Episode #31: Phil Rosenthal
by Today’s guest is Phil Rosenthal. Everybody Loves Raymond, but we’re still getting to know Phil, the hit sitcom’s co-creator who is leading us around the …
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Episode #30: John Heffron
Today’s guest is John Heffron, the kind of comedian who claims he’s never had a plan despite starting stand up when he was 18, launching …
Episode #29: The Grawlix (Ben Roy, Adam Cayton-Holland, Andrew Orvedahl)
You don’t have to be high or a cartoon obscenity nerd to appreciate The Grawlix. But you did have to be a mile high to …
Episode #28: Hasan Minhaj
I first caught up Hasan Minhaj in 2012 on the set of the MTV show he was hosting called Failosophy. Hasan only has succeeded since then, …
Episode #27: Josie Long
Josie Long started performing comedy in Britain at 14 and was winning awards from the BBC by the time she was 17. Long took her first …
Episode #26: Ali Farahnakian
Ali Farahnakian is living the American comedy dream. Born in Iran and raised in North Carolina, Ali moved to Chicago after college and fell right …
Episode #25: Paul F. Tompkins
Paul F. Tompkins is Crying and Driving in his latest one-hour comedy special, but those are happy tears. After all, Paul has several projects ongoing …
Episode #24: W. Kamau Bell
For two seasons over two different channels (FX and FXX), W. Kamau Bell joined elite company as host of his own late-night TV talk show, …
Episode #23: Gad Elmaleh
Gad Elmaleh already is the most famous comedian in France, where he has millions of Twitter followers and is commonly referred to by people who …
Episode #22: Aida Rodriguez
You’ve seen Aida Rodriguez on your NBC stations in the summer of 2014 competing as a finalist on the eighth season of Last Comic Standing, …