My Comedy Notebook by Sasha Guillaume

On this episode, I speak with a longtime friend and funniest non-comedian I know about friendship, college experiences at Syracuse University, students started bringing the hood to college; how I accidentally ended up in a drive-by, business, and family life. We finish with a discussion of the play, Hamilton, and Nick Canon’s comments.

On this episode, I speak with Sharon Simon about her road to success in comedy and in developing friendships in and out of comedy. She is the host of the hilarious new dating show streaming on Viva Live TV

On this episode, I speak with Tom Mishra, writer, producer, director, comedian, about his recent move to LA and the successes that he has had at such a young age. We delve into race as a topic and his goal to reshape the narrative in Hollywood.

On this episode, I speak with Millicent Jackson about the soon to be released novel entitled, The Chitlin Circuit. She reveals when and where she was inspired to write the novel and the experiences that found their way into the book. You can find her other works among a collection of essays in the book, Uncommon Bonds: Women Reflect on Race and Friendship, available on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. 

On this episode, we have a conversation with the great Talent Harris; funny from the beginning. We battle some technical difficulties, but it is worth the listen.

On this episode, I have my first guest to the “My Comedy Notebook, Mr. Elijah Bullock. We talk about the weird nature of relationship between comedians; struggles with mental health during this pandemic resulting from not performing, men’s struggles with love and affection.

On this taping of Episode 8 of My Comedy Notebook, I try something a bit different. I discuss what’s happening now before opening the notebook. We have some good news during this pandemic. We welcomed our niece to the family. 

I discuss some of the projects that I am working on and help received to move them forward from Joanna Briley and Alvin Irby. I also started a garden project incase this pandemic goes bad. I wanted plants to eat and my wife wanted flowers to beautify the house…

Comedy Notebook Topics

• Getting ghosted on a booty call after taking a shower
• Bathroom cleaning duty with roommates
• Moving when broke
• The origins of the saying “music soothes the savage beast”
• What’s a worse job, the Drummer-Boy or the Flag-Carrier?
• Throwing out a bible is impossible
• Old Black women with the zippered bible
• Being born again when you’re old shouldn’t count
• Undocumented lady gets hit by a car
• All Black people knows someone who’s got a check coming from a car accident whose using it like a credit card

On this taping of Episode 7 of My Comedy Notebook I go over old bits: Yellow school bus, Cell Phone Car Crash, Foreigner’s First Snow Fall, Being a Fuck Boy, Is Beauty in the eye of the beholder, Women’s Intuition, Theory of relativity applied to your number of sex partners, Small Penis in Flashing Lights

On this taping of Episode 6 of My Comedy Notebook, I review bits on renting cars on road trips; mom’s hooking up advise while living at home; why I don’t have friend and am jealous of junkies with friends; technical difficulties; why Black people like Cadillacs, fat personal trainers; the responsibility that comes with moving to Brooklyn; why teenaged boys should not have sleepovers; having to pee really badly; and why the faces that female models and actors make look painful yet erotic.