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Awkward Silence #025: Comedian Mike Marino

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It’s not often you find somebody whose gone from a successful acting career (200 commercials, sitcoms, films, theatre, more) to headlining some of the most prestigious clubs in the US. On this episode of Awkward Silence, we talk to a comedian with over three million YouTube views, Mike Marino. Show notes:

Red ear t-shirts
Brandt not drinking?
Todd Paul is leaving Las Vegas
Working for comedians vs. business guys
Don Barnhart follow up
Comics are gifts from God
Fit or FAT (-1lbs!)
Headliner Mike Marino
Acting gigs
Running your own comedy room
Why go from acting to comedy?
Pitch meetings for reality TV
Favorite type of show
Mike’s ideal career
Hell Gig (don’t punch a cop)

“Red ear bumper stickers? That shit’ll go viral.”

Awkward Silence #024: Comedian Don Barnhart

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In this episode of Awkward Silence, we welcome Brandt back to the show, learn that Brandt hates old people (ie; people over 50) and talk comedy with our headliner Don Barnhart (MTV, Evening at the Improv, ABC, CBS, FOX, Sirius/XM Radio). This is good stuff, people. Tell a friend. Show notes:

Brandt and Brian to swap lives
Fit or FAT (-3lbs!)
Walking on railroad tracks and getting fit
LA update
Watching a comedian hit an audience member
Old crowds
Performing after a famous comedian
Changing the beginning of your set after somebody bombs
Colin Quinn HBO Special
Headliner Don Barnhart
A comedy fraternity
Helping Dennis Miller
Being humble and working your ass off
Bombing after George Wallace
Clarion Gig
Comedy vs. Hypnosis
Bookers are evil
Hell Gig (comedy for a deaf audience)

“If I’m doing Facebook jokes for fifty-year-olds, they (50 year old people) suck.”

Awkward Silence #023: Comedian Robert Duchaine

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It’s not every day you find an entertainer who lost a gig because somebody else had a drug problem (thanks, Lindsey). Yet in this episode of Awkward Silence, we found such a person — surly misanthrope (his words, not ours) Robert Duchaine (BestMedicinePodcast.com). Show notes:

Thanks the Kevin Meaney
Brandt in LA (again. . .)
MY EAR!!!
What happened to Fit or FAT?!?!?
Headliner Robert Duchaine
Las Vegas vs. New York comedy crowds
Being a Road Hack (and working the “hack” out of your act
Social media as a career helper
Woman like to be told what to do
Goal of Robert’s podcast
Should comics move to LA?
Getting on TV (no thanks to Lindsey)
Taking comedy classes
How comics are treated by club owners
Hell Gig (there is no crying in comedy)

“. . .because I want to talk to you, I don’t want to hear from you.”

Awkward Silence #022: Comedian Kevin Meaney

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With a career spanning over 30+ years, Kevin Meaney (The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Saturday Night Live, Late Nights with David Letterman, Broadway, HBO, Oprah, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, 30 Rock) joins the Awkward Silence crew in his first-ever live webcast! Show notes:

Car trouble for Brandt?
Fit or FAT (+1)
Brian and Todd Paul’s show
Dealing with a laughing heckler from New York
Headliner Kevin Meaney
Icon’s of Comedy at the Las Vegas Hilton
Working on Broadway
Catchphrases
Stand-up is lonely
Getting on 30 Rock (LIVE chat question)
How often do you write new material? (LIVE chat question)
Opening for Jerry Seinfeld and Neil Young
Recording of first-ever performance
Opinion of up and coming comics (LIVE chat question)
What was your big break (LIVE chat question)
Dealing with hecklers (LIVE chat question)
Kevin’s idea career patch
Hell Gig (yikes!)

“The man is a wrecking ball of joy!”