Daily Comedy News with Johnny Mac

Johnny Mac recaps the latest week of Comedy Survivor, where listeners vote in the Daily Comedy News podcast Facebook group to eliminate comedians from Comedy Island. .  Who goes home?????

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Johnny Mack delivers Daily Comedy News, addressing speculation that Theo Von is the Masked Singer character “High Voltage,” then argues the voice and body type don’t match. He reports Conan O’Brien will give the keynote at Harvard’s 375th commencement and recaps Conan’s appearance on Michelle Obama’s podcast discussing performing at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the Oscars, and the difficulty of doing news-driven comedy today.

Other items include Jerry Seinfeld dining in Worcester before shows, Amy Schumer dancing on camera at a Knicks game, and book recommendations from John Mulaney (Jim Newton’s Grateful Dead book and Ken Kesey’s Sometimes a Great Notion) and Anthony Jeselnik (Vonnegut’s Mother Night). He notes an SNL UK trailer, Matt Rife setting a Prudential Center comedy attendance record, Ike Barinholtz launching the trivia podcast Funny You Ask March 25, and Margaret Cho saying Trump repeatedly asked her to do The Apprentice.
 
00:17 Theo Von on the Masked Singer?
01:52 Conan Harvard And Oscars
02:48 Conan On Michelle Obama
04:32 Seinfeld Dinner Order
05:08 Amy Schumer Knicks Cam
05:32 Mulaney Book Club Picks
07:49 SNL UK Trailer
08:35 Matt Rife Attendance Record
09:31 Comedy Survivor Tease
09:45 Ike Barinholtz Trivia Pod
12:12 Margaret Cho Trump Invite
 

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Johnny Mac discusses mixed-to-negative reviews for Bill Lawrence’s new HBO comedy “Rooster,” starring Steve Carell and John C. McGinley, citing Daniel Feinberg (Hollywood Reporter) and Variety. The LA Times previewed a one-night, untelevised, unrecorded, sold-out March 21 SoFi Stadium show with Jo Koy and Gabriel Iglesias, expected to run four hours with special guests and major production. Hindustan Times recapped Gianmarco Soresi’s India trip, and a field interview with Jeff describes Soresi’s “Theater Adult” cabaret at Joe’s Pub featuring audience participation and Ben Platt. He also highlights a New York Times praise piece on Chris Fleming’s special and notes Jimmy Fallon’s first Late Show guest appearance, ending with Fallon’s personalized “My Way.”

00:00 Daylight Savings Rules
00:37 Cabinet Firing Jokes
01:07 Rooster Review Roundup
03:53 SoFi Stadium Comedy Event
06:22 Gianmarco Soresi in India
07:09 Trivia Guys Field Report
10:23 Chris Fleming Special Praise
12:18 Fallon Colbert Crossover
13:12 My Way Parody Finale

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Johnny Mac’s Daily Comedy News reports Jim Gaffigan will play President Grover Cleveland in Season 4 of HBO’s The Gilded Age. Billboard’s January comedy boxscore has Nate Bargatze back at No. 1 with $5.1M and 64,100 tickets across seven shows; other mentions include John Mulaney, Jim Gaffigan, Matt Rife, and Bert Kreischer with their grosses, ticket counts, and show totals. Jimmy Kimmel argues he should host the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, joking that a mentalist (Oz Pearlman) is hosting instead. Chelsea Handler tells cleveland.com comedy should address the uncomfortable and says she won’t make fun of children. Chris Fleming discusses Mike Birbiglia on Caleb Hearon’s podcast. Jim Breuer describes finding local material, keeping his shows PG-13, and shifting toward writing dramedy. The episode also previews the 2026 Sydney and Perth Comedy Festivals and critiques a Vanity Fair piece on online talk shows.

00:18 Jim Gaffigan Cast Reveal for those who read this part but not the epsidoe title
01:08 Billboard Comedy Box Score
02:02 Kimmel Wants WHCD Gig
02:59 Chelsea Handler On Purpose
04:00 Chris Fleming Birbiglia Talk
05:03 Jim Breuer Local Material
06:48 Breuer On Career Control
07:37 Australia And Festival Plans
08:32 Sydney And Perth Lineups
10:20 Vanity Fair Talk Show Rant
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Johnny Mac recaps “My Romcom,” Scrubs Season 10 Episode 3 (aired March 4, 2026), noting ratings and renewal are unknown but expecting a pickup due to buzz. The episode centers on divorced JD and Elliot fighting over discharging a patient, with JD now in a Dr. Kelso-like role; a directing choice keeps them visually separated until they reconnect in a conversation about rebuilding their friendship. Subplots include Turk working with surgical interns, Elliot dealing with an IT guy who shuts down hospital systems, an “Up”-lookalike ex-husband search, and scenes with an annoying new HR lady; Carla appears, and Joel Kim Booster’s character is absent.

John also shares production details on recreating the hospital set in Vancouver, a 3D entra 

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Daily Comedy News is the number one comedy news podcast, delivering daily coverage of standup comedy, late night television, comedy specials, tours, and the business of comedy.

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This is the animal sanctuary mentioned in the February 10 episode.