Behind The Funny

James Dorsey is in the Acement this week which means Ace is stuck between two guys that talk A LOT. James is known for his high energy comedy and he brought it to the podcast. A Boston veteran comic he has great insight on the comedy scene, material and running shows. Check out James at https://www.instagram.com/jamesdorseylive/ Check out Ace at https://www.aceaceto.lol/ and Scott at https://scott...

2025 was a great year in the Acement for Behind The Funny. This week is a collection of a few of our favorite moments. Some great stories that are funny, some are moving, but all are interesting. Check out Ace at https://www.aceaceto.lol/ and Scott at https://scotthigginscomedy.com/

One thing we love in the Acement is a great Funny Bad Gig story and 2025 has shown us we can still be surprised by new ones. This is a collection of some of our favorites from the past year. Check out Ace at https://www.aceaceto.lol/ and Scott at https://scotthigginscomedy.com/

Time for our yearly Best Of, we decided to add the Episode Of The Year. It was a tough choice but our 400th episode stood out. A Wow Moment for BTF, stand up great Doug Stanhope is known for The Man Show and Howard Stern. His wow moment was a first for BTF and imagine what his Funny Bad Gig ia? Check out Doug at https://www.dougstanhope.com/ and his latest special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t...

Another roadtrip for the Acement, this time we head north to Capo Supper Club in South Boston for Will Noonan and John Tobin Presents Wednesday Night Comedy Showcase. After doing a spot we talk with Melissa Rush, Pete McLaughlin (briefly due to audio issues) and Will Noonan. Check out John Tobin Presents at https://www.facebook.com/johntobinpresents/ and Will Noonan at https://www.instagram.com/wi...

This week we bring the Acement to the Centerdale Revival in North Providence RI for Live at the Dale Comedy Showcase. Its run by our good friend Brad Pierce every Wednesday night. Ace and Scott both did a set and then sat down with Brad and talked with new comic Quinton Champagne and owner of Centerdale Revival Shane Piche. Check out Centerdale at https://www.thecentredale.com/ and Quinton at http...

Richie Minervini pays the Acement a visit to talk about his journey from grinding it out on the road and cruise ships to appearing in Adam Sandlers "Grown Ups" movies and Kevin James "Paul Blart" films. Could someone as successful as Richie have a Funny Bad Gig Story, of course. Check out Richie at https://www.facebook.com/richie.minervini Check out Ace at https://www.aceaceto.lol/ and Scott at ht...

Lucas Estrella is in the Acement this week with his awkwardness translator, his dad Lenny Estrella. In a year's time, Lucas has gone from open mics to a requested act. He has already worked with some big names as he has made a name for himself. If you have a chance to see Lucas, do it now. If you wait, it'll be harder to get tickets to the show he's headlining. Check out Lucas at https...

Grandma Martha and Jay Burns join us in the Acement for a look back at Martha's legendary vaudeville career. Whenever these two are in studio it's hard to keep things under control and there is definitely no shortage of laughs. Check them out at https://www.facebook.com/grandmamarthasays & https://www.facebook.com/brian.vincent.750 & https://www.facebook.com/jay.burns1 Check out Ac...

Our good friend Jody Sloane makes an appearance in the Acement. Ace and Scott love talking with Jody, she has such a great insight on all things comedy. Her sharp wit is hard to keep up with, especially when on the 2nd bourbon date of the night, but always a fun hang. Check out Jody at https://jodysloane.com/home or https://www.facebook.com/jody.sloane Check out Ace at https://www.aceaceto.lol/ an...

Ace, Scott, and SCOTTOBER Cohost Tom Stewart join Jason Emitt and Twisted Kid Matt on their Youtube Podcast "Kinda Creepy". They review videos and evidence of paranormal and discuss it on Kinda Creepy so it was the perfect time as we have been friends for awhile and it was a great way to crossover the two podcasts. Maybe not crossover. Check out their show at https://www.youtube.com/@Kin...

Ace and Scott talk about Jason Hawes (Ghost Hunters, Ghost Nation) effort to save the Conjuring House. Andrea Perron (Grew up in the Conjuring House) made a plea to Jason and he set up a Go Fund Me. He is matching funds raised there to save the house to preserve it for everyone to be able to investigate. If you have the ability to help out, please do, even sharing the link is a big help. Thanks ht...

Expecting one guest in the Acement we end up with two. Carl and Keith Johnson (Demonologist/Paranomal Investigators) join Scott and Ace for Scottober. The Johnson's were the first investigators of The Conjuring House before the Warrens. What got them into paranormal investigations.? Did Scott make it through this episode? We did have some audio issues but it was a great conversation. Check out Car...

Radio host and author Tim Weisberg joins us in the Acement for a Scottober discussion about his paranormal radio show and his investigation experiences. We always ask comics what made them get started, but why ghost hunting? Check out Tim at https://www.facebook.com/theothertimweisberg/ Check out Ace at https://www.aceaceto.lol/ and Scott at https://scotthigginscomedy.com/

Cody and Satori, The Paranormal Couple, join us in the Acement for their annual Scottober appearance. As they arrived with their case of items to show us, they said they need to up their game. Which was music to Ace's ears but not Scott's. Cody and Satori always have amazing stories and the haunted items to go along with them. What did they bring this time? Did Scott have to change his pan...

This weeks guest in the Acement is Shari DeBenedetti from Ghost Hunters and Ghost Nation TV shows. An experienced paranormal investigator is always perfect for Scottober, according to Ace. What made Shari interested in the paranormal? What were some of her craziest investigations? Did Scott freak out? Listen and find out. Check out Shari at https://www.facebook.com/p/Shari-DeBenedetti-100064600706...

John Zaffis joins us in the Acement for the start of Scottober. John was trained by his aunt and uncle, Ed and Lorraine Warren, he went beyond traditional ghost hunting to study demonology, possession, and exorcisms.  He has over 50 experience investigating the paranormal, and now he has one podcast to scare the crap out of Scott. Listen in for Ace's favorite month of the year. Check out John...

Sara Poulin is this weeks guest in the Acement. She has already made a name for herself in only 4 years of stand up. Sara has opened for many national comics and has become a go to comic for many clubs. She has a quirky relatable style that instantly makes audience like her. Sara is a natural story teller as you can tell in this episode. Check her out at https://www.facebook.com/sara.caron2 Check...

Lana Siebel is our guest in the Acement this week. Her story is certainly a unique one. Her story of immigrating to this country, spending time in camps, become a competitive Latin Dancer, where tdo you go from there... Stand up comedy of course, which brought her to us. Check out Lana at https://www.facebook.com/lana.feldman.7/ Check out Ace at https://www.aceaceto.lol/ and Scott at https://scott...

This week we take the Acement on the road. Ace and Scott talk to RA Bartlett in the green room of a gig they were on together, which is kind of full circle for BTF. RA is a very original comic who is on the spectrum with a really unique viewpoint. We've wanted to talk to him for awhile. Check him out at https://www.facebook.com/skyblade/ or https://www.instagram.com/rabartlett Check out Ace at...

After months of stalking, Ace was able to get Jann Karam in the Acement for a conversation. We couldn't wait to talk about her famous Seinfeld episode, The Switch. She is also an extremely accomplished stand-up with a lot of TV credits on her resume. We had such a great time. Check out Jann at https://www.jannkaram.com/ Check out Ace at https://www.aceaceto.lol/ and Scott at https://scotthiggi...

Tanya Signore, Host of Tuesdays With Tanya on Facebook, joins us in the Acement. Tanya is a huge supporter of stand up and actually gave it a try. She found her niche with her Facebook show. Check out Tanya at https://www.facebook.com/tanya.signore Check out Ace at https://www.aceaceto.lol/ and Scott at https://scotthigginscomedy.com/

Corey Manning joins us in the Acement from DC. This is one we have been looking forward to, Corey is a great comic but he also has an amazing career as a mentor, youth counselor and public speaker. Thus Comedian By Night, Superhero By Day. His one man show Confessions Of A Black Dad will having you laughing thru your tears. Get tickets to see it at https://coreymanning.com/ Check out Ace at https:...

Rockin Joe Hebert and Tom Stewart join us in the Acement with some big news about the RI Comedy Hall of Fame. Joe founded it and has been it's caretaker but he and Tom share where the future of the hall is going. Check out https://richof.weebly.com/#/ Check out Ace at https://www.aceaceto.lol/ and Scott at https://scotthigginscomedy.com/

Tad Flynn joins us in the Acement this week for one of the most surprisingly interesting conversations we've had. Tad worked in finance long before hitting the comedy stage but also had another amazing story he told us about a business venture he had in entertainment. We did not see this one coming. Join his email list tadflynn@rcn.com Check out Ace at https://www.aceaceto.lol/ and Scott at ht...