The icky Matt Rife story I left off Friday's show on purpose PLUS Bowen Yang on hooking up with Sydney Sweeney

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

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The Oscars are tonight, hosted by
Jimmy Kimmel. I previewed that yesterday in

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case you missed that. Looking ahead, and I know I say this every

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award show. Monday's episode might go
out a little later. I might actually

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be serious this time because I have
to drive to Boston and back today.

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Long story, so I'm not going
to get home till like ten thirty eleven

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o'clock, so I might not be
able to knock this out. I'll see

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how tired I am. So if
the episode's late tomorrow, that's why.

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Okay. From Late Night, a
couple of good jokes. Following the State

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of the Union, Steven Colbert said, it was a kind of a tense

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night because it feels like it might
be the last time we get a State

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of the Union, depending on what
happens in November. Next year might just

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be a kid rock concert and an
immigrant catapult. Wow, Colbert again.

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On the Democratic side, they wore
white. On the Republican side, they

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were white. One more from Colbert, thanks to rules giving former members of

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Congress floor axis, George Santos attended
the State of the Union. Come on,

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you can't go back to your old
job like you never left unless you're

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John Stewart. Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy
Kimmler are going to hook up again on

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password. Have you seen the new
password? I don't know if I have.

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Apparently it's hosted by Keiki Palmer,
but Jimmy Fallon is a recurring player

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passwords back on Tuesday. I mentioned
this on Friday after the break. On

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Friday, I mentioned there was an
item that I saw that I didn't want

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to talk about yet. Well,
I'm ready to talk about it now because

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TMZ has gone with it. Quoting
from TMZ, Matt Rife seems ready to

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take a quote unquote comedian to court
who accused him of performing a sex act

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to gain success. As Matt feels
his rep has been harmed, TMZ has

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learned sources would direct knowledge tell us. Matt and his team have been reaching

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out to various litigators see what his
best option might be to deal with the

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sillacious claim made by entrepreneur Nima Yumini
this week, including potentially filing a lawsuit

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against him. TMZ writs, in
case you missed it, Nima, a

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self described comedian, alleged that he
and Matt were once both brought into a

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room with two Hollywood execs and promise
fame and fortune if you know stuff,

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which Nima said he refused, but
alleged Matt stayed behind and did the deed.

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Matt's name started to trend as part
of this allegation. That's where I

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saw it. TMZ Rights were told
Matt's sick of people using his name to

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game clout, which is obviously how
he feels about Nenimi here, who appears

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to have no serious track record in
comedy, and our sources say Matt wants

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to stand up for himself, especially
against something as outlandish as this. I

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will keep an eye on that.
One variety did a wax job for Netflix.

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I'm sure this is all from the
industry giving each other pats on the

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back. As part of South By
Southwest. They quote independent artist media partner

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Dave Wrath, who manages comedians,
who said Netflix was certainly an inflection point

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when the specials started becoming a thing. By Netflix paying some literally millions of

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dollars for their specials. They basically
created it in ballanced in the marketplace because

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before that Comedy Central, HBO and
a few other places were doing the long

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form specials, but they weren't paying
that kind of money. Yeah, so

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I'll chime in. That kind of
from what I see from here in the

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basement, made the others, not
HBO, but like Comedy Central cutback,

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and from what I understand from prepping
the show every day, Netflix isn't paying

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what they used to. So it's
like when a chain store comes to town.

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Prices are great at first, the
mom and pop shuts down, and

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then the prices go up. Caroline
Hirsch, who used to own Carolines,

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said covid also proved to be a
paradigm shifter. The virus forts comedy clubs

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all over the country to shut down, which led to an explosion of comedians.

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Comedians were able to build their brand
on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram,

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and on podcasts. These platforms really
put comedians on everybody's phone. That's what

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helped make these younger comedians in their
own brands variety rates. Comedians such as

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Sarah Cooper, Oh, I don't
even have to do my bit, they

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did it for me. Sarah Cooper
and Matt riche Roaster prominence thanks to YouTube

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and TikTok. Cooper gained fame for
her TikTok videos lip syncing then President Donald

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Trump early in the pandemic get mad
at Them, they said It not Me,

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and has branched out in a film
and theater work. Charlie Sotello is

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the senior manager of south By Southwest
Comedy Festival, and Charlie says comedy festivals

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are so important the landscape of stand
up comedy. They not only introduce comedians

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to new fans, but most importantly, they lead to new relationships that so

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often affect the course of a career. Robbie Prau, who oversees Netflix comedy

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needs to work for Just Laugh,
says, I think this is one of

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the best times for comedy. We're
working with more than foreigner comedians and selling

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out shows all over Los Angeles.
We also see a wide range of comedians

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with different styles and from different backgrounds
getting love on Netflix. John Leguizamo chimed

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in and said, I'm glad there's
plenty of comedy out there and it's become

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more diverse. But unfortunately Latin comedians
are having to live on just TikTok and

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the gram where they reach millions and
millions of views. Unfortunately, Latin comedians,

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despite their success on social media,
are not being chased by Hollywood or

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streamers, and that's just systemic racism
that happens in Hollywood. Interesting take by

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John Rath says the best comics always
surface and have success because they're funny and

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talented. The problem is the audience's
attention span has shifted. That's the biggest

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issue for comedy. Interesting huh.
The New York Post talk to Kyle Kinneen.

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They're curious about him putting out so
much much. Kyle said, I

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have an hour that I present.
When I think it said it's best,

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I record it and put it out. It's similar to the UK model,

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where you're like, all right,
here's this year's offering, but wow,

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that's being perfected. The new stuff
is in the oven every weekend. I'm

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in a club that's four or five
hours on stage. It's a lot of

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time to take an idea and run
with it. He adds, I'm trying

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to move away from party stories some
middle aged men, and those aren't glamorous.

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Bowen Yang talked about last week's hilarious
sketch where he was hooking up with

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Sidney Sweeney. Bowen said, obviously
we were doing a lot of intimate and

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tense stuff, so I did one
last check in with her. I was

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like, whatever you're not comfortable with, you can change your mind at any

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time. And she touched my shoulder
and she was like, Bowen, I'm

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on Euphoria. It's fine. I'm
used to this, Bowen said, She's

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such a professional. If you're in
Philly today eight pm, it's One Liner

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Madness, a comedy competition putting sixty
four local comedians in a bracket. The

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rules are simple. Two comedians go
on stage. Each will deliver a one

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liner joke based on audience responses.
Only one comedian will advance, and then

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they have to have a new one
liner in the next round. The competition

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goes on on to one comedian remains. Apparently, the competition is fast and

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brutal. One of the organizers says, sometimes heavy hitters get knocked out early.

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It's part of the fun. One
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at eight fifteen Bucks at Johnny Brenda's
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tough for me because I'd be like, ooh, James Domian, But I'm

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like uh, Rich Voss. Ten
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a great lineup. Eleven o'clock,
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Christina, Catherine Martinez, Natalie Palamedes, Courtney Perusso and some other That's a

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pretty solid night. And Drew Carrey
was in this week's People magazine and talked

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about being offered the price is right. Back in two thousand and seven,

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he told People, I said,
f No, I just want to be

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able to do things that were fun
and interesting instead of having a job,

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job or something i'd do every day, because I just had after being on

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The Drew Carry Show and everything.
I was done with the idea of being

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on a show forever. But he
was eager to buy a major league soccer

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team, or at least become part
owner of one. Drew said, I

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knew how much money was going to
take for that to happen. Then one

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of the show's producers asked me if
everything to do was I love leaving big

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tips when I go to restaurants.
The guy said, well, if you

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work on the prices right, you'll
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for a living. Just give out
things. Drew said, that was the

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light bulb that off of my head. I could just make a living giving

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prizes to people and being around happy
people all day. Met my age at

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a steakhouse and I go, I
think I want to be the host of

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the Price is Right? And he
shook my hand and he goes, well,

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there's soccer money, and there's your
comedy needs for today. You enjoy

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Share it on social media. It'll
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