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In today's episode of the Daily Comedy News, Johnny Mac covers the chaotic opening night of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival at the Palace Theater that was disrupted by a medical emergency. The festival, featuring 1000 performers, will continue until April 20th. Johnny discusses notable performers, including Julio Torres and Colin Jost. He delves into Bert Kreischer's insights on the evolution of comedy specials and recounts a Slate article examining Bill Burr's current status in comedy. The episode also features comedy from Trey Crowder, reflections from Mateo Lane and Amy Schumer's weight loss medication update. Additionally, there are updates on various comedy shows and festivals, including standouts at the Great American Comedy Festival and podcast recommendations. 00:12 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Update01:15 Spotlight on Mitch Hedberg this weekend01:40 Colin Jost at Cornell02:04 Married Comedians and Their Jokes02:43 Bert Kreischer on Comedy Evolution04:44 Bill Burr's Cultural Impact06:43 Trae Crowder's Political Comedy08:05 Sophie Buddle and Matteo Lane's Stories09:17 Comedy News Roundup12:39 Upcoming Comedy EventsUnlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app which says UNITERRUPTED LISTENING. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!  You also get 20+ other shows on the network ad-free!    This podcast supports Podcasting 2.0 if you'd like to support the show via value for value and stream some sats! https://linktr.ee/dailycomedynews Contact John at john@thesharkdeck dot com  John's free substack about the media:  Media Thoughts  is mcdpod.substack.com DCN on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@dailycomedynews You can also support the show at www.buymeacoffee.com/dailycomedynewsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/daily-comedy-news--4522158/support.

Join us for an exciting NEW episode of Laugh with Me! Our host, Jeremy Odem, had an interesting Saturday night with stand up comedian, actor and all around hilarious guy, Frank Caliendo. Hear all about how it came to be and the stories from it. In this episode: -Jeremy does a favor -Driving Frank through a tornado -Great American Comedy Festival and so much MORE This episode is sponsored by PODUP.COM, use code LAUGHWITHME15 to save 15% on podcasting services Follow us on our socials: X @laughwithmepod & @JOfromNebraska Instagram @laughwithmepodcast TikTok @JeremyOdem0 YouTube 'Laugh with Me Podcast'

This Episode Tommy talks about his comedy career, divorce, how he almost lost his new cat, and a trip he had in his 20's in Europe. Tommy Ryman, a semifinalist on NBC's Last Comic Standing, is an acclaimed comedian. His oddly-adorable stand-up landed him No. 1 on iTunes comedy charts for his album Party Troll. Named Best of the Midwest at Gilda's Laugh Fest, Tommy grew up in Minnesota jamming on clarinet for his new-age mom and kale-chip-making dad. He performs at top clubs, colleges, and festivals across the nation including the Great American Comedy Festival. Tommy was invited to be on Nickelodeon's NickMom Night Out and has a full comedy special on Dry Bar Comedy. He's worked alongside Nick Swardson, Hannibal Buress, Maria Bamford and Louie Anderson but none wear a cardigan quite like Tommy. Featured on Paste Magazine and regularly heard on SirusXM and iheartradio, Tommy's act can be described as absurdist and clever masked behind an endearing, innocent demeanor. A Last Comic Standing judge raved, “I have never seen anything like [Tommy] before in my whole life, [he is] one-of-a-kind, fantastic!”  Chapters 0:00 Clean and Dirty Writing Style 2:48 Divorce 7:00 Editing your Art 8:15 Attention Span 11:42 Slept in a train station in Paris 19:15 Sleeping in random places 22:14 Headliner locked us out of the condo 23:02 Road stories 25:01 Grandpa in a plane crash 29:03 Population Decline & AI 39:14 New Cat Story. Tommy's Website: https://www.tommyryman.com/ Submit Your Questions and stories on Send it Show: https://form.jotform.com/233275884132156 Brendan's Website: brendangay.komi.io Reddit channel Here: https://www.reddit.com/user/BrendanGayComedy/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brendan-gay/message

Bryan Miller Tells A Great Story in this Send It Show Episode with Brendan Gay. Bryan talks about how his former employers went to jail, his families funeral business, and he actually solved an unsolved mystery. It's a really fun episode. Link to Full Episode: https://youtu.be/MzyKYXefqgo Submit Your Questions and stories on Send it Show: https://form.jotform.com/233275884132156 Bryan Miller will be headlining Acme Dec 11-14 His Comedy Albums and published writings on website as well! Website: http://bryanmillercomedy.com/ Brendan's Website: brendangay.komi.io Reddit channel Here: https://www.reddit.com/user/BrendanGayComedy/ Bryans Bio: “In his first year he was a finalist in Acme's Funniest Person in the Twin Cities contest, and just two years later he was spotted by Craig Ferguson, who invited him to do a spot on CBS's The Late Late Show, where he made his network television debut in April 2012 Bryan has appeared in the Great American Comedy Festival, the Boston Comedy Festival, and the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, can be heard on Sirius/XM radio, and is featured on the Stand Up! Records compilation album Nerd Alert.” Chapters 0:00 best place to live as a comic 2:45 Bryan's Fiction writing 6:45 How city Pages employees went to jail 9:04 Women's Body. Women's Choice 12:45 How Bryan got free money for a year and a half 15:15 How far would you go for your wife? 18:20 Embezzlement in Stand Up Comedy 24:50 Bookers & Minnesota Comedy Scene 26:51 Contracts with friends 29:45 Building your own audience in Stand Up 31:20 History of Acme comedy club in MN 38:00 What is great comedy? 42:10 The feature road comic is dying 44:45 Unsolved Mystery stories 50:30 Bryans Grandpa 52:04 Funeral home business 54:35 What happens to your grave when everyone you know is gone --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brendan-gay/message

Lynn Maleh and Christie Bahna are two Middle Eastern comedy queens digging up the funny from the first-generation experience. In this episode, Lynn and Christie chat with Ahmed Bharoocha about his bicoastal upbringing as a half Irish-Catholic, half Pakistani-Indian-Burmese Muslim lad; his journey from almost-engineer to actor-comedian; dad jokes; ghosts; pranks; and the meaning of life! .... Conan and Comedy Central veteran Ahmed Bharoocha is half Irish Catholic, half Pakistani-Indian-Burmese-Muslim, and wholly a master of punctuating striking social commentary with high-energy theatrics. In 2010, Bharoocha won the Magner's International Comedy Festival and soon moved to Los Angeles (specifically his sister's dining-room floor). There he began producing weekly web shorts with Ryan O'Flanagan and Jack Robichaud for their Dead Kevin Sketch channel; the viral sketch trio has since been featured on Tosh.0, Funny or Die and named one of L.A. Weekly's 2013 Comedy Acts to Watch. As a solo stand-up, Bharoocha's festival performances include Just for Laughs Montreal, the Moontower Comedy Festival, Riot L.A., the Great American Comedy Festival and Scotland's Glasgow International Comedy Festival. He also appeared on America's Got Talent, Adam DeVine's House Party, Viceland's Flophouse, and Adult Swim's Dream Corp, LLC. Catch Ahmed in his newest film, The Prank, and follow him on ⁠YouTube⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠, and ⁠Instagram⁠!

From soaring through the skies as a Marine helicopter pilot to conquering comedy stages, Mitch Burrow's life has been a wild ride. Join Deadair Dennis Maler as they chat with this Wichita, Texas native about his unconventional path to comedy, his experiences during the pandemic, and his thoughts on the future of laughter in a world of podcasts, TikToks, and social media fame. Get ready for a hilarious and insightful conversation that'll take you from the cockpit to the comedy club and back again!

Nuestra Palabra spotlights acclaimed Nicaraguan-American comedian Cat Alvarado as she talks about her debut comedy album Off-White, available now on Spotify and Apple Music! Cat Alvarado is a Nicaraguan-American comedian who turned her journey as a Latina misfit into an award-winning one-woman show and a comedy special, Off-White. She's performed at the Laughing Skull Lounge Festival and The Big Pine Comedy Festival. She premiered her hour at the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival to rave reviews, winning a Producer's Encore Award. She was also a featured comedian at the 2022 Great American Comedy Festival. She made her TV stand-up debut on PBS's First Nations Comedy Experience in 2018. She is also the creator and host of the Villains of History podcast, a cohost on the Unofficial Official Story podcast, and a frequent guest co-host on YouTube's Reel Rejects. Her debut comedy album, Off-White, was released on May 26th on @BlondeMedicine and everywhere comedy albums are streamed or sold. Cat discussed the creation of her debut album as well as some of the themes in her material, including identity and Latinidad, as well as the current climate in the comedy world. Tony Diaz Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, is a Cultural Accelerator. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. In 1998, he founded Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say (NP), Houston's first reading series for Latino authors. The group galvanized Houston's Community Cultural Capital to become a movement for civil rights, education, and representation. When Arizona officials banned Mexican American Studies, Diaz and four veteran members of NP organized the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle books from the banned curriculum back into Arizona. He is the author of The Aztec Love God. His book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital, is the first in his series on Community Organizing. * This is part of a Nuestra Palabra Multiplatform broadcast. * Video airs on www.Fox26Houston.com. * Audio airs on 90.1 FM Houston, KPFT, Houston's Community Station, where our show began. * Live events. Thanks to Roxana Guzman, Multiplatform Producer Rodrigo Bravo, Jr., Audio Producer Radame Ortiez, SEO Director Marc-Antony Piñón, Graphics Designer Leti Lopez, Music Director Bryan Parras, co-host and producer emeritus Liana Lopez, co-host and producer emeritus Lupe Mendez, Texas Poet Laureate, co-host, and producer emeritus Writer and activist Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, hosts Latino Politics and News and the Nuestra Palabra Radio Show on 90.1 FM, KPFT, Houston's Community Station. He is also a political analyst on “What's Your Point?” on Fox 26 Houston. He is the author of the forthcoming book: The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital. www.Librotraficante.com www.NuestraPalabra.org www.TonyDiaz.net Nuestra Palabra is funded in part by the BIPOC Arts Network Fund. Instrumental Music produced / courtesy of Bayden Records Website | baydenrecords.beatstars.com

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

Natalie got to sit down with the hilarious and charming Cat Alvarado! We talk Trigger warning: we talk about sexual assault for a small part of the episode. We talk dating, divorce, religion, fuck boys and so much more. Cat is a Nicaraguan-American comedian who turned her journey as a Latina misfit into an award-winning one-woman show and now, into her upcoming comedy album Off-White. She was also a featured comedian at the 2022 Great American Comedy Festival and performed at Laughing Skull and The Big Pine Comedy Festival. She is the creator and host of the Villains of History podcast, a co-host on the Unofficial Official Story podcast, and a frequent guest co-host on YouTube's Reel Rejects.

Rick Bryan is a standup comedian from Denver, CO. He is featured on COmedy 103.1 fm, Spotify, Pandora, Google Play, Amazon, Apple music, iHeartRadio, iTunes, and "Unfit" on Amazon Prime. RIck performs all over the country from his hometown, at the Comedy works south and downtown clubs, the Denver improv, Wit's End, LooneesComedy Corner, the Downunder Comedy Club, to The Comedy Club of Kansas City, Funnies Comedy Club in Oklahoma, the Laugh Factory in Chicago, LA Comedy Club and Jokesters Comedy Club in Las Vegas, the Creek and the Cave in New York, to headlining Snappers Comedy Club in Palm Harbor, Florida. Rick headlines across the country for Hyatt Evans Agency and Entertainment Max. He has also performed in national festivals such as the Great American Comedy Festival, Laugh Track Comedy Festival, The World Series of Comedy, NoCo Comedy Festival, and Albuquerque Funny Fiesta. On 09/11/2006 Rick was diagnosed with testicular cancer. This life altering event led Rick to start thinking about change. He started stand-up comedy and pursuing a life dedicated to making people laugh, after all, laughter is the best medicine – he found that doing Stand Up Comedy helped relieve the stress and pain in his life! Rick loves performing for audiences, enjoys being happy and is happy when making others laugh!

After a few rough sets in Lousiana, Mark Normand headed to New York City and made the magic happen! From Conan to Jimmy Fallon and a special with 4.5 million views, Mark has blown up the last few years. We talk about performing in front of huge theater crowds, getting compliments from Seinfeld (Mark, not me) oue earliest jokes and doing live shows during the pandemic.Pat House is a nationally-touring comedian based out of Philadelphia. A regular performer in comedy clubs, casinos, and theaters all over the country, Pat has been a choice opener for Sebastian Maniscalco, Tom Segura, and Dan Cummins. He recorded his first album Biggest Thing in 2013, and his latest album Heard Enough Yesterday, hit #1 on the iTunes comedy charts. Both can be heard on iTunes, Amazon and Pandora.Mark Normand is a fun-loving, New York comedian. Ok, I’m gonna brag a little here but hey, you’re on the site so that must mean you’re somewhat interested. I don’t know, I’ve just seen other comics do this. Ah screw you, I’m proud of these credits! Sorry, I got worked up there. (I just wanna be liked)So far, Mark has done a One-Hour Comedy Central special “Don’t Be Yourself”, a Comedy Central HALF HOUR special, has appeared on TBS’s CONAN 6 times, Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Showtime’s “Live at SXSW”, INSIDE AMY SCHUMER, TruTv, Best Week Ever, MTv, Last Comic Standing, @Midnight and released an album with Comedy Central records titled “Still Got It” (it’s not bad). This year, Mark took first place at the Great American Comedy Festival competition. In 2013 won Caroline’s March Madness competition, beating out 63 other comedians. And this is a real shocker for all of us, but he was also voted Village Voice’s “Best Comedian of 2013”, I know, right? In 2012, Mark appeared on “John Oliver’s New York Standup Show” on Comedy Central, and in 2011 was picked as one of Comedy Central’s “Comics to Watch.”Mark was born and raised in New Orleans, LA surprisingly to two normal parents. As a kid he spent most of his time shooting short films and wetting the bed. He started doing comedy right after college and quickly moved to New York. Mark now does comedy clubs and colleges across the country and has been involved in many festivals including Portland, Seattle, DC, Boston, Vancouver, Melbourne and in 2013 was featured as a New Face at the Montreal Comedy Festival.More annoying accolades that no one really cares about: Mark was named one of Comedy Central’s Comics To Watch for the 2011 New York Comedy Festival. Mark was also named Esquire’s “Best New Comedians 2012”, Splitsider’s “Top 10 Up and Coming Comedians on Each Coast”, and Time Out New York’s “21 New York Comedy Scene Linchpins”. Whew, sorry about all that.

Veteran comedian, Richard Reese – has been dishing out the laughs with the best of them for years. He’s accumulated much experience over that time — including being voted “Most Entertaining” at The MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and winning the Great American Comedy Festival in 2008. Followed by those escapades were the release of two comedy specials entitled “Smoke, Jokes & Lasers (2013)” and “Always Laugh Forever Before You Die Yesterday (2015).” In 2016 his album “Jetpack Tuxedo” arrived on digital platforms to pleasing reviews. As a tenacious agent of humor, Richard brings an original and unpredictable approach to his show. Creatively witty and intelligently silly, this comedian/filmmaker continues to delight audiences near and far.Richard Reese Social Mediahttps://www.youtube.com/cosmicpretzel9https://twitter.com/richardtweesehttps://www.facebook.com/richard.reese.906https://instagram.com/richardtweese/Support The EveryNothing Podcast channel: On our website: https://www.everynothingpodcast.com/Email: everynothingpodcast@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/every_nothinpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everynothingpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/everynothingpodcast Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/everynothingpodcast

This show features comic Kermit Apio, a talented Headliner who moved quickly through the comedy ranks by winning both the Seattle Comedy Competition and also the Great American Comedy Festival. He has performed on stage, TV, and concerts, and always to happy laughing crowds.....A talented musician as well, this show has a fun interview, some Hawaiian  music, and a comedy set by this unique Entertainer.

Pat is quickly rising as one of the sharpest stand-ups in the comedy world. His appeal stems from his quick wit & relatable take on family life & marriage. In 2017, Pat began touring as the opening act for comedic superstar Sebastian Maniscalco, moving with him from clubs, to theater, and to arenas - including 4 sold out shows at Madison Square Garden. Pat is a relative latecomer to the comedy scene. He began stand-up at the age of 31 after realizing he was not very good at selling packaging. He hustled his way to become the house emcee at Zanies Comedy Club in Chicago, where he distinguished himself as especially adept at working the crowd. His short, but impressive resume, includes performances on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Gotham Comedy Live (AXS-TV), Montreal’s famed Just For Laughs Festival, Gilda’s LaughFest, The Great American Comedy Festival and the Nashville Comedy Fest.

Pat is quickly rising as one of the sharpest stand-ups in the comedy world. His appeal stems from his quick wit & relatable take on family life & marriage. In 2017, Pat began touring as the opening act for comedic superstar Sebastian Maniscalco, moving with him from clubs, to theater, and to arenas - including 4 sold out shows at Madison Square Garden. Pat is a relative latecomer to the comedy scene. He began stand-up at the age of 31 after realizing he was not very good at selling packaging. He hustled his way to become the house emcee at Zanies Comedy Club in Chicago, where he distinguished himself as especially adept at working the crowd. His short, but impressive resume, includes performances on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Gotham Comedy Live (AXS-TV), Montreal’s famed Just For Laughs Festival, Gilda’s LaughFest, The Great American Comedy Festival and the Nashville Comedy Fest.

Pat McGann is quickly rising as one of the sharpest stand-ups in the comedy world. A relative latecomer to the scene, Pat began stand up at the age of 31 after realizing he was not very good at selling packaging. He hustled his way to become the house emcee at Zanies Chicago, where he distinguished himself as especially adept at working the crowd. A husband and father of 3 young children, Pat's appeal stems from his quick wit & relatable take on family life & marriage. In 2017, McGann began touring as the opening act for Sebastian Maniscalco, moving with him from clubs, to theater, and to arenas, including 4 sold out shows at Madison Square Garden. McGann's relatively short, but impressive resume, includes performances on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Montreal's famed Just For Laughs Festival, Gilda's LaughFest, The Great American Comedy Festival and the Nashville Comedy Fest. McGann still calls Chicago home.

ACB Radio was once again proud to broadcast live National Braille Press' “A Million Laughs for Literacy Gala” Thursday beginning at 6:30 PM Eastern, from the Museum of Science Blue Wing in Boston, MA where the full-size Tyrannosaurus rex model oversaw the festivities. For more than 15 years, the A Million Laughs for Literacy Gala has raised millions to support National Braille Press' Braille Literacy Programs which exist to ensure blind and visually impaired children are given an equal chance to read. Braille typically costs three times more to produce than the same materials in print, but NBP strives to make sure blind individuals do not have to pay more for the same information. Thursday's Gala features comedian Pat McGann. Pat is a stand-up comedian and television host from Chicago. In 2015, he made his second appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. Pat created and hosted the Emmy-nominated television show The Chicago Stand Up Project. He has been invited to The Great American Comedy Festival, Laugh Fest, The Lucille Ball Comedy Festival and has been heard on the nationally-syndicated The Bob and Tom Show as well as seen on AXS-TV's Gotham Comedy Live. His debut comedy album Sounds Good can be heard on Sirius/XM radio. Brian Charlson and Rick Morin host the event.

Kermet is back with more great stories and we got the sound right this time. We talked about the social responsibilities of a comedian in the current political climate and other smart stuff. We talked about fatherhood and a tour he did early in his career that ended up at a renaissance fair...in a tent. Kermet is always funny and engaging. We feel lucky to know this powerhouse comedian, winner of the Great American Comedy Festival and Seattle Comedy Competition, wonderful human and great dad. 

Nicole Byer  is an actress, comedian and writer. She hosts the baking show Nailed It currently streaming on Netflix and has a sitcom loosely based on her life streaming on Facebook Watch called Loosely Exactly Nicole. She also hosts a podcast called Why Won't You Date Me. She recently starred on the short lived Fox sketch show Party Over Here. You've also seen her on MTV's Girl Code, 30 Rock, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, @Midnight, Adult Swim, Chelsea Lately, Transparent, Lady Dynamite, and a Nestle commercial that only runs in Israel. She co-wrote and starred in the Pursuit of Sexiness which Variety named a web series to watch. Nicole was featured as a Time Out LA comic to watch in 2015, and Refinery 29 says she’s a female comic to look out for. She’s also been featured in Cosmopolitan, Ladies Home Journal, Elle and Ebony. Nicole has basically done lots of fun shit. She also tours the dang country, so go see one of her shows! Sasheer Zamata is a comedian, actress and writer. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and This American Life. She serves as ACLU’s Celebrity Ambassador for Women’s Rights. She hosts a live variety show called Sasheer Zamata Party Time, and you can watch her standup special Pizza Mind on Amazon Prime and Starz, and listen to it on iTunes and Spotify. She’s been listed in Time Out New York’s Top 10 Funniest Women in NYC, Brooklyn Magazine’s 50 Funniest People in Brooklyn, and Complex Magazine’s Women in Comedy You Should Be Paying Attention to Right Now. She co-created and co-starred in the webseries Pursuit of Sexiness, which was named one of the Top 10 Web Series of 2013 by Variety, and part of Glamour’s 7 Web Series We Can’t Stop Watching in 2015. She’s performed at Clusterfest, Just for Laughs (Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver), Bonnaroo, SXSW, Moontower Comedy Festival, Outside Lands, SF Sketchfest, Vodafone Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, New York Comedy Festival, Brooklyn Comedy Festival, Limestone Comedy Festival, Woodstock Comedy Festival, North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival, Great American Comedy Festival, and Women in Comedy Festival. Vanessa Gonzalez is originally from Texas and was voted “Best Stand-up Comic” in the Austin Chronicle. She was a breakout as one of the New Faces of the 2017 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and subsequently created and starred in a webseries called "Ms. Vanessa" for Mas Mejor, a digital platform that is part of Lorne Michael’s company Broadway Video. She was recently featured on TruTV’s "Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks" and has a half hour stand-up special for Comedy Central and a short special on HBO Latino airing in 2019. Always hosted by Marina Franklin- Trainwreck, Louie Season V, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Conan O'Brien, and HBO's Crashing

Let's welcome to the show Mr. Andy Woodhull. Mr. Woodhull recently appeared on Conan on TBS the same year his half hour special premiered on Comedy Central.  In 2014 he was the first comedian to make his network television debut on the Tonight Show: Staring Jimmy Fallon.  He has also recently appeared on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen, and Gotham Comedy Live on AXS. In 2009 he appeared on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham. Andy has appeared at many comedy festivals and contests including, the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, The Maui Comedy Festival, Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, and The Great American Comedy Festival.  He has been featured on the nationally syndicated Bob and Tom radio show, and was a semi-finalist in CMT's "Next Big Comic".  He won the Best of the Midwest Competition at Gilda's Laugh Fest in 2010.  His 2012 album release "Lucy" was named top 10 comedy albums of the year by comedyreviews.com.  His newest release “Step Parenting” spent time in the top 20 comedy albums on itunes.   He is a former resident of Chicago, where he was named one of four comedians to watch by the Chicago Tribune, and you can find more of him here. 

Let's welcome to the show Mr. Tommy Ryman. He was a semifinalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, is an acclaimed comedian. His oddly-adorable stand-up landed him No. 2 on iTunes comedy charts for his album Having the Time of My Life. Named Best of the Midwest at Gilda’s Laugh Fest, Tommy grew up in Minnesota jamming on clarinet for his new-age mom and kale-chip-making dad. He performs at top clubs, colleges, and festivals across the nation including the Great American Comedy Festival. Tommy was invited to be on Nickelodeon’s NickMom Night Out and has a full comedy special on Dry Bar Comedy. He’s worked alongside Nick Swardson, Hannibal Buress, Maria Bamford and Louie Anderson but none wear a cardigan quite like Tommy. Featured on Paste Magazine and regularly heard on SirusXM and iheartradio, Tommy’s act can be described as absurdist and clever masked behind an endearing, innocent demeanor. A Last Comic Standing judge raved, “I have never seen anything like [Tommy] before in my whole life, [he is] one-of-a-kind, fantastic!” You can find more of him here.

Tyler is back and we try to figure out how to fix the Great American Comedy Festival. Become a Plantain! https://www.patreon.com/millennialspodcastnetwork Subscroob on Grooble Day! https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ii6zafkcg2zqkzbynxgd2lhg2n4 Wish Steve Jobs back to life!! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/millennials-podcast-network/id1039654547?mt=2

Steve Cooper talks with stand-up comic Eddie Brill. Eddie he worked as the audience warm-up on The Late Show with David Letterman for seventeen years and for eleven of those years he was the Stand Up Comedy Talent Coordinator and was the creative director of the Great American Comedy Festival which honors Johnny Carson. He has taped more than 100 TV shows in six different countries, including ten appearances on The Late Show.  His many acting roles include the FX hit series, Louie and the film 30 Years to Life with Tracy Morgan. He is also a 3-time MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs) Award Winner for Outstanding Male Stand-up Comic in NYC.  In 2008, he received the first ever Lifetime Achievement Award by the ECNY (The Emerging Comics of NY) and has been also honored with an Alumni Award of Distinction from Emerson College.

This week is one of my oldest friends from my crazy and wild days in the entertainment industry. I can truly say that Kermet is one of the nicest, most special, awesome dude in the entire world. I love the fact that he walks his talk when it comes to his personal and professional life.   Enjoy and please remember to review and subscribe!   Stuff from Episode: Road Comic, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3883282/ List of Open Mics in Portland, http://noiseandcolorpdx.com/2016/01/06/portland-city-guide-open-mic-nights/ Aspen Comedy Festival, https://www.aspenchamber.org/event-calendar/aspen-laff-fest-0    “[Comedy is a] journey versus destination” – Kermet Apio   About Kermet Apio Kermet Apio was born and raised in Hawaii and has lived in Seattle since attending the University of Washington in 1985. He has performed in 47 states, 7 Canadian provinces, as well as Hong Kong, Israel, and New Zealand. He has appeared on television shows such as "Star Search", "Evening at the Improv" and "Comedy Showcase with Louie Anderson." He has also been heard on national radio shows like the "Bob and Tom Show" and "Rewind" on NPR, and can be heard regularly on Sirius/XM satellite radio. He is a past winner of both the Seattle Comedy Competition and the Great American Comedy Festival, a national competition held in Johnny Carson’s home town of Norfolk, Nebraska. He has showcased at comedy festivals in Aspen, Vancouver, Grand Rapids and Las Vegas.    Contact Info http://www.ikerm.com

Happy Fourth of July Tuesgays! Mark & Joe are back with the thrilling conclusion to Mark's trip to Nebraska as he heads to the Great American Comedy Festival having to sh*t and high on Adderall. The guys also recap the great live podcasts they recorded in Philly and at Skankfest! Check it out! Sponsored By: Casper Mattresses (Promo Code: TUESDAY) We have have NEW t-shirts. Get em' here! http://www.merchpump.com/product-category/tuesdays/ Download the Laughable app today! laughable.com/download Go on iTunes and give the pod a #5StarLunch review!

AFTERBUZZ TV - AfterBuzz TV's Spotlight On edition, is a long form interview series featuring actors discussing their roles and shows as well as their thoughts, passions and journeys. In this episode host Kylie Hodges interviews Ahmed Bharoocha RSS Feed: http://www.afterbuzztv.com/aftershows/afterbuzz-tvs-spotlight-on/feed/ ABOUT AHMED BHAROOCHA: Ahmed Bharoocha was born into a Irish Catholic/Pakistani Muslim household. He discovered his passion for entertaining at a young age making home movies with his older sister and his best friend. During college Ahmed got a job as a dishwasher at a comedy club in RI. He eventually made the move from dishwasher to the stage and hasn’t washed a dish since. He quickly made a name for himself and has become a favorite in the Boston Comedy scene and became Comic in Residence at the Comedy Studio in Cambridge. In 2009 Ahmed was selected by Eddie Brill to perform in the Great American Comedy Festival honoring, and s --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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

Eddie Brill, the long-time booker for The Late Show with David Letterman, had me over to his East Village apartment, where I was wowed not only by the plethora of photographs of him with everybody from Barack Obama to Paul McCartney but also by his captivating, on-going commentary on such a wide variety of topics. Aspiring and established comics alike should take note of this particular episode, as Brill shares what he looked for as he booked Letterman and still searches for as he books the Great American Comedy Festival in Johnny Carson’s hometown. Eddie provides us with food for thought as he shares his thoughts on food. We discuss whether comedy is a meritocracy - after we define that word. And this podcast episode itself closes the loop (after a near-record number of tangents). How so? Well, Eddie and I met as I took one of his renowned (and global) comedy workshops. And here I got to tell him about the comedy workshops we did this year in India as part of our US State Department-sponsored tour. Brill-iant. Enjoy.

During the Limestone Comedy Festival, Aaron talks with Emma Arnold (Doug Loves Movies, Great American Comedy Festival), Emma is a mother of 3, one of them a special needs child, with an additional 3 step-kids...yep, six kids. We talk how she turned from author & mommy blogger to stand up comedian, finding comedy about her special needs son. That’s part one.. for PART TWO, we delve deeper to find out what made her comedian. Emma is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. A lot of comedians go thru darkness in their childhood, we talk about how that affected her growing up and as a mother and comedian; also a rare occasion where I get to open up about experiencing abuse growing up. We encourage anyone suffering from abuse past or present, to talk to someone. Part of Emma’s tour merch sales go toward www.SpeakYourSilence.org - lots of resources available there. See Emma live around the country & follow her on the socials - www.EmmaArnoldComedy.com - Twitter @IamAroadtrip This podcast is sponsored by www.GoodsandEvil.com Save 10% on any order with the code “GROWNUP” Produced by Epicast.TV

During the Limestone Comedy Festival, Aaron talks with Emma Arnold (Doug Loves Movies, Great American Comedy Festival), Emma is a mother of 3, one of them a special needs child, with an additional 3 step-kids...yep, six kids. We talk how she turned from author & mommy blogger to stand up comedian, finding comedy about her special needs son. That’s part one.. for PART TWO, we delve deeper to find out what made her comedian. Emma is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. A lot of comedians go thru darkness in their childhood, we talk about how that affected her growing up and as a mother and comedian; also a rare occasion where I get to open up about experiencing abuse growing up. We encourage anyone suffering from abuse past or present, to talk to someone. Part of Emma’s tour merch sales go toward www.SpeakYourSilence.org - lots of resources available there. See Emma live around the country & follow her on the socials - www.EmmaArnoldComedy.com - Twitter @IamAroadtrip This podcast is sponsored by www.GoodsandEvil.com Save 10% on any order with the code “GROWNUP” Produced by Epicast.TV

For 17 years, Eddie Brill worked on The Late Show with David Letterman serving as the audience warm-up and for 11 of those years he was the Stand Up Comedy Talent Coordinator. Eddie has taped more than 100 TV shows in 6 different countries, including 10 appearances on The Late Show & an appearance on the FX hit series, "Louie." He serves as the creative director for Johnny Carson’s ‘Great American Comedy Festival.’ Aaron gets to sit down in this TWO-PART PODCAST digging into Eddie’s comedy career, growing up as the big brother, raising multiple siblings, the power of entertainment thru adversity and meeting his 13 year old son for the first time. Really powerful episode about comedy and family. Follow Eddie on Twitter @EddieBrill and see him live www.EddieBrill.com Sponsored by www.GoodsandEvil.com Produced by Epicast.TV Be kind and be funny.

For 17 years, Eddie Brill worked on The Late Show with David Letterman serving as the audience warm-up and for 11 of those years he was the Stand Up Comedy Talent Coordinator. Eddie has taped more than 100 TV shows in 6 different countries, including 10 appearances on The Late Show & an appearance on the FX hit series, "Louie." He serves as the creative director for Johnny Carson’s ‘Great American Comedy Festival.’ Aaron gets to sit down in this TWO-PART PODCAST digging into Eddie’s comedy career, growing up as the big brother, raising multiple siblings, the power of entertainment thru adversity and meeting his 13 year old son for the first time. Really powerful episode about comedy and family. Follow Eddie on Twitter @EddieBrill and see him live www.EddieBrill.com Sponsored by www.GoodsandEvil.com Produced by Epicast.TV Be kind and be funny.

Comedian Eddie Brill talks to Mark about being the artistic director of the Great American Comedy Festival which honors the legacy of Johnny Carson, his 17 years working at Letterman as warm up comic and standup comedy booker, and nearly convincing Woody Allen to do standup on Letterman.

Paul Morrissey has a podcast too. PF tries stand-up again. Fake News as well in this week’s episode. DATES: Paul Morrissey performs at Great American Comedy Festival at the Johnny Carson Theater in Norfolk, NE June 12-15 PF is doing PF Trivia LIVE! at McLevy's Pub in Cincinnati, right next door to Go Bananas, Thursday June 13 at 10:00 pm. LINKS: The Alley Oop Podcast can be found here. Kevin Jones on Rooftopcomedy.com Be sure to click over to Fangirl’s blog, CheckCheckHey! and her photo blog. She’s going to be adding pics from Holiday World this week. Follow P.F. on Twitter @PF66 and like this podcast on Facebook. PF’s Tape Recorder logo designed by Dan Koabel. Dan and Logan’s new podcast Magic Potion is also available now in iTunes. Email our show here. YOU CAN STILL HELP CALEB MEDLEY! Caleb, as you may know, is a stand-up comic, who was severely injured in the movie theater shootings back in July of 2012. An update on his condition was broadcast on KMGH, Channel 7, the ABC affiliate in Denver. He still has a long way to go a complete recovery it seems. You can donate to help pay his medical expenses here. Hey, help a podcaster out and write a review on iTunes or here on Podbean---or both. It really helps us out with rankings and such. Apparently a Ted Nugent fan gave us 1 star in iTunes, which is hilarious, but also a little hurtful in that it drags down our average. Thanks for listening, and be sure to tell your friends, neighbors, your neighbor’s friends, and friends of people who used to be your neighbors, about us. Follow @PF66 !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); PF Wilson

Karen Bergreen has appeared on Comedy Central, The Oxygen Network, and The Joy Behar Show, and Law & Order. Karen has been invited twice to perform at HBO's U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen Colorado and will be appearing this year's Great American Comedy Festival  at the Johnny Carson Theatre in Norfolk Nebraska.  Her 2010 comic novel Following Polly earned praise from The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, and her mother-in-law.  Her next novel Perfect is Overrated will be out next year. www.karenbergreen.net www.facebook.com/followingPolly

Christian Lee was born when his father was finishing seminary in Atlanta, GA. Having a preacher for a father wasn’t always easy, and trying to follow in his footsteps proved quite tricky. Leaving Bible College unsure of his path, Christian spent years in the 'real world' making sure everyone around him had access to what they needed... namely the Internet. He broke down the doors of corporate America at age 19 with EDS, moving up quickly with firms like IBM, even the U.S. Army. The web design field was a gateway into how people thought, where they liked to spend their time, and what they thought was funny. "I had what could only be called a revelation. What I felt needed to be heard from the stage, especially at churches, wasn’t being said. I started writing down all the jokes and stories that had been building inside. Then, I went in search of a mic stand and a crowd. After years of toil, comes the fruit of your labor. I'm fulfilling my dream and I'm not looking back!" Christian performs across the country. He just returned from a stint in CA where he taped a show at the world famous Ice House in Pasadena. You may have seen him on Comedy Time or MAV TV. Christian was recently invited to perform at The Great American Comedy Festival, Port City’s Top Comic, and The Plymouth Rock Comedy Festival. Christian Lee Live Chris Martin Comedy

Christian Lee was born when his father was finishing seminary in Atlanta, GA. Having a preacher for a father wasn’t always easy, and trying to follow in his footsteps proved quite tricky. Leaving Bible College unsure of his path, Christian spent years in the 'real world' making sure everyone around him had access to what they needed... namely the Internet. He broke down the doors of corporate America at age 19 with EDS, moving up quickly with firms like IBM, even the U.S. Army. The web design field was a gateway into how people thought, where they liked to spend their time, and what they thought was funny. "I had what could only be called a revelation. What I felt needed to be heard from the stage, especially at churches, wasn’t being said. I started writing down all the jokes and stories that had been building inside. Then, I went in search of a mic stand and a crowd. After years of toil, comes the fruit of your labor. I'm fulfilling my dream and I'm not looking back!" Christian performs across the country. He just returned from a stint in CA where he taped a show at the world famous Ice House in Pasadena. You may have seen him on Comedy Time or MAV TV. Christian was recently invited to perform at The Great American Comedy Festival, Port City’s Top Comic, and The Plymouth Rock Comedy Festival. Christian Lee Live Chris Martin Comedy

Christian Lee was born when his father was finishing seminary in Atlanta, GA. Having a preacher for a father wasn’t always easy, and trying to follow in his footsteps proved quite tricky. Leaving Bilbe College unsure of his path, Christian spent years in the 'real world' making sure everyone around him had access to what they needed... namely the Internet. He broke down the doors of corporate America at age 19 with EDS, moving up quickly with firms like IBM, even the U.S. Army. The web design field was a gateway into how people thought, where they liked to spend their time, and what they thought was funny."I had what could only be called a revelation. What I felt needed to be heard from the stage, especially at churches, wasn’t being said. I started writing down all the jokes and stories that had been building inside. Then, I went in search of a mic stand and a crowd. After years of toil, comes the fruit of your labor. I'm fulfilling my dream and I'm not looking back!"Christian performs across the country. He just returned from a stint in CA where he taped a show at the world famous Ice House in Pasadena. You may have seen him on Comedy Time or MAV TV.Christian was recently invited to perform at The Great American Comedy Festival, Port City’s Top Comic, and The Plymouth Rock Comedy Festival.Christian Lee Live

Christian Lee was born when his father was finishing seminary in Atlanta, GA. Having a preacher for a father wasn’t always easy, and trying to follow in his footsteps proved quite tricky. Leaving Bilbe College unsure of his path, Christian spent years in the 'real world' making sure everyone around him had access to what they needed... namely the Internet. He broke down the doors of corporate America at age 19 with EDS, moving up quickly with firms like IBM, even the U.S. Army. The web design field was a gateway into how people thought, where they liked to spend their time, and what they thought was funny."I had what could only be called a revelation. What I felt needed to be heard from the stage, especially at churches, wasn’t being said. I started writing down all the jokes and stories that had been building inside. Then, I went in search of a mic stand and a crowd. After years of toil, comes the fruit of your labor. I'm fulfilling my dream and I'm not looking back!"Christian performs across the country. He just returned from a stint in CA where he taped a show at the world famous Ice House in Pasadena. You may have seen him on Comedy Time or MAV TV.Christian was recently invited to perform at The Great American Comedy Festival, Port City’s Top Comic, and The Plymouth Rock Comedy Festival.Christian Lee Live

Christian Lee was born when his father was finishing seminary in Atlanta, GA. Having a preacher for a father wasn’t always easy, and trying to follow in his footsteps proved quite tricky. Leaving Bible college unsure of his path, Christian spent years in the 'real world' making sure everyone around him had access to what they needed... namely the Internet. He broke down the doors of corporate America at age 19 with EDS, moving up quickly with firms like IBM, even the U.S. Army. The web design field was a gateway into how people thought, where they liked to spend their time, and what they thought was funny."I had what could only be called a revelation. What I felt needed to be heard from the stage, especially at churches, wasn’t being said. I started writing down all the jokes and stories that had been building inside. Then, I went in search of a mic stand and a crowd. After years of toil, comes the fruit of your labor. I'm fulfilling my dream and I'm not looking back!"Christian performs across the country. He just returned from a stint in CA where he taped a show at the world famous Ice House Comedy Club. You may have seen him on Comedy Time or MAV TV.Christian was recently invited to perform at The Great American Comedy Festival, Port City’s Top Comic, and The Plymouth Rock Comedy Festival.Christian Lee Live

Christian Lee was born when his father was finishing seminary in Atlanta, GA. Having a preacher for a father wasn’t always easy, and trying to follow in his footsteps proved quite tricky. Leaving Bible college unsure of his path, Christian spent years in the 'real world' making sure everyone around him had access to what they needed... namely the Internet. He broke down the doors of corporate America at age 19 with EDS, moving up quickly with firms like IBM, even the U.S. Army. The web design field was a gateway into how people thought, where they liked to spend their time, and what they thought was funny."I had what could only be called a revelation. What I felt needed to be heard from the stage, especially at churches, wasn’t being said. I started writing down all the jokes and stories that had been building inside. Then, I went in search of a mic stand and a crowd. After years of toil, comes the fruit of your labor. I'm fulfilling my dream and I'm not looking back!"Christian performs across the country. He just returned from a stint in CA where he taped a show at the world famous Ice House Comedy Club. You may have seen him on Comedy Time or MAV TV.Christian was recently invited to perform at The Great American Comedy Festival, Port City’s Top Comic, and The Plymouth Rock Comedy Festival.Christian Lee Live

  This is the first LIVE Dork Forest. In Seattle, before a live audience, I talked with and . Ed is a multi-Eisner Award winning writer of many of the comic books I read. I dork out about HIM a bit and we talked movies and comics and politics and television. It was awesome. Kermet is a great comic (winner of the Great American Comedy Festival) and you should go watch him do it a lot.   Notes: Willow-I’m kidding. I like Willow and have issues with LOTR but, I’m kidding All crushes on drawings are that “asexual crushes” “weird warmness.” Same with my adolescent crushes on Bam Bam and Racer X. Archies – Betty and Veronica – actual Seattle Superhero Portland – I was told by a Seattle comic, , that “Seattle has the same signs, they are just printed and laminated” – Sarah Vowell – I believe this is the show he speaks of J – David Sedaris -  program to turn off the internet Robbie Benson – – North Korean/Chinese – the terrible movie! – the MOVIE!! My website has a player, standup schedule and videos, the merch (CD/T-shirt opportunities), the donation button: or .The , , and a very basic free app forthe are available.   Credits: Live show put up by and Photos by Audio leveling by Patrick Brady The Music is  by . My Website was redone by : who has his OWN (all road comic interviews… fascinating)   Thanks for the orders and the donations this week and, as always, thanks for listening. Take care out there! Jackie

Join us for an exciting REWIND episode of Laugh with Me! Our host, Jeremy Odem, had an interesting night with stand up comedian, actor and all around hilarious guy, Frank Caliendo. Hear all about how it came to be and the stories from it. In this episode:-Weird laughter from around the world-Jeremy does a favor-Driving Frank through a tornado-Great American Comedy Festival and so much MOREFollow us on our socials:X @laughwithmepod & @JOfromNebraskaInstagram @laughwithmepodcastTikTok @JeremyOdem0YouTube 'Laugh with Me Podcast'Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Eddie Brill is a well respected, very funny and talented stand up comedian.In addition to performing in 46 of the 50 states in the US, Eddie has also done stand-up in England, Australia, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, France, Holland, Dhaka and Hong Kong.For seventeen years, he worked on The Late Show with David Letterman. He served as the audience warm-up and for eleven of those years he was the Stand Up Comedy Talent Coordinator.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. Hyatt Hotels and BMC Software. He performed on some of the greatest stages in the world including The Shrine Auditorium and Radio City Music Hall. He has been the audience warm-up for many shows including the “Dana Carvey Show,” “Madigan Men,” “This is Your Life” and for a short time, early episodes of Saved By The Bell.” He has appeared in numerous films as an actor, including, “30 Years To Life” with Tracy Morgan. He has used his voice talents in many animated series including Comedy Central's “Dr Katz” and ABC's “Science Court.”Eddie produces and helps book stand-up talent all over the world. He was the architect and for the first ten years, was the creative director of the wildly successful “Great American Comedy Festival.” It honors Johnny Carson in his hometown of Norfolk, Nebraska. He had assisted in booking the US acts for the International TV show, “The World Stands Up.” He also ran the incredibly popular “Paper Moon” comedy club in NYC that gave many comics their first big break. He also helped create the Emerson Comedy Workshop, founded in 1976, which continues to thrive today. He currently teaches a highly acclaimed stand-up comedy workshop worldwide that helps comics young and old to take their comedy work to the next level.He is often called upon to help punch up film and comedy scripts.Eddie hosts, performs and helps raise money for many benefits including The Roberto Clemente Foundation (for underprivileged children), The David Ortiz Children's Fund, Sisters in Survival (women with Breast cancer). Juvenile Diabetes, The American Cancer Association, and with Reader's Digest and St. Jude on Stand-Up for the Children. Check out Eddie's website to see what he's up to here:https://www.eddiebrill.com/If you'd like to support the show and get some cool perks, check out our Patreon page:https://www.patreon.com/btbpcLook for new stuff for Patrons soon!Head over to the Behind the Bits website for extra content:https://www.thebtbpc.com/Get on our mailing list for news about future guests and more great content:https://www.thebtbpc.com/p/mailing-list/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy