Entry Level with Brooks Wheelan

Mo Welch (Conan/Comedy Central) talks about gowing up as a carnie in central Illinois, detasseling corn as a 14 year old, scooping ice cream, taking a greyhound bus to Wyoming, and starting comedy during Denver's comedy boom. Check out Mo's conan set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc842VsJEVs Check out Mo's cartoon: https://www.instagram.com/momowelch/?hl=en Join the patreon: Patreon.com.entryle...

Nick Youssef (Comedy Central/Writer for Esquire) talks about how being a TOOL fan who got to hang out with TOOL, immigrating from Beruit to the United States, and working his way up at the Comedy Store. Follow Nick: https://twitter.com/NickYoussef Read Nick: https://www.esquire.com/author/11614/nick-youssef/ Join the patreon: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan Follow Summer on ins...

Donnie Divanian (The Dress Up Gang/Comedy Central) talks about working in the vending machine world for a decade, being a tennis instructor for Bruce Willis’s daughter, and the podcast gets heckled from the street for the first time ever. Check out the Dress Up Gang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuePaFHcVFc Join the patreon: Patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan

Jessie Case (Jesse Vs. Cancer/Probably Science) talks about working at Subway on September 11, 2001 and having Jared come in to give a speech on that day.   

Chase Bernstein (Comedy Central/TruTV) gives us the details on working at In-N-Out, getting fired for not working for six full months, and what it's like to get a degree in magazine writing with no desire to actually pursue it. Check out Chase: https://www.instagram.com/chasebernstein Check out Chase's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/composed/id1527362747 Join the patreon: Patreon.c...

Carmen Christopher (Joe Pera/Shrill/Seth Meyers) talks about going to the University of Iowa at the same time as Brooks, working in sales for 8 years, and growing up in Chicago. Check out Carmen's show if youre in LA: https://dice.fm/partner/brain-dead-llc/event/6vv73-carmen-christopher-street-special-live-23rd-sep-brain-dead-studios-los-angeles-tickets?dice_source=web&dice_medium=organic&...

Giulia Rozzi (Comedy Central/Conan) talks about working at a Bruegger's Bagels thinking it was good, being a call person for the Life Alert company, being passed at The Comedy Store on accident, and working on every VH1 show in the 2000s. Check out Giulia: https://www.instagram.com/msgiuliarozzi/?hl=en Listen to GIulia's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/should-i-get-bangs/id154785855...

MK Paulsen (Comedy Central) discusses selling chicken in a small Texas town, working politics in DC, and backpacking through Australia.

Jono Zalay (Comedy Central/Scientist) talks about working at SeaWorld, getting a PhD on how to get rats off cocaine, and explains how covid testing works. Follow Jono: @jonozalay on Instagram and twitter See Jono’s show Barbersecretshow.com Join the patreon: Patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan

Sandy Danto (Comedy Central/MADTV) talks about directing gay porn, being Pauly Shore's assistant, and being busted while dealing drugs. These all sound insane, but he's the sweetest guy in the world. Check out Sandy: http://sandydanto.com/ Join the patreon: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan THE MUGS ARE FOR SALE: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EntryLevelStore?ref=simple-shop-header-na...

Blair Socci (Comedy Central/MTV) talks about playing volleyball at UCLA, getting a degree in writing, and growing up in Orange County. See Blaire in New York: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blair-socci-tickets-164904278135 \ Join the patreon: http://patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan

I had a conversation with Trevor Moore August 2nd, 2021. Here's that. Trevor Moore is one of the nicest, funniest, coolest, people I've ever met. I hope it comes across how much fun I had during this interview because that's what it was like to hang out with Trevor. Watch the video where Trevor took down Brooks' posters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABhyKEK-CDg

Rick Overton (Johnny Carson/Groundhog Day/Willow) talks about starting comedy in 1970 in New York, doing his first late night set when Joan River's was hosting the Tonight Show, and discussing what it was like to be on shows with Andy Kaufman. Check out Rick's new special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e3kxVkidRM Get the skeleton shit: getrichnick.com/store The mugs are for sale: https://www.et...

Ahamed Weinberg (Colbert Show/Comedy Central) talks about growing up iIslamic in Philadelphia, going to school in Vermont where he started comedy, and getting a job in production on Nathan For You. Check out Ahamed: https://twitter.com/ahamedweinberg THE MUGS ARE FOR SALE: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EntryLevelStore

Ian Karmel (Head writer for Late Show with James Corden/Comedy Central Half Hour) talks about quitting a plumbing job on day one in Beaverton, Oregon, roller blading everywhere growing up, working at multiple P. F. Chang's, and falling in love with improv.  Check out Ian: https://iankarmel.squarespace.com/ Check out Ian's podcast: https://headgum.com/all-fantasy-everything Go to Talkspace.com...

Jeremiah Watkins (Comedy Central/Jimmy Kimmel) talks about waiting on Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at the Beverly Hills Starbucks, getting fired off of Kansas City morning radio, and the time he might have burned down the restaurant he was working at. Follow Jeremiah: https://www.instagram.com/jeremiahstandup Join the Patreon: http://patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan See Brooks live: Brooksw...

Chris Gethard (The Chris Gethard Show) gives us a full New Jersey episode. He talks about why people in New Jersey have a stepped on attitude and why he felt compelled to work so hard at comedy. He also talks about working for a magazine called "Weird Jersey", getting a writing assistant's job to learn about writing, and why he decided to make a public access show after a cable show he was on fail...

Dave Anthony (The Dollop/Maron) talks about stealing money from a grocery store, quitting a car wash from his own car, watching a Domino’s manager almost get murdered by a coworker, being friends with Mitch Hedberg, and walking out on the Comedy Cellar in New York Listen to The Dollop: https://www.dolloppodcast.com/podcast Get the shirts: GetRichNick.com/store Come to shows: brookswheelan.co...

Moses Storm (Conan/Arrested Development/NBC's Sunnyside) talks about growing up in a legitimate cult yelling at people they were going to hell as a child, attending body building competitions with his mom, lying to become a stunt double, and working a terrible Hollywood nightclub all before going to an open mic where he was signed on the spot. Check out Moses: https://twitter.com/MosesStorm Get ti...

Amir K (MADTV/Comedy Central) talks moving to California from Tehran as kid, lying about cleaning pools for money, being fired from scooping ice cream, and getting rich before the real estate market crashed in 2008, all before he started doing stand up where he and Brooks met in 2009.   Follow Amir: https://twitter.com/amircomedy?lang=en   Join the Patreon: http://patreon.com/entrylevelw...

Langston Kerman (Comedy Central/Insecure/The Boys) talks about how he didn't make his high school basketball team so he decided to become a poet. He got his masters in poetry then became a teacher for a bit. He was also a security guard with no power at the University of Michigan. He's an interesting dude and this is a great episode! Listen to Langston's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podc...

Jonny Loquasto (WWE) talks about growing up in Pennsylvania being fired from Champs, Chi-Chi’s, and Chili’s before deciding to move to Los Angeles to pursue comedy while working in Physical Therapy. It all came together in 2019 when he was hired to commentate for the WWE. It   Follow Jonny: https://twitter.com/jquasto   Credit Karma free money here: creditkarma.com/winmoney &...

Mike Lawrence (Conan/Comedy Central) gives us a full McDonalds Episode. He worked at a Florida McDonald's for a decade and discusses how how his time there helped him "slumdog millionaire" a win at the first ever live Comedy Central Roast Battle. Follow Mike: https://mikelawrencecomedy.com/  

Candy Lawrence (the most requested guest to have back on) joins Brooks to discuss how they both handled the pandemic differently, middle names, their favorite 90's movies, and other VERY IMPORTANT STUFF. Follow Candy: twitter.com/comedylawrence Join the patreon for other future bonus episodes: patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan    

Christian Duguay (MADtv/Arrested Development) talks with Brooks about what it's like to only do one season on a very public tv sketch show. He also talks about moving furniture in Maine, refusing to walk an old lady's dog for money, and then moving to Los Angeles 3 times before finding his world at The Groundlings. Check out Christian's podcast Valley Heat: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/va...