So What Do You Really Do?
So What Do You Really Do?
Deadair Dennis Maler | Big Comedy Network
The Funny Truth: Life as a Universal Studios Guide with Daneille Soto
2 hour 4 minutes Posted Aug 23, 2024 at 2:00 pm.
Intro
Catching up
How did you get into comedy
Culture at the comedy office
Why did you leave Boston
Dream job as a comedian
Moving to LA for comedy
Realizing TV is made by people
Planning your comedy future
College major and comedy
TV vs Movies in comedy
Moving to LA again
First impression of Kelly
How Danielle got into The Golden Girls
Danielle’s Golden Girls trivia journey
History of The Golden Girls
How Danielle got into Dr. Cheesecake
Making friends in comedy
Duck Tours experience
Golden Girls Trivia insights
Did trivia interfere with standup
Comedians are victims of success
Why I wanted you on the podcast
Danielle’s job at Universal Studios
Danielle’s role at Universal
Scripted vs unscripted tours
Timing on the tour
Expect the unexpected in comedy
Flirting with firefighters
Stigma of Duck Tours
Sensitivity to guests
Good with kids in comedy
VIP vs standard tours preference
Change in people at theme parks
Do kids give you gifts?
VIP tour as a promotion
What's next for Danielle in comedy
How to book a VIP tour with Danielle
Where to find Danielle online
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Ever wonder what it's REALLY like to be a comedian on the rise?
Join us for a fun dive behind the scenes with comedian, writer, and "Golden Girls" expert Danielle Soto. Danielle shares her funny and touching misadventures as a tour guide at Universal Studios in Hollywood, along with hilarious tales making her way from the Boston comedy scene to the glamour of LA. 🚍 
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Danielle Soto is a stand-up comedian, writer, and podcast host from Boston, Massachusetts. Before moving to Los Angeles in the spring of 2014, Danielle worked the New England comedy circuit, as well as traveling to festivals in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. She has performed as an opening act for Ralphie May and Lenny Clarke, and was chosen to participate in Comedy Central’s Up Next satellite show to search for Comics To Watch in 2013. Danielle’s comedy routine centers on her dating life, dieting, day jobs, and her Chilean Jewish family. 
In June of 2014, Danielle quit her job in a Dermatology clinic and packed two large suitcases (managing to fit all 7 seasons of the Golden Girls on DVD inside). With mixed emotions, she boarded the plane with her one-way ticket to Los Angeles. Since then, Danielle has performed at The World Famous Comedy Store in Hollywood, Flappers in Burbank, and at The Improv in Brea, as well as many clubs and bars in the surrounding areas. 
Danielle has also created the Dr. Cheesecake Podcast (available on iTunes), in which her guests explain a problem in their life and Danielle solves it using an episode of The Golden Girls (and a slice of cheesecake!) Notable guests have been Golden Girls writer Stan Zimmerman and Alaska from RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 5. Danielle also writes, produces, and hosts Golden Girls trivia at Hamburger Mary’s in West Hollywood. 
In her spare time, Danielle likes to host game night with friends, spend time with her wonderful family, and tell strangers about the...