May 12, 2025

Louis CK's New Novel, Roseanne's Documentary, and Late Night TV Mount Rushmore

Show Notes
Transcript

Johnny Mac discusses Louis CK's upcoming dramatic novel 'Ingram', set to be released on November 11th. CK emphasizes that the book is not a comedy, sharing insights into its creation and content. Additionally, a new documentary titled 'Roseanne Barr is America' will spotlight Roseanne Barr's controversial career and life. Comedian Nate Brize lauds SNL for boosting his career, and the episode then delves into deciding the final spot on the 'Late Night TV Mount Rushmore,' debating between iconic hosts like Jay Leno, Stephen Colbert, and others. Listeners are invited to weigh in on the final choice.

00:11 Louis CK's New Dramatic Novel
02:43 Roseanne Barr's Documentary
03:42 Nate Brize and SNL
04:49 Late Night TV Mount Rushmore Debate

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Callarogas shock media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with your

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daily comedy news. Louis Ck has a book coming out,

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a dramatic novel described as not particularly funny, and most

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of the media coverage around it so far talks about

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the cancelation of Louis Ck. Job is four one one rights.

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The once canceled comedian calls Ingram a dramatic story and

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not particularly funny. It'll be out November eleventh. Ck is

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reading the audio version of the book and jokes the

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price for Ingram will be one million dollars per copy.

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I know that sounds like a lot, but my thinking is,

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this way, we only need to sell one book to

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a great success. He explains, that's a joke. The price

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is a normal book price. Ck posted Ingram is literally fiction.

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I just learned that it's a very dramatic story, and

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it better confess to you that this book is not

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particularly funny. I'm not saying you will never laugh while

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reading it. You probably will laugh a few times. You

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might even laugh a lot if you're insane. But essentially Ingram,

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it's not a comedy book. It's a literary novel. Boy,

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that was hard Ingraham is the story of a boy

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who lives in a very noworre place with no one

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to talk to and nothing to do and very little

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to eat. He's forced to leave that place and go

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out into a chaotic, cool, confusing, and fascinating world. He

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commences to do the only things left to him his options.

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He survives, he suffers, he learns, he wonders, cries, laughs,

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and he grows, just as anything that doesn't die continues

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to grow. Over the last few years, I've been writing

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a lot of fiction, mostly short stories. I don't know

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if I'll publish any of them, but I love writing them.

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So one day I got this voice of a simple

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but eloquent country boy in my head, and I sat

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down to write his story. I had no idea it

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was going to be a book, and I had no

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idea what would happened to him. For many months, I

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sat down almost every day and I'd ask Ingram what

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happens next, and he would tell me, And just like that,

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one day, as suddenly as he had shown up, it

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was over. That's Ingram. I'm writing another novel now, by

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the way, it's completely different from Ingram. Maybe I'll publish

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that someday Liddhab jumped in and said, if you need

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a refresher on ck Meg writes excellent piece from twenty

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eighteen lays out these sexual harassment accusations, and Yck's t

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into comedy was a sad inevitability with bigger stakes than

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one man's redemption arc. Skipping ahead a bit, they go

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to the description of the book, A suspenseful offer in

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harrowing yet hopeful Odyssey through rural America follows a young

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drifter's coming of age and an indifferent world lit Hubright's okay,

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not a bad log line at the jump, a little

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gest role, but it sounds exciting at least suspenseful, harrowing,

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hopeful in Odyssey is filing on a lot, but maybe

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pointing to something action packed and adventurous. When the description

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of Ingram is so vague, it's hard to avoid filling

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in the blanks with real life details and guessed at motivations.

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Is c k just writing a rote novel about America?

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Or is the book about a funny and resilient character

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who rises from the dirt only to find a world

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set against him in his humble dream of truck ownership.

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You know who else was canceled was Roseanne. The canceled

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comedian will resurface in a new documentary, Roseanne Barr Is America.

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It'll be out on DVD on June tenth. The film

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chronicles Roseanne Barr's life story, starting with a challenging childhood

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when she was raised Jewish in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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H In the doc, Roseanne revealed she started telling jokes

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to make her father laugh to avoid punishment. She winds

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up in La at the Comedy Store, then The Tonight

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Show with Johnny led It, a gig as the opener

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for singer Julio Iglesias at the sitcom Roseanne. However, her

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success eventually crumbled under the weight of several missteps, including

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an unfortunate performance of the Star Spangled banner at a

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Padres game. She hosted her own talk show, but it

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all came crashing down after a late night tweet she

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made while she claimed she was on ambient. She was

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kicked off her own show, The Roseanne Revival, and blacklisted

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by everyone except Fox News and Doctor Oz. In the

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new doc, Roseanne gives her a side of the story

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through exclusive interviews. Nate Bergatzi is very thankful about SNL

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accelerating his career in the last few years. Nate told people,

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I'd heard that John Mulaney, Jimmy found Pete Davidson and

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a bunch of SNL folks had been floating my name

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to Lorne Michaels for a while, but then with the strike,

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they needed stand up comedians to fill in, so I

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got the opportunity. I was already doing pretty okay on

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the road. People says that's an understatement. He was selling

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out stadiums and had three Netflix specials already. But I

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knew the importance of it and that I'd be getting

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in front of an audience that might not otherwise be

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familiar with me. I've been doing comedy for twenty years,

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but it does feel like it happened overnight to reach

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the mainstream. It's just been a whole other level. After

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that debut, he was dubbed the nicest guy in stand

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up by The Atlantic. The Atlantic probably has never met

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Jeff Foxworthy, but I've never met Nate, so I don't know,

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but I'll give that title to Foxworthy. Also, super nice

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is Larry the Cable Guy, But they would if they

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had a nice offen who got Nate in the room.

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I don't even know who would win. Nate says, I

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was fortunate to get tagged with nicest guy in comedy

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and not something else. It's nice. I'm sure it could

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be many other things, but it's a good one to

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get tagged with. I mean, yeah, I'm fortunate that it's

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that not something else. Vulture caught up with Walt Disney

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Television Alternative TV chief Rob Mills. ABC now has the

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Oscars and the Grammys and some other stuff. So Walter

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asked Walt Disney Television Alternative TV chief Rob Mills if

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Conan doing two Oscars in a row means Kimmel has

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decided he's done hosting the show. Walt Disney Television Alternative

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TV chief Rob Mills said, I certainly hope we didn't

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see Kimmel's last Oscars two years ago. He said they

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needed a little break, and I mean the privilege of

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having done Oscars with Jimmy Kimmel and Conan O'Brien, who

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were two faces on Late Nights Mount Rushmore is amazing.

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When you don't do the job the date, it's worth

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asking would he be interested in doing it again? And

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we were lucky. I hope Jimmy's hosting the Oscars or

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something else down the line. We have a litany of

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awards shows, Okay, the Late Nights Mount Rushmore. You get

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four spots, right, so Johnny Carson obviously, and we've got

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three left. You got to give the second one to

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David Letterman. The guy was on for thirty years, and

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you don't have Conan without Dave. So all right, so

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we have Carson and Letterman late Night Mount Rushmore. Off

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the top of my head, possibilities include Steve Allen, Jack Parr,

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who I think we got to consider here, Jay Leno,

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kim Old, Colbert Fallon, Seth Myers, James Corden, Greig Ferguson,

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John Stewart, all right, Carson Letterman hmm. I don't want

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to ignore like Steve Allen and Jack Parr. Younger people

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are probably right now, like who the heck is Jack Parr?

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But when Carson was on, you always heard about Jack Parr.

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Let me ask AI what they think? AI rights the

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Mount Rushmore of late night TV host should honor the

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legends who redefined the genre and left the lasting legacy.

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Here are the four Carven Granite One Johnny Carson, the

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George Washington of Late Night. He hosted The Tonight Show

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for thirty years, launch countless careers. If you're building a mountain,

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he's the foundation. I like it AI too. David Letterman,

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the iconoclast. He reinvented Late Night with irony, absurdism and

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a top ten list of cultural influence. AI is but

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Conan O'Brien, the writer turn host who turned awkward into art.

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His Harvard Wit surreal sketches and self deprecation redefined the

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genre for gen X and millennials. He's the Teddy Roosevelt,

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more niche, but a force of nature. Good job, AI.

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The AI gave it to Colbert. The AI's reasoning for

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his dual achievements. First is the satirical Colbert Report persona,

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and now is the mainstream network King of the lad Show.

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I'm not putting Stephen Colbert on Mount Rushmore, No AI right.

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Honorable mention, Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon, Joan Rivers first female

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host to break through, and John Stewart. They throw out there,

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Seth Myers and John Oliver. We've also forgotten Dick Cavit.

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I'll tell you what. Let's take this up on the

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Facebook group Daily Comedy News Podcast Group. I'll leave one

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spot for you. I'm giving it to Carson, Letterman and Conan.

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You got one more? Who do you want to put

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on a late night Mount Rushmore? Let me know in

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the comments Daily Comedy News Podcast Group. You know what,

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let's just get out there. That's a fun way to leave,

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right Carson Letterman, Conan, and who's number four? I think

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it might be Jay Leno, but you let me know,

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see you, tomor