Oct. 27, 2024

Taylor Tomlinson has to explain to Gayle King the points don't matter

Show Notes
Transcript

Johnny Mac dives into the world of comedy, featuring Taylor Tomlinson's dream of hosting Conan O'Brien and her creative journey. Jon Stewart's potential post-election activities are discussed, along with his renewed enthusiasm. D.L. Hughley and Tim Meadows provide commentary on Elon Musk's influence on media and political donations. Donnell Rawlings talks about his 'Black and Mild Tour' and his path into comedy. Stavros Halgis shares his thoughts on career success, while Jimmy Carr prepares to host 'Last One Laughing UK.' Matteo Lane introduces his humorous cookbook, 'Your Pasta Sucks,' and also emphasizes the authenticity of pasta. Additionally, the episode includes Brent's review and experience judging at the Golden Burger Challenge, supporting local restaurants and charity. The show concludes with the latest comedy news and tips for enjoying the content ad-free.

00:25 Taylor Tomlinson's Show and Tour
01:12 Jon Stewart's Post-Election Plans
01:43 D.L. Hughley's Take on Elon Musk and Media
02:23 Tim Meadows' Political Stand
03:12 Donnell Rawlings' Comedy Journey

04:39 Stavros Halgis on Neil Brennan's Podcast
05:27 Jimmy Carr's New Show Announcement
05:51 Matteo Lane's Cookbook Adventure
07:12 Brent Bytt's Celebrity Burger Judging

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Callaroga Shark Media. Hello, Jenny Mack with your daily comedy news.

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Taylor Tomlinson has a dream guest for her show After Midnight.

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The dream guest is Conan O'Brien. Taylor told CBS Mornings.

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I think he's one of the funniest people on and

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off stage and screen. I'd love to get him on

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the show. Taylor says she has a lot of freedom

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working that show. You're able to try new things and

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be weird, and our shows very weird. She explains. They

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have a team of writers who prepare jokes for the guests,

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but the format also allows for plenty of improvised moments.

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Taylor says, I think people go in feeling so prepared

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that they feel ready to riff and do stuff off

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the cuff as well. Taylor was trying to explain the

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point system on the show. Gail King was confused until Taylor.

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I don't understand the scoring system, Taylor said, and you shouldn't.

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It's absolute nonsense. I'm giving away the points. If the

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points meant to anything, they wouldn't trust me with them.

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It's just me with a button. Her current tour is

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called Say and explains I grew up at a church,

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and so I have a lot to say about that,

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both positive and the challenges of growing up that way.

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I had a lot to work through and deconstruct over

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the years, and I wanted people coming to other live

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shows to know that it was a lot about that

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election day Around the corner what happens with John Stewart

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on the other side of the election Late Night Er

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thinks John will stick around, pointing out that de Look

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is very happy behind the desk and totally in command.

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As they call it. The once a week arrangement seems

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to be working for everybody. John's taken all this well.

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My feeling is this election will never end, So why

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would I leave? How could I leave? I won't be

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allowed to leave until we're all ground to some sort

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of calcified nubs. The one thing I will say is

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I walked away nine years ago because I was burnt out,

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and I don't feel that right now. I feel reinvigorated. Deal.

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Hughlee finds that political jokes are low hanging fruit, but

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he had something to say about Elon musk Dl says,

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when you're really, really rich, what do you buy media?

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And why do you buy it? Because you want to

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control the narrative. You want to be so rich that

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you tell people what to think. As for Toyter, he says,

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instead of X should be three ks. Hughglee talked about

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reports that ex is struggling to make money. Even that

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tells you how much money you have and how important

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it is. I'll lose money to shape a narrative. I'll

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lose money to shape minds, to tell people what to think.

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Like he's literally the chief of dispensing misinformation, the chief

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of it. He's ai all these kinds of things, he said,

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all that kind of stuff. But that's how valuable having

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information is, the access to information. Tim Meadows has gotten

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a little more political and said it started when he

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sold his Tesla. Tim explains, I love that car. It

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was not an easy decision to go, Okay, I'm gonna

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get rid of the best car I've ever driven? Why

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do he sell it? Tesla? Ceo Elon Musk and his

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donations to Trump's campaign, Tim says, I just thought it's

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wild that this guy can donate that much money. But

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when it comes down to it, he only has one vote,

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just like me. We're equal in that way, so I

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can't give forty million dollars or whatever it is. But

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I can give something, I'm gonna try to do more

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than just give my limited donor amount. So he sold

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the car. He used that money to fund a comedy

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Caucus event. These days, Tim is driving my old beat

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up Mercedes, which both my kids drove through high school.

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It's a two thousand and seven two thirty Tim As

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the political rhetorica's so ugly now, I was just thinking

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it'd be fun to have a political night where it's

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just comedy. Donald Rawling spoke to The Chicago Defender. Donnelle

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explained why his tour is called the Black and Mild

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Tour and says it was inspired by a bit of

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conflict with the Chicago comedian who said my comedy wasn't hot,

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calling it mild. It got me thinking, I don't even

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like hot sauce as much as I used to, thanks

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to some digestive issues. But really it's more about making

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comedy digestible. My style is sharp, but it's something everyone

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can enjoy. I'm not here to be disgusting or insulting,

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so I took what was meant as an insult and

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turned it into something that works for me. You'll get

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a loud, fun performance with a diverse crowd at my shows.

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Gang members, regular folks, everybody. It's become a brand that

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reflects my style and people love it. Donell talked about

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growing up in DC and said I wasn't the biggest

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or most athletic kid. Growing up, I had to find

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my way in other areas, and being funny became a

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defense mechanism. You're out in the schoolyard. If you don't

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know how to roast people, they had roast you. It

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was survival in a way. But honestly, I never thought

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about pursuing comedy as a career. Wasn't something I set

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out to do. I was a military police officer in

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the Air Force, and when I got out, I was

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waiting to become a DC police officer. I was a

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security guard at a grocery store when this guy who

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worked for a promotions company gave us free comedy show tickets.

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Would go just for fun. But one day people started

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saying I should get on stage. The club owner challenged

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me to perform. Next thing, you know, I'm up there.

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Thirty three years later, I haven't looked back. I never

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gave myself a plan b or C. I just stuck

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with it, stand up of all for me. Over time,

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I realized it was more than just telling jokes. It

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was about bringing characters to life and showing different size

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of myself that eventually led me to acting. So no,

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I wasn't one of those comedians who always dreamed of

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doing this. Opportunities came my way. I recognized them and

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went after them. If you want a good listen, check

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out Stavros Hawgaiz on Neil Brennan's Blocks podcast. I thought

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Stavros was really honest about what his career and money

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and what motivated him. A really thoughtful. He'd clearly done

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some soul searching. He told Neil. I kind of was

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always working towards the Netflix special because I was an

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Internet guy. From first. It was just like was podcast guy,

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then became a clips guy, and then it was like

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I need one. My first TV credit is an hour

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long Netflix special. I never had anything else, so I

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was like, I need that, And once I got that,

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I was like, all right, you did it. It's funny

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how these things that don't help you that much get you,

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like industry attention, like some list that I was well

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past getting my agents were like, let's just get you

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on this. I was like, I'm so beyond that, but

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you get that, and then some executives are like, oh,

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I saw him on Vulture and it's like, I'm on

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a list. I've been selling out theaters and I'm on

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a list like people who just started doing comedy. Jimmy

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Carr will host Last One Laughing at UK. It'll be

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on Amazon in twenty twenty five six episodes. Jimmy Carr says,

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I'm thrilled to be making Last One Laughing UK with

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Prime Video Shorty deliver and if it doesn't, it will

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leave the fun with your neighbors. Usually when I make

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a TV show with ten brilliant comics, I'm expecting everyone

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have a bloody good laugh. But not in this series.

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The Last One Laughing wins. It's a great format and

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it's been a huge hit around the world. I can't

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wait to see who cracks up first. When Matteo Lane

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isn't doing comedy, he's eating pasta. He self describes as

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an Italian, Irish Mexican homosexual, and he brings all that

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experience to his new cookbook, Your Pasta Sucks. Matteo says,

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I started making things I knew how to make and

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just chatting while I would cook on camera. Then people

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started making my recipes. They were sending me pictures and

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really letting me know that they were into it. Your

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Pasta Sucks is part cookbook, part autobiography. Mateo explains, I'm

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trying to let somebody know that if they don't know

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how to do pasta, and then they're in the cookbook section,

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it probably implies that their pasta sucks. And two, I'm

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trying to make a joke that this is a quote

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unquote cookbook because I'm a comedian and the book is

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a mix of stories and genuine recipes. It's not Martha

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Stewart with eight hundred and seventy recipes, including three hundred

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and sixty recipes for Christini. It's fewer recipes, but the

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ones I've chosen are authentic to my family, both in

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Italy and the United States. Mateo explains the main component

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for eating a perfect bowl of pasta is to be

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eating that pasta in Rome. But if that's not an option,

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it's really about taking pasta more seriously. Pasta's been sort

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of watered down as it's traveled around the world, it's

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seen as more of a fun sponge and everybody's obsessed

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with the sauce. But when you go to Italy, the

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pasta itself is the star. The shape of the pasta matters.

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You have to care about flavoring it. You want to

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treat cooking pasta almost like you would cooking a steak.

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There are a lot of little things sitting under your

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nose when it comes to cooking pasta that most people overlook. Meanwhile,

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The Vernon Morning Star cut up with Brent but he

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has become a celebrity burger judge. He was at a

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celebrity burger tasting event at the Vernon Lodge and said,

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I was pretty keen. I'm a big burger guy. He

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tried five of the twelve burgers in this year's challenge,

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cutting each burger placed in front of him in half

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to share with a local businessman. He tried the rest

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of the burgers the next day before a stand up

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comedy show. This was all for the Golden Burger Challenge,

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where Vernon restaurants create a special burger with five dollars

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from every burger sould donated to a local charity. Between bites,

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But said they're all really good burgers, no overlap between them. Sometimes,

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when they're given a lot of freedom to be creative,

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they can almost step outside the bounds of what a

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burger's supposed to be. But these are all burgers, but

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they're all very different from each other, and very And

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that is your comedy news for today. Are you hungry now?

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