Growing up in Brazil, moving to Charlottesville Virginia at age 12, seeing Aerosmith in middle school, writing a musical, the difficulty in promoting yourself, moving to LA to pursue TV hosting, working at National Lampoon, working at the Comedy Store, touring with Bobby Lee, Kevin Nealon, and Bill Burr, the difference in doing comedy in Brazil vs the US, hosting The Soup, Hotties, and oh so much more! Check out are chat with the amazing Jade Catta-Preta. •Jade Catta-Preta• https://jadecattapret...
Sep 21, 2022•48 min
Growing up on church music, drumming in the high school band, getting a job in advertising and hating it, writing a book before the age of 30, how his grandma inspired him to try standup, going from the first open mic to opening for George Strait in 3 years, why some people thought he was doing a “character”, going viral on Facebook Live during the pandemic, self-funding his own comedy special, almost going bankrupt twice, doing cruise ship comedy, stating the Cowboys Who Care foundation and oh ...
Sep 14, 2022•55 min
Growing up on the Monkees, Dave Clark Five, and the Beatles, why Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias are stone cold players, being in a rap group and getting kicked out, touring and singing with Dane Cook, being inspired by George Carlin, writing jokes as a kid, starting a late night talk show in college, why where your from is irrelevant, and oh so much more! And maybe the hardest we have laughed yet. Check out our hilarious conversation with the Mad King, Ben Gleib. •Ben Gleib• https://www.bengle...
Sep 07, 2022•48 min
Why the F word should be normalized, how the world is run by Sorcerers, why words are power, why LA crowds and comedians don’t do anything provocative, how we are manipulated by scarcity, buying drugs from a stripper and getting arrested, growing up on Motown, seeing ghosts in the comedy store, how Rolling Stone magazine is no longer counter-culture and oh so much more! Today we go deep with the amazing Sam Tripoli. •Sam Tripoli• https://samtripoli.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/samtripo...
Aug 31, 2022•55 min
Seeing Neil Diamond, the Commodores, and Kenny Rogers as a child, sharing the stage with and kissing Diana Ross as a 7 year old, seeing Gallagher live, hitting the road as a young comic, opening for Rodney Carrington, the magic of crowd work, getting thrown off of Ron White’s bus and oh so much more! Check out our hilarious chat with Marc Ryan. •Marc Ryan• http://www.MarcRyan.com/ Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/marcryan Instagram: @i.am.Marc.ryan #MarcRyan #MusicIsFunnyPodcast #RaelynNelsonBa...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Growing up on one 8-track of Willie Nelson, moving to Atlanta with no plan and working in a comedy club, hitting the road doing comedy and living out of a car for years, playing anywhere and everywhere mainly for a place to stay, doing black comedy clubs wearing jeans and cowboy boots, going from living out of a car to private jets while doing the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, touring with Larry the Cable Guy, quitting drinking after nearly dying, why drunks can still go to heaven and oh so much more...
Aug 17, 2022•57 min
Growing up in a deaf family, prank calling Lars Ulrich and Tom Arnold, working on the Howard Stern show, opening for Metallica and Alice In Chains, getting on Sex and the City, doing a Christopher Walken impression in front of Christopher Walken, why Paul Stanley loves his Gene Simmons impression and oh so much more! Check out our wild ride with the hilarious Craig Gass. •Craig Gass• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ilovegass Craig Gass - Facebook Craig Gass. 20,221 likes · 61 talking about th...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Sharing an apartment with a ghost, seeing the Rocky Horror Picture Show as a kid, waitressing at the Comedy Store, getting respect from Paul Mooney, touring with Andrew Dice Clay, raising your “comedy baby”, how comedy gets recycled over the years, impersonating Cher and oh so much more! Check out our conversation with the hilarious Christy Miller. •Christy Miller• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christy.miller.comedy Instagram: @christymillercomedy Twitter: @bitchieslambora 👉🏽 https://yout...
Aug 03, 2022•53 min
How does one go from a tiny town in Wyoming, to running up and down the Las Vegas strip with $100,000 in cash, placing semi-legal bets for professional gamblers under his own name, to making $1000’s of dollars a day, eating and drinking for free in casinos, to having $80,000 dollars of his bosses money stolen by his dad, to having his identity stolen by the same dad, to attempting to murder his dad, to skirting FBI probes, to starting a standup comedy series in his back yard with top-tier comics...
Jul 27, 2022•57 min
Today Raelyn and JB sit down for some quick and shameless self-promotion for the new, possibly less than legal, Raelyn Nelson Band video and single, "FREE". Please check it out wherever you stream music, and watch the video on YouTube before it is (possibly) taken down. Enjoy your groceries! •Raelyn Nelson Band• “Free” video: https://youtu.be/JYoHeWFyr5s “Free” audio: https://open.spotify.com/album/315SP1laZpyaK13ESmSaIi?si=ra-r_NbOSBO3yKgMSEdNUg 👉🏽 https://youtube.com/c/RaelynNelsonBand #Rael...
Jul 20, 2022•16 min
Listening to Run DMC and Ice T with his mom, playing in a hardcore band, making a Hip Hop record, doing comedy at a bar during halftime of Monday Night Football, discovering George Carlin, moving to NYC and hanging with Big Jay, Bill Burr, Dave Chapelle, Patrice O’Neil, the demise of the Opie and Anthony show, how the concept of “context” is being lost, making a short film with Bill Burr and Robert Kelly, writing for Penthouse, opening a restaurant in NYC and oh so much more! Check out our chat ...
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Growing up on Kiss, Disco, and Van Halen, playing in a high school band in Boston, working for one of the top radio stations in the country, working the door on a barge that doubled as a comedy club, watching Dane Cook, Bill Burr, and Patrice O’Neil as young comedians, producing comedy shows, forming a comedy band and oh so much more! Here’s our chat with the hilarious Gary Marino. •Gary Marino• https://marinolivecreative.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gary.marino.73 YouTube: https://you...
Jul 06, 2022•53 min
Growing up on Crowded House, Squeeze, and Missing Persons, joining the Kiss Army, life on the Sunset Strip as a teenager, discovering “Hair Metal”, renting standup comedy tapes from Blockbuster, how a near death experience with a roommate who thought he was Jesus led to doing standup comedy, writing songs for Wayne Brady, getting grief from Howard Stern and oh so much more! Check out our chat with the supremely talented Courtney Cronin Dold. •Courtney Cronin Dold• https://www.courtneycronindold....
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Working security for The Rolling Stones, Willie Nelson, Wu Tang, and Billy Graham, getting his veterinary license on Keith Richards advice, starring in an Animal Planet series with 200 million viewers, opening for Joan Rivers, Betty White, George Lopez, and others, surviving a stalker's attempt to murder him with a sword and coffin and oh so much more! Check out our wild conversation with Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald. •Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald• http://drkevinfitzgerald.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com...
Jun 22, 2022•54 min
Growing up with Elvis, OJ Simpson, Sly Stallone, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as neighbors, roaming the Sunset Strip in the late 80’s, following Dave Chappelle at the Comedy Store, the origins of Roast Battle, bombing at a Democratic fundraiser, opening for Motorhead, being friends with Andrew Dice Clay, tripping on Jolt Cola and oh so much more! Check out our conversation with the incomparable Earl Skakel. •Earl Skakel• Instagram: @earlskakel Twitter: @earlskakel Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/E...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 23 min
Growing up with MTV, discovering Hip Hop, interning at the Howard Stern show, gang bangs at the Comedy Store, wrecking Paulie Shore’s car, enduring nut shots from Ari Shaffir, drinking with Bert Kreischer, wrestling with stepdads, and oh so much more! Check out our hilarious chat with the amazing Jeff Danis. Also, check out Raelyn on the Danish and O’Neil podcast here: https://youtu.be/jlbdESWmams And here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/danish-and-oneill/id1021443504?i=1000560023536 •Jef...
Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 25 min
How does one go from being raised by a single mother in the Ministry, to deciding to be a stand up comic, booking his own comedy show with his own money in a local gymnasium to get his start, becoming a viral video sensation, doing the red carpet at the CMA’s, and turning all off that into a successful stand up career? That and oh so much more in our conversation with the hilarious Josh Pray! •Josh Pray• https://www.joshpraylive.com Instagram: @joshpray Twitter: @_joshpray Facebook: https://www....
Jun 01, 2022•54 min
Learning ventriloquism as a child, singing in a touring country/rock band, working churches, schools and state fairs, getting on America’s Got Talent, doing one of the most successful Vegas residencies of all time, being crowned “one of the two most talented people in the world” by Simon Cowell, amassing a small fortune in puppets and oh so much more! Check out our chat with the amazing Terry Fator. •Terry Fator• https://terryfator.com Instagram: @terryfator Twitter: @terryfator Facebook: https:...
May 25, 2022•51 min
Growing up with a famous radio personality, listening to Big Band music as a kid, playing in a junior high Rock band, getting shut down at the high school talent show, starting comedy in Boston, the Boston to NYC comedy “pipeline”, being a regular on VH-1, getting attacked onstage, hanging with the Tough Crowd crew and oh so much more! Check out our chat with the incomparable Greg Fitzsimmons. •Greg Fitzsimmons• https://gregfitzsimmons.com Instagram: @gregfitzsimmons Twitter: @gregfitzshow Faceb...
May 18, 2022•50 min
Growing up in New York, moving to Greece and joining an opera conservatory as a 14 year old, hanging out at rock venues as a kid, joining an improv group in NYC, running a theater company, getting mentored by Joe Franklin, how the comedy scene has changed over the years and oh so much more! Check out our chat with the uber talented Anna Manis. •Anna Manis• https://www.annamanis.com Instagram: @theannamanis #annamanis #musicisfunnypodcast #raelynnelsonband 👉🏽 https://youtube.com/c/RaelynNelsonB...
May 11, 2022•52 min
Growing up with a lake alcoholic, the dangers of quicksand, avoiding possible pedos as a child, burning mixed CDs, finding Napster, bussing tables at Outback, working a college radio scam, hanging with the New York comics, why ball busting is essential and oh so much more! Check out our hilarious new friend, Dan Soder. •Dan Soder• https://www.dansoder.com Instagram: @dansoder Twitter: @dansoder LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/dansoder #dansoder #musicisfunnypodcast #raelynnelsonband 👉🏽 https://you...
May 04, 2022•49 min
Growing up in Hickory, getting into Hip Hop, breakdancing, and beatboxing, becoming a theater major because it would be “easy”, literally falling on his face during his first stand-up set, doing sitcoms, movies and commercials, the good, bad and the ugly of Last Comic Standing, the best karaoke songs and oh so much more! Check out our chat with the hilarious Jon Reep. •Jon Reep• https://jonreep.com Instagram: @jonreep Twitter: @jonreep Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JonReep.0 #jonreep #music...
Apr 27, 2022•58 min
Delivering frozen steaks and seafood to lonely housewives, why college is a waste of money, why Boston was the comedy Mecca in the 80s, moving to New York, what is was like behind the scenes at Tough Crowd, why Colin Quinn is a genius, living with Louis CK and oh so much more! Check out our spicy conversation with the hilarious Nick DiPaolo. •Nick DiPaolo • https://www.nickdip.com Instagram: @nickdipaolo Twitter: @nickdipaolo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickDiPaolo #nickdipaolo #musicisfu...
Apr 20, 2022•51 min
How does one go from fledgling prop comic with one trunk, to an international superstar with a packed 18 wheeler full of pyro, to playing drums with Elton John, to an ongoing residency in Vegas, all while navigating the inevitable backlash from some peers for becoming too successful? Find out these answers, and oh so much more in our lasted conversation with the legendary Carrot Top. •Carrot Top• https://carrottop.com Instagram: @carrottoplive Twitter: @realcarrottop Facebook: https://www.facebo...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Today we end the year the same way we started. Our first return guest and a man who needs no introduction, so we won’t waste time with one. Enjoy, Doug Stanhope, 2.0. •Doug Stanhope• http://www.dougstanhope.com Twitter: @dougstanhope Instagram: @realstanhope Facebook: Facebook.com/DougStanhope Podcast: The Doug Stanhope Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-doug-stanhope-podcast/id610821246...
Dec 29, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Growing up in Boston, starting a garage band, joining an improv group, being attacked by angry Phish fans, discovering the power of the internet, selling out arenas, making major motion pictures, navigating the hate from some peers, hanging with Rodney Dangerfield and oh so much more! Check out our chat with the amazing Dane Cook. •Dane Cook• https://www.danecook.com Instagram: @danecook Twitter: @danecook Facebook: Facebook.com/DaneCook Subscribe and Like here, to https://www.facebook.com/markr...
Dec 22, 2021•1 hr 14 min
Impersonating David Lee Roth while in diapers, booking a NYC comedy club at 19, watching a pre-famous Bill Burr and Marc Maron, witnessing Robin Williams, Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock working out material, talking to George Carlin on the phone, touring with Greg Giraldo, writing for Weekend Update on SNL, creating scripts, directing plays, doing TV pilots, finding a Johnny Cash photo album in the trash, and oh so much more! Check out our chat with the hilarious Mark Riccadonna. •Mark Riccadonna...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to own and book a world famous comedy club? How do you get into the biz? What are the comedians REALLY like? How has it changed in the last 30 years? What makes a good club? Today we get a behind the scenes look at the iconic Zanies Comedy Club in Nashville Tennessee, straight from owner Brian Dorfman and booker Lucy Weber. •Lucy and Brian• https://nashville.zanies.com Instagram: @ZaniesNashville Twitter: @ZaniesNashville Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/z...
Dec 08, 2021•52 min
How does a young girl escape to the US from a war torn Croatia with her parents, marry young, have kids, get divorced, struggle with depression and financial hardships, make some cooking videos, THEN get discovered by Oprah, do a tv show, branch out on her own, get millions of social media followers, create her own brand of inspirational parent-centric comedy, and become a successful touring comedian, without ever planning on being a comedian? Check out our chat with the hilariously authentic Kr...
Dec 01, 2021•52 min
How does a young school teacher and fledgling stand-up comedian go from the classroom, to being instantly recognized on the street and a guest on the Ellen Degeneres show, in just one week? Easy. Just make a video pranking your class with a fake spelling bee, post it, and get 20 million views overnight. What happens next? Check out our latest conversation with the hilarious and highly motivated Mister D, Joe Dombrowski. Joe Dombrowski• https://www.mrdtimes3.com Instagram: @mrdtimes3 Twitter: @mr...
Nov 24, 2021•52 min
