#65 | Dan Ramos
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Dan Ramos is a working comedian and actor from Montreal and has had a reoccurring role on Phantom Pups, currently streaming now on Netflix, as well as has appeared on Bobby Lee’s Tiger Belly, available wherever you get your podcasts, and a poop-ton of commercials. In this episode, me and Dan talk about his love for improv and sketch, stories of pilot season and testing with one of our favorite working actors, a fun story of working with Pauly Shore and meeting Dave Chappelle at his home in Ohio, acting in the rapidly-changing landscape of TV and film, and all of the dumb guy stuff. He even...
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#64 | Justin Foster
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It’s the return of Justin Foster, a Dallas-born and raised stand-up comedian approaching his 20th anniversary in the game who you can see headlining all over the country, as well as featuring for Drew Lynch. Justin’s debut special titled Cheap Date is streaming now on YouTube! Me and Justin get into our top 5 nineties rock albums (with honorable mentions!), the rapidly-changing shift in gatekeeping power in the social media era, the importance of A-listers giving back, why throwing way your material after your special taping/album recording might not be in your best interest right away,...
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#63 | Joel Madison and Liam McEneaney
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Joel Madison is a veteran TV writer and WGA member whose resume is a mile long; having written for Roseanne, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Jackie Thomas Show, Undeclared, as well as having created Malcom & Eddie. In addition to all of this, he also was a working road comedian hailing from the great city of Minneapolis (home of jucy lucys and the almighty Dillinger Four). Upon moving to LA, he was a door guy at the La Jolla Comedy Store and eventually he became a paid regular at The World-Famous Hollywood Improv, passed by the late Budd Friedman himself. Hailing from Queens, NY, Liam...
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#62 | Drew Daly
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Originally hailing from the fine city of Spokane, WA, Drew Daly is an LA-based stand-up comedian who you can see regularly featuring for the great Hormoz Rashidi all over the country. In this episode of The Ian Ira Rousso Show, me and Drew try to convince you to stop moving to LA and pursing the entertainment industry, talk about how great China is, our top 5 Adam Sandler movies, why comedy could be in store for another bust like in the early nineties, and so much more! Follow Drew Daly on Instagram: See me perform my new hour Hack to the Future in Santa Cruz, CA at the Santa Cruz Actors'...
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#61 | Nick Borsellino
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Nick Borsellino is a Chicago-born and raised, LA-based up-and-coming stand-up comedian who has Coster Comic, a YouTube channel for rollercoaster enthusiasts where he visits rollercoasters all over the WORLD! He is fun, silly, and I'm kind of glad to have him on the podcast. If you're into the fine city of Chicago, and want to hear a good discussion about paying for mics in the current economy in LA, finding love, and so much more, you're gonna love this episode! Follow Nick Borsellino on Instagram: Subscribe to Coaster Comic on YouTube! The Ian Ira Rousso Show on Spotify:...
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#60 | Armand Gorjian
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Armand Gorjian is an Armenian comedian based out of Los Angeles who is super funny, super silly, and just a genuine dude who I am glad to have finally had on The Ian Ira Rousso Show. In this episode, we get into bringer shows, the power of producing your own stage time and not relying on producers who might not have your best interests at heart, the complicated climate for feature length comedies (which Hollywood has been making far less of since the 2000's) and our theories if stand-up comedy is going through the same, the brilliance of Martin Scorsese, our top 5 favorite 80's action movies,...
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#59 | Streater Kelly
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Streater Kelly is a New York-based stand-up comedian who I knew in my early years living in LA before he moved out east. In this episode, we get into comedy in New York, our favorite TV shows, the slow descent of Hollywood with the change and technologies, looking back at some of our contemporaries from back then and and where they are now, and so much more! Streater even get into his reasons for visiting LA. He is a mission to reconnect with an old friend! Give Streater a follow on the fun stuff! https://www.instagram.com/easystreatz/ The Ian Ira Rousso Show on Spotify:...
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#58 | Chris Waitkus
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Chris Waitkus is an LA-based comedian and cohost of the Pleasure Whale podcast available on all platforms. Earlier this year, Chris Waitkus released his half hour special Not Rocket Science available wherever Comedy Dynamics distributes their content. Me, I self-released Sorry Again in 2023, and we get into the benefits and drawbacks of going with self-releasing. We also get into parenthood, 9/11, the “why did the chicken cross the road” joke, and so much more, all over the warmest beers I’ve ever drank on the podcast. It’s the thought that counts! Subscribe to his podcast PLEASURE...
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#57 | Ric Rosario of MindFree
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Ric Rosario behind 1's and 2's is an Ohio-born, LA-based, comedian, actor, alternative rock band MindFree who you can see performing all over the Los Angeles area! In this episode, Ric... gets... vulnerable! Give MindFree a listen: SPOTIFY: BANDCAMP: Follow MindFree on Instagram: Give Ric a follow! The Ian Ira Rousso Show on Spotify: The Ian Ira Rousso Show on Apple Podcasts: The Ian Ira Rousso Show on YouTube: Follow me on all the stuff! Follow The Ian Ira Rousso Show...
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#56 | David Green from Moonraker
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David Green is the drummer and one of three songwriters that make up the Los Angeles punk trio Moonraker who you can see touring and playing festivals all over the country. In this episode, we bicker about Sublime and lasting legacy, how Green Day and Weezer narrowly avoided fading to irrelevance in the early 2000’s to become some of the longest running and most successful alternative bands of all time, how awful Rick & Morty fans are, the brilliance of BoJack Horseman, how How I Met Your Mother might have been a victim of its own longevity, how underrated Lagwagon’s Hang is, RKL, and...
info_outlineDavid Green is the drummer and one of three songwriters that make up the Los Angeles punk trio Moonraker who you can see touring and playing festivals all over the country.
In this episode, we bicker about Sublime and lasting legacy, how Green Day and Weezer narrowly avoided fading to irrelevance in the early 2000’s to become some of the longest running and most successful alternative bands of all time, how awful Rick & Morty fans are, the brilliance of BoJack Horseman, how How I Met Your Mother might have been a victim of its own longevity, how underrated Lagwagon’s Hang is, RKL, and so much more.
I even get into my top 5 best bands from the Los Angeles area. The answer may surprise you!
Dave even gets into a silly tour ritual of his.
Why not give Moonraker a listen? Split 7" w/ New York's own Neckscars out now!
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Go see Moonraker at The Redwood in Downtown LA on 8/24/2024!
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