Daily Comedy News with Johnny Mac - a daily briefing on comedians, and the comedy industry Bert Kreischer's wonderful New Year's Eve Technical Disaster
Jan 5, 2026
13:56
Johnny Mac ighlights the technical debacles at various New Year's Eve shows, including Bert Reiser’s special and CBS's 12-minute broadcast outage during 'Nashville's Big Bash,' which hilariously defaulted to 'Matlock.'
Gianmarco Soresi has a new crowdwork special.
Amy Schumer wants us to talk about her, so we shall.
Johnny also recounts personal anecdotes, touches on comedian Jim Breuer's advice to aspiring entertainers, and introduces a new segment called 'Comedy Survivor.' He concludes with upcoming comedy festivals featuring known comedians like Matt Rife and Nikki Glaser.
00:48 Technical Difficulties on CBS
04:15 Personal Anecdotes and Trivia Night
08:06 Comedy Survivor Announcement
09:45 Upcoming Comedy Events
12:18 Jim Breuer's Advice to Aspiring Entertainers
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This is the animal sanctuary mentioned in the February 10 episode.
Gianmarco Soresi has a new crowdwork special.
Amy Schumer wants us to talk about her, so we shall.
Johnny also recounts personal anecdotes, touches on comedian Jim Breuer's advice to aspiring entertainers, and introduces a new segment called 'Comedy Survivor.' He concludes with upcoming comedy festivals featuring known comedians like Matt Rife and Nikki Glaser.
00:48 Technical Difficulties on CBS
04:15 Personal Anecdotes and Trivia Night
08:06 Comedy Survivor Announcement
09:45 Upcoming Comedy Events
12:18 Jim Breuer's Advice to Aspiring Entertainers
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.