Episode #16: Alonzo Bodden
by Alonzo Bodden first came to your attention as a contestant on the second season of Last Comic Standing. Bodden won the special all-star third season of …
Category: Last Things First — Podcasts
Episode #15: Michelle Buteau
Here’s the buzz: Michelle Buteau spoke to me just as VH1 announced last week it’d canceled Big Morning Buzz, the live talk show she co-hosted with …
Episode #14: Paul Scheer
Paul Scheer currently stars on the FX series, The League, co-stars on the ABC sitcom Fresh Off The Boat as well as the Hulu series, …
Episode #13: Lil Rel Howery
This summer couldn’t be hotter for Lil Rel. Lil Rel Howery co-stars as one of the Friends of the People, the sketch show currently in …
Episode #12: Reggie Watts
Reggie Watts and I go all the way back to the very beginnings of The Comic’s Comic and even before that. I had moved out …
Episode #11: Andy Kindler
Andy Kindler becomes the ultimate “comic’s comic” each July when he delivers the annual State of the Industry Address at the Just For Laughs comedy …
Episode #10: Bobcat Goldthwait and Barry Crimmins, “Call Me Lucky”
Bobcat Goldthwait wouldn’t have ever been “Bobcat” if he hadn’t met Barry Crimmins first, some three decades ago when Goldthwait was a teenager in upstate …
Episode #9: Ron Funches
Ron Funches knows he’s a giggly teddy bear, but how much do you know about Ron Funches? Since moving from Portland, Ore., to Los Angeles, …
Episode #8: Billy Crystal and Josh Gad, from FX’s “The Comedians”
Billy Crystal and Josh Gad played themselves in the FX comedy series, The Comedians, which wrapped its first and only season this summer. FX announced …
Episode #7: Kevin Pollak
Kevin Pollak is a gifted actor, impersonator and comedian whom you’ve seen onscreen far more often than you probably even remember — although you’ll certainly …