Podcast appearances and mentions of Eddie Brill

Eddie Brill is an American comedian, writer, and actor who started his career in Boston, Massachusetts. He was previously the warm-up comedian and comedy talent coordinator of Late Show with David Letterman. Brill tours frequently, performing in the US as well as England, Ireland, France, Australia, Amsterdam, and Hong Kong. At one time, he was a humor consultant for Reader's Digest. During the episode, Eddie peels back the layers of his career with Mick, unveiling his philosophy on comedy's foundation: the truth. Through candid storytelling, he reveals the wisdom imparted by legends like George Carlin and Joan Rivers, all while maintaining a grounded sense of authenticity. Eddie's workshops, deeply rooted in the art of comedic timing and the power of pauses, have molded countless comedians into authentic storytellers. Takeaways: Comedy is rooted in truth, which resonates with audiences The gut instinct is crucial for authenticity Support fellow comedians and workshops Sound Bites: "I remember the first laugh I got in the comedy workshop on stage, and it feels so good that it's... like heroin. You chase it for the rest of your life." "If you're funny, the audience will laugh. You could have all the credits in the world... there are a lot of people who are not that talented, who get big TV shows or work in theaters.” Connect and Discover Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eddiecomic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eddiebrill143 Website: https://www.eddiebrill.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@eddiecomic

This week, Brian celebrates the 200th episode of Copeland's Corner, reflecting on the podcast's journey since its inception just before the pandemic shutdown. He discusses the adaptation to Zoom for the podcast and mentions the participation of over a hundred comedians. In this special episode featuring Eddie Brill, Mike Larsen, and Tom Sawyer, they cover various topics, including President Trump's controversial policies and their impacts, criticisms of political figures, and the state of comedy and free speech in today's political climate. The conversation also touches on personal experiences during 2020, motivations behind political behavior, the authenticity of public figures, and trends like population shifts in states with restrictive laws. In a new feature, the gang ponder the lessons learned over the course of the discussion and the evolution of their personal and professional lives.--Connect with our Guests...Eddie Brill - EddieBrill.comMike Larsen - @WriteMikeLarsen on InstagramTom Sawyer - TomSawyerVoices.com  --For more from Brian...Visit his website: www.BrianCopeland.comFollow on Social Media: Instagram - @CopelandsCorner & @BrianCopieEmail: BrianCopelandShow@Gmail.com --Copeland's Corner is Created, Hosted, & Executive Produced by Brian Copeland. This Show is Recorded & Mixed by Charlene Goto with Go-To Productions. Visit Go-To Productions for all your Podcast & Media needs.Our Booking Producer is Tom Sawyer. For any show inquiries, please email CopelandsCornerPodcast@gmail.com

Send us a textYakov Smirnoff, Eddie Brill, Steve Bruner, Kermet Apio, Dennis Blair, Rick Allen, Larry Brown, Gregg Schwem, Mack Dryden, and Larry "Bubbles" Brown bring a unique blend of humor and insight to the controversy surrounding "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." While Smirnoff critiques the story's depiction of bullying and societal discrimination, Brill and Bruner highlight the darker themes that often go unnoticed in this beloved holiday classic. Apio, Schwem, and Dryden emphasize the need for more positive messages about acceptance and kindness, reflecting on the broader societal issues of racism and exclusion. Through their combined perspectives, these comedians shed light on the importance of re-evaluating traditional narratives to promote inclusivity and empathy during the holiday season.(00:02:43) Comedians Balancing Work and Holiday Celebrations(00:07:03) Rudolph's Discrimination in Holiday Classic(00:11:46) "Dark Themes in Rudolph the Reindeer"(00:15:25) Nostalgic Christmas Tales Filled with Laughter(00:30:27) Bittersweet Sentiment of Christmas Tree Tradition(00:35:27) Fireplace Mishap with Southern Christmas Tree(00:38:52) Nostalgic Stories of Festive Holiday Traditions(00:41:06) Resilient Holiday Traditions: Soviet Union to America(00:57:22) "Hawaiian Names in Santa's Gift Giving"(01:13:35) "Festive Laughter: A Comedian's Christmas Chronicles"(01:16:21) Thoughtful Holiday Gift Selection Recommendations(01:21:51) Emotional Significance in Gift GivingSupport the showStandup Comedy Podcast Network.co www.StandupComedyPodcastNetwork.comFree APP on all Apple & Android phones....check it out, podcast, jokes, blogs, and More!For short-form standup comedy sets, listen to: "Comedy Appeteasers" , available on all platforms.New YouTube site: https://www.youtube.com/@standupcomedyyourhostandmc/videosVideos of comics live on stage from back in the day.Please Write a Review: in-depth walk-through for leaving a review.Interested in Standup Comedy? Check out my books on Amazon..."20 Questions Answered about Being a Standup Comic""Be a Standup Comic...or just look like one"

Send us a textGreat interview with entrepreneur Steven Kimbrough. He started as a standup comic; but over the years worked in Chicago, New York, & Los Angeles, and ended up running a comedy club, producing Films, and Acting. What you might call a "Renaissance Man".Steven Kimbrough has had an incredible career in stand-up comedy, making his mark at renowned venues like Caroline's and being introduced by notable figures such as Eddie Brill. He is closely associated with podbrother.com, a significant platform for his comedic work, where he also shares his admiration for his brother, Stephen Pod Brother Kimbrough. Steven appreciates Stephen's multifaceted approach, blending stand-up comedy, comedy films, and podcasting, and is proud to feature him on his podcast. He directs his audience to podbrother.com to explore Stephen's work, emphasizing the impact of his brother's innovative storytelling and his ability to turn everyday situations into entertaining performances.(00:08:20) "Comedy Club Focused on Fundraising Success"(00:15:11) "Diving Skills and Comedy Success Interview"(00:19:47) Laugh Across America Comedy Tour(00:26:30) Pod Brother Nation: Comedy and Media Innovator(00:29:08) "Cocoa Puff in a Box of Krispies" Stand-up Comedy(00:33:02) Mirrored Contact Lenses State Trooper Stop(00:39:16) "Developing Stand-Up Comedy in Three Minutes"Support the showStandup Comedy Podcast Network.co www.StandupComedyPodcastNetwork.comFree APP on all Apple & Android phones....check it out, podcast, jokes, blogs, and More!For short-form standup comedy sets, listen to: "Comedy Appeteasers" , available on all platforms.New YouTube site: https://www.youtube.com/@standupcomedyyourhostandmc/videosVideos of comics live on stage from back in the day.Please Write a Review: in-depth walk-through for leaving a review.Interested in Standup Comedy? Check out my books on Amazon..."20 Questions Answered about Being a Standup Comic""Be a Standup Comic...or just look like one"

Andy McDermott has been doing stand-up in the Husdon Valley and Albany areas for almost a decade. He's one of the strongest comedians in the upstate area and runs More Than Jokes, his production company, where he books talent across the Northeast. He works regularly at the Syracuse Funny Bone and the Laugh it Up Comedy Club in Poughkipsee, among others. He takes writing jokes very seriously and has opened for Kyle Kinane, Big Jay Oakerson and Eddie Brill. A father of a 1-year-old, McDermott has a wife, but he might actually like jokes more. Follow Andy McDermott: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andymcdermottmtj/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andy.mcdermott5Website: http://www.andymcdermottcomedy.com/home.htmlSupport the show

This was a fun interview to do, comic Eddie Brill started as a regular standup comic; but ended up winning "Best Male Comic" Award in New York City ...three times, was warm-up act and comedy talent coordinator for "Late Night with David Letterman" for 17 years, AND started the "Great American Comedy Festival" in Nebraska as a tribute to Johnny Carson. Hear about the opportunities that led to his amazing career.Hosted by: R. Scott EdwardsSupport the showwww.StandupComedyPodcastNetwork.comhttps://www.facebook.com/scottscomedystuffWrite a Review: in-depth walkthrough for leaving a review.Subscribe and get Bonus Shows and entire inventory of Shows: https://www.buzzsprout.com/838567/subscribe

Eddie Brill is a well-known comedian who has been entertaining audiences with his unique style of comedy for decades. Born and raised in New York City, Eddie got his start in the world of stand-up comedy in the early 1980s and quickly gained a reputation as a talented and versatile performer.Over the years, Eddie has performed on some of the biggest stages in the comedy world, including the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas. He has also made numerous appearances on television, including several appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman, where he served as the show's warm-up comedian for many years.Eddie's comedy is known for its intelligent and insightful commentary on a wide range of topics, from politics and culture to everyday life. He has a quick wit and a sharp sense of humor that keeps audiences laughing and engaged from beginning to end.With his extensive experience and undeniable talent, Eddie Brill has established himself as one of the most respected and beloved comedians in the business today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Who's Your Band?" Podcast Episode 117! Comedians Jeffrey Paul and Sean Morton with special guest, comedian and former David Letterman talent booker Eddie Brill!On this week's episode of "Who's Your Band," we welcome on comedian and former David Letterman talent booker Eddie Brill! We find out what do bookers look for in booking talent for late night TV. We pick the brain of the over 30 year comedy vet, talk old school New York music clubs, and so much more! Don't miss this one!

Comedian Eddie Brill & I talk about when good healthy eating turns into a diet scam. Trigger Warning: subjects of body image, food issues come up. If it becomes too much please take a break Por*Ass Podcast Theme Song by Inappropriate Things Instagram - Porasspodcast Twitter - Porasspodcast www.venmo.com - @BMEREcovery Want a personal video message? Get me on Cameo! pay pal - https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/VeronicaPorras Leave a Tip Buy Me A Coffee -https://www.buymeacoffee.com/porasspodcast Leave a Tip On my GoodPods page and be added to my GoodPods Private Chat Group - Follow me on the Goodpods podcast app rate and comment on individual episodes chat with me and with other fans! https://goodpods.app.link/UzMxr9Duhkb --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/porasspodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/porasspodcast/support

Taylor's Website: https://taylorwilliamson.comTaylor's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taylorcomedy/Taylor on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2743976/Michael's Online Screenwriting Course - https://michaeljamin.com/courseFree Screenwriting Lesson - https://michaeljamin.com/freeJoin My Watchlist - https://michaeljamin.com/watchlistAuto-Generated TranscriptsTaylor Williamson (00:00:00):They could have gone way harder on me. These real, these reality show contracts are insane. Like lawyers tell you, don't sign them like they have the rights to like, own your soul forever and things you make for the future and stuff. You can find the contracts online. It's really, really bad.Michael Jamin (00:00:13):You're listening to Screenwriters. Need to Hear This with Michael Jamin.Hey everyone. It's Michael Jamin and you're listening to Screenwriters. Need to Hear This. I got a special guest today. I always say that when I have a special guest, but this time we have a world famous comedian. And now what does comedians have to do with screenwriters? Well, comedy writing, it's a form, it's a form of writing. Taylor. So we're here with Taylor, Taylor Williamson, who was, let me get you, lemme make sure I get this right. You runner up on America's Got Talent. What, what, how long, what, what year was that? BecauseTaylor Williamson (00:00:48):We, we just say recently, fairly recently. Recently in the spectrum of time, you know,Michael Jamin (00:00:52):Yesterday. And the how I met you was because, so we've been friends Taylor, we've been friends for a long time, but which means I'm probably not gonna be as nice to you as on this podcast as if we weren't friends. So you're just be far warned.Taylor Williamson (00:01:08):No,Michael Jamin (00:01:09):No,Taylor Williamson (00:01:10):, you're not gonna be as ni you're gonna be less nice to me cause we're friends.Michael Jamin (00:01:14):Yeah, it's the chat. It's all cordial. You're on our podcast. So that's how, I mean, it'sTaylor Williamson (00:01:18):Not cordial,Michael Jamin (00:01:20):But I wanna tell everyone how we met. So we, we met, I guess a few years back. It was, it was a w it was a little bit.Taylor Williamson (00:01:27):Sure, sure.Michael Jamin (00:01:28):And you had, you had just, I guess you had just won or, you know, runner up to America's Got Talent and comedian and you were, you were poppin. And so I don't remember exactly how, but you, our manager's teamed us up and you had an idea for a TV show based on your life. You were looking for writers. My partner and I met, we met our managers, teamed us up. We we met in kind of conversation. We liked what you had to say. And we thought, yeah, let's, let's try to develop a show and see if we can get it off the ground. And that's kind of how it works, is like, some people say like, well, I'm a comedian. Make a show about me. No, no, no. You don't understand. You were having this moment. You were, you know, you were, you were meaningful to the network because of your appearance on the, your, your success on that show. And that's how we went about it.Taylor Williamson (00:02:13):Right? No one else even wanted to meet with us. And then you guys seem so excited. I was like, are they playing a trick on us or are they terrible? , why? No, I'm, I'm have, I'm slightly, I mean, I'm joking about the mean part. Unlike you being serious about the mean part. Yeah, , there was one other fancy showrunner guy who was attached, I think, while you were also attached. And I was confused. What was hap like, why we have,Michael Jamin (00:02:37):We, we couldn't have both been attached. That's not possible.Taylor Williamson (00:02:40):I don't know. There was a guy, I'm just, I'll, I mean, obviously I'll tell you, we, you already know this stuff from years ago just to remind you. But like, there was another like, executive producer guy who was attached and then you guys, when we met with you guys as well, and everyone was gonna be a part of it in different ways. And I guess you would've been theMichael Jamin (00:02:59):Sure.Taylor Williamson (00:03:00):I guess. But then I thought he was, I didn't, I don't know what's going on. I, you know, I'm the, I'm the dumb comedian who's just all these, these, these Jewish people are telling me what to do. And I'm Jewish, by the way. I don't wanna sound like the new Kanye West. I was making a, I was playing along with Kanye. Wait, I playing against You're Jewish. Can you say me Hebrew Happy Hanukkah ,Michael Jamin (00:03:20):Hebrew . Dude, I wanna know, I wanna know. So Taylor's a, you know, com touring comedian. You work all the time. You tore the country. But I wanna know, I guess I wanna know how you broke into the business. Like how did you go from open mics to getting paid to do this?Taylor Williamson (00:03:38):We'll, we'll cut out the last 12 minutes. That I said so far, right?Michael Jamin (00:03:42):If you No, I, that's we're gonna lead with that. Taylor Williamson (00:03:45):. I feel like you have like real writers, those people that say, let me just say that. Well, are we just gonna talk more about that? I think that's interesting. WeMichael Jamin (00:03:52):Could talk about anything you wanna talk about.Taylor Williamson (00:03:54):I don't mean I, like, I made jokey answers to whatever, but yeah, we, I, it was, I think it's important to share this stuff. And I, I came up, I had to show idea that I liked and then my, my friend is I'm taking over the show.Michael Jamin (00:04:08):No, no. Okay. I'll get back to what we have. We got some time to fill here, so we'll get back to my questions.Taylor Williamson (00:04:13):Well, so no, I'm taking over, I'm answering your question, buddy. Yeah,Michael Jamin (00:04:16):I know, but I was steering the conversation away from your answer.Taylor Williamson (00:04:19):So then Jillian Bell, who's a great comedian, actress, writer person and mm-hmm. , she was interested in the show and and then she wanted to produce the show. That's right. Signed. It's a fun facts show business. I used to be with the management company that, that she was with, and I was no longer with them. And I brought this idea to them and my reps were not enthusiastic about it. Yeah. But then, so I, and I stopped working with them, but then a year later, Jillian Bell was interested in the idea, same show, then me go into their office with Jillian and then they're like, Jillian, this is a great idea. , I'm like, the show. ThisMichael Jamin (00:04:55):Is funny. She, I totally forgot that she was involved in it, but that's an, but that's right. Cuz she brought another piece to the puzzle. It was like, yeah. And you did, which was like, it's all about how many pieces of this puzzle can you, like, how much more can you bring to the table? And her involvement, the fact that you had this other, you know, she was a, she's an actress, actor, producer she's trying to get into the producing field and that was another piece of the puzzle, which made it more meaningful. So that's how Yeah. You weren't just like some random dude, you know, you kind of put these pieces together.Taylor Williamson (00:05:24):Yeah. And then obvi, I mean, she helped tremendously and I wouldn't have gotten to you and Siever if if it was not for her. And then we met with you guys and it was such a joy and we could talk about it as much as you want. But but anyways, but how did I start comedy? I, I was 17. I was like, I got into STEM comedy in high school. I never liked comedy as a kid. I remember being at the airport and the, as a child and some guy was like, I'm a comedian. Ugh. And he is like so obnoxious. And I've always hated that kind of comedy. Like, people are like, look at me, I'm a comedian. I got some jokes. You know? So I think that that scarred me for life. So I was like, I don't like, and my brother liked comedy stand up comedy, so I said, I don't like stand up comedy cause like dumb sibling ri sibling rivalry stuff. And it makes no, I'm not proud of anything. So I'm saying I still stand by hating those obnoxious comedians who like, tell it when the com Hey, I'm a comedian, nice to meet you. Like, you know. Yeah. I don't need that. And then then,Michael Jamin (00:06:19):But that's funny cause I always say like, people who have to advertise that they're funny, not be funny. You know what I'm saying? They have to put it on their business card, you know? Funny guy.Taylor Williamson (00:06:28):Yeah.Michael Jamin (00:06:29):But, okay,Taylor Williamson (00:06:30):Go ahead. And for the record, I've been saying I'm not funny. This entire, I've this entire convers we believe, I believe you . Fair. Good. I'm glad that's clear. Yeah. And then in high school I got into standup a lot as a being a fan of it. And then and then I'm from San Diego and rest in Peace. Her name is Sandy Seashore, Mitzi's daughter from the comedy store. Polly's sister had a comedy workshop in San Diego. And I'm, I'm 17. And I'm like, oh, that seems like a way to start, you know? Mm-Hmm. , I don't necessarily encourage comedy classes.Michael Jamin (00:07:08):Why not?Taylor Williamson (00:07:10):At first standup comedy, improv sketch. Yeah, standup fine. It helps you get your feet wet and you learn structure and stuff. But generally you're learn. I learned what not to do really. I don't, you kinda, there'sMichael Jamin (00:07:24):No structure though. What do they teach you there? You get comfortable learn on the funny, on the funny word.Taylor Williamson (00:07:29):Yeah. It's just like helping dissect. I don't know. Everyone has, there's no curriculum for comedy classes, but I learned a lot of things, what not to do. And I watched things being rewarded. Everyone should be like, this is not what I want to do. This is not right. And you're in the class with a bunch of crazy people too, honestly. You know? AndMichael Jamin (00:07:47):What kind of things do you learn that you, you're not supposed toTaylor Williamson (00:07:50):Do? I, as I was saying that I was like, that's gonna be a, a follow up question. I can't think of one, but like, rule of threes all this, I don't, I don't like the, I don't like these. It's just like, yes, those are things, right? But then also it doesn't have to be as such, you know? Mm-Hmm. I'm trying to think of like better examples of that. But here's the positive that I got out of it is if you're fat, talk about it. If you're skinny, talk about it. Mm-Hmm. and the, this is what I got out of the class that's invaluable, is that everything I got picked on in school was things that were like my superpower as a comedian or a writer. So like, all the bullies were like, Hey, you talk weird or you walk weird or you're a dork. And I, and I, I was able to spin all of those into, I go on stage, hey, so I'm weird and I, I talk weird and I walk and then people are like, we like you. And it's just kind of a beautiful thing to do comedy writing. It'sMichael Jamin (00:08:45):So funny. Yeah. This is what I say all the time to people, which is talk to talk about your vulnerabilities. That's what you want to talk about. And, you know, in screenwriting. But it's the same thing with standup. You know,Taylor Williamson (00:08:55):If that's, yeah. And I guess it's a standup that I, I, and I, I don't have better answers than this at the, off the top of my head cuz it was so long ago. But I remember like, it's like you learn to go like, oh, I'm half Jewish and I'm half Italians, so that means I like pizza that's on sale. You know? And then they go, right, great. Like, no thanks, come on. So it teaches you that kind of, but it, it does teach you what a joke is and it teaches you to get comfortable on stage and it teaches you what's out there. But I don't know, it can make a hacky hack comedian, you know?Michael Jamin (00:09:32):And then what came next? So it open mics after that you put together a five minute act orTaylor Williamson (00:09:36):Something. So I was k very tenacious and ridiculous. And I knew I was very, I did very, I was very good for my age. And this is also the time when not everyone's on Instagram and TikTok and all this stuff. So like, I was maybe one of the three 17 year old standup comedians out there, Uhhuh , like, you know what I mean? So I was probably the best music quotation of fingers. 17 year old com, I don't know. So I got all, I got attention and I was really good, especially in front of that supportive body. It's represented by their friends and stuff, you know? Mm-Hmm. , I didn't invite anybody, but like in that safe space, I, I don't know, I was very good at my age. I don't know, this probably sounds douchy, but, so I moved to LA to for college, but really for comedy. And it was very humbling doing an open mic that was not that safe space. And then the crowd wasn't so supportive. I'm like, what, what's wrong with you people? Oh wait, that's not real. This is real. You know? Yeah. But I got really good video footage, videotape, footage b you know, BCRs, those things. And who,Michael Jamin (00:10:42):Who brought the camera?Taylor Williamson (00:10:43):So the comedy workshop, you pay like four, 4 billion and then you get to do the eight weeks, then you get a tape at the end. So I got a killer tape. So I sent that to the, the producers of the Tonight Show, . I sent it to the last comic standing producers. I sent it to Eddie Brill, who booked David Letterman. So like, I was 18, I was, gosh, was it before I was 18. And didMichael Jamin (00:11:08):They they write back? Yeah. Did they reach out? What'dTaylor Williamson (00:11:10):They say? Yeah. Every time.Michael Jamin (00:11:12):, what'd theyTaylor Williamson (00:11:12):Say? These guys, every time I remember I never got, I don't believe I ever got them on the phone. Eddie Bri Letterman guy called me. I remember, I remember being in college 18 in the hallway. I had a voicemail from the booker for Letterman. Nowadays I would've recorded it and saved it. You know, this is like flip from time. So, and he was like, thanks for the tape. Funny jokes. Cause I remember reading somewhere that he responds to every bird, everyone who submits. And I remember he said, yeah, you can't do the AIDS joke on the show, the aids. It was like, you g it wasn't a AIDS joke, but it was like, the joke was, I was trying to be Bitch Hedberg at the time, you know, like brilliant one-liner guy. I'll show me one of those guys. So like, I remember being like, all these people are walking for aids, so I'm against aids.(00:11:59):I don't know. You know what I mean? Right. Some dumb joke like that. And he's like, you can't say that. You can't say that, but keep working at it. Whatever. And the Bob Reedit Tonight Show was so sweet and he seemed accessible to me cuz he was a judge on last comic standing, the first few, few seasons. Uhhuh . So he would send me the tape back, say, thanks for the tape, keep working at it. They would literally return this sender, but with a note and Thank you. And, and then the last time he called me or sent me like the third time, he was like, you don't have to keep sending me tapes . But he is still supportive though. You know, like, it was like, Hey, you don't have to keep doing, it wasn't like, leave me alone. But like, it was like, I think, I think he called me to tell me to stop chill, chill a little bit, you know,Michael Jamin (00:12:39):Give some, give some time. But then like you would, do you know if other comics who do this, like reach out? Is that how you Well,Taylor Williamson (00:12:46):I think funny shows, I think crazy 40 year olds do it now. I think. Like, I was cute cause I was young. Oh, I, I can't imagine what their emails are like now. You know? Now it's much of insane. Not well,Michael Jamin (00:12:56):But you wouldn't, you don't know anybody. Like, you wouldn't do this to get booked on any of these shows. Now that's not, ITaylor Williamson (00:13:00):Mean, I mean now I, I do, but I know the people Uhhuh, , you know what I'm saying? Now I'm like, I've done all these things. Would you please take a look at my, I ha I nowadays, if I wanna get on like James Cordon and I have the guy's email and I make a five minute tape and I send them a nice email, hi, I'm Taylor, I've done these things. Or how you been? We had coffee one time, whatever. But I DoesMichael Jamin (00:13:22):That work? Does that stuff work?Taylor Williamson (00:13:24):Yeah. I mean, I haven't been on James Cordon, so maybe not. But yeah, they, I mean, if you're professional in this business, like Uhhuh , I've a mistake that I've made, and I'm even sure my reps would agree, like, don't go through them for everything. Like I, I used to think you have to go through representation and get shit done. Can I curse on this show? Yeah. A a big mistake I made in this business is not using my personal relationships that I have and just reaching out myself.Michael Jamin (00:13:48):That's so, man, dude, it's so interesting. Cause I say the same exact things, but for screenwriter, like I say, people think that I get, I need an agent, I need a manager. Like, that's gonna change your life. And the truth is, it's not, you still gotta do 99% of the work yourself.Taylor Williamson (00:14:04):. I honest, I'm grateful to any of my reps who are listening to this. They're not listening. And I mean it sincerely, like I've been news for 19 years. So like, I have like old men wisdom, even though I'm not like a thousand years old yet. But like almost everything that I've gotten that was like monumental or big, big deal was without representation. Mm-Hmm. like respect to them for making the deals way better than it would've been at them itself or to, to them for making something. Mm-Hmm. taken to the next level. You know, that's their jobs. You know, I think most honest and classy agents and managers would agree that Yeah. Like they, they pour gasoline on fires, but you have to start the fire yourself. Yeah. And like, you gotta do it. And I thought it was unprofessional to reach out without them.(00:14:55):Now do, like, I'm, I'm selling unscripted shows right now. That's kinda what I'm hustling on. And I just say, Hey, Jillian told me this, or her sister told me this. She was a producing partner who's brilliant too. Like, yeah. She just goes, Hey, I had a meeting with, I'm making up, I had a meeting with paramount today. Oh cool. How was it? You know? Mm-Hmm. . So I, I call my agent agent and go, I said, I have these three pitch meetings today. Can you please reach out to some of these places I don't have? And sometimes I just go, can you gimme their email? Cause they have Rolodex.Michael Jamin (00:15:28):Interesting.Taylor Williamson (00:15:29):Interesting. Do I sound like a crazy person rightMichael Jamin (00:15:30):Now? No. And so you set up the meeting yourself? Is that what you're saying?Taylor Williamson (00:15:34):Honestly, I set up a, like I try to do it myself and then I reach out to them if I need help, even for comedy club bookings.Michael Jamin (00:15:40):Whoa. Let's talk about that. What do you mean for comedy book? So you have a, you don't have a separate booker forTaylor Williamson (00:15:45):Comedy clubs? I have a booking agent who's awesome and, but like, I just got a gig in Atlanta at the com, at the Punchline comedy club out there. And the guy texted me cause he knows me, right. I'm just long enough before I know the pe I know them. So I can just like some, some of these owners of comedy clubs, I can just text and say, Hey, I've done your, you know, I've done the club 10 times, you know? Mm-Hmm. So like, I've been there the 30 days of my life. I've hung out with these people. Hey, can I I'd love to come. I'd love to do a weekend with you guys. You have anythingMichael Jamin (00:16:15):Coming up? Is that, and is that what you do? I mean, you'll fly to Atlanta and you'll do a couple of shows at this one club? Or do you go on tour? Like, do you go from Atlanta to the next city, whatever the next city, Raleigh. I mean, we used to, you might make a tour of it or do you just keep flying back and forth to laTaylor Williamson (00:16:30):That's kind of, a lot of people are doing that now. Like, I mean, that's always been kind of, if you're like gym Gaffigan level or like mm-hmm. , whatever. Like if you're a superstar, you're, you're doing like theater, theater, theater, you know? Mm-Hmm. . I'm still comedy club level guy. Mm-Hmm. . So I do weekends. But a lot of these TikTok stars, like people who are getting like independently famous just from their social media, like yourself, honestly, they're, they're doing off nights at comedy clubs. So like, they're doing like Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, they'll be in Cincinnati one night. They'll go to date in the next night. They'll go to Toledo the next night.Michael Jamin (00:17:08):Why Off nights though? What's that about?Taylor Williamson (00:17:10):Because the weekends are tradition. The business is changing so much. But in comedy clubs, the weekends are traditionally held for quote, established comedians. Uhhuh, the idea being that if some randoms walk in, they're gonna have a good time. Like, I'm Taylor, I'm a comedian, I've been on America Set Talent, I've done Economy Central, all these things. But like, if people just walking, cause they wanna see a comedy show, they're probably gonna be fine, you know? But like on a Tuesday they would book a TikTok dancer or they'll book someone who just got famous cuz they're really funny and people are connected to their jokes, but they haven't been around that much.Michael Jamin (00:17:52):But they can still put Get Asses and Cs.Taylor Williamson (00:17:55):Right. But also the other side of it, the business side of it too is if I do a weekend, I can get a guaranteed deal. Uhhuh. , that's enough for me to come out no matter what. If we sell lots of tickets or not, but the people going on a Tuesday, they could make more money than I if they sell every ticket. The venue is more willing to give up equity in ticket sales on an off night than on a weekend.Michael Jamin (00:18:18):And so what does equity ha like splitting the door?Taylor Williamson (00:18:20):Yeah. So like if, so a a comic who, if you can sell out 300, 400 seats or whatever the venue seats on a Tuesday night, you can say the venue give me 80% ticket sales, I'll, I'll fly on 80%. Yeah. Or more, you know, I'll come in on Wednesday, you get drink sales, I'll get the ticket sales And the clubs. HaveMichael Jamin (00:18:40):These venues have 300 seats or is it some ofTaylor Williamson (00:18:42):ThemMichael Jamin (00:18:43):A lot? Or is that just like the number of shows? Because I thought they're like, I thought most of these clubs are smaller.Taylor Williamson (00:18:48):A lot of comedy clubs now are switching to bigger venues because they're trying to compete with theaters. Okay. Because thanks to Netflix and social media, comedians are selling more tickets than they've ever sold. Ever. Like, like there was just, there's a poll star that just came out. This is public information. Like Burt Chrysler made 25 million touring last year. This year.Michael Jamin (00:19:11):Like we almost, we almost did a show with Bert . Yeah, we talked about it. Now he's 25 million. That's a lot of money. His house wasn't that nice. .Taylor Williamson (00:19:19):Well that no,Michael Jamin (00:19:20):It's wasn't 25 million.Taylor Williamson (00:19:22):Well now he has three houses. Neil Brennan just did a podcast with David Letterman bragging about how Burt er is killing it and let him in like was like laughing, rubbing his eyes like 25 million . That's probably more, that's legit. Probably more than he made doing his show. Legit, you know, andMichael Jamin (00:19:39):Just touring.Taylor Williamson (00:19:40):Yeah, just touring. And I mean, to be fair, that's gross sales before commission, right? I mean, as we all know, like that's before 30, 30% commission. You know, you're aging 30% commission.Michael Jamin (00:19:50):OhTaylor Williamson (00:19:50):Man. Tour manager, lawyer, maybe no lawyer for touringMichael Jamin (00:19:54):Your tour manager. They take 10%.Taylor Williamson (00:19:57):I'm, I said business man. So your manager takes 10%, your agent takes 10%, your business manager takes 5%.Michael Jamin (00:20:04):Well you don't need a business manager, but you need touring manager.Taylor Williamson (00:20:08):I, so I don't know how he does tour manager. I'm just thinking like, normal manager. Wow,Michael Jamin (00:20:13):This is so interesting. I didn't know this talk was gonna be as interesting as it is.Taylor Williamson (00:20:16):Oh, you know what Mr. But last thing I say is Bert said on a podcast that he said that just talk to him. You actually, you don't have to talk to him. Just talk to me. I'll tell you about him. He said he wouldn't take a movie or TV show right now. The wildest thing to hear a comedian say I get it. But like that's so not how we all started. Because he's making so much touring and he has, he has gigs booked and he, his fans, he has such connection with his fans.Michael Jamin (00:20:40):That's so interesting. Cause I've never ied to develop a show and it was his idea. And then he kind of, I think he lost interest of his own idea probably because he is like, I don't need to do this. I can make more money on, on the road.Taylor Williamson (00:20:50):Wow. Yeah. And it just, the dream is just different now. Like I started in 2003 and like I, my dream at that time, I'm sure we talked about this during one of our writing sessions slash therapy sessions for me. Yeah. But like, I wanted to do like Timal and Drew Carey, Ray Romano, all that, that you become a really funny comedian. You work hard and then you pair up with brilliant comedy writer like yourself and then you get a sitcom. And that's not how it goes anymore. Most people don't want to bolt at Cam sitcom even like Yeah. You know what's kind of interesting too? My girlfriend is an actress, so she's brilliant and then comedian and all the things. She's absolutely brilliant. And she's Filipino and she's, I said to her like, I had all these people I wanted to be like, and I don't know what to do anymore. You know, one of those things. And she's like, that's cool that you had people that you watched on TV that you wanted, that had a blueprint for you. Cuz I never had that. I was able Oh,Michael Jamin (00:21:51):So you're saying because she's Phillips there weren't any role models forTaylor Williamson (00:21:53):Her. There was no like, oh, I wanna be like that. I wanna be like that. It was just kind of like rufi respect. But like the guy who played Rufio and Hook and Tia Carre Respect, you know, I think she'sMichael Jamin (00:22:01):Yeah. Yeah. ButTaylor Williamson (00:22:02):Like, yeah. It's justMichael Jamin (00:22:04):Interesting. But she's an actor comedian.Taylor Williamson (00:22:05):Yeah.Michael Jamin (00:22:07):And does she, so she, do you, do you work a lot with her then?Taylor Williamson (00:22:11):We are pitch show together, actually, but no, no, she's not really standup. She's more of a Oh, she's a standup, but she's, she's an actor and stuff.Michael Jamin (00:22:17):So how did you meet her then?Taylor Williamson (00:22:19):We met doing standup like a million years ago. We, but we reconnected recently. Wow.Michael Jamin (00:22:25):Yeah. Interesting. Yeah. And so you, and so I, so when you, when you talk about reality show or or unscripted, what, like, what are you, you don't have to tell me your ideas, but is that your, for you to star in some kind of unscripted show that you'reTaylor Williamson (00:22:37):Saying, yeah, please don't steal my ideas.Michael Jamin (00:22:39):I, you, I don't, I don't, I don't know anything about scripted. People ask me about scripted all the time. Like, I don't know how itTaylor Williamson (00:22:45):Works. I don't know how it works either, honestly. But it's what you said though. It's, you have an idea and then you get people, people go, I don't know. And then you get someone attached to people trust and they go, oh, that's a great idea. ,(00:22:57):You convinced the person who people res have, who has the equity in that field and status or whatever you wanna use whatever word you wanna use. And then and that's, that's what I've done. So like, I, the, the success I've had in unscripted TV is I had a travel show on Spike tv or a pilot a few years ago mm-hmm. . And I knew this guy Tom Beers, who's like a genius. He's like a mad scientist for unscripted television. And he's, he's got a really inspiring story. Like he became a superstar, like in his fifties. Mm-Hmm. . And like, he wasn't a millionaire to his fifties, but then he became like super millionaire. He created Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers and Oh and a Thousand Ways to Die in Storage Wars and stuff. And he won the Emmy every year for Deadliest Catch. Yeah.Michael Jamin (00:23:42):I loved Deadliest Catch.Taylor Williamson (00:23:43):Yeah. And and so I, I knew him through cuz he was the c e O of Freemantle after he's sold his company to Freemantle, which produced a G T. So, and I had a holding deal with Freemantle and N B C. So I just reached out to him after I had some bummer business stuff happen. And I just reached out to him. Cause there was a nice guy who I know he saw me perform and he liked me and he was nice to me. And then and then he started his, I messaged him on Facebook. Like, I, like I don't have his phone number, you know? Right. And this is a few years ago. And then he, we met up and we brainstormed a lot and him and his partners and at his company and we got a pilot with Spike TV after. And it was like, this is like a two year process by the way. Like Yeah. It takes forever. It was a whole thing. And then you selling a pilot, I didn't get any money, you know what I mean? , I making a, I didn't get any money.Michael Jamin (00:24:41):Didn't make any, you didn't make any money at all. Went the budget of the show. Tell me what your, so tell me what a holding deal for the ever loved one. Listen, what exactly is a holding deal?Taylor Williamson (00:24:50):So I got the janky kind of holding deal you get nowadays, like I hear comedians from the nineties talk about their holding deals. They would get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to be exclusive to networks.Michael Jamin (00:25:03):Yeah. And never actually get anything made. But they would hear pitches or sometimes they would pitch. Right.Taylor Williamson (00:25:08):Yeah. So it's like you just, you they'd get pilots or they have shows built around. I mean, I'm telling you, I'm telling you know about the audience. You know, you tell the audienceMichael Jamin (00:25:15):No, but you tell me what, what your, what your jankyTaylor Williamson (00:25:17):Holding was. So I got the Janky Reality show holding deal where, and they didn't force it upon me. Like I was flat grateful for it, but I think it was $10,000. So from being America's Got Talent, they had the option, they could have gone way harder on me. These real, these reality show contracts are insane. Like lawyers tell you don't sign them. Like they have the rights to like own your soul forever and things you make for the future and stuff. You can find the contracts online, it's really, really bad. But they didn'tMichael Jamin (00:25:44):You don't sign those, you don't sign those contractsTaylor Williamson (00:25:46):Or Well, I did it when I was a contestant cause I was desperate.Michael Jamin (00:25:50):Well, that, well that's another thing. Okay. So you did sign one of those contracts, the A G T, but they don't own you now?Taylor Williamson (00:25:55):No, no, no. And it was for a couple years. And it's confusing cause I was on the show last week, but the contract ended after a couple of years. It's confusing. But yeah, theyMichael Jamin (00:26:04):They keep on calling you to back into,Taylor Williamson (00:26:07):Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. SoMichael Jamin (00:26:08):Heidi, I know Heidi loves you.Taylor Williamson (00:26:09):Yeah. she says hi by the way,Michael Jamin (00:26:13):. I know she does.Taylor Williamson (00:26:15):But so the, there's a contract that I signed that I'm sure is similar. It's probably worse now honestly. But they have the rights to like specials and ticket sales and all these things they could have claimed because like One Direction, Simon Cal owned one sixth of One Direction, I believe. Interesting. Cause they were an X Factor show.Michael Jamin (00:26:35):Right.Taylor Williamson (00:26:36):Right. So he, he put them together and he owned them. So they, but they didn't take a penny from me. But the holding deal was, they had the option for a holding deal and I could have fought it and they, I don't think they would've enforced it upon me. Right, right. But and I heard that kids can get out of this stuff. The crazy, if you're under 18, you can just be like, I'm 16, leave me alone. Whatever you sign. I think there's a thing I heard that's if you're a teenager that wants to be in a reality show. But so I, I had like a $10,000 holding deal, which my reps thought it was a good idea to go with it because I would be touring so much that whole year and then we could develop something. It was the NBC and Fremantle. Mm-Hmm. . I was frustrated by it because I wasn't supposed to audition for things outside of that. So I felt restrained while it didn't go the way I hoped it would. But because Do youMichael Jamin (00:27:25):Do a lot of auditions for acting parts?Taylor Williamson (00:27:27):Not as much as I like, but I do. Oh really? Yeah. I just auditioned for Caribbean Enthusiasm and I was so excited cuz I've al I've never been able to get that even on audition. And that's my dream to be on that.Michael Jamin (00:27:36):And so was that for casting or did you go directly to Larry?Taylor Williamson (00:27:39):It's all online now. Oh. So from my understanding, when you audition for Kir, you go, you go to Larry. Like you're, you play, you play with him. Right. But Right. Even like my cousin's an actress, my girlfriend, like the most successful p people, it's still on tape.Michael Jamin (00:27:55):Yeah, right, right. I forgot about that. It's been so long.Taylor Williamson (00:27:58):. Yeah. But, but even, even like an improv. So, but I'm saying that even like an improv audition, which is curb. Yeah. Like you just ramble with your friend that you're filming it with.Michael Jamin (00:28:07):See that's, that's hard, especially for improv cuz your friend, you have to play with your friend. Mm-Hmm. . Wow. And so, yeah. So, so how did you go from, I have so many questions, but how did you go from that first standup you're doing open mics to actually someone paying you?Taylor Williamson (00:28:24):I got my first paid gig about a year in like, I got a lot of, so I sent my tape to like, everyone you should never send your tape to like, like just cuz I had a, I was, I mean, looking back, I was very, if you go online you can find some clips. Thankfully that took out the problematic stuff. It was different time period. . Yeah. Yeah. But like, I'm not, but like but like I was very good for my age and like, so I sent my tape to people and then I got booked at the improv in Ontario when I was 18. That was my first paycheck.Michael Jamin (00:28:54):You to tape when you, okay, you say you're taped to Booker, to the owners of comedyTaylor Williamson (00:28:57):Stores. Man managers and agents. I contacted manager agency. Yeah.Michael Jamin (00:29:01):But is that okay?Taylor Williamson (00:29:03):You should not do that. It's not the move to do. It's insanity. And it's a different time now where you don't need toMichael Jamin (00:29:08):Do that. So how would, so how would you, if you're trying to break in, so how, if you, how are you today? Go get, if you're doing open mics for, I don't know if you're ready after doing,Taylor Williamson (00:29:16):I can tell you exact what someone should do today. Yeah. To post their clips on in my day. You don't post your clips. I remember when I, when I, I was submitting for, I made a tape. I'm trying to remember exactly why I made a tape. I uploaded it to YouTube at private YouTube. I don't even think private was an option or I didn't know how to do it. I don't know. But I uploaded a clip on YouTube and this is 2007 mm-hmm. . And I wanted it anyway, I got on Craig Ferguson when I was 20 in 2007. And I rushed to get the tape off of YouTube. Cause I didn't wanna have my jokes on YouTube. Cuz the, the thought back then was, and I still did fix this in my, myself, my head. I, I started like two a couple years too early.(00:30:01):Cuz the ti the, the business and rule the rules in our brain just changed so much. I don't know if you, if you, if you ever feel like that, but you, you're such an amazing job doing things the way you things are done now. But anyways, but we didn't want our ec clips online because we thought people are gonna come see us perform. They're gonna hear the jokes again. And comedy doesn't work the way music does. Where you want to hear the, the repeat of like, I could hear a Foo Fighters sing Everlong 12 times in a row. Be like, this is great. You know? Right. But stand up. You don't wanna hear the same joke 12 times, you know, so, but now, like, you want, you want your clips online and I struggle with that causeMichael Jamin (00:30:37):So Well why do you want your clips online? Do don't, I mean, don't you still feel like they don't want to hear your jokes again?Taylor Williamson (00:30:43):Yeah, but that's not, it's not how younger people are or anyone is. The consumers aren't like that now. I think they want,Michael Jamin (00:30:49):If you act online, will they go see it at a club even though they've already heard it? Yeah, they will. They will see it. They'll hear itTaylor Williamson (00:30:54):Twice. I don't think people hold on to joke memory like that.Michael Jamin (00:30:58):Really.Taylor Williamson (00:30:58):Yeah. And, and enough people, I think the idea is that listen, say best case scenario, even if you're famous, 40% of the people saw that clip you posted. They bring a date, they bring their friends. Right. There's gonna be enough people laughing where everyone's okay and their friends says, I love that joke. Oh yeah, I saw 'em on Instagram. That's why people be excited that they knew about it. And now people are into like, I'm old and I always liked if music was on mtv, I liked it. But if they're indie, I didn't listen to it. Which is so stupid and ignorant and not thank God as an artist. Other people don't feel like that, you know. But like, people want him, people like loving some Instagram comic now. And like I have a buddy, Ralph Barbosa, he's a really special young comedian. He's like 26 or 27 out of Dallas. He's been posting clips on Instagram and TikTok. He went from like 4,000 followers in April to like 160,000. Now in December when we're taping this and on TikTok, he has way more,Michael Jamin (00:31:57):He's posting clips that he records at a club.Taylor Williamson (00:32:00):Yeah. He's po he's selling out more tickets than like, I think than I sold. I don't know, I don't know all his numbers, but I think he's selling you more than I sold after being on America's Got Talent for a Year. You know what I'm saying? Interesting. He just sold out eight shows at the Hollywood Improv in, in February.Michael Jamin (00:32:19):And how many seats is that?Taylor Williamson (00:32:21):I don't know. 200 something really. But he sold them out months in, in advance. It's wild. It's wild. It's wild. And they gave him the Wednesday night cuz he's a young comic who's new and whatever. Then they gave him a slate, show ends it, then they gave him a Tuesday, they gave him LA show Tuesday. Then they're like, okay, you want the whole week . I haven't seen that since. Wow. Maybe Joe Coy or Gabriel Glacia. You know, that'sMichael Jamin (00:32:43):So interesting because, because you really are, you're, it's hard to get people outta their house on a week weekend, a weeknight. And yet they'll come out to seeTaylor Williamson (00:32:50):Him. I commented on one of his posts, he's this kid open for me. He's like my little opener. I say Little is younger than me, like, but like, he's like, he's a kid who, when I went to Dallas, he'd be like, can I open for you again? And like, you have any other gigs? And I'm like, you know what? He's funny. He's nice. I would take him to lunch and like, I treated him the way I wish people would've treated me when I was that age, you know, and younger or whatever. And and some people did. And it meant a lot to me, you know? And like I knew he's special. I knew he is gonna do something, but how do you know he's gonna be like in two years? You know? Wow. And but he opened, he was my opener in Dallas like seven months ago. And now he's like, he's gonna be in la I'm like, can I, can I open for you on your showsMichael Jamin (00:33:33):? IsTaylor Williamson (00:33:33):That right? No joke. You know. Wow. Like, and and I'm actually coming, I'm working on a, what's kind of special too is like me and Chip Pope, you know our friendship. Yeah, yeah. We, we were, I said to Chip cuz I, I talked to my friend who was producing a thing for Netflix, like a new faces type thing for standups in like February. And I was like, you gotta get this guy Ralph and audition. And so we came out for that and I was like, Ralph is so special, we gotta come up with an A show for him. And like, so we've been talking about it for a while and now serendipitously he's become like this little superstar. He's in Dallas and he's, he got represent, he's got the biggest agent and biggest manager. He didn't have to move to la he didn't have to move to New York.(00:34:13):He's staying in Dallas. It's, I'm posting on social media being funny and working hard. He was seen the, the Alleg. So anyways, but so we're, we're working on a show with him now, which I'm really excited about a scripted show. And wow. But the last thing I'll say on that is the confusing thing for me is it used to be you tap dance for like a, a, a gatekeeper. Like trying to get some kind of producer to like, I hope they were your email, they booked me or whatever, whatever. Now you're, you're trying to make an algorithm like youMichael Jamin (00:34:44):Well, but I, but I think it's more about, cuz I say something like this as well as people are saying, well how do I break into Hollywood? How will you read my script? Will, like how do I get a manager or agent? It's like, dude, all of this stuff you could do on your own. Yeah. You, you don't have to beg for permission. You just do it. Yeah. They do it and make it great and people will come to you.Michael Jamin (00:35:07):Hey, it's Michael Jamin. If you like my videos and you want me to email them to you for free, join my watch list. Every Friday I send out my top three videos. These are for writers, actors, creative types. You can unsubscribe whenever you want. I'm not gonna spam you and it's absolutely free. Just go to michaeljamin.com/watchlist.Taylor Williamson (00:35:31):You know what's funny? It, it sounds k like easy for you to say or it sounds kind of like, like bullshit advice on mm-hmm. at first. Like, like how I used to, I remember they, how do, like an agent will they find you? How do they find you will get it seen by them? Well, we gotta get booked. It, it was just like, but what comes first? Chicken and their egg kind of thing. Whatever. And what you just said sounds the same, but now is like, someone's been around a long time. You're right. And it sounds not fair and it sounds ridiculous. I'm seeing it all day and like, can I tell you my agent, I, I'm with a great agent at a great agency and like they rep Dave Chappelle and stuff. He's not, I, I don't think I'm speaking out of turn for, I don't know. But like, I mean, he would come on and say the same thing. He would say, it's the somebody he told me a few months ago, if you're on tonight's show, it's not going to, it's not what it used to be. Right. My, I he didn't say this, I'm saying this, but I bet my agent would rather represent somebody who has a million Instagram followers than someone who was just on this Tonight show.Michael Jamin (00:36:32):Right.Taylor Williamson (00:36:33):And has no followers and but has potential and like they, you something special. It's not the current, it's a more valuable currency to have a big social media following than to have been on Jimmy Fallon.Michael Jamin (00:36:46):Interesting man. It's changing so much. It's, but see, to me, I, I would think that gives people hope because it's like you, you're more in control of your destiny than you think you are. You meets empowering, you know,Taylor Williamson (00:36:59):It's, to me, it's stressful for me. It's stressful because like, I was like climbing this ladder for so many years and then the the then like game changed. Everyone's on this other ladder. I'm like, what about this one? But this one, everyone's like, Hey, have fun over there, but we're over here. So beat them or beat them or join them. What is it? Join them or, IMichael Jamin (00:37:16):Don't know. Well, what is your, like what, what is your goal? What at this point you're traveling, you work all the time, every you work every week that you wanna work.Taylor Williamson (00:37:25):Yeah. You know, it's confusing coming outta Covid. It's confusing. I've had, I had like some almost things that went to shit cuz of Covid. I had like a thing that was supposed to happen. Like I was gonna start working for Fox. I always liked wrestling. You know, we talked about that and like, yeah. And I was gonna start being a correspondent on Fox primetime being like a daily show type correspondent. But for wrestling stuff, like talking to fans and wrestlers and celebrities and like that kind of thing. So I was gonna be on Saturday night primetime Fox WrestleMania 2020. And like, and then if that went well, it'd be, I'd be on the weekly Fox Sports show after that.Michael Jamin (00:37:59):But why is that? WhyTaylor Williamson (00:38:01):Is that Covid Covid shut down Covid? No, no audiences, you know, so then, right, that was on Fox. And then since, by the time then Fox canceled the show I was gonna be on before Covid stopped being closing down everything. And then by the time fans came back last year, w b kind of transitioned to n b nbc. So Fox is kind of like, we're not gonna keep making this kind of stuff cuz you're withMichael Jamin (00:38:26):Nbc. Well, why do you care? The, because is it more about the exposure about the moneys about the lifestyle or, you know, cause that's, it would've Fox comedy,Taylor Williamson (00:38:33):But I would've gotten to be a, a comedian. I would've gotten to be Taylor being silly. I wouldn't be work. That wasn't a job working for ww it would've been a job with Fox Uhhuh . So I would've been same as Frank Callo and Rob Riggle do for NFL's Sunday, you know.Michael Jamin (00:38:48):Oh, I didn't know that. Frank Callo isTaylor Williamson (00:38:49):That? Yeah, he's, I mean, Frank's been doing that for a year, for 15 years, probably. Like, oh, John Madden impression got like, blew him up. Yeah. That's probably, that's probably bigger for him than Matt TV maybe.Michael Jamin (00:38:59):Right? ThatTaylor Williamson (00:39:00):Sounds interesting. So, so that would've been a thing that led to more hosting opportunities and just like, I'm so grateful for America's Got Talent, but my struggle has been I, I'm always confused on these things. Am I supposed to talk about how great I am and how great perfect things.Michael Jamin (00:39:14):We, we talked, we're honest here on this podcast,Taylor Williamson (00:39:17):. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I think, I think it's important to share stuff. And that's a, that's honestly another confusing thing in this business too, is it used to be, I remember talking to Tommy John again about this. Do you know Tommy?Michael Jamin (00:39:28):No.Taylor Williamson (00:39:29):He's a brilliant standup who's just become a superstar TV writer, producer, Uhhuh . And but he's like this killer stand up. And but I remember talking to him, we did Last Comic Standing in TW 2010, and I remember him saying, I don't respond to fan mail. You gotta pretend Brian Regan doesn't turn to fan mail. You gotta be like, you're Mick Jagger. You know, you gotta make the crowd think that you're famous. Like that's the, that's the attitude that people had. You know, like,Michael Jamin (00:39:54):But now it's not that.Taylor Williamson (00:39:55):Now it's like if you don't return an email, like, or a DM or don't resp, people think you're a jerk sometimes, you know? IsMichael Jamin (00:40:01):That right? You're supposed to respond.Taylor Williamson (00:40:03):It's confusing, especially during Covid, everyone's doing Instagram lives and interacting and stuff and like mm-hmm. , I don't know. I I need you. I don't know, people, people wanna be friends with you now or feel like they're friends with you. Yeah. I don't know if there's a point to this, but oh yeah. So now, but then now also people want to hear artists be vulnerable and talk about like, yeah, things are hard right now. Like yeah, like Covid shut down my career. I couldn't work for a year. Like, right. Some people, I don't know. They, they leaned into the TikTok and all that stuff. And for me, that wasn't healthy for me, for my brain to just go hard on that. And, but anyways, it is a confusing business and but I have a lot of cool things going on too, and a lot of potential things. AndMichael Jamin (00:40:48):So why did you, because you're from San Diego, so why did you move to LA then for that reason to be more connected to other opportunities?Taylor Williamson (00:40:55):I moved when I was 18 and I had to go to college. Oh. And I got into Cal State Northridge one of the greatest schools in the country. It's like Harvard. It's like Harvard and HarvardMichael Jamin (00:41:05):On the highway.Taylor Williamson (00:41:07):.Michael Jamin (00:41:08):,Taylor Williamson (00:41:08):Is that what they call it?Michael Jamin (00:41:10):? Maybe. I, they call the school that they don't call thatTaylor Williamson (00:41:13):I've never heard of. That's funny. But yeah. So I got, but it was my excuse to move to LA and I, I wanted to be, well, I thought that the owner of the comedy store's daughter likes me. I thought I was gonna be like, I was so a little bit too tenacious, like cringeworthy going for it, you know, like I remember calling the comedy store saying, I took Sandy's comedy workshop. Michael Jamin (00:41:33):.Taylor Williamson (00:41:34):Yeah. And you get it. But just knowing,Michael Jamin (00:41:35):But you're a kid.Taylor Williamson (00:41:36):I'm a kid. But like, just knowing who is answering out the fucking bitter door like phone guy, like, yeah, thanks buddy. You know what I mean? Like, they were nice to me. Actually, I remember I talked to the guy who, I think it was Duncan Trussel, who's a great comic. I think he was the talent booker at the time. Anyways. But I moved to LA and then I went to New York for a couple years. But now you don't have to live anywhere really. It's really Right. My, my girlfriend's an actress. She's living in Atlanta now. And she's on big shows. She's on huge shows. But like, that's where you don't because they they film in Atlanta. Right. You don't have to, you don't have to. It's really weird cuz everything I've , I'm talking like I'm 70, but like everything, the rules, it's completely like, like, like an, it's like a, like an earthquake and everything is all different now.Michael Jamin (00:42:27):Yeah, no,Taylor Williamson (00:42:28):I can, and it's not bad at all. It's, it's good in many ways, but it's confusing for like an old man like me. Like, wait, this is how it is. This must be how racist people feel. You know, like, yeah,Michael Jamin (00:42:39):Right.Taylor Williamson (00:42:39):We like diverse, we like minorities. Now what?Michael Jamin (00:42:44):But what I want have other things. I wanna men get to you cuz I, you know, so much to,Taylor Williamson (00:42:49):I don't sound sad, do I? I'm, I I think it's information to share with a fellow artist,Michael Jamin (00:42:54):Listeners. I, I think this is super interesting. Maybe I, I love this conversation.Taylor Williamson (00:42:58):I got a puppy for the people watching. It was a cute puppy.Michael Jamin (00:43:00):I don't think that's a dog though,Taylor Williamson (00:43:02):Sir.Michael Jamin (00:43:03):How dare you?Taylor Williamson (00:43:04):I enjoy your humor most of the time. But when you talk about the love of my life is beautiful. She's Jewish by the way. She says happy Hanukkah. WhatMichael Jamin (00:43:12):Is your name again? Your dog?Taylor Williamson (00:43:13):This is Betty.Michael Jamin (00:43:14):Betty. I didn't know that. I didn't know that was her name.Taylor Williamson (00:43:17):Well,Michael Jamin (00:43:18):You don't know why is she squint? Why is she why is she squinting like that? Why is she eye fucking me like thatTaylor Williamson (00:43:22):Sir? How dare you? She's, she's falling asleep cuz she's comfortable looking in your eyes.Michael Jamin (00:43:28):Oh, she's, ah, she's in transplant my eyes. I wanna talk because I wanna talk about how you transitioned from writing just jokes. Like you're saying you wanna be like, do a Mitch Headberg head.Taylor Williamson (00:43:38):Oh, that transition.Michael Jamin (00:43:39):Yes. But then not the other one. Not the yeah, not the other one, but you kind of, how you found your voice.Taylor Williamson (00:43:46):Yeah. That's one of those other things that people go, like, when people say how long does it take? There's no rules, but like how long does it takes you to find your voice? I think Pan, I could be making up a complete story, but I feel like he said it took 20 years for him to become like, to really find his thing, whatever, while people say 10 years, whatever, there's no rules for anything. Like you could have a car that's 10 years old, but you can drive it three times. That's not the same as someone who does 500 shows a year and hustles whatever. But like, and some people have, we've all, I started comedy when I was 17 and I was, wasn't a full human. So like I, I didn't know have things to ex life experience to talk about things. Everyone's and everyone's lives are different.(00:44:23):Whatever. There's people who start, there's this special guy who's he just passed away, but he was in his eighties shoot, I'm gonna find his name before we hang up on this cuz he's so special. He is worth mentioning. But he was 80 in his eighties doing standup comedy and he started, and he had all this to talk about and it was really cool. And I'm gonna talk to you while looking his name, but how did I find my voice? Is that the question? Yeah, yeah. I dunno. You just live your life and you keep doing it. And like the, my favorite compliment I get, and the first time I got this was really made me happy. Someone said, you're the same onstage as offstage. Like, well,Michael Jamin (00:45:02):But I would say though, from watching you, I would say you're onstage, you're 10% more thanTaylor Williamson (00:45:07):Yes, you are off stage. I mean, the way you're,(00:45:11):You're an observant Jewish comedy writer. So you can see, you can see that. Yeah. Ideally it's you with the volume turned up, you know? Right, right. So yeah, like, but I used to be, if someone's bored and wants to see it, like my first Craig Ferguson appearances on YouTube. So if you'd having Taylor Williamson, Craig Ferguson in 2007, I tried not to smile. That was my shtick. And like, that's the problem, like, cool problem. Like, it's not good or bad, but being seen early, you're being seen while before you know who you are. But then, as you know, as a writer or artist, this is always so frustrating to me. But now I try to look, I I have to remind myself that it's a positive thing. This is what, this is what I got from the comedy workshop. Sandy Shore said to me, rest in peace, Sandy.(00:45:58):She said, after my set, I destroyed my, my first set I demolished like, like it was ridiculous. But I'm saying that not to practice sound like an asshole. But my point being, it went so well. And then I walked up stage and she said to me, in six months, you'll be embarrassed by that. And I was like, fuck you lady. That's my head in my head, you know? Right. I didn't know what she's talking about, but I've learned, and I still feel like that when I listen to a tape of my, I record all my stats on the audio. I look, I, if I listen to some of them from a year ago, I used to go, Ooh. But that's good. That means you're getting better. You know, you'reMichael Jamin (00:46:28):Growing. How often, how do, how often do you write new material and how do you go about writing the material?Taylor Williamson (00:46:34):I used to be really good writer, like writing every day and all that stuff. And then cause I'm more, I really see myself as a joke teller, you know? And oh, by the way, answer your question is, you'll see how I evolve the second time's on Craig first, and I'm smile. I'm trying to smile, I'm trying on purpose to smile, and then I still remind myself to smile on stage. Right. And I remind WhyMichael Jamin (00:46:56):Do you feel like you have to, why do you feel like you're not smiling?Taylor Williamson (00:46:59):By the way, Marty Ross is the guy in his eighties who's really special. Look up m a r t y, Marty Ross. He's an 80 year old comedian. Anyways. But and and I, I think it's my, I was always just appalled by, I had such extreme judgment for comedians who walk on stage, like, whoa, I'm a comedian. You know? Like, I love Robin William. Like, like I love the legendary guys like that. But like, like I would do open mics and I would watch a guy go on stage and just b like give it his all. And there's two people in the crowd. And like, it just made me so uncomfortable. Mm-Hmm. , this is clearly my problem, not theirs, you know? But I think I have a, I don't know, I, one of my struggles as a performer is I, I don't know, I don't know how to articulate it. Like, I feed off the audience. Like, if the audience likes me, I work harder and I do better. Yeah. But if they don't like me, I kind of have like a Fuck you. I don't, I don't care. You know? Right. well,Michael Jamin (00:47:57):How do you go about writing your material then?Taylor Williamson (00:47:59):Yeah. I don't, I, I've gone kind of lazy lately in the last 15 years, . But like, I kind of work out on stage. I have ideas. I mean, it used to be even beginning of my lazy face, Twitter, remember Twitter used to be for jokes and stuff. Yeah. I was just like, oh, that tweet did good. I'm gonna try to turn that into a bit. But the problem with tweets, from my experience, for me, it was more premises than punchlines. Mm-Hmm. , like, I remember I had some joke, some tweet, they got a lot of traction. I forgot what it was, but something about like,(00:48:36):This cop keeps following me. He must really like me. Or I don't know what the joke was, whatever. But I remember just saying it on stage and it bombed. Mm-Hmm. . But I re I realized, oh, it's a premise. Right. It's not the funny part. Right. So that was confusing to me. But now I, I write ideas in my notepad just randomly. Then I go on stage and I fuck around and I kind of sandwich new ideas between between jokes that work already. So I have a, I go, I have a good opener. I open strong and then I might do two, two jokes. I know work, and then I'll just ramble on something new. Cause I'm also trying to become less jokey. I'm trying to become story storyteller guy, which is very, very terrifying to me. And I still haven't figured it out.Michael Jamin (00:49:18):That's interesting. So, because you don't wanna just constantly be testing out material because you wanna people, you also wanna show people your best stuff cuzTaylor Williamson (00:49:26):The Yeah. Like when people comes, and that's something I, I blows me away that like, there's comedians that don't do, like I work out the comedy store in LA mm-hmm. and like, we still have to bring it. Like, you can't go, it's not open mic night for me, but it is for, I don't know, George Wallace if he comes in, you know what I mean? Like it can be, but he's still gonna be funny cuz he's George Wallace, you know, but who I don't, I think I've seen there once in my life. I don't know why I'm using his name because I don't think he was gonna la but like but there's like, in LA you work out and then when, when I go on the road mm-hmm. , it's 93% ready to go. Right. And if the crowd's with me, I mean, I'll, I'll do something else. But I think as you get better and do this long, you don't bomb anymore.Michael Jamin (00:50:13):Right.Taylor Williamson (00:50:14):You kind of know how to, like, I know how to recover from a joke not working. Like I, I can bomb have a joke bomb, and then I can say something and then the crowd's with me and then I can move on. Like, like it never happened, you know? Right, right. Like, I don't let it, it destroy me or the performance.Michael Jamin (00:50:28):Yeah. I remember we, we saw you. I don't remember where we but club we saw you at, butTaylor Williamson (00:50:32):You probably the improv,Michael Jamin (00:50:34):I always forget. No, no, that's not Melrose. I don't think, I don't think it was that one. I thought it was like, maybe the comedy story. Is that possible? OrTaylor Williamson (00:50:41):Maybe,Michael Jamin (00:50:43):But you were so comfortable on stage, it really was like, wow, this guy's really, he knows w

The RevRep Podcast sits down with comedian Brandon Young! Brandon talks about his Dry Bar Comedy special, what it's like being the executive producer of comedy festivals, and which trading card the Reverend should just go ahead and burn in a fire. During controlled rowdiness there is a lot of confusion about vegetable, NWO vs WCW vs WWE talk, and a few very curious admissions. Brandon Young is a Christian comedian based out of San Diego, California who's been able to use a wide variety of topics ranging from strange observations to growing up in a small town with his weird family and why he despises people who dip French fries into milkshakes, to reach a vast array of people. His intelligently crafted material is a hit with all types of audiences. His Dry Bar Comedy special, Chicken Gone, was released in August 2021. He can also be heard on Pandora Radio and Spotify and seen on Comedy Time TV. Brandon's also been featured in festivals like the San Diego Comedy Festival, Paul Bunyan Comedy Festival, LaughFest, and Border City Comedy Festival. He's even worked with comedy legends Kevin Pollak, Cathy Ladman, Jimmy Brogan, Eddie Brill, and Dana Carvey. In May 2009, Brandon founded the Rock Comedy Ministry, arguably the first comedy ministry of its kind in the world, at the Rock Church in San Diego. Using a mixture of stand-up, sketch comedy, and improv, the Rock Comedy Ministry has been able to bring laughter to people who wouldn't otherwise receive it such as the homeless, elderly in convalescent homes, and cancer patients. Brandon specifically has performed for churches and other organizations and has been a part of fundraisers that have raised thousands of dollars for the Alzheimer's Association, global missionaries, victims of domestic violence, and victims of human trafficking among others. Originally from a small town in Michigan called Oscoda, Brandon is middle-aged, middle-classed, married to a woman way out of his league, has no kids, and owns a dog. Basically, his life is that of every leading man in every sitcom from the 1960's. He brings his Midwest charm and likability to a world that truly needs it. (Credit: www.brandonyoungcomedy.com) Check out more from Brandon: Website: https://www.brandonyoungcomedy.com/ Check out Brandon's DryBar Special: https://youtu.be/ELqVfCwz5z0 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/byoungcomedy Twitter: https://twitter.com/byoungcomedy instagram: https://twitter.com/byoungcomedy Brandon's Ebay Store: https://www.ebay.com/usr/byoungcomedy Rev and Rep Linktr.ee (all the show links can be found below) https://linktr.ee/revreppodcast

Welcome to Episode 66 with veteran stand-up comedian, Eddie Brill.For 17 years he served as the audience warm-up comic for the late show with David Letterman and for 11 of those years, he was the Stand-Up Comedy Talent Coordinator. In our conversation, Eddie chats with me about his earliest Borscht Belt connection, he reflects on his unplanned career in comedy and how to overcome setbacks. Get to know Eddie HEREListen to his podcast, The Break w/Eddie Brill HEREWatch and learn more about the Chitlin Circuit in Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley HERESupport the showFollow The Borscht Belt Tattler on socials! Instagram | Facebook | Twitter

Welcome to part three of the That Real Blind Tech show 100th Episode clip show.   We start off at episode 31, which was an absolutely classic recording.   Episode 32 brought in comedian friend and former Warm Up Comedian at The Late Show with David Letterman, Eddie Brill.   Episode 33 brought us the first Brian flying solo episode and our first demo which was Amazon Prime and Audio Description.   Episode 34 was the first of our only two part episode as it brought Legendary Comedian and Laugh For Sight Headmaster Robert Klein.   Episode 35 brought us our fill in co-Host Jeanine Stanley. She filled in for Allison and the chemistry was pretty good so we kept her around.   Episode 36 was our conclusion of our very special two part episode with Robert Klein.   Episode 37 brought us the first trifecta pairing of Allison, Brian and Jeanine for an Apple recap. However, more importantly, Episode 37 brought us the new That Real Blind Tech Show theme music produced by our good friend Patrick Lafayette.   Episode 38 and 39 brought us some demos by Brian, the first was how to turn off Amazon Sidewalk and the next was the Ultimate Sonos Demo.   Episode 41 brought us our first review of a Microsoft Keynote.   Episode 42 brought us another in our Trendsetters series as we welcomed David Woodbridge to the show.   Episode 43 was another super cool super solo demo by Brian, this time on HBOMax and the Apple TV app which makes fantastic use of the now playing list for all your services except Netflix.   Episode 44 and 45 were our recaps of the NFB and ACB virtual Conferences.   Episode 46 brought us Carl Richardson from the Audio Description Project.   Episodes 47 and 48 brought us demos of the Yahoo Fantasy app and its amazing track record of accessibility and the Underdog Fantasy app.   To contact That Real Blind Tech Show, you can email us at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join our Facebook Group That Real Blind Tech Show, join us on the Twitter @BlindTechShow , or leave us an old school phone message at 929-367-1005..                 

Eddie Brill has returned! Since his first appearance on episode 3 of The Letterman Podcast, the show has found its voice in many respects, and many of the dynamics between Mike and the guests have deepened. This episode is a prime example! He and Eddie continue down the rabbit hole they started down and it just keeps going! Eddie and Mike talk about the comedy scene then and now, what made a good comic for Late Show, the differences between Eddie and Jim McCawley (who used to book comics on Johnny's Tonight Show) and much more. One of the questions Mike got after the first episode was about what kind of things Eddie would talk to Dave about during commercial breaks at the desk. Eddie tells us about the first time it happened and the types of conversations had during those special times. Never ungrateful for the amazing journey Eddie got to experience, he goes into some of the contemplative writing he has been doing on social media, and the interactive nature of comedy with folks who follow and interact with his posts. Full of stories and anecdotes, Eddie himself could have a podcast going through all these amazing experiences; we are excited to have Eddie as a friend of the show, and that he is willing to tell these tales for us all to enjoy. The Letterman Podcast is brought to you in part by Rupert Jee and the Hello Deli! Nestled in the bosom of the Ed Sullivan Theater, The Hello Deli has delicious soups and sandwiches to be sure, but also is the only place to get official 'Late Show with David Letterman' merchandise! Mugs, T-Shirts and more, check out Hello-deli.com for all the details. As always, Rupert packs all the orders with care, and if you ask really nicely, he may add onions to your order. We would really appreciate if you all would Subscribe to The Letterman Podcast, and Like, and Share the show as well. We have a group on The Facebook comprised of an ever expanding community that includes folks who worked on Dave's shows. Come on in, and lets build this thing. For every like, Mike will eat a raisin.

Tuesday, July 19, 2022 - Guest: Eddie Brill LIVE via satellite, longtime Letterman comedy booker & warm up comedian, Eddie Brill is here!  We riffle, we point, we check the weather and play whatcha watchin (Jurassic Park & Fifth Element) and the top of show is over in record time!   Eddie enters, dropping an early bombshell... he worked on Saved By The Bell?!?  He also did the Dana Carvey show, and when that ended Louis CK recommended he go work for Dave.  We cover Sir Paul McCartney, Eddie's friendship and consequent co-host-ship with Neil deGrasse Tyson by way of lots and lots of Letterman.  Stories about Dave, Bill Scheft, Barbara Gaines, Laurie Diamond, Beatles, Hockey & more…  Intricate details about the Ed Sullivan Theater and how going to Emerson is the gateway to Show Business…  THANK YOU for watching!

#722 - Eddie Brill The Eddie Brill Interview is featured on The Paul Leslie Hour. Did you all hear about the new season of “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman”? Word is that it will be out May 20th on Netflix. To think of David Letterman is to think of Eddie Brill, who Paul got a chance to interview. This was originally broadcast on the radio. Eddie Brill is a comedian, but as you'll soon be able to tell from this interview…he is a man with a lot of stories to tell. He seems to be a busy man. Just look at his resume! Not only a comedian, for years he was the warm-up comic on The Late Show with David Letterman. Eddie Brill not only performs his brand of stand-up comedy regularly throughout the United States and the United Kingdom, but in many parts of the world. In this interview Eddie Brill talked about not only his comedy, but also his appreciation for the talent of other stand up comedians.. He also talked about his work with Reader's Digest and appearing as a cartoon on the show Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist. Real quick, a brief announcement that The Paul Leslie Hour is made possible by people just like you. Just go to thepaulleslie.com/support We thank everyone who is contributing! We think you will agree with us that Eddie Brill is a comic of and for the people… and we hope you enjoy this in-depth interview! The Paul Leslie Hour is a talk show dedicated to “Helping People Tell Their Stories.” Some of the most iconic people of all time drop in to chat. Frequent topics include Arts, Entertainment and Culture.

Eddie Brill is a Stand up comic who ran a comedy club in NY, founded a comedy festival that ran for 10 years in tribute to Johnny Carson, and has been performing for over 35 years. He was also the warm up comedian and comedy booker for The Late Show With David Letterman for 17 years. It was a fun conversation to say the least!

We finish the night with Sex With Me! Get into the fun by submitting topics for us to riff on in our bonus episodes. Use the form and, if selected, we'll use your idea in the show. If your topic is selected, you'll be entered to win a special tee-shirt from our school store. Our visiting professor tonight is comic, producer, and podcaster, Nick Gordon. Nick has performed throughout New England, and has had the good fortune of opening for the legendary Eddie Brill. He's also the co-founder of The River Comics comedy production team and a co-host of the Comedy Think Tanked Podcast both along with our Inaugural visiting professor Leonard Kimble. Show Links: Support Nick at the Craft Brew Underground comedy nights almost every Friday, and every Saturday night. www.therivercomics.com www.comedythinktanked.com Comedy Think Tanked: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qdOkMF95ZFqb81cpIzp99?si=b560bf4b87994a9f Casey Crawford: https://youtube.com/channel/UCm2rmRr-dIwLRCYPPn0guFg https://www.facebook.com/casey.crawford.9655 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qdOkMF95ZFqb81cpIzp99?si=1d64a6b630234698 Jay Hunter: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXb1PTHTEPJyPt6WBWULCyA?fbclid=IwAR3qUmtwS6q8zDlxduKLx5jQ9uc7GFB19aBbnpvNKBE2YWCAuesJS22frbo https://open.spotify.com/episode/3pmZwbgdwBhA7LZkMmoeMb?si=f97e110fa2534a23 https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UOU0uSC4qSx21JNRf9I2c?si=49838a7a69884682 Watch this on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/BalderdashAcademy Music by ThinkFishTank: https://thinkfishtank.bandcamp.com/ & https://soundcloud.com/thinkfishtank Show your school pride: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/store Check out Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/teacherslounge ©2022 Balderdash Academy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/balderdashacademy/support

Episode 80: We spend some time with comedian Eddie Brill. We discuss his time with David Letterman, what he's up to now and his favorite movies. Hosted by Lafayette, Carlos Johnny and Hugh. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nerdstalking/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nerdstalking/support

Our visiting professor tonight is comic, producer, and podcaster, Nick Gordon. Nick has performed throughout New England, and has had the good fortune of opening for the legendary Eddie Brill. He's also the co-founder of The River Comics comedy production team and a co-host of the Comedy Think Tanked Podcast both along with our Inaugural visiting professor Leonard Kimble. Show Links: Support Nick at the Craft Brew Underground comedy nights almost every Friday, and every Saturday night. www.therivercomics.com www.comedythinktanked.com Comedy Think Tanked: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qdOkMF95ZFqb81cpIzp99?si=b560bf4b87994a9f Casey Crawford: https://youtube.com/channel/UCm2rmRr-dIwLRCYPPn0guFg https://www.facebook.com/casey.crawford.9655 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qdOkMF95ZFqb81cpIzp99?si=1d64a6b630234698 Jay Hunter: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXb1PTHTEPJyPt6WBWULCyA?fbclid=IwAR3qUmtwS6q8zDlxduKLx5jQ9uc7GFB19aBbnpvNKBE2YWCAuesJS22frbo https://open.spotify.com/episode/3pmZwbgdwBhA7LZkMmoeMb?si=f97e110fa2534a23 https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UOU0uSC4qSx21JNRf9I2c?si=49838a7a69884682 Washed up on Norway: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/16/1081159750/a-norwegian-student-found-a-boat-launched-by-new-hampshire-middle-schoolers-in-2 Joe Hill's Jaw's Theory: https://www.thewrap.com/jaws-lady-dunes-joe-hill-stephen-king-steven-spielberg/ Watch this on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/BalderdashAcademy Music by ThinkFishTank: https://thinkfishtank.bandcamp.com/ & https://soundcloud.com/thinkfishtank Show your school pride: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/store Check out Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge: https://www.balderdashacademy.com/teacherslounge ©2022 Balderdash Academy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/balderdashacademy/support

Eddie Brill is an American comedian, writer, and actor.s. He also worked for the Late Show with David Letterman from February 1997 through February 2014. Brill tours frequently, performing in the US as well as England, Ireland, France, Australia, Amsterdam, and Hong Kong.  We dicuss when he met Ray Charles, Jamie Fox who we discuss his roles as Mike Tyson series and many other stories of guest from the David Letterman show. Eddie's son is also and actor muscian and headlining comedy shows. Eddie will be performing at Casa Tiki , https://www.casatiki.com 3/12/22 8-10pm Casa Tiki MiamiUnleash The Beast With Monster Energy:https://www.monsterenergy.comYour money is your own business.https://cash.appUse code MSCS for new accounts. Eddie Brill:Podcast: The Break w/ Eddie Brillhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-break-w-eddie-brill/id1177619713Twitter: @Eddie_BrillWebsite: https://www.eddiebrill.com ➔ Stay Connected With MSCS MEDIA► Subscribe: https://cutt.ly/GEDzbsu► All MSCS MEDIA VIDEO INTERVIEWS: https://www.youtube.com/c/MscsMedia► All Links to MSCS MEDIA: https://allmylinks.com/mscsmedia#miketysonmovie #eddiebrill #davidletterman #mscsmedia

Eddie Brill joins us in the Acement this week. Eddie is a well respected, very funny and talented stand up comedian. He talks about his start while attending Emerson College thru his years working on The Late Show with David Letterman as the warm up comic and Stand Up Comedy Talent Coordinator. Go to https://www.eddiebrill.com/ for info

Show Opens with Dougie & Eddie discussing David Letterman, Running the Light, Differences between the New York & LA Comedy scene, The importance of having a good emcee, What make a Joke Great? & Much More! The News is a joke ‘Body' found along national forest trail in Georgia turns out to be a life-sized doll", "Black Former Receptionist at Confederate Museum Files Discrimination Complaint", "Afghanistan's Taliban told they can't take their guns to the funfair", "B.C. woman finds naked man was living in trunk of her car for 3 days", "Lawmakers Say This Holy City's Airport Code Is Too GAY", "Ontario spent $133,866 trying to fire employee over alleged $2.99 theft", "Texas woman accused of killing roommate by sitting on her", & "Homeowner using flamethrower to melt snow sets house ablaze, Connecticut officials say" Thanks for Listening     

I interviewed comedian Eddie Brill this week! Eddie was the longtime warm up comic for the Late Show with David Letterman, he also booked the comics for the show. We talk about starting out, being a college sketch group with Denis Leary, creating a comedy program at Emerson with the help of Norman Lear, living with the great Robert Schimmel, running the Paper Moon in New York and seeing a young Adam Sandler perform, what he looked for in comics to perform on Letterman, and much more! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/trent-mabry/support

Eddie Brill is our special guest for this episode of Jay's Reel World. He is an award-winning stand-up comedian and former Entertainment Coordinator for The David Letterman Show. He was one of the people I reconnected with on my "Reconnection Tour" while I was on dialysis. In this podcast, listen to some of Eddie recount some of his amazing career through the decades and how our meeting in 1997 helped to change the trajectory of my life. Thank you for your support. I am honored to have you along the journey and hope you get "reeled" in to Jay's Reel World. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jaysreelworld/support

Comedian Eddie Brill, who has known famous comedians intimately for decades, shares his knowledge, which includes them all sleeping on his East Village futon. He talks about booking the Letterman show and having to say no to comedians 99% of the time, even though he loves everyone except for that douche Jackie Mason (R.I.P.). Hear how a one night stand turned up in Eddie's life 12 years later. Also, Kyle reads a story about a man who tried to get the demons out of his family with an axe and a bow and arrow. Classic family stuff.

Hello everybody my name is Dustin Pueschel, and in today's episode of “The Chatting Comedian” I chat with the Amazing Comedic Legend Eddie Brill! Eddie is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer. Eddie was an audience warm up and and stand up comedy Talent coordinator for “The Late Show With David Letterman”. Eddie has also been the audience warm up for many other hit TV shows such as The Dana Carvey Show, This Is Your Life, Saved By The Bell, and Madigan Men. Eddie was also the guest host for one of the most popular Television Talk Shows of all time “The Daily Show” for 18 episodes. Eddie is also a three time MAC award winner. Eddie has mind bogglingly taped more than 100 TV Shows in 6 countries. In this episode Eddie and I chat about Eddie's experience working with Sam Kinison, the time a heckler threw a beer bottle at Eddie among many other things! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Bryan and Hoadley review the many different ways, people and objects we fall in love with. First  don't get in between a man and his balloons! Then, a woman marries chandelier and Bryan wonders about their first date. It's an episode full of love stories (and lamps)!LINKS:Watch this episode on YoutubeTCBTV-minusSponsorHello Fresh is a good service doing good things! (Use the Code TCB14)Apostrophe: Dinner Table Dermatology. $15 off your online appointment. Use The Code COMMERCIALMEMPHO Music Fest (Oct 1st-3rd 2021)Subscribe to The Commercial Break Podcast Youtube ChannelNew Episodes on Tuesdays and now Fridays everywhere!Text or leave us a message: +1 (470) 584.8449FOLLOW US:Instagram: @thecommercialbreak @bryangcomedy  @tcbkrissyClubHouse: @bryangreen @tcbkrissyClubHouse: The Commercial Break Club on Clubhouse! (home of live recordings)Twitter: tcbbryanFacebook: The Commercial Break PodcastYouTube: Youtube.com/TheCommercialBreakEmail: info@tcbpodcast.comA Chartable Top 100 Comedy Podcast#1 Trending Comedy Podcast Worldwide! (Chartable)#1 Trending Comedy Podcast U.S.(Chartable)An Apple Top 100 Comedy Podcast Top 1% Downloaded Podcasts, Worldwide (ListenNotes)A Hot 50 Podcast (Podcast Magazine)

Krissy and B-Rock discuss sex in the Olympic Village...again. Then they get back into clips from 1940's PSA's. This time they review PSA's about dating and affection. It's sure to get the attention of your Teenis!LINKS:Watch this episode on YoutubeTCBTV-minusSponsorHello Fresh is a good service doing good things! (Use the Code TCB14)Apostrophe: Dinner Table Dermatology. $15 off your online appointment. Use The Code COMMERCIALMEMPHO Music Fest (Oct 1st-3rd 2021)Subscribe to The Commercial Break Podcast Youtube ChannelNew Episodes on Tuesdays and now Fridays everywhere!Text or leave us a message: +1 (470) 584.8449FOLLOW US:Instagram: @thecommercialbreak @bryangcomedy  @tcbkrissyClubHouse: @bryangreen @tcbkrissyClubHouse: The Commercial Break Club on Clubhouse! (home of live recordings)Twitter: tcbbryanFacebook: The Commercial Break PodcastYouTube: Youtube.com/TheCommercialBreakEmail: info@tcbpodcast.comA Chartable Top 100 Comedy Podcast#1 Trending Comedy Podcast Worldwide! (Chartable)#1 Trending Comedy Podcast U.S.(Chartable)An Apple Top 100 Comedy Podcast Top 1% Downloaded Podcasts, Worldwide (ListenNotes)A Hot 50 Podcast (Podcast Magazine) 

Bryan explains to Hoadley that antenna TV is alive and well! Then they dig into the world of 1940's PSA's. It's an awful reminder of how awful these propaganda films were. Step back into time on this episode of TCB!LINKS:Watch this episode on YoutubeTCBTV-minusSponsorHello Fresh is a good service doing good things! (Use the Code TCB14)Apostrophe: Dinner Table Dermatology. $15 off your online appointment. Use The Code COMMERCIALMEMPHO Music Fest (Oct 1st-3rd 2021)Subscribe to The Commercial Break Podcast Youtube ChannelNew Episodes on Tuesdays and now Fridays everywhere!Text or leave us a message: +1 (470) 584.8449FOLLOW US:Instagram: @thecommercialbreak @bryangcomedy  @tcbkrissyClubHouse: @bryangreen @tcbkrissyClubHouse: The Commercial Break Club on Clubhouse! (home of live recordings)Twitter: tcbbryanFacebook: The Commercial Break PodcastYouTube: Youtube.com/TheCommercialBreakEmail: info@tcbpodcast.comA Chartable Top 100 Comedy Podcast#1 Trending Comedy Podcast Worldwide! (Chartable)#1 Trending Comedy Podcast U.S.(Chartable)An Apple Top 100 Comedy Podcast Top 1% Downloaded Podcasts, Worldwide (ListenNotes)A Hot 50 Podcast (Podcast Magazine)

Bryan is reminded of his extensive Dick Tracy movie memorabilia. Then he explains to Hoadley how underwhelming the first commercial Virgin Galactic space was...at least on T.V. Finally, they gang reviews more ghost chaser clips!LINKS:Watch this episode on YoutubeTCBTV-minusSponsorHello Fresh is a good service doing good things! (Use the Code TCB14)Apostrophe: Dinner Table Dermatology. $15 off your online appointment. Use The Code COMMERCIALMEMPHO Music Fest (Oct 1st-3rd 2021)Subscribe to The Commercial Break Podcast Youtube ChannelNew Episodes on Tuesdays and now Fridays everywhere!Text or leave us a message: +1 (470) 584.8449FOLLOW US:Instagram: @thecommercialbreak @bryangcomedy  @tcbkrissyClubHouse: @bryangreen @tcbkrissyClubHouse: The Commercial Break Club on Clubhouse! (home of live recordings)Twitter: tcbbryanFacebook: The Commercial Break PodcastYouTube: Youtube.com/TheCommercialBreakEmail: info@tcbpodcast.comA Chartable Top 100 Comedy Podcast#1 Trending Comedy Podcast Worldwide! (Chartable)#1 Trending Comedy Podcast U.S.(Chartable)An Apple Top 100 Comedy Podcast Top 1% Downloaded Podcasts, Worldwide (ListenNotes)A Hot 50 Podcast (Podcast Magazine)

Bryan tells Hoadley about his nightmare nightly routine of dogs slurping water and whining for no reason. They lean more about the Slip N' Side show sickness keeping the new gameshow from filming and then the gang digs into the world of Ghost Hunters! It's a ghastly and ghostly episode of TCB. LINKS:Watch this episode on YoutubeTCBTV-minusSponsorHello Fresh is a good service doing good things! (Use the Code TCB14)Apostrophe: Dinner Table Dermatology. $15 off your online appointment.Use The Code COMMERCIALSubscribe to The Commercial Break Podcast Youtube ChannelNew Episodes on Tuesdays and now Fridays everywhere!Text or leave us a message: +1 (470) 584.8449FOLLOW US:Instagram: @thecommercialbreak @bryangcomedy  @tcbkrissyClubHouse: @bryangreen @tcbkrissyClubHouse: The Commercial Break Club on Clubhouse! (home of live recordings)Twitter: tcbbryanFacebook: The Commercial Break PodcastYouTube: Youtube.com/TheCommercialBreakEmail: info@tcbpodcast.comA Chartable Top 100 Comedy Podcast#1 Trending Comedy Podcast Worldwide! (Chartable)#1 Trending Comedy Podcast U.S.(Chartable)An Apple Top 100 Comedy Podcast Top 1% Downloaded Podcasts, Worldwide (ListenNotes)A Hot 50 Podcast (Podcast Magazine)

This week, Danny and Kevin sit down with Baseball Hall of Fame-Selected, Ryan Powell and Legendary Comedian Eddie Brill. More on Ryan Powell: https://www.mlb.com/.../orioles-scout-ryan-powell-plays... Eddie Brill www.eddiebrill.com Eddie has taped more than 100 TV shows in six different countries, including ten appearances on The Late Show and on an Emmy nominated episode of the FX hit series, "Louie.” A 3-time MAC award winner for Outstanding Male Comic in NYC, he has hosted and performed for hundreds of corporate events including ESPN, Glaxo Welcome. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedannymcdermottshow/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thedannymcdermottshow/support

On the inaugural episode of Comedy Anatomy, Masavia Greer and Mike George talk to Eddie Brill, an incredible comedian, actor, and writer whose decades-long career includes a 17-year-stint as a performer and comedy booker at The Late Show with David Letterman. Eddie tours frequently, performing in the U.S., England, Ireland, France, Australia, the Netherlands, and Hong Kong. --- Comedy Anatomy delves into the minds of comedians and tries to understand how they navigate the comedy industry, and the world at large. Join us as we take a deeper, more introspective look at the people who pursue the art form of comedy. It's all about having thoughtful, engaging conversations with some of entertainment's best and brightest. In each episode, hosts Masavia Greer and Mike George interact with comedians like few ever do, revealing who their guests are as comedians but more importantly, as human beings. Ideally, our conversations leave listeners with a little wisdom to enlighten their own personal journeys. Please subscribe, comment, and leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. For more info or to get in touch, please visit our website at www.comedyanatomy.com Follow us on Instagram @comedyanatomy and on Twitter @comedy_anatomy NEW: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel where we are streaming the never-before-seen roast of the late legendary comedian Patrice O'Neal at the Boston Comedy Club in 2003, featuring Rich Vos, Bill Burr, Robert Kelly, Greg Giraldo (rest in peace), and many of the greats. Hosts: Masavia Greer, Mike George Producers: Masavia Greer, Mike George, Nat George Music by: Jeremy Carlstedt

Comedian Eddie Brill is here as we discuss: influences as a human being, not trying to please people, not giving up power, and avoiding getting tricked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://megaphone.fm/adchoices (megaphone.fm/adchoices)

Interview with legendary comedian Eddie Brill on the PUT UP, SHUT UP & STAND UP - STILL QUARANTINED SPECIAL - 6/13/20 Eddie Brill is an American comedian, writer, and actor who started his career in Boston, Massachusetts. He was previously the warm-up comedian and comedy talent coordinator of Late Show with David Letterman. Brill tours frequently, performing in the US as well as England, Ireland, France, Australia, Amsterdam, and Hong Kong. At one time, he was a humor consultant for Reader's Digest. Please like his Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/eddiebrill143Eddie_Brill(Twitter) eddiecomic(Instagram) eddiecomic(Skype) Check out OG TALK - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb3I... For more info on Eddie out- https://www.eddiebrill.com WATCH PUT UP, SHUT UP & STAND UP LIVE EVERY SATURDAY @7PM: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHrE... PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKF-... FOLLOW GOVS RADIO https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHrE... https://www.facebook.com/GovsRadio/ FOLLOW PUSUSU: www.facebook.com/PutupShutupStandup https://www.instagram.com/put_up_shut... PLEASE DONATE - Feeding LOCAL heroes & friends, from LOCAL businesses https://www.facebook.com/groups/58178...

This episode features comedian Eddie Brill. In addition to making people laugh all over the world, Eddie was the former warm-up act and comedy talent coordinator for the Late Show With David Letterman. They discuss Eddie's journey in his stand-up career, including performing in Europe, bombing in front of his date, and his writing process. There are so many stories and so much great information in this episode. A must listen! We also discuss Eddie's charity of choice, "The David Ortiz Childrens Fund."

Host Tom Simes sits down with Eddie Brill. Comedian, former club owner, and former talent coordinator for the Late Show with David Letterman. They discuss the experience of getting booked to perform stand up on the show.

Eddie Brill, Matt Braunger, Tony Hinchcliffe, Brian Redban - Date: 09/22/2017 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are very excited to bring you another episode of the show, and it's a good one.  Think of a great comic.  Louie CK, Don Rickels, Joan Rivers, Scott Brennan.  Eddie Brill has worked with them all.  Eddie has been in the comedy industry for decades.  From doing standup, to running a club,to working on David Letterman, Eddie has done it all.  Eddie was funny, smart, and showed an obvious passion for comedy.  It was a real honor to talk to him. Follow Eddie on Twitter @eddie_brill and visit www.eddiebrill.com   Later, we talk about The Walking Dead, The World Series, going through a haunted house with comics,and Scott being too fat for a mule ride.   Please follow us on iTunes and leave a review.  If you do, Mike Burlew will dress as a ManMule.

Greg and Dave discuss an arm rest battle, a backstage power move and Eddie Brill getting fired from Letterman

Greg and Dave discuss an arm rest battle, a backstage power move and Eddie Brill getting fired from Letterman

  This episode is brought to you by Patreon Sponsor John Peters and the Clean Comedy Conference.   Social Media ninja Kate Dore joins us today to talk about the digital tools available to independent artists. Kate works for Raven Tools which is a software company that is a platform for marketers. She is a social media consultant, and she also blogs at http://cashvilleskyline.com where she talks about becoming financially independent.   Here is just a snapshot of the Social Media Pro Tips in this episode: Blogging tips including frequency and relevancy Her strategy for posting and promoting How many social media channels are "do-able" Posting where your audience is Forum reader comments - "on" or "off' Using negative comments as a topic for a future post Scheduling posts with Buffer Engaging on the day of releasing new material Using LinkedIN  like Twitter  First steps for getting involved on LinkedIN When to start sharing content on LinkedIN How to be more searchable on LInkedIN My trick for putting a Facebook ad in front of LinkedIN friends Manipulating your results in Google Search Using Alt tags for images you share to increase SEO Hacking Facebook organic reach with Facebook Live Sharing your Instagram posts to Facebook The incredible value of collecting fans email addresses Using SumoMe (a free tool) to help get email addresses Experimenting with Mailchimp, Constant Contact, Convert Kit Ditching vanity metrics and focusing on engagement Getting 60% of her blog referrals from ... Pinterest! Using Google Analytics to understand your fan engagement and honestly too much more to list! Kate Dore's Favorite Social Media Resources How great is Kate Dore??? She also provided us with valuable resources to some useful articles and tools you can explore and use in your social media strategy.   Resources: How To Land Freelance Jobs with Social Media http://cashvilleskyline.com/2016/01/27/social-media-freelance-jobs/ How and Why to Collect Emails Using Your Website https://raventools.com/blog/collect-emails-on-your-website/ Everything You Need to Know about Snapchat https://blog.bufferapp.com/snapchat Gary Vaynerchuk on Why Snapchat Matters http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/podcasts/gary-vaynerchuk-snapchat-matters/ My Resources Page: http://cashvilleskyline.com/resources/ Social Media tools Kate Dore likes ... Buffer - Twitter scheduling Mention - Brand Monitoring Tailwind - Pinterest scheduling Social Warfare - Social media sharing plugin To find out more about Kate Dore visit any of her links below! Website - Twitter  - Facebook - LinkedIn - Google+ - Pinterest   Kate Dore / Owner & Editor of Cashville Skyline   This episode is brought to you by the Clean Comedy Conference which takes place in San Diego, California October 13th through the 15th, 2016.   There's an old adage in comedy: Clean is green.Through the Conference you'll learn from professional comedians and bookers such as Eddie Brill, Jimmy Brogan, Charlene Mae, Amy Pittle, Tony Calabrese, and Scott Wood, who will address the pitfalls and show you how to navigate the challenges of making money as a clean comedian. In addition to working at clean comedy venues, many of these speakers and panelists have written for television and have booked for clubs, colleges, churches, cruise ships, and late-night TV such as Letterman. The theme for this year's conference is "Clean isn't a dirty word." Come and see why for yourself. Early bird registration ends August 15th so sign up today at cleancomedyconference.com. As a thank you to School of Laughs listeners, use promo code "schooloflaughs" for a special $10 discount. Go to cleancomedyconference.com today! "Club 52" is a 52 week, email based stand-up program. It will include a weekly challenge designed to help you become a better comedian. This year long program will feature an email every Friday from me. I will ask you to take a serious look at some of your business practices, writing processes, performance techniques, branding, marketing and a whole lot more. The program starts the week you join and continues for 52 weeks as long as you are still supporting the podcast through Patreon at the $7 a month level. Questions? Email me (Rik) at SchoolOfLaughs@gmail.com. Or call 1-888-895-8549. Or. if you are ready, head on over to www.Patreon.com/SchoolOfLaughs to get started.  

Eddie Brill is a comedian, former booker of The Late Show With David Letterman, and a dad. He also books The Great American Comedy Festival in Norfolk, Nebraska. He has an interesting story of becoming a father that you won't want to miss. Enjoy our chat! eddiebrill.com kiracomedy.com allthingscomedy.com

This is episode is brought to you by Patreon Sponsor Colin Street and the Clean Comedy Conference. Taylor Mason is a juggernaut of comedic activity. His shows are accessible to EVERYONE. He connects in a sly and subtle way with his audiences that have them coming back time and time again. I first worked with Taylor at Zanies in Vernon Hills, IL and most recently shared the stage with him on the Stand Up For Families special hosted by Chonda Pierce on the DOVE CHANNEL. We cover a lot of ground in this episode. Specifically Taylor Mason and I talk about ... Moonlighting as a student at Northwestern University's Medill School of Advertising Slogging it out as a Piano man for tips The influence professor Don Schultz had on his writing Becoming the musical director at Second City Opening for (and getting scolded by) Warren Zevon Getting started at Zanies on Wells Street, Chicago Doing a thesis paper on comedy clubs for school How he survived a gig for the Coal industry His flashy performance at De Ja Vu Comedy Club in Columbia, MO His process and how he writes comedy and a whole lot more! If you want to learn more about Taylor simply go to TaylorMason.com or follow him on TWITTER . This episode is brought to you by the Clean Comedy Conference which takes place in San Diego, California October 13th through the 15th, 2016. There's an old adage in comedy: Clean is green. Through the Conference you'll learn from professional comedians and bookers such as Eddie Brill, Jimmy Brogan, Charlene Mae, Amy Pittle, Tony Calabrese, and Scott Wood, who will address the pitfalls and show you how to navigate the challenges of making money as a clean comedian. In addition to working at clean comedy venues, many of these speakers and panelists have written for television and have booked for clubs, colleges, churches, cruise ships, and late-night TV such as Letterman. The theme for this year's conference is "Clean isn't a dirty word." Come and see why for yourself. Early bird registration ends August 15th so sign up today at cleancomedyconference.com. As a thank you to School of Laughs listeners, use promo code "schooloflaughs" for a special $10 discount. Go to cleancomedyconference.com today! "Club 52" is a 52 week, email based stand-up program. It will include a weekly challenge designed to help you become a better comedian. This year long program will feature an email every Friday from me. I will ask you to take a serious look at some of your business practices, writing processes, performance techniques, branding, marketing and a whole lot more. The program starts the week you join and continues for 52 weeks as long as you are still supporting the podcast through Patreon at the $7 a month level. Questions? Email me (Rik) at SchoolOfLaughs@gmail.com. Or call 1-888-895-8549. Or. if you are ready, head on over to www.Patreon.com/SchoolOfLaughs to get started.  

This episode is brought to you by Patreon sponsor Brina Morgan and the Clean Comedy Conference. Rob Durham, author of "Don't Wear Shorts On Stage" joins us to day to discuss what to expect as you explore your first open mic nights and road gigs. I first met Rob when I lived in Columbus, OH. He has since moved on to St. Louis where he is a full time high school English teacher and part time comedian. We cover a lot of ground in this episode including: Opening for Pauly Shore The St. Louis Comedy scene Doing a gig just for teachers Teaching Stand-Up Comedy week at school The skills an emcee needs The real difference between emcee and feature work Why comics think they can headline before they really can and of course, what NOT to where on stage. If you enjoyed Rob's advice please head on over to https://dontwearshortsonstage.com to learn more. You can find his book there, and also at AMAZON or even EBAY . This episode is brought to you by the Clean Comedy Conference which takes place in San Diego, California October 13th through the 15th, 2016. There's an old adage in comedy: Clean is green. Through the Conference you'll learn from professional comedians and bookers such as Eddie Brill, Jimmy Brogan, Charlene Mae, Amy Pittle, Tony Calabrese, and Scott Wood, who will address the pitfalls and show you how to navigate the challenges of making money as a clean comedian. In addition to working at clean comedy venues, many of these speakers and panelists have written for television and have booked for clubs, colleges, churches, cruise ships, and late-night TV such as Letterman. The theme for this year's conference is "Clean isn't a dirty word." Come and see why for yourself. Early bird registration ends August 15th so sign up today at cleancomedyconference.com. As a thank you to School of Laughs listeners, use promo code "schooloflaughs" for a special $10 discount. Go to cleancomedyconference.com today!   Take Your Comedy To The Next Level with CLUB 52! "Club 52" is a 52 week, email based stand-up program. It will include a weekly challenge designed to help you become a better comedian. This year long program will feature an email every Friday from me. I will ask you to take a serious look at some of your business practices, writing processes, performance techniques, branding, marketing and a whole lot more. The program starts the week you join and continues for 52 weeks as long as you are still supporting the podcast through Patreon at the $7 a month level. Questions? Email me (Rik) at SchoolOfLaughs@gmail.com. Or call 1-888-895-8549. Or. if you are ready, head on over to www.Patreon.com/SchoolOfLaughs to get started.  

This episode is brought to you by Patreon Sponsor Greg Adams and the Clean Comedy Conference (CleanComedyConference.com). Have you ever wondered about submitting to comedy festivals? Curious as to what your video should look like? How long it should be? What kind of website you should have to support the festival bookers search for more information? Matt Ward, stand up comedian and festival planner, joins us to day to discuss all things comedy festival! Matt knows a lot about how committees choose comedians, because he's done it. Matt Ward is involved with both the Cape Fear Comedy Festival and the Scruffy City Comedy Festival. In this rapid paced half hour we cover a lot of ground, including: How Matt first discovered comedy His first performance (which took place at a birthday party) Insight into the Knoxville, TN comedy scene Video length for submitting to comedy festivals The best video platform to host your submission videos Why high quality video hosting may be a bad thing The simplicity involved in shooting video Several mistakes comics make with their videos How to save time and make it easier for those watching your clips Why you shouldn't monetize a festival submission video Why you might not get selected even though you deserve to be picked The evolution of head shots and some key things to consider And much, much more! SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: This episode is brought to you by the Clean Comedy Conference which takes place in San Diego, California October 13th through the 15th, 2016. There's an old adage in comedy: Clean is green. Through the Conference you'll learn from professional comedians and bookers such as Eddie Brill, Jimmy Brogan, Charlene Mae, Amy Pittle, Tony Calabrese, and Scott Wood, who will address the pitfalls and show you how to navigate the challenges of making money as a clean comedian. In addition to working at clean comedy venues, many of these speakers and panelists have written for television and have booked for clubs, colleges, churches, cruise ships, and late-night TV such as Letterman. The theme for this year's conference is "Clean isn't a dirty word." Come and see why for yourself. Early bird registration ends August 15th so sign up today at cleancomedyconference.com. As a thank you to School of Laughs listeners, use promo code "schooloflaughs" for a special $10 discount. Go to cleancomedyconference.com today! CLUB 52 "Club 52" is a 52 week, email based stand-up program. It will include a weekly challenge designed to help you become a better comedian. This year long program will feature an email every Friday from me. I will ask you to take a serious look at some of your business practices, writing processes, performance techniques, branding, marketing and a whole lot more. The program starts the week you join and continues for 52 weeks as long as you are still supporting the podcast through Patreon at the $7 a month level. Questions? Email me (Rik) at SchoolOfLaughs@gmail.com. Or call 1-888-895-8549. Or. if you are ready, head on over to www.Patreon.com/SchoolOfLaughs to get started.

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