Daily Comedy News with Johnny Mac

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Kevin Hart & Taco Bell’s Live Más Open, Chris Rock on Tom Cruise, and Jo Koy’s Road Diet

Johnny Mac shares comedy news including Taco Bell partnering with Kevin Hart to promote the Live Más Open on Nov. 2, where fans can qualify via Topgolf’s Shot Shuffle or

Sep 21
15 min

Chris Rock on Fame, Stavros Halikis on Leaving Cum Town, and Eric Idle’s Monty Python Dispute

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Johnny Mac delivers comedy news featuring Chris Rock discussing how fame has shifted from perks like free stuff to realizing fan interactions can make someone’s day, and

Sep 20
10 min

Dane Cook: The Full Story

Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story drops September 29, the documentary about the half-brother who stole twelve million dollars and hid it in pasta sauce. Before you watch i

Sep 19
18 min

Carlos Mencia on Tax Evasion Charges, Chris Rock on LA, and Robby Hoffman on Comedy Limits

Johnny Mac covers an interview with Carlos Mencia, who faces 12 LA County felony tax-evasion counts, has pled not guilty, and says he never “evaded,” expects past tax yea

Sep 18
11 min

Mulaney’s Naughty Emmys Monologue, Colbert’s Kimmel Visit

Johnny Mac recaps daily comedy news after falling behind due to jury duty, focusing on the Emmys and Stephen Colbert’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. He highlights a wi

Sep 17
18 min

Taylor Swift Reportedly Upset With Nikki Glaser, Dave Chappelle’s Arena Tour, and Howard Stern’s HBO Move

Johnny Mac covers a gossip report claiming Taylor Swift is furious at Nikki Glaser for saying on stage she attended Swift’s wedding despite barely knowing the couple, wit

Sep 16
11 min

Colbert on Kimmel Tonight, Shane Gillis to host SNL and Monty Python is DEAD

Johnny Mac previews Stephen Colbert’s guest appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live and notes Kimmel will again tape a week of shows at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Sept. 28–Oct

Sep 15
8 min

Sam Morril’s New Netflix Special and Jimmy Kimmel's FCC Concerns

Sam Morril’s New Netflix Special, Kimmel FCC Concerns, and Comedy News Roundup Johnny Mac shares comedy news, led by Sam Morril’s Netflix special “Incorrect” premiering S

Sep 14
9 min

Rolling Stone’s 2017 ‘50 Best Stand-Up Comics’: Who Holds Up in 2026

Johnny Mac cold-reads and reacts to Rolling Stone’s “50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time” list from Feb. 14, 2017, noting the magazine’s modern-stand-up criteria and reas

Sep 13
15 min

Rodney Dangerfield: The Joke as a Perfect Object

Jerry Seinfeld was asked which joke he'd send to aliens to represent all of comedy. He picked Rodney Dangerfield. Johnny Mac looks at why — the no-respect premise as a st

Sep 12
13 min

Pete Davidson Reflects on 9/11, Plus Chris Rock’s Variety Profile and John Mulaney’s Get Smart Rumor

Johnny Mac delivers daily comedy news on 9/11, leading with Pete Davidson reflecting on the anniversary as a 33-year-old father, discussing his firefighter father Scott M

Sep 11
15 min

Jimmy Kimmel Live to end??? South Park Renames Itself!

Jimmy Kimmel returned from summer break for his 4,000th episode, joked he and Donald Trump “accomplished nothing” all summer, mocked the Reflecting Pool cleanup and the S

Sep 10
11 min

Nikki Glaser Jokes About a Secret Taylor Swift Wedding, Stavros Halkias’ Health, and a Wild Nathan Fielder Doc

Johnny Mac’s Daily Comedy News covers Nikki Glaser’s Caesars Palace set where she jokes about attending an alleged top-secret Taylor Swift wedding at Madison Square Garde

Sep 9
11 min

Stavros Halkias Drops New Netflix Special; Conan O’Brien on Adam Sandler Officiating Taylor Swift’s Wedding

Johnny Mac highlights Stavros Halkias’s new Netflix special and his Vulture Maria Bamford Questionnaire answers, including refusing to return to Side Splitters’ Tampa com

Sep 8
9 min

Pete Davidson Donates $20K, Netflix Renews His Podcast, and Ricky Gervais’ New Tour Gets Mixed Reviews

Johnny Mac delivers daily comedy news on the last day of summer, led by Netflix renewing The Pete Davidson Thing and ordering a new project from Katt Williams. Davidson a

Sep 7
9 min

Comedy After 9/11: What Happened When the Laughing Stopped

On September 17, 2001, David Letterman came back and didn't do a monologue. Jon Stewart came back the same night and cried on camera before becoming recognizably himself

Sep 6
16 min

The Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon: A Comedy History

Eighty-five million people watched the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon at its peak in 1976. Almost every significant American comedian performed on it at some point. Don Rickles

Sep 5
14 min

Ricky Gervais Shrugs Off Knighthood

Johnny Mac closes out the summer with comedy news, led by Ricky Gervais calling a knighthood meaningless, saying he’d do it if his mother were alive, might do it to annoy

Sep 4
19 min

Pete Davidson & Colin Jost’s Free Staten Island Ferry Comedy Show

Johnny Mac reports that Pete Davidson and Colin Jost are hosting a free comedy show on their decommissioned Staten Island Ferry (bought for $280,000 in 2022) in NYC on Se

Sep 3
14 min

Jon Stewart Questions Political Comedy’s Impact + Brian Baumgartner (The Office) Golf Talk

Johnny Mac covers Jon Stewart’s comments on Michelle Obama’s podcast about not confusing cultural power with real power, the fragility of leaders toward satire, and wheth

Sep 2
10 min

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What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

I’m a long time listener and I’ve always appreciated Johnny’s delivery and occasional commentary. Someone else wrote a comment that he’s negative to women and I honestly don’t see that at all. I know that he’s mentioned liking several female comedians and included many in his favorite comedy specials of the year. As a queer, trans female comedian comedian myself, I think it would be great to see more coverage of comedians of my ilk. But I know that he is largely just reporting on what he sees written in the news media, which is largely male focused. So I don’t know if there’s much can be done on that front.

sleavestherabbit · Sep 2023

I've been a long time listener of this show and altho I respect the consistency and the informative comedy news, I'm now very close to unsubscribing due to 2 things: 1. The host beats bits into the ground, especially when it comes to Amy Schumer hosting the Oscars. You don't need to voice your opinion 11 times about your distaste in her hosting the Oscars, we get it. We also don't need to hear about George Lopez tacos 30 times. The beating of these dead horse bits is just too much. 2. Pre, Mid, and Post Roll ads. For a comedy news podcast, there are way too many ads. I understand that you need to make a living and respect that but there are way too many ad breaks for a 'comedy news' podcast and I'm often reluctant to even play an episode due to this. On the plus side, the host has his finger on the comedy pulse and does a great job reporting the news. Hopefully he takes this as constructive and moves forward with a less opinionated attitude.

Hendo Froth · Mar 2022

Info-packed, with just the right dose of host personality. (Lane Sperkus recommended this podcast, so I tried it out.)

Lane from Louisiana · Apr 2021

A nice quick hit on the late night shows and what comedians are up to. It’s been a good resource for discovering new things.

Darth 28 · Nov 2020

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