This is a special interview with my good friend Jesse Warren. Jesse is a relatively new comic to the scene making ripples in the Seattle scene. He is a regular at Laugh’s Comedy Club and the Comedy Underground. He also produces a popular show called “Off the Top.” Formerly software engineer at Microsoft and SpaceX,
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Tweet Share Hello Working Comic Fans! I interviewed Brian Moses, the host of Comedy Central’s hit show “Roast Battle.” We talk about a TON of super cool stuff. In this episode, I learned that he essentially CREATED THE ROAST BATTLE FORM! Wow, that’s huge. This interview is super informative and I attempted to break it
Episode 25: Fahim Anwar (From Hour Lunch Breaks to Hour Specials)
I interviewed Fahim Anwar! He is really cool and shares a ton of wisdom from his experience starting stand up in college (at UW) to becoming a Mechanical Engineer at Boeing in Long Beach to making it big in LA and getting an hour stand up special and, as of recently, an hour sketch comedy
Episode 24: Brent Pella (NACA Comedy, Character Work, Stand Up Cartoon)
In this episode, I interview the very talented character comic, actor, and comedian Brent Pella. His comedy sketches and music videos have gained millions of views around the world and have been featured on Funny or Die, College Humor, BroBible, The Chive, and Worldstar HipHop. In this episode we talk about: NACA College Shows Doing
In this episode of Working Comic Podcast, I interview Chad Kroeger from “Chad Goes Deep” on YouTube. Chad rose to fame when he asked San Clemente City Hall to erect a statue of Paul Walker (see below) and it went viral. After the video received tremendous success, he was inspired to pursue even greater efforts
Episode 22: Bo Johnson (Kevin Hart’s “Hart of the City”)
Bo Johnson is a good friend of mine and an up and coming comic in the Searttle and Pacific Northwest comedy scene! He’s been featured in Seattle’s Bumbershoot music festival and Kevin Hart’s “Hart of the City” show on Comedy Central. He was also just featured in Montreal’s “Just for Laugh’s” for Kevin Hart’s stand
Episode 21: Andrew Rivers on 4-Walling, Touring, and Putting Stuff Online
Hi Everyone, Sorry for the delay in posts recently! I am in the middle of moving to Los Angeles and have been on a pretty hectic schedule. Last week, I had the opportunity to interview the very funny, talented, and entrepreneurial Andrew Rivers. Andrew has several stand up comedy videos with millions of views online
I got a random text from my buddy Peter on Wednesday saying that Dave, the owner of Laugh’s Comedy Club, wanted us to show up to the mic early. When I got there, I heard whispers that ROB SCHNEIDER was hiding in the green room. It turns out he was. I was in the bar
Episode 20: Alex Hooper on Being a Big Lovable Weirdo
In this episode, I interview Alex Hooper. He has multiple TV credits, made a best selling comedy album on iTunes and Amazon, released a Pug Yoga calendar that was featured on Ellen, and is an all around loving and cool guy! We talk about resilience, following through with things, making cool shows, and much more.
Episode 19: Nicole Becannon, Roast Battling Pro
In this episode I interview my old friend Nicole Becannon and we talk about her rise to becoming the best roast battler in the west coast for a period of time. In this interview we also talk about grinding in the LA open mic scene and strategies for improving. Follow @nicolebecannon Follow @theaustinnasso