Writer John Hamburg (Zoolander, I Love You, Man) stops by Studio 309 and discusses growing up in Manhattan, make short films in grade school, and more!

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- Box rants the videos on the internet about removing ink tags.
- Drinking and Italian reds and rituals.
- Growing up in Manhattan with a mom in radio and being a funny kid.
- Startng the Dalton Lampoon in grade school and getting a huge video camera for a birthday.
- Making short films and attending Brown University, majoring history.
- Finding like minded people at school and rooming with Michael Showalter.
- Getting into Tisch School and writing the short film Tick that got into Sundance.
- Landing an agent, getting meetings for his script Safe Men and clicking with Ben Stiller.
- Collaborating on Zoolander et cetera and moving to Los Angeles.
- I Love You, Man as a love letter to LA, the team and reviews.

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Comedian Amy Miller (Last Comic Standing) stops by Studio 309 and discusses attending University of California, Berkeley, how she got into stand up, and more!

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- Box rants eating ice cream.
- Drinking and rituals.
- Growing up in the Oakland area and having stage fright but always being in the choir.
- Attending University of California, Berkeley and majoring in sociology.
- Social anxiety and working multiple odd jobs, before getting into tech / music.
- Starting stand up at 29 in a laundry mat and beginning to produce / host shows.
- Moving to Portland and landing Last Comic Standing.
- Transitioning to Los Angeles and trying to get a manager.

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Improviser Dave Theune (Superstore, Fresh Off The Boat) stops by Studio 309 and discusses doing ComedySportz in Milwaukee for eight years, starting out / learing a bunch doing a Stanley Steamer campaign, and more!

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- Box rants UPS not dropping off at his apartment.
- Drinking and rituals.
- Growing up north of Milwaukee and performing as much as one could in a small town.
- Attending UW Oshkosh before transferring to UW Milwaukee and discovering ComedySportz.
- Working odd jobs in Milwaukee and doing improv at night for 12 years.
- Driving to Chicago to take iO classes and moving to Los Angeles.
- Getting into UCB, being in a comfortable funk and a marriage ending.
- Landing a commercial agent and booking a Stanley Steamer campaign.
- Some survival jobs and getting the first theatrical gig on Up All Night.
- Acting classes, Funny Or Die and getting in the union with an ESPN commercial.

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Actor Dan Gill (Drunk Wedding, The Office) stops by Studio 309 and discusses coming from a family of circus performers, being repped by CAA right away, and more!

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- Box rants big vehicles parking in LA.
- Drinking and rituals.
- Growing up in Iowa and having a family of circus performers.
- Making movies as a kid and playing drums.
- Attending U of Iowa comparative literature / cinema w/ a minor in pre-dental before dropping out.
- Cutting reels while working at a movie theater and moving to Los Angeles.
- Starting doing standup in Westwood, making more videos and UCB classes.
- A short film club, leads to meeting a casting director and leads to booking Drunk Wedding.
- Getting an agent, commercials and dry spells.
- Working as a story editor / PA, the squad and the State Farm spots.

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Improviser Alex Berg (The Goldbergs, 2 Broke Girls) stops by Studio 309 and discusses hating growing up in idyllic Connecticut, wanting to be a professor, and more!

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- Box rants UCB grades.
- Drinking and rituals.
- Growing up in Connecticut and being a nerdy pothead that read a lot.
- Doing improv at a summer camp and attending Vassar College.
- More improv, dropping out, but finishing up a psych major.
- Moving to Los Angeles and jumping right in at iO West.
- UCB Cagematch run w/ Convoy and getting support from Thomas Lennon / Ben Garant.
- Getting reps and selling stuff (to the likes of Comedy Central).
- Landing some TV work and teaching / brief stint as UCB Artistic Director.

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