Entry Level with Brooks Wheelan
Entry Level with Brooks Wheelan
All Things Comedy
This is a podcast about all those jobs we've had that sucked. Each episode Brooks will interview a guest and find out what garbage they had to put up with before they got to the position they're in now. Plus if you have any hellish jobs of your own you want to share email entrylevelwithbrookswheelan@gmail.com
Episode 257 - Chris Fairbanks talks Montana
Chris Fairbanks (Comedy Central/Conan/Last Comic Standing/Jimmy Kimmel) and Brooks are about to do some shows in Brooks' favorite state that happens to be Chris' home state so they talk about it! Get tickets to the shows here: brookswheelan.com/dates
Mar 5
1 hr 7 min
Episode 256 - Shane Torres
Shane Torres (Comedy Central/New special out now) talks to Brooks about growing up the son of an Irish mom and a Hispanic dad in Texas. Check out Shane's new special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9mHurqZh_0
Jan 12
1 hr 18 min
Episode 255 - Joe Pera
Joe Pera (Joe Pera talks to you) comes on to discuss being a paperboy, becoming welcomed into the world of brick laying, and working on advertising for Dog The Bounty Hunter.  Check out Joe's new special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_97zE4GRZk Check out Joe's MTV pancake show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDI8ULxJYOU&t=50s See Brooks on the road here: brookswheelan.com/dates
Dec 1, 2023
1 hr 20 min
Catching up with Karl Hess
Karl and Brooks ramble. That's about it.
Sep 14, 2023
47 min
Episdoe 254 - Caitlin Cook
Caitlin Cook (Off Broadway play "The Writing on the Stall") talks about going to kindergarten with Nic Cage's son, being a camp counselor, and wanting to leave LA for a small city. Check out Caitlin's play: http://www.thecaitlincook.com/ Join the patreon: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan
Sep 5, 2023
41 min
Episode 253 - Will Angus
Will Angus (Almost Friday) talks about growing up doing nothing in Dallas, switching back and forth between business and theater, then graduating exactly as the pandemic hit giving him nothing to do but make sketches.  Check out Almost Friday: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCgK6peZI5-FKDCWzMIFk2A Join the patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan See brooks live here: brookswheelan.com/dates
Jul 19, 2023
1 hr 4 min
Episode 252 - Kara Klenk
Kara Klenk (Comedy Central/Magic for Humans) talks about babysitting a 2 week old when she was 12, moving to Italy to teach English to Italians without knowing how to speak Italian, being an NBC page for Conan, and running into Brooks in Puerto Rico. Check out Kara's new podcast here! https://www.exactlyrightmedia.com/thats-messed-up See Brooks on tour here: Brookswheelan.com/dates
Jun 26, 2023
1 hr 21 min
Episode 251: Bret Raybould (and catching up with Karl Hess)
Bret Raybould (off-Broadway show Race: The Movie: The Play) talks about growing up in Kansas City, working at Burger King, being an intern at Conan, then going back to Burger King, and how he ended up writing a play about Race.  Me and Karl also catch up about our adventures. See all of Bret's things here: https://www.bretraybould.com/ Get tickets to see me on tour here: Brookswheelan.com Join the patreon: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan
May 29, 2023
1 hr 23 min
Episode 250: Straightiolab
George Civeris and Sam Taggart (Straightiolab): talk about growing up in greece and also Michigan. Check out their podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/straightiolab/id1503599999
May 1, 2023
49 min
Episode 249 - Matt Goldich
Matt Goldich (Late Night w/ Seth Meyers) talks about how got into writing for late night with gigs at David Letterman, being an NBC page, and fetching grocery carts all around parking lot. Check out Matt on Late Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAS029x1Srs
Apr 24, 2023
1 hr 16 min
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