Behind The Funny

Ever wonder what comedian was like as a kid.  Where the creative gene started.  This episode Ace’s life long friend Rich Bouthillette came into the Ace-ment to share some stories and some long last recordings.  It was fun learning the genesis of Ace Aceto.  Stayed listening at the end for a bonus Ace Aceto voiceover clip.

Maya Manyon and Mary Ellen Depetrillo join us this week to talk about women in comedy.  Ace and I spoke to Janet Hyde at the Rogue Island Comedy Festival about her Dude Talks To A Lady podcast where she challenges male comedians about there misogynistic jokes.  We wanted to know what its like for women in comedy.  It was an interesting conversation.

Ace and I sit down with one of our heroes, Paul D'Angelo.  Paul is mentioned with the best comics to ever come out of Boston.  His path from DA to comedian was amazing.  He is admired by everyone from new comics to established comics to some of the top comics working today.  This was definitely a highlight for us.

We can not finish a 2019 recap without some of the best funny bad gig stories.  This episode includes stories from Red Peters, Ray Harrington, Ken Rogerson, Chris D, Bernadette Pauley, and Al Ducharme. 

We continue our Best of 2019 with clips of how we come up with our episode titles, some of some real deep moments and we finish showing of some of the exotic locations we record at...

We celebrate the new year by looking back at 2019.  In this episode we look back at heroes we talked to and old friends we reconnected with...

We finally get the Ed Waugh in for a conversation.  We had his partner AJ Hapenny in awhile ago in an episode call Who The F*** is Ed Waugh.  He finally has a chance for rebuttal.  Ace and I enjoyed learning what put Ed on the comedy stage and continues to drive him.

Part 2 of our conversations at the 2019 Rogue Island Comedy Festival.  This episode we talk to Justin Williams, Dave Neal, and Janet Hyde.  Thanks to Doug Key and Katie Latimer for having us at the festival.

Part 1 of Ace and Scott at the Rogue Island Comedy Festival with Frank Gazzero, Nick Callas, Alyssa Limperis and Luke Mones.  Thanks to Doug Key and Katie Latimer for inviting us.

Comedy and political correctness don't often mix well together, so we decided to have a panel of veteran and newer comics to discuss how being PC is affecting comedy.  Joining Ace and Scott this week; Joe Hebert, Derrick Fonseca, and Brad Pierce.

Our live podcast at the 2019 Boston Comedy Festival with comedians Jordan Lauterbach, Sean Rosa, Chris Nakis, Tanael Joachim, and Vinayak Pal

Mike Donovan is one of Boston's best comedians, a legend.  Ace and Scott were honored to talk to him.  He has written 81 books, including several based on history.  Mike's comedy career started before there were really any clubs.  He built any amazing career and was even selected to go to Hollywood and read for a sitcom that went on to be hit with a really big star.  You can find Mike's books at h...

Ace and Scott talk to long time friend Nick Albanese.  Nick is a very funny comedian but has made a name for himself as a playwright and an actor.  His one-man show "The Last Sicilian" has been a huge hit.  Nick has had a lot of wow moments with celebrities and we enjoyed the stories.

Our friend Tom Stewart stopped by to discuss the new episodes he has coming out on his podcast My Paranormal Story.  If you listened the last time he was on, you know how much Scott loves this discussion.  Ace enjoyed this a little too much.  Tom brought some friends, EVPs (Electronic Voice Phenomenon), as examples this time which just added to the fun. 

Ace and Scott are hypnotized by this weeks guest.  By his stories that is.  Frank Santos Jr was this weeks guest and we start by reminiscing about Frank Sr, who Ace and Scott both had worked with.  Ace especially had some great stories.  Frank Jr has certainly made a name for himself and built his own legacy.  You think comedians have crazy bad gig stories, wait til you hear some from a hypnotist.

Ace and Scott talk to long time friend Jeremy Furtado this week.  We discuss his comedy career and his famous doppelgänger...

This week Ace and Scott travel out of the Ace-ment to have a conversation with Brad Mastrangelo.  We discuss Brad's beginnings in comedy which was based on a dare and how that built into him being one of the go to funny comedians in the Boston comedy scene and on cruise ships.  

Behind The Funny continues our talks with radio personalities.  Amy Pontes is Lite Rock 105 in Providence RI weekdays from 10am - 3pm.  We talk about her strange route to radio as well as her comedy improve career and her times doing standup.

Ace and I like to ask people for a few career wow moments.  AJ is the first person to start his career with them.  AJ is constantly working at becoming a better comic, he even left the podcast and went and did a set.  We talked about his comedy as well as his fundraising he does with his partner Ed Waugh.  Who has yet to make it to the podcast...   For previous Behind The Funny Episodes download t...

Dave Sinclair has that every dad look, then add comedy and you have the dad from Family Circus.  When Ace made this reference during this podcast, I could not stop laughing.  Dave is a great comic that now is producing events at Kilburn Comedy Cove in New Bedford MA.  He took the long route to comedy but we're glad he got there.  Go to  http://kilburncomedycove.com/  for info.  ACE5 coupon code fo...

Brian Mulhern is a very accomplished radio personality and comedy writer.  Brian is a go to go for any comedy roast dais.  The conversation centered around his time working with the Phil Hartman from SNL & News Radio.  They became close friends and worked on a lot of projects together.  We talked about Phil's death, which led us into Brian's own struggles with depression.  We started off with some...

Brendan Kirby is the co-host of the Rhode Show on WPRI 12 but his entertainment beginnings were in comedy.  He is an accomplished comedy writer who interned on Late Night with Letterman and even spent time in LA where he encountered Jay Leno and received feedback from Jay on his material.  He is a favorite on the dais of any roast he is on.  He came up with our new studio name, the Ace-ment.

Rodney was introduced to us by another guest we had scheduled who ended up sick and suggested Rodney.  Ace and I have been Facebook friends with Rodney for awhile but did not know him personally.  This turned out to be a really fun conversation.  Started comedy in Utah and now resides in CT.  He is a great guy with a great story.

Al and Bernadette are a comedy power couple and long time friends of Ace's.  Ace refers to them as the upper classmen from the Periwinkle's days.  Though they are both from New England, Bernie got her start in comedy in New York.  That's where they met before they were married.  They both put out a lot of video content online and Al tells about getting the gig on Bill Burr's "F Is For Family" on N...

Ray Harrington and Derek Furtado return to Behind The Funny to talk about their new project "Undependent".  It's a pilot they shot about two documentary film makers.  We talked about comedy festivals compared to film festivals.  Ray plays six degrees of separation bringing things full circle from the Comedy Connection in RI to making videos to Be A Man up to Undependent.  We start off with Ray des...