john@thesharkdeck.com
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Booking Overview
Metrics
Episodes: 1000
Frequency: Daily
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: USA
YouTube: 1.4k subscribers
Instagram: 240 followers
Contact Information
john@thesharkdeck.com
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Host
Johnny Mac - Host of Daily Comedy News, delivering short daily updates on comedians and the comedy industry’s business and culture. The show covers working-comics and touring news, specials, late-night televisi...
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Recent Guest Discussions
Joel Kim Booster - Personal Routines (no-breakfast/snack Habits) And Comedy/festival News Coverage.
Charlie Day - Casting/news Related To The Film 'golf Trip'.
Julio Torres - Joke/advice-style Commentary (including A Haunted-rent Themed Bit).
Hannibal Buress - Music As A Writing Form; Emotional Range Beyond Comedy.
David Cross - New Comedy Special; Preference For Shooting In Club/music-venue Settings; Approach To Producing Specials; Parenting Balance; Commentary On Other Comedians’ Work.
Recent Topics
Episodes
The Top 25 Comedians of the 21st Century? PLUS Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle and Shane Gillis reportedly shock Comedy Cellar
June 15, 2026
Johnny Mac recounts an online report claiming Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, and Shane Gillis did impromptu sets at the Comedy Cellar after a Knicks game, then reacts to a “top 25 stand-ups of the 2000s” list that ranks Louis CK #1 and Chappelle #3, calling placements like Colin Quinn at #5 and Norm Macdonald at #2 too high. He shares Us Weekly “fun facts” about David Cross (morning person due to his daughter, signature chili, estimating temperature, phone contact Bob Odenkirk, sports starstruck...
Guy Fieri Feeds Andrew Santino and Bert Kreischer, Adam Ray’s Netflix ‘Dr. Phil Live,’ and John Oliver’s Soap Opera Role
June 14, 2026
Johnny Mac covers comedy news, starting with Guy Fieri’s four-episode series “Guy’s Feast Club,” featuring comedians including Andrew Santino, Bert Kreischer, and Bobby Lee while they eat dishes like an Italian feast and a tomahawk rib eye sandwich. He notes Netflix will debut “Adam Ray: Dr. Phil Live” on June 19 as a cheaply produced TV show mislabeled as a podcast, with four episodes and guests such as Michael Bublé, Dave Matthews, Nikki Glaser, and Santino, plus future guests including Has...
Shane Gillis Explained: SNL Firing, Netflix Fame, and Why Everyone's Talking About Him
June 13, 2026
Most people tell the Shane Gillis story backwards — starting with the SNL firing and working forward. Johnny Mac flips it. The real story starts with a podcast from Pennsylvania that almost nobody was listening to, and ends with one of the most interesting career architectures in comedy right now. This one's about why comedians pay attention to Shane Gillis, what his success says about gatekeepers, and why the Tuesday he recorded a slightly above-average podcast episode might matter more than...
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