Johnny Mac shares insights on Sebastian Maniscalco's impressive success, including his $35.5 million gross and 361,000 tickets sold in six months.  Leslie Jones on her comedy journey, including a dark period after her brother's death and her love for Colin Jost. Jones will tour the US from September to November. Gianmarco Soresi talks about the global reach of his comedy through social media, Pete Davidson discusses his role in a new horror movie, Michael Palin speaks about coping with his wife's death, Eric Idle shares memories of George Harrison and adapting to public interactions and Dan Harmon talks about the progress of 'Rick and Morty',Get the show without ads. Five bucks.  For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app which says UNINTERRUPTED LISTENING. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus.    Contact John at john@thesharkdeck dot com  Pl John’s free substack about the media:  Media Thoughts  is mcdpod.substack.com Also follow the companion piece  dailycomedynews.substack.com DCN on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@dailycomedynews https://linktr.ee/dailycomedynews You can also support the show at www.buymeacoffee.com/dailycomedynews Thanks to our sponsor https://go.happinessexperiment.com/begin-aff-o2?am_id=podcast2025&utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=michaelBecome 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.