Hail Satire! with Vic Shuttee

MAY 25 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! We're back baby! After a few awkward shake-it-off-weeks, Jon Stewart is back in political savvy form with barbs aimed at the frightening popularity of Rudolph Giuliani, the horrifying blue eyes of Osama Bin Ladin and reporting on the terrorists and fears of bio-chemical warfare. Plus,...

MAY 15 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! With the Death of Irony announced, how do you rebuilt a show with ironic foundations? First solution – old white newsmen! Second, comedy with the LIGHTEST touch and often as far-flung from politics as possible – watch your #TooHappyTooSad meters closely! Third, reality check with the m...

Conversation #167, recorded on May 9, 2018. Chris Nashawaty is a film critic and the author of the new book from Flatiron, CADDYSHACK: THE MAKING OF A HOLLYWOOD CINDERELLA STORY, based on extensive interviews with Bill Murray, Chevy Chase and more surviving members of the legendary cult classic. Chris is a Senior Writer for Entertainment Weekly where he covers movies, TV and more, and his previous...

MAY 14 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! In an instant, the whole world changes. In what amounts to most people's first memories of Jon Stewart, we break down the biggest episode yet of The Daily Show's return to the airwaves after the terror attacks on 9/11/01 – as well as that forgotten episode right before. From the episod...

MAY 9, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! As the summer of uncertainty comes to a close, we realize that made it through the woods – what could have been a painful disaster had just enough gold to get us to the massive moment that will change the series forever. Jon has a blast improvising with Will Ferrell (and passes Level 1...

MAY 8, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! As the great Bush vacation continues, Stephen Colbert takes a trip down to Crawford, TX in hopes of staving off a second Waco situation. Meanwhile Steve Carell argues for dutch prostitues and against cornflower dining rooms with both his work wife and his real wife, Nancy Walls. Then,...

Conversation #166, recorded on May 4, 2018. Daniel Jose Older is a New York Times Best Selling Author, the man behind the BONE STREET RUMBA series, SHADOWSHAPER and DACTLY HILL SQUAD. His most recent novel, hailing from the Star Wars series is entitled LAST SHOT: A HAN AND LANDO NOVEL and bridges the gaps between the new Ron Howard film and the Harrison Ford performances. Hail Satire! is hosted an...

MAY 2, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! Sometimes you beat the heat, sometimes the heat beats you. As the gang suffers from some serious (potentially heat indused) malaise, the show seems to be on autopilot. Roaming Ray returns, Walsh day dreams of ballooning around the globe and not one, but TWO stars of American Pie 2! The...

MAY 1, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! In the dead of summer, The Daily Show is doubling down on characters as Colbert reveals his southern roots, Walsh protects himself with American Jingoism and Steve Carell gives his former acting student/current boss a public undressing. Plus, our time traveling antics get the better of...

Conversation #165, recorded on April 28, 2018. Kevin Bartini is a stand-up comic, actor and go-to audience warm up for talk shows including THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART, COLBERT REPORT, THE PRESIDENT SHOW, THE OPPOSITION WITH JORDAN KLEPPER and THE NIGHTLY SHOW WITH LARRY WILMORE. Beyond warm-up, Kevin has been in the New York comedy scene for nearly 17 years and will coach your fledgling act f...

APRIL 25, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! Seems like only five years ago that The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn was peeking its head out from the Comedy Central covers and birthing the comedy news landscape as we know it. Well, five year is exact as Jon celebrates this milestone alone as his correspondents are either dead,...

APRIL 24, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! Slowly but surely, the faces of the Daily Show are changing as we welcome Lauren Weedman to the team, and establish newbie Matt Walsh as the new Vance DeGeneres, even bumping Mo Rocca for Dollars and Cents to make him feel at home. Elsewhere, Steve Carell continues to dominate the s...

Mike Sacks is a comedy writer, author and journalist. His works have been publish in the New York Times, Washington Post, Esquire, The New Yorker, Funny or Die, McSweeney's and MAD Magazine - and he currently writes for Vanity Fair. He's perhaps best known for his conversations with comedians published as AND HERE'S THE KICER and POKING A DEAD FROG, which feature in-depth interviews with Bob Odenk...

APRIL 18, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! With the 5th Anniversary of TDS on the horizon, Jonny and company are digging into the vault for more Daily Show Classics than ever – we've got the returns of many disasters from our past and a preview of a disaster yet to come. Plus, Bobias Funke returns with an entire wardrobe of...

Conversation #164, recorded on April 25, 2018. Josh Blue is a stand-up comedian and winner of the 2006 edition of Last Comic Standing. He's appeared on Ellen, Mind of Mencia and Regis. His recent Showtime special STICKY CHANGE is available on Netflix. Hail Satire! is hosted and produced by Vic Shuttee.

APRIL 17, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee (@VicShuttee) and Chandler Dean (@chandlerjdean)! As we shove more new hires into that Vance DeGeneres shaped hole in our hearts, we do have long-awaited return of formerly pregnant Nancy Walls to Dollars and Cents – spoiler alert: she still has no lines. Plus, the return of Stevphens Chance Theatre as Even Stevphens turns 10! The...

Scott White is a stand-up comedian, author of the Bulldog Chronicles and aspires to be the Tony Randall of Podcasting. Now, he'll face his most daunting task yet - SELF REFLECTION. With YOUR COMEDY EDUCATION, Scott has pulled together a list of 12 influential pieces of humor, creating a de facto syllabus for great cartoons, comics and more. From Calvin and Hobbes to the Muppets, Kids in the Hall t...

APRIL 11, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee and Chandler Dean! Host Carell returns, if but for a mere second – as the Daily Show enters a summer slog of repeat segments, copious Other News and This Just Ins, and more Jonny improve that even the interns can handle. But with killer appearances by Martin Short, Michael Rapaport and the almighty Alec Baldwin… maybe we'll make it...

APRIL 10, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee and Chandler Dean! Two giant leaps forward for the future of the Daily Show, finds Stephen Colbert going deep to lure a hateful anti-gay advocate into looking stupid as he rallies against an orange juice commercial, and Jon finally skewers from future rivals from Fox News in (the terribly titled) I On News segments, going after Cro...

Comedian Johnny Carson was the King of Late Night, hosting the Tonight Show for thirty years from 1962-1992. Podcaster Mark Malkoff is the King of Carson information, documenting his encyclopedic knowledge of the Entertainment dynasty through his own CARSON PODCAST. Boiling down the show to 10 essential moments, Mark and Vic talk not just Johnny, but Doc, Ed, the move to Burbank, the great '72 tap...

APRIL 3, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee and Chandler Dean! Frank DeCaro gets his money shot at Moulin Rouge, Miriam Tolan visits a town with no children (but a spunky 64-year-old Mayor) and friend of the show Richard Belzer DEMANDS Jon acknowledge his recent Peabody win. The Daily Show Weekly: A Vic and Chandler Rewatch is an unofficial fan podcast designed to serve as a...

APRIL 2, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee and Chandler Dean! It's a short week in the new post Vance world, but the West Wing gang is out in force (and on hugging Lew patrol). Colbert mourns the singing senators, Mo Rocca pays for his own costumes and Frank Decaro lays the groundwork for a future run on Broadway in Shrek the Musical! The Daily Show Weekly: A Vic and Chandle...

MARCH 20, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee and Chandler Dean! In a blindside of historic proportions, this fateful week in May becomes a sucker punch to the gut as Vance Degeneres, beloved mumble mouth and TDSW 2000's Man of the Year hands in his badge and gun and heads for a life of Academia in Wellesley, Mass. Losing a major player in his prime becomes a swan song as we r...

MARCH 19, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee and Chandler Dean! As the foul winds of change creep through the ventilation of Cheeks Mulrooney, there are plenty of new people entering the Daily Sphere: writer turned correspondent Eric Dysdale is welcomed to the team, Campbell Smith covers for the shamefully pregnant Nancy Walls and a certain Mr. Carell may be more powerful tha...

MARCH 17, 2018 - It's THE DAILY SHOW WEEKLY, hosted by Vic Shuttee and Chandler Dean! JON STEWART HAS LEFT THE BUILDING! For the last time it seems in a long time, Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert get another few shots behind the Daily Desk as Smoochy re-shoots pull our hero host away. While he's gone the musical performances, a guest-less episode and the introduction of new correspondent Matt Wal...