
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 Debate 10:52 Chappelle on Obama Podcast 13:35 Louis CK New Material 14:28 Comedy Stock Market Picks 16:07 Netflix Festival Insights 18:05 Festival Tonight Guide 19:54 Roast of Kevin Hart Mystery 20:37 Wrap Up and Knicks Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/daily-comedy-news-with-johnny-mac-a-daily-briefing-on-comedians-and-the-comedy-industry--4522158/support. 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. COMEDY SURVIVOR in the facebook group. Contact John at John@thesharkdeck dot com For Uninterrupted Listening, use the Apple Podcast App and click the banner that says Uninterrupted Listening. $4.99/month John's Substack about media is free. This is the animal sanctuary mentioned in the February 10 episode.