Netflix is a Joke Comedy Festival Ticket Struggles for Shane Gillis, Louis CK and others?

April 26, 2026

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Nikki Glaser faced a tough crowd while hosting the Time 100 gala, where Jimmy Mac questions if she bombed despite some audible laughs amid poor audience mic'ing. He attributes the muted response to "cool Hollywood people" reluctant to laugh at jokes targeting figures like Katy Perry or Victoria Beckham. Glaser's set included self-deprecating bits about her Time cover sharing space with the Pope and MrBeast, plus jabs at Gayle King spending time with Perry. Separately, on Kelly Ripa's show, Glaser addressed a wardrobe slip-up where her short skirt revealed underwear, handled lightheartedly.

Jimmy Kimmel hosted his own "All-American White House Correspondents Dinner" after the actual event skipped a comedian for the first time recently. Broadcast on ABC, Kimmel roasted a mock Trump audience with lines about the president's hands, Epstein files, and policy legacies like "breaking wind and passing gas." Mac trimmed a racier joke for his podcast but notes network standards differ from his show's.

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1 (01:07) **Nikki Glazer Time 100 Hosting** - Plays and analyzes clip of her MC set at Time 100 gala, calls it a bomb in a tough cool Hollywood crowd
2 (04:37) **Nikki Glazer on Kelly Ripa** - Clip of skirt/underpants banter and Time cover discussion with Pope, MrBeast
3 (06:34) **Jimmy Kimmel's Mock Correspondents Dinner** - Plays trimmed ABC clip roasting Trump at "All-American" event sans official comedian host
4 (08:34) **Netflix Is a Joke Festival Ticket Sales** - Deadline update on LA festival May 4-10 showing haves vs have-nots
5 (10:05) **Kevin Hart's Funny AF Review** - Johnny critiques Netflix comedy competition as solid but limited by 90-second edited sets
6 (11:56) **Ramy Youssef Special Take** - Likes Netflix special (filmed Feb, topical), discusses TV Insider interview on set prep and crowd work
7 (13:09) **David Cross Special Interview** - Fox News Digital chat on "The End of the Beginning of the End" balancing silly/political/offensive

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Show Notes

Johnny Mac covers comedy industry news, focusing first on Nikki Glaser hosting the Time 100 event and questioning whether she bombed, noting the crowd wasn’t mic’d well and suggesting a “cool Hollywood” room may have been reluctant to laugh; he plays a trimmed clip of her monologue, including jokes about publicists, the list, Victoria Beckham, and Gayle King/Katy Perry. He also shares awkward clips from Glaser on Kelly Ripa where her short skirt is mentioned and they discuss her Time cover. Deadline’s ongoing reporting on Netflix Is a Joke frames the festival as “haves and have-nots,” citing many big names (Shane Gillis, Louis C.K., John Mulaney, Katt Williams, Nate Bargatze, Seinfeld/Leanne Morgan, Jim Gaffigan) with unsold tickets while smaller buzzy comics sell out smaller venues. Mac reviews Kevin Hart’s “Funny AF” competition format and discusses “Emperor of Rome syndrome,” then briefly praises Ramy Youssef’s special and quotes Ramy and David Cross on crafting sets and not catering to algorithms. Gossip items include a Giants manager attending Dave Chappelle at The Punchline and Chappelle commissioning a beeswax sculpture, plus Patton Oswalt voicing Stephen King’s upcoming Talisman-trilogy audiobook.

00:23 Nikki Glaser Bombing
01:05 Time 100 Monologue
03:40 Kelly Ripa Awkwardness
05:25 Netflix Is a Joke Sales
06:56 Kevin Hart Competition
08:47 Ramy Youssef Special
10:00 David Cross Approach
10:54 Gossip Corner Chappelle
12:16 Chappelle Art Find
12:40 Patton Oswalt Audiobook
13:08 Wrap Up Tomorrow

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