Aug. 26, 2025

Marc Maron Dunks on Bill Maher on Pod Save America, Jim Jefferies Alleges Military Coverup on Theo Von podcast

Show Notes
Transcript

Marc Maron took aim at Bill Maher during his appearance on Pod Save America, accusing Maher of chasing relevance and sounding “desperate.” Jim Jefferies made shocking claims on Theo Von’s podcast about a possible Australian military cover-up involving his nephew. Plus: Matt Rife defends Sydney Sweeney, Rainn Wilson enjoys being a “jerky face,” Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore 2 breaks Netflix records, Jay Leno remembers how he beat out David Brenner for The Tonight Show, and Pete Davidson is trying to sell his condo.

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Callaroga Shark Media. Thank you Mark Maren for killing off

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what is traditionally a slow newsweek. Helloo, I'm Johnny Mack

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with your daily comedy news. Mark Maron went on Pod

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Save America and he took some shots at Bill Maher.

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Maren said, I can't do it. I always had a

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problem with his tone, like I feel with Bill, and

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there's this, and it happens with some other boomers. There's

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this desperate chasing irrelevance that changes somebody's mind in terms

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of how they approach what they do, and it also

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kind of makes the whole undertaking feel desperate outside of

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his ideas, primarily I think wokeness. I don't know, it's

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just not for me. Maren said. Moore has good joke

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writers who know how to write for his tone. I

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can't see past the desperation of what he's willing to

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do to stay in the conversation on Real Time on Friday,

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Bill Mooher was concerned about the militarization of US cities.

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Bill Maher said of the President, He's creating an army

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in the nation's capital. I just think the presence now

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of this army in Washington is going to have its

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toll taken when the next election comes around. Jim Jefferies

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was on THEO Vaughan's podcast and as accused the Australian

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government of a cover up involving the death of Jim's

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nephew during a defense training exercise in July of twenty

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twenty three. Lieutenant Max Nugent and three fellow soldiers died

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when a helicopter crashed into the water. Jeffrey said, within

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a manner of a couple of weeks after the crash,

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Australia decommissioned the helicopters, took them apart and buried them

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in the desert. Ukraine said we'll take them in. The

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Australians but no, no, no, no, don't worry about that. There

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was an inquiry. Jim said. The test pilots stood up

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and said the helmets they were wearing were defective and

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would end in industrial manslaughter. It's like watching a few

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good men like talking about the military and the government

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trying to cover its ass. Other countries didn't go out

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on patrol that day. They said the weather was too bad,

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the soldiers were too tired. One of the soldiers said

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they were so tired they couldn't fly the aircraft, and

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then my nephew stepped in. Commonwealth prosecutors had said charges

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wouldn't be laid against the Defense Department over the deaths.

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The ruling that the Defense Force couldn't be prosecuted came

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just five days before a two year statute of limitations

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to fill a civil suit was due to expire. Jeffrey said,

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who was fivefing days to get a lawyer? They dragged

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it out on purpose. This was a war game. There

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were things that weren't followed. There's literally helicopters that have

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been buried. If you want to find an Australian taipan

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effing helicopter, you need a treasure map. An aviation safety

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investigation found human error to blame. That investigation said the

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cause of the crash was spatial disorientation, described as when

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a pilot is unaware of their actual orientation and relation

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to the Earth's surface and the surrounding environment. Jeffrey said

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of his nephew, we were proud of him. When Australia

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goes to war, that's the first bloke we sent in.

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We sent in the planes and the helicopters. That's the

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first bit of assistance. Jim also said Australia doesn't get

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enough credit for being one of the few Allied nations

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that has stood by the US for many years. Jeffrey

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said it's like Trump slapping tariffs on Australia. I'm a

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bit like, what the efre you're doing there? Man, We're

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one of you guys. We buy three times more stuff

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from you than you buy from us. The big example

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they gave was, you guys buy twenty six billion dollars

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worth of Australian beef and we buy no from you.

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And it's like, why would we What do you really

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buy from us? You buy sheepskin, red wine, beef and gold.

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It's not like we're manufacturing happy meal toys in Australian

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factories and like those jobs could go to Americans. You

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can hear Jim Jeffries on THEO Vaughan's podcast. Matt Rife

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has commented on this whole Sydney Sweeney thing. You may

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recall Sidney Sweeney appeared in an ad for Jean's. Rife said,

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I keeps seeing people mad at Sidney Sweeney for nothing.

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He dragged out the nothing in his tweet. She's learning

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that the internet is full of absolute garbage losers who

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will twist anything you say into a misinterpretation. People are awful.

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You know who's awful is the worst person who ever lived,

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That guy Jay Leno. Boy, people hate that guy. He

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was on Mark Summer's Unwraps and explained, I got the

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tonight show because there was another manager that handled everybody

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that guest hosted. I think it was Bernie Brilstein. I

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think he had David Brenner and all the guys gar

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shaling everybody. And he calls me and he says, we're

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gonna go in as a team because each of us

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was guest hosting. We're gonna get twenty five thousand dollars

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a night to host. Jay he opted not to take

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part in it. Jay recalled the stewart. I said, you know, Bernie,

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I'm doing it for five hundred twelve dollars a night,

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which a scale. I mean, I appreciate it, but I'm

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happy doing it for five twelve. Leto explained his logic.

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I knew Johnny on the show, and at the end

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of the month, he'd say, what did we spend on

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guest host? Two hundred and eighty grand? And when Leno

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hosted twenty five hundred. Why don't we go with Leno?

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They're all getting the same ratings. I mean, it seemed

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like common sense to me. Jay first guest hosted in

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nineteen eighty six. A year later was named a permanent

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guest host, So I guess his gambit worked. Jay took

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over for Corson in nineteen ninety two, which feels like

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yesterday to me. Jay said he enjoyed guest hosting for Carson.

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I enjoyed doing it. Any job I would do for free.

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I don't argue about money. The sad reality is the

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worst comedian in America makes more than the best teacher.

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Don't worry about it. If you're any good, you'll do okay. Boy.

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That Jay Leno was something. He was up in Elmira

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on Friday night and he was playing at the Clemens Center.

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And listen to the listen to the gall on this guy.

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This is what he said about the Clement Center. It's fun.

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It's a great old theater. I love these nineteen twenty

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five old vaudevilleaus's. So many of them got torn down,

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but so many are preserved like this one. It's really terrific.

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It's really fun. It makes it kind of interesting and

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adds a subtle antiquity to it. Boy, the nerve of

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that guy. Gossip Connor whispers in the street, Gossip Conn,

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probably about Pete. Gossip Conn. Where are the rumors meeting with?

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Johnny Mackett's always a tree? Gossip Connor whisp business tree.

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Gossip Corn Probably gossip Cone with room with me? Johnny

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Maczol's a tree. Yes, Gossip Corner is indeed about Pete.

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Pete apparently having trouble selling his condo. According to s

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I Live, the condo, purchased by Pete Davidson in twenty

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twenty one, originally for one point two million dollars, was

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last on the market for one point zero seven million.

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According to The US Sun, The US Sun or the

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folks that were starting the Howard Stern rumors recently, the

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condo fifteen and ninety two square feet. Pete was selling

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it because he wanted to move to Brooklyn. A source

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with ties to Pete Davidson tells The Sun he's blown

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through a ton of money and it isn't coming like

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it used to. Pete has spent a lot of money

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on this place, renovating it over the years and making

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it perfect, and it's been a big dream. We're told

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Pete has the condo he bought his mother, a place

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he also rents a Brooklyn Brownstone, owns a house in

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upstate New York. And then there's the whole Ferry thing.

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A real estate listing tells us the condo has a sleek,

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modern open concept featuring enormous windows which provide natural lighting

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from dawn till dusk. Two bedrooms, three bath, a break

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custom kitchen that opens to a spacious family room optimal

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for entertaining. It also has panoramic views of near a

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harbor and the Manhattan skyline. The master bedroom suite has

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a private bathroom with a custom shower and a highly coveted,

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glamorous walk in closet. Massive glass doors lead to an

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exclusive terrace on the seventh floor, which provides those views

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of the city skyline. Pete Davidson's condo is also pet friendly,

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has twenty four hour security, a clubhouse, a health club,

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a tennis club, an indoor playroom, and an outdoor playground.

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If you're in the market for a place on Staten Island,

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contact Pete Davidson in the feed. You'll find a new

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thought this was funny, he said. He's it's not very

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much like Dwight, although there's some mannerisms. Because I played

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them for over two hundred episodes over nine years. But

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rain is a little bit of a jerky face. Having

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played Dwight allows me to be a jerky face to

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people and people laugh. I can be kind of an

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a hole and people are like, isn't that charming? So

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it's one of the benefits of playing like Dwight. Rain

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Will says. I talk to Jenna Fisher, who plays Pam.

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She can't tell any really edgy jokes because people are like,

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Pam would never say that, So Jenna has to kind

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of keep her dark, raunchy sits of humor and check

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because people really recoil from deadline amid monster viewership Gilmore Too,

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that's on you people. I did everything I could to

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stop that, and you guys just blew the stop sign

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and didn't care and watched that thing. Happy Gilmore Too

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had Netflix's biggest US opening weekend ever. Well now, because

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if people like you, Adam Sandler's Happy Medicine Productions are

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making even more movies. They're developing the novel Dad Cam.

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In the novel Dad Camp, we follow John a devoted father. Hey,

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I could play that who finds his once cloned spond

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with his daughter Avery unraveling as she enters her preteen years.

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I wouldn't be good at that. Desperate to reconnect before

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she starts middle school, he signs them up for a

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week long father daughter retreat at a Rundown summer camp,

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where he's forced to confront both his fears of losing

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her and the evolving nature of their relationship. Here's my prediction.

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Adam Sandler will play John and whichever Sandler daughter is

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the younger one will play the aged up version of

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the daughter that's a preteen in the novel. That's my

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prediction there, But that would probably be more dramatics. Maybe

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we would get good Adam Sandler, who knows. In other

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development news, also from Deadline, Paramount has acquired The Island,

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described as an R rated comedy based on an idea

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from Trevor Noah. The Island tells the story of two

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polar opposites, one a successful alpha businesswoman and the other

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a hopelessly dedicated male high school teacher. They're the sole

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survivors of a play crash on a deserted island, and

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after rely on each other to stay alive. Sources say

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Trevor Noah was inspired by COVID for this idea. Congratulations

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to Sam Nicoresti. Sam is the winner of the Edinburgh's

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Best Show at the Fringe. Sam Show Baby Boomer is

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based around a humiliating experience in a department store changing

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room out Today to hear Moore's special Aging Out, It'll

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Tammys Pontoon Party. That is a wonderful title. And we'll

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wrap up today on a very sad note. Comedian Reggie

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Carrol was shot dead in Mississippi. Police say they got

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Reggie suffering from gunshot wounds. Police and first responders started

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performing life saving techniques. Reggie did not survive the injuries.

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South Haven Police have his suspect and custody, who has

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been charged with murder in Reggie's shooting death, one of

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Reggie's colleagues, Monique, said she had nothing but good times

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with Reggie, especially when they were on comedy tours together.

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Reggie Carroll was fifty two. Not your comedy news for Today,