Actor Julie Brister (Parks and Recreation, Review) stops by Studio 309 and discusses being a sheltered kid in Texas, getting involved in UCB as it opened in NYC, and more!

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- Box rants nobody watches baseball at the games.
- Drinking and rituals.
- Growing up in Lubbock, TX and having a busy schedule as a kid.
- Participating in Oral Interpretation and competing in nationals.
- Attending Southwestern University and floundering with the freedoms.
- Failing classes, actor lab and graduating with a BFA in Theatre,
- A semester in NYC and working jobs like at an acting studio, the NYC Philharmonic.
- Moving to France and moving back working for a prop house.
- Starting stand up comedy before discovering UCB and taking a women's comedy class with Tina Fey.
- Background on UCB show, bits on Conan, joining the union and working at Court TV.
- Moving to Los Angeles and aiming for a theatrical agent.
- Parks and Rec, Reno 911! and successes.

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