In this fun interview, I talked with my good friend Salma Zaky. She is the head of Shenanigans’s Stand Up Comedy division at UCLA and has produced tons of huge shows. She’s performed all over LA and SF and is definitely up and coming! In this conversation, we talk about: Doing comedy in college How
Hello Working Comic Fans! I am super excited to share with you one of my FAVORITE recent interviews. I had the chance to meet with Jon Rudnitsky, a former cast member of Saturday Night Live! Jon was a featured player in SNL’s 41st season that aired 2015-16. I met Jon a couple of years ago
In this episode, I sat down with viral YouTuber Lucas Cruikshank, the guy who created FRED. He had the first channel to get 1 million+ subscribers on YouTube and starred in three Nickelodeon Fred movies (with John Cena playing his Dad). These days Lukas is able to completely design his daily schedule and live off
Episode 28: Richard Sarvate (Producer of SF’s “The Setup” and Former Software Engineer)
Hey Working Comic Fans, this week I had the opportunity to meet with Richard Sarvate. Richard is a fantastic up and coming comic and former Yahoo Software Engineer who made a name for himself in San Francisco and Los Angeles for creating the extremely popular show “The Set Up.” This is one of the BEST
Episode 27: Jesse Warren (Self Help Books, Mindfulness, and Talking to Girls)
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,
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