Funny In Failure

By Michael KahanComedy Comedy Interviews

Funny In Failure episodes

April 25, 2022 #160: Beth Lapides - Your Story
Beth Lapides is a comedian, writer, producer and the Host of UnCabaret. UnCabaret is a legendary alternative comedy show which has helped define the genre over 25 years ago. In short, it's a progressive storytelling show where comedians tell true stories they've never told on stage before. (No rehearsed bits, no derogatory jokes.), a real game changer in the industry.

For more than 25 years, UnCabaret has been the un-homophobic, un-xenophobic, un-misogynistic and un-hacky place for comedy luminaries to tell stories ripped from the headlines of their lives. UnCabaret has been adapted into an Amazon Prime series, a Comedy Central special, and five critically acclaimed albums. Its notable guest list includes Bob Odenkirk, Patton Oswalt, Margaret Cho, Sandra Bernhard, Kathy Griffin, Maria Bamford, Julia Sweeney, Tig Notaro, Jon Stewart, Jennifer Coolidge, Sarah Silverman, Natasha Leggero, Sam Jay, Ali Wong and countless more.

Her new book So You Need to Decide, features conversations with comedians, writers and cultural icons about making decisions in family, work, love, moving, and spirituality. It's part memoir, part interviews and I recommend you grab a copy.

Beth is all about authenticity and self-reflection, as reflected in both the audiobook and UnCabaret. She loves to explore the stories behind our stories.

This is only a small snapshot of what she has achieved and as you can imagine we dive deep and cover a lot, such as applying for first lady, UNCABARET, regrets, her new book, living your REAL life, yoga, Bob Odenkirk, wounds, pilots that don't get made, addictions and drinking, shame, signs and symbols. The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan Check Beth out on: Book: So You Need to Decide

Written & Narrated by Beth Lapides

https://www.bethlapides.com/soyouneedtodecide

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beth_lapides/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bethlapides Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethlapidesofficial Website: https://www.bethlapides.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/uncabaret ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan
1 hr 39 min
April 18, 2022 #159: Geneva Carr - Finding your Teachers
Geneva Carr is a Tony nominated actor for her performance as Margery in the original Broadway cast of Hand to God. You may also recognize her from her many roles such as Marissa Morgan in Bull - she has also recently directed an episode as well! Plus, she's been in, It's Complicated, Love & Other Drugs, Wonder Wheel, Ava's Possessions, Law & Order, Younger, Deadbeat, Elementary, Blue Bloods, Person of Interest, The Good Wife, Spin City, Royal Pains, Sex and the City.

Some of her theatre credits include: Trevor, Just Sex, I Wanna Destroy You, Finding Claire, Rose's Dilemma, Clash by Night and Betty's Summer Vacation.

As you can imagine we cover a lot and chat about mentors and teachers, people pleasing, tough love, directing, Bull, Michael Weatherly, releasing and letting go, her tony nomination, Helen Mirren, confrontation, working as a banker, rejection & resilience. The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan Check Geneva out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/go_carr_go/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Go_Carr_Go Watch Bull now! ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan
1 hr 29 min
April 11, 2022 #158: Lee Majdoub - The Proof is in the Pudding
Lee Majdoub is an award-winning actor who you might recognise from his many roles such as Agent Stone in both Sonic the Hedgehog movies - working directly with Jim Carrey as his assistant, Silas on Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, plus the 100, You Me Her, Travelers, Zoo, Prison Break, Supernatural, Arrow, StarBeam and the Magicians to name a few! As you can imagine we cover a lot and talk about nerves, being a guest star, people pleasing, Jim Carrey, addictions & recovery, negative self-talk, bullying, searching for happiness, the drive to be better, playing a prince, streaming and gratitude. The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan Check Lee out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leemajdoub/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeeMajdoub Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/leemajdoub ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan Youtube: Michael Kahan
1 hr 47 min
April 04, 2022 #157: Samm Levine - Glass Half Full
Samm Levine is an actor, comedian, producer & writer who you may recognize from his many roles in Freaks & Geeks, Inglourious Basterds, Not Another Teen Movie, Wet Hot American Summer, Modern Family, Club Dread, That 70s Show, Entourage, Drunk History, Kevin Pollak's Chat show, Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy, NCIS, Family Guy, Veronica Mars and How I Met Your Mother.

As you can imagine we dive deep and cover a lot - such as conflict, performing stand up from the age of 12, being cut from inglourious basterds, money advice, getting Lisa Kudrow's blessing, the levels of success, changing mindsets, perception, his 'baby face' & how Adam Brody ruined the Jewish look.

The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan Check Samm out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sammlevine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sammlevine Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/sammlevine Drop Girl Music video ft Samm Levine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeUPieLL_aI&feature=emb_imp_woyt ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan Youtube: Michael Kahan
1 hr 30 min
March 28, 2022 #156: Jon Barinholtz - Compete with Yourself
Jon Barinholtz is an actor, writer & producer. He is currently starring as Payne Motors heir and executive Wesley Payne on NBC's brand-new comedy series "American Auto". In animation, Jon is the Creator, Writer, Executive Producer and lends his voice to Netflix's "Chicago Party Aunt,". The adult animated comedy series follows Diane Dunbrowski, a party animal who is idolized for her troublemaking and talent for avoiding adulthood by her soul-searching nephew.
You might also recognise Jon from his many other roles such as Marcus in Superstore, Solar Opposites, Veep, With Bob and David, The Mindy Project, MADtv, New Girl, Parks and Recreation, Key and Peele, Happy Endings and The Oath.

In this wide ranging chat, we talk about ordering pizza while your wife is giving birth, NFTs, working with bad people, the wonders of improv, the Hollywood roller-coaster experience, fear, hustling, his running mindset and creating his own path to success.

Stick around till the end where Jon answers all of your Superstore questions. The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan Check Jon out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonbarinholtz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JonBarinholtz NFT Project Glue Factory Show: Website: https://gluefactoryshow.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GlueFactoryShow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GlueFactoryShow The Electrician: https://www.electriciannft.com/ ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan Youtube: Michael Kahan
1 hr 16 min
March 21, 2022 #155: Lochlyn Munro - Being Your Best
Lochlyn Munro is an actor and producer and has appeared in many films and TV shows such as Riverdale, Peacemaker, White Chicks, Unforgiven, Scary Movie, A Night at the Roxbury, Freddy vs Jason, Cosmic Sin, Dead Man on Campus, The Magicians, Beyond, Lucifer, 21 Jump Street, Hawkeye, NorthWood, Charmed, CSI, Monk, Smallville, Castle, Psych, Arrow Supernatural & Blacktop. We chat about Peacemaker and the opening dance, glass half full mindset, playing elite sports, Riverdale, Arrow, Resilience, gratitude, White chicks, insecurities and fears, collaboration & being the best version of yourself.

Check Lochlyn out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lochlynmunro/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lochlynmunro TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lochlynmunro Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/lochlynmunro/ ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan Youtube: Michael Kahan
1 hr 33 min
March 14, 2022 #154: Stacy Keach - Confidence
Stacy Keach is an Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Author, Teacher & Composer. He's won pretty much every award to date such as Best Actor Golden Globe, 3 Obies, 3 Vernon Rice Awards, 2 Drama Desk Awards, 3 Helen Hayes Awards, the Millennium Recognition Award, the Shakespeare Will Award, nominations for Emmy and Tony Awards, and most recently, the International Satellite Mary Pickford Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2015, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame and in 2019 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Stacy is also, as he defines himself, an American interpreter of Shakespeare, with notable performances as Hamlet, Henry V, Coriolanus, Falstaff, Macbeth, Richard III and King Lear. He also started Zoom theatre during Covid which is really enterprising. Some of his many TV credits include Mike Hammer, Titus, Two and a Half Men, Blue Bloods, Prison Break, NCIS: New Orleans, The Blacklist, Man with a Plan, American Greed and his Filmography credits include Gotti, Truth, Gold, Fat City, Nebraska, If I Stay, Bourne Supremacy, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, The Ninth Configuration, Doc, Up In Smoke, American History X, The Long Riders, and The New Centurions.
Can you believe we're not done yet… He also has an award-winning memoir called "All in All".

As you can imagine we COVER A LOT, such as being camera shy, addictions and cocaine, confidence, his love of acting, his jail stint and the learnings from that, zoom theatre, imagination and authenticity.

Check Stacy out on: Website: https://www.gostacykeach.com/ Book "All in All": https://www.amazon.com.au/All-Actors-Life-Off-Stage/dp/1452666059 Zoom Theatre: https://www.stacykeachzoomtheater.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/StacyKeach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stacy.keach.9/wall/?id=536235195&sk=wall Twitter: https://twitter.com/stacykeach1 ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan Youtube: Michael Kahan
1 hr 28 min
March 07, 2022 #153: Reggie Lee - Back to the Basics
Reggie Lee is an actor and producer who has a wealthy list of credits such as Grimm, Prison Break, All Rise, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Fast and The Furious, The Dark Night Rises, Tropic Thunder, American Dad, Brooklyn Nine- Nine, Sweet Girl, Fresh Off the Boat, NCIS: New Orleans to name a few. We chat about having a doughnut and ice cream flavour named after him, sensitivity, "doing the work" mentality, moving beyond adversity, Grimm, big boxed in, spirituality and mental health, energy, stillness, racism and bullying plus self-care. Check Reggie out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrreggielee/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MrReggieLee Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrReggieLee ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan Youtube: Michael Kahan
1 hr 35 min
February 28, 2022 #152: Paget Brewster - Letting Go
Welcome back to the new season! Paget Brewster is an actor who starred as Special Agent Emily Prentiss in CRIMINAL MINDS. She has also starred in ANOTHER PERIOD, opposite John Stamos in, GRANDFATHERED, and played Frankie on COMMUNITY.

In addition to starring in two Emmy Award-winning series –HUFF and ANDY RICHTER CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE. Plus she's also been in FRIENDS, 2 ½ MEN, LAW & ORDER: SVU, KEY & PEELE, MODERN FAMILY and has also voiced the roles of various characters on FAMILY GUY, AMERICAN DAD, BOJACK HORSEMAN, HARVEY BIRDMAN and BIRD GIRL, and was nominated for an Emmy for her voice work in DUCKTALES. Her voice will next be heard on the Netflix series, CAPTAIN FALL.

Among her feature film credits are WELCOME TO HAPPINESS, MY BIG FAT INDEPENDENT MOVIE, THE SPECIALS, THE BIG BAD SWIM, THE ADVENTURES OF ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE, DESPERATE BUT NOT SERIOUS and MAN OF THE HOUSE.

Paget will next be seen in HOW I MET YOUR FATHER on Hulu. She can recently be seen in Ryan Murphy's Netflix series HOLLYWOOD and in a recurring role on the CBS comedy MOM.

So, as you can imagine we cover a lot, such as hosting a talk show, social media, road rage and anger, self-awareness, bartending, panic attacks, Criminal Minds, letting go, moving forward, being in a band, fortitude and "show killing".

Check Paget out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pagetpagetgram/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/pagetpaget Website: http://www.pagetbrewster.com/ ---------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/
1 hr 36 min
January 03, 2022 #151: Jaime Ray Newman - Kadimah – Moving Forward
Jaime Ray Newman can do It all. She's an academy award winner, actor, director & producer, who's been in too many things to name, such as Catch Me If You Can, The Punisher, Rumour Has it, Dopestick, Eureka, Midnight Texas, The Time Traveller's Wife, Eastwick, Rubberneck, Bates Motel, Satisfaction, Grimm, The Magicians, Drop Dead Diva, Skin (won the Academy Award for best short film which she produced with her husband Guy Nattiv and he wrote and directed it), plus Imposters, Veronica Mars & Tarzan just to name a few. We chat about the truth behind her IMDB profile, not taking no for an answer, pivoting and her moving forward mindset, her love of acting, the no's, producing, rejection, the highs and lows of birth, miscarriages, IVF, surrogacy, becoming a mother and her working relationship with her husband. Check Jaime out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaimeraynewman4real/ Instagram for Guy Nattiv: https://www.instagram.com/guy_nattiv/ ---------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan
1 hr 14 min

About Funny In Failure

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A podcast that interviews funny and interesting people to discuss their careers and some of the challenges they have faced. I hope to use this platform to normalise and encourage the discussion of failure, particularly through the lens of the entertainment industry, to show that it can be a stepping stone towards the road of success.