What's Up Fool? Podcast

A few friends and former guests came over to my house to record the podcast this week since the All Things Comedy studio was closed. We talked about 2016 the good, bad and the ugly. Follow: Tobe Hixx - @TobeHixx Fred Stoller - @Fred_Stoller Martin Rizo - @ComicMartinRizo Isaac Flaco Martinez - @FlacoSeagulls Felipe - @FunnyFelipe Rodrigo - @RodrigoTorresJr

Our December call-in show recorded live on December 21st. We took your calls for over an hour. Thanks for listening all year. Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www. Facebook.com/FelipeEsparzaFanPage TWITTER: @FunnyFelipe INSTAGRAM: @FelipeEsparzaComedian www.felipesworld.com Rodrigo Torr...

Dante & Rebekah stopped by the studio to tell us what they're up to. Dante and I go way back so we reminisced about Comedy Store days and I impress him with my amazing memory of his whole career. His fiancee Rebekah is also a comedian and they tour together they run a production company and a management company together. Go check them out whenever they're near you. You won't be disappointed. P...

Reverie is blowing up fast! A native of the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, she got her start in hip-hop at a young age with the collaboration of her brother, Louden, on beats and her on the mic. She worked to find every way of getting herself and her music out to the public and today, she has built a loyal following that will help her get to the top. Check out ReverieLove.com for her m...

As a teenager, Little Willie G headed up an East L.A. band referred to as "the Chicano Beatles". Thee Midniters' sound defined Chicano rock music and Chicano culture throughout the 60s and beyond. Willie would fall prey to the dark side of the music industry and develop a problem with drugs and alcohol. His testimony and music was one of the only cassettes we had in my rehab and I really got into...

I met actor Richard Cabral a couple years ago at the Hoy Awards. He read a poem and talked about Homeboy Industries. I immediately wanted to know more about him. So glad he stopped by to talk with us. Listen to how he came up through a life of crime, institutionalization and danger in East L.A. and somehow ended up being nominated for an Emmy for best supporting actor. Please take 5 seconds to rat...

Met this guy Martin Rizo a few years ago as a young, naive comic who started out sleeping on his mom's couch and making goofy internet videos - some of which went viral. He's still making those videos but he's graduated to his own apartment now... I think... he's also grown as a stand-up comedian and has even done a few commercials on the side to pay the bills. This might be one of our funniest ep...

Just the two of us, talking about the election and too many other things to list. Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www. Facebook.com/FelipeEsparzaFanPage TWITTER: @FunnyFelipe INSTAGRAM: @FelipeEsparzaComedian www.felipesworld.com Rodrigo Torres: TWITTER: @RodrigoTorresJr INSTAGRAM: @Ro...

We did our monthly call-in show a couple days ago and took your calls for over an hour! Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www. Facebook.com/FelipeEsparzaFanPage TWITTER: @FunnyFelipe INSTAGRAM: @FelipeEsparzaComedian www.felipesworld.com Rodrigo Torres: TWITTER: @RodrigoTorresJr INSTAGRA...

Started from the border... now he's on the What's Up Fool? podcast! Chingo Bling started out hustling whatever he could to make it while growing up in Houston. Starting with rap, adding some comedy and then growing into a full-fledged stand-up comedian, he's always reinventing himself and growing as an artist and entertainer. Go see him LIVE at the Ontario Improv 10/28 - 10/30 (2016)! Please take...

Comedian/Actor/Impressionist Dean Edwards and I are always like 2 ships passing in the night... this week, we finally had the same opening in our schedule and we talked for about 3 and 1/2 hours. Listen to Rodrigo and I talk to Dean on today's episode of What's Up Fool? then in a few days, listen to a 2-part series of our conversation on Dean's podcast "The Futhamuckin Protocol". Please take 5 sec...

Our guest didn't show at the last minute this week, so it ended up being just the two of us. I have no idea what we talked about, but give it a listen. Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www. Facebook.com/FelipeEsparzaFanPage TWITTER: @FunnyFelipe INSTAGRAM: @FelipeEsparzaComedian www.fel...

Recorded WED Oct 5 We did our monthly call-in show this week and took your calls for an hour. Also had our friend, guitarist Sin Quirin from Ministry sitting in with us. Listen and enjoy! Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Sin Quirin: TWITTER: @SinQuirinMusic INSTAGRAM: @SinQuirinMusic Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: ww...

Just stayed home and talked this week. Brought my wife along for the ride with me and Rodrigo. Hope you enjoy it! Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www. Facebook.com/FelipeEsparzaFanPage TWITTER: @FunnyFelipe INSTAGRAM: @FelipeEsparzaComedian www.felipesworld.com Rodrigo Torres: TWITTER:...

A few years ago, comedian Josh Adam Meyers was at a crossroads, not sure what direction to go with his comedy, had just lost a best friend in an accident, was going through some depressing times and then he decided to take a risk and create something different. Out of this came the God Damn Comedy Jam, a live show he began doing monthly in Los Angeles that now has been picked up by Comedy Central....

Comedian Tobe Hixx is our guest today and he reveals quite a bit about his life. Way more than I knew about him. He's been burned a few times by chasing the quick dollar in life but he's come out the other side a better man and has stuck to stand-up comedy for the remainder of that time. Listen as he takes you through what it's like to think you're getting ahead when you're really taking huge step...

Our call-in show for September! We took calls live on Wednesday 9/7 so you're listening to the recorded version... Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www. Facebook.com/FelipeEsparzaFanPage TWITTER: @FunnyFelipe INSTAGRAM: @FelipeEsparzaComedian www.felipesworld.com Rodrigo Torres: TWITTER...

Today's guest became a cultural icon as a child actor and now helps others in the entertainment industry as an entertainment attorney. We had a lot of fun sitting with Jeff Cohen talking about a bunch of 80s shows and movies as well as learning about entertainment law and Hollywood in general. Check out his new book, "The Dealmaker's Ten Commandments" available through our Amazon search window or...

This is the man who literally saved my life and set me on the right track - the path that would eventually lead me to become a comedian. Father Greg Boyle took a gun out of my hand and put me in rehab long before he created the infamous Homeboy Industries - an organization that helps turn former gang members' lives around by giving them jobs, training and a purpose. Before that it was Jobs for the...

We've been super busy and had a lot to talk about so we didn't bring in a guest today. Just had the 2 of us in studio and talked about a bunch of things. Also, a good friend of the show, Rory Hillman, passed away last week so we did a little tribute to him at the end. Thanks for listening. RIP Rory. Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscribe! Thanks...

We took calls from you, the listeners, for over an hour and a half. You fools are crazy but we love you. Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www. Facebook.com/FelipeEsparzaFanPage TWITTER: @FunnyFelipe INSTAGRAM: @FelipeEsparzaComedian www.felipesworld.com Rodrigo Torres: TWITTER: @Rodrigo...

I haven't known this comedian very long, but she's funny and she's too nice to be working in comedy. In fact, she's too nice to be living in the U.S. Call her naive, call her innocent, but she came to the U.S. on her own as a teenager, with no knowledge of speaking English - all for the love of a boy band and a dream to be a dancer. After a lot of trials and tribulations (and a stint on the newer...

Today, Rodrigo is back from Mexico for good. Plus, we have an old friend on, comedian Ruben Paul. Came up with Ruben in comedy and he's always been a solid guy. The son of Haitian immigrants, he grew up in Southern California and he's one of a few black comics who has never shied away from doing all the comedy rooms in L.A. - black, white, Latino - and it shows in his comedy. He's now traveling th...

We go in hard on this episode. Rodrigo's over in Mexico again so we brought back Dustin Ybarra as a co-host. Our special guest today is Eddie "EdDro" Valdez who I have known for a long time but whose life is completely different than it was back then. After a big setback in his life and career, he got the phone call of a lifetime that set him up for the last 7 years as the personal assistant for w...

We took calls from you guys this week! Thanks for calling in. We'll do it again the first week of next month! Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www. Facebook.com/FelipeEsparzaFanPage TWITTER: @FunnyFelipe INSTAGRAM: @FelipeEsparzaComedian www.felipesworld.com Rodrigo Torres: TWITTER: @Ro...