Aug. 27, 2025

Marc Maron compares Dave Chappelle and Netflix to Fascism PLUS Katt Williams adjacent murder mystery

Show Notes
Transcript

Marc Maron keeps burning bridges — this time calling out Netflix for “cutting loose” the trans community over Dave Chappelle. Plus, Devon Walker leaves SNL, and we may be seeing the early stages of a major cast shakeup. Katt Williams is under pressure after the Reggie Carroll case heats up, and Jay Leno is helping Harrison Ford build… a toilet seat?

Also: Adam Sandler’s next dramatic role, Sharon Stone wants to play Phyllis Diller, and David Mitchell is mad about the word “mansplaining.”

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Kalaroga Shock Media. Should I even bother? Jahar? Taylor Swift

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got engaged to Travis Kelsey. I mean, is anybody gonna

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care about anything else for the next year and a half? Hi,

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I'm Johnnie Mack with your Daily Comedy News. Got kind

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of a big story brewing here. At the end of

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yesterday's podcast, I mentioned that comedian Reginald Carol had been

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shot dead at age fifty two. This seems to be

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bubbling up now. I saw several stories about it that

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caught my eye. The first one from Fox thirteen. They're

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reporting that a company that bills itself as the official

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site for Cat Williams merchandise was evicted following the death

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of Reginald Carol. As I understand things, Fox thirteen went

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over to visit Burton Lane. The location they found a

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letter titled fourteen day notice to quit for criminal activity.

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The letter states, according to the report, you are being

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given this notice due to criminal activity that occurred on

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or about the premises and violation of your lease agreement,

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specifically on August twentieth, twenty twenty five, the following criminal

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activity occurred. It then cites a shooting where an arrest

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was made by South Haven police officers. The online store

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for the location sells Cat Williams merch and displays a

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picture of Cat Williams on its website. The website reads,

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the Onyx Owl Clothing Line was designed for and by

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the urban street, celebrities and famous creatives who appreciate fashion

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that reflects their lifestyle. With a focus on style and quality,

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The Onyx Clothing Line provides trendy, celebrity approved clothing for

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men and women of all races. From stylist t shirts

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to hats and accessories, The Onyx Owl Clothing Line is

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sure to have something for everyone. As next piece of

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the puzzle, I found on a website Delta News, and

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the Internet tells me Delta News is a broadcasting platform

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that provides local news coverage and updates for the Greenville,

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Mississippi area. According to that report, Carol was traveling on

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Cat Williams Current Heaven on Earth comedy tour. Three independent

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sources tell Fox thirteen that the man accused of killing

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Carroll was on the tour as security, and then from

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Vibe dot Com, comedian Billy Currells has called out Cat

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Williams and is asking Cat Williams to speak out. Cirell's

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apparently said, and I may have to paraphrase a little

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bit here for language. We're not gonna act like cat.

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You ain't know who Reggie Carroll was. Kat Williams, you're

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the truth teller. You're the master of being able to

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tell everybody else this stuff. You got of war, You

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ready for anything? Right? You the guy you said, my

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team versus whoever else. I did try and find the

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audio for this, and I didn't find anything that I

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was convinced is the accurate audio. I've seen several reports

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of this transcript that I'm reading you, apparently, mister Currell's continued, Well,

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I know you love Reggie. We all did. Reggie was

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a solid fella. He didn't pick sides. So Cat Williams,

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tell me why Reggie Carroll died outside your house. Tell

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us what happened to Richie Carroll. Cat. Again, I tried

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to find the audio. Anything. I'm finding as people talking

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over stills and commenting on it. So let's keep an

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eye on that story. It looks like that one's going

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to bubble up what I thought would be the lead. Today,

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Devin Walker has announced he's no longer with SNL He

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shared the news on Instagram. He apparently has mixed feelings.

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On one slide of the post, a screenshot of a

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note wrote, me and the show did three years together

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and sometimes it was really cool. Sometimes it was toxic

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as hell, but we made the most of what it was.

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Even amidst all the dysfunction, we made an fed up

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little family. It is unclear whose choice it was for

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him to leave the show. At the top of the computer,

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a note says weight did he quit or did he

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get fired? So Walker's having a little fun with that.

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Walker also shared a screenshot of him texting someone with

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the words I'm out, paired with an emoji of a

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face wearing a party hat and a photo of Joe

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Biden appearing to trip on a staircase. Walker captured the

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photos me and Baby broke up. His full statement to me,

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jobs in the industry feel like a bunch of little marriages.

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Some of them last a long time if we're lucky,

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but most of them are fleeting, permanent until they're not.

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That's the deal. You know what it is when you

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sign up. Me and the show did three years together,

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and sometimes it was really cool. Sometimes it was toxic

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as hell. But made the most of what it was

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and missed all the dysfunction. We made an fed up

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little family. More than anything, just really happy I got

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to do it with Gary and Alex Fellows. Really went

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from running a bar show to working together at thirty Rock.

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It's a beautiful thing. And I look caked up in

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that picture, and I feel like it's important for people

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to know what I got going on. Anyway, I am

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about to go to Japan. When I get back, I'm

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going to try and be in a prestige drama, ideally

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something with Julianne Moore. Hope y'all staying hydrated and getting

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some money today. That's pretty interesting if I had to guess,

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if you made me guess, sounds like he was disinvited.

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Rosebud Baker, who's been a writer on the program, she

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is leaving the writing staff after four years Latenighter dot Com.

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They were trying to take the week off and it's

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not working for them. I'm going to guess, between me

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recording this and you hearing this, that there are going

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to be a bunch more departm It sounds like the

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folks or abandoning ship. And my take after SNL fifty

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that is the time to get out, so Late Nighter,

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says an insider told them that cast member Michael Longfellow

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and SNL writer Casey Schernima taped a screen test at

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the Update desk last May. At that time, Jos and

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Chay were widely presumed to be leaving SNL. Many thought

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they would announce it on the season finale. They did

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not announce such a thing. Lauren Michaels recently has said

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that SNL fifty one would be bringing a lot of

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changes and a reinvention. Casey Schernima has been writing on

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Weekend Update for three years. Prior to that, she was

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a new face at Just for Laps In twenty twenty two.

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She also wrote for Stephen Colbert's Tuning Out The news

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is Colin Jos coming back? Well, he does have a

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gig this also from Late Nighter. He will be hosting

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the T Mobile Breakfast at Bethpage, a live pregame show

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from the first Tea at the Wryter Cup September two,

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twenty sixth, and through the twenty eighth. It is built

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as an alternative pregame show. Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions is

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behind this thing. It will stream on Peacock More SNL News.

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Beck Bennett said he was nervous to parody Vladimir Putin

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on SNL. Beck was on David Spade and Dana Carvey's podcast.

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Spade asked him where you're scared they'd be after you.

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Bennett said, oh yeah, and he said a clip of

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his Putin impression was on Russian TV at one point,

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and I was like, he knows about it. At the

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same time, I'm like, it's silly that I get nervous.

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It never come for me. That'd be stupid even if

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he wanted to. There was definitely a couple of months

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like should I be doing this? Is this weird? He's

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known for poisoning. Beck pointed out that he did a

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deep voice for the character and that the man's real

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voice is higher. Bennett enjoyed doing Putin as a macho

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characterature and explained that you don't have to do an

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exact impression, just capture the essence and have fun with it.

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Oh yeah, we're this far end of the show. I

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didn't even get some Mark Marrin. He was on pot

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Save America. It was really good. I saw a thread

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someone posted their favorite podcast. Right now is Mark Maron

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going on everyone Else's podcast and asked if we could

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have that in one big feed. I think that's a

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great idea. I talked yesterday about how Maren had called

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out Bill Maher. Maren also took a shot at Netflix.

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They're in business with Dave Chappelle. Maren said, fascism is

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good for business Netflix. You know, they'll co opt anybody

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that could take that algorithm. I used to do a

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joke about it. Netflix can become right Flix very quickly.

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When they had pushed back from the trans community about Chappelle,

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they realized after several days that community wasn't going to

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affect their bottom line at all, and they cut them loose.

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That's how fascism works in business. John love It pointed

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out that Netflix has lots of LGBTQ plus content. Maren said,

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but ultimately, who's getting the big deals which shows stay

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on the air. You know what do they keep repeating?

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That's them saying we got this other stuff. We know

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this a few of you, but we're throwing you a bone.

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So shut up, boy. We are at peak Maren right now.

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His special was great. I love outspoken Maren's He's landed

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on the New Continent and he's burning the bridges and

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he's leaving the podcast behind. And he just burned the

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bridge with Netflix. This is a very, very entertaining. We

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got to talk about that guy, Jay Leno, you know,

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the worst guy that ever lived. That guy. Apparently he's

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helping Harrison Ford build a toilet seat. I know that

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sounds like something I just made up to be funny,

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but no. Harrison Ford was on NPR and said, jay

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Leno has three D printers and I had this toilet

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seed from a toilet that's not in production anymore, and

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the toilet set had discolored in a way that's really unattractive.

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There's an image. I can't find the toilet seat anywhere.

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I tried for years, and I'm sitting around one day saying,

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can I three D print this? Ah? Jay Leno. Harrison

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Ford said he first learned about three D printing from

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Jay Leno showing him around his garage. Harrison Ford says,

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of the worst person who ever lived, he embraced the

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project in a way that I never could have imagined.

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Good news for fans of dramatic actor Adam Sandler, as

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you know, he's a fantastic dramatic actor or will he's

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got that upcoming movie Jay Kelly, where he co stars

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with George Clooney. It's coming out even earlier than expected,

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Isn't that exciting? Jay Kelly has been confirmed as the

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Cunard Gala of this year's BFI London Film Festival that

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runs from October eighth through the nineteenth in London and

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festival venues across the UK. Jay Kelly will premiere Friday,

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October tenth. The movie follows famous movie actor Jay Kelly

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played by George Coooney, and his devoted manager Ron played

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by dramatic actor Adam Sandler, as they embark on a

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whirlwind and unexpectedly profound journey through Europe. Along the way,

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both men are forced to confront the choices they've made,

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their relationships with their loved ones, the legacies they leave behind.

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That's exciting. Deli Boys renewed for season two at Hulu.

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That is a fun show. If you haven't seen that.

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Fred Ormison joining the cast, I'm not sure I feel

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about that. Fred Ormison's character is described as a legendary

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gambling savant with an uncanny ability to read people like cards.

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His casino Empire's global, but his crown jewels in Philly.

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He's uniquely brilliant and deeply unhinged, a deadly combo if

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you cross him. My struggle with fred Ormison is fred

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Ormison always comes across as Fred Ormison enroll. Hopefully he

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can surprise me. Sharon Stone has a dream role. She

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says she wants to play Phyllis Diller, very very badly.

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She and I were close friends. Phyllis made little paintings

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for all my kids. She cooked me there and a

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lot of times the woman could cook. I told her

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I wanted a play her, and she sat down and

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taught me her laugh. She made me practice her laugh.

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I would watch that. And from The Independent, David Mitchell

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for Mitchell and Webb says the term mansplaining is unfair.

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He told the Sunday Times, I'll come back to the

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Independent to stay with me. But Mitchell told the Sunday Times,

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I feel like there's an unfairness to the term man'splaining,

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which is taken to be men explaining things and a

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boring way to women because they do it to each

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other and then they take turns. That's what men call

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a conversation. Then the article in The Independent ends with

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man's plaining is a phrase use to describe men explaining

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something to a woman. Is The Independent being deliberately hilarious there?

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Or are they completely clueless? That is my question for you,

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and then us your comedy news for today, See you tomorrow.