Netflix Is a Joke Fest + The State of Stand-Up on Streaming
The Last Laugh
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
The massive, sprawling Netflix Is a Joke Festival kicks off in Los Angeles today and host Matt Wilstein is joined by The Daily Beast’s Allegra Frank and Sean L. McCarthy to preview what comedy fans can expect—including a starry roast of Tom Brady, a live Katt Williams stand-up special, a John Mulaney-hosted late-night show and a lot more. They also delve into how Netflix came to dominate the streaming comedy world—for better and, occasionally, for worse.
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| 0:00.0 | This is The Last Laugh. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and we are doing something a little different on this week's show. |
| 0:12.1 | Starting today, Netflix is a joke fest is taking over the city of L.A. for 12 days straight with hundreds of shows across more than 35 different venues, including a |
| 0:22.3 | live taping of this very podcast with comedian May Martin next Wednesday, May 8th. |
| 0:27.0 | So instead of interviewing a comedian this week, I am joined by two of my favorite fellow |
| 0:31.9 | comedy nerds to give you a little preview of the festival and hopefully talk more broadly |
| 0:36.8 | about how we got to this |
| 0:38.0 | point where Netflix seemingly dominates the comedy world for better and occasionally for worse. |
| 0:43.7 | First up, you know her, you love her, the Daily Beast editor, Allegra Frank, is here. |
| 0:48.3 | I love that intro. Thanks. Hi. |
| 0:51.5 | And I also want to welcome the writer and podcaster who I only knew for many years as |
| 0:57.1 | the comics comic. Sean McCarthy, welcome to the show. Thanks, Matt. Great to be here. So yeah, Sean, |
| 1:02.9 | I want to start with you. You write a lot about comedy for The Daily Beast as well, and you will be |
| 1:08.1 | in L.A. for the very beginning of the festival. I get there a couple |
| 1:12.0 | days after you. But yeah, I mean, I think the big opening show tonight, as people are hearing |
| 1:16.8 | this, I believe, is this four headliner show at the Hollywood Bowl that's Jerry Seinfeld, |
| 1:23.8 | Jim Gaffigan, Nate Bargettze, and Sebastian Manascalco, four white guys, although from different |
| 1:30.5 | eras in different areas. |
| 1:32.8 | So what do you think it says, Sean? |
| 1:34.8 | I think you'll be at that show that they're opening with those four guys. |
| 1:39.0 | Right. |
| 1:39.5 | It's kind of one of those. |
| 1:41.3 | You win some, you lose some, having four white guys of different ages. |
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