So, what would you do if you fell in love with late night talk shows and SNL? If you're name is Joe Barlow, you'd follow your folly and pursue your career like Roscoe chasing the Duke Boys. 

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Arielle Norman takes her technicolor past and turns it into a comedy career. It wasn't easy, but anything worth having isn't. Listen to her tell Valerie Lopez how she flipped personal challenges on their heads. 

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After zigzagging across the country, Arielle and her fiance settle in Austin, and things take off where she lands a sweet show at the Hideout Theater. 

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Nebraska is the gift that keeps on giving. This time the gift is Joey Zimmerman. Here him tell Valerie about getting started in comedy, college, and moving to Austin. 

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Zimmerman talk about crafting material, shows he's running in Austin, and being a chill dude. 

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Ryan Darbonne talks about what it takes to make a comedic web series and why he chooses comedy as a medium. 

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Ryan Darbonne waxes poetic about why he enjoys doing improv comedy and his current projects. 

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Two comedians, in two different parts of the country on a trajectory driven by fate - fueled by a love of comedy and rap music. Lane Krarup and Pat Sirois were destined to form Vanilla Presley. 

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What happens after you form a comedy rap super group? You show off your mad mic skills and record a record. At least that's what Vanilla Presley is doing. 

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Luke McClory came to Austin straight through the birth canal. He's an Austin original in more than one sense. Valerie Lopez catches up with him and talks bout his history in the comedy scene. 

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