Monday, December 21, 2015

#16 Karlous Miller Brings Two Strippers to Drop Wild n' Out Stories, Comedy Game Learned from Mike Epps, Kevin Hart, Nick Cannon + MORE







Karlous Miller calls this interview his “Rick James moment” and has the dancing strippers to prove it. Unfortunately, this is before we started video recording so you will just have to use your imagination but there are a lot of golden comedy insights and stories also shared during our talk. This interview was captured before Karlous officially “blew up” so you are getting a rare behind the scenes glimpse of a star in the making. You can also hear his new follow-up interview (#135) where we discuss his fresh fame linked below.

2018 Karlous interview: https://audioboom.com/posts/6891033-135-karlous-miller-s-show-business-secrets-every-real-comedian-should-know

Must Hear Talking Points:
  • Karlous pays strippers to strip during the interview
  • Booking MTV’s Wild n’ Out
  • Instagram comedians vs. Stand-Up comedians
  • Game learned from Nick Cannon
  • Comedy business lessons learned the hard way
  • Learning comedy from Mike Epps
  • Urban vs. Mainstream comedy
  • Meeting Gucci Mane
  • What’s wrong with comedy today
  • Common comic mistakes to avoid
Quotable Quotes:
  • “If you feel like you’re a star star, you’ve gotta create yourself.”
  • “Nobody is going to make money for you, they want to make money off you!”
  • “This is my Rick James moment.”
  • “I have six or seven TV shows lined-up that could pop at any moment.”
  • “I know Mike Epps and I will be doing epic shit in the future.”

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Karlous Miller - Trailer - Full Episode on Monday, December 21st

Monday, December 7, 2015

#14 Tone Bell - How to Book Multiple TV Shows, Comedy Marketing Secrets, Hollywood Networking Tricks


Tone Bell is one of comedy’s most relevant and rising stars. He has been voted as Comedy Central’s Comic to watch, Variety’s top 10 comics, and TV Guide’s fall talent to watch. Tone candidly reveals industry insights pertinent to fans and performers alike. Everything from the engineering of television shows to financial woes you have to hear to believe. Tone also talks about how his extensive experience as a brand ambassador of Anheuser Busch helped him climb the Hollywood ladder to be one of TV’s most promising talents. This episode takes place is Mr. Bell’s lavish LA abode and is co hosted by Levi the dog, so park it and bark it with Hot Breath, Levi, and Tone Bell.

Listeners can expect to learn in detail about:
  • Working in TV
  • Networking secrets
  • How money in Hollywood really works 
  • The shocking TV rating system
  • How to conduct yourself professionally
  • The business side of show business
  • Working with Will Packer
  • Finding your market
  • Setting your standards
  • Email etiquette
Quoteworthy Quotes:
  • "I've received a 150K check from a TV network and after tax and commission was only paid 19K."
  • "Don't say yes for the money."
  • "Find your focus."
  • "No is more powerful than yes."
  • "Being funny is a very small portion of being successful in TV and film."
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