Episodes

The late night shows weigh in on Trump not wanting to create panic. Bert Kreishcer and Jay Leno have new TV gigs. A look back at how comedy came back after 9/11.

Late Night weighs in on the fires, Kevin Hart will take over as host of the MDA Telethon, Just For Laughs announces some performers for the virtual festival in October, Borat 2 is reportedly already filmed!

Bad news for #sixseasonsandamovie, Joel McHale says while everyone wants to do a Community movie, it isn't coming soon. Johnny Mac burns off another slow news day with Lego Seinfeld and the great John Boyega-Michael Rapaport twitter war. But it's...

It's a slow news day off the long weekend. Dave Chappelle is on Big Sean's new album. John Oliver and the Danbury Mayor are mixing it up. And some leftover articles about Beth Stelling and Hannah Gadsby. If you're new to the pod, pick a different...

A look back at Ricky Gervais' days in his New Wave band Seona Dancing. Also a look at Ricky's love of dogs, and some dog saving beer!

First up a breeze through some sitcoms recommended by Good Housekeeping, then a look at Variety's 10 Comics to Watch makes Johnny Mac wonder whatever happened to stand-up? I'll be out back smoking a cigarette with Dave Attell while you guys watch...

Caddyshack celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2020, and it sounds like it was quite the party.

Conan O'Brien would like to fill his audience. Ted Alexandro releases another special. Sebastian Maniscalco is selling his house. Chris D'Elia makes headlines again and not for good reasons. Kevin Hart says he too had Covid.

Michelle Obama is the driving force behind a comedy special to be hosted by Kevin Hart. Beth Stelling thinks she may have recorded the last comedy special before the pandemic. Jamie Foxx returns to TV sitcoms.

Jimmy Kimmel plans his return, you could own some Dolemite recordings, Tim Minchin is awesome and you should check out his comedy, and Tom Segura is hawking coffee

Jim Gaffigan, in a lengthy Facebook posts, follows up on his tweet storm from Thursday night and some of the threats he has gotten. And no, he wasn't drunk.

Jim Gaffigan returned to twitter and nope he didn't say he was hacked or that he had too much ice cream or any other backpedal - he's committed to his cause. As if 2020 couldn't get any worse, Fox plans to desecrate a beloved franchise by making...

Trevor Noah has done a great job making The Daily Show his and making us stop thinking about whatshisname that hosted the show before him. Trevor talks about the NBA protests and Trump reminding him of African dictators. Meanwhile, is the network...

Jim Gaffigan didn't seem to be on twitter on Friday (at least not at time of this recording) - but we hear reactions from Patton Oswalt, Chris Titus, Michael Ian Black and Mike Birbiglia. Meanwhile, some very powerful reactions by Trevor Noah to the...

A tweet storm from @JimGaffigan (definitely from the account, apparently from the guy) went off on Trump, his followers, trolls and former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz. Buckle up...

The gang at the @StandUpNY social media account zing Jerry Seinfeld, meanwhile the club is putting on outdoor shows all over New York City with plans to do even more! Iliza Schlesinger joins the Drive-In Tour movement. Stephen Colbert skips watching...

The owner of the Stand Up NY comedy club says Jerry Seinfeld is always welcome but "“It’s known in the comedy industry. He’s just cold and arrogant. He’s just not a nice guy." Hannibal Buress is touring drive-ins. Kate McKinnon has a Tiger King show....

John Oliver gets zinged by the mayor of Danbury, Sam Bee's dream guest, Bryan Callen's new podcasts and Rob Schneider's cardboard cutouts at Pirates games

Wait? Can I get Jerry Seinfeld to talk about this podcast? Yeah Jerry New York City IS dead, and Seinfeld wasn't funny! James Altucher posted on LinkedIn that new York City was in big trouble, and Mr. Seinfeld didn't agree and wrote an op-ed for the...

In a shocker, Comedy Central un-renews Tosh.0 which had had a FOUR season pickup. Ron Funches talked about going on Rogan and what he thought of Chappelle's special. Jimmy Fallon's writers continue their great summer run.

Sam Jay talks about working with Eddie Murphy on SNL. Rob Delaney on his vasectomy. Brian Regan on Las Vegas. Rob Schneider on Seattle. Larry the Cable Guy's new(-ish) friend. Johnny Mac's Grammy Awards rant....and the Nigerian comedy scene!

The Hollywood Reporter had a long and absolutely fascinating with Jim Belushi which touched on Jim's new career growing cannabis, and Jim shared some stories about John Belushi. We even hear from Rob Lowe. Yes, you're right, Johnny Mac took a beach...

Calamari makes for some great Late Night jokes. Sarah Cooper gets another deal. Ron Funches' new show sounds terrible. Drunk History canceled. Ted Lasso renewed. John C Reilly takes off with Moonbase 8.

Beth Stelling and James Veitch have new specials. Hasan Minhaj's Patriot Act is canceled. Ton Green on the haters. A look at the SNL Vault. And A.P. Bio gets a companion podcast for some reason.