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From Poolside, I'm Johnny Mac with your daily comedy news.
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October is going to be very exciting on Netflix. They
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have four comedy documentaries. I think the big one will
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be about Norm Macdonald, but I'll tell you about them
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in order. These will be on Fridays. On October 7th,
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we'll get Who is Martin Mull, produced by the late
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Bob Saget and Neil Berkley. Who is Martin Mull tells
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the story of the Chicago-born actor, musician, and painter known
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for Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and for playing Jean on
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Arrested Development. We're told that the doc traces his restless
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reinvention from smoky folk clubs to primetime sitcoms to gallery walls,
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told in his own words and by their friends who
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watched it happen, including Steve Martin, Tom Waits, David Alan Greer,
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and others. Then on October 16th, we get Norma. The
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Tale of Norm Macdonald, an intimate portrait of Norm Macdonald,
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including his rise as the deadpan anchor of Weekend Update
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to his enduring legacy as a comedian's comedian, a master
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of the absurd, the dry, and the unexpected. The doc
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is built entirely from archival footage, personal photos, and rare
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home videos. This is really great. Judd Apatow is the
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force behind this one. Then on the 23rd, we get
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the Maria Bamford documentary, also from Judd. It is called
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Paralyzed by Hope, the Maria Bamford Story. It made its
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premiere earlier this year at Sundance. It is a funny
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and tender glimpse into the childhood, early career, and present-day
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life of a comedy great who's known for turning radical
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honesty into radical comedy, often blurring the line between performance
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and personal crisis. I know people that like Maria Bamford
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love Maria Bamford. Never quite been my thing, but I
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know people are really, really into her. So that is
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Paralyzed by Hope, the Maria Bamford story. Then on October 30th,
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we get SCTV, The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of,
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which is just a fascinating title, because if you're my age,
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of course you've heard of it. Plus, by the time
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October 30th rolls around, SCTV is coming to Netflix September 1st,
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so it will have been on Netflix for two months,
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so people will have heard of it anyway. SCTV, The
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Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of, except you have, tells
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the story of one of the most influential sketch comedy
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series in TV history, although ostensibly you supposedly haven't heard
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of it, even though you have. Second City Television helped
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boost the careers of John Candy, Eugene Levy, Martin Short,
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Catherine O'Hara, Rick Moranis, and more. No love for Dave
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Thomas there? Why is there no love for Dave Thomas?
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Come on. Anyway, we're told through intimate interviews with surviving
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members of its legendary cast and an emotional reunion in Toronto,
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the film explores the creative partnership that transformed a small
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Canadian television production into a cultural phenomenon, etc., etc., etc.
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Jimmy Kimmel has an executive producer credit on this. As
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I previously mentioned, all episodes of Second City TV arrive
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on Netflix September 1st. NASCAR has teamed up with Theo Vaughn.
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USA Sports brought in comedian and podcaster Theo Vaughn to
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star in a new promo for The Chase, breaking down
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how the NASCAR playoffs work in simplest terms. Vaughn explains,
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16 drivers, 10 races, one champion, the rules are easy,
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winning insanely hard. Then there's a video where we see
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some drivers in a classroom. Let's cut to the trailer. Now,
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I did make edits for pacing. And honestly, I struggled
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to make it all the way to the end, so
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at some point we're going to bail here, but here's
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Theo Vaughn doing his NASCAR thing.
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Welcome to USA Sports Racing School.
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You've battled all season for a shot at the championships,
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And now you've graduated.
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To the chase. Are you talking about me?
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I am not, but big fan. Did you just say chase? Hey,
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Chase Briscoe, pipe down.
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We're talking about NASCAR's postseason.
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Wait, the chase is back? The chase is back, Ryan Blaney.
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Thank you, man.
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And apparently so are 70s mustaches, huh?
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16 drivers, 10 races, one champion.
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The rules are easy. Winning, insanely hard.
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Johnny Mac, stick to sports. OK, Sam Morrell was on
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Rich Eisen's podcast and they talked about the world champion Knicks.
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Sam said it hurt my comedy that Knicks run because
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it's hard to write jokes when everything is great. A
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lot of comedy comes from irritability and like, you know, oh,
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this is annoying. But what am I going to be like?
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You ever notice that God is real and everything's cool? Like,
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what am I going to write about? I couldn't believe it.
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Pajiba wrote an article about that controversial mega comedian, you know,
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the guy Nate Bregansi. That's right. I didn't have to
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tell you who it is. Pajiba's headline, Nate Bregazzi does
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edgy comedy now, losers. Let's just read this one verbatim
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from Pajiba. After the breadwinner whimpered into theaters, Nate Bregazzi
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immediately went mask off and stumbled around the White House
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UFC fight like some sort of mega Forrest Gump. He
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had just spent months carefully saying he's not a political guy,
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only to prove that anyone who says that is totally
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political but self-aware enough to know that they should keep
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it under wraps.
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In an entirely predictable move, Nate is reportedly moving past
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his family-friendly shtick that made him a massive success on
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the standout circuit. His Nateland Entertainment just announced the launch
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of No Pictures, a new company producing film and television
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that will delve into edgier genres and stories more suited
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for older audiences. Pajiba continues, While I just assumed Nate
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would stay arm's length away from anything that uses words
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stronger than dorn, He's already full steam ahead on some
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pretty spicy stuff. Hold on to your butts. What does
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any of this mean? Well, for starters, I'm guessing roller
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coasters cost way more than Nate realized, and he wants
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to open an amusement park. He's going to need more
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than Mr. Mom rehashes to bring in eyeballs. Pajima says,
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I'm also reminded of Nate's May 2025 interview with Esquire,
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where Nate confessed that he was very tempted to go
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the canceled comedian route, but ultimately chose not to pursue
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those riches. Riches that would not be available to him
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unless he had views that would get him canceled. Are
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we about to learn what those views are? This certainly
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looks like a start. Unless we're about to witness a
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very expensive foray into four chokes. Sounds like Jimmy Kimmel's
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not going to retire. I mean, that makes sense. Once
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they make you the king of late night, why would
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you walk away after a year in your late 50s?
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What else are you going to do? Sit in the
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backyard recording a podcast like a loser? No, Jimmy Kimmel,
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you keep hosting the show. You already have the summers off.
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Call Rosie O'Donnell up and tell her you want her
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for six weeks next summer. Tell ABC you don't want
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to work in December. Rosie will do it. That's a
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good solution, actually, everybody. Rosie can waltz in. Everyone will go, oh,
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Rosie's great. Kimmel doesn't have to work. ABC has a show.
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Why are we not doing this? Jimmy and his wife
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Molly went on Dax Shepard's podcast. Kimmel said he still
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asks himself if the demands of doing a nightly show
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are worth it. Quoting Jimmy, weirdly, I deal with it
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less now than I used to because now I feel
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like the show's an outlet for people who are outraged
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by what's going on, and I feel some responsibility to
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those people. So it's not just like, oh, man, why
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do I need to get up? It's like, well, yeah,
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there is kind of a reason, a non-financial reason that
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you need to do this. Kimmel's current contract runs through May. Recently,
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Kimmel told Vulture that ABC hadn't yet talked about a renewal.
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Kimmel at that point said, I don't know what ABC
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is going to want to do. Jimmy's wife, Molly, said
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she could picture her husband with a fly rod in
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one hand and a torch in the other, finally getting
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a chance to relax. But she believes his voice is important. Now,
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this is where we get down to it. Jimmy was asked,
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could he see himself retiring and then regret it? He said, yeah,
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I do. And he said he had watched others announce
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their retirement only to make a, quote, lesser comeback. Jimmy said,
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I always look at that and go, oh, is that
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going to be me? Yeah, don't walk away, dude. Will
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he retire, retire? It depends on what you mean by retirement.
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He said, I'm never going to stop doing things. That
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is my like I'm already pretty much retired. I'm sitting
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next to a pool. talking into a laptop and making
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money doing this, and thank you for listening. You help
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fund this ridiculous lifestyle that I have. I am so blessed.
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Thank you. I have no reason not to do this.
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I already pre-taped some days of the week when I
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want to go to the beach. I mean, Jimmy, apply that. Again,
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call Rosie O'Donnell. In fact, Rosie, if you want to
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host this podcast on the weekends, I'm happy to have you.
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The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival is stepping up their lineup.
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If you're free on Friday, the 11th of September, and
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you want to hit the Mississauga Festival weekend at Arendelle Park,
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Stavros Halkias and James Austin Johnson have been announced. They
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were replacing Mike Birbiglia and Nick Kroll, who can no
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longer appear on the show on Friday due to scheduling conflicts.
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We'll get into that in a second. But it is
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a pretty solid lineup at the Great Outdoors Comedy Festival
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Mississauga lineup. On the 11th, you get John Mulaney, Stavros Halkias,
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Fred Armisen, and James Austin Johnson. I mean, when Fred
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Armisen's the fourth best guy, that's a pretty good night.
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Then the afternoon show on the 12th is Adam Ray's Dr. Phil,
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Miss Patton, T.J. Miller. Then the night show on the
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12th is Jeffrey Curie, fresh cut featuring Brad Williams and
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Grace O'Malley. Then the afternoon show on the 13th, we'll
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be watching football, so I feel bad for Matt Matthews
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and Jordan Jensen and also Catherine Blanford, who is fantastic,
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but there's football that day. And then you can blow
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off Sunday night football and go see Hasan Minhaj and
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Ronnie Chang plus Michael Kosta. Now, why isn't Mike Birbiglia going?
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Remember he said he had a bail on the Mulaney
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tour because he had a dream job? Well, apparently it
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is this. Focus Features has greenlighted Old Friends, New Friends,
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a comedy marking Mike Birbiglia's first feature effort in a decade.
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When a tight-knit group of college friends travels to a
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summer camp for their old friend's wedding, they discover he's
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built a new life with new friends, forcing them to
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confront what they've lost, who they've become, and whether growing
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up means growing apart. Michael Ian Black, who looks fantastic,
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and I say that because I watched the trailer for
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the thing I'm about to tell you, which is His
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new comedy special, it's titled First Annual Retirement Special. It
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is now out on Comedy Dynamics. Michael Ian Black reflects
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on his 27 years of experience as a married man
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and the difficult choices that come with it, like choosing
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between intimacy and watching Better Call Saul. Caring for each
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other through sickness and health and discovering just how important
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accent pillows are to bringing home together. He also takes
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on the increasingly unhinged world of snack and soda flavors,
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living abroad in Rome and London. where he learned that
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London theatre might not be all it's cracked up to be,
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and recounts the time he hit it big at the
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poker table against a man named Dave. Now, there is
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a trailer. Michael Ian Black, who's 55 and looks fantastic,
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goes a really long way for a joke here. I'll
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let it roll into the laugh line. There's a tag
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after the laugh line that's more visual, but I'll cut
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it before we get to that because it's visual. But
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this is a long way to go for a joke.
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If you ever get the chance to live abroad for
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any length of time, Take it. It's such a great experience.
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You learn so much, not only about the cultures that
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you're in, but about your home culture. And what eventually
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happens is you will accumulate approximately $ 36, 000 in credit card debt.
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Here's what happened. Towards the end of our stay, I
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got a call from my friend, Joe. Joe works for
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this big poker company putting on a high stakes poker
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game in Las Vegas. Would I like to participate? Now,
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I am a poker player. I've been playing poker my
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whole life. But when I buy into a poker game,
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it's for like $ 300, $ 500. The buy-in for this game, $ 50, 000. Okay. Okay. Now,
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my strategy is very simple. We have 150 hands of
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poker to play. When the 150 hands are over, the
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game is over. So my thinking is, I'm just going
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to hang back. I'm not going to do a thing
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unless I absolutely have to hope to put a dent
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in this $ 36, 000 of credit card debt that I've got.
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On the second hand of the 150, I hear myself
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saying these words. I'm all in.
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Well, once again, I'm bumping that Hannah Berner story because
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the podcast is getting long. We'll eventually get to it. And,
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you know, sadly, it's not that good. But it is
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Friday and time for the Comedy Stock Market. Take it away,
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Burt Reynolds. Comedy Stock Market. All right, despite me constantly
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bumping Hannah Burner stories from the podcast, we're going to
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buy stock in Hannah Burner. She's got a lot of
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projects coming along. Not that I ever tell you about them,
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but someday I will. But just trust me. You trust
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a guy sitting by a pool hosting a podcast, don't you?
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Hannah Burner is a buy for us. Let's also buy
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some Stavros Halkias. He's got a lot going on, and
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I'm seeing a lot of press. I already have a
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few things into next week's scripts. And also let's buy...
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Can you buy Norm Macdonald? Let's buy some Norm Macdonald estate.