The Lou Perez Podcast
Lou Perez is the author of THAT JOKE ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE: ON THE DEATH AND REBIRTH OF COMEDY. Lou was the Head Writer and Producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV. During his tenure at WTI, Lou made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal. Check out his article “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” In addition to producing sketch comedy like Comedy Is Murder with Free the People, stand-up, and opinion writing, Lou is on the advisory board of Heresy Press and host the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. You may have seen Lou on Gutfeld! and Open to Debate. Lou began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where he was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, Lou performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and his comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for their sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. Lou was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. Lou hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. Lou taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute. Lou needed a way to get all the people he's always wanted to talk to to talk to him. So, he made a podcast. The Lou Perez Podcast. Join Lou on his journey through politics and culture.
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The Lou Perez - Daniel Friedman
04/21/2025
The Lou Perez - Daniel Friedman
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy I got to talk with mystery novelist about his Buck Schatz series (which includes ) and some true-crime favorites. What do Serial, Making a Murderer, and The Central Park Five have in common? (Spoiler alert: They all did it.) How dumb are serial killers? Why is firing squad more humane (and honest) than lethal injection? Was ? Catch me on tour, opening for the brilliant . (Dates Below) Tickets here: Seattle, WA - APRIL 21 Portland, OR - APRIL 22 Eugene, OR - APRIL 24 Louisville, KY - May 17 Indianapolis, IN - May 18 Buffalo, NY - May 20 Cleveland, OH - May 21 Pittsburgh, PA - May 22 Toronto, CA - May 24 Boston, MA - May 28 Ogunquit, ME - May 30 Stamford, CT - May 31 NYC, NY - June 1 Philadelphia, PA - June 3 Alexandria, VA - June 4 Atlanta, GA - June 10 I’ve been rocking wares. ! You can . Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I’ve opened for Jimmy Dore, Rich Vos, Dave Smith, and Rob Schneider. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Boris Khaykin
04/14/2025
The Lou Perez Podcast - Boris Khaykin
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy My good friend, collaborator, and now producer of The New York Sun’s Sanity podcast, , returns to TLP to talk about his days as a 17-year-old phone scammer at the New Jersey call center featured in the HBO documentary series, Telemarketers. We also talk about my heart health, stationary bikes, and end on praising great things that make the both of us happy, like: Boris’s one-liners, Herb Albert and Tijuana Brass, Dick Cavett, and The Old Grey Whistle Test. Catch me on tour, opening for the brilliant . (Dates Below) Tickets here: Mesa, AZ - APRIL 10 Denver, CO - APRIL 13 Salt Lake City, UT - APRIL 15 Boise, ID - APRIL 16 Seattle, WA - APRIL 21 Portland, OR - APRIL 22 Eugene, OR - APRIL 24 Louisville, KY - May 17 Indianapolis, IN - May 18 Buffalo, NY - May 20 Cleveland, OH - May 21 Pittsburgh, PA - May 22 Toronto, CA - May 24 Boston, MA - May 28 Ogunquit, ME - May 30 Stamford, CT - May 31 NYC, NY - June 1 Philadelphia, PA - June 3 Alexandria, VA - June 4 Atlanta, GA - June 10 I’ve been rocking wares. ! You can . Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I’ve opened for Jimmy Dore, Rich Vos, Dave Smith, and Rob Schneider. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Mike Lukas
03/31/2025
The Lou Perez Podcast - Mike Lukas
PODCAST COPY Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy I had a good time with Mike Lukas, comedian and author of and . We talked about how crowd-work clips are hurting comedy, what it’s like to return to the grind after taking a decade off, and the upside of addiction: all the material. I’ve been rocking wares. ! You can . Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I’ve opened for Jimmy Dore, Rich Vos, Dave Smith, and Rob Schneider. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Hunter Ash
03/24/2025
The Lou Perez Podcast - Hunter Ash
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy I really enjoyed my conversation with writer and teacher of statistics, . We talked about “trans widows,” my mission to normalize dudes with breasts, as well as the impact of psychedelics on Hunter’s ideological and physical transformations. I’ve been rocking wares. ! You can . Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I’ve opened for Jimmy Dore, Rich Vos, Dave Smith, and Rob Schneider. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Brady Pesola
03/17/2025
The Lou Perez Podcast - Brady Pesola
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy Executive Protection sounds like a John Grisham novel. And if it was its protagonist would be Brady Pesola: U.S. Marine Corps veteran, firearms instructor, and executive protection professional with extensive experience training civilians, law enforcement, and military personnel in firearms, survival, preparedness, and self-defense. I got to talk with Brady about the heightened dangers of protecting executives and CEOs in a time where people are openly applauding assassins. We talked about my own fears as a gun owner and how bad of an idea starting a fight is—especially if you’re an old fart. Brady founded and operated a nonprofit dedicated to improving veterans’ mental health through outdoor experiences. He runs The Grayman Project on Instagram, where he talks about personal safety, survival, and Stoic Philosophy to help people build mental resilience, self-reliance, and social independence to survive the harshest environment you will ever endure—your mind. I’ve been rocking XX-XY Athletics wares. WORK OUT, SPEAK OUT! You can get 20% off your purchase of the perfect burpee gear with promo code LOU20. Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I’ve opened for Jimmy Dore, Rich Vos, Dave Smith, and Rob Schneider. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Joshua Rainer
03/10/2025
The Lou Perez Podcast - Joshua Rainer
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy My guest , the host of , tells me, “The butthole never lies.” And it’s the truth: The butthole never lies. Especially this butthole, Lou Perez. Believe me: You’re going to enjoy this scrumptious, easily digestible episode of The LPP. I talk with Josh about his past lives: Instagram fitness influencer, Caveman Coffee mascot, and farmer. We dish on raw milk, the political divide over food, the NFL’s DK Metcalf’s candy diet, and the Hindu lobby’s war on beef tallow. Josh recently and for good reason. I’ve been rocking wares. ! You can . Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I’ve opened for Jimmy Dore, Rich Vos, Dave Smith, and Rob Schneider. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Anson Frericks
03/03/2025
The Lou Perez Podcast - Anson Frericks
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy My mother drank Budweiser when she was pregnant with me, so this episode of The LPP on Bud Light is close to my heart. (Albeit Mom was a Bud-Heavy drinker.) I hope you enjoy my very sober conversation with Anson Frericks, a former president at Anheuser-Busch and author of Last Call for Bud Light. We talked about Dylan Mulvaney, Shareholders vs Stakeholders, millionaires hating billionaires, and how much European ass the US of A is kicking. I’ve been rocking XX-XY Athletics wares. WORK OUT, SPEAK OUT! You can get 20% off your purchase of the perfect burpee gear with promo code LOU20. Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I’ve opened for Jimmy Dore, Rich Vos, Dave Smith, and Rob Schneider. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Sean Malone
02/24/2025
The Lou Perez Podcast - Sean Malone
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy My boy Sean Malone (Return on Ideas) stops by to discuss our affection for Florida, David Lynch (who should have been from Florida), and Rick Beato. We take time to goof on the European Union. We mock the greatest living communist, Richard Wolff, who our boy Gene Epstein demolished at their Soho Forum debate. Forget the 100 million dead, Wolff’s bit on the PlayStation 5 is the strongest argument against communism. And Sean and I remember our collaboration on FEE’s animated series, Common Sense Soapbox. I’ve been rocking XX-XY Athletics, as I WORK OUT, SPEAK OUT!, pushing-up and jumping ever closer to 43 years old. You can get 20% off your purchase of the perfect burpee gear with promo code LOU20. Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I’ve opened for Jimmy Dore, Rich Vos, Dave Smith, and Rob Schneider. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Tran Hoang Calvin
02/17/2025
The Lou Perez Podcast - Tran Hoang Calvin
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy https://amzn.to/3VhFa1r I’m joined by my friend Tran Hoang Calvin of to talk about what’s so special about , being mistaken for Chinese by Chinese people (we’ve all been there), the iPhone’s insistence that you remember you’re mortal, and how you might want to change your name (and/or gender) for SEO purposes. Calvin has a great series, where he produces elaborate voicemail recordings. You can watch each one being made in real time …that is until TikTok is gone. We’re 13 days into my birthday celebration of 50 BURPEES A DAY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY! I’ve been rocking , as I painfully push-up and jump ever closer to 43 years old. It’s my way to ! You can get 20% off your purchase of the perfect burpee gear with promo code LOU20. How many views does , have now? Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I’ve opened for Jimmy Dore, Rich Vos, Dave Smith, and Rob Schneider. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Jon Miltimore
02/10/2025
The Lou Perez Podcast - Jon Miltimore
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy https://amzn.to/3VhFa1r “Finding oneself [is] a misnomer: a self is not found but made.” – Big thanks to my guest Jon Miltimore for turning me onto the ever so quotable (quoted above). On this episode, Jon and I talk about the culture of wrestling—whose default setting is tough-as-nails—and we grapple with “Minnesota nice,” shitty service, and women who start fights their men have to finish. I’ve been reading Jon’s work for years, but if you’re looking for a good place to start, check out his viral piece about Starbucks and the decline of good manners and service. When those fall, we’re all doomed. Not just the venti-latte drinkers among us. Thanks to Elon Musk, my video, , has now reached __ million views. (Click the link to find out how many exactly.) I’m almost a week into my birthday celebration of 50 BURPEES A DAY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY! I’ve been rocking the whole time, as I painfully push-up and jump towards 43 years old. It’s my way to ! You can get 20% off your purchase of the perfect burpee gear with promo code LOU20. Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I’ve opened for Jimmy Dore, Rich Vos, Dave Smith, and Rob Schneider. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Hatem Gabr
02/03/2025
The Lou Perez Podcast - Hatem Gabr
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy The next four years are going to be a lot of fun. In no small part because of my good friend Hatem Gabr, with whom I’ve co-produced live shows with Jimmy Dore, Colin Quinn, and the first Rutherford Comedy Festival. On this special collaboration between The Lou Perez Podcast and Live from America Podcast, Hatem and I catch up on NYC’s congestion pricing (which I might end up liking), technology and terrorism, and the California fires. The fires are bringing out some of the best in humanity, like () and , who are raising money and feeding victims. (my first improv coach) and have such heartbreaking stories. If you’re able to help, please give where you can. My friend Matt Himes from The Blaze has written a powerful piece in the about losing his home in the fires. Please check it out. I loved living in California. California is still home to many people I love. And it's a state I want to return to. Here’s a song by Ray Bull that reminds me of my days in Cali, even though it came out nearly a decade after I’d moved back to the east coast. ? Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I’ve opened for Jimmy Dore, Rich Vos, Dave Smith, and Rob Schneider. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Peter Moskos
01/27/2025
The Lou Perez Podcast - Peter Moskos
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy When it comes to crime and policing, is one of my go-tos. He’s a former and author of several books, including the aforementioned Cop in the Hood, , , and his latest (get that preorder in) . We talked about: —How the safety of a city should not be judged on murder alone. —How Mayor Dinkins—not Rudy Giuliani—solved the scourge of squeegee men in NYC. —The people that “actually believe criminals represent a community.” —The death of the New York accent. (I don’t remember the exact day mine died, but after a few beers its spirit comes back haunting.) Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I’ve opened for Jimmy Dore, Rich Vos, Dave Smith, and Rob Schneider. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Peter Moskos
01/27/2025
The Lou Perez Podcast - Peter Moskos
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy When it comes to crime and policing, is one of my go-tos. He’s a former and author of several books, including the aforementioned Cop in the Hood, , , and his latest (get that preorder in) . We talked about: —How the safety of a city should not be judged on murder alone. —How Mayor Dinkins—not Rudy Giuliani—solved the scourge of squeegee men in NYC. —The people that “actually believe criminals represent a community.” —The death of the New York accent. (I don’t remember the exact day mine died, but after a few beers its spirit comes back haunting.) Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I’ve opened for Jimmy Dore, Rich Vos, Dave Smith, and Rob Schneider. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Peter Stewart
01/20/2025
The Lou Perez Podcast - Peter Stewart
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy On this episode, I’m joined by Canadian comedian, actuary, and curler to talk immigration, say goodbye to Justin Trudeau, and slide into the sport of curling, with all its controversies. Have you heard of “Broomgate”? And why is it that Canada produces the funniest human beings per capita? If you dig our convo you can catch us at the Sparta Avenue Stage. I’m headlining, Peter’s hosting, and magic will be performed (by magician Joe Garsetti). Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Angel Eduardo
01/13/2025
The Lou Perez Podcast - Angel Eduardo
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy I had a great conversation with my friend and former colleague, , senior writer/editor at (The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression). We talked free speech—including Jew hate on Substack, , and Bluesky’s lynch mobs (its only target: my bud Jesse Singal). Angel’s in Manhattan, so we may have been charged congestion pricing at some point along the way. We shared a lot this episode. I shared one of my favorite short stories: . Angel shared a powerful quote from James Baldwin: “I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.” ―James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time And we both shared our love of Dominican TikTok/reels/redes sociales. Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Ilana Redstone
01/06/2025
The Lou Perez Podcast - Ilana Redstone
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy Happy New Year! I’m kicking off 2025 with a great conversation with , author of . We talk sociology’s (well-deserved) bad rap, bringing online fights into the real world, and more. Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini
12/23/2024
The Lou Perez Podcast - Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy Meet your heroes. Become friends with your heroes. Have your heroes on your podcast. With Christmas just days away, this episode of The Lou Perez Podcast with Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini of The Kids in the Hall and Mouth Congress was my gift-to-self. Unwrap this present to hear about the roots of The Kids, Scott’s bout with censorship at Amazon, and Mouth Congress’s new album, Valley of Song, which includes the tracks “Honk,” written in solidarity with the Canadian trucker convoy protests, as well as the ballad, “Booker,” about a guy who figures out how to make a really good living off of a lazy prostitute. Paul and Scott continue to create beautifully insane comedy. Whether it’s their new punk album or Scott’s one-man show with Buddy Cole. (After my wife and I caught King in NYC, we met up with Scott. To this day he doesn’t know what my wife’s voice normally sounds like, because Buddy had her laughing so hard that she lost it.) Join me this week at the first annual Williams Center Comedy Festival in Rutherford, NJ. And if anyone knows about the drones I see flying above my house are doing, please let me know. MERRY CHRISTMAS! Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Kirsten Fleming
12/16/2024
The Lou Perez Podcast - Kirsten Fleming
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy “.” - , features columnist at and my guest on the pod. We discuss Kirsten’s coverage of the Daniel Penny case from both inside and outside the courtroom and the many details of the case that commenters (at least online) are leaving out. As two life-long New Yorkers, Kirsten and I both have subway horror stories, which we share on the episode. But our conversation is not all doom and gloom. We took some time to celebrate the legacy of Saint John’s legendary coach Lou Carnesecca, who will forever live in my heart as Coach Drymeat. Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and . Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces , a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of , and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and . During my tenure at We the Interent, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Andrew Heaton
12/09/2024
The Lou Perez Podcast - Andrew Heaton
I thought I knew Andrew Heaton, but the son of “Hanging” Judge Joe gets more and more interesting with every conversation. The man’s got a new book out, and even though he thinks Tribalism Is Dumb, I insist he’s in my tribe—whether he likes it or not. If you enjoy Heaton’s voice you’ll love the audio version of Tribalism Is Dumb. We talk cowboy boots, Hanlon’s razor, my election-night run-in with Dr. Phil’s biggest hater, Daryl Davis’s “fetish,” and inter-tribal dating. (Spoiler: It’s hard out there.) Hey! I have a book too! That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Andrew Heaton
12/09/2024
The Lou Perez Podcast - Andrew Heaton
I thought I knew Andrew Heaton, but the son of “Hanging” Judge Joe gets more and more interesting with every conversation. The man’s got a new book out, and even though he thinks Tribalism Is Dumb, I insist he’s in my tribe—whether he likes it or not. If you enjoy Heaton’s voice you’ll love the audio version of Tribalism Is Dumb. We talk cowboy boots, Hanlon’s razor, my election-night run-in with Dr. Phil’s biggest hater, Daryl Davis’s “fetish,” and inter-tribal dating. (Spoiler: It’s hard out there.) Hey! I have a book too! That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Internet, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Ben Kawaller
12/02/2024
The Lou Perez Podcast - Ben Kawaller
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy On this episode I’m joined by ’s and Brooklyn Heights’s finest, . And for that I am thankful! Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of . You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and . Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces , a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of , and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and . During my tenure at We the Interent, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Brandon Bassham
11/25/2024
The Lou Perez Podcast - Brandon Bassham
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy If you’ve been following my work over the past 10 years, you’ve met . Although Brandon hasn’t appeared on screen in any of my projects, he’s been behind some of my favorite sketches and darkest jokes, like -inspired “The Problem with Bumbleebee Man.” On this episode, I talk with Brandon about horror, comedy, and his work with , which includes his feature film and his latest, (in which I play a small but memorable sex-creep role). And we spend a little time remembering the great Robert Schimmel, a dirty comic who was so good, even Brandon’s mother—who hated dirty comics!—loved him. Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of . You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and . Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces , a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of , and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and . During my tenure at We the Interent, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Brandon Bassham
11/25/2024
The Lou Perez Podcast - Brandon Bassham
PODCAST COPY Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy If you’ve been following my work over the past 10 years, you’ve met . Although Brandon hasn’t appeared on screen in any of my projects, he’s been behind some of my favorite sketches and darkest jokes, like -inspired “The Problem with Bumbleebee Man.” On this episode, I talk with Brandon about horror, comedy, and his work with , which includes his feature film and his latest, (in which I play a small but memorable sex-creep role). And we spend a little time remembering the great Robert Schimmel, a dirty comic who was so good, even Brandon’s mother—who hated dirty comics!—loved him. Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of . You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and . Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces , a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of , and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and . During my tenure at We the Interent, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Brooks Crenshaw
11/18/2024
The Lou Perez Podcast - Brooks Crenshaw
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy Girl, did you hear about Minos’s wife and the white bull? Pasiphaë was on that carnivore diet. Just a lil gossip from antiquity, thanks to Brooks Crenshaw, whose The Daedulus Thread, is a hell of a follow. Check out W.H. Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts.” In addition to talking about how mortals should never try to fool the gods, Brooks shares what he considers his greatest failure: washing out of BUD/S. Although he didn’t become a Navy SEAL, he overcame his failure (which would have been a success for me) to work in human intelligence and targeting for the SEALs. We get into the power of story — did the hear the one about how my butcher father cut off his finger —, the size of Jordan Peterson’s cross, trans Maoists, and our favorite congressman (Brooks’s actual representative and my dream rep), Thomas Massie. Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Interent, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - José Cordeiro
11/11/2024
The Lou Perez Podcast - José Cordeiro
PODCAST COPY Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy My conversation with , author of , was so alive! We considered the lobster, biological rejuvenation, biohacker Bryan Johnson’s weird face and (I imagine equally weird-looking) penis, the euthanasia-to-cryonics pipeline, and José’s favorite student, Argentina’s president . José’s optimism is infectious. And for the hour we spoke I felt like we were beating death. So stop by for the good vibes and stick around until the end for a travel hack any mortal or immortal can appreciate. L'chaim! The Death of Death has been translated into 15 languages and José has the books on hand to prove it. You have to admit: Cordeiro and Perez would look damn good on your bookshelf. Read them both. You (will) have the time. Sigue Jose en sus Canales WEB y Redes Sociales WEB Site: Twitter: Instagram: LinkedIn: Youtube: Facebook: Facebook: CLUB DE SEGUIDORES DE JOSÉ LUIS CORDEIRO (OFICIAL) Wikipedia: BOOKS: Support me, Lou, at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of . You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and . Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces , a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of , and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and . During my tenure at We the Interent, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Boris Khaykin and Harry Terjanian
11/04/2024
The Lou Perez Podcast - Boris Khaykin and Harry Terjanian
On this episode of The Lou Perez Podcast, I enjoy the comedy and hair stylings of my friends and frequent co-conspirators Boris Khaykin and Harry Terjanian. We talk about going bald, what children reveal about theory of mind, pranksters that don’t do pranks, Tony Hinchcliffe’s set at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally, my one-sided war with cholo-face cultural appropriator Lou Diamond Phillips, and a lil cancellation in Texas. We also get to share the times we’ve laughed the hardest. If you’re free tonight November 4th, I’ll be performing on Electoral Dysfunction at The Grisly Pear in Midtown Manhattan. Use discount code “CL10” for 50% off tickets. Catch me headlining in Texas on November 15th (Austin), November 16th (San Antonio), and November 17th (Houston) . Am I on your bookshelf yet? Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Interent, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Chris Freiman
10/28/2024
The Lou Perez Podcast - Chris Freiman
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy I’ve been following Chris Freiman on X for a while. You should too. And while you’re at it, subscribe to his Substack. I had a great time talking to the political philosopher about “degrowth;” automation; pickleball — which may be more fun to say than it is to play; and how those calling for collectivist communes are always the very people no one wants to commune with. I give Zora Neal Hurston’s Why the Negro Won’t Buy Communism (1951) a shoutout. And we hit on Cuba a little bit. A decade ago Michael Moynihan wrote in The Daily Beast: “Castro's Hipster Apologists Want to Keep Cuba ‘Authentically’ Poor.” Sadly, little has changed on that front. One of the points I make in our episode is that even if I grant the commie apologists — who are never ever tweeting from Cuba — the bullshit point that Cubans have a longer life expectancy than Americans, I would no doubt trade a few months of my life to live it out in LITTLE HAVANA than Havana. Hell, I’d give up years if I got to spend some great months in Santa Barbara, California! The United States is such a special place. It’s where bakers drive Porsches and at least one 42-year-old man ran up the Empire State Building in 17:01. Support that 42-year-old at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Interent, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Yiatin Chu
10/21/2024
The Lou Perez Podcast - Yiatin Chu
I had a great time talking with one of New York Magazine’s “Most Powerful New Yorkers You’ve Never Heard Of,” Yiatin Chu. Yiatin is running for New York Senate to represent District 11 (which includes my hometown of Little Neck, Queens). Yiatin and I discussed the trappings of turning a blind eye to local government to spend more time bingeing the soap opera of national politics. The local has gone loco, whether it’s NYC’s failing grade on public education, the sausage fest that are migrant shelters, and pro-criminal legislators ruining the city Yiatin and I both love(d). FULL DISCLOSURE: I do not work for Yiatin’s campaign, but after I recommended Congressman Tom Suozzi start pronouncing his last name “Swayze,” I think her team should bring me on board pronto. “Pain don’t hurt.” - Congressman Tom Swayze In the meantime, come November 5th, if you’re in NY’s District 11 vote for Chu. Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Interent, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Robert Steinfeld
10/14/2024
The Lou Perez Podcast - Robert Steinfeld
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy What do you do after winning 10 Emmys? You come on my podcast. Ten-time Emmy winner Robert Steinfeld joined me to discuss his book 3…2…1…We’re On the Air: An Inside Look at Sports Television, Journalism, and Gender Equity. We got into the WNBA (where Steinfeld’s been Executive Producer of the Dallas Wings), talked about playing little league with Mickey Mantle’s son, working Monday Night Football with Howard Cosell, and the great Bill Walton (who wrote the introduction to 3…2…1…). Steinfeld was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, where I’ll be hosting a great stand-up show at the Williams Center this Saturday October 12th. And later this month, the great Colin Quinn will be performing. Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and Open to Debate (with Michael Ian Black). Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces Comedy Is Murder, a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of Heresy Press, and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and The Lou Perez Podcast. During my tenure at We the Interent, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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The Lou Perez Podcast - Jesse Burkhart
10/07/2024
The Lou Perez Podcast - Jesse Burkhart
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy On this episode of The Lou Perez Podcast, I talk with Jesse Burkhart. What began as a cheeky back-and-forth on X, turned into an interesting conversation about fatherhood, addiction, rehab in the Marines, stolen valor, and more. doesn’t want you thanking him for his military service, but you should thank him for his service on The Lou Perez Podcast. Especially the part where Jesse gives advice on hiding money from messed-up parents. Support me at Join my newsletter Apple: Spotify: Amazon: YouTube: Who am I? Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and author of . You may have seen him on FOX's Gutfeld! and . Lou was the head writer and producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV and produces , a sketch comedy series with Free the People. Lou is a FAIR-in-the Arts fellow, on the advisory board of , and hosts the live debate series The Wrong Take and . During my tenure at We the Interent, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.” How’d I start out? I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms. I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers. I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space. I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
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