Entry Level with Brooks Wheelan

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Episode 175 - Rojo Perez Mar 01, 2021

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Rojo Perez (Conan/HBO) talks about his family moving back to Puerto Rico from NYC when he was 8, not knowing how to speak spanish in a spanish speaking school, working for his dad's wood borrowing business in a small Puerto Rican town, moving back to the States as a bartender, and ending up in New York selling drinks at a comedy club before it all worked out.

Check out Rojo's stand up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd6N0PyqwrM

Episode 174 - Renee Young Feb 22, 2021

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Renee Young (WWE/Oral Sessions Podcast) talks about growing up in Canada surrounded by Avril Lavigne and Sum 41 making her believe she could make it in show business. She worked a bit at Dairy Queen, thought about trying to make money playing hockey, and moved to LA at 19 then moved back before working in the service industry until she landed a gig out of Toronto that led to WWE.

Check out Renee's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oral-sessions-with-ren%C3%A9e-paquette/id1540850188

Check out Kelcy Ayer's podcast: https://headgum.com/the-kelcey-ayer-tv-show-on-radio/when-benji-met-janet

Episode 173 - Sean Donnelly Feb 15, 2021

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Sean Donnelly (Comedy Central/Letterman) talks about growing up in Long Island too afraid to make twist cones at Baskin Robbins, what it's like being a door man in Manhattan, and what it took for him to finally get on stage after wanting to do it his whole life.

Follow Sean and listen to his radio show: https://twitter.com/seanytime

Check out Kelcey Ayer's new podcast here: https://art19.com/shows/the-kelcey-ayer-tv-show-on-radio

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Episode 172 - Sal Vulcano Feb 08, 2021

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Sal Vulcano (Impractical Jokers/Amazing stand up) talks about working at a 24 hour deli in Staton Island as a child, crashing cars delivering pizzas, getting a finance degree for no reason, and having a car drive through a bar he was working at.

Check out Sal's other podcasts: https://twitter.com/SalVulcano

Watch Brooks' 2013 video where Turner found weed: https://vimeo.com/85942244

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Episode 171 - Zack Bornstein Jan 30, 2021

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Zack Bornstein (Writer for SNL/Jimmy Kimmel/a bunch of other great shows) talks about starting Zack's Snack Shack and getting robbed as a 10 year old, studying brain chemistry at Brown where he ran sleep deprivation studies, and how he got hired at Jimmy Kimmel from online sketches. SNL might get brought up a time or two as well.

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Episode 170 - Barbara Gray Jan 25, 2021

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Barbara Gray (Lady to Lady/Stand Up) talks about growing up in utah where she sorted feathers in Salt Lake City, had a job driving around Olympians during the 2002 Olympic Games, and worked at the Sundance Film Festival seeing cool shit while going to school.

Check out Barbara's comedy: https://twitter.com/BabsGray

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Episode 169 - Sarah Schaefer Jan 18, 2021

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Sarah Schaefer (Comedy Central/MTV/Author) discusses saving a child's life as a counselor then not being promoted because she cried after, what it was like to host a tv show for MTV in the old TRL studio, and how she crushed it as at a law firm on accident for almost a decade. She also gives Brooks the inside scoop on how to write a book.

Get Sarah's book: http://saraschaefer.com/

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Episode 168 - Jared Logan Jan 11, 2021

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Jared Logan (Comedy Central/One of Brooks' favorite comics) talks about growing up in West Virginia before moving on up to the great state of Tennessee where he worked for and still respects the Steak and Shake franchise. He also talks about rambling around Memphis before ending up in Chicago where he worked with junkie bike couriers. He rounds it out nicely with a fun job where kept people from getting health insurance.

Check out Jared: https://www.jaredlogan.com/bio

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Episode 167 - Ryan O'Flanagan Jan 04, 2021

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Ryan O'Flanagan (Dead Kevin/American Vandal/Comedy Central) talks about auditioning for SNL with Brooks, sharing a room with an 80 year old man in Los Angeles for a year, never being picked as a caddy, and lighting stuff on fire growing up.

Follow Ryan: https://twitter.com/

See Dead Kevin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBxmNif2Rcs

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Episode 166 - Haji Outlaw Dec 28, 2020

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Haji Outlaw (Author/Stand Up/Writer for Eric Andre Show) talks about growing up in Chicago trying to become a Major Leagues pitcher, working as an engineer for four years until he realized he needed to go after comedy, and also being a bouncer at a Hollywood Nightclub when moving to LA where he wrote for The Eric Andre Show.

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