Improviser Brendan Jennings (Parks and Recreation, New Girl) stops by Studio 309 and discusses being a Disney character, the origins of Cook County Social Club, and more!

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- Box rants digital antennas v cable.
- (Day) drinking and rituals.
- Growing up in Suffolk County Long Island and being a middle child.
- An introverted goofball and discovering oneself through track & field.
- Attending Xavier University and getting into theatre / improv there.
- Creating the improv group Don't Tell Anna and throwing shows around campus.
- Meeting his wife and moving to Orlando to be Disney characters.
- Doing improv at SAK and upgrading to an Equity actor at Disney.
- Moving to Chicago and jumping in at Second City Conservatory / iO.
- Understudying / touring before landing on the mainstage and CCSC origins.
- Working in a law office with comedians and making a pilot for Comedy Central.
- Moving to Los Angeles and the UCB Cagematch run.
- Landing Parks and Recreation (from Dorian) and Naomi Odenkirk as a manager.

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