Sept. 3, 2026

Pete Davidson & Colin Jost’s Free Staten Island Ferry Comedy Show,

Show Notes
Transcript

Johnny Mac reports that Pete Davidson and Colin Jost are hosting a free comedy show on their decommissioned Staten Island Ferry (bought for $280,000 in 2022) in NYC on September 17, with Snapple sponsoring it as the “Snapple Island Ferry”; tickets drop daily at 3 p.m. ET through the 8th at register.snappleislandferry.com, one pair per person, and the event is produced by The Stand. Netflix renewed Shane Gillis’ “Tires” for season four, noting 45 million views across three seasons and a recent top-10 peak at #5. The New York Times profiles Hannah Berner after a Dysport injection for TMJ left her unable to smile (“SmileGate”). Jeff Arcuri shares five performance tips. A Lion King lyricist must pay nearly $40,000 in fees after losing a $27 million suit against comedian Jonas Y. Abu Dhabi Comedy Season adds Whitney Cummings, and Stewart Lee criticizes Dave Chappelle.

00:15 Pete and Jost Ferry Show
02:29 Tires Renewed Season Four
03:19 Hannah Berner SmileGate
04:46 Jeff Arcuri Improv Tips
06:32 W Kamau Bell Tech Picks
07:09 Support the Podcast
08:28 Lion King Lawsuit Update
10:35 Abu Dhabi Comedy Season
10:57 Stewart Lee on Chappelle
11:29 SNL Crossword and LA Comedy
12:29 LA Comedy Nights Rundown

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Calaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mac with your

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daily comedy news. Do you like comedy? Do you like fairies?

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Pete Davidson and Colin Jost are doing a free comedy

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show on their decommissioned Staten Island Ferry boondoggle that they

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paid $ 280, 000 for back in 2022. The free comedy show

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will feature rising comedians and it takes place in New

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York City, September 17th. Wait, I should probably go. I

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actually have to be in New York City that night

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for the podcasting conference. I'm already in town. I'm already

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crashing at my daughter's place. I should go. Well, John,

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fans can claim free tickets online starting today. You may

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recall back in 2022, Pete Davidson, who's now 32 years old,

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Colin Jost, 44, They purchased the decommissioned John F. Kennedy

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Staten Island Ferry at auction for $ 280, 000. Since then, they've

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hosted a number of events on the vessel, including Tommy

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Hilfiger's 2025 New York Fashion Week show. But on September 17th,

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when Johnny Mac will be in New York City and

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should probably just go, you're already there. The ferry will

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become the Snapple Island Ferry. I see what the sponsor

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did there. A one-day-only free comedy club built to give

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New Yorkers an unexpectedly refreshing break from the daily grind,

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says Snapple. The show, hosted by Pete and Jost and

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produced by the Stand Restaurant and Comedy Club, the show

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will feature sets from the fastest rising stars on the

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comedy scene. Pete Davidson in a statement said, Turning the

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ferry into a floating comedy club with Snapple makes more

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sense than anything else we considered. And it still doesn't

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make much sense. That's Pete saying that, not shouting back.

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Either way, we're giving people a chance to take a break,

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have a laugh, and do something completely ridiculous with us.

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A limited number of free tickets will begin dropping daily

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at 3 o'clock today, Eastern Time, and continue through the 8th.

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Fans can claim a pair of free tickets for themselves

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and a guest at register.snappleislandofferry.com. There's a limit of one

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pair per person. Where is Pier 17, Johnny Mac? It

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is 89 South Street in New York City, so that's

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the Lower East Side, very lower. If you can't make it,

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Snapple will share clips and content from the events on

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their social channel, including Snapple Instagram, don't act like you

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don't follow it, and TikTok. Pete said he and Jost

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will also be giving people a ton of free Snapple.

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Pete was asked if he'll crack open a Snapple and

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he said, oh, I'll give you a nice crack and sip.

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Tires will keep going. Picked up for season four at Netflix.

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No surprise there. What a great show. Are you watching it?

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How come you're not watching it? What are you doing?

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How funny does Shane Gillis have to be to get

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you to watch something? Shane gave his usual short quote

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and he said, it's cool to get to make another

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season of Tires. He never says much. I love it.

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Tires recently released third season, reached number five on Netflix's

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top ten English list, its highest position yet. Since its

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debut in 2024, Tires has amassed more than 45 million

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views across three seasons. Tracy Picosta, Netflix's VP of U.S. comedy,

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said Tires continues to deliver the unapologetic comedy and authentic

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point of view Shane, John, and Steve's fans know and love.

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And season three, hitting its highest ever top ten ranking,

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proves this fandom just keeps growing. See what happens when

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you don't cancel things after one season, Netflix? Huh? And

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good news for Hannah Burner, the story's finally making the podcast. John,

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is it getting close to Labor Day weekend and there's

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not a lot of news? There's enough news, but I've

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bounced this enough times. The headline from the New York Times,

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Hannah Burner is having the last laughter. What if she could?

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You see, since a jaw injection went awry and left

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Hannah Burner unable to smile, she's made the most of

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her predicament. Hannah has been calling this Smilegate. She had

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received injections to eliminate symptoms of TMJ, a condition that

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can cause jaw tightness, pain, and headaches, which she had

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dealt with since childhood. Then she went to receive Dysports,

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an injectable similar to Botox that smooths wrinkles, but is

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sometimes used off-label to treat TMJ symptoms. The Times tell

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us Hannah Burner quickly felt a stiffness she had not

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experienced before. Hannah recalled that smile felt like weightlifting. Four

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days later, she was unable to smile or speak clearly.

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That is terrifying. Hannah Burner told the Times, Right before

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everything went down, I was bragging on my podcast about

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how your 30s are so great because every possible bad

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thing that can happen to you happens in your 20s.

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And by your 30s, you're like, I can handle anything.

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And then this happened. My worst nightmare is hurting my

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own podcast because I'm an idiot who got something done

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on her face that was not necessary. When she noticed

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her face wasn't getting better, she decided it was time

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to open up. About two weeks after the injections, she

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showed her smile on her video podcast. He now says,

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I'm one of those people who's excited to age looking

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like myself. So this was a good learning lesson to

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treat your face with love. I think that should be

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on a T-shirt. Treat your face with love. Jeffrey Curry,

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who's Netflix special Nice to Meet You, is very enjoyable

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if you haven't seen it. He spoke with How Success

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Happens and shared his five tips for like crowd work

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and improv stuff. Number one, prepare before you improvise. Jeff says,

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I always have a plan. I always have a reason

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to bring something up. You're never going to see me

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like kind of floundering and then going, all right, so

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what's your story over here? Instead, he's always trying to

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find trigger words to go into my own material and

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own stories. Tip number two, don't let success distract you.

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He says he moved from a decent apartment to, quote,

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living in a basement with rats with five other guys.

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You have to be OK with struggling financially. I'd rather

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live in a basement filled with rats doing stand up

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than living in a high rise. Being an accountant, it's

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a matter of love of the game. Not sure I

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agree with all that. Three, take one risk per show.

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In every set, he tries one new, unproven joke. Tuck

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between two he knows will land. That makes sense. That's

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how you build a set. Tip number four, don't blame

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the audience. A brutal cruise ship gig taught Akiri to

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look inward before pointing fingers. He followed someone who crushed,

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then he watched half the crowd walk out mid-set. He said,

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I'm a comic who blamed the audience in the past,

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but I also blame myself. I'm never going to 100%

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blame them. I always try to think, hey, you still

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got to learn from stuff. Have you ever taken a cruise?

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I've gone to some of these shows. By the evening,

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I'm quite tired. It's not always about the act. It's

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about sleep. Number five, adapt or get left behind. That

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is good advice. I tell my college students all the time,

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don't become a dinosaur. It's advice for creators who guard

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their content too closely. Well, then you need to write

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more to compensate for that. You have to find another niche.

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There's no, hey, if I get into this club, they're

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going to get me a network deal anymore. It's all

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up to you to get into people's brains. Throw stuff

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at the wall, man. Some of it's not going to land,

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but that's fine. The only way to build momentum is

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to stay fresh in their minds. The Verge asked W.

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Kamau Bell about technology, specifically phones and stuff. Hey, Kamau,

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what's your most indispensable tool? He says a charger. All

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of this is just shiny paperweights without a charger. Which

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app is most underappreciated? Now, he answered this before a

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recent news development, but I think you'll see where we're

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going here. He said, I wish MapQuest app was better

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so I didn't have to use the Trump billionaire guy's apps.

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You know who I'm talking about. The map apps that

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have the Gulf of Mexico listed as the Gulf of America.

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All caps. So embarrassing. Three exclamation points. I wonder how

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he feels about Lake Ontario. Send your letters to W.

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Kamau Bell. Hey, I want to shout out Patrick, and

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thank you, Patrick, and bad form for me. I was

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me two coffees at buymeacoffee.com slash dailycomedynews. It's one of

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Patrick did, and I will thank you on this podcast,

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apparently two and a half weeks later. Thank you, sir,

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an alarm and get up every morning at 3.05 a.m.,

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about half the time, I'm getting two coffees now. Patrick,

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thank you. Hey, remember I told you the whole thing

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with the Lion King people were mad about the comedian?

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who had joked that the Lion King song translated to mean, look,

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there's a lion, oh my God, and the Lion King

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people freaked out. Well, the Grammy-winning lyricist behind the Lion

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King's famous opening vocals is being ordered to pay nearly $ 40, 000

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in attorney's fees after unsuccessfully suing a comedian for making

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fun of the song. You may recall South African comedian

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Jonasie was hit with a $ 27 million lawsuit earlier this

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year from the songwriter. The joke that the lyrics at

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the beginning of The Circle of Life translated to, Look,

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there is a lion, oh my God, and the songwriter

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was so offended that he sued for $ 27 million for

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a joke made on a podcast. A March 16th lawsuit

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filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District

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of California labeled Jonas' humorous mistranslation as a, quote, fabricated,

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trivializing distortion meant as a sick joke, saying it damaged the, quote,

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royal praise poetry. Now, the lawsuit translated the line as

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all hail the king. We all bow in the presence

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of the king. Again, I'll remind you, the joke was

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that it translates to look, there is a lion. Oh,

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my God. Which is both funny and not the translation.

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I don't want to get sued here. Let me be clear.

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That is not the translation. I don't want to trivialize

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the lyrics from the Lion King cartoon song. In a

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now deleted Instagram post, Jonas E. had said this was

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just a joke and comedy always has a way of

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starting a conversation. I told him this. This is now

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your chance to actually educate people, because now people are listening.

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I was even ready to create a video with him,

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to be honest. Personally, I had no idea it had

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a deeper meaning. Anyway, the lawsuit was struck down, and

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the songwriter ordered to pay thousands of dollars, $ 39, 560 dollars,

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The order says the prevailing defendant won the case due

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to an anti-slap-with-two-p's motion, which means the court struck down

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what it believed was a frivolous and costly suit designed

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to punish Jonassey for his joke. But as we like

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to say here in the basement, all hail the king.

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We all bow in the presence of the king. Now,

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if you're heading over to Abu Dhabi, it's Abu Dhabi

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comedy season. They have shows spread out for months, but

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the newest addition is Whitney Cummings, who will perform at

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the Etihad Arena on January 31st. Abu Dhabi comedy season

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also includes Morgan Jay on October 11th, Russell Peters on

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October 25th, Mo Amr November 6th, Maz Jobrani November 7th,

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and Paul Smith on the 31st of January. British comedian

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Stuart Lee did one of those Q & As with

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The Times, the part I will pick out. They asked,

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you know, some boilerplate questions, and they asked Stuart Lee, Hey,

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what did you waste an evening watching? And Stuart Lee said,

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Dave Chappelle at Leicester Square Theatre, which was lazy, boorish, clichÃ©d,

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and unpleasant. I'm going to shout it out of correction

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to factual inaccuracy. His bespoke heavies got heavy, so I split. So, Stuart,

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you heckled Dave Chappelle, is what you're saying? What are

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you doing, dude? Respect the work, even if you don't

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like it. The New York Times apparently publishes special crossword

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puzzles for subscribers, and I'm a subscriber, and I was

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playing around with this one earlier today. It's a Saturday

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Night Live-themed crossword puzzle. Constructed by Times Puzzle editor Christina

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Iverson and former cast member Rachel Dratch. One across asks you,

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what is the L of SNL? Do you know the

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answer to that one? What is the L of SNL?

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Four letters. Can you get that one? Fifteen across. One

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named Singer, who was a two-time musical guest and one-time host.

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I got that one right, too. I'm not telling you.

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We are told as an entry, SNL, and I'm not

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telling you what the L stands for, originally clued as

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Variety Show Since 1975 Abbreviations. SNL has since appeared 270 times,

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its clues often featuring trivia about its hosts, cast members,

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and the show itself. But I'm not telling you what

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the L stands for. But I will tell you that

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the L in LA Times stands for Los, or Las,

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as those East Coasters say, Los Angeles. Anyway, the LA

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Times has been highlighting some comedy nights. We did a

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few of these on yesterday's episode. They're into the Cantina

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Comedy Club at King Harbor at the Riviera Mexican Cantina.

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Hosted by high-energy L.A. comedian Sean Leary, the cantina keeps

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the laughs coming with rotating lineups. Add in incredible South

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of the Border cuisine, drinks, and stunning views of King

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Harbor Marina. You get one of the best nights in town.

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These are monthly shows. The next one is September 18th

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at 8 o'clock. Tickets start at $ 28. 52. They're also into

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open mic comedy night at Lyric Hyperion. Sets are $ 4

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for four minutes. Oh, that's not for you to watch it.

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That's for you to perform. 20 people chosen each night

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via lottery. Performers can vary from Silver Lake artists testing

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their stand-up skills for the first time to established local

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comedians working stuff out. That happens Mondays at 9 o'clock. Again,

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free to watch. $ 4 for four minutes to perform, a.k.a.

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a buck a minute. What happens if I go over?

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What if I run the light? Do I have to

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give you five bucks? At Chatterbox, it's Chatterbox Comedy Night.

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We are told the audience walks into a bar. A

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disco ball illuminates the room as early 2000s hip-hop plays.

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It already sounds awesome. The aesthetics set by Chatterbox, a

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bar in Covina, have all the elements of a drunk

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heckler's dream. Headliners are known acts usually touring big cities.

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The rest of the lineup includes open mic standouts. That's

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Sundays at 8 p.m. Tickets $ 5 in advance, $ 10 at

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the door. And you know I'm going to love this one.

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Chris Fleming and friends at the Largo at the Coronet.

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Love this description. If your complaint about stand-up is that

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it's too much of one person standing in place while talking,

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then Chris Fleming and friends is the solution to your problem.

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The high-energy comedian, who should host Late Night with Chris

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Fleming on NBC at 12.30, make 12.30 great again, but

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I digress. The comedian delivers the most fine-tuned stream of

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consciousness comedy you'll ever hear. Fleming's trademark physicality makes the

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show original, exciting, and borderline bouncing off the walls. The

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next one is September 15th at 8 o'clock. Tickets are $ 50, though. Hmm,

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I mean, 50 bucks? I mean, love Chris Fleming, but

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50 bucks? Are you kidding me there? No pricey, no.

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That is your comedy news for today. See you tomorrow.