Failing Up

Eliza Bayne is a writer, producer and performer from Vancouver, B.C. She began her career working in radio, performing and writing comedy bits for a local morning show. She moved into acting shortly thereafter, and in addition to acting in commercials and television, she produced and hosted several shows on G4TV as well as providing voice-over for commercials and animation. Eliza is a great talent and has been named one of the funniest people on twitter too many times to count. We talk to Eliza about her struggles, her failures and successes and how they define her as a person.

Follow us on twitter: @theguydf @eden_eats @elizabayne

Eliza's charity: www.foodonfoot.org

This week, Dave Holmes came to the studio and discussed his awesome story. As a high school freshman, Dave "snuck on" to a local college radio station. From there, he went on to give up a good job in advertising to try to win MTV's "Wanna Be a VJ" contest. Dave came in 2nd place, but that didn't damper his spirits. Hear how Dave parlayed his time on MTV to make connections, and the tenacity that he exhibited to land his dream job. Dave's story truly shows us the power of persistence.

Dave's charity: http://www.csh.org/

Buy Dave's book: http://www.amazon.com/Party-One-Memoir-21-Songs/dp/0804187983/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1461771234&sr=8-1&keywords=dave+holmes

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Alex Capecelatro is a young man who has already seen a lot of success. From leaving high school to go work for NASA and Harvard, to being on Space X's Zero Gravity Flight, to being the CEO to his own startups. But Alex has also had to face a lot of adversity, he was diagnosed with Type-1 Diabetes when he was 9 and faced a ton of rejection along the way. In the end, we think that you'll agree Alex's words of wisdom can help everyone.

Contribute to Alex's charity: www.startout.org

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Listen to the first ever LIVE Failing up broadcast from The Hollywood Improv! This episode takes a more lighthearted approach to the subject of failure. Eden and Guy sat down with three of our generation's most successful writers/executive producers, Danny Zuker (Modern Family), Alec Sulkin (Family Guy) and Mike Scully (The Simpsons) and talked about what it took for them to become successful. We also play a game called "Who Tweeted It" for charity. Listen!

Danny's charity: Autistic Self Advocacy Network http://autisticadvocacy.org/

Alec's Charity: The Rape Foundation https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/1411292

Mike's Charity: Boys and Girls Club of America http://www.bgca.org/Pages/index.aspx

Brandon Koch is a successful hypnotherapist with a very interesting story. When he was a teenager, his mother found out some information from his phone that caused them to not speak for two years. Soon after, Brandon moved to LA and fell in with the wrong crowd and spiraled downhill. But don't worry, Brandon has a story of triumph that you must listen to.

Brandon's charity: http://www.hayfoundation.org/

Follow us on twitter: @hypnoangel11 @theguydf @eden_eats

As the former host of the TV show Cheaters, Joey Greco has seen it all, and has personally witnessed many relationships fail. But did you know that Joey began his career working as a counselor? Or that he later donned tights and was on a fitness show on ESPN? This week we speak to Joey about the personal and professional successes and failures that led him to who he is. We ask Joey to come clean about the alleged 2003 stabbing incident on the show, and talk about his 2005 arrest as well. Finally, we update a story we did in 2012 about someone who called in our show when Joey was on because he thought his wife was cheating on him.

Donate to Joey's favorite charity: https://www.adopttogether.org/donate/at

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This week, we start the show with a little bit of audio issues that recover eventually. But that doesn't take away from Dateline NBC's Josh Mankiewicz's appearance. Josh talks to us about his success and how a failure at his "dream job" changed his life forever.

Josh also shares stories about his dad working with Robert Kennedy and what Kennedy he is still in touch with. Also, he shares a great story about his mom's time with the NAACP. Don't miss it.

Donate to Josh's favorite charity here: http://www.lapmf.org/

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Dustin Penner is an amazing story of someone who triumphed over adversity. After being cut by his home team three times, Dustin's chances of realizing his dream of being in the NHL seemed slim. Dustin never let adversity slow him down, proving himself through unusual means to get a chance to live his dream. After arriving in the NHL, Dustin promptly won the Stanley Cup and then went on to a wonderful career where he picked up a second one. Then one day, Dustin realized that hockey wasn't in his future anymore... did he crawl in to a ball and cry? No! He reinvented himself as DJ Pendemic. Listen now!

Contribute to Dustin's charity: https://www.supportdogs.org/

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Zeb Newman is a true story of someone who triumphed in the face of adversity. As an actor studying at Juilliard, Zeb fell for the trappings of drugs, that eventually took control of his whole life. After seeing some success with acting in his twenties, Zeb's life went downhill. By his late twenties, he was on the street, literally living in LA's Skid Row. Shortly after that, Zeb had a stroke that temporarily paralyzed half of his body. And what did Zeb do when he recovered? He got high again! What? YES. Today Zeb is a successful producer at The Late Late Show and a happy guy. Listen to his story now!

Follow us on twitter: @zeberiahnewman @theguydf @edeneats

Donate to Zeb's charity here: http://alliancehh.org/

Elan Gale is a creative man who lives to get reactions from people, from his blind date that he live tweeted, to his now infamous Thanksgiving plane ride row with a fictional young lady named Diane in 7A, Elan is no stranger from controversy. Elan also runs the hit Instagram accounts @textsfromyourex, @unspirational and @tindernightmares, entertaining millions of people daily. Through all of his success in the cyber world, and even in real life as a Producer for The Bachelor, Elan was struggling with a deeper issue. Elan shares his story of self-realization as he decided that alcohol was a problem in his life and that he needed to change it. Elan is truly a man who appreciates all of life's ups and downs and his story is one that you should listen to and share.

Follow us all on twitter: @theyearofelan @theguydf @eden_eats

Support Elan's charity: http://nextdoor.org/
Buy one of his t-shirts: http://teespring.com/dont_giveup