Entry Level with Brooks Wheelan

Sean Green (great comic and writer) discusses counting screws at a hardware store, being screamed at by Gary Busey, and following Jim Bulushi into the bathroom one time. See Sean live: https://twitter.com/seantgreen Check out the new instagram: @entrylevelwithbrookswheelan GET THE MUG: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EntryLevelStore

Andrew Orvedahl (Those Who Can't on TruTV) stops by for one of the funniest episodes recorded yet. He openly admits to many many crimes and honestly doesn't think he's ever had a job he hasn't stolen from. He's the fucking best! Watch season 3 of Those Who Can't when it premieres January 14! Check out Andrew's stuff: twitter.com/TheOrvedahl GET THE MUG: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EntryLevelStore

Joe DeRosa (comedy central, friend) is on to discuss working at every conceivable kiosk in the mall, the perks of record stores, and how he almost got into editing porn before deciding to go all in with comedy. See Joe Live: https://www.joederosainfo.com/ Check out Brooks’ favorite bit of Joe’s: http://www.cc.com/video-clips/liflnu/the-half-hour-crazy-cities See Brooks live: brookswheelan.com/show...

Jimmy Pardo (One of Brooks’ favorite stand ups) comes on to talk about throwing newspapers in the dumpster so he could hang out with cool kids, being allergic to a pizza place, and working for MCA records in the 80s.   See Jimmy live (for real, he’s the best): http://jimmypardo.com/ See Brooks live: brookswheelan.com/shows GET THE MUG: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EntryLevelStore

Ryan Sickler (great stand up and story teller) discusses his years of working in a junk yard doing shady ass shit. He helped run insurance fraud without knowing it, hung out with a dude who's job it was to run back odometers, and had a encounter in with a rabid raccoon. He also delivered packages to a house while a murder was happening inside, so there's that!  Get Ryan's new album: https://itunes...

Sean O'Connor (Norm Macdonalds's Sports Show, Comedy Central Half Hour) is on for one of the funniest episodes ever. He talks about hiding nudes from a photo shop he worked at, being fired for stealing items to impress babes, and also being fired for telling Bon Jovi's dad to "stop being gay" Follow Sean: https://twitter.com/seanoconnz See Brooks live: http://brookswheelan.com/shows/ GET THE MUG: ...

Ryan Singer (stand up, very interesting guy) comes on to discuss finding jobs where he could work with cute girls, being fired by his own mom in Ohio, and getting way too stoned to build a house. Check out Ryan's new album for free: http://ryansingercomedy.com/ryan-singers-free-love/ GET THE MUG: https://www.etsy.com/listing/629706167/entry-level-with-brooks-wheelan-mug See Brooks live: brookswhee...

Randy Liedke (comedy central, fun friend) discusses growing up with weird central Oregon Jobs like painting rocks to make them look more like rocks, his old boss who tied balloons to a chair and flew across some mountains like in the movie UP, and having a co-worker friend who was tired all the time because he discovered porn. See Randy live: http://randyliedtke.tumblr.com/ Get tix to see Brooks: ...

Wayne Federman (rad comic, has a new podcast) comes on to discuss moving out of DC after his dad's pharmacy was looted, doing a ventriloquist act at his Senior Prom, and being a Taxi Driver in NYC in the 80s.   Check out Wayne's podcast: https://tinyurl.com/yanamac4 See Brooks live: http://brookswheelan.com/shows/ GET THE MUG: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EntryLevelStore Check out Burn's podcast: htt...

Jon Gries (Napoleon Dynamite, Dream Corps LLC, True Genius) discusses growing up in Los Angeles taking odd construction jobs that usually led to being paid in weed. He started acting young and has had a bunch of cool gigs over the years including being Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite which Brooks can't wrap his head around. See Brooks live: Brookswheelan.com GET THE MUG: https://www.etsy.com/shop/...

Al Madrigal (stand up comic/been in 1000 other things) comes on to discuss having the job of hiring/firing people, being partially responsible for the death of another person because he was stoned, and having a coworker come at him with a switchblade. Check out Al: http://www.almadrigal.com/ See Brooks: brookswheelan.com GET THE MUG: etsy.com/shop/EntryLevelStore Watch Travels and Such: https://ww...

Taylor Williamson (2nd on America's Got Talent, fun friend) talks about stopping a drug shipment as a high schooler working at a UPS store, then having the drug dealer confront him about it. He didn't have many jobs because he became a full time comic as an 18 year old, so we discuss what the America's Got Talent process was like.   Check out Taylor live: http://taylor-williamson.squarespace.com/...

Shane Mauss (Conan Comedy Central) is on to discuss enjoying working 3rd shift, growing up in a trash Mississippi river town like Brooks, and having the greatest final real job story ever told on this podcast. Check out Shane: shanemauss.com Check out Burns' podcast POWER MOVES: https://t.co/4T1fFdzcnT GET THE MUG: etsy.com/shop/EntryLevelStore Also go to linkedin.com/brooks for $50 off your first...

Matt Braunger (great stand up, great friend) swings by to talk about entry level jobs in Portland, Oregon before the city was hip. He also goes over doing closed captioning and moving to Chicago to help create the best stand up scene of the last 25 years. Listen to Matt's podcast: https://www.acast.com/dingdonger See Brooks live: brookswheelan.com Check out Burn's new podcast: https://itunes.apple...

Hannah Hart (drunk chef, great pal) stops by to talk about working as a book keeper for a fetish shop as a 14 year old, being a maintenance person with no prior experience, and going to school to be a Japanese translator all before ending up in New York and accidentally starting her YouTube career by filming herself making a meal for her friend drunk. Follow Hannah: twitter.com/harto See Brooks' s...

Mike Bridenstine (Brooks' first LA pal and great comic) discusses having the same hosting job as Brooks in Iowa City making $50 a week, growing up in a shitty river town, and having a post college job so sad it made his mom start crying.   Check out Brido's album and comedy: https://twitter.com/brido See Brooks live: brookswheelan.com GET THE MUG: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EntryLevelStore

Billy Wayne Davis (stand up guru) is on to discuss loving the power of being a little league umpire, touring with Ralphie May, and how hard he didn't work at a golf course. See Billy live: www.twitter.com/billywaynedavis See Brooks live: brookswheelan.com GET THE MUG: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EntryLevelStore Email the podcast: entrylevelwithbrookswheelan@gmail.com

Cornell Reid (stand up comic and camping parter) discusses growing up in the the weed capital of the world, AKA the "Emerald Triangle." He made cabinets with a insane boss and worked reggae festivals before moving to LA to get in the glamorous business of Malibu dry cleaning where he used to dry clean for the likes of Suge Knight and Adam Sandler. Follow Cornell: https://twitter.com/corneezy Email...

Nick Thune (cool dad, cool dude) is on to talk about working at McDonald's for 4 hours once, being sent to rehab for drinking as a teen, selling cars as a high schooler, and lying about having HIV to get out of a job. Check out Nick live: https://nickthune.com/ See Brooks live: brookswheelan.com GET THE MUG: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EntryLevelStore email the podcast entrylevelwithbrookswheelan@gm...

Mamrie Hart (great comedian, author, and friend) is on to discuss swindling her neighbors for money as a child, bartending at UNC while not taking college for real, working undercover at McDonald's, and being scary broke in New York City. Watch Mamrie: https://bit.ly/2jlGLza See Brooks live: Brookswheelan.com/shows GET THE MUG: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EntryLevelStore

Paul Danke (great stand up, great dad, great friend) is on to go through the checklist of Americana jobs. Paperboy, McDonalds, Dominoes, Tire Service guy, Bridezilla's producer, he's done em all! Listen to for some inside tips on what you can order at McDonalds and also to find out what it felt like to be "there" in the tire world when 20 inch rims took over. Check out Paul: https://www.pauldankec...

CJ Sullivan (funny friend and comedian) talks about his Breaking Bad type life where he once embezzled from a Chi-Chi's until he got caught, worked the kitchen in a Kenny Roger's Roasters, and ran an illegal card game in Chicago for about a decade ending in 100% the funniest story told on Entry Level to date. See CJ live: https://www.cjsullivancomedy.com/ See Brooks live: www.brookswheelan.com GET...

Matt McCarthy (great stand up and fellow pro wrestling lover) is on to talk about being a red headed life gaurd, how September 11th actually bought him more time to live in New York to find a job, and what it's like to write for the WWE. GET THE NEW MUG: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EntryLevelStore listen to Matt's podcast: https://headgum.com/we-watch-wrestling See Brooks live: brookswheelan.com/sho...

Karl Hess (fine comedian and fine friend) is on to discuss blasting himself with poison ivy while working as a landscaper, seeing an insane fight between the Mexican Mafia and the Crips while bartending, and having to argue whether or not someone died when he worked on Ridiculousness. Also Karl and Brooks talk about their many dumb escapades they've been on together. Hear Karl's podcast: https://g...

Julian and Meg (The Soft Spot Podcast) join Brooks to talk about Mall jobs, being jealous of other paper boys, working at the fanciest pizza spot in a small town, and how men are gross when they get their hair cut. Plus Brooks doubles down on the cave. Listen to their podcast: https://starburns.audio/podcasts/the-soft-spot/ See Meg's art: https://www.megmolloyart.com/ See Brooks Live: www.brookswh...