Is Late Night Dead - 1. Late Night with David Letterman - The Anti Talk Show

Before David Letterman became a late-night television legend, he was the guy at 12:30 in the morning reinventing what a talk show could be. In the premiere of Is Late Night Dead?, Johnny Mac of Daily Comedy News goes back to the birth of Late Night with David Letterman and the strange path that took Letterman from an Indianapolis weatherman to NBC, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, a failed daytime talk show, and finally the after-midnight time slot that changed comedy. We look at how Johnn

Chris Rock tells GQ that therapy made him rethink how he treated people and why he used to blame celebrity when he struggled to connect. Johnny Mac gets into what Rock learned about being honest in therapy and the separate support he gets for nonverbal learning disorder. Queens comedian Liam Dalton gives Knicks legend John Starks the John Mulaney treatment. Chris Pratt gets Nickelodeon’s King of Comedy honor, Sheng Wang explains how everyday awkward moments become jokes and recalls coming up wi

A regular show. Station management has confirmed it in writing, underlined twice. Last week’s chart has been retired to a better place, so all five songs are new entries again, and Thanksgiving is in the building. Someone put a paper turkey on the engineer’s door. The engineer says it wasn’t him. 5. The Middle Managers, “Reply All” 4. Gourd Almighty, “Pumpkin Spice Is Back” 3. Second Helping, “The Kids’ Table (I’m 41)" 2. The Thaw, “Defrost (The Turkey’s Still Frozen)” 1. Standard Time, “I Got

A heckler asked Jimmy Carr about Russell Brand. Carr said Brand was going to prison for “something he didn’t do.” Then came the punchline. “Get consent.”Johnny Mac plays the clip on Daily Comedy News and covers Gary Gulman’s new HBO special Grandiloquent, John Mulaney’s return to Saturday Night Live, and the fire alarm that cut short Stephen Colbert and Yo-Yo Ma’s Harvard appearance. Plus, rare 1963 Tonight Show footage of Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon turns up in a California garage. Larry the

Ricky Gervais told people setting off fireworks in London, “I hope you die.” On Daily Comedy News, Johnny Mac explains what prompted the post and how it fits into the debate over private fireworks in London. Shane Gillis joins John Mulaney on the red carpet for Madden, and Theo Von is named King of Bacchus for New Orleans Mardi Gras 2027. Johnny Mac also takes on the argument that podcast fame is hurting stand-up comedy, looking at Theo Von, Joe Rogan, Tim Dillon, Tony Hinchcliffe and Marc Maro

Ricky Gervais told people setting off fireworks in London, “I hope you die.” On Daily Comedy News, Johnny Mac explains what prompted the post and how it fits into the debate over private fireworks in London. Shane Gillis joins John Mulaney on the red carpet for Madden, and Theo Von is named King of Bacchus for New Orleans Mardi Gras 2027. Johnny Mac also takes on the argument that podcast fame is hurting stand-up comedy, looking at Theo Von, Joe Rogan, Tim Dillon, Tony Hinchcliffe and Marc Maro