The Triumphant Return!  Thanks for your patience in my absence.  Please enjoy another solo podcast where I recap the last two months in my comedy travels, including:

- Performing in Bangkok, Thailand

- Food Around the world

- "Bombing" for an entire month

- A dying wish to do comedy & how it humbled, impacted, and refocused our group

- Up and comers doing great work

- Shows in San Diego, Bakersfield, Fresno, and more!

Little rusty on this one, so thanks in advance for your delicacy.  As you'll hear, you can help me increase the frequency of these things by sharing with your friends and giving 5-star ratings and reviews - my tendency is to spend any available time writing/telling jokes, but the more time you spend on this podcast, the more time I'LL spend on this podcast!  Enjoy, my friends.

Sorry for the delay - this episode is just ME!  I talk about opening three shows for Nick Swardson a few weeks ago, the week preceeding the shows, the week after the shows, and all the corresponding highs and lows of the comedy grind.  Let me know if you enjoy by sending this to your friends, rating, and reviewing!

Joe and I cover SO many subjects in this one, including Howard Hughes, Michael Jackson, the biggest comics in the game, unknown comics, No-Duh, MJ impersonators, and at the end we get WAY too sentimental about comedy and hometowns (of course).  Couldn't edit this one for fear of getting bashful and not releasing, so sorry if it wanders and/or drags - enjoy!!

Fan favorite Joe Alaniz joins me to discuss:

- Campfire comedy shows to an unsuspecting audience

- Charity show bombs

- Almost being stabbed

- How Joe single handedly killed the hookah craze

- Dealing with hecklers

- "Finding the right hole"

- Unknowingly performing to ESL crowds

- More casino bomb stories

We had a lot of fun and some good laughs on this one.  Hope you enjoy!  If so, share the podcast with your friends!!

The very funny Landyn Webb (Host - Ohh Yeah Bub Podcast; Host - Jerry's Comedy Night) joins me to discuss first bombs, the spoils of a good scene, bombing on podcasts, how his innocent yet country-pop bad boy look lands him in sticky situations, his unofficial title as professional go-go dancer, and most importantly.....the strangest R-rated sweet granny story you've ever heard in your life.

 

If you'd like to see our actual faces immediately after witnessing the strange R-rated sweet granny story, visit the latest episode of the Ohh Yeah Bub podcast, available on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYhEN5CaOO2h910mBkzc3lQ

 

Thanks again for listening, we love you all!!

My great friend, the very funny Bruce Gray joins me to discuss our craziest shared bombings.  Bruce is one of the Founding Fathers of today's Bakersfield comedy scene and has the stories to prove it.  Bruce moved to Los Angeles a few years ago, but prior to moving we slugged it out in some crazy, dangerous, ridiculous shows.

A few things we discuss in this episode are: doing comedy between (alleged) murder scenes, gang-member audiences, doing audience warmup for disgraced politicians (seriously), the true fakeness of TV and politics, why you don't know the ACTUAL funniest comics in the world, and much much more.

Lastly, the final 12 minutes of this episode features an audio recording of our town's worst venue of all time on its crowd's most belligerent night.  Bruce was hosting, I was first comic on stage, the crowd were awful awful people, and we both were approximately 3 months into comedy at the time.  All the best ingredients for a beautiful tandem bombing I cringe re-listening to, but have provided anyway out of my love for you listeners.

As always, thanks for listening!  Please rate/review, and find me @chrisflail on Instagram/Twitter.  Enjoy!

My brother Shane Flail joins me to take a break from stand-up and share his Rock N Roll Bomb Diaries.  Shane is a self-taught musical prodigy who has played in heavy metal bands for approximately 15 years, a few of which have gotten within inches of their big break.  Join us while we talk about the cheeky antics that used to get us grounded, fighting with mall cops, toiling in obscurity in music/comedy, meeting big time performers, winning un-winnable scenarios, and much much more.  I love this fella with my whole heart and you will too.  Thanks for listening!

Margaret Haggard joins me to discuss her role as Marketing Director for Comedy Juice, share her favorite bombing story set in a Roadhouse-like town, detail how to smash a comedy competition, and of course we also gush over each other for 90 minutes.  This episode is especially helpful for comedians looking to get booked on international, professional circuits.  Margaret has a foot in many worlds of entertainment including acting, directing, editing, photography, booking, and marketing.  Very informative episode from a fantastic comedian and even better person.  Enjoy!!

Very special guest David Bynum joins me to discuss what it's like to build a big time comedy scene.  Dave has brought the following A-list comedians to Bakersfield: Jim Breuer; Bobby Lee; Whitney Cummings; Brendan Schaub; Dave Attell; Joel McHale; Nick Swardson; Erik Griffin; Al Madrigal

Dave is also an attorney and creator of multiple successful large-scale business operations in the city.  His work has almost single handedly leveled-up the local comedy scene into a true market for top notch comedy.  Most importantly, he's a great, surprisingly down-to-earth guy, who I feel honored to call a friend.  This podcast is a great listen for comedy insight, entrepreneurial knowledge, and to hear two buddies poke at each other for a few hours.  Hope you enjoy!

The very funny Alyssa Suggs joins me to share the first few pages of her bomb diaries.  Alyssa gives us the rare insight of the whirlwind first month of standup comedy, FROM someone currently in her first month.  This was a great trip down memory lane for me and other old timers, and is a great learning tool for those of you thinking about grabbing a microphone.  Enjoy!