Funny In Failure

Benjamin Maio Mackay is an award nominated, critically acclaimed director, producer, comedian, actor, musician, MC and internationally renowned podcaster. He's worked with Matthew Reilly, toured Australia with Great Detectives. He recently directed, starred, produced, adapted and edited an audio drama adaptation of The Phoenix Files Series by Chris Morphew, it stars BAFTA nominee and former Doctor...

Sean Gunn is an actor and writer, known for his roles as Kirk Gleason on the television series Gilmore Girls and Kraglin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 and he's also been in Avengers Infinity War and End Game. Sean will also be in Suicide Squad 2, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 and Agnes so keep your eyes out for them. In this podcast w...

Billy West is a radio personality, film, television and video game voice artist and a musician. He has an insane voice acting career, where he's voiced characters such as Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan in Futurama, Stimpy in The Ren & Stimpy Show, Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd in Space Jam, Sorcerio, The Jester, Mertz, Pops the Elf in Disenchantment, Doug in Doug, Sh...

Carolina Groppa is an actor and an Emmy nominated producer for her incredible documentary "Autism in Love". She has also produced The Female Brain, Happy Anniversary, Girlfriend's Day, Miss Virginia, Curated, Sylvie's Love plus a lot more. Carolina hosts the amazing "Life With Caca" podcast, where she holds intimate conversations with other producers about their experiences in the industry. In thi...

Heidi Arena is an actor, writer, improviser and producer. She's been in Little Lunch, Audrey's Kitchen, The librarians, The Hollowmen, Thank God You're Here, Nowhere Boys and Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows plus a lot more. Heidi also co-created, co-wrote and co producer, Part Time Private Eyes, alongside Nicola Parry (who's also featured on this podcast). This podcast is jammed packed where we...

Wendi McLendon- Covey is an actor, comedian, improviser, producer and writer. You might recognise her as the star of The Goldbergs, Reno911, Bridesmaids, Rules of Engagement, Sylvie's Love, Lovespring International, Blended and so much more. She also has an epic podcast called Generation Ripe so check it out and The Goldbergs is coming out in the next few days, so keep your eyes open for that one....

Ken Davitian is an actor writer and producer. You might recognize him as Azamat from Borat, Get Smart, S.W.A.T, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Ray Donovan, Meet The Spartans, The Artist, Cobra Kai, Soul Men, Man Apart, Holes, E.R, Six Feet Under, The Closer, Walk of Shame, Boston Legal, Gilmore Girls, The Shield plus a lot more. We chat about Borat and running around naked, grief, screenwritin...

Linas Phillips is a director, actor, writer, screenplay doula and a two-time Sundance alum. His first film, WALKING TO WERNER landed him in Filmmaker Magazine's 25 NEW FACES. He's also received the Genius award in film from Seattle's newspaper The Stranger and premiered his first narrative film BASS ACKWARDS at the Sundance Film Festival. He also premiered his film RAINBOW TIME, produced by the Du...

Pollyanna is a actor, writer, model & director. You might recognise her from Exam, The Walking Dead, The Woman, Filth, Let Us Prey, Hap and Leonard, Lodge 49, Burke and Hare, Love Eternal, I Do, OffSpring, Bob Servant Independent, Tales of Halloween, The Blood Lands, Revenge Ride, Blood Ride, Exam, Native, White Settlers, and she also wrote, directed and stars in Darlin. In this podcast we chat ab...

Liv Hewson is an actor, writer, playwright and comedian. They have been in Santa Clarita Diet, Homecoming Queens, DramaWorld, Bombshell, Puzzle, Back In Very Small Business, Before I fall, Let it Snow, Let's See How Fast This Baby Will Go, Under My Skin, Inhumans, The Hitchhiker, Puzzle, Top of the Lake, Survey Says and So Romantic jus to name a few. In this podcast, we chat about travelling, taki...

Matt Walsh is a comedian, actor, director, improviser and writer…. and a two time Emmy Award nominee. He is a founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe. He's been in VEEP, Into The Storm, Ted, Hangover, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Ghost Busters, Drunk History, How I Met Your Mother, Life of the Party, Old School, The Perfect Date, Dog Bites, Step Brothers plus so much more. In t...

Diedrich Bader is an actor and a voice over actor. You might recognise him from The Drew Carey Show, American Housewife, Veep, Outsourced, Better Things, The Beverly Hillbillies, Office Space, Napoleon Dynamite, Space Force, Miss Congeniality 2, EuroTrip, Phoenix Oregon, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Two and Half men and  just to name a few. He also ha...

Victor Williams has had a spectacular acting career (over 25 years in the business)- where he's been in The King of Queens, Hunters, Happy Together, The Affair, Sneaky Pete, The Sinner, Bull, The Good Wife, The Michael J Fox Show, Flight of the Concords, Jewtah, November Criminals, High Maintenance, Elementary, Justice league animated series, Madam Secretary, Blue Bloods, Girlfriends, People of Ea...

Dr. Linda Seger is a screenwriting & story coach, screenplay consultant, copyright expert witness, author and international speaker. In fact, she is one of the most prolific authors on screenwriting, having written 16 books, with ten on screenwriting, including the best-selling, Making a Good Script Great, Creating Unforgettable Characters and Writing Subtext. Linda has created and defined the car...

Anthony "Lehmo" Lehmann is one of Australia's most well-known comedians and is also a Radio Host, author, TV Presenter & an actor. He's been in Utopia, Before the Game, Any questions for Ben, The Project, The Beep Test, Neighbours, Have You Been Paying Attention? Hughesy We Have A Problem, Good News Week, Rove Live, Studio 10, The Circle, It's a date, Off-side, Drunk History, The Glasshouse, Pleas...

Tom Walker is an award-winning comedian, a writer, actor, improviser and clown. Tom has appeared in the Australian version of Whose line Is It Anyway? Aaron Chen Tonight, Drunk History, Comedy up Late, Comedy Allstars, Stans Lockdown Special, Comedy Next Gen and has his own Amazon Prime special, Very Very- Check it out, it's hilarious! He also co-host the hilarious podcast bigsofttitty.png alongsi...

Nicola Parry is an actor, writer, producer and improviser, a veteran of the Australian entertainment industry where she has worked for all the major TV networks in Australia. She was the lead cast member in my favourite Australian show, Thank God You're Here and has been in The Hollowmen, Swift and Shift Couriers, Doctor Doctor, Rake, How Not To Behave, Here Come The Habibs, Time Of Our Lives, The...

Dan Bakkedal is an actor, writer and improviser. You might remember him from Veep, Legit and Life In Pieces. He has an incredible resume where he's also been in The Goldberg's, Space Force, Observe and Report, The Heat, Trumbo This Is 40, 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Newsreaders, The United States of Tara, Community, The League, Brooklyn-99, Tarantula, Gotham, Corporate Animals, Sword of Trust,...

Nikki Britton is an actor and comedian. She's has been in How to Stay Married on Network 10, featured in Matt Okine's The Other Guy and stars in the Screen Australia web-series Sheila's. Nikki has also appeared on Network Ten's, The Project, Hughesie We Wave a Problem, Stan's lock down comedy festival and Celebrity Name Game. She has also performed at the Melbourne Comedy Festival Oxfam Gala, ABC'...

Ed Kavalee is a comedian, broadcaster, producer, director, writer and podcaster. He currently co-hosts Hughesy and Ed and features on Have you Been Paying Attention. He has also been in Good News Week, Thank God you're here, Last One laughing, Any Questions for Ben? Scumbus, Agony Uncles, Border Protection Squad, True Story with Hamish and Andy. He was also on Dancing with the stars and has co-wri...

Danielle Walker is an award-winning comedian and actor. She's the winner of Best Newcomer at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in 2018 and was the winner of RAW in 2016. She was also handpicked by the Melbourne Comedy Festival to be part of The Comedy Zone and has gone on to appear on Comedy Up Late and Stand and Deliver, both for the ABC. She's also appeared as 'Ranger Danny' alongside on ABC TV's Ge...

Patricia Velásquez is an award-winning actress, history making super model, philanthropist, activist and author. You might remember her from the Mummy, The Mummy Returns and The Curse of La Llorona. She's also been in The L Word, Arrested Development, CSI: Miami, Ugly Betty, Rescue Me, Liz in September, Zapata, Mind Hunters, Little Heroes, School of the Americas and she's in the Shadow of the Tomb...

Thomas Roberts is an Emmy Award winning journalist and broadcaster, who was an evening anchor for CBS46, Atlanta. He had a seven-year stint anchoring MSNBC Live , the daytime news platform of NBC News. Previously, he was the anchor of  Way Too Early  and a contributor on  Morning Joe . He was also an NBC News correspondent and a fill-in anchor on  Today  and NBC Nightly News. He has also served as...

Larry Dean is an award-winning comedian and writer. He was crowned Scottish Comedian of the Year when he was 23, and since then his star has continued to rise. He's performed on Michael McIntyre's Big Show, Live at the Apollo, Best of the Edinburgh Festival, Live from the Comedy Store for Comedy Central UK, Mock The Week, Comedy Central UK's Roast Battle and been on Elevenish and Don't Make Me Lau...

Laura Davis is a multi-award-winning stand-up comedian and writer. She's the winner of the Golden Gibbo award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and has even preformed there 10 times! She's been a writer on ABC TV's Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell, and has also performed stand-up on ABC TV's Comedy Up Late, MICF Upfront Gala and ABC Comedy Next Gen Special. She has a new stand-up special...