April 22, 2025

WrestleMania Roast, Nate Bargatze's Success, and Tim Dillon's Political Hot Take

WrestleMania Roast, Nate Bargatze's Success, and Tim Dillon's Political Hot Take

Notes from the Roast of WrestleMania hosted by Tony Hinchcliffe where Paul Heyman and Triple H made notable appearances. Nate Bargatze's growing prominence in the comedy world is discussed, particularly his feature in the New York Times and his...

Apple Podcasts podcast player badge
Spotify podcast player badge
PocketCasts podcast player badge
Overcast podcast player badge
Castro podcast player badge
RSS Feed podcast player badge
Apple Podcasts podcast player iconSpotify podcast player iconPocketCasts podcast player iconOvercast podcast player iconCastro podcast player iconRSS Feed podcast player icon

Notes from the Roast of WrestleMania hosted by Tony Hinchcliffe where Paul Heyman and Triple H made notable appearances. Nate Bargatze's growing prominence in the comedy world is discussed, particularly his feature in the New York Times and his thoughts on authenticity in comedy. Tim Dillon shares his views on political shifts in comedy with Fox News Digital, and Johnny mentions Michael Costa's insights from The Last Laugh podcast about celebrity guest hosts on The Daily Show. Other topics include Canadian comedian James Mullenger's decision to avoid performing in the U.S. and Big Jay Oakerson's new crowd work special on YouTube. The episode also covers John Oliver's excitement about the Mets, Tina Fey's possible succession of Lorne Michaels on SNL, Brett Goldstein’s anecdotes about Ted Lasso, and updates on comedy festivals and shows worldwide.


00:12 Roast of WrestleMania Highlights
00:50 Nate Brize's Rise to Fame
03:12 Tim Dillon's Political Comedy
04:57 Celebrity Guest Hosting on The Daily Show
05:22 Canadian Comedians and US Tours
06:33 Big J Oakerson's New Special
07:35 John Oliver at the Mets Game
08:34 Upcoming Comedy Specials and Festivals

Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app which says UNITERRUPTED LISTENING. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed! You also get 20+ other shows on the network ad-free!

This podcast supports Podcasting 2.0 if you’d like to support the show via value for value and stream some sats!

https://linktr.ee/dailycomedynews

Contact John at john@thesharkdeck dot com

John’s free substack about the media: Media Thoughts is mcdpod.substack.com

DCN on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@dailycomedynews

You can also support the show at www.buymeacoffee.com/dailycomedynews


Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/daily-comedy-news--4522158/support.

WEBVTT

1
00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:11.039
Callaroga Shark Media, Hey Aaron, Johnny Mack with your daily

2
00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:14.560
comedy news Wrestle Votes dot com it has some intel

3
00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:17.559
on what went down at the roast of WrestleMania, hosted

4
00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:21.120
by Tony Hinchcliff. They wrote two hours of jokes that

5
00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:24.679
included some sexual puns and f bombs. Paul Hayman stole

6
00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:26.359
the show triple h end of the night with a

7
00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:29.760
surprise appearance. Lenna McMahon was in attendance. Don't hold your

8
00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:34.640
breath for this to ever make air. Wrestlingnews dot Co said.

9
00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:38.200
Paul Hayman was incredible. Tony Hinchcliff had everybody rolling. This

10
00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:40.520
was so much fun. Cell phones were put in pouches

11
00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:43.159
for good reason. Lol. I doubt this makes it to TV.

12
00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:46.920
Stuff was wild. The show took place after WrestleMania at

13
00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:50.280
Night two. Wrestle Votes says the show was two hours long.

14
00:00:50.679 --> 00:00:53.640
The New York Times had a cover piece about Naperghetzi.

15
00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:58.200
Now I'm seeing here with Nate exactly what happened with

16
00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:02.159
Nicki Glazer last year. The really good support team, the

17
00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:04.120
prs out there. You know, we heard that Nate was

18
00:01:04.120 --> 00:01:07.280
gonna host the Emmys in parallel with that there's this

19
00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:09.439
big thing with the New York Times. Now that didn't

20
00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:13.439
just happen overnight, So the press machine is out for Nate.

21
00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:15.840
I share the article in the Facebook group, which is

22
00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:18.959
Daily Comedy News Podcast Group. There's also a podcast version

23
00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:21.480
of the interview if you'd like to listen to yourself.

24
00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:23.480
The New York Times asked Nate how he got so big.

25
00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:27.159
Nate said, talking about relatable things and authenticity. Not that

26
00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:29.200
I'm going out for authenticity, but you're in a world

27
00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:31.840
where you have the Wickeds and Avengers movies, and that's great,

28
00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:34.359
but there's not a regular person on a screen anymore.

29
00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:36.640
Movies used to be like planes, trains and automobiles and

30
00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:39.200
home alone. That's a regular guy in the movie that

31
00:01:39.239 --> 00:01:41.159
you enjoy watching. It's easy to take in and you

32
00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:43.640
don't always want to be thought provoked. That's something I've

33
00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:45.079
tried to stay clear of. I need you to be

34
00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:46.480
able to come and trust that you're going to get

35
00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:48.760
the entertainment that I'm showing you. That I'm selling you,

36
00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:51.359
and I'm talking about myself, and I'm making fun of

37
00:01:51.359 --> 00:01:53.640
myself with the materials written for you. I'm not doing

38
00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:55.319
it to make myself look good. I'm doing it to

39
00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:57.400
make you laugh. You can either laugh with me or

40
00:01:57.439 --> 00:01:59.760
at me. You relate to it or you think I'm

41
00:01:59.799 --> 00:02:02.560
an Either way, I'm here to entertain you. As for

42
00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:05.000
his style, Nate said, most of the comics I was

43
00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:07.079
around were the complete opposite of everything I did. I

44
00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:08.439
had to learn how to do what I was doing

45
00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:10.280
in those rooms. But I didn't want you to notice

46
00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:12.879
that I was clean, right. I talked about that on

47
00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:16.199
Saturday with Andy woodholl It's one in the morning and

48
00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:17.879
these people are drunk, and how can I do this

49
00:02:17.960 --> 00:02:20.520
material that's not sexual or whatever everybody else was doing.

50
00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:22.120
You learn how to hide it, because if he walked

51
00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:24.280
up and said I'm clean, it's gonna be like, yeah,

52
00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:27.360
this guy's not cool, exactly what Andy said. The Times

53
00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:31.199
was curious about Nate's evolving look in the last six

54
00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:33.080
or seven years. You've changed your look. You got a

55
00:02:33.080 --> 00:02:35.439
different haircut, you grew the beard, mustache, started dressing a

56
00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:38.439
little cooler, lost some weight. Nate said, yeah, kids, show

57
00:02:38.479 --> 00:02:40.439
business showed up and goes, hey Fatso if you want

58
00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:42.199
to make it, you better get your life together. No,

59
00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:43.879
no one asked me to do anything as a comic.

60
00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:47.039
You're you. You're talking about yourself, so you're going to

61
00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:48.800
be you. But I wanted to do it. I'm going

62
00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:51.199
through it right now. I do not have great eating habits.

63
00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:52.800
I eat a lot of fast food and chain food

64
00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:54.960
didn't get in the way. I stopped drinking in twenty

65
00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:56.439
eighteen because I knew if I wanted to get where I

66
00:02:56.439 --> 00:02:58.439
wanted as a comic, this was going to be the way.

67
00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:00.479
I've realized that with food too. So if I wanted

68
00:03:00.479 --> 00:03:02.840
to do stand up at this high level, possibly make movies,

69
00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:04.159
I have to put in the effort to handle all

70
00:03:04.199 --> 00:03:06.319
this touring and the mentality it takes to stay focused.

71
00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:08.280
I always say, I'm looking forward to the day you

72
00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:10.599
can't see my nipples through my shirt. That's we're all

73
00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:15.319
working towards amen. Brother Tim Dillon spoke to Fox News Digital.

74
00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:18.960
The premise from Fox News Digital that was comedy was

75
00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:21.280
moving to the right. Dylan said, you know, when people

76
00:03:21.319 --> 00:03:23.400
call it a right word shift. My pushback to that is,

77
00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:26.080
were these statements right word in twenty fifteen or two

78
00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:28.080
thousand and five? When did they become right wing statements?

79
00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:29.840
When did it become a right wing statement to say

80
00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:32.039
I should have the bodily autonomy to not take an

81
00:03:32.039 --> 00:03:35.280
experimental vaccine. When did it become a right wing statement

82
00:03:35.319 --> 00:03:37.000
to say I don't think the US should be in wars?

83
00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:39.400
I remember those were left wing statements. When did it

84
00:03:39.439 --> 00:03:40.919
become a right wing statement to say that the United

85
00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:43.000
States should look after the middle class and workers instead

86
00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:44.919
of importing cheap labor so that the profits on Wall

87
00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:47.319
Street could go up? Those are right wing points. This

88
00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:49.680
is the craziest thing ever heard in my life. I

89
00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:51.879
think the parties flip, but I think they might flip again.

90
00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:53.840
You know, this could happen again, where the Republican Party

91
00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:56.520
becomes anti free speech and the Democratic Party becomes pro

92
00:03:56.560 --> 00:03:59.039
free speech. It could happen again, certainly flip. During the

93
00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:01.400
last election cycle we're in, the Democratic Party was the

94
00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:04.360
pro war, kind of anti speech, seemingly pro corporate party.

95
00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:06.520
But if we go to war with Iran start boarding

96
00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:08.759
people that wrote op ed's critical of Israel, then you'll

97
00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:11.280
see the Republican parties now the pro war, anti free

98
00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:14.400
speech party. So you actually have to just believe in principles,

99
00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:15.919
and you have to hold the people that you've elected

100
00:04:15.919 --> 00:04:18.720
to account. You can't follow the people who've elected Otherwise

101
00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:20.600
you're just in a personality cult. You're not a free

102
00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:22.600
thinking person. You have to say, I have a belief.

103
00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:24.199
The belief is we shouldn't do this, and if we

104
00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:26.680
do that, whoever it is, Kamala Trump, Bernie whoever, you

105
00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:28.240
have to hold him to account and say, you know,

106
00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:31.000
I don't think this is good for America. A lot

107
00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:33.279
of Tim Dillon press get some more stuff coming up

108
00:04:33.279 --> 00:04:34.920
from later in the week, but he is out there

109
00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:38.399
making the rounds, and apparently the cable news networks have

110
00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:41.360
discovered he's a really good guest because he's got that

111
00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:44.800
great mix of doing the talk show thing combined with

112
00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:48.680
great jokes. As I've said before, I loved Tim's podcast,

113
00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:51.040
and then someday he is going to step on a

114
00:04:51.079 --> 00:04:52.720
land mine. I could see it coming, and then I'm

115
00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:54.240
going to deny that I ever told you that I

116
00:04:54.279 --> 00:04:56.079
liked this podcast. I'm such a coward. I could be

117
00:04:56.120 --> 00:04:58.759
like Tim Dillon. Never heard of him. Michael Costa's Toll

118
00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:01.199
The Last Laugh podcast that when we did the guest

119
00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:03.279
hosting thing on The Daily Show where every celebrity came

120
00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:06.399
in and hosted, we really learned that many celebrities can't

121
00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:09.639
read a teleprompter. I mean, some were not treating it

122
00:05:09.639 --> 00:05:12.120
as we felt was a very important, funny, coveted position.

123
00:05:12.199 --> 00:05:13.839
And by the way, nobody was like met or terrible.

124
00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:15.279
But you're just going man. I grew up on the show,

125
00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:17.360
the show's foundation of who I am. Don't half ask

126
00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:20.160
this please. Thankfully the network finally said, you know, these

127
00:05:20.199 --> 00:05:24.000
correspondents really give ahoot about the show. Canadian comedian James

128
00:05:24.079 --> 00:05:27.120
Mullinger has joined the list of comedians who won't come

129
00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:29.800
to the United States. James has canceled a planned show

130
00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:33.120
in Maine next month. He told the CBC, I love

131
00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:34.879
my job, but not so much that to want to

132
00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:36.720
be locked up for two weeks, Although would probably make

133
00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:38.560
for good material, but my wife needs me at home.

134
00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:40.920
If I didn't have people dependent on me, I'd possibly

135
00:05:40.959 --> 00:05:43.759
take the risk. Mullinger had the venue and date booked

136
00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:46.920
his paperwork in order, but says it seemed risky to

137
00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:49.519
make the trip to Maine. It just felt like not

138
00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:51.279
the right time. I didn't want to get swept up

139
00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:54.639
in either misinformation or propaganda or necessarily believing everything you hear.

140
00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:57.399
But it just seemed risky. Hearing the performers being locked

141
00:05:57.480 --> 00:06:01.160
up even though they're there with the correct paperwork. Have

142
00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:04.120
I missed a story of their performers being locked up?

143
00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:07.839
I've missed that. I kind of feel if a comedian

144
00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:10.639
were locked up, I probably would have mentioned it on

145
00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:15.240
the show. Maybe I'm forgetful. Wellinger said, Canadians need to

146
00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:18.040
support homegrown comedians. By the way, he's a brit who

147
00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:20.399
moved to Canada. Canadians can do their part this summer

148
00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:22.879
when they're deciding what comedy shows to go to choose

149
00:06:22.920 --> 00:06:27.839
Canadian performers. There are Canadian comedy festivals booking solely American comedians.

150
00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:31.160
Let's treat Canadian comedians the same way we treat Canadian food.

151
00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:34.759
Embrace them and support them. Big Jay Ogerson dropped a

152
00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:38.839
special on YouTube over the weekend. It's called Them They Decider.

153
00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:41.319
Caught up with Big Jay Decide or asked for somebody

154
00:06:41.319 --> 00:06:43.399
who has seen your work, what should they expect? Big

155
00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:45.439
Jay said, for me, as a comedian, I'd say it's

156
00:06:45.439 --> 00:06:47.240
always going to be dirty. You can always expect it's

157
00:06:47.240 --> 00:06:49.240
going to be dirty in some capacity. That was a

158
00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:51.240
comedy I was drawn to when I was younger. So much.

159
00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:54.040
What I try to say is it's palatable. Dirty when

160
00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:55.759
I first started being dirty when I was younger, it

161
00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:58.360
was definitely for shock, because you get a reaction out

162
00:06:58.360 --> 00:07:00.120
of people when you do dirty stuff, whether they like

163
00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:01.439
it or not. But over the years, because it was

164
00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:03.199
kind of the comedy that Ozo was drawn to myself,

165
00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:04.519
I was like, how could I do it? So there's

166
00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:06.199
a strong chance that if you bring your six year

167
00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:09.399
old mother with you, she still likes it somehow. This

168
00:07:09.480 --> 00:07:11.240
is a CrowdWork special, Jay said. I knew it was

169
00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:13.519
going to be no material in all crowd work, which

170
00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:15.399
if you tell the crowd that, the crowd knows what

171
00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:17.519
they were there for, so the crowds are much more forgiving.

172
00:07:17.519 --> 00:07:19.680
That was the easiest prep. There was nothing to do

173
00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:21.800
besides get the stage the way we wanted, the lighting

174
00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:23.720
and everything. But that was the beauty of it. It

175
00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:25.800
doesn't spend any of my material. I don't have to

176
00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:28.399
write a new hour of stuff. I've learned that if

177
00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:30.920
you ask people enough questions, you find that everyone's weird,

178
00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:33.480
and the people who are purposely weird to be noticed

179
00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:36.560
tend not to be the most interesting people. John Oliver

180
00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:41.439
hit the Mets game. Snytv's field reporter Steve Gelbs started

181
00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:45.560
interviewing Sean Oliver. Oliver's excited about the Mets hot start

182
00:07:45.639 --> 00:07:48.519
telling Steve Gelbs, this is amazing. I can't quite believe

183
00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:50.240
it's happening. It doesn't feel real. It doesn't feel like

184
00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:52.120
we're allowed to have this many nice things in one place.

185
00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:54.399
I hope everything's going to stay like this forever, ideally.

186
00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:58.519
Steve Gelbs asked John Oliver about the production cycle of

187
00:07:58.600 --> 00:08:01.040
the show. Oliver said, it's change a little bit because

188
00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:03.120
in slower news times we can do that, slower cooking.

189
00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:05.639
We're still trying to do that. But when things hypothetically

190
00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:08.879
speaking are happening like a president suggesting sending American citizens

191
00:08:08.920 --> 00:08:11.959
overseas to foreign gulags, yeah, that probably feels like something

192
00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:13.759
you need to address as soon as possible. So, yes,

193
00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:16.600
we're working at two speeds right now, our regular speed

194
00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:20.720
and then crash shows. Unfortunately, when Twitter user posted John

195
00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:24.519
Oliver a typical leftist AC with severe TDS who randomly

196
00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:26.639
has to bring up more lies on a Sunday afternoon

197
00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:31.000
on the Mets broadcast, two stories that I lightly mentioned

198
00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:33.559
yesterday and my voice was giving out, and I promised

199
00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:36.279
you i'd talk about them. Otsco at Cotska. We'll have

200
00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:40.039
a special on Hulu on June thirteenth. The Specialist part

201
00:08:40.039 --> 00:08:43.759
of their super secretive Hilarious Comedy initiative that the publicists

202
00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:47.120
don't want to tell comedy podcasts about, but we find

203
00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:49.960
out anyway. You cannot keep the truth from daily comedy

204
00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:53.799
News at Cotska will explore themes of adulthood, marriage, and

205
00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:57.879
the absurdity of everyday life in Father. In Father, she

206
00:08:57.960 --> 00:08:59.799
deals with the reality is being an adult who's still

207
00:08:59.799 --> 00:09:02.840
struggles with life's basics, from skipping laundry for seven years

208
00:09:02.960 --> 00:09:06.440
to discovering that weddings require marriage licenses. I also had

209
00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:09.879
mentioned Tina Fay commented on the possibility of Tina Fey

210
00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:13.440
replacing Lauren Michaels as the head of SNL in twenty

211
00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:16.639
twenty four. Lauren said Tina could easily do the job herself.

212
00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:19.320
Tina Fey till the Hollywood Reporter. I was very nice

213
00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:21.080
of him to say, and I love him very much.

214
00:09:21.320 --> 00:09:25.159
He's irreplaceable. His set of gifts and skills are entirely unique.

215
00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:27.159
His eye for talent, He's one of the last three

216
00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:29.759
people in show business who actually understand everything. I'll leave

217
00:09:29.759 --> 00:09:32.360
it at that. Bo and Yang jumped in on the

218
00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:36.919
whole Amy lou Wood SNL controversy. Remember Amy didn't like

219
00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:40.799
Sarah Sherman's portrayal of her. Yang told Extra, however, she

220
00:09:40.840 --> 00:09:43.559
reacted to the sketch is completely valid. With parody, you

221
00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:45.840
kind of forget the sort of human emotional cost that

222
00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:48.759
it sort of extols on someone. You need these reminders

223
00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:50.320
every now and then that parody can go too far

224
00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:52.919
sometimes and that we as comedians can take accountability for

225
00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:55.120
that instead of banging our foot and saying we should

226
00:09:55.159 --> 00:09:58.080
be allowed to say whatever we want. Everyone at SNL

227
00:09:58.159 --> 00:09:59.720
is just a fan of the show, obviously a fan

228
00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:01.320
of her. We just think that she should be so

229
00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:03.840
proud of the work she put into this season. Brett

230
00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:07.080
Goldstein is comparing ted Lasso's season four renewal to a

231
00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:09.600
dead cat. He told a story to NPR. I have

232
00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:11.320
a friend that I went to university with, and I

233
00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:13.279
think about this a lot. He had a cat that died.

234
00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:15.159
He loved his cat. The cat was run over and

235
00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:17.440
they buried the cat. He was a child. They buried

236
00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:18.799
the cat in the garden and he lay in the

237
00:10:18.799 --> 00:10:21.080
bed so sad, upset and crying, and he prayed and prayed,

238
00:10:21.080 --> 00:10:22.799
and he wished that the cat would come back. And

239
00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:24.639
then the cat did come back. It turned out the

240
00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:27.399
cat they buried wasn't their cat, And I think about

241
00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:29.759
that all the time. Brett added, and so I'm like, no,

242
00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:31.480
wonder this guy' left in the head because he thinks

243
00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:33.559
death isn't real. So of course he's insane. He's such

244
00:10:33.559 --> 00:10:35.039
a weird guy because he thinks he could bring things

245
00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:38.639
back from the dead. Aaron posted in the Facebook group,

246
00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:42.000
which is Daily Comedy News podcast group, feel encouraged to

247
00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:46.440
join us and participate. I particularly welcomed this comment, as

248
00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:47.799
I wrote in the group, I woke up at one

249
00:10:47.919 --> 00:10:50.519
thirty in the morning. I had a nightmare, and like

250
00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:52.480
you know, when you have a nightmare, your system's like

251
00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:54.279
racing and I needed to just play on my phone

252
00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:57.879
to calm the heck down. Aaron wrote more on the

253
00:10:57.919 --> 00:11:01.200
Abu Dhabi comedy season, it's not a festival because it's

254
00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:03.720
spread across several months and they're all arena shows. Good point,

255
00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:06.759
she pointed out. You can also go see Toto the Band,

256
00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:10.159
not the Dog. Aaron right, Chappelle isn't on sale yet,

257
00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:12.360
but his best tickets are going for twelve hundred and

258
00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:15.360
fifty dirhams I think, and for reference, one hundred durhams

259
00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:18.360
is about twenty seven US dollars, so I'd have to

260
00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:21.080
multiply there. I'm too lazy to do that. I have Google.

261
00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:25.000
Let's see. Right now, as I record this, Google is

262
00:11:25.039 --> 00:11:27.639
telling me that's about three hundred and forty dollars to

263
00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:30.600
go see Dave Chappelle. Wow. Aaron Wright's I also know

264
00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:33.559
Joe Coy is using gadget free pouches, probably so no

265
00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:35.440
one can record any of his lame jokes and then

266
00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:38.159
beat them to death for two years. I particularly like

267
00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:41.639
that comment, but Aaron points out that, yeah, yonder pouches

268
00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:43.679
are annoying, But having intended a couple shows at the

269
00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:46.360
arena without pouches, I can confirm that audiences here are

270
00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:48.799
rude and shameless with their devices to the point of

271
00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:52.960
almost ruining shows. Aaron's planning on grabbing our last minute

272
00:11:52.960 --> 00:11:56.200
tickets for Trevor Noah very cool. Thank you for checking

273
00:11:56.279 --> 00:11:59.759
in with that. It is festival season. The Sydney Comedy

274
00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:03.320
Fest is underway. I'll dive in on that a little

275
00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:07.039
bit more tomorrow. Being honest, here, I'm wiped out. I

276
00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:09.519
woke up on Monday and I saw the Pope had

277
00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:12.960
passed away. And here at the company, we have a

278
00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:17.039
podcast series called White Smoke about the papal succession. So

279
00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:19.519
my morning I got up, it was about six twenty

280
00:12:19.559 --> 00:12:21.600
in the morning. Check my PHONEO saw that happen. But

281
00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:22.919
I was half out of it, and I'm like, let

282
00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:25.279
me make sure that actually happened. It wasn't just a tweet.

283
00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:26.679
You know, that's not a mistake you want to make.

284
00:12:27.159 --> 00:12:28.799
So went on the New York Times website and they

285
00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:31.000
had it in like thirty six point font. Read the

286
00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:33.240
story when on Washington Post you want to confirm things

287
00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:35.000
in two sources, and they also had it in thirty

288
00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:37.399
six point font. So I'm like, okay, this is real.

289
00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:40.759
So I spent the morning. We had some episodes scheduled.

290
00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:44.679
For example, they were going to canonize the Millennial Saint

291
00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:46.559
on this upcoming weekend, so I had to park that

292
00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:49.679
episode to make sure that doesn't automatically run. Write a

293
00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:53.600
script for a new episode I scheduled. We already had

294
00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:55.840
in the can the Pope oh bit, So I turned

295
00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:59.039
that loose, wrote a new episode, wrote some promos, and

296
00:12:59.120 --> 00:13:00.759
trying to build a company, so I got to hit

297
00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:02.519
the trades tell him we're up to all this. So

298
00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:06.039
that's been an exhausting morning. So Sydney Comedy Festival can wait.

299
00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:09.000
I'm trying to get back to Ireland. Maybe I can

300
00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:13.440
hit up the Cat Laughs Comedy Festival. It is Ireland's

301
00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:16.279
longest running and best loved comedy festival. May twenty third

302
00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:19.159
to the twenty fifth Cat Laughs is coming to Belfast

303
00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:22.080
for the first time. The Guardian calls it the best

304
00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:24.960
little comedy festival in the world. Your lineup Friday, May

305
00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:28.840
twenty third, Colin Murphy, Patty Raft, Mark McCarney, deetro Ocane,

306
00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:33.360
David o'derty. Some good solid Irish names there. Oh, then

307
00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:37.320
there's an interval and then Gerald Faarley, Emma Duran, Alison

308
00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:41.679
Spidtele and Neil Delamere. On Saturday, Carl Spain, William Thompson,

309
00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:47.000
Susie McKay, Mike Rice, Colin Gettis, Sean Walsh, Deonna Doherty,

310
00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:49.879
flat Illitch. That doesn't sound like an Irish name at all,

311
00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:54.759
Vittorio Angeloni. What's going on here? Sunday Andrew Ryan, Chris Kent,

312
00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:59.240
Kyla Cobbler, Ray Broadshaw and Scott Bennett. Not Scott Beckett,

313
00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:00.840
the guy that doesn't like to Joe Cooy joke. This

314
00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:03.720
is a totally different person. This is comedian Scott Bennett,

315
00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:06.960
who probably appreciates the humor behind the Joe Coy joke.

316
00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:11.480
Christopher MacArthur, Boyd, Shane Todd, Rich Hall and Patty MacDonell.

317
00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:13.399
John why did you do that story? Because I want

318
00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:15.200
to go back to Ireland. I felt like reading a

319
00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:18.200
bunch of Irish names. I also would love to hit

320
00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:22.759
the Arctic Comedy Festival. This one is coming to Yellowknife

321
00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:26.320
on May seventeenth, Dawson City on May twenty first, and

322
00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:30.200
Whitehorse on May twenty third. You can go see Mary Walsh,

323
00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:34.039
one of Canada's most memorable comedians. The festival tells us

324
00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:36.320
Walsh delivers in a unique and memori way that will

325
00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:39.200
leave you in tears. And one more story. This is

326
00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:41.919
not a commercial. I just saw a press release on

327
00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:45.600
the newswires and I appreciate Pretzelized. I just like the

328
00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:48.879
copy they wrote. Pretzelize, the innovative snack brand known for

329
00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:52.159
combining pretzels with classic snacks like crackers and peda chips,

330
00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:57.600
launching a social first, fully produced sketch comedy series. It

331
00:14:57.639 --> 00:15:00.480
stars New York City comedians Eric Newman and Mark Gerber.

332
00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:03.120
The series features two friends on opposite sides of the

333
00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:07.360
chip debate across four scripted, increasingly dramatic episodes. It's not

334
00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:11.080
just a series, it's your new favorite Internet debate, one

335
00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:14.080
that invites consumers to pick aside, take it way too seriously,

336
00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:17.759
and make their snack options known. That's right, it's pretzilized.

337
00:15:17.919 --> 00:15:22.159
Good job a copywriter. They invite us to join the

338
00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:25.360
pre solution. That's your comedy news for today. If you're

339
00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:28.399
on YouTube, whatever you YouTube guys do. Look, I'm an

340
00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:30.360
old man in the basement. I'm trying to figure this out,

341
00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:32.559
so you know, like subscribe, bring to bell. I know

342
00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:34.039
it's a slideshow. What do you want to see a

343
00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:35.879
fifty five year old guy in his basement talking to

344
00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:39.120
a microphone. That's boring. Enjoy my slide show. Appreciate it

345
00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:41.519
takes me a couple of minutes to make. See tomorrow.