with the reality. The possible America's

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foremost political journalist said, but you and I both know

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from knowing people that are crazy that it actually doesn't

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take that much to get actual crazy people to do things.

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As you can hear, it is a busy day. I

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was surprised. Right before I sat down, just for laugh

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of new shows and I was like, why would you

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do that this week? Wait till next week, because the

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Netflix is going to dominate you. I mean you're up

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I thought it was an oddly timed email. I don't

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have time for today. We'll get to it on Monday.

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Some things for you to listen to. Jimmy Carr is

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the guest on Josh Zepp's podcast SZEPS. That's a great

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podcast that I like listening to, and it's linked to

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in my substack. That's a free substack I write once

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a week link in the show notes, but it's mcdee

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pod on substack. Also, Robert Smigel is on the Late

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who wrote the comment, but I want to get the

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person in trouble with Smigel. But the thought was that

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early on and then warmed up. And I kind of

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It's a very good listen. Dave Chappelle performs the first

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of his three shows at the Hollywood Palladium tonight as

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part of the Netflix Festival. Deadline is excited to see

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Moe a mayor. He's at the Orphium at seven pm.

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Moe is now a contributor on the Daily Show. LA

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the La Dodgers. A dozen slab people. They asked that

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Will Smith about Dodgers Comedy Knight. Who is the funniest

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player on the Dodgers. The clubhouse consensus is Keky Hernandez.

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Dodgers Comedy Knight is a fundraiser for the Catching Hope Foundation,

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launched by Will Smith, not that one, the other one

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and his wife, not that one, the other one to

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equipped to aversk youth with skills and leadership and self sufficiency. Boy,

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if anybody had a sense, if you humor, Chris Rock

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should show up and Will Smith should slap him. Will Smith,

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not that one. The other one said. I was definitely

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a little anxious because you have to get up there

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me back to my high school days. We have to

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was a little worrisome. It was fine, It was fun

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once I got up there, Will Smith, not that one.

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maybe one. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts compared Will Smith, not

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that one, the other one to John Lovettz, who said

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John Lovitz's comedian, and he has that dry humor. So

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there you go. Will has that dry humor. Time out.

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Is excited to go see the legend of Crystal Shell.

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Crystal Shell is Kristin Shall. Kristin is that Dynasty typewriter

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tonight eight o'clock. You may know her is the voice

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of Louise on Bob's Burgers. You know my thoughts on

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that hoax? Like times, is excited to see Nate Jackson

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at the Laugh Factory at ten pm. They write, though

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plenty of comics of you. Crowd work is another part

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of the job. Nate Jackson has made it the springboard

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to a career. If you feel like being made into

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a human smore, go ahead and make sure you're somewhere

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in his line of vision when he gets on stage

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at a Laugh Factory. They're also excited to go see

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the are you garbage guys. They're at the Belasco at

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seven o'clock and Jay Yang Summers is at Pacific Electric

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at seven. They say dark humor means something different to

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a woman who narrowly escaping thrown in the Dumbstars of Baby,

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A survivor of China's one child policy in the nineties

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before coming to America, Joying Summers specializes in jokes too

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brutal for the average American psyche, delivered with sweetness that

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makes the punchlines even more shocking. Oh Yeah, Big One Tonight,

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Night of Too Many Stars, Smigel and Friends, Hollywood Bowl

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seven point thirty. Guests include Bill Burdback from the Red

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Comedy Festival, Nicki Glazer She Hates Press, Conan O'Brian, Steve Carell,

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Ron Funches, Tiffany Hattish, Jimmy Kimmel, Leanne Morgan, John Mulaney,

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Kevin Neil and Bob Odenkirk, Matt Riife, dramatic actor Adam Sandler,

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Comedy Survivor winner, Sarah Silverman, Ali Wang, Noah Wiley famous comedian,

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and many more. If that doesn't float your boat, Big

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Night Tonight, Killed Tony at the Intuit Dooms seven o'clock

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and that's just what other people spotlighted. Let me click

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on the schedule proper here and see what else is

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going on. Still man about the flight of the concords

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adding three shows. I didn't throw them into Google today.

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This is how the show gets put together. I type

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as I speak to you. No, nothing yet, not even

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to mention that they added all the shows. Okay, Thursday,

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May seventh, Let's see what I haven't mentioned. Wanda Sykes

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is at the Dolby at seven nine, Saving Los Angeles

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with Tim Dillon and the cast of Selling Sunset and

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That feels like a little much. At the United Theater

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on Broadway at nine forty five, Sammurill, Jordan Jensen, Joe listen,

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Rachel Feinstein. That's pretty good show if you're just in

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like comedy comedy. I don't need a like super all

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star show. At the montabonn David Letterman with Martin Short

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seven o'clock, low ticket warning on that one. A lot

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of these not sold out. One that is sold out

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theater at all with John Marcos Serresi He's at the

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Regent at seven. Again, it's easier to sell out a

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small theater than the Hollywood Bowl. Matt Rice at the

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Comedy Store Main Room at seven. That one is sold out,

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just added at the Laugh Factory Lavelle Crawford Rhys Derby's

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that one. They seem to have a night off. Haitlyn

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on her coming off the Kevin Hart thing, and a

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It's a pretty busy Thursday at the Netflix, is a

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joke at Comedy Festival, and oh my goodness, I'm just

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So I'm going to stop talking and see you tomorrow.