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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
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Joe Rogan Tells The Government To 'Figure Out What To Do With The Money They Already Get From Everybody,' Before They 'Tax The Rich People'
Joe Rogan and British comedian Jimmy Carr held nothing back in their latest conversation on 'The Joe Rogan Experience,' tackling outrage culture, taxes, and what they see as government mismanagement. Rogan and Carr criticized the modern trend of gaining attention through outrage or victimhood instead of talent or effort. 'This is a society that rewards outrage and that coddles people for the most preposterous beliefs,' Rogan said. 'It's a weird society of social media and the amount of attention you can generate.' Don't Miss: Deloitte's fastest-growing software company partners with Amazon, Walmart & Target – Hasbro, MGM, and Skechers trust this AI marketing firm — Carr referenced a bit from comedian Chris Rock, saying there are three ways to get attention: You could be brilliant, infamous, or a victim. Carr argued that the difference between ambition and entitlement comes down to responsibility. 'If you want to do something about it, that's ambition. If you think that's someone else's problem, that's entitlement,' he said. He said he has empathy for people dealt a tough hand but believes in empowering them to play those cards as best they can. Trending: One of the most passionate parts of the episode came when Rogan slammed the idea of simply taxing the rich to fix America's problems. 'What are you going to do? You're going to enrich [the government],' Rogan said. 'They're just going to get bigger and stronger and have even more power... It's not going to help you if they tax rich people.' 'Are the poor people going to get that money? No. Are their services going to improve? No, you're just going to get more government,' he continued. Then Rogan hit on what he sees as the real issue: government waste and mismanagement. 'Figure out what to do with the money they already get from everybody,' he said. 'And you're not doing a good job with it. That's the problem, the problem isn't that the rich people aren't paying their taxes.' Carr, who faced his own tax scandal in 2012, joked that you know you're in real trouble when 'the prime minister of the country that you live in breaks off from the G20 summit to come out and do a press conference where he talks about nothing other than your personal tax affairs.' 'It was tax avoidance, not tax evasion,' Carr clarified. 'There's a difference, and the difference is about 18 months in prison.'Carr pointed to Scandinavian countries like Norway and Denmark as examples where high taxes actually deliver real public services, without much public resentment. Rogan responded that these are smaller, more manageable societies. 'When you scale that to like hundreds of millions of people, things get really weird,' Rogan said. Carr also praised the European country of Estonia for offering a free, English-language medical school to attract foreign students. The idea behind it, as he says, is that some will stay, work, and contribute to the local economy. Read Next: 'Scrolling To UBI' — Deloitte's #1 fastest-growing software company allows users to earn money on their phones. UNLOCKED: 5 NEW TRADES EVERY WEEK. Click now to get top trade ideas daily, plus unlimited access to cutting-edge tools and strategies to gain an edge in the markets. Get the latest stock analysis from Benzinga? APPLE (AAPL): Free Stock Analysis Report TESLA (TSLA): Free Stock Analysis Report This article Joe Rogan Tells The Government To 'Figure Out What To Do With The Money They Already Get From Everybody,' Before They 'Tax The Rich People' originally appeared on © 2025 Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
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4 days ago
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Netflix, BBC Studios Team on Comedy Podcast ‘The Big Pitch With Jimmy Carr'
Netflix and BBC Studios' BBC Studios Audio unit have unveiled the commission of comedy podcast The Big Pitch With Jimmy Carr. It will be co-produced by Netflix Podcasts and BBC Studios Audio and be available for audiences globally from today, Wednesday, May 28. 'There are over 27,000 different Netflix sub-categories. And they can get pretty niche. From 'Steamy Crime Movies from the 1970s' to 'Australian Dysfunctional Family Comedies Starring A Strong Female Lead,' the genres get really, really niche,' the partners quipped in a Wednesday announcement. 'The Big Pitch With Jimmy Carr sees a parade of much-loved comedians pitch movie ideas to Jimmy, our sceptical host, which fit Netflix's most obscure sub-genres. Guests are challenged to figure out the plot and cast under the pressure of Jimmy's withering gaze. At the end of the pitch, Jimmy decides whether to move to greenlight or condemn our guests and their dubious ideas to development hell.' More from The Hollywood Reporter Presley Chweneyagae, Star of South African Oscar-winner 'Tsotsi', Dies at 40 Co Hoedeman, Oscar-Winning Canadian Animator, Dies at 84 Taina Elg, Actress in 'Les Girls' and 'The 39 Steps,' Dies at 95 The program is BBC Studios Audio's first podcast commission for Netflix Across the 10 episodes of the podcast, guests will include Ted Lasso star Nick Mohammed, Phil Wang, Romesh Ranganathan, Ahir Shah, Kerry Godliman, Michelle Wolf, London Hughes, Chris McCausland, Jamali Maddix, and Asim Chaudhry. 'By night, I'm a stand-up comedian, but by day I have a proper job in real show business,' said Carr, joking: 'I commission movies for Netflix. So, if you've ever seen a movie you liked on Netflix – you're welcome. This podcast gives a glimpse behind the scenes of the rigorous pitching process, and it's also a good excuse to mess around with some very funny friends.' The Big Pitch With Jimmy Carr is a co-production by Netflix and BBC Studios Audio. From BBC Studios Audio, the executive producer is Pete Strauss, with production executive Ian Heydon, production manager Mabel Finnegan-Wright, and production coordinator Becky Carewe-Jeffries. BBC Studios Audio's creative director for comedy & entertainment is Richard Morris, and the deal was brokered by Claire Long. From Netflix, the executive producers on the podcast are Kathryn Huyghue, Erica Brady, and David Markowitz. The series will be available worldwide to listeners wherever they get their podcasts, with 'fully visualized episodes' available on the Netflix Is A Joke YouTube channel. BBC Studios Audio's work includes such investigative serials as Stalked, To Catch A Scorpion, and Things Fell Apart, such long-running Radio 4 series as Desert Island Discs and In Our Time; as well as such podcasts as You're Dead to Me and Evil Genius. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Studio': 30 Famous Faces Who Play (a Version of) Themselves in the Hollywood-Based Series 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise
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4 days ago
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Netflix Behind Jimmy Carr Comedy Podcast; Champion's League Soccer Breaks Records On Amazon; Prime Video ‘Stolen' Trailer
Netflix Behind Jimmy Carr Comedy Podcast About Obscure Genres Netflix is tapping into its thousands and thousands of niche sub-genres with a podcast in which comedians pitch movie ideas to host Jimmy Carr. In The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr, guests will come up with ideas to fit one of Netflix's most 27,000 obscure sub-genres, which range from 'Steamy Crime Movies from the 1970s'' to 'Australian Dysfunctional Family Comedies Starring A Strong Female Lead.' Joining Carr will be Nick Mohammed, Phil Wang, Romesh Ranganathan, Ahir Shah, Kerry Godliman, Michelle Wolf, London Hughes, Chris McCausland, Jamali Maddix and Asim Chaudhry. The pod will drop today on podcast platforms plus visual episodes on the Netflix is a Joke YouTube channel. Netflix already makes a number of pods, mostly as companions to its big shows. The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr is the first Netflix commission for the BBC Studios Audio hub. Carr, who hosts Amazon's hit Last One Laughing UK show, said: 'This podcast gives a glimpse behind the scenes of the rigorous pitching process and it's also a good excuse to mess around with some very funny friends.' More from Deadline Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings Joins Board Of AI Firm Anthropic Leanne Morgan, Chuck Lorre Comedy Series 'Leanne' Gets Netflix Premiere Date; First Look Hugh Bonneville Among 9 Confirmed New Cast For Season 2 Of 'The Gentlemen' As Production Begins Champion's League Soccer Breaks Records For Amazon Champion's League soccer has become Prime Video's most watched sports league in Europe. According to the Amazon streamer, the first season of the European knockout competition on Prime was watched by more than 13 million people. Prime had rights to a number of games from the much-loved tournament for the first time including the semi-final between PSG and Arsenal, which Prime said attracted more than 5 million viewers. Coverage of the UEFA Champions League in the UK and Ireland will return in August for the 2025-26 season, in a deal that runs through to the conclusion of the 2026-27 season. It also airs on TNT Sports, while highlights are shown on the BBC. Starting this October, Prime will also have access to exclusive NBA regular and postseason games in the UK, Ireland and elsewhere following an 11-year global media rights deal. 'These record audiences show how the reach and accessibility of Prime extends these huge European matches to even more fans,' said Alex Green, Managing Director of Prime Video Sport, International. Prime Video Reveals Trailer For 'Stolen' Prime Video's latest Hindi-language movie, Stolen, has located a trailer ahead of its June 4 launch worldwide. The investigative crime thriller, which stars Abhishek Banerjee, Harish Khanna, Mia Maelzer, Sahidur Rahaman and Shubham Vardhan, is helmed by Karan Tejpal in his directorial debut. Anurag Kashyap, Kiran Rao, Nikkhil Advani and Vikramaditya Motwane are the exec producers, and Gaurav Dhingra produces for Jungle Book Studio. The pic opens at the heart-wrenching moment when a baby is snatched from her mother, Jhumpa (Maelzer), who then embarks on a relentless rescue mission alongside brothers Raman (Vardhan) and Gautam (Banerjee) deep in India's remote hinterlands. Prime Video swooped to acquire rights to the film earlier this week after a 2023 launch at Venice, which preceded a long run at festivals. It picked up prizes at the Beijing International Film Festival, Japan's Skip City D-International Cinema Festival and Zurich Film Festival, the latter honoring it with a special mention. Best of Deadline 'The Morning Show' Season 4: Everything We Know So Far 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 'Hacks' Season 4 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out?
Daily Mail
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Jimmy Carr makes heartbreaking admission about his mental health and opens up about death of best friend Sean Lock to Alison Hammond in rare candid interview
Jimmy Carr made a heartbreaking admission about his mental health as he opened up to Alison Hammond in a rare candid interview. The comedian, 52, was the latest celebrity to spend a weekend with Alison Hammond on her new interview show. The pair enjoyed a hike and a boat ride before Alison drove Jimmy to one of his tour performances in Kendal - and the TV funnyman got unusually candid. 'I was a bit depressed in my mid-20s,' he admitted to the Bake Off host at the beginning of the programme. 'I didn't like my life, I didn't like where it was going. I left everything to become a comedian to tell jokes above a pub.' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. The pair enjoyed a hike and a boat ride before Alison drove Jimmy to one of his tour performances in Kendal - and the TV funnyman got unusually candid Later in the episode, Alison asked Jimmy about the death of his best friend and Eight Out Of 10 Cats co-star Sean Lock. 'It's a weird thing where you know it's coming but it's still shocking,' he said. 'I got sent all of the best bits of Sean and they all had me in them. It's a very privileged position.' Jimmy also showed his emotional side as he spoke about another huge loss in his life, his mum Nora - who died from pancreatic cancer when he was in his mid twenties. He revealed that his mum had also been depressed when he was a child, and making her laugh was his favourite thing so it went on to inspire his love of comedy. He said: 'She was depressed for a lot of my childhood… Making her happy made me happy, so the compulsion to be funny came from that.' Speaking about her death, Jimmy said: 'I was very close to my mother, so her dying was the worst thing I could imagine. When I was a kid, my fear was this sort of separation anxiety of something happening to her. 'When it happens, there's a weird freedom, where that's happened and I'm still here. It got across to me what mortality really is. 'This is it, this is your life, you don't get another go, so do what you want to do.' 'I don't believe in an afterlife,' he continued. 'But I carry her with me I think about her all the time. But there is an after life – the kids are the afterlife. 'There's a theory that you die twice, once when you die and then again the last time someone says your name.' Last year Jimmy admitted he is 'still not over' Nora's death. Speaking on The Development by David podcast with David McIntosh, Jimmy said: 'I lost her when I was about 26. I don't think I'm over it yet. Grief is the price we pay for love. 'I was so close to my mother, I couldn't imagine anything worse than losing her. The benefit of losing her is a sense of freedom, pushing the f**k it button.' Jimmy likened a person's death to the time before they were born, saying there isn't any difference between the two. He said: 'You get mortality, in a way. We die and we're the lucky ones because we get to live. Mark Twain said it brilliantly, I wasn't alive for billions of years before my birth and it didn't inconvenience me in the least. 'This is why life is so special, it's this little shaft of light in the middle of it all. 'It's not an easy thing to lose a parent. Grief, we don't talk about it enough. Society is set up to kind of hide it away.' Jimmy's parents Nora and Patrick - known as Jim - moved to England from Limerick, Ireland and raised Jimmy and his two brothers in Slough. The comic has been estranged from his father since Nora's death and said in November 2021 he hadn't spoken to his dad in 21 years. Elsewhere during the interview, Jimmy spoke about cancel culture which he jokes about in his new Netflix special Natural Born Killer. Jimmy is adamant that comedians should never apologise for jokes, no matter who may find them offensive. He said: 'There's a bit on the new special. You can't go around apologising for jokes. 'So what I'm gonna do the next time I get cancelled, I'm going to say the day of the cancellation, I'm going to say, [mock childish voice] "I'm sorry." 'The people who are offended will say, "You don't really mean that apology," and I'll say, '"So you're saying I can say something and not mean it?" Now you're getting it.'
Scottish Sun
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
The 5 biggest TV flops that lost millions of pounds after abysmal ratings from confusing gameshow to doomed soap
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) WHILE many telly shows have fans hooked, a handful falter at the first episode. As programmes such as The Traitors gain a mass following - with a demand that's so strong it's sparked a celebrity spin-off - others have viewers reaching for the remote to switch series' within seconds. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 7 The five biggest TV flops have been revealed Credit: ITV Here we take a look at the programmes that ended up on television's scrap heap - and which left fans boycotting them in their droves. GENIUS GAME 7 Genius Game has been dubbed as 'ITV's most expensive flop' Credit: ITV David Tennant's new programme, Genius Game, has been hailed "ITV's most expensive flop in years." Genius Game, hosted by the former Doctor Who star, received subpar viewing figures on its launch. Recently the show, which cost more than £2.5million to make, plunged to measly average of 739,000 in ratings. It was thrashed by BBC One's Race Across the World last Wednesday and beaten on Channel 4 by The Sun's documentary, Madeleine McCann: The Unseen Evidence. A television insider said: 'The Genius Game was a reflection of ITV's rush to create the next big challenge show following the huge success of The Traitors. "They chose Tennant as he's such a household name, although his not-insubstantial fee also inflated the cost of making the programme. Yet despite pumping so much money into the show, it hasn't delivered ratings wise.' DISTRACTION 7 Jimmy Carr's game show Distraction aired in 2003, yet was short-lived Credit: Getty Distraction was a short-lived game show, fronted by Jimmy Carr. It aired on Comedy Central from 2003 to 2004 and kicked off with four contestants, who tackled a series of challenges. The UK version was the flagship, but it was cancelled after two series. Mortified Alex Jones apologises to David Tennant on The One Show after he calls her out for dropping huge spoiler One game show hopeful even claimed they were forced to drink their own urine in a scene which never made it to screen. NAKED JUNGLE 7 Naked Jungle was never recommissioned This was a one-off show, which was never recommissioned. It was even voted "one of the worst British television programmes ever" by a Radio Times poll in 2006. Back in 2000, Keith Chegwin hosted the only series of the assault course game show based on children's show Jungle Run. All the contestants were nudists and even Keith dropped his drawers for the occasion. SHAFTED 7 Robert Kilroy-Silk presented Shafted in 2001 Credit: ITV Although Robert Kilroy-Silk's television career lasted across decades, the ill-judged 2001 quiz show Shafted did not. The programme asked contenders to either share their winnings with their competitors or shaft them to take it all. If both contestants chose to shaft each other, both left with nothing. The 2001 series was given the boot after just four episodes on ITV in the November of that year. 24HR QUIZ 7 Celebrity 24 Hour Quiz was created by Richard Osman Credit: Alamy This failed quiz show was hosted by Barry from EastEnders, otherwise actor Shaun Wallace. ITV's first ever reality meets quiz show had three broadcasts throughout weekdays. The show's creator - Pointless's Richard Osman - admitted: 'It didn't really work.' It was broadcast between February and April 2004. DON'T SCARE THE HARE 7 Don't Scare The Hare was a trippy TV show back in 2011 Credit: BBC Narrated by Sue Perkins and hosted by Jason Bradbury, Don't Scare The Hare was a trippy game show on BBC One in 2011. Players had to complete forest-themed games without rousing a giant animatronic rabbit for £15,000. After ratings remained low, BBC's entertainment controller Mark Linsey said: "Obviously Hare is not going well. "It was a huge risk we took – it's co-hosted by an animatronic hare – and while it's proved successful with children, we were hoping there would be enough knowingness within the show to draw in the adults. 'There wasn't enough of that, which is where it fell down."
