Daily Comedy News with Johnny Mac - a daily briefing on comedians, and the comedy industry Nate Bargatze’s ‘Greatest Average American’ Premieres, and Scrubs is back!
Feb 25, 2026
20:31
Johnny Mac hosts Daily Comedy News and focuses on ABC’s TV night featuring the Scrubs reboot and Nate Bargatze’s new game show The Greatest Average American, premiering right after Scrubs.
He shares the show’s premise (contestants predict how everyday Americans think and live), the $67,920 “average American salary” grand prize, and Bargatze’s comments about creating the show, doing challenges without advance knowledge, and hoping the prize tracks changes in the economy.
Johnny compares the concept to an older Jim Breuer/Jeff Foxworthy bit about being “in touch,” and jokes about his own trivia night plans and possible jury duty.
He also runs through Chowhound’s ranking of John Mulaney’s non-alcoholic beers (Classic Pale third, Belgian Wit second, Original Pilsner first), mentions Ready Steady Cut’s 3.5/5 review of Taylor Tomlinson’s new special (including discussion of religious trauma and coming out as bisexual), and reports that Russell Brand pleaded not guilty to charges in London with trial expected in June.
00:00 Daily Comedy News Intro
00:21 Scrubs And Nate Game Show
03:08 Out Of Touch Game
05:45 Prize Money And Format
08:58 Mulaney NA Beer Ranking
11:13 Taylor Tomlinson Review
12:23 Russell Brand Court Update
12:57 Jackie Kashian Special Plug
14:38 Scrubs Reboot Reviews
19:16 Dr Cox
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He shares the show’s premise (contestants predict how everyday Americans think and live), the $67,920 “average American salary” grand prize, and Bargatze’s comments about creating the show, doing challenges without advance knowledge, and hoping the prize tracks changes in the economy.
Johnny compares the concept to an older Jim Breuer/Jeff Foxworthy bit about being “in touch,” and jokes about his own trivia night plans and possible jury duty.
He also runs through Chowhound’s ranking of John Mulaney’s non-alcoholic beers (Classic Pale third, Belgian Wit second, Original Pilsner first), mentions Ready Steady Cut’s 3.5/5 review of Taylor Tomlinson’s new special (including discussion of religious trauma and coming out as bisexual), and reports that Russell Brand pleaded not guilty to charges in London with trial expected in June.
00:00 Daily Comedy News Intro
00:21 Scrubs And Nate Game Show
03:08 Out Of Touch Game
05:45 Prize Money And Format
08:58 Mulaney NA Beer Ranking
11:13 Taylor Tomlinson Review
12:23 Russell Brand Court Update
12:57 Jackie Kashian Special Plug
14:38 Scrubs Reboot Reviews
19:16 Dr Cox
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.