The Rick Thorne Show

Comedian Jamario McClain, a former college defensive back who walked on at Cerritos College as a receiver before switching to safety, tells Rick Thorne about football, NFL dreams, and why you have to be a little psycho to play. He talks about working cruise ships, why clean sets open more doors, hanging around Fairfax spots like The Dime and Canter's Deli, quitting drinking four years ago, and how social media is changing crowd work.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

0:39 Meet Jamario McClain

6:01 College football & the NFL

12:29 Comedy influences

16:45 Fairfax spots, Canter's & Slash

24:55 Life as a cruise ship comic

27:15 Keeping it clean

31:55 Muhammad Ali & Rocky

38:28 Movie roles he'd take

41:15 Quitting drinking

48:47 Crowd work & where to follow

54:03 Outro & credits

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Doah Lee of the reggae band Doah's Daydream tells Rick Thorne about growing up in Hawaii, leaving home at 17, the door-to-door solar job she calls the worst she ever had, selling Xerox copiers, and quitting her medical device sales job to go all in on music. She talks about moving to San Diego, playing Cali Roots, Pepper being her first concert, beating impostor syndrome, and new music on the way.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

0:51 Meet Doah Lee

9:01 Growing up in Hawaii & leaving home at 17

13:50 Door-to-door solar & Xerox sales

16:30 Bartending & moving to San Diego

20:37 Medical sales & dark times

27:52 Quitting to play reggae & Cali Roots

33:15 Pepper & impostor syndrome

39:15 Napoleon Hill & the subconscious

44:03 New songs on the way

49:53 K-pop, Barbie & the new video

54:52 Outro & credits

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Freestyle skier turned comedian Handren Seavey tells Rick Thorne how a Tahoe comedy gig got him back to skiing for free, and explains mogul skiing, trampoline training and summer glacier skiing at Whistler. He looks back on the early days of halfpipe skiing, when he competed in X Games qualifiers in 2003, then talks about blowing out his knee and finding theater in college, George Carlin, working uncensored, and his stand-up special with 4x3 Comedy.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

0:38 Meet Handren Seavey

5:50 Coaching & skiing for free

10:34 Freestyle & mogul skiing

15:42 Trampolines & Whistler glaciers

20:30 Freeskiing's growth

27:31 X Games halfpipe skiing

30:57 Theater class & sketch comedy

36:00 Theater minor & first gigs

40:52 George Carlin & the comic life

45:38 Working uncensored

50:10 Hecklers & his 4x3 Comedy special

55:57 Outro & credits

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DIY skatepark builder Clayton Graul talks with Rick Thorne about building skate spots around Los Angeles, from cops thinking he was building a house to an off-duty cop in the Hollywood Hills. He explains how the Cornside DIY came together, how growing up with Burnside shaped him, finding and cleaning out pools to skate, concrete and rebar basics, the precast quarter pipe he built at home and installed on Fairfax, and paying for spots through donations and fundraisers.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

0:42 Meet Clayton Graul

4:58 Melrose & finding spots

11:14 Burnside, FDR & Cornside

17:01 Building Cornside

21:33 The Viaduct spot

27:40 Finding & cleaning pools

31:26 Concrete & rebar basics

37:39 Fundraisers & DIY culture

43:04 Donations & what it costs

48:28 Cornside art & riding pools

53:18 Outro & credits

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BMX rider and comedian Sebastian 'SeaBass' Fowler tells Rick Thorne about riding his BMX bike from San Diego to New York, racing to make a Kill Tony taping in Austin along the way. He covers the headwinds, mountain lions the night before the show, cops giving him opposite rules about the shoulder, a semi nearly clipping him, sleeping behind a 7-Eleven dumpster, what happened when he finally got on stage, and his goal of donating 100 bikes to kids.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

0:51 Meet SeaBass Fowler

7:18 Racing to Austin for Kill Tony

11:34 Day 34: the night before

16:43 Smoking & riding the highway

22:40 Losing gear on the road

26:02 Where he slept

31:15 Cops & riding the shoulder

37:12 Dumpster nights & Kill Tony

41:49 His first Kill Tony set

47:37 Backstage at Kill Tony

52:43 The 100-bike challenge

57:06 Outro & credits

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Pro skateboarder Jeremy Wray joins Rick Thorne for an extended conversation about contests, the original kickflip, and diffusing run-ins with security guards. He explains his famous 1997 water tower gap, and how photographer Daniel Harold Sturt bet him a couple hundred bucks he couldn't run and jump a 15-foot roof gap, a photo that became a Dukes shoe ad. He also talks about his artwork, his first pro graphic for Blockhead (a Dr. Seuss tribute), and his years with Plan B and Element.

CHAPTERS

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:37 Meet Jeremy Wray

0:07:29 Bunny hops vs. ollies

0:14:37 Rodney Mullen & the original kickflip

0:21:13 Fakie, switch & style

0:34:57 Security guards & diffusing trouble

0:42:30 How to bail safely

0:45:52 The water tower gap

0:51:30 The 15-foot roof gap bet

0:52:57 Rick's MTV helicopter backflip story

0:57:08 Art, sculpture & painting

1:02:25 Dr. Seuss: his first graphic

1:10:12 Drawing his own board graphics

1:17:16 Plan B, Element & his sponsors

1:23:01 Outro & credits

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Adaptive skateboarder, athlete and model Kanya Sesser tells Rick Thorne about her rare time in prosthetics on a TV set, coming within one second of the London Paralympics in track, and shooting an LA 2028 Olympics commercial. She also talks about skating against able-bodied skaters, riding Circus Skateboards, motivational speaking with Aaron 'Wheelz' Fotheringham, and her book.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

0:33 Meet Kanya Sesser

6:38 Prosthetics & stunts on set

11:35 One second from the Paralympics

17:00 Adaptive sports & LA 2028

22:36 Competing with able-bodied skaters

27:08 Circus Skateboards & her setup

32:14 Motivational speaking tours

38:48 Her book & the LA Kings

44:33 Outro & credits

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Comedian Anthony Amorello tells Rick Thorne about working security at pandemic drive-in comedy shows at the Magic Castle, taking a security guard job at The Comedy Store, and becoming the door guy, which Frank Castillo called getting into the Ivy League of comedy. He also talks about growing up in Worcester, Massachusetts, the Boston accent everyone wants to hear, the comics he admires, his monthly Hard Working Comedy show, and why comedy will never be as hard as paving roads.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

0:48 Meet Anthony Amorello

5:59 Security guard at The Comedy Store

11:19 Becoming the door guy

16:33 Worcester & the Boston accent

21:42 Boston bars vs. LA

26:56 Comics he rates

31:59 His monthly show

37:34 Paving roads & chasing the dream

42:24 Moments vs. careers in comedy

48:28 Where to follow Anthony

53:40 Outro & credits

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Pro wrestler, actor and comedian Jay Washington talks with Rick Thorne about the history behind last names like Washington and Freeman, what makes a true headliner, and how he got into wrestling. He remembers his first gimmicks, a Zulu-warrior costume and then the tag team Rage and Trauma, finding his voice on the mic at Cicero Stadium, and working with Wesley Snipes in Chi-Raq.

CHAPTERS

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:38 Meet Jay Washington

0:06:20 The history of last names

0:13:08 Being genuine in the business

0:17:48 What makes a true headliner

0:22:55 How he started wrestling

0:26:48 Wrestling secrets & Vince McMahon

0:32:42 His first match & gimmick

0:38:09 Finding his voice on the mic

0:43:04 From 'Trauma' to Jay Washington

0:46:20 Spike Lee's Chi-Raq & Wesley Snipes

0:47:50 Starting over

0:55:40 His wrestler-to-comic pilot

1:02:42 Marvel auditions & Barracuda

1:04:52 Outro & credits

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Actress, comedian and former Playboy model Rachel Sterling talks with Rick Thorne about agents shaving years off her age, adapting fast to survive, and how she became a dancer in 1993 at Santa Barbara's 101 Cafe to get back at a boyfriend who said a strip club was 'no big deal.' She also opens up about her Playboy years and glamour modeling, being sued for breach of contract over other deals (never by Playboy), and her new comedy and burlesque show.

CHAPTERS

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:36 Meet Rachel Sterling

0:06:07 Fear-based upbringing

0:11:10 Bills, rent & kindergarten

0:18:52 Adapt or die

0:25:31 Running away to Santa Barbara

0:27:43 Getting back at him: the 101 Cafe

0:34:44 Going mainstream

0:40:21 Hiding your sexuality

0:46:21 Forgiving & growing

0:52:20 Life after 50 & glamour

0:57:17 Playboy contracts & the Mansion

1:03:42 Comedy, singing & burlesque

1:09:18 Outro & credits

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KZVu-MM5HFI

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