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        <title>The Egos Last Stand</title>
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        <itunes:subtitle>Mainly recorded out of Comedy Off Broadway in Lexington, KY.  Home of some of the best stand up comedy in the nation for 32 years.</itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
        <itunes:summary>Welcome to The Egos Last Stand podcast.  The show is a collaboration of writers and comedians. This is a podcast consisting of interviews with touring comedians.  Some you may know, some you may not know.  But if you are a fan of stand up comedy this is a great place to watch some of the best comedians out there and learn more about them.  Get involved!  Support! We will even be doing live streams so you can interact with some of these guys!  We look forward to bringing you some great interviews!</itunes:summary>
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                <itunes:title>#31 Greg Morton Part 2</itunes:title>
                <title>#31 Greg Morton Part 2</title>

                <itunes:episode>95</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>At age 16, Greg Morton got first job at a local department store, as a P.A. announcer. That same voice that grabbed the attention of shoppers, recently wowed judges, on the season 14 premier of America’s Got Talent. Howie Mandel said, “I can’t believe th...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>At age 16, Greg Morton got first job at a local department store, as a P.A. announcer. That same voice that grabbed the attention of shoppers, recently wowed judges, on the season 14 premier of America’s Got Talent. Howie Mandel said, “I can’t believe there isn’t a banner with your name on it in Vegas,” and called him a one-man variety show! After 35 years of entertaining audiences worldwide, opening for Celine Dion, Harry Connick Jr. and Luther Vandross at Radio City Music Hall – appearing on Just for Laughs, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Comic’s Unleashed, and his own Dry Bar Comedy Special, he’s here to perform for you tonight. Ladies and gentlemen, Greg Morton!</itunes:summary>
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;At age 16, Greg Morton got first job at a local department store, as a P.A. announcer. That same voice that grabbed the attention of shoppers, recently wowed judges, on the season 14 premier of America’s Got Talent. Howie Mandel said, “I can’t believe there isn’t a banner with your name on it in Vegas,” and called him a one-man variety show! After 35 years of entertaining audiences worldwide, opening for Celine Dion, Harry Connick Jr. and Luther Vandross at Radio City Music Hall – appearing on Just for Laughs, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Comic’s Unleashed, and his own Dry Bar Comedy Special, he’s here to perform for you tonight. Ladies and gentlemen, Greg Morton!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>#30 Greg Morton Part 1</itunes:title>
                <title>#30 Greg Morton Part 1</title>

                <itunes:episode>94</itunes:episode>
                
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                <itunes:subtitle>At age 16, Greg Morton got first job at a local department store, as a P.A. announcer.  That same voice that grabbed the attention of shoppers,  recently wowed judges, on the season 14 premier of America’s Got Talent.    Howie Mandel said, “I can’t belie...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>At age 16, Greg Morton got first job at a local department store, as a P.A. announcer.  That same voice that grabbed the attention of shoppers,  recently wowed judges, on the season 14 premier of America’s Got Talent.    Howie Mandel said, “I can’t believe there isn’t a banner with your name on it in Vegas,” and called him a one-man variety show!
After 35 years of entertaining audiences worldwide, opening for Celine Dion, Harry Connick Jr. and Luther Vandross at Radio City Music Hall – appearing on Just for Laughs, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Comic’s Unleashed, and his own Dry Bar Comedy Special, he’s here to perform for you tonight.
Ladies and gentlemen, Greg Morton!</itunes:summary>
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<p>After 35 years of entertaining audiences worldwide, opening for Celine Dion, Harry Connick Jr. and Luther Vandross at Radio City Music Hall – appearing on Just for Laughs, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Comic’s Unleashed, and his own Dry Bar Comedy Special, he’s here to perform for you tonight.</p>
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;At age 16, Greg Morton got first job at a local department store, as a P.A. announcer.  That same voice that grabbed the attention of shoppers,  recently wowed judges, on the season 14 premier of America’s Got Talent.    Howie Mandel said, “I can’t believe there isn’t a banner with your name on it in Vegas,” and called him a one-man variety show!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After 35 years of entertaining audiences worldwide, opening for Celine Dion, Harry Connick Jr. and Luther Vandross at Radio City Music Hall – appearing on Just for Laughs, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Comic’s Unleashed, and his own Dry Bar Comedy Special, he’s here to perform for you tonight.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ladies and gentlemen, Greg Morton!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>#29 &#34;Deadair&#34; Dennis Dillon</itunes:title>
                <title>#29 &#34;Deadair&#34; Dennis Dillon</title>

                <itunes:episode>93</itunes:episode>
                
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                <itunes:subtitle>I left Ohio in September 1987 for my first full-time radio job in Danville, Kentucky at WRNZ. When I arrived the engineers informed me and Rod Willis that the station wouldn&#39;t be ready for &#39;air&#39; for another two weeks, so would we mind lying beneath the b...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>I left Ohio in September 1987 for my first full-time radio job in Danville, Kentucky at WRNZ. When I arrived the engineers informed me and Rod Willis that the station wouldn&#39;t be ready for &#39;air&#39; for another two weeks, so would we mind lying beneath the building in the crawl space and run the wiring? A year later I&#39;d join Michael Lee Webb, Skip Grynn, Tighe Barrett and Mark Summers (soon to be known as &#39;Officer Don Evans&#39;) at WLFX (formerly WFMI) in Winchester. When I started at the station in 1988 it was a &#39;Pop Hits&#39; station, but once the station fell into bankruptcy, we were encouraged to develop it into a more contemporary direction. Thus it became WLFX &#39;X-100&#39;, Lexington&#39;s 12-in-a-row hit music station. (It still makes me laugh to say it aloud.) At that time the station was helmed by Jack Smith (formerly of WRFL) and later, myself. Lee Cruse was part of the staff by this time. By Fall 1992, the station was &#39;dark&#39; and awaiting new ownership and a new direction. Rather than risk hanging around for potential employment, I packed my bags and left for Chattanooga where I programmed two stations. My swansong came from Tony &#39;TNT&#39; Tilford whom I had befriended at various Rupp Arena concerts. Tony had told me that if he ever became Program Director at WKQQ (the only radio job he&#39;d ever held -- which was a foreign concept to a nomad like myself) that he would hire me as his Music Director. Little did I know, three years later that TNT would hold his promise and place the phone call that would bring me back to Lexington. It was November 1, 1995 when my tenure at WKQQ would (finally!) begin. In August 1997 I &#39;transferred&#39; to Louisville to resurrect WLRS &#39;The Walrus&#39;, which we successfully did. But back in Lexington, in the Spring of 1999, Tony TNT Tilford was beginning to get offers that he couldn&#39;t refuse. For the first time in his career he was off to another station, seeking his replacement. I was eager to get back to the #1 Rock Station in the Bluegrass, where I remain today as Program Director. That&#39;s the humble story of &#39;Dead-Air Dennis&#39; in a nutshell.</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[<p>I left Ohio in September 1987 for my first full-time radio job in Danville, Kentucky at WRNZ. When I arrived the engineers informed me and Rod Willis that the station wouldn&#39;t be ready for &#39;air&#39; for another two weeks, so would we mind lying beneath the building in the crawl space and run the wiring? A year later I&#39;d join Michael Lee Webb, Skip Grynn, Tighe Barrett and Mark Summers (soon to be known as &#39;Officer Don Evans&#39;) at WLFX (formerly WFMI) in Winchester. When I started at the station in 1988 it was a &#39;Pop Hits&#39; station, but once the station fell into bankruptcy, we were encouraged to develop it into a more contemporary direction. Thus it became WLFX &#39;X-100&#39;, Lexington&#39;s 12-in-a-row hit music station. (It still makes me laugh to say it aloud.) At that time the station was helmed by Jack Smith (formerly of WRFL) and later, myself. Lee Cruse was part of the staff by this time. By Fall 1992, the station was &#39;dark&#39; and awaiting new ownership and a new direction. Rather than risk hanging around for potential employment, I packed my bags and left for Chattanooga where I programmed two stations. My swansong came from Tony &#39;TNT&#39; Tilford whom I had befriended at various Rupp Arena concerts. Tony had told me that if he ever became Program Director at WKQQ (the only radio job he&#39;d ever held -- which was a foreign concept to a nomad like myself) that he would hire me as his Music Director. Little did I know, three years later that TNT would hold his promise and place the phone call that would bring me back to Lexington. It was November 1, 1995 when my tenure at WKQQ would (finally!) begin. In August 1997 I &#39;transferred&#39; to Louisville to resurrect WLRS &#39;The Walrus&#39;, which we successfully did. But back in Lexington, in the Spring of 1999, Tony TNT Tilford was beginning to get offers that he couldn&#39;t refuse. For the first time in his career he was off to another station, seeking his replacement. I was eager to get back to the #1 Rock Station in the Bluegrass, where I remain today as Program Director. That&#39;s the humble story of &#39;Dead-Air Dennis&#39; in a nutshell.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;I left Ohio in September 1987 for my first full-time radio job in Danville, Kentucky at WRNZ. When I arrived the engineers informed me and Rod Willis that the station wouldn&amp;#39;t be ready for &amp;#39;air&amp;#39; for another two weeks, so would we mind lying beneath the building in the crawl space and run the wiring? A year later I&amp;#39;d join Michael Lee Webb, Skip Grynn, Tighe Barrett and Mark Summers (soon to be known as &amp;#39;Officer Don Evans&amp;#39;) at WLFX (formerly WFMI) in Winchester. When I started at the station in 1988 it was a &amp;#39;Pop Hits&amp;#39; station, but once the station fell into bankruptcy, we were encouraged to develop it into a more contemporary direction. Thus it became WLFX &amp;#39;X-100&amp;#39;, Lexington&amp;#39;s 12-in-a-row hit music station. (It still makes me laugh to say it aloud.) At that time the station was helmed by Jack Smith (formerly of WRFL) and later, myself. Lee Cruse was part of the staff by this time. By Fall 1992, the station was &amp;#39;dark&amp;#39; and awaiting new ownership and a new direction. Rather than risk hanging around for potential employment, I packed my bags and left for Chattanooga where I programmed two stations. My swansong came from Tony &amp;#39;TNT&amp;#39; Tilford whom I had befriended at various Rupp Arena concerts. Tony had told me that if he ever became Program Director at WKQQ (the only radio job he&amp;#39;d ever held -- which was a foreign concept to a nomad like myself) that he would hire me as his Music Director. Little did I know, three years later that TNT would hold his promise and place the phone call that would bring me back to Lexington. It was November 1, 1995 when my tenure at WKQQ would (finally!) begin. In August 1997 I &amp;#39;transferred&amp;#39; to Louisville to resurrect WLRS &amp;#39;The Walrus&amp;#39;, which we successfully did. But back in Lexington, in the Spring of 1999, Tony TNT Tilford was beginning to get offers that he couldn&amp;#39;t refuse. For the first time in his career he was off to another station, seeking his replacement. I was eager to get back to the #1 Rock Station in the Bluegrass, where I remain today as Program Director. That&amp;#39;s the humble story of &amp;#39;Dead-Air Dennis&amp;#39; in a nutshell.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>#28 Al Snow</itunes:title>
                <title>#28 Al Snow</title>

                <itunes:episode>92</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>Allen Ray Sarven (born July 18, 1963) is an American professional wrestler, color commentator, training coach, promoter and actor, better known by his ring name of Al Snow. He is best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling ...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Allen Ray Sarven (born July 18, 1963) is an American professional wrestler, color commentator, training coach, promoter and actor, better known by his ring name of Al Snow. He is best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Entertainment and Impact Wrestling. From 2010 to 2017, Snow had worked as a road agent for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and with its former developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling, as a show producer.</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Allen Ray Sarven (born July 18, 1963) is an American professional wrestler, color commentator, training coach, promoter and actor, better known by his ring name of Al Snow. He is best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Entertainment and Impact Wrestling. From 2010 to 2017, Snow had worked as a road agent for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and with its former developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling, as a show producer.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Allen Ray Sarven (born July 18, 1963) is an American professional wrestler, color commentator, training coach, promoter and actor, better known by his ring name of Al Snow. He is best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Entertainment and Impact Wrestling. From 2010 to 2017, Snow had worked as a road agent for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and with its former developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling, as a show producer.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>#27 Marty Pollio</itunes:title>
                <title>#27 Marty Pollio</title>

                <itunes:episode>91</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>Marty Pollio (born February 22, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He appeared twice on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and once in a skit on the show with Jay Leno. He also guest starred on several network sitcoms, including Night...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Marty Pollio (born February 22, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He appeared twice on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and once in a skit on the show with Jay Leno. He also guest starred on several network sitcoms, including Night Court, Empty Nest and Blossom, in addition to co-starring in a CBS pilot produced by Dan Aykroyd, Mars Base One.
Born Martin Polio, he legally changed his last name to its original ethnic Italian spelling of Pollio. Raised in Louisville, Kentucky, Pollio is the son of the former Julia Tino, a homemaker and religious zealot, and Joseph Polio, a bookmaker and local racketeer who ran an after-hours gambling operation. As a teenager, his weekend job was delivering the &#34;gifts&#34; to cops and judges for his father.[1]
After graduating from St. Xavier High School in Louisville, Pollio was in his third year of a four-year apprenticeship as an electrician when he quit on a whim to become an actor. While attending theatre classes at the University of Louisville, he studied movement theatre and mime with Avner Eisenberg (Avner the Eccentric) and later in Los Angeles with Israeli mime, Yaakov Noy. His performing career began in 1977 as a roving entertainer at the theme park, Opryland USA, in Nashville, TN. Once his act became choreographed to music, he started doing what he called, &#34;bar mime.&#34; He performed his act, along with impressionist Bill Sacra, and magicians Mac King and Lance Burton in a Louisville landmark strip club named the Merry Go Round. Once the proliferation of comedy clubs began in the U.S., he adapted his show accordingly, but is still known more for his physical comedy than his stand-up.
Among other credits, Pollio was a movement instructor for the Tony Award winning company of National Theatre of the Deaf.[2] He performed his one-man show Prisoners of Cheese at the Montreal Fringe Festival, and released a comedy/instructional video, How To Juggle and Other Cheap Tricks, which is widely distributed by View Video.</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Marty Pollio</strong> (born February 22, 1955) is an <a title="United States" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" rel="nofollow">American</a> <a title="Stand-up comedy" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_comedy" rel="nofollow">stand-up comedian</a> and <a title="Actor" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor" rel="nofollow">actor</a>. He appeared twice on <em><a title="The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Johnny_Carson" rel="nofollow">The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson</a></em> and once in a skit on the show with <a title="Jay Leno" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Leno" rel="nofollow">Jay Leno</a>. He also guest starred on several network sitcoms, including <em><a title="Night Court" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Court" rel="nofollow">Night Court</a></em>, <em><a title="Empty Nest (TV series)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_Nest_(TV_series)" rel="nofollow">Empty Nest</a></em> and <em><a title="Blossom (TV series)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blossom_(TV_series)" rel="nofollow">Blossom</a></em>, in addition to co-starring in a CBS pilot produced by <a title="Dan Aykroyd" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Aykroyd" rel="nofollow">Dan Aykroyd</a>, <em>Mars Base One</em>.</p>
<p>Born Martin Polio, he legally changed his last name to its original ethnic Italian spelling of Pollio. Raised in <a title="Louisville, Kentucky" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" rel="nofollow">Louisville, Kentucky</a>, Pollio is the son of the former Julia Tino, a homemaker and religious zealot, and Joseph Polio, a <a title="Bookmaker" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookmaker" rel="nofollow">bookmaker</a> and local racketeer who ran an after-hours gambling operation. As a teenager, his weekend job was delivering the &#34;gifts&#34; to cops and judges for his father.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Pollio#cite_note-courier-journal-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a></sup></p>
<p>After graduating from <a title="St. Xavier High School (Louisville)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Xavier_High_School_(Louisville)" rel="nofollow">St. Xavier High School</a> in Louisville, Pollio was in his third year of a four-year apprenticeship as an electrician when he quit on a whim to become an actor. While attending theatre classes at the <a title="University of Louisville" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Louisville" rel="nofollow">University of Louisville</a>, he studied movement theatre and <a title="Mime" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mime" rel="nofollow">mime</a> with Avner Eisenberg (<a title="Avner the Eccentric" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avner_the_Eccentric" rel="nofollow">Avner the Eccentric</a>) and later in Los Angeles with Israeli mime, Yaakov Noy. His performing career began in 1977 as a roving entertainer at the theme park, <a title="Opryland USA" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opryland_USA" rel="nofollow">Opryland USA</a>, in Nashville, TN. Once his act became choreographed to music, he started doing what he called, &#34;bar mime.&#34; He performed his act, along with impressionist Bill Sacra, and magicians <a title="Mac King" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_King" rel="nofollow">Mac King</a> and <a title="Lance Burton" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Burton" rel="nofollow">Lance Burton</a> in a Louisville landmark <a title="Strip club" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_club" rel="nofollow">strip club</a> named the Merry Go Round. Once the proliferation of comedy clubs began in the U.S., he adapted his show accordingly, but is still known more for his physical comedy than his stand-up.</p>
<p>Among other credits, Pollio was a movement instructor for the <a title="Tony Award" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award" rel="nofollow">Tony Award</a> winning company of <a title="National Theatre of the Deaf" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Theatre_of_the_Deaf" rel="nofollow">National Theatre of the Deaf</a>.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Pollio#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a></sup> He performed his one-man show <em>Prisoners of Cheese</em> at the Montreal Fringe Festival, and released a comedy/instructional video, How To Juggle and Other Cheap Tricks, which is widely distributed by View Video.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marty Pollio&lt;/strong&gt; (born February 22, 1955) is an &lt;a title=&#34;United States&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;American&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title=&#34;Stand-up comedy&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_comedy&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;stand-up comedian&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title=&#34;Actor&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;actor&lt;/a&gt;. He appeared twice on &lt;em&gt;&lt;a title=&#34;The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Johnny_Carson&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; and once in a skit on the show with &lt;a title=&#34;Jay Leno&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Leno&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Jay Leno&lt;/a&gt;. He also guest starred on several network sitcoms, including &lt;em&gt;&lt;a title=&#34;Night Court&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Court&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Night Court&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;&lt;a title=&#34;Empty Nest (TV series)&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_Nest_(TV_series)&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Empty Nest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;&lt;a title=&#34;Blossom (TV series)&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blossom_(TV_series)&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Blossom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, in addition to co-starring in a CBS pilot produced by &lt;a title=&#34;Dan Aykroyd&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Aykroyd&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Dan Aykroyd&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Mars Base One&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Born Martin Polio, he legally changed his last name to its original ethnic Italian spelling of Pollio. Raised in &lt;a title=&#34;Louisville, Kentucky&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Louisville, Kentucky&lt;/a&gt;, Pollio is the son of the former Julia Tino, a homemaker and religious zealot, and Joseph Polio, a &lt;a title=&#34;Bookmaker&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookmaker&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;bookmaker&lt;/a&gt; and local racketeer who ran an after-hours gambling operation. As a teenager, his weekend job was delivering the &amp;#34;gifts&amp;#34; to cops and judges for his father.&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Pollio#cite_note-courier-journal-1&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After graduating from &lt;a title=&#34;St. Xavier High School (Louisville)&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Xavier_High_School_(Louisville)&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;St. Xavier High School&lt;/a&gt; in Louisville, Pollio was in his third year of a four-year apprenticeship as an electrician when he quit on a whim to become an actor. While attending theatre classes at the &lt;a title=&#34;University of Louisville&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Louisville&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;University of Louisville&lt;/a&gt;, he studied movement theatre and &lt;a title=&#34;Mime&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mime&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;mime&lt;/a&gt; with Avner Eisenberg (&lt;a title=&#34;Avner the Eccentric&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avner_the_Eccentric&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Avner the Eccentric&lt;/a&gt;) and later in Los Angeles with Israeli mime, Yaakov Noy. His performing career began in 1977 as a roving entertainer at the theme park, &lt;a title=&#34;Opryland USA&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opryland_USA&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Opryland USA&lt;/a&gt;, in Nashville, TN. Once his act became choreographed to music, he started doing what he called, &amp;#34;bar mime.&amp;#34; He performed his act, along with impressionist Bill Sacra, and magicians &lt;a title=&#34;Mac King&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_King&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Mac King&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title=&#34;Lance Burton&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Burton&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Lance Burton&lt;/a&gt; in a Louisville landmark &lt;a title=&#34;Strip club&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_club&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;strip club&lt;/a&gt; named the Merry Go Round. Once the proliferation of comedy clubs began in the U.S., he adapted his show accordingly, but is still known more for his physical comedy than his stand-up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Among other credits, Pollio was a movement instructor for the &lt;a title=&#34;Tony Award&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Tony Award&lt;/a&gt; winning company of &lt;a title=&#34;National Theatre of the Deaf&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Theatre_of_the_Deaf&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;National Theatre of the Deaf&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Pollio#cite_note-2&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; He performed his one-man show &lt;em&gt;Prisoners of Cheese&lt;/em&gt; at the Montreal Fringe Festival, and released a comedy/instructional video, How To Juggle and Other Cheap Tricks, which is widely distributed by View Video.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>#26 Jon Reep</itunes:title>
                <title>#26 Jon Reep</title>

                <itunes:episode>90</itunes:episode>
                
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                <itunes:subtitle>Jon Reep is a nationally touring comedian whose contemporary country point of view has won over legions of fans in comedy clubs, on tv and in film. As a stand-up he’s built a following through his hilarious comedy specials and as the winner of NBC’s fift...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Jon Reep is a nationally touring comedian whose contemporary country point of view has won over legions of fans in comedy clubs, on tv and in film. As a stand-up he’s built a following through his hilarious comedy specials and as the winner of NBC’s fifth season of Last Comic Standing. He can currently be seen in Netflix’s Brad Paisley’s Comedy Rodeo and his new standup album Ginger Pain was released in March 2019 on 800 Pound Gorilla Records. Jon’s hour standup special Jon Reep: Metro Jethro and his half hour standup special both aired on Comedy Central.
Jon is also host of the popular podcast Fried on Bill Burr and Al Madrigal’s All Things Comedy digital platform. As an actor, Jon has been seen in Tig Notaro’s Amazon Series One Mississisppi, CW’s Jane The Virgin, ABC’s Black-ish, HBO’s Eastbound and Down, and as the “Hemi Guy” from Dodge’s popular ad campaign. On the big screen he appeared in the feature film Into the Storm and as the beloved “Raymus, the pot smoking farmer” in Harold and Kumar: Escape From Guantanamo Bay.
On a nonstop tour since he burst onto the scene, Jon performs to sold-out audiences at clubs and theaters across the country.</itunes:summary>
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<p>Jon is also host of the popular podcast <em>Fried</em> on Bill Burr and Al Madrigal’s <em>All Things Comedy</em> digital platform. As an actor, Jon has been seen in Tig Notaro’s Amazon Series <em>One Mississisppi</em>, CW’s <em>Jane The Virgin</em>, ABC’s <em>Black-ish</em>, HBO’s <em>Eastbound and Down</em>, and as the “Hemi Guy” from Dodge’s popular ad campaign. On the big screen he appeared in the feature film <em>Into the Storm</em> and as the beloved “Raymus, the pot smoking farmer” in <em>Harold and Kumar: Escape From Guantanamo Bay</em>.</p>
<p>On a nonstop tour since he burst onto the scene, Jon performs to sold-out audiences at clubs and theaters across the country.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Jon Reep is a nationally touring comedian whose contemporary country point of view has won over legions of fans in comedy clubs, on tv and in film. As a stand-up he’s built a following through his hilarious comedy specials and as the winner of NBC’s fifth season of &lt;em&gt;Last Comic Standing&lt;/em&gt;. He can currently be seen in Netflix’s &lt;em&gt;Brad Paisley’s Comedy Rodeo&lt;/em&gt; and his new standup album &lt;em&gt;Ginger Pain&lt;/em&gt; was released in March 2019 on 800 Pound Gorilla Records. Jon’s hour standup special &lt;em&gt;Jon Reep: Metro Jethro&lt;/em&gt; and his half hour standup special both aired on Comedy Central.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jon is also host of the popular podcast &lt;em&gt;Fried&lt;/em&gt; on Bill Burr and Al Madrigal’s &lt;em&gt;All Things Comedy&lt;/em&gt; digital platform. As an actor, Jon has been seen in Tig Notaro’s Amazon Series &lt;em&gt;One Mississisppi&lt;/em&gt;, CW’s &lt;em&gt;Jane The Virgin&lt;/em&gt;, ABC’s &lt;em&gt;Black-ish&lt;/em&gt;, HBO’s &lt;em&gt;Eastbound and Down&lt;/em&gt;, and as the “Hemi Guy” from Dodge’s popular ad campaign. On the big screen he appeared in the feature film &lt;em&gt;Into the Storm&lt;/em&gt; and as the beloved “Raymus, the pot smoking farmer” in &lt;em&gt;Harold and Kumar: Escape From Guantanamo Bay&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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                <itunes:title>#25 Greg Fitzsimmons</itunes:title>
                <title>#25 Greg Fitzsimmons</title>

                <itunes:episode>89</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
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Mixing an incisive wit with scathing sarcasm, Greg Fitzsimmons has achieved success as a stand-up, an Emmy Award winning writer, and host on TV, radio and his own podcast. Greg is host of the hugely popular FitzDog Radio podcast and The Greg Fitzsimmon...</itunes:subtitle>
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Mixing an incisive wit with scathing sarcasm, Greg Fitzsimmons has achieved success as a stand-up, an Emmy Award winning writer, and host on TV, radio and his own podcast. Greg is host of the hugely popular FitzDog Radio podcast and The Greg Fitzsimmons Show, on SiriusXM’s &#34;Howard 101”. A regular with Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Kimmel, Greg has made more than 50 visits to The Howard Stern Show.
Greg’s one-hour standup special, Life On Stage, was named a Top 10 Comedy Release of 2013 by LA Weekly. The special premiered on Comedy Central and is now available as a CD, DVD and download. Greg’s 2011 book, Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons, climbed the best-seller charts and garnered outstanding reviews from NPR and Vanity Fair.  



 
















Greg was recently seen in the hit Netflix series, Santa Clarita Diet, he co-starred on the Emmy-winning FX series Louie, spent five years as a panelist on VH1’s Best Week Ever, hosted Pumped on The Speed Channel in 2012 and he starred in two half-hour stand-up specials on Comedy Central.
Greg is currently writing (and appearing) on the hit Judd Apatow HBO series, Crashing. Writing credits include HBO’s Lucky Louie, Cedric the Entertainer Presents, Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, The Man Show and many others. On his mantle beside the four Daytime Emmys he won as a writer and producer on The Ellen DeGeneres Show sit “The Jury Award for Best Comedian” from The HBO Comedy Arts Festival and a Cable Ace Award for hosting the MTV game show &#34;Idiot Savants.&#34;



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<p>Greg’s one-hour standup special, Life On Stage, was named a Top 10 Comedy Release of 2013 by LA Weekly. The special premiered on Comedy Central and is now available as <a href="http://amzn.to/2CwjVOx" rel="nofollow">a CD, DVD and download</a>. Greg’s 2011 book, <a href="http://amzn.to/2BB7B2x" rel="nofollow">Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons</a>, climbed the best-seller charts and garnered outstanding reviews from NPR and Vanity Fair.  </p>
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<p>Greg is currently writing (and appearing) on the hit Judd Apatow HBO series, <a href="https://www.hbo.com/crashing" rel="nofollow">Crashing</a>. Writing credits include HBO’s Lucky Louie, Cedric the Entertainer Presents, Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, The Man Show and many others. On his mantle beside the four Daytime Emmys he won as a writer and producer on The Ellen DeGeneres Show sit “The Jury Award for Best Comedian” from The HBO Comedy Arts Festival and a Cable Ace Award for hosting the MTV game show &#34;Idiot Savants.&#34;</p>
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&lt;p&gt;Greg’s one-hour standup special, Life On Stage, was named a Top 10 Comedy Release of 2013 by LA Weekly. The special premiered on Comedy Central and is now available as &lt;a href=&#34;http://amzn.to/2CwjVOx&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;a CD, DVD and download&lt;/a&gt;. Greg’s 2011 book, &lt;a href=&#34;http://amzn.to/2BB7B2x&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons&lt;/a&gt;, climbed the best-seller charts and garnered outstanding reviews from NPR and Vanity Fair.  &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Greg is currently writing (and appearing) on the hit Judd Apatow HBO series, &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.hbo.com/crashing&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Crashing&lt;/a&gt;. Writing credits include HBO’s Lucky Louie, Cedric the Entertainer Presents, Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, The Man Show and many others. On his mantle beside the four Daytime Emmys he won as a writer and producer on The Ellen DeGeneres Show sit “The Jury Award for Best Comedian” from The HBO Comedy Arts Festival and a Cable Ace Award for hosting the MTV game show &amp;#34;Idiot Savants.&amp;#34;&lt;/p&gt;
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                <itunes:title>#24 Josh Arnold</itunes:title>
                <title>#24 Josh Arnold</title>

                <itunes:episode>88</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>Josh Arnold can be heard every morning on the nationally-syndicated radio program The BOB &amp; TOM Show and can be seen performing stand-up in some of the best comedy clubs in the country. He’s also a writer and actor and he’s embarrassed by bios so he’s re...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Josh Arnold can be heard every morning on the nationally-syndicated radio program The BOB &amp; TOM Show and can be seen performing stand-up in some of the best comedy clubs in the country. He’s also a writer and actor and he’s embarrassed by bios so he’s requested we pretty much end it here.</itunes:summary>
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                <itunes:title>#23 Dave Cupp &#34;DJ &#34;D&#34; Cupps</itunes:title>
                <title>#23 Dave Cupp &#34;DJ &#34;D&#34; Cupps</title>

                <itunes:episode>87</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>Dave Cupp is an aspiring comedian and talented AV guy that gladly took on the engineering role on the show. And we couldn&#39;t be happier with him! Check out this hilarious episode where Dave tells me his true feelings for me. And Brandi and I figure out an...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Dave Cupp is an aspiring comedian and talented AV guy that gladly took on the engineering role on the show. And we couldn&#39;t be happier with him! Check out this hilarious episode where Dave tells me his true feelings for me. And Brandi and I figure out another beer we don&#39;t care for...</itunes:summary>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2020 23:30:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>#22 Naela Durrani</itunes:title>
                <title>#22 Naela Durrani</title>

                <itunes:episode>86</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>Naela Durrani is a Freelance Reality Casting Producer and Associate Producer based in the Los Angeles area. She has been working in the Casting/Production Industry for over ten years, after she moved to Los Angeles from Dallas/Ft Worth Texas at the young...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Naela Durrani is a Freelance Reality Casting Producer and Associate Producer based in the Los Angeles area. She has been working in the Casting/Production Industry for over ten years, after she moved to Los Angeles from Dallas/Ft Worth Texas at the young age of 24. She considers herself a Texan at heart. She prides herself in having a unique background with being born in Saudi Arabia, to having a father from Pakistan and a Mother from a small farm town in Portland Indiana. She feels like because of her background, she has a better ability to sift through the fakes of the world. She started at Radio Disney AM 620 (DFW ) while in High School and worked there as an &#34;In Person Talent&#34; for 4.5 Yrs, hosting local events. She currently is casting for America&#39;s Got Talent Seasons 12-15 at Fremantle Media in Burbank CA and a New Show for a Major Network from the Executive Producers of MASKED SINGER!!!! In her spare time, she also attends local comedy shows, national comedy competitions, and national talent festivals of all kinds. Naela enjoys the dating scene of Los Angeles, as she teses that she casts her own dating life. She also takes Fire Eating Classes and Drum Lessons to have fun. And she spends most nights in her small apt in Van Nuys with her two elderly pups.</itunes:summary>
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Naela Durrani is a Freelance Reality Casting Producer and Associate Producer based in the Los Angeles area. She has been working in the Casting/Production Industry for over ten years, after she moved to Los Angeles from Dallas/Ft Worth Texas at the young age of 24. She considers herself a Texan at heart. She prides herself in having a unique background with being born in Saudi Arabia, to having a father from Pakistan and a Mother from a small farm town in Portland Indiana. She feels like because of her background, she has a better ability to sift through the fakes of the world. She started at Radio Disney AM 620 (DFW ) while in High School and worked there as an &amp;#34;In Person Talent&amp;#34; for 4.5 Yrs, hosting local events. She currently is casting for America&amp;#39;s Got Talent Seasons 12-15 at Fremantle Media in Burbank CA and a New Show for a Major Network from the Executive Producers of MASKED SINGER!!!! In her spare time, she also attends local comedy shows, national comedy competitions, and national talent festivals of all kinds. Naela enjoys the dating scene of Los Angeles, as she teses that she casts her own dating life. She also takes Fire Eating Classes and Drum Lessons to have fun. And she spends most nights in her small apt in Van Nuys with her two elderly pups.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2020 00:14:13 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>#21 Holiday Edition</itunes:title>
                <title>#21 Holiday Edition</title>

                <itunes:episode>85</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>In this episode, Josh and Brandi discuss many holiday traditions and sample some...eggnog....Its a fun time and should be very entertaining.  Please don&#39;t forget to like, subscribe and or follow and if you want to watch the episode, all our shows are on ...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>In this episode, Josh and Brandi discuss many holiday traditions and sample some...eggnog....Its a fun time and should be very entertaining.  Please don&#39;t forget to like, subscribe and or follow and if you want to watch the episode, all our shows are on YouTube!</itunes:summary>
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, Josh and Brandi discuss many holiday traditions and sample some...eggnog....Its a fun time and should be very entertaining.  Please don&amp;#39;t forget to like, subscribe and or follow and if you want to watch the episode, all our shows are on YouTube!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2019 02:40:53 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>#20 Brad Lanning</itunes:title>
                <title>#20 Brad Lanning</title>

                <itunes:episode>84</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>Stand up comedy was something I wanted to try for a long time. I put it of for the better part of a decade and finally signed up for an open mic in 2004 at The Comedy Caravan in my hometown, Louisville, Ky. I did 3 minutes and some of it worked. I experi...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Stand up comedy was something I wanted to try for a long time. I put it of for the better part of a decade and finally signed up for an open mic in 2004 at The Comedy Caravan in my hometown, Louisville, Ky. I did 3 minutes and some of it worked. I experience and intense natural high that I continue to chase every time I do a show. My second time on stage was an open mic at bar in front of mostly comedians. None of it worked and I experience a natural low that I continue to avoid to this very day.
I’ve been very lucky to have worked a wide variety of stand up shows and to have opened for some of the absolute best stand up comics in the world: Bert Kreischer, Greg Fitzsimmons, Kyle Kinane, Mary Lynn Rajskub, and recently I’ve been opening for Joey Diaz (The Church of What’s Happening Now/Joe Rogan Experience) when he performs in the Midwest/South
I’m a regular performer at what I consider my two home clubs: The Caravan (Louisville) and Comedy Off Broadway(Lexington)</itunes:summary>
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<p>I’ve been very lucky to have worked a wide variety of stand up shows and to have opened for some of the absolute best stand up comics in the world: Bert Kreischer, Greg Fitzsimmons, Kyle Kinane, Mary Lynn Rajskub, and recently I’ve been opening for Joey Diaz<em> (The Church of What’s Happening Now/Joe Rogan Experience</em>) when he performs in the Midwest/South</p>
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&lt;p&gt;I’ve been very lucky to have worked a wide variety of stand up shows and to have opened for some of the absolute best stand up comics in the world: Bert Kreischer, Greg Fitzsimmons, Kyle Kinane, Mary Lynn Rajskub, and recently I’ve been opening for Joey Diaz&lt;em&gt; (The Church of What’s Happening Now/Joe Rogan Experience&lt;/em&gt;) when he performs in the Midwest/South&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’m a regular performer at what I consider my two home clubs: The Caravan (Louisville) and Comedy Off Broadway(Lexington)&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2019 23:30:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>#19 Matt Holt</itunes:title>
                <title>#19 Matt Holt</title>

                <itunes:episode>83</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>Matt Holt has been making people laugh most of his life. He’s been doing it professionally for nearly 20 years. He displays a quick-wit and razor-sharp delivery along with a very laid back and conversational style on stage. When a comic lives in the mome...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Matt Holt has been making people laugh most of his life. He’s been doing it professionally for nearly 20 years. He displays a quick-wit and razor-sharp delivery along with a very laid back and conversational style on stage. When a comic lives in the moment, no two shows are alike. With his relaxed style, Matt transitions seamlessly from scripted material to of-the- cuff conversation with the audience, leaving them laughing, applauding and gasping for air. Being the youngest of 8 kids, twice divorced and having no health care is what drives Matt to the stage night after night. Matt never misses a chance to laugh at himself, which allows him to break down the barrier between the audience and the performer. It’s like sitting down with an old friend and having the time of your life.In addition to his stand up performances, Matt has also kept busy creating one-man shows. In 2014 he wrote and produced his show “Thank You Johnny Carson”, which received great reviews. In 2015 he debuted his latest show, “Acting My Age!” Matt has performed with many of the greats in the comedy world: Louis CK, Dave Attel, John Pinette, Ron White, and Jimmy Pardo among many, many more.Matt’s latest CD “Acting My Age” can be heard on Sirius/XM radio and debuted on the top ten I-tunes comedy chart.</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Matt Holt has been making people laugh most of his life. He’s been doing it professionally for nearly 20 years. He displays a quick-wit and razor-sharp delivery along with a very laid back and conversational style on stage. When a comic lives in the moment, no two shows are alike. With his relaxed style, Matt transitions seamlessly from scripted material to of-the- cuff conversation with the audience, leaving them laughing, applauding and gasping for air. Being the youngest of 8 kids, twice divorced and having no health care is what drives Matt to the stage night after night. Matt never misses a chance to laugh at himself, which allows him to break down the barrier between the audience and the performer. It’s like sitting down with an old friend and having the time of your life.In addition to his stand up performances, Matt has also kept busy creating one-man shows. In 2014 he wrote and produced his show “Thank You Johnny Carson”, which received great reviews. In 2015 he debuted his latest show, “Acting My Age!” Matt has performed with many of the greats in the comedy world: Louis CK, Dave Attel, John Pinette, Ron White, and Jimmy Pardo among many, many more.Matt’s latest CD “Acting My Age” can be heard on Sirius/XM radio and debuted on the top ten I-tunes comedy chart.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Matt Holt has been making people laugh most of his life. He’s been doing it professionally for nearly 20 years. He displays a quick-wit and razor-sharp delivery along with a very laid back and conversational style on stage. When a comic lives in the moment, no two shows are alike. With his relaxed style, Matt transitions seamlessly from scripted material to of-the- cuff conversation with the audience, leaving them laughing, applauding and gasping for air. Being the youngest of 8 kids, twice divorced and having no health care is what drives Matt to the stage night after night. Matt never misses a chance to laugh at himself, which allows him to break down the barrier between the audience and the performer. It’s like sitting down with an old friend and having the time of your life.In addition to his stand up performances, Matt has also kept busy creating one-man shows. In 2014 he wrote and produced his show “Thank You Johnny Carson”, which received great reviews. In 2015 he debuted his latest show, “Acting My Age!” Matt has performed with many of the greats in the comedy world: Louis CK, Dave Attel, John Pinette, Ron White, and Jimmy Pardo among many, many more.Matt’s latest CD “Acting My Age” can be heard on Sirius/XM radio and debuted on the top ten I-tunes comedy chart.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 23:30:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>#18 Goo McIntyre</itunes:title>
                <title>#18 Goo McIntyre</title>

                <itunes:episode>82</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>Goo McIntyre is a central Kentucky based Comedian and Comedy Club owner. This episode unveils his thoughts behind opening his club, The Laughing Skull in Georgetown, KY. Hilariously fun episode rated a must see by the podcast counsel. Welcome to The Egos...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Goo McIntyre is a central Kentucky based Comedian and Comedy Club owner. This episode unveils his thoughts behind opening his club, The Laughing Skull in Georgetown, KY. Hilariously fun episode rated a must see by the podcast counsel. Welcome to The Egos Last Stand podcast. The show is a collaboration of writers and comedians. This is a podcast consisting of interviews with touring comedians. Some you may know, some you may not know. But if you are a fan of stand up comedy this is a great place to watch some of the best comedians out there and learn more about them. Get involved! Support! We will even be doing live streams so you can interact with some of these guys! We look forward to bringing you some great interviews!</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Goo McIntyre is a central Kentucky based Comedian and Comedy Club owner. This episode unveils his thoughts behind opening his club, The Laughing Skull in Georgetown, KY. Hilariously fun episode rated a must see by the podcast counsel. Welcome to The Egos Last Stand podcast. The show is a collaboration of writers and comedians. This is a podcast consisting of interviews with touring comedians. Some you may know, some you may not know. But if you are a fan of stand up comedy this is a great place to watch some of the best comedians out there and learn more about them. Get involved! Support! We will even be doing live streams so you can interact with some of these guys! We look forward to bringing you some great interviews!</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Goo McIntyre is a central Kentucky based Comedian and Comedy Club owner. This episode unveils his thoughts behind opening his club, The Laughing Skull in Georgetown, KY. Hilariously fun episode rated a must see by the podcast counsel. Welcome to The Egos Last Stand podcast. The show is a collaboration of writers and comedians. This is a podcast consisting of interviews with touring comedians. Some you may know, some you may not know. But if you are a fan of stand up comedy this is a great place to watch some of the best comedians out there and learn more about them. Get involved! Support! We will even be doing live streams so you can interact with some of these guys! We look forward to bringing you some great interviews!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 23:30:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>#17 Preacher Lawson</itunes:title>
                <title>#17 Preacher Lawson</title>

                <itunes:episode>81</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>I was born In Portland, Oregon, but raised most of my adolescence in Memphis, TN. I moved 20 times before age 10, but if you asked me what city I&#39;m from I&#39;d say Orlando, FL. Because that&#39;s where I grew as a comedian.
Growing up switching schools all of t...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>I was born In Portland, Oregon, but raised most of my adolescence in Memphis, TN. I moved 20 times before age 10, but if you asked me what city I&#39;m from I&#39;d say Orlando, FL. Because that&#39;s where I grew as a comedian.
Growing up switching schools all of the time you had to learn how to adapt. Everywhere I&#39;d go I would learn about different people and different cultures, but I noticed the one universal language everyone had in common was laughter. Which is how I spoke and warmed up to most people. Even when I wasn&#39;t the funniest I was still the loudest.
I started writing jokes when I was 16 for about a year, then decided to perform for the first time at age 17 as bet between my mother and I. Best decision of my life.
So far I&#39;ve been blessed enough to meet a few Idols of mine. I&#39;ve opened up for many well known comedians. I won the 2015 Funniest Comedian In Florida, the 2016 Seattle International Comedy Competition, and I&#39;m just getting started for 2017. Follow my journey on my Youtube/Facebook Blogs. Thank you for all your support!
&#34;Don&#39;t Follow Your Dreams Lead Them&#34;</itunes:summary>
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<p>Growing up switching schools all of the time you had to learn how to adapt. Everywhere I&#39;d go I would learn about different people and different cultures, but I noticed the one universal language everyone had in common was laughter. Which is how I spoke and warmed up to most people. Even when I wasn&#39;t the funniest I was still the loudest.</p>
<p>I started writing jokes when I was 16 for about a year, then decided to perform for the first time at age 17 as bet between my mother and I. Best decision of my life.</p>
<p>So far I&#39;ve been blessed enough to meet a few Idols of mine. I&#39;ve opened up for many well known comedians. I won the 2015 Funniest Comedian In Florida, the 2016 Seattle International Comedy Competition, and I&#39;m just getting started for 2017. Follow my journey on my Youtube/Facebook Blogs. Thank you for all your support!</p>
<p>&#34;Don&#39;t Follow Your Dreams Lead Them&#34;</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;I was born In Portland, Oregon, but raised most of my adolescence in Memphis, TN. I moved 20 times before age 10, but if you asked me what city I&amp;#39;m from I&amp;#39;d say Orlando, FL. Because that&amp;#39;s where I grew as a comedian.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Growing up switching schools all of the time you had to learn how to adapt. Everywhere I&amp;#39;d go I would learn about different people and different cultures, but I noticed the one universal language everyone had in common was laughter. Which is how I spoke and warmed up to most people. Even when I wasn&amp;#39;t the funniest I was still the loudest.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I started writing jokes when I was 16 for about a year, then decided to perform for the first time at age 17 as bet between my mother and I. Best decision of my life.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So far I&amp;#39;ve been blessed enough to meet a few Idols of mine. I&amp;#39;ve opened up for many well known comedians. I won the 2015 Funniest Comedian In Florida, the 2016 Seattle International Comedy Competition, and I&amp;#39;m just getting started for 2017. Follow my journey on my Youtube/Facebook Blogs. Thank you for all your support!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#34;Don&amp;#39;t Follow Your Dreams Lead Them&amp;#34;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 23:30:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>#16 Rinovska</itunes:title>
                <title>#16 Rinovska</title>

                <itunes:episode>80</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>I am Rinovska, true Rusky mail order bride, model, and comedian in the big city of New York City! I live for furs, pearls, caviar, vodka, and laughs. Also, American dollars. If you laughs, I am happy, but if you buy me something nice, I even happier. I b...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>I am Rinovska, true Rusky mail order bride, model, and comedian in the big city of New York City! I live for furs, pearls, caviar, vodka, and laughs. Also, American dollars. If you laughs, I am happy, but if you buy me something nice, I even happier. I begin comedies in New York City in 2018, but I haves been funny since I was a smalls baby child. Everyone in my village say so! Now I travel the world and performs at clubs alive on stage. You may have spotted me at Broadway Comedy Club, Dangerfield’s Comedy Club, or Greenwich Village Comedy Club, but I am available to make appearance at your show too. Comrades! Come sees me soon. It will be funs, I promises.
 
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>I am Rinovska, true Rusky mail order bride, model, and comedian in the big city of New York City! I live for furs, pearls, caviar, vodka, and laughs. Also, American dollars. If you laughs, I am happy, but if you buy me something nice, I even happier. I begin comedies in New York City in 2018, but I haves been funny since I was a smalls baby child. Everyone in my village say so! Now I travel the world and performs at clubs alive on stage. You may have spotted me at Broadway Comedy Club, Dangerfield’s Comedy Club, or Greenwich Village Comedy Club, but I am available to make appearance at your show too. Comrades! Come sees me soon. It will be funs, I promises.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Don&#39;t forget to Like, Follow and Subscribe guys!!</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;I am Rinovska, true Rusky mail order bride, model, and comedian in the big city of New York City! I live for furs, pearls, caviar, vodka, and laughs. Also, American dollars. If you laughs, I am happy, but if you buy me something nice, I even happier. I begin comedies in New York City in 2018, but I haves been funny since I was a smalls baby child. Everyone in my village say so! Now I travel the world and performs at clubs alive on stage. You may have spotted me at Broadway Comedy Club, Dangerfield’s Comedy Club, or Greenwich Village Comedy Club, but I am available to make appearance at your show too. Comrades! Come sees me soon. It will be funs, I promises.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#39;t forget to Like, Follow and Subscribe guys!!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2019 22:30:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>#15 Etta May</itunes:title>
                <title>#15 Etta May</title>

                <itunes:episode>79</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>Etta May is an American comedian. She was the winner of the American Comedy Awards Stand-Up Comic of the Year, and has appeared on MTV, Oprah, Comic Strip Live, and as a guest commentator on CBS Sunday Morning.[1][2][3] In 1999, promoted by Scott Sherman...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Etta May is an American comedian. She was the winner of the American Comedy Awards Stand-Up Comic of the Year, and has appeared on MTV, Oprah, Comic Strip Live, and as a guest commentator on CBS Sunday Morning.[1][2][3] In 1999, promoted by Scott Sherman of Atlantic Entertainment Group, Etta Mae appeared at the Philadelphia LGBT Pride Fest, her first LGBT event, with comic Thea Vidale. Both were honored by the city&#39;s mayor, who officially named the day simultaneously &#34;Thea Vidale Day&#34; &amp; &#34;Etta May Day&#34;</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Etta May</strong> is an American comedian. She was the winner of the American Comedy Awards Stand-Up Comic of the Year, and has appeared on <a title="MTV" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV" rel="nofollow">MTV</a>, <a title="The Oprah Winfrey Show" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oprah_Winfrey_Show" rel="nofollow">Oprah</a>, <a title="Comic Strip Live" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Strip_Live" rel="nofollow">Comic Strip Live</a>, and as a guest commentator on <em><a title="CBS Sunday Morning" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_Sunday_Morning" rel="nofollow">CBS Sunday Morning</a></em>.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_May#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a></sup><sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_May#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a></sup><sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_May#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a></sup> In 1999, promoted by Scott Sherman of Atlantic Entertainment Group, Etta Mae appeared at the Philadelphia LGBT Pride Fest, her first LGBT event, with comic Thea Vidale. Both were honored by the city&#39;s mayor, who officially named the day simultaneously &#34;Thea Vidale Day&#34; &amp; &#34;Etta May Day&#34;</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Etta May&lt;/strong&gt; is an American comedian. She was the winner of the American Comedy Awards Stand-Up Comic of the Year, and has appeared on &lt;a title=&#34;MTV&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;MTV&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&#34;The Oprah Winfrey Show&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oprah_Winfrey_Show&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Oprah&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&#34;Comic Strip Live&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Strip_Live&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Comic Strip Live&lt;/a&gt;, and as a guest commentator on &lt;em&gt;&lt;a title=&#34;CBS Sunday Morning&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_Sunday_Morning&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;CBS Sunday Morning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_May#cite_note-1&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_May#cite_note-2&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_May#cite_note-3&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;[3]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; In 1999, promoted by Scott Sherman of Atlantic Entertainment Group, Etta Mae appeared at the Philadelphia LGBT Pride Fest, her first LGBT event, with comic Thea Vidale. Both were honored by the city&amp;#39;s mayor, who officially named the day simultaneously &amp;#34;Thea Vidale Day&amp;#34; &amp;amp; &amp;#34;Etta May Day&amp;#34;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2019 22:30:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>#14 Cindy Kaza</itunes:title>
                <title>#14 Cindy Kaza</title>

                <itunes:episode>78</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>Cindy has been extremely intuitive since very early childhood. At the age of 10 she had her first memorable experience with a spirit. Days after losing a childhood friend in a fatal car accident, Cindy woke up in the middle of the night to see her friend...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Cindy has been extremely intuitive since very early childhood. At the age of 10 she had her first memorable experience with a spirit. Days after losing a childhood friend in a fatal car accident, Cindy woke up in the middle of the night to see her friend standing next to her bed. At the time, she dismissed this experience and convinced herself it was just a dream. It wasn’t until her early 20’s that she realized she was having psychic and mediumistic experiences all along. During this “awakening” she began searching for answers and reasons for her experiences and became aware of her multi-faceted abilities as a psychic medium. She began training not only in the United States but also at the Arthur Findlay School of Intuitive Sciences in Stansted, England. She believes in compassionately sharing her gift with others while also opening up others to the gifts they too possess and that everyone is inherently intuitive and able to feel Spirit!
 
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Cindy has been extremely intuitive since very early childhood. At the age of 10 she had her first memorable experience with a spirit. Days after losing a childhood friend in a fatal car accident, Cindy woke up in the middle of the night to see her friend standing next to her bed. At the time, she dismissed this experience and convinced herself it was just a dream. It wasn’t until her early 20’s that she realized she was having psychic and mediumistic experiences all along. During this “awakening” she began searching for answers and reasons for her experiences and became aware of her multi-faceted abilities as a psychic medium. She began training not only in the United States but also at the Arthur Findlay School of Intuitive Sciences in Stansted, England. She believes in compassionately sharing her gift with others while also opening up others to the gifts they too possess and that everyone is inherently intuitive and able to feel Spirit!</p>
<p> </p>
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Cindy has been extremely intuitive since very early childhood. At the age of 10 she had her first memorable experience with a spirit. Days after losing a childhood friend in a fatal car accident, Cindy woke up in the middle of the night to see her friend standing next to her bed. At the time, she dismissed this experience and convinced herself it was just a dream. It wasn’t until her early 20’s that she realized she was having psychic and mediumistic experiences all along. During this “awakening” she began searching for answers and reasons for her experiences and became aware of her multi-faceted abilities as a psychic medium. She began training not only in the United States but also at the Arthur Findlay School of Intuitive Sciences in Stansted, England. She believes in compassionately sharing her gift with others while also opening up others to the gifts they too possess and that everyone is inherently intuitive and able to feel Spirit!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hey Guys don&amp;#39;t forget to like, follow, subscribe and tail us till we give you ever bit of access to these stars as we have, because hey, it&amp;#39;s pretty cool!  We are on every social media thingie you can think of, so throw a like down and we look forward to sending more fun shows your way!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2019 22:30:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>#13 Trae Crowder</itunes:title>
                <title>#13 Trae Crowder</title>

                <itunes:episode>77</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>After business school, Crowder worked for the U.S. Department of Energy for six years.[4]
In 2010, Crowder got his start as a stand up comedian following an open mic night at Side Splitters comedy club in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was after this that he e...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>After business school, Crowder worked for the U.S. Department of Energy for six years.[4]
In 2010, Crowder got his start as a stand up comedian following an open mic night at Side Splitters comedy club in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was after this that he evolved his main character, described as: The Liberal Redneck. His trademark comedic monologues have garnered both controversy and cumulative views now in the millions on YouTube. After his Liberal Redneck videos went viral, he appeared on a number of television and radio shows.
In June 2016, Crowder began a stint as the official &#34;Hillbilly-in-Chief&#34; for the New York Daily News where he posts his politically-oriented videos for the newspaper&#39;s YouTube channel.[5]
On November 11, 2016, Crowder was a guest on the HBO series, Real Time with Bill Maher, where he discussed his book and gave his &#34;redneck&#34; take on the 2016 U.S. presidential election, held three days earlier.[6] He appeared on the program again in March 2018.[citation needed]
On January 1, 2017, Crowder publicly announced through his Twitter account, &#34;My wife&#39;s packin our butter tubs for our move to LA. I&#39;ll be workin on my @FOXTV sitcom Skeew!&#34;
He is currently[when?] on the WellRED Comedy Tour with fellow comedians and writing partners Drew Morgan and Corey Ryan Forrester.
 
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>After business school, Crowder worked for the <a title="U.S. Department of Energy" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Energy" rel="nofollow">U.S. Department of Energy</a> for six years.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trae_Crowder#cite_note-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a></sup></p>
<p>In 2010, Crowder got his start as a stand up comedian following an open mic night at Side Splitters comedy club in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was after this that he evolved his main character, described as: The Liberal Redneck. His trademark comedic monologues have garnered both controversy and cumulative views now in the millions on <a title="YouTube" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube" rel="nofollow">YouTube</a>. After his Liberal Redneck videos went viral, he appeared on a number of television and radio shows.</p>
<p>In June 2016, Crowder began a stint as the official &#34;Hillbilly-in-Chief&#34; for the <a title="New York Daily News" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Daily_News" rel="nofollow">New York Daily News</a> where he posts his politically-oriented videos for the newspaper&#39;s <a title="YouTube" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube" rel="nofollow">YouTube</a> channel.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trae_Crowder#cite_note-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a></sup></p>
<p>On November 11, 2016, Crowder was a guest on the <a title="HBO" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBO" rel="nofollow">HBO</a> series, <em><a title="Real Time with Bill Maher" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_with_Bill_Maher" rel="nofollow">Real Time with Bill Maher</a></em>, where he discussed his book and gave his &#34;<a title="Redneck" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck" rel="nofollow">redneck</a>&#34; take on the <a title="2016 United States presidential election" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" rel="nofollow">2016 U.S. presidential election</a>, held three days earlier.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trae_Crowder#cite_note-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a></sup> He appeared on the program again in March 2018.<sup>[<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" rel="nofollow"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)">citation needed</span></a></em>]</sup></p>
<p>On January 1, 2017, Crowder publicly announced through his <a title="Twitter" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a> account, &#34;My wife&#39;s packin our butter tubs for our move to <a title="Los Angeles" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" rel="nofollow">LA</a>. I&#39;ll be workin on my @FOXTV sitcom Skeew!&#34;</p>
<p>He is currently<sup>[<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" rel="nofollow"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2019)">when?</span></a></em>]</sup> on the WellRED Comedy Tour with fellow comedians and writing partners Drew Morgan and Corey Ryan Forrester.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Hey Guys, don&#39;t forget to like, follow, subscribe, stock, hunt, kill, we like attention, any attention.  :)  We appreciate you guys and want to make sure yall know when we come out with a new episode!  You can hear and see us all over the place!</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;After business school, Crowder worked for the &lt;a title=&#34;U.S. Department of Energy&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Energy&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;U.S. Department of Energy&lt;/a&gt; for six years.&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trae_Crowder#cite_note-4&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;[4]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In 2010, Crowder got his start as a stand up comedian following an open mic night at Side Splitters comedy club in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was after this that he evolved his main character, described as: The Liberal Redneck. His trademark comedic monologues have garnered both controversy and cumulative views now in the millions on &lt;a title=&#34;YouTube&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt;. After his Liberal Redneck videos went viral, he appeared on a number of television and radio shows.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In June 2016, Crowder began a stint as the official &amp;#34;Hillbilly-in-Chief&amp;#34; for the &lt;a title=&#34;New York Daily News&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Daily_News&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;New York Daily News&lt;/a&gt; where he posts his politically-oriented videos for the newspaper&amp;#39;s &lt;a title=&#34;YouTube&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; channel.&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trae_Crowder#cite_note-5&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On November 11, 2016, Crowder was a guest on the &lt;a title=&#34;HBO&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBO&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;HBO&lt;/a&gt; series, &lt;em&gt;&lt;a title=&#34;Real Time with Bill Maher&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_with_Bill_Maher&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Real Time with Bill Maher&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, where he discussed his book and gave his &amp;#34;&lt;a title=&#34;Redneck&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;redneck&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#34; take on the &lt;a title=&#34;2016 United States presidential election&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;2016 U.S. presidential election&lt;/a&gt;, held three days earlier.&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trae_Crowder#cite_note-6&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; He appeared on the program again in March 2018.&lt;sup&gt;[&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;&lt;span title=&#34;This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2018)&#34;&gt;citation needed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On January 1, 2017, Crowder publicly announced through his &lt;a title=&#34;Twitter&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; account, &amp;#34;My wife&amp;#39;s packin our butter tubs for our move to &lt;a title=&#34;Los Angeles&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;LA&lt;/a&gt;. I&amp;#39;ll be workin on my @FOXTV sitcom Skeew!&amp;#34;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He is currently&lt;sup&gt;[&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;&lt;span title=&#34;The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2019)&#34;&gt;when?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt; on the WellRED Comedy Tour with fellow comedians and writing partners Drew Morgan and Corey Ryan Forrester.&lt;/p&gt;
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                <itunes:title>#12 JP Sears</itunes:title>
                <title>#12 JP Sears</title>

                <itunes:episode>76</itunes:episode>
                
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                <itunes:subtitle>JP Sears (born April 12, 1981) is an American life coach and internet comedian. He is known for his satirical parodying of veganism, gluten-free fads, new age beliefs, social justice warriors and other &#34;modern hippy&#34; topics with his video series Ultra Sp...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>JP Sears (born April 12, 1981) is an American life coach and internet comedian. He is known for his satirical parodying of veganism, gluten-free fads, new age beliefs, social justice warriors and other &#34;modern hippy&#34; topics with his video series Ultra Spiritual.
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                <itunes:title>#11 Bonus Track Darryl Lenox</itunes:title>
                <title>#11 Bonus Track Darryl Lenox</title>

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                <itunes:subtitle>Darryl Lenox is an American comedian who has made appearances on Conan O&#39;Brien, Comedy Central, WTF with Marc Maron, Starz (TV channel), BET, and A&amp;E (TV channel). He is also popular in Canada, having lived there for 12 years. His standup special Blind A...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Darryl Lenox is an American comedian who has made appearances on Conan O&#39;Brien, Comedy Central, WTF with Marc Maron, Starz (TV channel), BET, and A&amp;E (TV channel). He is also popular in Canada, having lived there for 12 years. His standup special Blind Ambition was filmed at The Vogue Theatre in Vancouver, BC and picked up by the Starz network. Lenox is signed to Standup! Records.[2]
Lenox has been performing in comedy clubs throughout the United States and Canada since the early 1990s. Some of his career accomplishments include opening for Chuck Berry and Maxi Priest, Winner of Best New Play at Vancouver Fringe Festival, and Winner of Seattle Comedy Competition.
He has appeared on the BET&#39;s ComicView, Comedy Central&#39;s Jamie Foxx&#39;s Laffa Polooza, and Live at Gotham.
Lenox&#39;s comedy special &#34;Blind Ambition&#34; appeared on Starz in November 2012, and continues to be featured on their channel multiple times a month.[5][6] After his success on Starz, Lenox caught the eye of late night television and was featured on Conan O&#39;brien on February 7, 2013.[7]
In addition to touring comedy clubs, Lenox has been featured on Sirius XM&#39;s Raw Dog Comedy,[8] and Marc Maron&#39;s WTF Podcast.[1]</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Darryl Lenox</strong> is an American comedian who has made appearances on <a title="Conan O&#39;Brien" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_O%27Brien" rel="nofollow">Conan O&#39;Brien</a>, <a title="Comedy Central" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_Central" rel="nofollow">Comedy Central</a>, <a title="WTF with Marc Maron" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTF_with_Marc_Maron" rel="nofollow">WTF with Marc Maron</a>, <a title="Starz (TV channel)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starz_(TV_channel)" rel="nofollow">Starz (TV channel)</a>, <a title="Black Entertainment Television" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Entertainment_Television" rel="nofollow">BET</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26E_(TV_channel)" rel="nofollow">A&amp;E (TV channel)</a>. He is also popular in Canada, having lived there for 12 years. His standup special <em>Blind Ambition</em> was filmed at The Vogue Theatre in Vancouver, BC and picked up by the Starz network. Lenox is signed to Standup! Records.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a></sup></p>
<p>Lenox has been performing in comedy clubs throughout the United States and Canada since the early 1990s. Some of his career accomplishments include opening for <a title="Chuck Berry" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry" rel="nofollow">Chuck Berry</a> and <a title="Maxi Priest" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxi_Priest" rel="nofollow">Maxi Priest</a>, Winner of Best New Play at <a title="Vancouver Fringe Festival" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Fringe_Festival" rel="nofollow">Vancouver Fringe Festival</a>, and Winner of Seattle Comedy Competition.</p>
<p>He has appeared on the <a title="Black Entertainment Television" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Entertainment_Television" rel="nofollow">BET</a>&#39;s <em><a title="ComicView" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComicView" rel="nofollow">ComicView</a></em>, <a title="Comedy Central" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_Central" rel="nofollow">Comedy Central</a>&#39;s <em>Jamie Foxx&#39;s Laffa Polooza</em>, and <em><a title="Live at Gotham" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_Gotham" rel="nofollow">Live at Gotham</a></em>.</p>
<p>Lenox&#39;s comedy special &#34;Blind Ambition&#34; appeared on <a title="Starz (TV channel)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starz_(TV_channel)" rel="nofollow">Starz</a> in November 2012, and continues to be featured on their channel multiple times a month.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a></sup><sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a></sup> After his success on Starz, Lenox caught the eye of late night television and was featured on Conan O&#39;brien on February 7, 2013.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-7" rel="nofollow">[7]</a></sup></p>
<p>In addition to touring comedy clubs, Lenox has been featured on <a title="Sirius XM" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius_XM" rel="nofollow">Sirius XM</a>&#39;s <em><a title="Raw Dog Comedy" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_Dog_Comedy" rel="nofollow">Raw Dog Comedy</a></em>,<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-8" rel="nofollow">[8]</a></sup> and <a title="Marc Maron" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Maron" rel="nofollow">Marc Maron</a>&#39;s <a title="WTF with Marc Maron" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTF_with_Marc_Maron" rel="nofollow">WTF Podcast</a>.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-wtfpod.com-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a></sup></p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Darryl Lenox&lt;/strong&gt; is an American comedian who has made appearances on &lt;a title=&#34;Conan O&amp;#39;Brien&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_O%27Brien&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Conan O&amp;#39;Brien&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&#34;Comedy Central&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_Central&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Comedy Central&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&#34;WTF with Marc Maron&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTF_with_Marc_Maron&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;WTF with Marc Maron&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&#34;Starz (TV channel)&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starz_(TV_channel)&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Starz (TV channel)&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&#34;Black Entertainment Television&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Entertainment_Television&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;BET&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26E_(TV_channel)&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;A&amp;amp;E (TV channel)&lt;/a&gt;. He is also popular in Canada, having lived there for 12 years. His standup special &lt;em&gt;Blind Ambition&lt;/em&gt; was filmed at The Vogue Theatre in Vancouver, BC and picked up by the Starz network. Lenox is signed to Standup! Records.&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-2&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lenox has been performing in comedy clubs throughout the United States and Canada since the early 1990s. Some of his career accomplishments include opening for &lt;a title=&#34;Chuck Berry&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Chuck Berry&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title=&#34;Maxi Priest&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxi_Priest&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Maxi Priest&lt;/a&gt;, Winner of Best New Play at &lt;a title=&#34;Vancouver Fringe Festival&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Fringe_Festival&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Vancouver Fringe Festival&lt;/a&gt;, and Winner of Seattle Comedy Competition.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He has appeared on the &lt;a title=&#34;Black Entertainment Television&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Entertainment_Television&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;BET&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#39;s &lt;em&gt;&lt;a title=&#34;ComicView&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComicView&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;ComicView&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;a title=&#34;Comedy Central&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_Central&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Comedy Central&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#39;s &lt;em&gt;Jamie Foxx&amp;#39;s Laffa Polooza&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;&lt;a title=&#34;Live at Gotham&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_Gotham&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Live at Gotham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lenox&amp;#39;s comedy special &amp;#34;Blind Ambition&amp;#34; appeared on &lt;a title=&#34;Starz (TV channel)&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starz_(TV_channel)&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Starz&lt;/a&gt; in November 2012, and continues to be featured on their channel multiple times a month.&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-5&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-6&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; After his success on Starz, Lenox caught the eye of late night television and was featured on Conan O&amp;#39;brien on February 7, 2013.&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-7&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;[7]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In addition to touring comedy clubs, Lenox has been featured on &lt;a title=&#34;Sirius XM&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius_XM&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Sirius XM&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#39;s &lt;em&gt;&lt;a title=&#34;Raw Dog Comedy&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_Dog_Comedy&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Raw Dog Comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-8&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;[8]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; and &lt;a title=&#34;Marc Maron&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Maron&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Marc Maron&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#39;s &lt;a title=&#34;WTF with Marc Maron&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTF_with_Marc_Maron&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;WTF Podcast&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-wtfpod.com-1&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>#11 Darryl Lenox</itunes:title>
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                <itunes:episode>74</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>Darryl Lenox is an American comedian who has made appearances on Conan O&#39;Brien, Comedy Central, WTF with Marc Maron, Starz (TV channel), BET, and A&amp;E (TV channel). He is also popular in Canada, having lived there for 12 years. His standup special Blind A...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Darryl Lenox is an American comedian who has made appearances on Conan O&#39;Brien, Comedy Central, WTF with Marc Maron, Starz (TV channel), BET, and A&amp;E (TV channel). He is also popular in Canada, having lived there for 12 years. His standup special Blind Ambition was filmed at The Vogue Theatre in Vancouver, BC and picked up by the Starz network. Lenox is signed to Standup! Records.
Lenox has been performing in comedy clubs throughout the United States and Canada since the early 1990s. Some of his career accomplishments include opening for Chuck Berry and Maxi Priest, Winner of Best New Play at Vancouver Fringe Festival, and Winner of Seattle Comedy Competition.
He has appeared on the BET&#39;s ComicView, Comedy Central&#39;s Jamie Foxx&#39;s Laffa Polooza, and Live at Gotham.
Lenox&#39;s comedy special &#34;Blind Ambition&#34; appeared on Starz in November 2012, and continues to be featured on their channel multiple times a month.[5][6] After his success on Starz, Lenox caught the eye of late night television and was featured on Conan O&#39;brien on February 7, 2013.[7]
In addition to touring comedy clubs, Lenox has been featured on Sirius XM&#39;s Raw Dog Comedy,[8] and Marc Maron&#39;s WTF Podcast.[1]
 
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                <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Darryl Lenox</strong> is an American comedian who has made appearances on <a title="Conan O&#39;Brien" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_O%27Brien" rel="nofollow">Conan O&#39;Brien</a>, <a title="Comedy Central" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_Central" rel="nofollow">Comedy Central</a>, <a title="WTF with Marc Maron" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTF_with_Marc_Maron" rel="nofollow">WTF with Marc Maron</a>, <a title="" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starz_(TV_channel)" rel="nofollow">Starz (TV channel)</a>, <a title="Black Entertainment Television" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Entertainment_Television" rel="nofollow">BET</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26E_(TV_channel)" rel="nofollow">A&amp;E (TV channel)</a>. He is also popular in Canada, having lived there for 12 years. His standup special <em>Blind Ambition</em> was filmed at The Vogue Theatre in Vancouver, BC and picked up by the Starz network. Lenox is signed to Standup! Records.</p>
<p>Lenox has been performing in comedy clubs throughout the United States and Canada since the early 1990s. Some of his career accomplishments include opening for <a title="Chuck Berry" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry" rel="nofollow">Chuck Berry</a> and <a title="Maxi Priest" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxi_Priest" rel="nofollow">Maxi Priest</a>, Winner of Best New Play at <a title="Vancouver Fringe Festival" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Fringe_Festival" rel="nofollow">Vancouver Fringe Festival</a>, and Winner of Seattle Comedy Competition.</p>
<p>He has appeared on the <a title="Black Entertainment Television" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Entertainment_Television" rel="nofollow">BET</a>&#39;s <em><a title="ComicView" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComicView" rel="nofollow">ComicView</a></em>, <a title="Comedy Central" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_Central" rel="nofollow">Comedy Central</a>&#39;s <em>Jamie Foxx&#39;s Laffa Polooza</em>, and <em><a title="Live at Gotham" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_Gotham" rel="nofollow">Live at Gotham</a></em>.</p>
<p>Lenox&#39;s comedy special &#34;Blind Ambition&#34; appeared on <a title="Starz (TV channel)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starz_(TV_channel)" rel="nofollow">Starz</a> in November 2012, and continues to be featured on their channel multiple times a month.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a></sup><sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a></sup> After his success on Starz, Lenox caught the eye of late night television and was featured on Conan O&#39;brien on February 7, 2013.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-7" rel="nofollow">[7]</a></sup></p>
<p>In addition to touring comedy clubs, Lenox has been featured on <a title="Sirius XM" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius_XM" rel="nofollow">Sirius XM</a>&#39;s <em><a title="Raw Dog Comedy" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_Dog_Comedy" rel="nofollow">Raw Dog Comedy</a></em>,<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-8" rel="nofollow">[8]</a></sup> and <a title="Marc Maron" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Maron" rel="nofollow">Marc Maron</a>&#39;s <a title="WTF with Marc Maron" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTF_with_Marc_Maron" rel="nofollow">WTF Podcast</a>.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-wtfpod.com-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a></sup></p>
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Darryl Lenox&lt;/strong&gt; is an American comedian who has made appearances on &lt;a title=&#34;Conan O&amp;#39;Brien&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_O%27Brien&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Conan O&amp;#39;Brien&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&#34;Comedy Central&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_Central&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Comedy Central&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&#34;WTF with Marc Maron&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTF_with_Marc_Maron&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;WTF with Marc Maron&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&#34;&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starz_(TV_channel)&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Starz (TV channel)&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title=&#34;Black Entertainment Television&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Entertainment_Television&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;BET&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26E_(TV_channel)&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;A&amp;amp;E (TV channel)&lt;/a&gt;. He is also popular in Canada, having lived there for 12 years. His standup special &lt;em&gt;Blind Ambition&lt;/em&gt; was filmed at The Vogue Theatre in Vancouver, BC and picked up by the Starz network. Lenox is signed to Standup! Records.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lenox has been performing in comedy clubs throughout the United States and Canada since the early 1990s. Some of his career accomplishments include opening for &lt;a title=&#34;Chuck Berry&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Chuck Berry&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title=&#34;Maxi Priest&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxi_Priest&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Maxi Priest&lt;/a&gt;, Winner of Best New Play at &lt;a title=&#34;Vancouver Fringe Festival&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Fringe_Festival&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Vancouver Fringe Festival&lt;/a&gt;, and Winner of Seattle Comedy Competition.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He has appeared on the &lt;a title=&#34;Black Entertainment Television&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Entertainment_Television&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;BET&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#39;s &lt;em&gt;&lt;a title=&#34;ComicView&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComicView&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;ComicView&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;a title=&#34;Comedy Central&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_Central&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Comedy Central&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#39;s &lt;em&gt;Jamie Foxx&amp;#39;s Laffa Polooza&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;&lt;a title=&#34;Live at Gotham&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_Gotham&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Live at Gotham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lenox&amp;#39;s comedy special &amp;#34;Blind Ambition&amp;#34; appeared on &lt;a title=&#34;Starz (TV channel)&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starz_(TV_channel)&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Starz&lt;/a&gt; in November 2012, and continues to be featured on their channel multiple times a month.&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-5&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;[5]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-6&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;[6]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; After his success on Starz, Lenox caught the eye of late night television and was featured on Conan O&amp;#39;brien on February 7, 2013.&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-7&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;[7]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In addition to touring comedy clubs, Lenox has been featured on &lt;a title=&#34;Sirius XM&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius_XM&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Sirius XM&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#39;s &lt;em&gt;&lt;a title=&#34;Raw Dog Comedy&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_Dog_Comedy&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Raw Dog Comedy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-8&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;[8]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; and &lt;a title=&#34;Marc Maron&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Maron&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;Marc Maron&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#39;s &lt;a title=&#34;WTF with Marc Maron&#34; href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTF_with_Marc_Maron&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;WTF Podcast&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Lenox#cite_note-wtfpod.com-1&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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                <itunes:title>#10 Vic Henley</itunes:title>
                <title>#10 Vic Henley</title>

                <itunes:episode>73</itunes:episode>
                
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                <itunes:subtitle>A thirty plus year true comedy veteran, Alabama born and raised Vic Henley has done it all. Co-author of a national best-selling book with fellow comedian Jeff Foxworthy, Vic has appeared on HBO, CBS, NBC, FOX, BRAVO, CMT, MTV, A&amp;E, The History Channel a...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>A thirty plus year true comedy veteran, Alabama born and raised Vic Henley has done it all. Co-author of a national best-selling book with fellow comedian Jeff Foxworthy, Vic has appeared on HBO, CBS, NBC, FOX, BRAVO, CMT, MTV, A&amp;E, The History Channel and just about every other stand-up comedy show on television. He was a VH-1 VJ and has his own Comedy Central half hour special as well as performances on The Late Show and The Tonight Show.With an easy style that covers a variety of topics, Vic has been featured on nationally syndicated radio shows as well several channels on Sirius/XM satellite radio.According to the London Times, Vic has an innate ability to turn perfectly reasonable adults into guffawing idiots making him a crowd favorite all over the world. Whether it&#39;s Montreal&#39;s Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, or the granddaddy of them all, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, Henley continues to draw rave reviews and pack houses. His success at Edinburgh led to a slew of BBC TV appearances on stand up and talk shows, some where he was the first American to perform.Vic has also performed on over 500 college campuses in all 50 states, receiving 8 &#34;Comedian of the Year&#34; nominations. His popularity in the corporate, performing arts and associations markets has landed him many high profile gigs including co-hosting an event with former president George H.W. Bush. He has also been able to combine his writing and performing skills in feature films including Sacha Baron Cohen&#39;s Bruno.Vic resides in New York City and can be seen regularly on numerous stages all over town including Gotham Comedy Club, The Comedy Cellar, Comic Strip Live, New York Comedy Club and Dangerfield&#39;s.
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;A thirty plus year true comedy veteran, Alabama born and raised Vic Henley has done it all. Co-author of a national best-selling book with fellow comedian Jeff Foxworthy, Vic has appeared on HBO, CBS, NBC, FOX, BRAVO, CMT, MTV, A&amp;amp;E, The History Channel and just about every other stand-up comedy show on television. He was a VH-1 VJ and has his own Comedy Central half hour special as well as performances on The Late Show and The Tonight Show.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With an easy style that covers a variety of topics, Vic has been featured on nationally syndicated radio shows as well several channels on Sirius/XM satellite radio.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;According to the London Times, Vic has an innate ability to turn perfectly reasonable adults into guffawing idiots making him a crowd favorite all over the world. Whether it&amp;#39;s Montreal&amp;#39;s Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, or the granddaddy of them all, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, Henley continues to draw rave reviews and pack houses. His success at Edinburgh led to a slew of BBC TV appearances on stand up and talk shows, some where he was the first American to perform.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Vic has also performed on over 500 college campuses in all 50 states, receiving 8 &amp;#34;Comedian of the Year&amp;#34; nominations. His popularity in the corporate, performing arts and associations markets has landed him many high profile gigs including co-hosting an event with former president George H.W. Bush. He has also been able to combine his writing and performing skills in feature films including Sacha Baron Cohen&amp;#39;s Bruno.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Vic resides in New York City and can be seen regularly on numerous stages all over town including Gotham Comedy Club, The Comedy Cellar, Comic Strip Live, New York Comedy Club and Dangerfield&amp;#39;s.&lt;/p&gt;
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                <itunes:title>#9 Bonus Track Jeff Bodart</itunes:title>
                <title>#9 Bonus Track Jeff Bodart</title>

                <itunes:episode>72</itunes:episode>
                
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Since starting stand up in 2001, Jeff Bodart has been making a name for himself performing in comedy clubs across the country. He is a regular guest and contributing writer for the nationally syndicated radio show, The Bob &amp; Tom Show.
 
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Since starting stand up in 2001, Jeff Bodart has been making a name for himself performing in comedy clubs across the country. He is a regular guest and contributing writer for the nationally syndicated radio show, The Bob &amp; Tom Show.
 
In April of 2012, On Tour Records released Jeff&#39;s first comedy album, They&#39;re Still in the Can. In January of 2018, On Tour Records released his second album, Adorable &amp; Affordable. Both albums can be found on iTunes, Amazon, Pandora and other various websites. 
 
You may have seen Jeff on the Comcast Cable network, WB, or Fox where he was featured on the new show, Laughs. Also, you may have also heard him on Sirius/XM satellite radio. Jeff was featured on Comedy Central Radio as a result of being a semi-finalist in Comedy Central&#39;s national talent search, Up Next.  And he has also performed in the the comedy festivals: The World Series of Comedy, Laugh Your Asheville Off and was also invited to perform at the Cape Fear Comedy Festival.
 
He also made his acting debut in the syfy TV movie, &#34;Gila!&#34;, a remake of the 1959 classic, &#34;The Giant Gila Monster&#34; and also had a supporting role in the award-winning independent short film &#34;Dandelion Dreams&#34;.
 
Jeff&#39;s style is so relatable you&#39;ll feel like you&#39;ve known him for years which is quickly making him a fan favorite. Being the youngest in his Biblically-named family, Jeff was destined for the life of comedy. His animated and goofy demeanor combined with edgy quips covering his family, dating life, working out and food make for nonstop laughs.
 
Be prepared to add Jeff Bodart to your list of favorite comedians.



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&lt;h2&gt;You may have seen Jeff on the Comcast Cable network, WB, or Fox where he was featured on the new show, Laughs. Also, you may have also heard him on Sirius/XM satellite radio. Jeff was featured on Comedy Central Radio as a result of being a semi-finalist in Comedy Central&amp;#39;s national talent search, Up Next.  And he has also performed in the the comedy festivals: The World Series of Comedy, Laugh Your Asheville Off and was also invited to perform at the Cape Fear Comedy Festival.&lt;/h2&gt;
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                <title>#9 Jeff Bodart</title>

                <itunes:episode>71</itunes:episode>
                
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In April of 2012...</itunes:subtitle>
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In April of 2012, On Tour Records released Jeff&#39;s first comedy album, They&#39;re Still in the Can. In January of 2018, On Tour Records released his second album, Adorable &amp; Affordable. Both albums can be found on iTunes, Amazon, Pandora and other various websites. 
 
You may have seen Jeff on the Comcast Cable network, WB, or Fox where he was featured on the new show, Laughs. Also, you may have also heard him on Sirius/XM satellite radio. Jeff was featured on Comedy Central Radio as a result of being a semi-finalist in Comedy Central&#39;s national talent search, Up Next.  And he has also performed in the the comedy festivals: The World Series of Comedy, Laugh Your Asheville Off and was also invited to perform at the Cape Fear Comedy Festival.
 
He also made his acting debut in the syfy TV movie, &#34;Gila!&#34;, a remake of the 1959 classic, &#34;The Giant Gila Monster&#34; and also had a supporting role in the award-winning independent short film &#34;Dandelion Dreams&#34;.
 
Jeff&#39;s style is so relatable you&#39;ll feel like you&#39;ve known him for years which is quickly making him a fan favorite. Being the youngest in his Biblically-named family, Jeff was destined for the life of comedy. His animated and goofy demeanor combined with edgy quips covering his family, dating life, working out and food make for nonstop laughs.
 
Be prepared to add Jeff Bodart to your list of favorite comedians.

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<h2>In April of 2012, On Tour Records released Jeff&#39;s first comedy album, They&#39;re Still in the Can. In January of 2018, On Tour Records released his second album, Adorable &amp; Affordable. Both albums can be found on iTunes, Amazon, Pandora and other various websites. </h2>
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<h2>Be prepared to add Jeff Bodart to your list of favorite comedians.</h2>
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<p> Hey guys don&#39;t forget to like, follow, subscribe, listen to and worship the show.  lol  Well you can sign up to get the premium stuff either here or on patreon!  <a href="http://www.patreon.com/EgosLastStand" rel="nofollow">www.patreon.com/EgosLastStand</a>  Tons of bonus stuff for you!!</p>]]></description>
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&lt;h2&gt;Since starting stand up in 2001, Jeff Bodart has been making a name for himself performing in comedy clubs across the country. He is a regular guest and contributing writer for the nationally syndicated radio show, The Bob &amp;amp; Tom Show.&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;In April of 2012, On Tour Records released Jeff&amp;#39;s first comedy album, They&amp;#39;re Still in the Can. In January of 2018, On Tour Records released his second album, Adorable &amp;amp; Affordable. Both albums can be found on iTunes, Amazon, Pandora and other various websites. &lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;You may have seen Jeff on the Comcast Cable network, WB, or Fox where he was featured on the new show, Laughs. Also, you may have also heard him on Sirius/XM satellite radio. Jeff was featured on Comedy Central Radio as a result of being a semi-finalist in Comedy Central&amp;#39;s national talent search, Up Next.  And he has also performed in the the comedy festivals: The World Series of Comedy, Laugh Your Asheville Off and was also invited to perform at the Cape Fear Comedy Festival.&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;He also made his acting debut in the syfy TV movie, &amp;#34;Gila!&amp;#34;, a remake of the 1959 classic, &amp;#34;The Giant Gila Monster&amp;#34; and also had a supporting role in the award-winning independent short film &amp;#34;Dandelion Dreams&amp;#34;.&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;Jeff&amp;#39;s style is so relatable you&amp;#39;ll feel like you&amp;#39;ve known him for years which is quickly making him a fan favorite. Being the youngest in his Biblically-named family, Jeff was destined for the life of comedy. His animated and goofy demeanor combined with edgy quips covering his family, dating life, working out and food make for nonstop laughs.&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;Be prepared to add Jeff Bodart to your list of favorite comedians.&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; Hey guys don&amp;#39;t forget to like, follow, subscribe, listen to and worship the show.  lol  Well you can sign up to get the premium stuff either here or on patreon!  &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.patreon.com/EgosLastStand&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;www.patreon.com/EgosLastStand&lt;/a&gt;  Tons of bonus stuff for you!!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2019 15:23:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>#8 Nate Bargatze</itunes:title>
                <title>#8 Nate Bargatze</title>

                <itunes:episode>70</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>Look who showed up. So happy you made it!
Here’s a little bit about me. I love the Vanderbilt Commodores.My father is a former clown turned world-class magician, and I have followed his footsteps into the entertainment business.
But listen, I’m not just ...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Look who showed up. So happy you made it!
Here’s a little bit about me. I love the Vanderbilt Commodores.My father is a former clown turned world-class magician, and I have followed his footsteps into the entertainment business.
But listen, I’m not just trying to tell you about my one hour special Full Time Magic or that I have appeared multiple times on Conan and Fallon while being one of the first comedians to perform on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Did I go on Jimmy Fallon’s Clean Cut Comedy Tour?Yes. But you already knew that!
Who cares that I performed at Bonnaroo, SXSW, Moontower, etc. You did too.
And yes, I was on three WTF podcast episodes, but so was the President of The United States. (he only did one.)
Really loved performing for the troops in Iraq and Kuwait over five times.
I was mentioned in Rolling Stone Magazine by Marc Maron as a “comic who should be big” and in Esquire by Jim Gaffigan as “one of the top up and coming comics.” My first album, Yelled At By A Clown made it to number two on Billboard Top Ten Comedy and my most recent special Full Time Magic made it to number one. What’s that? Yes, I am one of Variety’s ten comics to watch of 2015. But hey, this isn’t all about me. How are you doing?</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Look who showed up. So happy you made it!</p>
<p>Here’s a little bit about me. I love the Vanderbilt Commodores.<br>My father is a former clown turned world-class magician, and I have followed his footsteps into the entertainment business.</p>
<p>But listen, I’m not just trying to tell you about my one hour special Full Time Magic or that I have appeared multiple times on Conan and Fallon while being one of the first comedians to perform on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Did I go on Jimmy Fallon’s Clean Cut Comedy Tour?<br>Yes. But you already knew that!</p>
<p>Who cares that I performed at Bonnaroo, SXSW, Moontower, etc. You did too.</p>
<p>And yes, I was on three WTF podcast episodes, but so was the President of The United States. (he only did one.)</p>
<p>Really loved performing for the troops in Iraq and Kuwait over five times.</p>
<p>I was mentioned in Rolling Stone Magazine by Marc Maron as a “comic who should be big” and in Esquire by Jim Gaffigan as “one of the top up and coming comics.” My first album, Yelled At By A Clown made it to number two on Billboard Top Ten Comedy and my most recent special Full Time Magic made it to number one. What’s that? Yes, I am one of Variety’s ten comics to watch of 2015. But hey, this isn’t all about me. How are you doing?</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Look who showed up. So happy you made it!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here’s a little bit about me. I love the Vanderbilt Commodores.&lt;br&gt;My father is a former clown turned world-class magician, and I have followed his footsteps into the entertainment business.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But listen, I’m not just trying to tell you about my one hour special Full Time Magic or that I have appeared multiple times on Conan and Fallon while being one of the first comedians to perform on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Did I go on Jimmy Fallon’s Clean Cut Comedy Tour?&lt;br&gt;Yes. But you already knew that!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Who cares that I performed at Bonnaroo, SXSW, Moontower, etc. You did too.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And yes, I was on three WTF podcast episodes, but so was the President of The United States. (he only did one.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Really loved performing for the troops in Iraq and Kuwait over five times.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I was mentioned in Rolling Stone Magazine by Marc Maron as a “comic who should be big” and in Esquire by Jim Gaffigan as “one of the top up and coming comics.” My first album, Yelled At By A Clown made it to number two on Billboard Top Ten Comedy and my most recent special Full Time Magic made it to number one. What’s that? Yes, I am one of Variety’s ten comics to watch of 2015. But hey, this isn’t all about me. How are you doing?&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:51:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>#7 Bonus Track Rich Ragains</itunes:title>
                <title>#7 Bonus Track Rich Ragains</title>

                <itunes:episode>69</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>It’s a good thing sitting still, paying attention aren’t the skills you need to become a stand-up comedian, because Rich Ragains possesses none of them. And while his ADHD kept him from being a teachers pet or even a good student, it has helped him devel...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>It’s a good thing sitting still, paying attention aren’t the skills you need to become a stand-up comedian, because Rich Ragains possesses none of them. And while his ADHD kept him from being a teachers pet or even a good student, it has helped him develop an act that even his teachers would be proud of. In an odd sort of way, his quick thinking and improv skills also helped him become a high school wrestling champion, but that fact really has nothing to do with his current career. Rich’s career began on a dare when he was talked into taking the stage at an open mic night after the guy who was scheduled to perform backed out! And because that one guy lacked either courage or scheduling ability, Rich now enjoys a career in stand-up comedy that has taken him from Northern Canada, all the way to the sunny Bahamas. Rich has also written a book entitled “No Excuse Dad,” which discusses the lost art of hanging out and is the host of the new program “Tractor Fanatic.”
Rich Ragains is the perfect choice for your next event. With clean jokes, hilarious true-life family stories this show will leave your people rolling with laughter.</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[<p>It’s a good thing sitting still, paying attention aren’t the skills you need to become a stand-up comedian, because Rich Ragains possesses none of them. And while his ADHD kept him from being a teachers pet or even a good student, it has helped him develop an act that even his teachers would be proud of. In an odd sort of way, his quick thinking and improv skills also helped him become a high school wrestling champion, but that fact really has nothing to do with his current career. Rich’s career began on a dare when he was talked into taking the stage at an open mic night after the guy who was scheduled to perform backed out! And because that one guy lacked either courage or scheduling ability, Rich now enjoys a career in stand-up comedy that has taken him from Northern Canada, all the way to the sunny Bahamas. Rich has also written a book entitled <em>“No Excuse Dad,”</em> which discusses the lost art of hanging out and is the host of the new program <em>“Tractor Fanatic.”</em></p>
<p>Rich Ragains is the perfect choice for your next event. With clean jokes, hilarious true-life family stories this show will leave your people rolling with laughter.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;It’s a good thing sitting still, paying attention aren’t the skills you need to become a stand-up comedian, because Rich Ragains possesses none of them. And while his ADHD kept him from being a teachers pet or even a good student, it has helped him develop an act that even his teachers would be proud of. In an odd sort of way, his quick thinking and improv skills also helped him become a high school wrestling champion, but that fact really has nothing to do with his current career. Rich’s career began on a dare when he was talked into taking the stage at an open mic night after the guy who was scheduled to perform backed out! And because that one guy lacked either courage or scheduling ability, Rich now enjoys a career in stand-up comedy that has taken him from Northern Canada, all the way to the sunny Bahamas. Rich has also written a book entitled &lt;em&gt;“No Excuse Dad,”&lt;/em&gt; which discusses the lost art of hanging out and is the host of the new program &lt;em&gt;“Tractor Fanatic.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rich Ragains is the perfect choice for your next event. With clean jokes, hilarious true-life family stories this show will leave your people rolling with laughter.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2019 00:59:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>#7 Rich Ragains</itunes:title>
                <title>#7 Rich Ragains</title>

                <itunes:episode>63</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>It’s a good thing sitting still, paying attention aren’t the skills you need to become a stand-up comedian, because Rich Ragains possesses none of them. And while his ADHD kept him from being a teachers pet or even a good student, it has helped him devel...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>It’s a good thing sitting still, paying attention aren’t the skills you need to become a stand-up comedian, because Rich Ragains possesses none of them. And while his ADHD kept him from being a teachers pet or even a good student, it has helped him develop an act that even his teachers would be proud of. In an odd sort of way, his quick thinking and improv skills also helped him become a high school wrestling champion, but that fact really has nothing to do with his current career. Rich’s career began on a dare when he was talked into taking the stage at an open mic night after the guy who was scheduled to perform backed out! And because that one guy lacked either courage or scheduling ability, Rich now enjoys a career in stand-up comedy that has taken him from Northern Canada, all the way to the sunny Bahamas. Rich has also written a book entitled “No Excuse Dad,” which discusses the lost art of hanging out and is the host of the new program “Tractor Fanatic.”
Rich Ragains is the perfect choice for your next event. With clean jokes, hilarious true-life family stories this show will leave your people rolling with laughter.
 
We had so much fun with Rich, and the bonus material is hilarious!  Can only be seen on Patreon!  Become a patron!  Like, follow, subscribe, write your congressman, but stay in touch with us!!</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[<p>It’s a good thing sitting still, paying attention aren’t the skills you need to become a stand-up comedian, because Rich Ragains possesses none of them. And while his ADHD kept him from being a teachers pet or even a good student, it has helped him develop an act that even his teachers would be proud of. In an odd sort of way, his quick thinking and improv skills also helped him become a high school wrestling champion, but that fact really has nothing to do with his current career. Rich’s career began on a dare when he was talked into taking the stage at an open mic night after the guy who was scheduled to perform backed out! And because that one guy lacked either courage or scheduling ability, Rich now enjoys a career in stand-up comedy that has taken him from Northern Canada, all the way to the sunny Bahamas. Rich has also written a book entitled <em>“No Excuse Dad,”</em> which discusses the lost art of hanging out and is the host of the new program <em>“Tractor Fanatic.”</em></p>
<p>Rich Ragains is the perfect choice for your next event. With clean jokes, hilarious true-life family stories this show will leave your people rolling with laughter.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>We had so much fun with Rich, and the bonus material is hilarious!  Can only be seen on Patreon!  Become a patron!  Like, follow, subscribe, write your congressman, but stay in touch with us!!</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;It’s a good thing sitting still, paying attention aren’t the skills you need to become a stand-up comedian, because Rich Ragains possesses none of them. And while his ADHD kept him from being a teachers pet or even a good student, it has helped him develop an act that even his teachers would be proud of. In an odd sort of way, his quick thinking and improv skills also helped him become a high school wrestling champion, but that fact really has nothing to do with his current career. Rich’s career began on a dare when he was talked into taking the stage at an open mic night after the guy who was scheduled to perform backed out! And because that one guy lacked either courage or scheduling ability, Rich now enjoys a career in stand-up comedy that has taken him from Northern Canada, all the way to the sunny Bahamas. Rich has also written a book entitled &lt;em&gt;“No Excuse Dad,”&lt;/em&gt; which discusses the lost art of hanging out and is the host of the new program &lt;em&gt;“Tractor Fanatic.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rich Ragains is the perfect choice for your next event. With clean jokes, hilarious true-life family stories this show will leave your people rolling with laughter.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We had so much fun with Rich, and the bonus material is hilarious!  Can only be seen on Patreon!  Become a patron!  Like, follow, subscribe, write your congressman, but stay in touch with us!!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:01:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>#6 Bonus Track Scott Wilson</itunes:title>
                <title>#6 Bonus Track Scott Wilson</title>

                <itunes:episode>68</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>On a hot June evening at Comedy Off Broadway, a crowd has turned up to see headlining hypnotist Ricky Kalmon. Opener and emcee Scott Wilson takes the stage to get things started, and even though the venue is comfortably air-conditioned, the crowd itself ...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>On a hot June evening at Comedy Off Broadway, a crowd has turned up to see headlining hypnotist Ricky Kalmon. Opener and emcee Scott Wilson takes the stage to get things started, and even though the venue is comfortably air-conditioned, the crowd itself is borderline icy, with barely an audible response.
But Wilson is a stand-up veteran. He can handle this audience.
&#34;I like you people. So far, you&#39;re very polite,&#34; Wilson says. &#34;You&#39;re not interrupting me with outbursts of laughter or applause.&#34;
 Suddenly, a crowd that has barely cracked a smile laughs in unison. The energy level goes up a couple of notches, which helps the remaining jokes in Wilson&#39;s 15-minute set get a warm response. After a few plugs for the club&#39;s schedule of performers and a flattering introduction, Wilson brings Kalmon out to a crowd that&#39;s now ready to have a good time. 
 
When his set ends like this, Wilson feels like he&#39;s done his job, but it&#39;s only one of the duties he&#39;s happily taken on for the past 20 years as Comedy Off Broadway&#39;s in-house comedian and emcee.
Born in Little Rock, Ark., Wilson, 58, had a long and respectable run as a touring comedian before he became a staple at Lexington&#39;s premier comedy club. Growing up, his appreciation for comedy began when he listened to Bill Cosby&#39;s early comedy albums and occasionally caught Johnny Carson&#39;s monologue on The Tonight Show. But it was seeing the debut of another iconic comedy program at age 14 that set Wilson on his path to getting laughs.
&#34;The first time I saw George Carlin walk down the steps to do Saturday Night Live, that was it for me,&#34; he says. &#34;That&#39;s what I wanted to do. I wanted to walk down those steps.&#34;
Wilson didn&#39;t begin taking any serious steps in that direction until he got to college. While doing one-year stints at both the University of Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky University, he emceed several events. Some, like a synchronized swimming competition at EKU, provided the perfect opportunity for him to show his affability and wit.
&#34;I got the chance to inject humor into that and I got to pick and choose when I got the chance to do that and just see how the reaction was,&#34; he says.
In his 20s, Wilson would drive to Louisville every Tuesday night for weeks on end to hit up the city&#39;s open mike nights and try out material. He earned the respect of veteran comedians who came to those clubs, and stand-up acts from Louisville, Atlanta and Charlotte would have Wilson come along with them to emcee their shows in surrounding cities. The early 1980s stand-up comedy boom led to a lot of opportunities for Wilson, who worked his way up to a featured performer and occasional headliner, playing comedy clubs nearly 48 weeks a year across the country and earning a solid reputation in the business. At one point, he got the unexpected honor of serving as the opening act for legendary singer Tom Jones when he performed in Charlotte in 1995.
&#34;I was pretty nervous about that,&#34; he says. &#34;In the end, everything I&#39;ve worked for and everything I put together for a show came together for 45 minutes.&#34;
During much of his stand-up career, his wife of 35 years, Peggy, has been by his side. They had one son, Garett, who had visited 17 states by the time he was two years old. Wilson eventually quit the road for his family and they made Lexington their permanent home in 1995. Soon after, Comedy Off Broadway, one of the first clubs Wilson ever headlined, asked him to come on as its in-house comedian.
While Wilson has held what he calls &#34;the best part-time job in the world,&#34; he&#39;s worked in other areas. He worked in radio from 2000 to 2009, as a traffic reporter for three years at WVLK-FM and later as part of the morning team at WBUL-FM.
Every weekend that he&#39;s hosting and performing at Comedy Off Broadway — which, if you take a look at the venue&#39;s website, is most weekends — Wilson has a few plates he has to keep spinning in his head. When he&#39;s on stage, looking out into the dark at a different audience for every performance, he&#39;s simultaneously trying to keep the crowd, the comedian and the club happy, warming everyone up, spelling out the club&#39;s &#34;rules&#34; and setting up the comedians who follow him for a successful show. Two decades in, he knows he&#39;s got the hang of it, but he also thought he had a knack for it since day one given the years of work he put in on the road.
&#34;It first dawned on me when I first emceed at Comedy Off Broadway: Maybe this is what I&#39;m meant to be,&#34; he says. &#34;I&#39;ve done the good places. I&#39;ve done the bad places. I had the armor on me. Nothing was going to phase me. I was going to move the show along no matter what happens.&#34;
In addition to being the in-house comedian, Wilson made sure that the club would have open mike nights so it would give aspiring comics the same opportunity other clubs gave him when he started. He hosts those the first Tuesday of each month, along with an annual amateur comedy competition titled Scott and Lee&#39;s Knock-Down, Drag-Out, No-Holds-Barred, Texas Chainsaw Match Comedy Competition.
The Lee was WLEX-TV and WVLK-AM host and stand-up comic Lee Cruse. Cruse has worked with Wilson on the road many times over the years and they have become close friends.
&#34;Scott is big and goofy and I&#39;m little and mean,&#34; Cruse says.
He says he&#39;s learned a lot from watching Wilson perform, both as an emcee and as a featured act.
&#34;At the club, he&#39;s very much the host. It&#39;s like that party-style of Chevy Chase or Tim Matheson — these guys that are slightly goofy but you know them instantly,&#34; Cruse says. &#34;I&#39;ve seen Scott on the road and he&#39;s Spartacus. He&#39;s just mainlining joke after joke and hitting people hard.&#34;
While Cruse considers himself a protégé of Wilson, he thinks Wilson&#39;s consistent presence and reliability as a performer and host at Comedy Off Broadway may go unnoticed or, worse yet, unappreciated.
&#34;I don&#39;t know if you can separate the two. He&#39;s been there so long. I mean, most people think he owns the club,&#34; Cruse says. &#34;He&#39;s such an indelible imprint on that whole experience because he&#39;s the constant. Always. There&#39;s no real Comedy Off Broadway experience without Scott Wilson.&#34;
Wilson&#39;s job at Comedy Off Broadway has turned out to be a dream job he didn&#39;t realize he wanted. His aspirations early on were much larger. He never got the chance to walk down those steps at SNL. While his black-and-white headshot (&#39;80s mullet haircut and all) may adorn various comedy clubs across the country, he earned respect among his peers but not the fame and everything that comes with it.
But he&#39;s happy where he ended up. He gets to perform comedy, albeit in short bursts, almost every weekend. He gets to mentor young talent as they come to open mike nights to either get laughs or bomb trying. He gets to be the familiar face seasoned comedians see that immediately makes them feel at ease, whether they are talking about gas prices in the upstairs green room or hanging out at Wilson&#39;s house eating a meal before the show. And he knows that for every regular that&#39;s seen him perform more times than they can count, there&#39;s always someone new in the crowd, someone who has never seen him that he can win over with a joke or two while keeping the show moving. The fact is, most comedy clubs don&#39;t have a veteran comedian like Scott Wilson willing to do so many small things to keep a room filled with the biggest laughs.
&#34;I am a dinosaur,&#34; he says.
Actually, that&#39;s not quite accurate. Dinosaurs are extinct. Scott Wilson is more like a rare breed — one that you can see up to six shows a week.
 
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<p>But Wilson is a stand-up veteran. He can handle this audience.</p>
<p>&#34;I like you people. So far, you&#39;re very polite,&#34; Wilson says. &#34;You&#39;re not interrupting me with outbursts of laughter or applause.&#34;</p>
<p> Suddenly, a crowd that has barely cracked a smile laughs in unison. The energy level goes up a couple of notches, which helps the remaining jokes in Wilson&#39;s 15-minute set get a warm response. After a few plugs for the club&#39;s schedule of performers and a flattering introduction, Wilson brings Kalmon out to a crowd that&#39;s now ready to have a good time. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>When his set ends like this, Wilson feels like he&#39;s done his job, but it&#39;s only one of the duties he&#39;s happily taken on for the past 20 years as Comedy Off Broadway&#39;s in-house comedian and emcee.</p>
<p>Born in Little Rock, Ark., Wilson, 58, had a long and respectable run as a touring comedian before he became a staple at Lexington&#39;s premier comedy club. Growing up, his appreciation for comedy began when he listened to Bill Cosby&#39;s early comedy albums and occasionally caught Johnny Carson&#39;s monologue on <em>The Tonight Show</em>. But it was seeing the debut of another iconic comedy program at age 14 that set Wilson on his path to getting laughs.</p>
<p>&#34;The first time I saw George Carlin walk down the steps to do <em>Saturday Night Live</em>, that was it for me,&#34; he says. &#34;That&#39;s what I wanted to do. I wanted to walk down those steps.&#34;</p>
<p>Wilson didn&#39;t begin taking any serious steps in that direction until he got to college. While doing one-year stints at both the University of Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky University, he emceed several events. Some, like a synchronized swimming competition at EKU, provided the perfect opportunity for him to show his affability and wit.</p>
<p>&#34;I got the chance to inject humor into that and I got to pick and choose when I got the chance to do that and just see how the reaction was,&#34; he says.</p>
<p>In his 20s, Wilson would drive to Louisville every Tuesday night for weeks on end to hit up the city&#39;s open mike nights and try out material. He earned the respect of veteran comedians who came to those clubs, and stand-up acts from Louisville, Atlanta and Charlotte would have Wilson come along with them to emcee their shows in surrounding cities. The early 1980s stand-up comedy boom led to a lot of opportunities for Wilson, who worked his way up to a featured performer and occasional headliner, playing comedy clubs nearly 48 weeks a year across the country and earning a solid reputation in the business. At one point, he got the unexpected honor of serving as the opening act for legendary singer Tom Jones when he performed in Charlotte in 1995.</p>
<p>&#34;I was pretty nervous about that,&#34; he says. &#34;In the end, everything I&#39;ve worked for and everything I put together for a show came together for 45 minutes.&#34;</p>
<p>During much of his stand-up career, his wife of 35 years, Peggy, has been by his side. They had one son, Garett, who had visited 17 states by the time he was two years old. Wilson eventually quit the road for his family and they made Lexington their permanent home in 1995. Soon after, Comedy Off Broadway, one of the first clubs Wilson ever headlined, asked him to come on as its in-house comedian.</p>
<p>While Wilson has held what he calls &#34;the best part-time job in the world,&#34; he&#39;s worked in other areas. He worked in radio from 2000 to 2009, as a traffic reporter for three years at WVLK-FM and later as part of the morning team at WBUL-FM.</p>
<p>Every weekend that he&#39;s hosting and performing at Comedy Off Broadway — which, if you take a look at the venue&#39;s website, is most weekends — Wilson has a few plates he has to keep spinning in his head. When he&#39;s on stage, looking out into the dark at a different audience for every performance, he&#39;s simultaneously trying to keep the crowd, the comedian and the club happy, warming everyone up, spelling out the club&#39;s &#34;rules&#34; and setting up the comedians who follow him for a successful show. Two decades in, he knows he&#39;s got the hang of it, but he also thought he had a knack for it since day one given the years of work he put in on the road.</p>
<p>&#34;It first dawned on me when I first emceed at Comedy Off Broadway: Maybe this is what I&#39;m meant to be,&#34; he says. &#34;I&#39;ve done the good places. I&#39;ve done the bad places. I had the armor on me. Nothing was going to phase me. I was going to move the show along no matter what happens.&#34;</p>
<p>In addition to being the in-house comedian, Wilson made sure that the club would have open mike nights so it would give aspiring comics the same opportunity other clubs gave him when he started. He hosts those the first Tuesday of each month, along with an annual amateur comedy competition titled Scott and Lee&#39;s Knock-Down, Drag-Out, No-Holds-Barred, Texas Chainsaw Match Comedy Competition.</p>
<p>The Lee was WLEX-TV and WVLK-AM host and stand-up comic Lee Cruse. Cruse has worked with Wilson on the road many times over the years and they have become close friends.</p>
<p>&#34;Scott is big and goofy and I&#39;m little and mean,&#34; Cruse says.</p>
<p>He says he&#39;s learned a lot from watching Wilson perform, both as an emcee and as a featured act.</p>
<p>&#34;At the club, he&#39;s very much the host. It&#39;s like that party-style of Chevy Chase or Tim Matheson — these guys that are slightly goofy but you know them instantly,&#34; Cruse says. &#34;I&#39;ve seen Scott on the road and he&#39;s Spartacus. He&#39;s just mainlining joke after joke and hitting people hard.&#34;</p>
<p>While Cruse considers himself a protégé of Wilson, he thinks Wilson&#39;s consistent presence and reliability as a performer and host at Comedy Off Broadway may go unnoticed or, worse yet, unappreciated.</p>
<p>&#34;I don&#39;t know if you can separate the two. He&#39;s been there so long. I mean, most people think he owns the club,&#34; Cruse says. &#34;He&#39;s such an indelible imprint on that whole experience because he&#39;s the constant. Always. There&#39;s no real Comedy Off Broadway experience without Scott Wilson.&#34;</p>
<p>Wilson&#39;s job at Comedy Off Broadway has turned out to be a dream job he didn&#39;t realize he wanted. His aspirations early on were much larger. He never got the chance to walk down those steps at <em>SNL.</em> While his black-and-white headshot (&#39;80s mullet haircut and all) may adorn various comedy clubs across the country, he earned respect among his peers but not the fame and everything that comes with it.</p>
<p>But he&#39;s happy where he ended up. He gets to perform comedy, albeit in short bursts, almost every weekend. He gets to mentor young talent as they come to open mike nights to either get laughs or bomb trying. He gets to be the familiar face seasoned comedians see that immediately makes them feel at ease, whether they are talking about gas prices in the upstairs green room or hanging out at Wilson&#39;s house eating a meal before the show. And he knows that for every regular that&#39;s seen him perform more times than they can count, there&#39;s always someone new in the crowd, someone who has never seen him that he can win over with a joke or two while keeping the show moving. The fact is, most comedy clubs don&#39;t have a veteran comedian like Scott Wilson willing to do so many small things to keep a room filled with the biggest laughs.</p>
<p>&#34;I am a dinosaur,&#34; he says.</p>
<p>Actually, that&#39;s not quite accurate. Dinosaurs are extinct. Scott Wilson is more like a rare breed — one that you can see up to six shows a week.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Some of the data, ie his age and certain facts were updated.  </p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;On a hot June evening at Comedy Off Broadway, a crowd has turned up to see headlining hypnotist Ricky Kalmon. Opener and emcee Scott Wilson takes the stage to get things started, and even though the venue is comfortably air-conditioned, the crowd itself is borderline icy, with barely an audible response.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But Wilson is a stand-up veteran. He can handle this audience.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#34;I like you people. So far, you&amp;#39;re very polite,&amp;#34; Wilson says. &amp;#34;You&amp;#39;re not interrupting me with outbursts of laughter or applause.&amp;#34;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; Suddenly, a crowd that has barely cracked a smile laughs in unison. The energy level goes up a couple of notches, which helps the remaining jokes in Wilson&amp;#39;s 15-minute set get a warm response. After a few plugs for the club&amp;#39;s schedule of performers and a flattering introduction, Wilson brings Kalmon out to a crowd that&amp;#39;s now ready to have a good time. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When his set ends like this, Wilson feels like he&amp;#39;s done his job, but it&amp;#39;s only one of the duties he&amp;#39;s happily taken on for the past 20 years as Comedy Off Broadway&amp;#39;s in-house comedian and emcee.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Born in Little Rock, Ark., Wilson, 58, had a long and respectable run as a touring comedian before he became a staple at Lexington&amp;#39;s premier comedy club. Growing up, his appreciation for comedy began when he listened to Bill Cosby&amp;#39;s early comedy albums and occasionally caught Johnny Carson&amp;#39;s monologue on &lt;em&gt;The Tonight Show&lt;/em&gt;. But it was seeing the debut of another iconic comedy program at age 14 that set Wilson on his path to getting laughs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#34;The first time I saw George Carlin walk down the steps to do &lt;em&gt;Saturday Night Live&lt;/em&gt;, that was it for me,&amp;#34; he says. &amp;#34;That&amp;#39;s what I wanted to do. I wanted to walk down those steps.&amp;#34;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wilson didn&amp;#39;t begin taking any serious steps in that direction until he got to college. While doing one-year stints at both the University of Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky University, he emceed several events. Some, like a synchronized swimming competition at EKU, provided the perfect opportunity for him to show his affability and wit.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#34;I got the chance to inject humor into that and I got to pick and choose when I got the chance to do that and just see how the reaction was,&amp;#34; he says.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In his 20s, Wilson would drive to Louisville every Tuesday night for weeks on end to hit up the city&amp;#39;s open mike nights and try out material. He earned the respect of veteran comedians who came to those clubs, and stand-up acts from Louisville, Atlanta and Charlotte would have Wilson come along with them to emcee their shows in surrounding cities. The early 1980s stand-up comedy boom led to a lot of opportunities for Wilson, who worked his way up to a featured performer and occasional headliner, playing comedy clubs nearly 48 weeks a year across the country and earning a solid reputation in the business. At one point, he got the unexpected honor of serving as the opening act for legendary singer Tom Jones when he performed in Charlotte in 1995.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#34;I was pretty nervous about that,&amp;#34; he says. &amp;#34;In the end, everything I&amp;#39;ve worked for and everything I put together for a show came together for 45 minutes.&amp;#34;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;During much of his stand-up career, his wife of 35 years, Peggy, has been by his side. They had one son, Garett, who had visited 17 states by the time he was two years old. Wilson eventually quit the road for his family and they made Lexington their permanent home in 1995. Soon after, Comedy Off Broadway, one of the first clubs Wilson ever headlined, asked him to come on as its in-house comedian.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While Wilson has held what he calls &amp;#34;the best part-time job in the world,&amp;#34; he&amp;#39;s worked in other areas. He worked in radio from 2000 to 2009, as a traffic reporter for three years at WVLK-FM and later as part of the morning team at WBUL-FM.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Every weekend that he&amp;#39;s hosting and performing at Comedy Off Broadway — which, if you take a look at the venue&amp;#39;s website, is most weekends — Wilson has a few plates he has to keep spinning in his head. When he&amp;#39;s on stage, looking out into the dark at a different audience for every performance, he&amp;#39;s simultaneously trying to keep the crowd, the comedian and the club happy, warming everyone up, spelling out the club&amp;#39;s &amp;#34;rules&amp;#34; and setting up the comedians who follow him for a successful show. Two decades in, he knows he&amp;#39;s got the hang of it, but he also thought he had a knack for it since day one given the years of work he put in on the road.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#34;It first dawned on me when I first emceed at Comedy Off Broadway: Maybe this is what I&amp;#39;m meant to be,&amp;#34; he says. &amp;#34;I&amp;#39;ve done the good places. I&amp;#39;ve done the bad places. I had the armor on me. Nothing was going to phase me. I was going to move the show along no matter what happens.&amp;#34;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In addition to being the in-house comedian, Wilson made sure that the club would have open mike nights so it would give aspiring comics the same opportunity other clubs gave him when he started. He hosts those the first Tuesday of each month, along with an annual amateur comedy competition titled Scott and Lee&amp;#39;s Knock-Down, Drag-Out, No-Holds-Barred, Texas Chainsaw Match Comedy Competition.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Lee was WLEX-TV and WVLK-AM host and stand-up comic Lee Cruse. Cruse has worked with Wilson on the road many times over the years and they have become close friends.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#34;Scott is big and goofy and I&amp;#39;m little and mean,&amp;#34; Cruse says.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He says he&amp;#39;s learned a lot from watching Wilson perform, both as an emcee and as a featured act.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#34;At the club, he&amp;#39;s very much the host. It&amp;#39;s like that party-style of Chevy Chase or Tim Matheson — these guys that are slightly goofy but you know them instantly,&amp;#34; Cruse says. &amp;#34;I&amp;#39;ve seen Scott on the road and he&amp;#39;s Spartacus. He&amp;#39;s just mainlining joke after joke and hitting people hard.&amp;#34;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While Cruse considers himself a protégé of Wilson, he thinks Wilson&amp;#39;s consistent presence and reliability as a performer and host at Comedy Off Broadway may go unnoticed or, worse yet, unappreciated.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#34;I don&amp;#39;t know if you can separate the two. He&amp;#39;s been there so long. I mean, most people think he owns the club,&amp;#34; Cruse says. &amp;#34;He&amp;#39;s such an indelible imprint on that whole experience because he&amp;#39;s the constant. Always. There&amp;#39;s no real Comedy Off Broadway experience without Scott Wilson.&amp;#34;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wilson&amp;#39;s job at Comedy Off Broadway has turned out to be a dream job he didn&amp;#39;t realize he wanted. His aspirations early on were much larger. He never got the chance to walk down those steps at &lt;em&gt;SNL.&lt;/em&gt; While his black-and-white headshot (&amp;#39;80s mullet haircut and all) may adorn various comedy clubs across the country, he earned respect among his peers but not the fame and everything that comes with it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But he&amp;#39;s happy where he ended up. He gets to perform comedy, albeit in short bursts, almost every weekend. He gets to mentor young talent as they come to open mike nights to either get laughs or bomb trying. He gets to be the familiar face seasoned comedians see that immediately makes them feel at ease, whether they are talking about gas prices in the upstairs green room or hanging out at Wilson&amp;#39;s house eating a meal before the show. And he knows that for every regular that&amp;#39;s seen him perform more times than they can count, there&amp;#39;s always someone new in the crowd, someone who has never seen him that he can win over with a joke or two while keeping the show moving. The fact is, most comedy clubs don&amp;#39;t have a veteran comedian like Scott Wilson willing to do so many small things to keep a room filled with the biggest laughs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#34;I am a dinosaur,&amp;#34; he says.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Actually, that&amp;#39;s not quite accurate. Dinosaurs are extinct. Scott Wilson is more like a rare breed — one that you can see up to six shows a week.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some of the data, ie his age and certain facts were updated.  &lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:subtitle>An Article on LexGo
BY BLAKE HANNON - CONTRIBUTING WRITER
JULY 30, 2015 11:56 AM, UPDATED AUGUST 05, 2015 05:19 PM
 
On a hot June evening at Comedy Off Broadway, a crowd has turned up to see headlining hypnotist Ricky Kalmon. Opener and emcee Scott Wils...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>An Article on LexGo
BY BLAKE HANNON - CONTRIBUTING WRITER
JULY 30, 2015 11:56 AM, UPDATED AUGUST 05, 2015 05:19 PM
 
On a hot June evening at Comedy Off Broadway, a crowd has turned up to see headlining hypnotist Ricky Kalmon. Opener and emcee Scott Wilson takes the stage to get things started, and even though the venue is comfortably air-conditioned, the crowd itself is borderline icy, with barely an audible response.
But Wilson is a stand-up veteran. He can handle this audience.
&#34;I like you people. So far, you&#39;re very polite,&#34; Wilson says. &#34;You&#39;re not interrupting me with outbursts of laughter or applause.&#34;
 Suddenly, a crowd that has barely cracked a smile laughs in unison. The energy level goes up a couple of notches, which helps the remaining jokes in Wilson&#39;s 15-minute set get a warm response. After a few plugs for the club&#39;s schedule of performers and a flattering introduction, Wilson brings Kalmon out to a crowd that&#39;s now ready to have a good time. 
 
When his set ends like this, Wilson feels like he&#39;s done his job, but it&#39;s only one of the duties he&#39;s happily taken on for the past 20 years as Comedy Off Broadway&#39;s in-house comedian and emcee.
Born in Little Rock, Ark., Wilson, 58, had a long and respectable run as a touring comedian before he became a staple at Lexington&#39;s premier comedy club. Growing up, his appreciation for comedy began when he listened to Bill Cosby&#39;s early comedy albums and occasionally caught Johnny Carson&#39;s monologue on The Tonight Show. But it was seeing the debut of another iconic comedy program at age 14 that set Wilson on his path to getting laughs.
&#34;The first time I saw George Carlin walk down the steps to do Saturday Night Live, that was it for me,&#34; he says. &#34;That&#39;s what I wanted to do. I wanted to walk down those steps.&#34;
Wilson didn&#39;t begin taking any serious steps in that direction until he got to college. While doing one-year stints at both the University of Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky University, he emceed several events. Some, like a synchronized swimming competition at EKU, provided the perfect opportunity for him to show his affability and wit.
&#34;I got the chance to inject humor into that and I got to pick and choose when I got the chance to do that and just see how the reaction was,&#34; he says.
In his 20s, Wilson would drive to Louisville every Tuesday night for weeks on end to hit up the city&#39;s open mike nights and try out material. He earned the respect of veteran comedians who came to those clubs, and stand-up acts from Louisville, Atlanta and Charlotte would have Wilson come along with them to emcee their shows in surrounding cities. The early 1980s stand-up comedy boom led to a lot of opportunities for Wilson, who worked his way up to a featured performer and occasional headliner, playing comedy clubs nearly 48 weeks a year across the country and earning a solid reputation in the business. At one point, he got the unexpected honor of serving as the opening act for legendary singer Tom Jones when he performed in Charlotte in 1995.
&#34;I was pretty nervous about that,&#34; he says. &#34;In the end, everything I&#39;ve worked for and everything I put together for a show came together for 45 minutes.&#34;
During much of his stand-up career, his wife of 35 years, Peggy, has been by his side. They had one son, Garett, who had visited 17 states by the time he was two years old. Wilson eventually quit the road for his family and they made Lexington their permanent home in 1995. Soon after, Comedy Off Broadway, one of the first clubs Wilson ever headlined, asked him to come on as its in-house comedian.
While Wilson has held what he calls &#34;the best part-time job in the world,&#34; he&#39;s worked in other areas. He worked in radio from 2000 to 2009, as a traffic reporter for three years at WVLK-FM and later as part of the morning team at WBUL-FM.
Every weekend that he&#39;s hosting and performing at Comedy Off Broadway — which, if you take a look at the venue&#39;s website, is most weekends — Wilson has a few plates he has to keep spinning in his head. When he&#39;s on stage, looking out into the dark at a different audience for every performance, he&#39;s simultaneously trying to keep the crowd, the comedian and the club happy, warming everyone up, spelling out the club&#39;s &#34;rules&#34; and setting up the comedians who follow him for a successful show. Two decades in, he knows he&#39;s got the hang of it, but he also thought he had a knack for it since day one given the years of work he put in on the road.
&#34;It first dawned on me when I first emceed at Comedy Off Broadway: Maybe this is what I&#39;m meant to be,&#34; he says. &#34;I&#39;ve done the good places. I&#39;ve done the bad places. I had the armor on me. Nothing was going to phase me. I was going to move the show along no matter what happens.&#34;
In addition to being the in-house comedian, Wilson made sure that the club would have open mike nights so it would give aspiring comics the same opportunity other clubs gave him when he started. He hosts those the first Tuesday of each month, along with an annual amateur comedy competition titled Scott and Lee&#39;s Knock-Down, Drag-Out, No-Holds-Barred, Texas Chainsaw Match Comedy Competition.
The Lee was WLEX-TV and WVLK-AM host and stand-up comic Lee Cruse. Cruse has worked with Wilson on the road many times over the years and they have become close friends.
&#34;Scott is big and goofy and I&#39;m little and mean,&#34; Cruse says.
He says he&#39;s learned a lot from watching Wilson perform, both as an emcee and as a featured act.
&#34;At the club, he&#39;s very much the host. It&#39;s like that party-style of Chevy Chase or Tim Matheson — these guys that are slightly goofy but you know them instantly,&#34; Cruse says. &#34;I&#39;ve seen Scott on the road and he&#39;s Spartacus. He&#39;s just mainlining joke after joke and hitting people hard.&#34;
While Cruse considers himself a protégé of Wilson, he thinks Wilson&#39;s consistent presence and reliability as a performer and host at Comedy Off Broadway may go unnoticed or, worse yet, unappreciated.
&#34;I don&#39;t know if you can separate the two. He&#39;s been there so long. I mean, most people think he owns the club,&#34; Cruse says. &#34;He&#39;s such an indelible imprint on that whole experience because he&#39;s the constant. Always. There&#39;s no real Comedy Off Broadway experience without Scott Wilson.&#34;
Wilson&#39;s job at Comedy Off Broadway has turned out to be a dream job he didn&#39;t realize he wanted. His aspirations early on were much larger. He never got the chance to walk down those steps at SNL. While his black-and-white headshot (&#39;80s mullet haircut and all) may adorn various comedy clubs across the country, he earned respect among his peers but not the fame and everything that comes with it.
But he&#39;s happy where he ended up. He gets to perform comedy, albeit in short bursts, almost every weekend. He gets to mentor young talent as they come to open mike nights to either get laughs or bomb trying. He gets to be the familiar face seasoned comedians see that immediately makes them feel at ease, whether they are talking about gas prices in the upstairs green room or hanging out at Wilson&#39;s house eating a meal before the show. And he knows that for every regular that&#39;s seen him perform more times than they can count, there&#39;s always someone new in the crowd, someone who has never seen him that he can win over with a joke or two while keeping the show moving. The fact is, most comedy clubs don&#39;t have a veteran comedian like Scott Wilson willing to do so many small things to keep a room filled with the biggest laughs.
&#34;I am a dinosaur,&#34; he says.
Actually, that&#39;s not quite accurate. Dinosaurs are extinct. Scott Wilson is more like a rare breed — one that you can see up to six shows a week.
 
Some of the data, ie his age and certain facts were updated.  
 
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>An Article on LexGo</p>
<p>BY BLAKE HANNON - CONTRIBUTING WRITER</p>
<p>JULY 30, 2015 11:56 AM, UPDATED AUGUST 05, 2015 05:19 PM</p>
<p> </p>
<p>On a hot June evening at Comedy Off Broadway, a crowd has turned up to see headlining hypnotist Ricky Kalmon. Opener and emcee Scott Wilson takes the stage to get things started, and even though the venue is comfortably air-conditioned, the crowd itself is borderline icy, with barely an audible response.</p>
<p>But Wilson is a stand-up veteran. He can handle this audience.</p>
<p>&#34;I like you people. So far, you&#39;re very polite,&#34; Wilson says. &#34;You&#39;re not interrupting me with outbursts of laughter or applause.&#34;</p>
<p> Suddenly, a crowd that has barely cracked a smile laughs in unison. The energy level goes up a couple of notches, which helps the remaining jokes in Wilson&#39;s 15-minute set get a warm response. After a few plugs for the club&#39;s schedule of performers and a flattering introduction, Wilson brings Kalmon out to a crowd that&#39;s now ready to have a good time. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>When his set ends like this, Wilson feels like he&#39;s done his job, but it&#39;s only one of the duties he&#39;s happily taken on for the past 20 years as Comedy Off Broadway&#39;s in-house comedian and emcee.</p>
<p>Born in Little Rock, Ark., Wilson, 58, had a long and respectable run as a touring comedian before he became a staple at Lexington&#39;s premier comedy club. Growing up, his appreciation for comedy began when he listened to Bill Cosby&#39;s early comedy albums and occasionally caught Johnny Carson&#39;s monologue on <em>The Tonight Show</em>. But it was seeing the debut of another iconic comedy program at age 14 that set Wilson on his path to getting laughs.</p>
<p>&#34;The first time I saw George Carlin walk down the steps to do <em>Saturday Night Live</em>, that was it for me,&#34; he says. &#34;That&#39;s what I wanted to do. I wanted to walk down those steps.&#34;</p>
<p>Wilson didn&#39;t begin taking any serious steps in that direction until he got to college. While doing one-year stints at both the University of Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky University, he emceed several events. Some, like a synchronized swimming competition at EKU, provided the perfect opportunity for him to show his affability and wit.</p>
<p>&#34;I got the chance to inject humor into that and I got to pick and choose when I got the chance to do that and just see how the reaction was,&#34; he says.</p>
<p>In his 20s, Wilson would drive to Louisville every Tuesday night for weeks on end to hit up the city&#39;s open mike nights and try out material. He earned the respect of veteran comedians who came to those clubs, and stand-up acts from Louisville, Atlanta and Charlotte would have Wilson come along with them to emcee their shows in surrounding cities. The early 1980s stand-up comedy boom led to a lot of opportunities for Wilson, who worked his way up to a featured performer and occasional headliner, playing comedy clubs nearly 48 weeks a year across the country and earning a solid reputation in the business. At one point, he got the unexpected honor of serving as the opening act for legendary singer Tom Jones when he performed in Charlotte in 1995.</p>
<p>&#34;I was pretty nervous about that,&#34; he says. &#34;In the end, everything I&#39;ve worked for and everything I put together for a show came together for 45 minutes.&#34;</p>
<p>During much of his stand-up career, his wife of 35 years, Peggy, has been by his side. They had one son, Garett, who had visited 17 states by the time he was two years old. Wilson eventually quit the road for his family and they made Lexington their permanent home in 1995. Soon after, Comedy Off Broadway, one of the first clubs Wilson ever headlined, asked him to come on as its in-house comedian.</p>
<p>While Wilson has held what he calls &#34;the best part-time job in the world,&#34; he&#39;s worked in other areas. He worked in radio from 2000 to 2009, as a traffic reporter for three years at WVLK-FM and later as part of the morning team at WBUL-FM.</p>
<p>Every weekend that he&#39;s hosting and performing at Comedy Off Broadway — which, if you take a look at the venue&#39;s website, is most weekends — Wilson has a few plates he has to keep spinning in his head. When he&#39;s on stage, looking out into the dark at a different audience for every performance, he&#39;s simultaneously trying to keep the crowd, the comedian and the club happy, warming everyone up, spelling out the club&#39;s &#34;rules&#34; and setting up the comedians who follow him for a successful show. Two decades in, he knows he&#39;s got the hang of it, but he also thought he had a knack for it since day one given the years of work he put in on the road.</p>
<p>&#34;It first dawned on me when I first emceed at Comedy Off Broadway: Maybe this is what I&#39;m meant to be,&#34; he says. &#34;I&#39;ve done the good places. I&#39;ve done the bad places. I had the armor on me. Nothing was going to phase me. I was going to move the show along no matter what happens.&#34;</p>
<p>In addition to being the in-house comedian, Wilson made sure that the club would have open mike nights so it would give aspiring comics the same opportunity other clubs gave him when he started. He hosts those the first Tuesday of each month, along with an annual amateur comedy competition titled Scott and Lee&#39;s Knock-Down, Drag-Out, No-Holds-Barred, Texas Chainsaw Match Comedy Competition.</p>
<p>The Lee was WLEX-TV and WVLK-AM host and stand-up comic Lee Cruse. Cruse has worked with Wilson on the road many times over the years and they have become close friends.</p>
<p>&#34;Scott is big and goofy and I&#39;m little and mean,&#34; Cruse says.</p>
<p>He says he&#39;s learned a lot from watching Wilson perform, both as an emcee and as a featured act.</p>
<p>&#34;At the club, he&#39;s very much the host. It&#39;s like that party-style of Chevy Chase or Tim Matheson — these guys that are slightly goofy but you know them instantly,&#34; Cruse says. &#34;I&#39;ve seen Scott on the road and he&#39;s Spartacus. He&#39;s just mainlining joke after joke and hitting people hard.&#34;</p>
<p>While Cruse considers himself a protégé of Wilson, he thinks Wilson&#39;s consistent presence and reliability as a performer and host at Comedy Off Broadway may go unnoticed or, worse yet, unappreciated.</p>
<p>&#34;I don&#39;t know if you can separate the two. He&#39;s been there so long. I mean, most people think he owns the club,&#34; Cruse says. &#34;He&#39;s such an indelible imprint on that whole experience because he&#39;s the constant. Always. There&#39;s no real Comedy Off Broadway experience without Scott Wilson.&#34;</p>
<p>Wilson&#39;s job at Comedy Off Broadway has turned out to be a dream job he didn&#39;t realize he wanted. His aspirations early on were much larger. He never got the chance to walk down those steps at <em>SNL.</em> While his black-and-white headshot (&#39;80s mullet haircut and all) may adorn various comedy clubs across the country, he earned respect among his peers but not the fame and everything that comes with it.</p>
<p>But he&#39;s happy where he ended up. He gets to perform comedy, albeit in short bursts, almost every weekend. He gets to mentor young talent as they come to open mike nights to either get laughs or bomb trying. He gets to be the familiar face seasoned comedians see that immediately makes them feel at ease, whether they are talking about gas prices in the upstairs green room or hanging out at Wilson&#39;s house eating a meal before the show. And he knows that for every regular that&#39;s seen him perform more times than they can count, there&#39;s always someone new in the crowd, someone who has never seen him that he can win over with a joke or two while keeping the show moving. The fact is, most comedy clubs don&#39;t have a veteran comedian like Scott Wilson willing to do so many small things to keep a room filled with the biggest laughs.</p>
<p>&#34;I am a dinosaur,&#34; he says.</p>
<p>Actually, that&#39;s not quite accurate. Dinosaurs are extinct. Scott Wilson is more like a rare breed — one that you can see up to six shows a week.</p>
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<p>Some of the data, ie his age and certain facts were updated.  </p>
<p> </p>
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;An Article on LexGo&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BY BLAKE HANNON - CONTRIBUTING WRITER&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;JULY 30, 2015 11:56 AM, UPDATED AUGUST 05, 2015 05:19 PM&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On a hot June evening at Comedy Off Broadway, a crowd has turned up to see headlining hypnotist Ricky Kalmon. Opener and emcee Scott Wilson takes the stage to get things started, and even though the venue is comfortably air-conditioned, the crowd itself is borderline icy, with barely an audible response.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But Wilson is a stand-up veteran. He can handle this audience.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#34;I like you people. So far, you&amp;#39;re very polite,&amp;#34; Wilson says. &amp;#34;You&amp;#39;re not interrupting me with outbursts of laughter or applause.&amp;#34;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; Suddenly, a crowd that has barely cracked a smile laughs in unison. The energy level goes up a couple of notches, which helps the remaining jokes in Wilson&amp;#39;s 15-minute set get a warm response. After a few plugs for the club&amp;#39;s schedule of performers and a flattering introduction, Wilson brings Kalmon out to a crowd that&amp;#39;s now ready to have a good time. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When his set ends like this, Wilson feels like he&amp;#39;s done his job, but it&amp;#39;s only one of the duties he&amp;#39;s happily taken on for the past 20 years as Comedy Off Broadway&amp;#39;s in-house comedian and emcee.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Born in Little Rock, Ark., Wilson, 58, had a long and respectable run as a touring comedian before he became a staple at Lexington&amp;#39;s premier comedy club. Growing up, his appreciation for comedy began when he listened to Bill Cosby&amp;#39;s early comedy albums and occasionally caught Johnny Carson&amp;#39;s monologue on &lt;em&gt;The Tonight Show&lt;/em&gt;. But it was seeing the debut of another iconic comedy program at age 14 that set Wilson on his path to getting laughs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#34;The first time I saw George Carlin walk down the steps to do &lt;em&gt;Saturday Night Live&lt;/em&gt;, that was it for me,&amp;#34; he says. &amp;#34;That&amp;#39;s what I wanted to do. I wanted to walk down those steps.&amp;#34;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wilson didn&amp;#39;t begin taking any serious steps in that direction until he got to college. While doing one-year stints at both the University of Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky University, he emceed several events. Some, like a synchronized swimming competition at EKU, provided the perfect opportunity for him to show his affability and wit.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#34;I got the chance to inject humor into that and I got to pick and choose when I got the chance to do that and just see how the reaction was,&amp;#34; he says.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In his 20s, Wilson would drive to Louisville every Tuesday night for weeks on end to hit up the city&amp;#39;s open mike nights and try out material. He earned the respect of veteran comedians who came to those clubs, and stand-up acts from Louisville, Atlanta and Charlotte would have Wilson come along with them to emcee their shows in surrounding cities. The early 1980s stand-up comedy boom led to a lot of opportunities for Wilson, who worked his way up to a featured performer and occasional headliner, playing comedy clubs nearly 48 weeks a year across the country and earning a solid reputation in the business. At one point, he got the unexpected honor of serving as the opening act for legendary singer Tom Jones when he performed in Charlotte in 1995.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#34;I was pretty nervous about that,&amp;#34; he says. &amp;#34;In the end, everything I&amp;#39;ve worked for and everything I put together for a show came together for 45 minutes.&amp;#34;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;During much of his stand-up career, his wife of 35 years, Peggy, has been by his side. They had one son, Garett, who had visited 17 states by the time he was two years old. Wilson eventually quit the road for his family and they made Lexington their permanent home in 1995. Soon after, Comedy Off Broadway, one of the first clubs Wilson ever headlined, asked him to come on as its in-house comedian.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While Wilson has held what he calls &amp;#34;the best part-time job in the world,&amp;#34; he&amp;#39;s worked in other areas. He worked in radio from 2000 to 2009, as a traffic reporter for three years at WVLK-FM and later as part of the morning team at WBUL-FM.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Every weekend that he&amp;#39;s hosting and performing at Comedy Off Broadway — which, if you take a look at the venue&amp;#39;s website, is most weekends — Wilson has a few plates he has to keep spinning in his head. When he&amp;#39;s on stage, looking out into the dark at a different audience for every performance, he&amp;#39;s simultaneously trying to keep the crowd, the comedian and the club happy, warming everyone up, spelling out the club&amp;#39;s &amp;#34;rules&amp;#34; and setting up the comedians who follow him for a successful show. Two decades in, he knows he&amp;#39;s got the hang of it, but he also thought he had a knack for it since day one given the years of work he put in on the road.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#34;It first dawned on me when I first emceed at Comedy Off Broadway: Maybe this is what I&amp;#39;m meant to be,&amp;#34; he says. &amp;#34;I&amp;#39;ve done the good places. I&amp;#39;ve done the bad places. I had the armor on me. Nothing was going to phase me. I was going to move the show along no matter what happens.&amp;#34;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In addition to being the in-house comedian, Wilson made sure that the club would have open mike nights so it would give aspiring comics the same opportunity other clubs gave him when he started. He hosts those the first Tuesday of each month, along with an annual amateur comedy competition titled Scott and Lee&amp;#39;s Knock-Down, Drag-Out, No-Holds-Barred, Texas Chainsaw Match Comedy Competition.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Lee was WLEX-TV and WVLK-AM host and stand-up comic Lee Cruse. Cruse has worked with Wilson on the road many times over the years and they have become close friends.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#34;Scott is big and goofy and I&amp;#39;m little and mean,&amp;#34; Cruse says.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He says he&amp;#39;s learned a lot from watching Wilson perform, both as an emcee and as a featured act.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#34;At the club, he&amp;#39;s very much the host. It&amp;#39;s like that party-style of Chevy Chase or Tim Matheson — these guys that are slightly goofy but you know them instantly,&amp;#34; Cruse says. &amp;#34;I&amp;#39;ve seen Scott on the road and he&amp;#39;s Spartacus. He&amp;#39;s just mainlining joke after joke and hitting people hard.&amp;#34;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While Cruse considers himself a protégé of Wilson, he thinks Wilson&amp;#39;s consistent presence and reliability as a performer and host at Comedy Off Broadway may go unnoticed or, worse yet, unappreciated.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#34;I don&amp;#39;t know if you can separate the two. He&amp;#39;s been there so long. I mean, most people think he owns the club,&amp;#34; Cruse says. &amp;#34;He&amp;#39;s such an indelible imprint on that whole experience because he&amp;#39;s the constant. Always. There&amp;#39;s no real Comedy Off Broadway experience without Scott Wilson.&amp;#34;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wilson&amp;#39;s job at Comedy Off Broadway has turned out to be a dream job he didn&amp;#39;t realize he wanted. His aspirations early on were much larger. He never got the chance to walk down those steps at &lt;em&gt;SNL.&lt;/em&gt; While his black-and-white headshot (&amp;#39;80s mullet haircut and all) may adorn various comedy clubs across the country, he earned respect among his peers but not the fame and everything that comes with it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But he&amp;#39;s happy where he ended up. He gets to perform comedy, albeit in short bursts, almost every weekend. He gets to mentor young talent as they come to open mike nights to either get laughs or bomb trying. He gets to be the familiar face seasoned comedians see that immediately makes them feel at ease, whether they are talking about gas prices in the upstairs green room or hanging out at Wilson&amp;#39;s house eating a meal before the show. And he knows that for every regular that&amp;#39;s seen him perform more times than they can count, there&amp;#39;s always someone new in the crowd, someone who has never seen him that he can win over with a joke or two while keeping the show moving. The fact is, most comedy clubs don&amp;#39;t have a veteran comedian like Scott Wilson willing to do so many small things to keep a room filled with the biggest laughs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#34;I am a dinosaur,&amp;#34; he says.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Actually, that&amp;#39;s not quite accurate. Dinosaurs are extinct. Scott Wilson is more like a rare breed — one that you can see up to six shows a week.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some of the data, ie his age and certain facts were updated.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Be sure to check out the bonus footage on Patreon!  Only our patrons can see it!  It&amp;#39;s $2 to sign up! Be sure to like follow and subscribe!  See you next week!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <title>#5 Bonus Track Eliot Chang</title>

                <itunes:episode>67</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>Eliot Chang has recorded 2 Comedy Central Half Hour specials, and is known for his outrageous videos where he annihilates hecklers. No stranger to TV, he has also been on E!&#39;s Chelsea Lately, Showtime&#39;s Minority Report, HBO&#39;s Looking, and NBC&#39;s Law &amp; Ord...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Eliot Chang has recorded 2 Comedy Central Half Hour specials, and is known for his outrageous videos where he annihilates hecklers. No stranger to TV, he has also been on E!&#39;s Chelsea Lately, Showtime&#39;s Minority Report, HBO&#39;s Looking, and NBC&#39;s Law &amp; Order: SVU.Eliot has toured his stand-up all over America, Europe, and Asia. His YouTube channel, “EliotChangOfficial,” has millions of views and has spawned multiple viral videos.Based in Los Angeles but originally from New York City, he studied improv at UCB in NY and at the Magnet Theater with the legendary Armando Diaz.</itunes:summary>
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                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Eliot Chang has recorded 2 Comedy Central Half Hour specials, and is known for his outrageous videos where he annihilates hecklers. No stranger to TV, he has also been on E!&amp;#39;s Chelsea Lately, Showtime&amp;#39;s Minority Report, HBO&amp;#39;s Looking, and NBC&amp;#39;s Law &amp;amp; Order: SVU.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Eliot has toured his stand-up all over America, Europe, and Asia. His YouTube channel, “EliotChangOfficial,” has millions of views and has spawned multiple viral videos.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Based in Los Angeles but originally from New York City, he studied improv at UCB in NY and at the Magnet Theater with the legendary Armando Diaz.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>#5 Eliot Chang</itunes:title>
                <title>#5 Eliot Chang</title>

                <itunes:episode>61</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>Eliot Chang has recorded 2 Comedy Central Half Hour specials, and is known for his outrageous videos where he annihilates hecklers. No stranger to TV, he has also been on E!&#39;s Chelsea Lately, Showtime&#39;s Minority Report, HBO&#39;s Looking, and NBC&#39;s Law &amp; Ord...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Eliot Chang has recorded 2 Comedy Central Half Hour specials, and is known for his outrageous videos where he annihilates hecklers. No stranger to TV, he has also been on E!&#39;s Chelsea Lately, Showtime&#39;s Minority Report, HBO&#39;s Looking, and NBC&#39;s Law &amp; Order: SVU.Eliot has toured his stand-up all over America, Europe, and Asia. His YouTube channel, “EliotChangOfficial,” has millions of views and has spawned multiple viral videos.Based in Los Angeles but originally from New York City, he studied improv at UCB in NY and at the Magnet Theater with the legendary Armando Diaz.
 
Don&#39;t forget to like follow and subscribe and become a patron on Patreon so you can watch these shows and see all the bonus footage!</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Eliot Chang has recorded 2 Comedy Central Half Hour specials, and is known for his outrageous videos where he annihilates hecklers. No stranger to TV, he has also been on E!&#39;s Chelsea Lately, Showtime&#39;s Minority Report, HBO&#39;s Looking, and NBC&#39;s Law &amp; Order: SVU.<br><br>Eliot has toured his stand-up all over America, Europe, and Asia. His YouTube channel, “EliotChangOfficial,” has millions of views and has spawned multiple viral videos.<br><br>Based in Los Angeles but originally from New York City, he studied improv at UCB in NY and at the Magnet Theater with the legendary Armando Diaz.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Don&#39;t forget to like follow and subscribe and become a patron on Patreon so you can watch these shows and see all the bonus footage!</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Eliot Chang has recorded 2 Comedy Central Half Hour specials, and is known for his outrageous videos where he annihilates hecklers. No stranger to TV, he has also been on E!&amp;#39;s Chelsea Lately, Showtime&amp;#39;s Minority Report, HBO&amp;#39;s Looking, and NBC&amp;#39;s Law &amp;amp; Order: SVU.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Eliot has toured his stand-up all over America, Europe, and Asia. His YouTube channel, “EliotChangOfficial,” has millions of views and has spawned multiple viral videos.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Based in Los Angeles but originally from New York City, he studied improv at UCB in NY and at the Magnet Theater with the legendary Armando Diaz.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#39;t forget to like follow and subscribe and become a patron on Patreon so you can watch these shows and see all the bonus footage!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>#4 Bonus Track Matt Holt</itunes:title>
                <title>#4 Bonus Track Matt Holt</title>

                <itunes:episode>66</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>Matt Holt has been making people laugh most of his life. He’s been doing it professionally for nearly 20 years. He displays a quick-wit and razor-sharp delivery along with a very laid back and conversational style on stage. When a comic lives in the mome...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Matt Holt has been making people laugh most of his life. He’s been doing it professionally for nearly 20 years. He displays a quick-wit and razor-sharp delivery along with a very laid back and conversational style on stage. When a comic lives in the moment, no two shows are alike. With his relaxed style, Matt transitions seamlessly from scripted material to of-the- cuff conversation with the audience, leaving them laughing, applauding and gasping for air. Being the youngest of 8 kids, twice divorced and having no health care is what drives Matt to the stage night after night. Matt never misses a chance to laugh at himself, which allows him to break down the barrier between the audience and theperformer. It’s like sitting down with an old friend and having the time of your life.In addition to his stand up performances, Matt has also kept busy creatingone-man shows. In 2014 he wrote and produced his show “Thank You Johnny Carson”, which received great reviews. In 2015 he debuted his latest show, “Acting My Age!”
Matt has performed with many of the greats in the comedy world: Louis CK, Dave Attel, John Pinette, Ron White, and Jimmy Pardo among many, many more.Matt’s latest CD “Acting My Age” can be heard on Sirius/XM radio and debuted on the top ten I-tunes comedy chart.</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Matt Holt has been making people laugh most of his life. He’s been doing it professionally for nearly 20 years. He displays a quick-wit and razor-sharp delivery along with a very laid back and conversational style on stage. When a comic lives in the moment, no two shows are alike. With his relaxed style, Matt transitions seamlessly from scripted material to of-the- cuff conversation with the audience, leaving them laughing, applauding and gasping for air. Being the youngest of 8 kids, twice divorced and having no health care is what drives Matt to the stage night after night. Matt never misses a chance to laugh at himself, which allows him to break down the barrier between the audience and the<br>performer. It’s like sitting down with an old friend and having the time of your life.In addition to his stand up performances, Matt has also kept busy creating<br>one-man shows. In 2014 he wrote and produced his show “Thank You Johnny Carson”, which received great reviews. In 2015 he debuted his latest show, “Acting My Age!”</p>
<p>Matt has performed with many of the greats in the comedy world: Louis CK, Dave Attel, John Pinette, Ron White, and Jimmy Pardo among many, many more.Matt’s latest CD “Acting My Age” can be heard on Sirius/XM radio and debuted on the top ten I-tunes comedy chart.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Matt Holt has been making people laugh most of his life. He’s been doing it professionally for nearly 20 years. He displays a quick-wit and razor-sharp delivery along with a very laid back and conversational style on stage. When a comic lives in the moment, no two shows are alike. With his relaxed style, Matt transitions seamlessly from scripted material to of-the- cuff conversation with the audience, leaving them laughing, applauding and gasping for air. Being the youngest of 8 kids, twice divorced and having no health care is what drives Matt to the stage night after night. Matt never misses a chance to laugh at himself, which allows him to break down the barrier between the audience and the&lt;br&gt;performer. It’s like sitting down with an old friend and having the time of your life.In addition to his stand up performances, Matt has also kept busy creating&lt;br&gt;one-man shows. In 2014 he wrote and produced his show “Thank You Johnny Carson”, which received great reviews. In 2015 he debuted his latest show, “Acting My Age!”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Matt has performed with many of the greats in the comedy world: Louis CK, Dave Attel, John Pinette, Ron White, and Jimmy Pardo among many, many more.Matt’s latest CD “Acting My Age” can be heard on Sirius/XM radio and debuted on the top ten I-tunes comedy chart.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <itunes:title>#4 Matt Holt</itunes:title>
                <title>#4 Matt Holt</title>

                <itunes:episode>60</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>Matt Holt has been making people laugh most of his life. He’s been doing it professionally for nearly 20 years. He displays a quick-wit and razor-sharp delivery along with a very laid back and conversational style on stage. When a comic lives in the mome...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Matt Holt has been making people laugh most of his life. He’s been doing it professionally for nearly 20 years. He displays a quick-wit and razor-sharp delivery along with a very laid back and conversational style on stage. When a comic lives in the moment, no two shows are alike. With his relaxed style, Matt transitions seamlessly from scripted material to of-the- cuff conversation with the audience, leaving them laughing, applauding and gasping for air. Being the youngest of 8 kids, twice divorced and having no health care is what drives Matt to the stage night after night. Matt never misses a chance to laugh at himself, which allows him to break down the barrier between the audience and theperformer. It’s like sitting down with an old friend and having the time of your life.In addition to his stand up performances, Matt has also kept busy creatingone-man shows. In 2014 he wrote and produced his show “Thank You Johnny Carson”, which received great reviews. In 2015 he debuted his latest show, “Acting My Age!”
Matt has performed with many of the greats in the comedy world: Louis CK, Dave Attel, John Pinette, Ron White, and Jimmy Pardo among many, many more.Matt’s latest CD “Acting My Age” can be heard on Sirius/XM radio and debuted on the top ten I-tunes comedy chart
This podcast was recorded at Comedy Off Broadway.  The bonus footage can be seen on Patreon, where for a mere $2 you can become a patron and see all the bonus footage!  Always new things we are doing!  Be sure to like, subscribe, follow, and whatever else there is to do!</itunes:summary>
                <description><![CDATA[<p>Matt Holt has been making people laugh most of his life. He’s been doing it professionally for nearly 20 years. He displays a quick-wit and razor-sharp delivery along with a very laid back and conversational style on stage. When a comic lives in the moment, no two shows are alike. With his relaxed style, Matt transitions seamlessly from scripted material to of-the- cuff conversation with the audience, leaving them laughing, applauding and gasping for air. Being the youngest of 8 kids, twice divorced and having no health care is what drives Matt to the stage night after night. Matt never misses a chance to laugh at himself, which allows him to break down the barrier between the audience and the<br>performer. It’s like sitting down with an old friend and having the time of your life.In addition to his stand up performances, Matt has also kept busy creating<br>one-man shows. In 2014 he wrote and produced his show “Thank You Johnny Carson”, which received great reviews. In 2015 he debuted his latest show, “Acting My Age!”</p>
<p>Matt has performed with many of the greats in the comedy world: Louis CK, Dave Attel, John Pinette, Ron White, and Jimmy Pardo among many, many more.Matt’s latest CD “Acting My Age” can be heard on Sirius/XM radio and debuted on the top ten I-tunes comedy chart</p>
<p>This podcast was recorded at Comedy Off Broadway.  The bonus footage can be seen on Patreon, where for a mere $2 you can become a patron and see all the bonus footage!  Always new things we are doing!  Be sure to like, subscribe, follow, and whatever else there is to do!</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Matt Holt has been making people laugh most of his life. He’s been doing it professionally for nearly 20 years. He displays a quick-wit and razor-sharp delivery along with a very laid back and conversational style on stage. When a comic lives in the moment, no two shows are alike. With his relaxed style, Matt transitions seamlessly from scripted material to of-the- cuff conversation with the audience, leaving them laughing, applauding and gasping for air. Being the youngest of 8 kids, twice divorced and having no health care is what drives Matt to the stage night after night. Matt never misses a chance to laugh at himself, which allows him to break down the barrier between the audience and the&lt;br&gt;performer. It’s like sitting down with an old friend and having the time of your life.In addition to his stand up performances, Matt has also kept busy creating&lt;br&gt;one-man shows. In 2014 he wrote and produced his show “Thank You Johnny Carson”, which received great reviews. In 2015 he debuted his latest show, “Acting My Age!”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Matt has performed with many of the greats in the comedy world: Louis CK, Dave Attel, John Pinette, Ron White, and Jimmy Pardo among many, many more.Matt’s latest CD “Acting My Age” can be heard on Sirius/XM radio and debuted on the top ten I-tunes comedy chart&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This podcast was recorded at Comedy Off Broadway.  The bonus footage can be seen on Patreon, where for a mere $2 you can become a patron and see all the bonus footage!  Always new things we are doing!  Be sure to like, subscribe, follow, and whatever else there is to do!&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
                
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                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:56:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>#3 Bonus Track Gareth Reynolds</itunes:title>
                <title>#3 Bonus Track Gareth Reynolds</title>

                <itunes:episode>65</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>GARETH REYNOLDS  is an internationally touring Stand-up Comedian whose brilliantly clever quips perfectly offset Dave Anthony’s hilarious snark on their smash-hit podcast THE DOLLOP which garners over 5 Million downloads every month.
Gareth has written o...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>GARETH REYNOLDS  is an internationally touring Stand-up Comedian whose brilliantly clever quips perfectly offset Dave Anthony’s hilarious snark on their smash-hit podcast THE DOLLOP which garners over 5 Million downloads every month.
Gareth has written on ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, FLAKED and HOOPS for NETFLIX as well as YOU’RE THE WORST on FX, previous to that he wrote on COMEDY CENTRAL sitcom IDIOTSITTER, took the lead on ABC show HAIL MARY and has been seen on IFC’s MARON. 
His debut stand-up album will be released late 2019 on Comedy Dynamics. 
Originally hailing from the sweet streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Gareth moved to Los Angeles and starred in NBC’s THE REAL WEDDING CRASHERS which was as creatively stimulating as it was successful. Through that show he began producing and writing his own material, eventually making shows at COMEDY CENTRAL, the TRAVEL CHANNEL, and MTV.
He also has a cat named Jose.</itunes:summary>
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<p>Gareth has written on <em>ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT</em>, <em>FLAKED</em> and HOOPS for NETFLIX as well as<em> YOU’RE THE WORST </em>on FX, previous to that he wrote on COMEDY CENTRAL sitcom <em>IDIOTSITTER</em>, took the lead on ABC show <em>HAIL MARY</em> and has been seen on IFC’s <em>MARON</em>.<br> </p>
<p>His debut stand-up album will be released late 2019 on Comedy Dynamics. </p>
<p>Originally hailing from the sweet streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Gareth moved to Los Angeles and starred in NBC’s <em>THE REAL WEDDING CRASHERS</em> which was as creatively stimulating as it was successful. Through that show he began producing and writing his own material, eventually making shows at COMEDY CENTRAL, the TRAVEL CHANNEL, and MTV.</p>
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&lt;p&gt;Gareth has written on &lt;em&gt;ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;FLAKED&lt;/em&gt; and HOOPS for NETFLIX as well as&lt;em&gt; YOU’RE THE WORST &lt;/em&gt;on FX, previous to that he wrote on COMEDY CENTRAL sitcom &lt;em&gt;IDIOTSITTER&lt;/em&gt;, took the lead on ABC show &lt;em&gt;HAIL MARY&lt;/em&gt; and has been seen on IFC’s &lt;em&gt;MARON&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;His debut stand-up album will be released late 2019 on Comedy Dynamics. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Originally hailing from the sweet streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Gareth moved to Los Angeles and starred in NBC’s &lt;em&gt;THE REAL WEDDING CRASHERS&lt;/em&gt; which was as creatively stimulating as it was successful. Through that show he began producing and writing his own material, eventually making shows at COMEDY CENTRAL, the TRAVEL CHANNEL, and MTV.&lt;/p&gt;
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                <pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2019 02:27:00 &#43;0000</pubDate>
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                <itunes:title>#3 Gareth Reynolds</itunes:title>
                <title>#3 Gareth Reynolds</title>

                <itunes:episode>59</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
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GARETH REYNOLDS  is an internationally touring Stand-up Comedian whose brilliantly clever quips perfectly offset Dave Anthony’s hilarious snark on their smash-hit podcast THE DOLLOP which garners over 5 Million downloads every month.Gareth has written...</itunes:subtitle>
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GARETH REYNOLDS  is an internationally touring Stand-up Comedian whose brilliantly clever quips perfectly offset Dave Anthony’s hilarious snark on their smash-hit podcast THE DOLLOP which garners over 5 Million downloads every month.Gareth has written on ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, FLAKED and HOOPS for NETFLIX as well as YOU’RE THE WORST on FX, previous to that he wrote on COMEDY CENTRAL sitcom IDIOTSITTER, took the lead on ABC show HAIL MARY and has been seen on IFC’s MARON. 






His debut stand-up album will be released late 2019 on Comedy Dynamics.
Originally hailing from the sweet streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Gareth moved to Los Angeles and starred in NBC’s THE REAL WEDDING CRASHERS which was as creatively stimulating as it was successful. Through that show he began producing and writing his own material, eventually making shows at COMEDY CENTRAL, the TRAVEL CHANNEL, and MTV.He also has a cat named Jose.
Don&#39;t forget to like, follow and comment on the things you liked, didn&#39;t like.  And hey if you want to hear the rest of this podcast you can go to www.patreon.com/EgosLastStand and become a patron.  It&#39;s on $2!!
 


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<p><strong>GARETH REYNOLDS</strong>  is an internationally touring Stand-up Comedian whose brilliantly clever quips perfectly offset Dave Anthony’s hilarious snark on their smash-hit podcast <em>THE DOLLOP</em> which garners over 5 Million downloads every month.<br><br>Gareth has written on <em>ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT</em>, <em>FLAKED</em> and HOOPS for NETFLIX as well as<em> YOU’RE THE WORST </em>on FX, previous to that he wrote on COMEDY CENTRAL sitcom <em>IDIOTSITTER</em>, took the lead on ABC show <em>HAIL MARY</em> and has been seen on IFC’s <em>MARON</em>.<br><br> </p>
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<p>Originally hailing from the sweet streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Gareth moved to Los Angeles and starred in NBC’s <em>THE REAL WEDDING CRASHERS</em> which was as creatively stimulating as it was successful. Through that show he began producing and writing his own material, eventually making shows at COMEDY CENTRAL, the TRAVEL CHANNEL, and MTV.<br><br>He also has a cat named Jose.</p>
<p>Don&#39;t forget to like, follow and comment on the things you liked, didn&#39;t like.  And hey if you want to hear the rest of this podcast you can go to <a href="http://www.patreon.com/EgosLastStand" rel="nofollow">www.patreon.com/EgosLastStand</a> and become a patron.  It&#39;s on $2!!</p>
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&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#39;t forget to like, follow and comment on the things you liked, didn&amp;#39;t like.  And hey if you want to hear the rest of this podcast you can go to &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.patreon.com/EgosLastStand&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;www.patreon.com/EgosLastStand&lt;/a&gt; and become a patron.  It&amp;#39;s on $2!!&lt;/p&gt;
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                <itunes:title>#2 Bonus Track Lee Cruse</itunes:title>
                <title>#2 Bonus Track Lee Cruse</title>

                <itunes:episode>64</itunes:episode>
                
                <itunes:author>Josh Sardam and Brandi Nicole</itunes:author>
                <itunes:subtitle>Lee was born in the year 1969 to his parents in Kentucky and is 49 years old now.  He was born and raised in Winchester alongside his two younger siblings. But the Curse family later moved to Lexington and settled down.
The 49-year-old comedian is very c...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Lee was born in the year 1969 to his parents in Kentucky and is 49 years old now.  He was born and raised in Winchester alongside his two younger siblings. But the Curse family later moved to Lexington and settled down.
The 49-year-old comedian is very close to his parents and keeps sharing his love for them on his social media platforms.
In 2015, on the occasion of Mother’s day, Lee shared a glance of his beautiful mom via Twitter, 
Moreover, Lee and his father, a basketball coach, bonded over basketball as Cruse played basketball as well.
Although Lee played, he admits that he wasn’t a talented player. Which is also the reason why he ended up having a ‘horrific’ experience; as his father used to put pressure on him to do better. A trait of a typical father!
But despite the pressure, Lee’s father has had a bigger influence in his life and he always strives to make his father proud.
Lee is happily married to his gorgeous wife Elizabeth Cruse for almost two decades now. The lovely-looking pair got married back in July of 2000 and have been going strong ever since.
Cruse’s wife Elizabeth is also a Kentucky native, who graduated from Wayne County High School and later studied at the University of Kentucky.

Furthermore, talking about Elizabeth’s profession; she is the owner of Miss Priss pageant store in Lexington. The store specializes in pageant swimsuits &amp; gowns mostly for occasions such as proms and beauty pageants.
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<p>The 49-year-old comedian is very close to his parents and keeps sharing his love for them on his social media platforms.</p>
<p>In 2015, on the occasion of Mother’s day, Lee shared a glance of his beautiful mom via Twitter, </p>
<p>Moreover, Lee and his father, a basketball coach, bonded over basketball as Cruse played basketball as well.</p>
<p>Although Lee played, he admits that he wasn’t a talented player. Which is also the reason why he ended up having a ‘horrific’ experience; as his father used to put pressure on him to do better. A trait of a typical father!</p>
<p>But despite the pressure, Lee’s father has had a bigger influence in his life and he always strives to make his father proud.</p>
<p>Lee is happily married to his gorgeous wife Elizabeth Cruse for almost two decades now. The lovely-looking pair got married back in July of 2000 and have been going strong ever since.</p>
<p>Cruse’s wife Elizabeth is also a Kentucky native, who graduated from <strong>Wayne County High School</strong> and later studied at the <strong>University of Kentucky.</strong></p>
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<p>Furthermore, talking about Elizabeth’s profession; she is the owner of <a href="https://www.missprisspromandpageant.com/" rel="nofollow">Miss Priss pageant store</a> in Lexington. The store specializes in pageant swimsuits &amp; gowns mostly for occasions such as proms and beauty pageants.</p>
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&lt;p&gt;In 2015, on the occasion of Mother’s day, Lee shared a glance of his beautiful mom via Twitter, &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Moreover, Lee and his father, a basketball coach, bonded over basketball as Cruse played basketball as well.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Although Lee played, he admits that he wasn’t a talented player. Which is also the reason why he ended up having a ‘horrific’ experience; as his father used to put pressure on him to do better. A trait of a typical father!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But despite the pressure, Lee’s father has had a bigger influence in his life and he always strives to make his father proud.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lee is happily married to his gorgeous wife Elizabeth Cruse for almost two decades now. The lovely-looking pair got married back in July of 2000 and have been going strong ever since.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cruse’s wife Elizabeth is also a Kentucky native, who graduated from &lt;strong&gt;Wayne County High School&lt;/strong&gt; and later studied at the &lt;strong&gt;University of Kentucky.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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                <itunes:episode>58</itunes:episode>
                
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Lee Cruse has become the gold standard for comedy in the Bluegrass and beyond. He&#39;s been making Kentuckians laugh through radio, as well as Lexington&#39;s #1 morning television program for over a decade. &#34;I really do have the best job on the planet. I lov...</itunes:subtitle>
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Lee Cruse has become the gold standard for comedy in the Bluegrass and beyond. He&#39;s been making Kentuckians laugh through radio, as well as Lexington&#39;s #1 morning television program for over a decade. &#34;I really do have the best job on the planet. I love my Kentucky home, so to have the opportunity to visit these fascinating places and the great people is a privilege. It&#39;s like I&#39;m the community dog; people seem happy to see me and they&#39;re always giving me snacks.&#34;
Lee took his talents to the stage in 1995 to become a stand-up comic. His self deprecating style and sarcasm is biting without any vulgarity. You can listen to Lee on the radio again, too. Beginning in May, 2013, he&#39;s back as the host of &#34;LIVE with Lee&#34; on News Talk 590 WVLK.




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<p>Lee took his talents to the stage in 1995 to become a stand-up comic. His self deprecating style and sarcasm is biting without any vulgarity. You can listen to Lee on the radio again, too. Beginning in May, 2013, he&#39;s back as the host of &#34;LIVE with Lee&#34; on <a href="http://www.wvlkam.com/" rel="nofollow"><strong>News Talk 590 WVLK</strong></a>.</p>
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&lt;p&gt;Lee took his talents to the stage in 1995 to become a stand-up comic. His self deprecating style and sarcasm is biting without any vulgarity. You can listen to Lee on the radio again, too. Beginning in May, 2013, he&amp;#39;s back as the host of &amp;#34;LIVE with Lee&amp;#34; on &lt;a href=&#34;http://www.wvlkam.com/&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;News Talk 590 WVLK&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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                <itunes:subtitle>Chris Franjola is a writer/comedian who can currently be heard hosting his highly successful podcast, Cover To Cover With Chris Franjola (over 700 5 star iTunes reviews &amp; Top 50 iTunes Comedy podcasts) also he’s a frequent contributor on Heather McDonald...</itunes:subtitle>
                <itunes:summary>Chris Franjola is a writer/comedian who can currently be heard hosting his highly successful podcast, Cover To Cover With Chris Franjola (over 700 5 star iTunes reviews &amp; Top 50 iTunes Comedy podcasts) also he’s a frequent contributor on Heather McDonald’s wildly successful podcast, Juicy Scoop.  Chris was also a writer and a regular performer on E!’s hit show “Chelsea Lately&#34; for 8 years. Together with the talented writing staff, Chris wrote over 1500 episodes while performing on the show more than anyone else beside Chelsea Handler and Chuy.  During his time on the show Chris created some of the shows most memorable characters like Gay Caveman, Bieber Man, Johnny Depp, Seventeen Magazine Players and many more. He also starred on the critically acclaimed scripted comedy series “After Lately,” which aired for three seasons on E!, he was the host of the Sons of Anarchy aftershow Anarchy Afterword, airing live on FX.  Last year Chris released his first comedy album &#34;The Shallow End&#34; which received rave reviews and stayed in iTunes Top 10 Comedy Albums for 5 weeks. Earlier this year Chris could be seen as a contributing panelist on The Josh Wolf Show on CMT and Funniest Fails on Fox. When he isn’t busy writing and acting, he’s performing stand-up on the road, headlining venues all over the country.  Before Chelsea Lately, Chris wrote for other shows, including Family Guy, the MTV Video Music Awards, and the original Chelsea Handler Show. Chris can also be seen beginning in 2017 on the new Netflix show from the makers of Orange Is The New Black, GLOW. </itunes:summary>
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