My guest is Colorado Springs based stand-up comic, Russell Keller!  You can follow him on Instagram @RussellPKeller or find out where you can see him perform next on his website: https://www.russellkellercomedy.com 

Russell produces & hosts lots of amazing shows around the Springs, including: ‘Pikes Punks’ a monthly comedy show & the ‘Don’t Tell’ comedy shows in Colorado Springs.  His journey to our humble garage here at Top Shelf was a long one, but I hope our signature ‘smoked-wing-hospitality’ made up for the time lost with his beautiful family.  

That’s time he won’t get back, so you better love this episode. 

We discussed what it’s like being a ‘Girl-Dad’, how Russell’s lack of self respect & deep fear of confrontation resulted in 6 hours of driving just to NOT perform at an open mic in Fort Collins, and our shared disdain for mega-church, strum-heavy, stomp-along music.  Be honest with yourself, folks, we need a drastic revamp.  A return to a more angelic approach: Choir in the back, no fanfare, just sweet hymnal song & organ music.  PTL

Hear about how Russell got reported to the ministry HR for allegedly committing Heresy at their daily group Bible study, declining from teaching other Door Staff “manners” because it was his only differentiating skillset among the drug-addled degenerates (I assume).  Are you a dude who needs to learn how a pad works?  This is the ep for you. 

Thankful to Russell for his time & grateful we got this hang together.

EATIN’ w/ Russell for our supporters (100% UNCUT) — Patreon.com/InTALLerable

FO & BW

0:00 — Guest Introduction

1:00 — Colorado Springs Comic

2:00 — Being a Dad

3:00 — Big Dogs Die Young (Sean)

4:00 — Wanting a Family

5:00 — Girl Dad & Having Little Kids

6:30 — Female Influence

8:00 — Looking at the mm

9:30 — Nerd Homework

10:00 — North of Castle Rock is Denver

11:00 — Lack of Self Respect

12:30 — Afraid of Confrontation

12:30 — Will Never “Ask”

14:00 — Overall Christian Guilt

15:00 — Mega-Church needs better Music

17:00 — “These preachers, man.”

18:00 — It’s a Tax write-off

19:00 — God’s lying to one of us!

20:00 — No Stories of Hell

21:00 — Discovering his Ethnic Judaism

22:45 — Hoping to get something cool..

23:15 — Late-in-life Circ Squad

24:00 — Botched

25:00 — Females are a little different

26:30 — Sew it up

28:00 — How do you think a pad works?

30:00 — Ultimate Frisbee

31:30 — EATIN’ 

32:00 — After-Hours & Wing Review

33:00 — Springs comics to have on

34:00 — Working at a Ministry

35:00 — You can Work at a Comedy Club?

36:00 — Juxtaposition & breaking the “Template”

37:00 — In Trouble for Heresy at the Christian Ministry

39:00 — Profit using God to Summon Bears onto children

40:00 — Always trying to Riff

42:00 — New car for commute.. Oh wait.

43:00 — Hitting a family with his car

45:00 — Journey to Door-Guy

46:00 — Russell seeing his first club comedy show

47:00 — Story of becoming Mike Hammock’s bottom (opener)

48:30 — Make dreams come true Rory

50:00 — Inspiration to try new things

51:00 — Hannah Jones Buried Russell

52:00 — What would Rory Scoval do?

53:00 — Hanging upside down on Monkey Bars

55:00 — Pushing toward ‘No’

57:00 — Four shows in Four Nights (all bad)

58:00 — Stop humbling me, Lord.

59:00 — Insurance would ‘Total’ Sean

1:00:00 — Quitting Alcohol to try to be a better person

1:01:30 — Russell’s ‘Heart Pills’

1:02:30 — Late night eating hacks

1:03:30 — Serious Question Time

1:04:30 — Honest Communication

1:05:00 — Kindest thing is Honesty

1:06:00 — Learning from his Parents

1:07:30 — Tell your Wife She’s Annoying, Apologize to your Kids

1:08:30 — ‘Heighting’

1:10:00 — Plugs for Russell & Thanks

1:11:30 — FO & BW