All Entries in the "Video Interviews" Category
Paul Mecurio – Living His Dream
We asked the award winning writer/producer/comedian a very benign question: “So, how did you get into the business?” The answer will captivate you and even make you tear up just a little bit.
Comedy Day 2011 Photos
The 31st annual Comedy Day! celebration has ended for this year. The free, 5 hour comedy concert in San Francisco’s historic Golden Gate Park featured over 30 comedians, some incredible sunshine and a crown of many thousands. It has been a hard and long task to take our almost 200 pictures from this year’s [...]
An Intimate Interview with Comedian ANT
The comedian known as just ANT tells us about how he chose that name, (Andromeda?), about his pre-comedy career (Lynda Carter, yes, WonderWoman, got him fired!) and how he stranded his parents in Europe!
Brian Malow – Earth’s Premier Science Comedian
Earth’s (self-proclaimed) “Premier Science Comedian,” Brian Malow, is as much an educator and a poet as he is a comedian.
Paul Rodriguez Speaks To AmericasComedy.Com
An AmericasComedy.Com Video Interview
During the interview, Rodriguez was stunned to learn that his good friend and collaborator, Robert Schimmel had died as a result of injuries sustained in a automobile accident the day prior. His reaction is very real.
9 Minutes with Laurie Kilmartin
An AmericasComedy.Com Video Interview
We caught up with Laurie as she arrived at the Sacramento Punchline Comedy Club, three-year old son in tow and ranting about the traffic.
Iliza Shlesinger – Sweet, Smart, Sexy!
An AmericasComedy.Com Video Interview
Iliza Shlesinger is sweet, smart and sexy. In addition to being the first woman winner of NBC’s Last Comic Standing in Season 6, she is also the youngest person to win that honor.
Melissa Peterman Talks to AmericasComedy.Com
An AmericasComedy.Com Video Interview
Melissa Peterman takes her time weaving through the audience, savoring the tidal wave of energy she has created, even stopping to dance with a lucky young lad in the front row before taking the mic and unabashedly flirting with an even luckier older lad in the front row… who just happens to be out with his wife, daughter, and her date…who just happens to be the aforementioned younger lad. And the stage is set.
The Real (funny) Housewives of Rio Linda Interview
What happens when you get five very funny women on one stage, at one time? You get estrogen charged hilarity! This group, led by Sacramento’s favorite cougar, Cheryl “The Soccer Mom” Anderson, is joined by Kristen Frisk, Kimmie Kay, Stephanie Garcia and Sinderella. And even if they don’t all live in Rio Linda, isn’t Rio Linda really just a state of mind?
Bill Burr Speaks To AmericasComedy.Com
Join us as national touring comedic phenom, Bill Burr discusses the taping of his new one hour Comedy Central special, his almost disaster during his taping as the first comedian to appear on the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and much more. Enjoy!
Josh Blue – A True African American?
We were able to catch up with Josh Blue during his stop over in Sacramento, CA to headline at the Sacramento Punchline comedy club.
Josh spoke to us about his roots on the West African continent in Camaroon and Senegal, his start in comedy with Carlos Mencia, his growing family and, of course, his win on Last Comic Standing where his roommate Gabriel Inglesias was the first contestant to get disqualified for sneaking a Blackberry and texting his girlfriend out the porthole window.
Enjoy!
Ahmed Ahmed Speaks To AmericasComedy.Com
Ahmed Ahmed, comic, actor and now producer/director appeared at the Sacramento Punchline recently on his headline tour. While he was here, we got a chance to sit and visit with Ahmed and talk about his name, his career and his new movie, “Just Like Us” which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in April.
Goodbye Chelsea, Hello Melissa!
This is an open message to my now ex, Chelsea Handler.
Chelsea, you have ignored me, flaunted Chuy in my face and then stripped naked for the world against my wishes. Girl, I have to tell you… I have found another!
