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116: Internet Booze with Mark Normand | Soder Podcast | EP 114

13 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: What upcoming comedy events are discussed in this episode?

0.031 - 23.344 Dan Soder

Hey, guys. Golden Retriever of Comedy Tour is starting back up in February. February 13th, we kick back off in Orlando, but we're coming to Tampa, Buffalo, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma City. The list goes on and on. Go to dansoder.com and see all announced dates. All dates are up, and the tickets are on sale. Go buy tickets right now.

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23.625 - 37.684 Dan Soder

I really appreciate it, and I hope you're doing okay. I think we'll go comedy first half, and then I really want to talk about McDaniel. McDaniel?

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38.105 - 39.207 Mark Normand

Oh, the dolphin.

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40.008 - 41.11 Dan Soder

The former dolphin.

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41.13 - 41.751 Mark Normand

Oh, sorry.

41.771 - 65.702 Dan Soder

Now he's a porpoise. He no longer has a porpoise. Out of all the comics that we came up with, you have consistently done the funniest shit in late night situations that I know no one else we're friends with would ever do. The I'm Kevin Hart closing the set with I'm Kevin Hart. Sure. The wiping your... The Conan tie.

66.043 - 74.44 Mark Normand

Was he mad about that? He didn't love it because his mic was on his tie. So he was like, what are you doing? This could ruin the whole show. But I had to do it. I just got like a weird jolt.

74.74 - 75.442 Dan Soder

Did he calm down?

75.943 - 84.723 Mark Normand

Yeah, he was cool. It wasn't the end of the world, but I asked him to do his pod and he was like, we're good. So... I can't get on there either. Oh, really? Okay, okay.

Chapter 2: How does the conversation shift to late-night comedy experiences?

89.47 - 97.921 Dan Soder

So are you. No, I'm below you, so we got to look at how it's going. To get on Conan, Conan, have us both on. How about that? That would be great. We could talk about your late night sets.

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98.041 - 98.241 Mark Normand

Yes.

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98.261 - 104.91 Dan Soder

Because he did one of the coolest things that I've seen in the business where the second time I did Conan, I didn't like my set.

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105.07 - 105.37 Mark Normand

Yeah.

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105.55 - 117.039 Dan Soder

Just didn't like it, didn't feel like it went well. I didn't like it either. He called me to the couch. And, you know, like to say goodnight. Yeah. Because they do that. It's not like Carson. They're just doing it.

117.58 - 120.868 Mark Normand

I thought the same thing. You're like, we're going to chat. And he's like, just shut up.

121.008 - 141.882 Dan Soder

Shut up. I'll do this. Yeah. But he did something really cool where at the end of the show, he went, all right, that's all my time. He thanked the guests. And he's like, Dan Soto, thank you guys. Good night. And he went, you know, it's like the crowd's clapping. He goes, how'd you think you'd do? And I go, I hated that set. And he just looks at the crowd. He goes, they fucking sucked. Whoa.

141.902 - 144.426 Dan Soder

And it made me feel so much better. Whoa.

144.446 - 146.188 Mark Normand

Instantly. That's amazing.

Chapter 3: What insights are shared about the challenges of warming up audiences?

209.263 - 220.641 Dan Soder

But then it puts them in this weird position where they're going after it. Because when we were coming up and all I wanted to do was not have a day job and be a comic, I remember the lure of warm-up.

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220.621 - 223.304 Mark Normand

Yes, yeah, you get dental benefits, health.

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223.504 - 231.431 Dan Soder

You're doing a show every day in front of important people. You're working on it. And then you see it and you go, it is a trap.

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232.172 - 241.421 Mark Normand

Oh, completely, completely. I know the girl who does The View, and she's like, it's tough. You've got to be in there early in the morning, and you've got to deal with all those crazy coups, ladies.

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243.002 - 252.715 Dan Soder

Who do you think is harder to warm up, Gutfeld or The View? I would say The View. The View, because I think liberal audiences are too like, don't say that.

252.815 - 265.776 Mark Normand

And it's all ladies. Yeah. It's all like ladies who don't work because they're there in the middle of the day. You got to be like, hey, fuck your husband. Yes, exactly. And you're a husband. You're a white guy. They don't want that. Yeah.

266.056 - 267.959 Dan Soder

And then Gutfeld must be pretty easy.

268.199 - 271.344 Mark Normand

You just jingle keys. You just go, hey, my kid's in a Somali daycare.

271.645 - 271.705

Ah!

Chapter 4: How do social media and online comments affect comedians?

334.56 - 343.87 Mark Normand

Such tight jokes. He's a killer. He's never done a special? No. Well, he had eight of them, but then he would be like, they're not good. Scrapping. So he couldn't live with it. Abort.

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344.471 - 347.273 Unknown

Something I don't believe in. Make sure.

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347.594 - 356.984 Dan Soder

It's the only time he likes abortion. Yeah. You got to bring that special to term. If you filmed it, you got to fucking. If you're pro comedy, you better fucking release it.

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357.004 - 363.751 Mark Normand

I mean, it was late term, too, because that thing was edited. It had, like, art on it and everything. In the ninth month, he slid in and aborted it. You hypocrite.

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Yeah.

365.172 - 394.048 Dan Soder

I love this. We're back to busting balls. They can't stop us. Dude, I did a podcast episode with Tommy Pope. Oh, nice. Love him. We talked about the NFL. He's a big Eagles guy. I'm a big 49ers guy. They're playing this week. And then I talked about what it's like having a friend who's an NFL head coach. Yeah. Because you got to deal with... sports shows talking shit about your friend.

395.03 - 412.965 Dan Soder

Like us joking about Joe. We all know it's, we love Joe. He's fucking hilarious. He can text us and be like, that wasn't funny. And that's fine. Sure. When you watch like cable sports shows and there's shit talking your friend. Right. It gets you, I got me, I can't handle it.

412.945 - 426.067 Mark Normand

And also sports, what we do is subjective. So you go, that guy sucks. You're like, to you. He's not funny. To you. You lost that game. There's no way around that. You fucking lost. Exactly. And that's already painful enough. Right.

426.087 - 439.306 Dan Soder

Because you want to see your friends do well. Exactly. Then what sucks even more is all these people coming in and going. I'm going to tell you the reason they did this. They lost because they bad, bad, bad. And like Katie is, you know, obviously worked in sports forever.

Chapter 5: What are the implications of having a two-parent household?

439.366 - 461.392 Dan Soder

And she kind of helps me navigate because I'll get mad at you. Go. No, it's there's people that are analyzing them and people that are criticizing. Sure. Those are the two differences. Yeah. But man, I had to edit it out of the Tommy episode. But I was like. Because I go on the Dolphins Reddit. Oh, no. And they were like... Because I've stopped going to all comedy Reddit. Good for you.

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461.612 - 474.925 Dan Soder

It's... You have to learn how to not do it. I know. It's touching a hot stove. It's one day at a time. It's one day at a time and it's touching a hot stove. Because the second you do go and you look and it's bad, it'll fuck your shit up.

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474.945 - 478.008 Mark Normand

Totally. I just deleted two videos the other day because I read some shit.

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478.389 - 503.818 Dan Soder

And you read... And I think... everyone katie used to have a theory that everyone like this is an old theory she had that everyone should walk around with over i think 500 000 followers on instagram just to see how it feels oh that's good to feel how everybody is criticized that's good and i feel like everyone should have a sub reddit post about them right Because you read that.

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504.199 - 522.999 Dan Soder

And the first time I experienced it was the Opie and Anthony subreddit. Because they liked me. And then when they turned that day. Yes, yes. I like had a coffee and I was like, let me check the opening. Dan Soder. And then you go in and there's like 193 comments. And you're like. You see the amount of punches you're going to take.

523.079 - 528.204 Mark Normand

They're right. They're absolutely right. I had the same thought before I went to bed last night. And you just said it. Yeah.

528.224 - 550.125 Dan Soder

And so it's. But. There should be, you know how they do those things with like a period or pregnancy where they put it on a man and you feel the pain? Yes, yes. They should do that with Reddit comments. Like somehow it fires your synapse that causes anxiety and doubt. And you're like, now there you go. That's what would happen if you put out a bad YouTube.

550.105 - 561.145 Mark Normand

Did you see that video of the woman who was like, it's got to be so easy to be a man. I wish I was a man. And she dressed up as a man, like full crazy. What is that Rick guy who does all the special effects?

561.344 - 562.065 Dan Soder

Rick Baker.

Chapter 6: How do the hosts view the impact of social media on mental health?

575.524 - 580.11 Dan Soder

Because that's like, every time you bring up that situation, I immediately think of Eddie Murphy dressing as a woman.

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580.13 - 580.992 Mark Normand

I know, I thought the same thing.

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581.012 - 584.196 Dan Soder

That's the best one where he goes, with the newspaper, and he goes, just keep it.

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585.661 - 610.47 Dan Soder

eddie murphy's day as a white guy on snl is one of the fun go top five it's got to be on youtube oh easily it's got millions of views fucking funny i don't know keep it just take it take it i remember being a kid yeah very little and it fucking made me laugh so google says the story you're recalling refers to journalist nora vincent who lived as a man named ned for 18 months oh that

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610.45 - 631.53 Dan Soder

To explore male privilege, concluding in her book, Self-Made Man, that men's lives weren't easier and men faced unique emotional burdens and later died by assisted suicide in 2022. Oh, sorry. Though her death was due to major depression, not directly proven as a result of the experience, but the experience...

631.848 - 655.695 Dan Soder

contributed to her mental health so i don't think you're wrong i don't think you're wrong well there's also there's like a popular tiktok of a woman that went on a dating site as a man and she like blogs about it and she's like yo this is fucked oh really women are asking versus like that's hilarious but everyone that's i think what the internet kills off that we need to fight for is empathy

655.675 - 678.252 Dan Soder

yeah it's like you don't the reason because i get sick of hearing comments like comics go i don't read comments sure it's just like yes you do you do it's like the epstein list yeah you go you know if you're a very powerful person you know a very powerful person that's right don't act like you don't yeah tell me you do Then we start working forward.

678.273 - 705.736 Dan Soder

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705.877 - 727.132 Dan Soder

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Chapter 7: What humorous anecdotes are shared about personal experiences?

879.59 - 901.55 Mark Normand

But yeah, no, it's true. Before I met my wife, I was a big Tinder and Bumble guy. And Bumble is crazy because the woman goes at you. That's the whole spin. It's like the Sadie Hawkins dance. And they are, not to shit on all women and generalize, but they are terrible with pickup lines. Because they never had to do it. So they'll be like, how's your Tuesday? That's what you got?

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901.65 - 903.253 Mark Normand

How's your Tuesday? Get out of here.

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903.613 - 930.034 Dan Soder

I hit a real lonely point in 2016. Probably my loneliest. Match.com. Which if you don't know, when you sign up for Match.com, it's... Harder than applying for college. Really? Yeah, because you have to write essays about yourself and what you want. What? That's why it costs money because I think they actually try. Okay, that's cool. It's not just a Bumble algorithm that's just firing off.

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930.095 - 932.939 Mark Normand

Yeah, I'm just getting women with blue hair all day.

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933.32 - 943.543 Dan Soder

It's like, oh, but... I made the mistake of being like, I work in comedy, blah, blah, blah. Man, women trying to. Oh, yeah. I bet I'm funnier than you.

943.963 - 945.305 Mark Normand

Oh, that was a big one.

945.485 - 956.34 Dan Soder

Bitch, you ain't. I'll tell you right now, bitch, I got hundreds of hours of podcasting that I'll tell you that you ain't. Yeah. That doesn't make me want to fuck you.

956.742 - 958.764 Mark Normand

What? Oh, the negging.

958.985 - 969.237 Dan Soder

If on our first date, Katie was like, I'm funnier than you, I'd be like, you're out of your... It's just a weird thing to say. Katie's hilarious. And I would be like, it would just turn me off on you being funny.

Chapter 8: What reflections are made on the evolution of comedy and its challenges?

1033.542 - 1037.93 Mark Normand

We got one thing, but it's comments have got to be on the list. Why is no one talking about that?

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1037.95 - 1038.892 Dan Soder

Oh, I think that's proven.

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1039.192 - 1039.814 Mark Normand

Oh, okay.

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1039.974 - 1052.885 Dan Soder

I think that's why Australia did that thing where they tried taking kids off social media. Oh, that didn't stick? I don't know where they're at with it. I think they were the first country to try it. Good for them. But they were the first ones that did the gun laws.

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1053.266 - 1075.109 Dan Soder

I mean, they did recently, but they've had like, I'm not even going to talk about this because these fucking gun nuts jizz out their ass when you talk about it. But they did like, John Oliver did a piece on the Daily Show years ago about how their gun ban worked. For the most part. Yeah, it went 40 years or whatever. But I haven't heard of a school in a while. Are we turning the corner on that?

1075.35 - 1078.014 Mark Normand

Or are we just, you know, they're not even news anymore.

1078.535 - 1082.141 Dan Soder

Did they move on? Was it like a thing where it's like, that's not even cool anymore.

1082.602 - 1083.303 Mark Normand

Exactly, exactly.

1083.323 - 1085.006 Dan Soder

It's not cool to spray up your school.

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