Daily Comedy News with Johnny Mac - a daily briefing on comedians, and the comedy industry Is Theo Von on The Masked Singer? Is Conan O'Brien an Outsider?
Mar 9, 2026
13:10
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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