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Ron Babcock shares his insights on savings and personal finance. He's a comedian, so this will be fun. Ron Babcock is an editor and comedian. He's edited on Clone High (Max), Cat Burglar (Netflix), Ten Year Old Tom (HBO Max), Muppet Babies (Disney) and The Life and Times of Tim (HBO). He's written and directed multiple original web series for MTV, AOL, Cinefix, Tasted, Mashable and others. As a comedian, he's appeared on Adam Devine's House Party on Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing, Montreal Just For Laughs, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and was a winner at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival. He started out performing at UCB in Los Angeles.
We can't imagine a world where humor isn't a big part of it. Let's face it, the world is a tough place and sometimes the only way to get through it is via a good laugh. What's even funnier is comedy that resonates, reflects and makes fun of our crazy midlife lives. This week's guest, Carole Montgomery is the queen of poking fun of, and adoring, women 50+. Carole has headlined clubs & colleges across the USA and starred in 2 different Las Vegas production shows. In fact, THE LAS VEGAS SUN calls Carole "one of Vegas' premier comics" She's also written, directed, and starred in the Showtime Special FUNNY WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE (featuring comic headliners over the age of 50). Carole is a respected veteran of the standup comedy scene nationwide, she's an accomplished director & producer and proudest of her 11 comedy tours for Armed Forces Entertainment. You don't want to miss Funny Women of a Certain Age on tour. Carole will be at the Robins Theatre in Warren, Ohio on January 20th. Check out her other dates at funnywomenofacertainage.com As a woman of a certain age herself, Carole shares what it was like as a female comic in a VERY masculine, male-dominated industry, how she doubled down when she was told she ‘couldn't, and how important it is to make your own rules that work for you, even when it isn't the norm. We are thrilled to introduce you to Carole Montgomery, an incredible woman and storyteller. In this episode, we're talking about… Why anything to empower women is right up Carole's alley The real deal about parenting How Carole came up with the idea for her Showtime special, Funny Women of a Certain Age Why older women can do anything they want The struggle to get the boys club to let go of the status quo What it was like to be pregnant and on the road Why you can't take no for an answer Why women need to lift one another up instead of tearing each other down How cancel culture has impacted comedy “Not only have I rocked the boat, I've turned it over” “Don't ever let someone tell you, you can't do something because you are a woman or older.” “There is no better feeling than making someone laugh.” “If you tell me I can't do it, I say watch me.” More About Carole Montgomery hereCarole Montgomery filmed the show she created FUNNY WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE (featuring comic headliners over the age of 50) for the Showtime network. She's a respected veteran of the standup comedy scene nationwide with over 2 dozen television credits to her name. Carole has headlined clubs & colleges across the USA and starred in 2 different Las Vegas production shows. She's an accomplished director & producer and is proudest of her 11 comedy tours for Armed Forces Entertainment. Carole was also a featured performer at the MONTREAL JUST FOR LAUGHS, BOSTON & NY COMEDY FESTIVALS.Get your free copy of our digital magazine, GEN neXt, The Voice of the Modern Gen X Woman. www.moderngenxwoman.com/gennext GEN NeXt is a collection of insights from incredible organizations, women, and industry experts who have dedicated themselves to the same cause—turning up the volume of women 40+. We're not just Gen X we're GEN neXt
Jay sits down with comedian Tooky Kavanagh to talk comedy, childhood and butchers her name at least thrice. It's a good listen! Subscribe to our Patreon at: http://www.patreon.com/BigLilKidPod With razor sharp wit and a charm once described as “ineffable,” Tooky (rhymes with cookie) Kavanagh speaks her mind with honesty, charisma, and edge. After just a few years on the scene, Tooky has already performed in New York, Denver, and all over New England. She regularly opens for Myq Kaplan when he visits Boston, performed on a Multiple Sclerosis benefit show with Dr. Jonathan Katz, has opened for Eugene Mirman, and has performed on lineups alongside comedy notables Gary Gulman, Jessica Kirson, and Alingon Mitra, to name a few. In March of 2018 and 2019, she was selected to perform on the Comedy Central UP NEXT audition showcase, and in both April 2018 and February 2019, she was selected to audition for the prestigious Montreal Just For Laughs festival. She was selected to be a featured comedian in the 2020 Boston Calling festival… but we'll just see what happens in 2021 instead. Additional standup credits include: The 2020 Rogue Island Comedy Festival; December 2018 Comic-In-Residence at The Comedy Studio; The 2017 Women In Comedy Festival; Thunderfest 2017; The 2017 Boston Comedy Festival; Boston Comedy Chicks; The 2017 Boston Comedy Arts Festival; headlining Laughing Liberally Boston; headlining It Ain't Over ‘Til It's Dover; headlining Stand-Up Thursdays at John Harvard's; co-producing Token: Rethink What Comedy Can Be at ImprovBoston; featuring at The Producer's Club in Manhattan, NY; and Comic Sit-In at The Riot Theater. She cohosts the Loud Women podcast with friend and producer Marissa Emmanuele, hosts The Rehash on 2MBstudios, and cohosts NORM!: The Cheers Podcast on Facebook Live. As an actor, she is a founding cast member of Suzzy, was a regular cast member of the “Redo Crew” for Starstruck: Close Encounters of the Awkward Kind, starred as The Humbled Hobo in a 48 Hour Film Project film, is a featured character in the short film Woman Unknown, and was a recurring character in the web series, Paid For By. She can be seen regularly at Boston-based institutions such as The Comedy Studio, ImprovBoston, and Laugh Boston. Also, she's the one who described her own charm as “ineffable,” but it's still true!
Comedian Simon Gibson joins Latif Tayour to talk about becoming a New Face at the Montreal Just For Laughs festival, his Amazon Prime show Inside Jokes, and hosting the new show Cannonball.
Anime is in the American pop culture mainstream now, and how it got there is a long story. In his new podcast with Crunchyroll, Anime in America, Yedoye Travis chronicles the rise of anime and its journey from Japan to Saturday-morning cartoons in America. Yedoye is a comedian, actor, and writer from Atlanta, GA. A host for Get in the Robot, he is also the creator and host of the Dark Tank podcast, which AV Club called “one of the most deliciously daring shows of the moment.” Named a New Face at the Montreal Just For Laughs festival in 2017, he has appeared as a guest on networks like BET and Comedy Central, and as a writer for Viceland and Netflix. In this interview, LaNeysha and Kate talk with Yedoye about his anime origin story, Anime in America, and of course whether or not he thinks Neysha will finish all 1000 episodes of One Piece by December 31, 2020. We also get into a discussion about gatekeepers, and why anime is for all of us. Follow Yedoye on Instagram @ProfessorDoye and on Twitter @YedoyeOT
Sasheer Zamata is a comedian, film/TV actress & writer best known for her great work on "Saturday Night Live". She received improv and sketch training from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and performs stand-up at colleges, clubs and has appeared at prestigeous festivals like Montreal Just For Laughs, Bonnaroo, SXSW, Moontower, SD Sketchfest, Vodafone, Bridgetown, New York, Brooklyn, Limestone, Woodstock, North Carolina, Great American, and Women In Comedy.
Sasheer Zamata is a comedian, film/TV actress & writer best known for her great work on "Saturday Night Live". She received improv and sketch training from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and performs stand-up at colleges, clubs and has appeared at prestigeous festivals like Montreal Just For Laughs, Bonnaroo, SXSW, Moontower, SD Sketchfest, Vodafone, Bridgetown, New York, Brooklyn, Limestone, Woodstock, North Carolina, Great American, and Women In Comedy.
Santino sits down with Black Thought of the mighty Roots Crew and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and Bobby Lee to bridge the worlds of hip hop and comedy and bombing and creating and loving the process. Bobby gets racist and gets shown up by an LP while struggling to keep his hands off Black Thought. ALL THINGS CHEETO http://www.andrewsantino.com FOLLOW ME ON INSTA https://www.instagram.com/cheetosantino/ FOLLOW WHISKEY GINGER PODCAST ON INSTA https://instagram.com/whiskeygingerpodcast?igshid=mztm4g3wy0gq FOLLOW BOBBY https://instagram.com/bobbyleelive?igshid=1h8pabp05jajk FOLLOW BLACK THOUGHT https://instagram.com/blackthought?igshid=cdbcy3kp2c2j FOLLOW JARV https://instagram.com/jarvmakesmusic?igshid=8mvdimek7fhx
This week’s episode features an in-depth conversation with comedian and author Adam Cayton-Holland. We discuss his incredible new memoir TRAGEDY PLUS TIME, mental health, the state of comedy today, and the surprising healing power of birdwatching. *Support this Podcast* Adam Cayton-Holland is a national touring headliner who was named one of 25 “Comics to Watch” by Esquire magazine and one of “10 Comics to Watch” by Variety. Along with his co-horts in the The Grawlix comedy troupe, Adam created, writes and stars in truTV’s “Those Who Can’t,” in which Adam plays Spanish teacher and bon vivant Loren Payton. He has appeared on CONAN, The Late Late Show with James Corden, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, Happy Endings, Deadbeat, Flophouse, Hidden America and @midnight. He was also featured on the Nerdist, Comedy Bang Bang and Sklarbro County podcasts. Cayton-Holland has performed at the Montreal Just For Laughs, SXSW, and Bridgetown Comedy festivals, and helms his own comedy extravaganza in Denver, the High Plains Comedy Festival. He has also performed at The Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. Adam has three albums, “I Don’t Know If I Happy,” “Backyards,” and “Adam Cayton-Holland Performs His Signature Bits,” all available on iTunes, and his first book, Tragedy Plus Time, is due to be released by Touchstone Books in 2018. Adam lives with his wife Katie and a purebred Chesapeake Retriever named Annabel Lee. He once threw out the opening pitch at a Colorado Rockies game and people have described him as “genial,” and “with decent teeth.” His memoir is called Tragedy Plus Time, and is in stores everywhere now. To grab the audiobook for free (and a 30-day free trial of the Audible service), head over to www.anxietydiariespodcast.com/audible. You can find Adam at www.adamcaytonholland.com or at www.tragedyplustimebook.com and follow him on Twitter @CaytonHolland and Instagram @caytonholland. You can also find him on Facebook right here. Full show notes can be found at: www.anxietydiariespodcast.com/24 The mental health podcast that I mention in the episode is Boyz Do Cry, and I highly recommend taking a listen to their show. Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed the podcast, please make sure you subscribe and take a moment to rate and review it on Apple Podcasts! You can find the podcast at www.anxietydiariespodcast.com or at imsoanxious.com, on Facebook and Instagram @anxietydiariespodcast and on Twitter @anxietydiarypod.
Nikki and Steve travel to the great white north to host a live podcast at the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal, Canada! They are joined by comedian/host/writer Matt Richards, one of JFL's "New Faces of Comedy" and host of IQ Trivia. Come for the witty banter, stay for the odd conversation about iowaska with a Canadian audience member. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode we chat with Chris Witaske abut his journey from 2nd City in Chicago to Love on Netflix and beyond. He is an alumni of The Second City Theater in Chicago, where he began taking classes and performing at age thirteen. He was a series regular on the Netflix original comedy series "Love" produced by Judd Apatow. His other film and television credits include, Lady Bird directed by Greta Gerwig, Unicorn Store directed by Brie Larson, Netflix's With Bob and David, Drunk History, Arrested Development, New Girl, HBO's The Comeback, Alone Together, Teachers on TV Land and several appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live. He's also performed live at the Montreal Just For Laughs festival in the New Faces of Comedy showcase, San Francisco SketchFest, The Comedy Central Stage and The Mr. Show reunion tour. Chris is also an alumni of the iO and Annoyance Theater's in Chicago and hosts a monthly live interview show at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in Los Angeles called "So You Do Comedy...? Twitter - https://twitter.com/chriswitaske Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/witow/ So you do Comedy - https://sunset.ucbtheatre.com/performance/43749 Teachers - http://www.tvland.com/shows/teachers Please visit us on the socials as we'd love to hear from you! https://www.instagram.com/goguerillafilm https://twitter.com/goguerillafilm goguerillafilm@gmail.com
This week we are joined by good friend and one of my favorite comics to watch Alex Pavone. He is the highest energy comic you'll ever see and one of the best comedic storytellers out there. He has performed at the Montreal Just For Laughs. We talked about comedy, NYC, Canada, sports and the weather. Check it out! If you dig it, subscribe and leave us a review.
BHP goes Hollywood this week with special guest Actor and Comedian Chris Witaske. Chris was recently in the Netflix Original series LOVE and has also been a regular at Second City in Chicago. BIO - Chris Witaske is a veteran of The Second City in Chicago, where he began taking classes and performing at age thirteen. His television credits include Netflix’s W/ Bob and David, New Girl, HBO’s The Comeback, Jimmy Kimmel Live and Netflix upcoming comedy series “Love” produced by Judd Apatow. On stage, Witaske wrote and performed in two Second City e.t.c. revues and The Second City National Touring Company. He’s performed at the Montreal Just For Laughs festival in the New Faces of Comedy showcase, San Francisco Sketchfest, The Comedy Central Stage, UCB LA, The Mr. Show reunion tour and Bob Odenkirk’s book release tour. Chris is also an alumni of the iO and Annoyance Theater’s in Chicago. He graduated with a BA in Theatre from The University of Iowa. ► Website - http://bit.ly/2MxUWitC ► NEED MORE GOLDEN ARROW CLUB - http://bit.ly/PatGAc Bowhunting is awesome - Join the Hunt ► Subscribe to BHP http://bit.ly/2Djy5Tl ► Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2tAEqu3 ► Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2FBdNa4 ► Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/bhptwit ► Follow us on YUDO: http://bit.ly/bhpyudu ► Book a Live testlab Show! email us at info@bowhunterplanet.com Episode Powered by: ► Vanguard: http://bit.ly/vanbhp ► Walk on Archery Targets: http://bit.ly/WALKBHP ► Crosman: http://bit.ly/2quCross ► Stealthcam: http://bit.ly/StCam1 ► RAXX INC: http://bit.ly/2raxxinc ► Beyond the Ears: http://bit.ly/2BYEARS ► Skull Hooker: http://bit.ly/2wca4zw ► Video/Photos: BHP MEDIA - http://bit.ly/_BHP ► Join the Ambassador Program - http://bit.ly/amb_bhp ► Listen to the BHP PODCAST - http://bit.ly/2FH8QzM ► ITUNES - http://bit.ly/BHPpodcast ► SoundCloud - http://bit.ly/Sdcloudbhp ► Golden Arrow Club - http://bit.ly/PatGAc Thanks for watching, we hope you enjoyed.
Just before accepting the Generation award at Montreal Just For Laughs comedy festival Jim gave us a quickie.
Sixty seconds with The Daily Show host on the red carpet at Montreal Just For Laughs.
Sasheer Zamata is a comedian, film/TV actress & writer best known for her great work on "Saturday Night Live". She received improv and sketch training from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and performs stand-up at colleges, clubs and has appeared at prestigeous festivals like Montreal Just For Laughs, Bonnaroo, SXSW, Moontower, SD Sketchfest, Vodafone, Bridgetown, New York, Brooklyn, Limestone, Woodstock, North Carolina, Great American, and Women In Comedy.
Only a few years into stand up comedy, Anthony DeVito's very first festival acceptance was to the prestigious Montreal Just For Laughs "New Faces." Since then, Anthony has performed at some of the best festivals throughout the U.S., including Bridgetown, Sketchfest, and the Boston Comedy Festival. Through his unusual story, Anthony shares tips on how to get into festivals and what they are and aren't good for. Anthony DeVito: @AnthonyDeVito_ | http://www.anthonydevitocomedy.com/ This American Life story: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/572/transformers?act=1 Stu Melton: @tellsjokes Jake Fromm: @jakefromm greencomedypodcast.com | greencomedypod@gmail.com | https://www.facebook.com/greencomedypod/
I go back to my lone wolf roots and give a Roast Battle Recap from The Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. This was truly a once and a life time experience as we took the LA Weekly show to a national tv audience with a LIVE TV FINALE!!! Hope you enjoy it and follow me on Twitter/Instagram @EarlSkakel as well as @RoastBattle
Kelly catches up with Simpsons writer/producer Dana Gould on the red carpet at Montreal Just For Laughs festival.
It's yet another Go Spurs Go episode this time with past Funniest Person in Austin winner and Montreal Just For Laughs alum Mac Blake. The longtime member of Austin's Master Pancake talks sports jokes that did NOT go over well, Tim Duncan's dad fashion, and how to pull off the best Shaquille O'Neal impression. Buy his debut stand up album "Bird Drugs" available on iTunes and from Sure Thing Records. Follow Mac: @macbdazzler macblakecomedy.com
Jealous Dad and 1/4th of Hello Laser, MATT EVANS, joins us to discuss straight-manning, his old soul, performing characters, and how he stinks at object work! Hot off the heels of this recent pilot, Jealous Dad, Matt is getting ready for Montreal Just For Laughs auditions and finding that the scripted work he does […] The post #73: Matt Evans appeared first on Magnet Theater.
ANDY KINDLER is a comedian, actor, and writer. Kindler has been writing and performing for nearly three decades. In 1992, he appeared on the 15th annual Young Comedians special. He has appeared on Everybody Loves Raymond, Maron, Dr. Katz, The Wizards of Waverly Place, Home Movies, Comedy Bang! Bang!, and Raising Dad. Andy was a contributor to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and was a regular fixture on The Late Show with David Letterman and appeared four times on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Kindler is well known in the comedy world for delivering his annual state of the industry address at the Montreal Just For Laughs festival. He is currently the voice of Mort the Mortician on the FOX annimated show, Bob's Burgers.
Brendan Jennings is beloved in Chicago for his work on the Second City ETC stage and with Cook County Social Club. In 2012 he was invited to perform on the new faces in comedy at the Montreal Just For Laughs festival. In this episode, Brendan sits down with Jimmy to discuss why he still gets nervous around teenagers and how being a father has changed the way he approaches his career.