What's Up Fool? Podcast

You might have seen Owen Smith in one of many commercials, TV shows or movies, or you might have seen him on stage doing stand up. He's always been a funny, down to earth guy who rubs elbows with lots of people in the business who know how to get things done. That's what inspired him to do his own 1 hour special, "Good Luck Everybody", all on his own - shot on a few iPhones. No one has done this b...

I've known comedian Lahna Turner for a long time. Long before her husband became famous. But enough about him. Today it's all about Lahna. She's funny, sometimes she picks up a guitar and sings funny songs, she's worked the hardest, cholo-infested rooms in the middle of nowhere, she's worked on stage in the nude, she's a mother, she has a podcast and she has a new one-hour special out on Hulu. It...

Our guest today is comedian Rex Navarrete - the most famous Filipino comic out there. Even without a lot of TV exposure, Rex has built a strong following over the years working on the road, doing corporate gigs, etc. Really knowledgeable guy with a lot of life experience. Listen to his stories about starting out in comedy with janky promoters, the history of Filipinos in the U.S. and why it's not...

On this historic day when the SCOTUS ruled that same sex marriage is now legal across the U.S., we close out our Gay Pride Month series with the hilarious comedian Fortune Feimster. She's just an awesome person. Grew up in a very conservative town in the south, came to L.A., worked in improv groups and then stand-up, then became a writer and sometimes actor on Chelsea Lately which took her to new...

We're on our 3rd Pride Month episode. All June we're having LGBT guests on the show and today is no different. We invited an old friend of mine to come talk about her experience growing up Asian and very religious in the same gang riddled projects as me while knowing she was very different from everyone else. She's grown up quite a bit since I last saw her. Please take 5 seconds to rate or review...

We're continuing our Pride Month series where we'll be having LGBT guests on every Friday in June. Today we have an old friend of mine from the Myspace days - rapper Deadlee (aka Joseph LeMar). He's gay and proud and you probably wouldn't be able to tell that he's gay unless he told you. He has pushed the boundaries, not just outside the gay community, but within the gay community as well - trying...

The whole month of June, we're celebrating Pride Month and having LGBT guests on every Friday. We decided to kick it off with "America's Favorite Fag" (his words, not mine), comedian Thai Rivera. He may not be politically correct, but he's honest, he's funny and he's a comedy soldier who has worked some of the toughest rooms in the country. With only 12 years in the comedy game so far, he's alread...

"I am the Machine"… For Bert Kreischer fans, that's all you need to hear to get pumped up. For those of you who don't know Bert, after you hear his interview, he'll be your new best friend. He's just a genuine person, a guy who lays it all out, no mystery, no fake attitude, just a lot of life experience, an honest, funny way of looking at life and a laugh that rivals Rodrigo's… And did you know hi...

We had a gap in our guest booking so no guest this time but we decided to do a call-in show instead. I don't know why a lot of our callers sound like they're still asleep but hey, somehow they figured out how to call us. There wasn't a topic this time - just anything they wanted to talk about. Maybe next time we'll have a topic. Grab a coffee and sit back and enjoy. Please rate or review the podca...

Man, I guarantee you've seen - or heard - this guy in a bunch of tv shows, commercials, everything. He's also a hilarious stand-up comedian. I've known Brian Scolaro for over 10 years. He always kills on stage and he is probably the guy who's getting those acting roles I never get booked for. He's also got a podcast on the All Things Comedy network - called "This Is My Podcast" and it's more of a...

Hear two different experiences in stand-up comedy and Hollywood… our conversation with comedians Matt Walker and Stephen Kramer Glickman proves that these guys have really been through it all. Listen as Matt describes growing up the only white guy in an all Mexican neighborhood and his comedy experiences on the road and Stephen talks about his years as an actor on the super popular Nickelodeon sho...

Today was an emotional day for me… we got to interview Damian Chapa, aka "Miklo" from Bound by Honor: Blood In, Blood Out. It was really a dream come true, our nipples were hard and we just geeked out during the whole episode. Enjoy! Please rate or review the podcast and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Damian Chapa: https://www.facebook.com/damianchapa All Things Comedy: TWIT...

Okay, okay, so I'm vegan… Some of you guys know that and the rest of you think I'm punking you, but it's true. Been vegan for over 4 years now because of some health issues and since then my health has improved, I lost some weight (at first, 30 pounds, put about 10 back on since then) and got a lot of hate from fans. People said I was a sell out, whitewashed, and that there's no such thing as a ve...

Met comedian Kira Soltanovich many years ago at a comedy show. She's a strong, loud, funny person, so we got along well. She also came to this country kind of like I did - as a Russian Jewish illegal immigrant, except I am not Russian or Jewish… Listen as she breaks down being pregnant and lactating and being on stage, working on self-producing her next comedy special (which she'll perform while p...

I met comedian Suli McCullough a loooong time ago when I was just starting out in comedy. I worked with him a few times and we became friends. He's a really smart, funny, super nice guy. Aside from his infamous character "Crazy Legs" from "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood", he's also an accomplished stand-up comedian and comedy writer, having written for The...

Our little podcast just turned 1 year old! We celebrated by doing the podcast in front of a live audience on April 1 at the Ice House in Pasadena and we brought back a bunch of our past guests. It's our longest episode ever but it's jam packed with laughs and we were having a good time. So fast forward through the parts you don't like. Here's to another year of fun interviews! Here's the video ver...

Jay London is challenging to figure out… never quite sure if he is serious or joking. Strange appearance, quiet, soft-spoken, mild mannered, self-deprecating but very quick-witted. Super nice and loving man who's seen a lot of life on this earth. Listen as he breaks down his act, his experience in show business and how performers need regular ego "feedings" along the way. He also goes into detail...

I don't claim to be a boxing expert - most of my knowledge is from the movies - but I do like boxing and I had a few people approach me about having a young boxer on my show named Roy Tapia. He's a young guy from East L.A. now fighting with Golden Boy Promotions who's undefeated. He's got a pretty cool story and he breaks down his training regimen and the discipline it takes to climb to the top ....

Beto Duran and I have known each other for a few years. He's been a sports broadcaster for ESPN for 10 years, Spanish broadcaster for the Lakers, announcer for Golden Boy Boxing, getting to live out his childhood dream with all his favorite athletes. Listen as he tells how he got started, and scammed his way to the top - or wherever he is on the sports broadcasting ladder… Beto's a great guy. Go f...

Andy Kindler is a comic's comic - that's a hackneyed thing to say but it's true. This guy is a comedy scholar. He's even written the book on hack comics "The Hack's Handbook". I have always liked his old school style and quick wit. He also supported me on Last Comic Standing - what's not to love?? Hilarious, hilarious and such a nice guy. Enjoy. Please rate or review the podcast and if you like it...

You might have seen this guy in Training Day, Bruce Almighty, Fast and Furious and a bunch of other movies where a cholo might jump out and scare you. That's right, actor Noel G is probably THE most frequently cast Latino gangster in movies and TV ever next to Emilio Rivera. He's also an old friend of mine who used to do comedy. But that's not all… this guy has one HELL of a life story (and I do m...

Comedian and writer Neal Brennan sits down with us to talk about his experiences in Hollywood - the good, bad and especially the ugly. Listen to how he came back from "the stink" of Half Baked to co-create one of the greatest comedy shows ever, "Chappelle's Show", and how he came back again on his own - after his partner walked away from it all - to build himself as a stand-up comedian, director a...

Tiffany Haddish and I go back a long way. She and I hit up almost every late show at the Hollywood Laugh Factory and Long Beach Laugh Factory every single week between 2006 and 2010. She's hilarious - just a naturally funny person. She's also been through some serious shit in her life - from poverty to foster care to becoming a comedian (and back to poverty again sometimes) and landing a few TV sh...

I'm a fan of Melissa Villaseñor. She's funny and does a lot of great impressions - women and men - and sometimes even her cat. Listen as I tell the story of how Gabriel Iglesias once paid for my dental work, Melissa tells the story of knowing she wanted to be a comedian at 12 years old and… for the first time… the origin of Yea Man. Enjoy. Please rate or review the podcast and if you like it subsc...

Originally recorded January 25, 2015 at the Ontario Improv in Ontario California (in the green room) We're in the green room of the Ontario Improv in California right after a weekend of 8 sold out shows. Rodrigo was performing out of town so we had Ma rcella Arguello, a couple words from Isaac Flaco Martinez and the return of Fred Stoller - these guys were with me on most of the shows this weekend...