Bernie & AL Podcast

Part 2 of Rondell Shridan’s interview: Shridan talks riffing with Jonathan Winters, current projects and expounds “Art and commerce cannot exist in the same plane.” *A MUST LISTEN for standup comedy lovers.

Rondell Sheridan gives an interview so good it’s got 2 parts. Everyone knows him from his ridiculously long list of starring and guest starring TV roles but the comedian, actor and director gives a must listen interview for comedians and standup comedy fans. Sheridan talks first time doing standup, coming up in the NYC comedy ... [Read more...]

Comedian Tim Krompier talks comedy, family and vasectomies with Bernie & AL at The Brokerage Comedy Club in Bellmore, Long Island. Comedy insider John Trueson plays wingman and the group talks much smack in another HILARIOUS 30 minute fast pace interview. Krompier’s Best Selling Comedy CD is available HERE.

The HILARIOUS Christopher Brian Roach talks life, comedy and his latest gig on CBS’s “Kevin Can Wait” and comedy insider John Trueson plays wingman. A must listen 30 minute episode that will make your commute fly by (even if your spouse is in the car).

Photographer, viral video creator and Moms Demand Action member Dana Spaeth-Williams shares her opinions on gun sense. Spaeth-Williams launches this straightforward interview declaring “You can keep your gun” and stresses her belief in the need for “gun sense”, not the of dismantling the right to bear arms. She tells Bernie & AL what inspired her to ... [Read more...]

ESPN’s Over The Ball host Kevin Flynn covers the sociology of soccer, Nantucket Comedy Festival (from inception to what to expect this year) and standup comedy. Kevin and AL’s banter would be offensive if it weren’t so juvenile and Kevin and Bernie compare their melanoma experiences.

Comedian/actor Rebecca Corry (NBC’s “One Big Happy”, “Rules of Engagement”, “The King of Queens”, etc.) and her dog Angel stop by Bernie & AL’s to summarily cover entertainment topics including the super talent’s latest TV & film gigs. The conversation soon turns to Corry’s Stand Up for Pits Foundtion, a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to ending abuse ... [Read more...]

Comedian/actor Mark Christopher Lawrence gives us a play by play on thriving long term as a Hollywood actor. His IMBd page reads a mile long (Big Mike on NBC’s Chuck, Weeds, Glee, Terminator 2) and when he’s not busy lengthening that list you’ll find him doing theater, voiceovers and producing. This interview is a must listen ... [Read more...]

His Road Stories podcast has been touted by USA Today as “One of the funniest of 2013”. His TV writing for The Tonight Show (Fallon and Leno), Ridiculousness, Bill Engvall’s Here’s Your Sign Awards etc. has earned him more awards than Kim Kardashians had STD’s. He’s written for Conan O’Brian, Steve Carell, Dennis Miller. He ... [Read more...]

Taylor Williamson talks about how America’s Got Talent changed his comedy career, what he’s been up to since coming in second place on the show and announces his guest appearance date for this season. Don’t let the rags to riches story fool you, Taylor is The Real Deal who has been performing standup comedy full ... [Read more...]

Dani Klein Modisett drops by Bernie and AL’s just after the LA launch of her second book Take My Spouse, Please. Endorsed by Carl Reiner, Ben Stiller and Jim Gaffigan, the book is recommended by Los Angeles Magazine as one of ‘8 Books You Need to Read This July’.  After taking an honest look at marriage ... [Read more...]

Part 2 of the Wendy Liebman interview comes out just in time for the launch of her monthly comedy show Locally Grown Comedy in Studio City. She answers fan questions from social media and all 3 comedians delve further into life as a comedian and life in general.  

Sooooo, do you love Wendy Liebman from America’s Got Talent? Or perhaps she rocked your world on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno? Or w/Johnny Carson? How bout her Letterman spots? Her HBO Special? It doesn’t matter which one of her dozens of TV credits or hundreds of live performances made you fall for her, ... [Read more...]

Author,  comedian and Disney Fellowship finalist Du Kirpalani just landed himself an international TV writing gig to pay the bills. Kirpalani grew up in Hong Kong, worked in advertising in India then hit the ground running when he arrived in LA with $7000.00 in his pocket. His books Side Boobs, 100 Poems For My Ex & ... [Read more...]

Brian Frazer writes. He writes books (Simon and Schuster’s “Hyper-Chondriac: One Man’s Quest to Hurry Up and Calm Down“). He writes for magazines (Esquire, Vanity Fair, Details, Psychology Today, LA Magazine). He writes for TV (MADtv, The Tom Green Show, Blind Date, etc.) He writes cartoons that his dad illustrates (He wrote an essay about ... [Read more...]

Bernie & AL interview locals and expats in Mazatlan, Mexico.  We get the inside scoop from local Jorge Puente and ex-pats Cheryl Gaudet and Chris Davidson. Jorge, born and raised in Mazatlan spent 17 years in San Francisco achieving the American Dream and has returned. Musician Cheryl talks ex-pat life and how the move allowed ... [Read more...]

Author & Comedy Central / E! writer Tess Rafferty talks tits, entertaining and travel with Bernie & AL. If you’re familiar with a little show on E! called The Soup,  Comedy Central’s @midnight or caught their roasts then you’ve already laughed at her writing. In this episode Tess shares her tips on entertaining and dealing ... [Read more...]

So, What do you do when you graduate from college and you can’t find a job? You start a successful gourmet food truck & restaurant business, of course. Creator / owner of Roxy’s Grilled Cheese James DiSabatino stopped by Laugh Boston to talk about coming up with the idea and making it happen. No culinary ... [Read more...]

Tony V stops by Laugh Boston to discuss Boston comedy, Boston history, Boston real estate, being in NYC on 9/11 and pie. You probably know his TV & film credits (The Town, The Heat, State and Main, Brotherhood, Louie, etc.) but bet you didn’t know he’s a former case worker at Somerville Mental Health Center. ... [Read more...]

Actress and DogMom Mikaela Hoover drops in to talk about her 82 zillion TV guest appearances, red carpet and let’s not forget her Vines accumulating literally MILLIONS of plays. Hoover shares her thoughts on the LA grind, Zombie Basement and making SPARKY and MIKAELA, for XBox Live with GUARDIANS OF THE GLAXY director James Gunn.

Two Headlining comedians making a kick ass living NOT living in LA: Lenny Clarke’s IMDb page is a slightly longer read than Moby Dick. If you caught Clarke in the documentary When Stand Up Stood Out, (alongside Dennis Leary, Steven Wright, Colin Quinn and other legends of the Boston Comedy Scene) you’d think he was ... [Read more...]

From Sons of Anarchy, True Detective, True Blood, etc. Actor Brad Carter drops by fresh off of filming BLACK MASS with Johnny Depp.  Bernie and AL discuss his recent breakthroughs in Hollywood, making an album and accomplishing all this while battling Essential Tremor. Brad made headlines (and went Viral) undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation surgery for ... [Read more...]

Only Eric Deskin can tell the story of being fired from a law firm hysterically. Bernie & AL interview the  comedian / character actor about his regular gig on Kimmel, working with Vince D’Onofrio and HIS moments with Tom Cruise jumping up and down long before Cruise did it on Oprah’s couch. Preview Eric’s endless ... [Read more...]

Bernie and AL interview comedian Jay Black in the greenroom at The Tropicana in Atlantic City. They discuss the highs of headlining, getting his pilot made with a cast including Paul Sorvino, Janeane Garofalo and Michael Madsen and the lows of depression.  Lexapro, anyone?

In this episode Bernie & AL set out to interview Nemr Abou Nassar about making the leap from selling out theaters in the middle east to the hustle of LA. What they got was a whole lot more. Born in Beirut , Nassar fled the Lebanese Civil War with his family, became an American citizen ... [Read more...]

Bernie & AL interview actor/comedian Brian Scolaro about his roles on Dexter, Madmen, Grey’s Anatomy etc, and discuss the battle to succeed in entertainment (or any business) while maintaining one’s humanity. 2nd half of the interview takes place while Bernie & AL drive Scolaro to LAX for his road gigs.