Never Better Than Late

On this episode of Never Better Than Late, I welcome my first international guest … Finnish comedian Harri Soinila. Harri talks about the relatively recent birth of standup comedy in Finland, which meant he grew up only able to see comedy on TV originating from other countries. He shares his experiences of touring throughout Europe and the challenges of building a comedy career at age 44 while also being a husband and a father.

On this episode of Never Better Than Late I talk to comedian Chris Alan. Chris is a headliner who also opens on the road for Mark Normand and Neal Brennan. Chris's standup career began while he was in the military, when unhappiness and frustration with finding what he was good at led him to step on stage for the first time at age 28 at an open mic in Las Vegas. 

In this very honest and funny conversation, Chris talks about his struggle with feelings of not fitting in from childhood right up through his standup career.

On this episode of NBTL I talk to New York City-based comedian Brett Singer. Brett began his comedy journey at age 47 by taking a standup class as a way of pulling himself out of a dark period in his life. After cracking open a notebook he’d been writing in for years, he realized he’d already been writing standup material, and he was on his way.

On this episode of Never Better Than Late, I talk with comedian Dan Geurin. Dan began doing comedy at age 40 as a married father of two with a full-time job as a teacher. Despite that busy life, Dan’s work ethic and sense of urgency to get better quickly, saw him get on stage more than 200 times his first year. 

Now ten years in to his comedy career, he talks about his comedy plans as he approaches retirement from his 9 to 5 job.

On this episode of Never Better Than Late I’m joined by comedian Jonathan Flanagan. Despite growing up in the L.A. area as a big fan of comedy, shyness kept Jonathan from trying standup until age 29. We talk about his ultimate goals in comedy, one of which is refreshingly surprising.

Welcome to the second half of my two-part chat with Boston comedian Al Park, where he talks about working toward the ultimate goal of any comic: merging the parts of comedy that make you money  with the parts that make you happy.

Al began performing standup at age 36. Within a few years he won both the Cleveland and Boston Comedy Festivals. He was also a finalist in the prestigious Seattle International Comedy Competition.

Al Park is a Boston-based comedian who began performing standup at age 36.

Within a few years he won both the Cleveland and Boston Comedy Festivals. He was also a finalist in the prestigious Seattle International Comedy Competition.

We discuss the challenges of social media as it relates to being an older standup, as well as becoming a full time comic, which Al has recently done after eleven years of pursuing standup.

North Carolina-based comedian E.J. Masicampo set foot on stage for the first time at age 37 and has not looked back since. E.J. is easily the most well-adjusted comedian I have ever met, and he shares his refreshingly positive take on a number of subjects, including divorce!

Dewayne White began performing standup as a 44-year-old, married father of two after a long career in the military. Dewayne talks about the influence his military background has on his comedy, and how he has been able to give back to that community through standup.

Adam Muller is a transplanted Canadian who moved to New York City, not for comedy, but for a career on Wall Street. Adam talks about how he first dipped his toe into the comedy world when he took a standup class to improve his business presentation skills, but never stepped on stage again until ten years later when he left the corporate world to pursue comedy at age 40.