Episode 91 - Mike Karnell

Chris Fairbanks (Comedy Central/Conan/Last Comic Standing/Jimmy Kimmel) and Brooks are about to do some shows in Brooks' favorite state that happens to be Chris' home state so they talk about it!

Get tickets to the shows here: brookswheelan.com/dates

Shane Torres (Comedy Central/New special out now) talks to Brooks about growing up the son of an Irish mom and a Hispanic dad in Texas.

Check out Shane's new special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9mHurqZh_0

Joe Pera (Joe Pera talks to you) comes on to discuss being a paperboy, becoming welcomed into the world of brick laying, and working on advertising for Dog The Bounty Hunter. 

Check out Joe's new special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_97zE4GRZk

Check out Joe's MTV pancake show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDI8ULxJYOU&t=50s

See Brooks on the road here: brookswheelan.com/dates

Karl and Brooks ramble. That's about it.

Caitlin Cook (Off Broadway play "The Writing on the Stall") talks about going to kindergarten with Nic Cage's son, being a camp counselor, and wanting to leave LA for a small city.

Check out Caitlin's play: http://www.thecaitlincook.com/

Join the patreon: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan

Will Angus (Almost Friday) talks about growing up doing nothing in Dallas, switching back and forth between business and theater, then graduating exactly as the pandemic hit giving him nothing to do but make sketches. 

Check out Almost Friday: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCgK6peZI5-FKDCWzMIFk2A

Join the patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan

See brooks live here: brookswheelan.com/dates

Kara Klenk (Comedy Central/Magic for Humans) talks about babysitting a 2 week old when she was 12, moving to Italy to teach English to Italians without knowing how to speak Italian, being an NBC page for Conan, and running into Brooks in Puerto Rico.

Check out Kara's new podcast here! https://www.exactlyrightmedia.com/thats-messed-up

See Brooks on tour here: Brookswheelan.com/dates

Bret Raybould (off-Broadway show Race: The Movie: The Play) talks about growing up in Kansas City, working at Burger King, being an intern at Conan, then going back to Burger King, and how he ended up writing a play about Race. 

Me and Karl also catch up about our adventures.

See all of Bret's things here: https://www.bretraybould.com/

Get tickets to see me on tour here: Brookswheelan.com

Join the patreon: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan

George Civeris and Sam Taggart (Straightiolab): talk about growing up in greece and also Michigan.

Check out their podcast, StraightioLab (iHeartMedia and Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network) with new episodes out every Tuesday: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-straightiolab-97815943/

Matt Goldich (Late Night w/ Seth Meyers) talks about how got into writing for late night with gigs at David Letterman, being an NBC page, and fetching grocery carts all around parking lot.

Check out Matt on Late Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAS029x1Srs