Mulaney on Kimmel and Letterman, Ron Taylor Wins Funny AF, and Chappelle Talks Trans Jokes with Michelle Obama

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Johnny Mac recaps a busy week in comedy featuring interviews and highlights from various comedians.

Johnny Mac recaps a busy comedy week: Jimmy Kimmel interviews John Mulaney, joking about Stephen Colbert leaving TV and Mulaney having lived in Kimmel’s guesthouse. Mulaney also appears on David Letterman’s This Better Be Funny, featuring Paul Shaffer (standing ovation), news of Letterman executive producing a Shaffer documentary, and Letterman’s career retrospective including a Richard Pryor compliment; Mulaney discusses family, projects, and praises Robbie Hoffman as a fearless original, while giving a noncommittal update on his Netflix talk show and calling the new Michael Jackson movie “stupid and bad.” Kevin Hart’s Netflix competition Funny AF crowns Detroit comic Ron Taylor, who wins a Netflix special titled Elevate. Dave Chappelle on Michelle Obama’s podcast defends comedy-room context for controversial jokes. The episode also covers Louis C.K. themes, Netflix festival strategy, “comedy stock market” picks, and highlights Netflix Is A Joke festival shows plus mystery around the Roast of Kevin Hart lineup. 00:21 Kimmel and Mulaney Bit 02:15 Letterman Show Recap 05:01 Robbie Hoffman Talk 06:36 Mulaney Talk Show Future 07:23 Funny AF Finals Winner 08:56 Nikki Glaser Roast…

People in this episode

Host: Johnny Mac

Guests: John Mulaney, Ron Taylor

Topics covered

• comedy news
• interviews
• stand-up highlights
• Netflix specials
• comedy controversies
• comedians' projects

Keywords

• John Mulaney
• Jimmy Kimmel
• David Letterman
• Ron Taylor
• Dave Chappelle
• Netflix
• comedy specials
• Funny AF
• comedy controversies

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Netflix Is A Joke, This Better Be Funny, Elevate, Michael Jackson movie, Roast of Kevin Hart

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