Cool Beans Comedy

Will Griffin is back on the podcast this week as we discuss Fuller House on Netflix, a week in the life of a tv writer, and Will's promotion to Story Editor this season. Joining us are three Cool Beans u graduates, asking Will a few questions of their own. Shout outs to Logan Byam-Taylor, Joseph Haag, and Johanna Chan.

Finally, our next Cool Beans show is Saturday, June 9th at 7PM with Tone Bell and Drew Lynch. Tickets are going fast!

https://www.coolbeanscomedy.com/tickets

With that, let's listen in on Fuller House's Will Griffin.

Cool Beans Comedy friend and audience favorite Torrance Hill joins the podcast again this week. You loved him so much the first time, we brought him back again for another interview.

Torrance performed in the Cool Beans Comedy show this last weekend at the Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena, and he'll be performing at Cool Beans at The Pico on Saturday June 8th, at The Pico in West L.A. with Jesus Trejo and Candice Thompson.

Get tickets while they're available at CoolBeansComedy.com/pico -- and with that, let's listen in to our good friend Torrance Hill or head over to YouTube and check out the video podcast! 

Corey sits down with Chilean superstar Fabrizio this week! We talk about him being the first South American to have his own Netflix comedy special, winning the coveted Golden Seagull at Chile's comedy competition, and how he went from performing arenas to open mics in Los Angeles to make a name for himself here in America.

See Fabrizio live this Sunday nigh, May 19th at 7PM at the world-faouns Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena. Free tickets at CoolBeansComedy.com/tickets

If you'd like to learn stand up comedy yourself, our next comedy intensive starts this Sunday as well. Six weeks from classroom to stage. CoolBeansComedy.com/classes

With that, let's listen in on Corey and Fabrizio!

Two time Cool Beans U grad Erik Alskog joins the podcast this week and he has a success story. Erik took his final performances, cut together a three minute video reel, hired a publicist, and now has a theatrical agent, a manager, and a commerical agent as well.

If you are interested in joining the Cool Beans U Stand Up Comedy Intensive, we still have a few spots remaining in our next round of classes starting Sunday, May 19th. CoolBeansComedy.com/class to sign up!

With that, let's talk to Erik about his journey and hear about his most recent success!

Very excited to have on Corey's good friend, comic, actor and voice artist, Piotr Michael.

Exciting news!  It has just been announce that Piotr will be voicing Fritz the Ferret in the upcoming animated 'Where's Waldo?' series - coming out on Universal Kids in July.

Also, our next stand up comedy intensive class starts up on May 19th: Classroom to Stage in Six Weeks! Visit CoolBeansComedy/class for more information and to enroll.

With that, let's get over to Piotr and find out what he's been up to and hear some of his incredible characters!

KT Tatara joins the podcast and delivers one of the most inspiring and uplifting interviews to date! Our favorite tip from KT while performing: remember to smile and to have fun. If you would like to see KT's smile this weekend, he will be performing in the Cool Beans Comedy main stage show at the Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena on Sunday, April 28th, at 8pm with Jesus Trejo (Comedy Central) and Francisco Ramos (NBC).

A few free tickets still remain: https://www.coolbeanscomedy.com/tickets

Try and snag yours while supplies last!

With that, please enjoy KT Tatara.

Our guest this week is Hillina Jarso who is on her third Cool Beans U session and is preparing fro her NBC Diversity Showcase callback!  She's a mother of three hilarious boys and is a goldmine of comedy.  She'll be performing in the Cool Beans Comedy show on the main stage of the ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena next Sunday.  That's April 28th, where Lina will perform with comedians Jesus Trejo (Comedy Central), Francisco Ramos (NBC), KT Tatara (FOX), with hosts Corey Craig and Matthew Moore.  All with a surprise celebrity guest!

Get your free tickets while you can:  https://www.coolbeanscomedy.com/tickets

With that, let's listen in on the incredible Hillina Jarso!

Casting Director Nickole Doro discusses her most recent: the revival of SNL for the Nickelodeon audience, "All That." Yeah, that's right! The show is coming back to Nickelodeon and Corey was a HUGE fan.

Two of the new series regulars were part of Cool Beans U, and Corey personally coached one of the new series regulars up until the moment he booked the show!

Nickole gives us a glimpse of casting for Nickelodeon, the global serach for casting performers, and how important it is to simply have fun in an audition. Don't miss her words!

Also, we have some INCREDIBLE shows this month!

April 13th we have Taylor Tomlinson and Dustin Ybarra, and April 28th is with Jesus Trejo and a super-secret surprise celebrity guest who you do not want to miss!

Tickets are available at: CoolBeansComedy.com/tickets

With that, let's listen in on our good friend Nickole Doro.

This week we have three incredible comics and dear friends to Cool Beand Comedy:  Logan Byam Taylor, Shannon Bengston & Michelle Zarlenga.  We talk about the Cool Beans Comedy community, using stand up to discuss and address adversity, and we have way too much fun with Seinfeld references as Michelle relates her entire life to episodes with Jerry.  Listen in and see Logan this month on the Cool eans Comedy mainstage on April 28th!  

Head over to https://www.coolbeanscomedy.com/alumni for tickets!

With that, let's listen in on three inspiring and hilarious comics:  Logan Byam Taylor, Shannon Bengston & Michelle Zarlenga!

We are introducing video to our podcast!  Head over to YouTube.com --our episode this week is with Kiki Melendez, a multi-hyphenate extraordinaire and the next Oprah.  We talk about her journey into comedy and discuss her upcoming Omnicultural TV Fest in association with NATPE, the National Association of Television Program Executives, happening May 1st at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood.  Get your tickets now!  Producer Jack Sullivan and Cool Beans Comedy's very own Corey Craig will be there.  With that, let's listen in to the positively radiant Kiki Melendez!