Johnny Mac delivers a politically heavy Daily Comedy News episode. He reports that a planned pasta sauce collaborationinvolving Jimmy Fallon fell through, and discusses Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue proposal to rebrand the Epstein files as the “Epstein Trump files,” including Kimmel saying he trademarked the phrase. He summarizes a Hollywood Reporter piece about “comedy bros” (including Joe Rogan, Andrew Schulz, Theo Von, and Tony Hinchcliffe) cooling on Trump,.

00:00 Welcome to Daily Comedy News (and why today gets political)
00:31 Fallon’s pasta sauce deal derails 
01:08 Kimmel’s ‘Epstein Trump Files’ bit: comedy vs. the horror of the story
02:38 Hollywood Reporter: Comedy bros, podcasts, and political influence
05:30 Dave Chappelle in Minnesota  s
06:34 Joe Rogan reacts to being named in the Epstein files
08:14 SAG-AFTRA vs. Netflix: Pete Davidson’s ‘video podcast’ deal
09:14 Cristela Alonzo reschedules to avoid sharing a venue with Kill Tony
10:32 New comedy pods & festival check-in: Melbourne’s Callback + JFL Vancouver
11:56 Comedy Survivor update + how to join the Facebook group
12:24 Ben Bankas controversy: venue move, backlash, and ‘don’t go’ debate
14:20 Matt Rife stars in Red Clay Strays music video + wrap-up and tomorrow’s tease

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