Episode #485: Mike Bridenstine, author, director and GM of the Lyric Hyperion
by Mike Bridenstine appeared on this podcast three years ago in Episode 417. Since then, he has written and published his second book about comedy, “Kansas …
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Episode #422: Tara Schuster
Tara Schuster was a 25-year-old working at Comedy Central who’d worked her way up from interning at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to curating …
Iliza Shlesinger Inks Book Deal for Essay Collection, “All Things Aside”
Iliza Shlesinger has scored another book deal. After writing and publishing “Girl Logic” in 2015, Shlesinger now will produce a series of essays titled “All …
Tom Papa gets “Baked” on Food Network, new book out for Father’s Day
Tom Papa has been telling Joe Rogan about bread for years. Here he was a couple of years ago bringing homemade sourdough to the Joe …
Episode #205: Jim Florentine
Jim Florentine rose to fame with his bestselling recordings “Terrorizing Telemarketers” and by voicing the wildly popular character Special Ed for Comedy Central’s Crank Yankers. …
Pence parody book has a happy ending
When John Oliver’s announced his staff at HBO’s Last Week Tonight had made a parody of a children’s book about Vice President Mike Pence’s family …
Jimmy O. Yang on How To American
Jimmy O. Yang has a new memoir out, How To American. It’s about how his family brought him to the States from Hong Kong when …
Scott Thompson announces Buddy Cole tour
Need your Buddy Cole fix? Scott Thompson from Kids in the Hall is reviving his lounge lizard character and taking his one-man show on the …
Episode #177: Guys We F@#ked: Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson
Comedians, writers and actors Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson co-host the incredibly successful podcast Guys We F*cked: The Anti Slut-Shaming Podcast which now has more than 200 episodes talking …
Exclusive book excerpt from Budd Friedman’s “The Improv: An Oral History of The Comedy Club That Revolutionized Stand-Up”
Budd Friedman, with help from Tripp Whitesell and interviews from dozens of the famous comedians, musicians and actors who worked for Budd over the past …