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Dan Fiorella

TMI: Daily-Week 30 (Oct. 12, 2020)

10/18/2020

Wasn't a great week for me this week on the show. To be honest, I started off the week feeling I was off my game, but, surprisingly, got a couple of jokes in. Then towards the end of the week, I was thought I was really cooking, but nothing got picked. Very frustrating, especially recognizing a couple of the set-ups were mine.

Anyway, TMI: Daily is on the TMI: Hollywood Facebook Page weeknights at 6pm on (Hollywood time). And here's my contributions for last week.

TMI: Daily-Week 29 (Oct. 5, 2020)

10/12/2020

It was another odd week on the show. First, the group didn't do a show on Monday, as they were still dealing with the death of Matt Marcy. Then Wednesday they didn't do a show because of the VP debates, but they still did the monologue, TMI: Daily Wrap Up, which I didn't submit to because I thought they were taking the day off, despite the fact that we did do a special show for the Presidential debate. And Friday, I really didn't get anything up. But on Tuesday, they did something unusual. As I included in the video, we had written a ton of Trump gets. COVID jokes for that day's show. But then it looked like he was really sick, so they decided not to do any monologue that day. But once Trump turned his illness into another reality TV episode, they pulled out the material and I got 3 jokes in that way, So my batting average is closer to normal.

I have to be honest, the last couple of weeks it's been difficult to keep churning out material for this and over things I've been working on. I haven't written anything long form in ages, even prior to the lockdown. And with the day joy still in effect, it's not like I've been sitting around binging on TV. At least I feel like I'm using some of my energy tweeting and directing it to the show here.

Anyway, TMI: Daily is on the TMI: Hollywood Facebook Page weeknights at 6pm on (Hollywood time). And here's my contributions for last week.

TMI: Daily-Week 27 (Sep. 21, 2020)

9/26/2020

It was a pretty good week for me. Again, a bunch of jokes, but re-worded punchlines. When I use the phrase "body count-wise" it wasn't on accident, yet it gets re-worded into a much longer, less clever sentence. Or use a sledge hammer on the RBG line. But, it's nice to vent my frustrations about current events and have an outlet for my snark.

Anyway, you can watch TMI: Daily on Facebook, (the TMI: Hollywood page) weeknights at 6pm on (Hollywood time) or catch it as a podcast. Enjoy!

TMI: Daily-Week 26 (Sep. 14, 2020)

9/21/2020

The show returned to its normal format, opening jokes and discussion panel. I got in a number of jokes, but with asterisks. The set-ups are mine and the intent of the punch lines, but they were tinkered with. Like the "disgruntled employee" jokes. I wrote, "Boy, this administration sure generates a lot of disgruntled employees." They choose to go with the "gruntled employee" trope. Or the PR aid. My set-up and my punchline mentioned paper towels, so I'm making claim to that joke. A couple of the punchlines got longer; if I put an either/or joke and they extended it to a run of three, (which granted, is the rule of comedy) or a few "really, really well"s after my line ended. It is what it is, so to speak.

Anyway, you can watch TMI: Daily on Facebook, back on, weeknights at 6pm on (Hollywood time) or catch it as a podcast. Enjoy!

TMI: Daily-Week 25 (Sep. 7, 2020)

9/14/2020

Had to battle a format change and a new host, as the full TMI: Daily took a break last week and just went forward with the monologue, now christened TMI Daily Wrap Up. I got a couple of re-worked jokes in, but the new guy tried really hard to make it his own. The Oscar joke was edited...the set up was mind, the long winded punch-line wasn't, but the "#OscarsSoWoke" button was mine, so I adjusted it.

Anyway, you can watch TMI: Daily on Facebook, back on, weeknights at 6pm on (Hollywood time) or catch it as a podcast. Enjoy!

TMI: Daily-Week 24 (Aug. 31, 2020)

9/7/2020

Another slow week for me, only a few jokes were used. Plus, I forgot to post it after I edited it! I should note that it was a short week (no show Friday), but disappointing. I thought I had a couple of sharp lines but they did get used. Oh well, off to Twitter with them, then!

Anyway, you can watch TMI: Daily on Facebook, weeknights at 6pm on (Hollywood time) or catch it as a podcast. Enjoy!

TMI: Daily-Week 23 (Aug. 24, 2020)

8/29/2020

Another slow week for me, only a few jokes were used. To be fair, I wasn't on my game much this week; it was really hard to get my comedy mojo going. I guess 23 weeks of this is wearing me down. I got a couple of decent lines created, but they didn't get used, so I just tweeted them out instead.

Anyway, you can watch TMI: Daily on Facebook, weeknights at 6pm on (Hollywood time) or catch it as a podcast. Enjoy!

TMI: Daily-Week 20 (Aug. 3, 2020)

8/10/2020

August is off to a good start, if you consider 20 weeks in quarantine, insane unemployment and wack-a-do government policy good. But I had a number of jokes make it into the webcasts this week. Getting the last day of video was weird. It wouldn't let me download Friday's show, saying it wasn't available. So, I took a screen cap and recorded the audio with a wire from the speaker to the audio app.

Anyway, you can watch TMI: Daily on Facebook, weeknights at 6pm on (Hollywood time) or catch it as a podcast. Enjoy!

TMI: Daily-Week 17 (Jul 13, 2020)

7/19/2020

I had a pretty good week on TMI: Daily, even with missing a day (I didn't submit for Friday's show). I hope you enjoy! Want to see more? You can find TMI: Hollywood on their Facebook page! Check it out! Now in prime time, starting the webcast at 6pm Hollywood time! And they're posting it all as a podcast on Apple and elsewhere, so show us some bud-love!

TMI: Daily-Week 16 (Jul 06, 2020)

7/11/2020

It was a slower week on TMI: Daily, in addition to being a short week because of the July 4th holiday, with no show on Monday. But it's strong stuff, and they used some of my set-ups, but not the punchlines, so close but no COVID. I hope you enjoy! Want to see more? You can find TMI: Hollywood on their Facebook page! Check it out! Now in prime time, starting the webcast at 6pm Hollywood time! And they're posting it all as a podcast on Apple and elsewhere, so show us some bud-love.!

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