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Jim Gaffigan Cast as Grover Cleveland in The Gilded Age; Nate Bargatze Tops Billboard Comedy Boxscore
Johnny Mac’s Daily Comedy News reports Jim Gaffigan will play President Grover Cleveland in Season 4 of HBO’s The Gilded Age. Billboard’s January comedy boxscore has Nate Bargatze back at No. 1 with $5.1M and 64,100 tickets across seven shows; other mentions include John Mulaney, Jim Gaffigan, Matt Rife, and Bert Kreischer with their grosses, ticket counts, and show totals. Jimmy Kimmel argues he should host the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, joking that a mentalist (Oz Pearlman) is hosting instead. Chelsea Handler tells cleveland.com comedy should address the uncomfortable and says she won’t make fun of children. Chris Fleming discusses Mike Birbiglia on Caleb Hearon’s podcast. Jim Breuer describes finding local material, keeping his shows PG-13, and shifting toward writing dramedy. The episode also previews the 2026 Sydney and Perth Comedy Festivals and critiques a Vanity Fair piece on online talk shows. 00:18 Jim Gaffigan Cast Reveal for those who read this part but not the epsidoe title 01:08 Billboard Comedy Box Score 02:02 Kimmel Wants WHCD Gig 02:59 Chelsea Handler On Purpose 04:00 Chris Fleming Birbiglia Talk 05:03 Jim Breuer Local Material 06:48 Breuer On Career Control 07:37 Australia And Festival Plans 08:32 Sydney And Perth Lineups 10:20 Vanity Fair Talk Show Rant 1 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.
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