Daily Comedy News with Johnny Mac - a daily briefing on comedians, and the comedy industry Pete Holmes Talks New Special ‘Silly Silly Fun Boy,’ Standup Craft, and Spirituality
Feb 28, 2026
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Guest Pete Holmes discusses his new special “Silly Silly Fun Boy,” available via early access on 800 Pound Gorilla and later on YouTube Tuesday, March 24th.
They discuss Holmes’ success on “Pyramid,” including how seriously he takes the game, then segue into Google results featuring a “cannabis and tech today” image and Holmes’ decision to retire an older massage/dick-joke bit. Holmes explains how he structures and edits a special (cutting warmup, not moving closers), why swearing was heavier early due to the crowd’s energy, and that the special is cut from two shows in Portland. Conversation also covers hosting Montreal New Faces, standup as a living/jazz-like art, Holmes’ view of spirituality as experiential
awareness/consciousness, his comfort in his 40s, the early-2000s Chicago comedy scene, “Crashing” streaming, putting specials on YouTube, and his book title “Comedy Sex God.”
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They discuss Holmes’ success on “Pyramid,” including how seriously he takes the game, then segue into Google results featuring a “cannabis and tech today” image and Holmes’ decision to retire an older massage/dick-joke bit. Holmes explains how he structures and edits a special (cutting warmup, not moving closers), why swearing was heavier early due to the crowd’s energy, and that the special is cut from two shows in Portland. Conversation also covers hosting Montreal New Faces, standup as a living/jazz-like art, Holmes’ view of spirituality as experiential
awareness/consciousness, his comfort in his 40s, the early-2000s Chicago comedy scene, “Crashing” streaming, putting specials on YouTube, and his book title “Comedy Sex God.”
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.