Comedian Chelsea Taylor is at a transitional point. She talks with Will about the decision to leave New York City, Her interest in filmmaking, self care, mental health, podcasting, and where she wants to go next with her comedy.
Chelsea on Twitter:
Will on Twitter:
@comicwillcarey
www.willcarey.com
Adam Sank says he's quitting Stand up at the end of 2018. He sits down with Will to discuss what led him to that decision. Beginning with growing up in suburban New Jersey, getting bullied in school and finding a home in Musical Theater, Working at Fox News for several years just at the change in their programming began. To his beginnings in Stand Up Comedy, his experience with Last Comic Standing, and why he's leaving stand up and focusing on his podcast the Adam Sank Show.
Listen to Adam's Podcast
Get Adam's Album Live at the Stonewall Inn on Itunes, Amazon Music and Google Play
Adam on Twitter
@AdamSank
Will Carey on Twitter
@comicwillcarey
www.willcareyisfunny.com
Gideon Hambright co produces one of the best live stand up shows in New York City. He sits down with Will to talk about starting Comedy in Iowa, the necessity of producing his own shows. Moving to New York City, Comedy Festival Horror stories, and what goes into setting up a DIY comedy tour.
Gideon's show: next one is August 4th in NYC!
https://www.facebook.com/JackknifeComedy/
Gideon on Twitter:
@SillyGideon
Will on Twitter:
@ComicWillCarey
Comedian Neruda Williams and Will sit down for an epic two part conversation about the entirety of the human experience.
In the first half they talk about growing up in Harlem and being directly connected to the artistic and social revolution going on in the city at the time with an artist brother, and a well known academic for a father.
The second half begins with a story of a broken arm which is the ignition for a powerful conversation about toxic masculinity, depression, mental health, suicide and wrestling with the voice in your head that your trying not to listen to.
Neruda on Twitter
Will on Twitter
MC Lars credits suburban boredom and prank phone call tapes with his rap career. He sits down with Will to talk growing up in the Bay Area, how Insane Clown Posse made him want to rap, playing guitar in rock bands before turning to hip hop, DIY Touring with Cartel, Gym Class Heroes, and Patent Pending, Where pop culture might be in the next few years, and sustaining a career on the internet while staying true to who you are.
Listen to MC Lars
https://www.patreon.com/mclars
Twitter: @mclars
Will Carey on Twitter
@comicwillcarey
www.willcareyisfunny.com
Comedian Selena Coppock Sits down with Will to discuss the social climate of 2018, 80s metal and hard rock, starting comedy in Boston, storytelling, favorite documentaries, accepting your voice as a performer when you find it, and legacy.
Get Selena's album on Itunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/seen-better-days/1307874479
Selena on Twitter @SelenaCoppock
Will on Twitter.
@comicwillcarey
www.willcareyisfunny.com
Comedian Gianmarco Soresi and Will bond quickly over divorced parents and growing up in Maryland and becoming a performer as the natural next step from those two early life events. They discuss Theater, pro wrestling, anime, early days as struggling actors, workshops with casting directors and figuring it out on stage and in therapy.
GianMarco on Twitter
@GianmarcoSoresi
Will on Twitter
@comicwillcarey
www.willcareyisfunny.com
Will and Schaffer The Darklord have similar origin stories. Schaffer tells Will how Star Wars, George Carlin, The Beastie Boys and Rock shows were vital to broadening his horizons growing up in rural Iowa, how college became overwhelming, his days playing rums in Art Rock and Tribute bands in San Francisco. How stand up comedy was vital to his transition to Rap, how Nerdcore discovered him and what makes his collaborations with MC Lars work so well.
Listen to Schaffer The Darklord's Music
https://schafferthedarklord.bandcamp.com
STD on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/schafferdarklord
NYC See Will Carey record his comedy storytelling EP 5/9 at 8PM Sidewalk Cafe. No Cover 2 Item Min.
Will on Twitter
@comicwillcarey
Comedian Carrie Gravenson Sits down with Will to discuss claiming various types on NYC cred. Going to college in New Mexico when your a born and raised New Yorker, Comedy club crowds, diy touring, and NACA.
Carrie on twitter @carriegravenson
May 9th Sidewalk Cafe 8PM I'm recording a storytelling EP. No cover show also features David Lawson, Anita Flores, and Marc Abbott
http://www.sidewalkny.com/events/calendar/
Will on Twitter
@comicwillcarey
Comedian John Rosenberger has positivity ingrained in him. He talks to Will about how a rough home life ingrained empathy into his core, why so many comics love pro wrestling, and what gets easier after a sibling is sent to jail.
See Will Carey live in NYC with David Lawson and others on 5/9/18! Sidewalk Cafe 8PM. No Cover 2 item Min
John on Twitter
Will on Twitter
@comicwillcarey
Comedian Abby Feldman had made the decision to move to Argentina when she got the call comedians dream of. She talks to Will about her time living in performing in South America, to creating web series, working on the show Redacted Tonight, and her live streaming Facebook Show Moist.
Abby on Twitter
@AbbyFeldman
Will on Twitter
@ComicWillCarey
www.willcareyisfunny.com
Comedian Adam Sokol sits down with Will to discuss growing up outside of Detroit, the Detroit Tigers, comic books, politics, the nuts and bolts of producing a live comedy show and what makes the great comedy clubs the great comedy clubs.
Adam on Twitter
@SokolAdam
Will on twitter
@comicwillcarey
Get tickets to see Will Carey and Nasser Khan live in NYC 7/16 at 8:30PM
https://thepit-nyc.com/event/2017-07-16-will-carey-and-nasser-khan-do-30-minutes-of-stand-up-each
Greg Burmeister is the most rock and roll dude that Will knows. Will and Greg reminesence about their days on staff at a New York City comedy club, playing rock and roll live, the realities of being in a touring band, and some great stories from Greg's days on the road, working on The Celebrity Apprentice and his new plans for a production and actor's services company
Greg on Twitter
@GregBurmeister
Will on Twitter:
@comicwillcarey
Get Tickets to See Will Carey and Nasser Khan Live in NYC!
https://thepit-nyc.com/event/2017-07-16-will-carey-and-nasser-khan-do-30-minutes-of-stand-up-each
Comedian Eric Frost and Will have been unlikely friends for close to 10 years. Eric sits down with Will to discuss growing up in Baltimore, and the beginnings of the Baltimore Comedy Scene. Starting Comedy in Black Rooms, and Eric's deconstruction of political correctness and it's relation to the art of Stand up comedy.
Eric on Twitter:
@mrefrost
Eric's weekly show at the Shady Lady every Monday in Astoria
https://www.facebook.com/mixednutscomedy/
Will on Twitter
@comicwillcarey
the next edition of You Can Use that at the Creek and the Cave will be on May 7th at 9pm. Free show!
Comedian Alison Klemp sits down with Will to discuss growing up in Las Vegas, finding Colorado, and performing Stand up Naked.
Alison on Twitter: @Alisonklemp
The Naked Show NYC on Twitter
@nakedshownyc
Will Carey on Twitter: @comicwillcarey
Cinder Block Comedy Festival founder Coree Spencer returns to Between Awesome and Disaster to discuss the 2017 edition of Cinder Block. Coree and Will discuss the experience of the first Cinder Block, Comedy Festivals in general, Inclusiveness in comedy, and Coree gives you a break down on how to make your Cinder Block Submission the best it can be.
Submit to Cinder Block here before 4/9/17
http://www.cinderblockcomedyfestival.com
Coree on Twitter : @coreespencer
Will Carey on Twitter: @comicwillcarey
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April 2nd Creek and the Cave 9PM NYC hosting You Can Use That. Free show!
Comedian and Roastmasters Champion Eli Sairs was one of Will's first friends in comedy. They Sit down to discuss growing up in Alabama, College Sports, Punk Rock, Joke writing, the creation of The Wildcats, and Roast Battles.
Eli on Twitter
@elisairs
Will on Twitter
@comicwillcarey
Come See Will's Show You Can Use That at the Creek and the Cave in NYC April 2nd at 9PM. Free!
Want to donate to the show! You can do so here and thank you very much!
paypal.me/willcarey23
Comedian Nasser Khan started stand up in New York and started acting in Los Angeles. He talks with Will about growing up the son of immigrants in the suburbs of Northern California, loving comic books, watching his friends change as he grew up, how theater gave him the courage to try stand up and what he wants to accomplish next.
Nasser on twitter
Will on twitter
@ComicWillCarey
Want to support the show? Donate here and many thanks!
https://www.paypal.me/willcarey23
Comedian Cathy Humes and Will have a lot in common. They discuss growing up outside of Washington DC, punk rock shows, and beginning in theater and finally finding stand up comedy.
Cathy on twitter
@crappyfumes
Will Carey on Twitter
@ComicWillCarey
See Will Carey and Tyler Richardson do 30 minutes of stand up each at the Pit This Sunday at 8:30PM
https://thepit-nyc.com/event/2017-02-26-will-carey-and-tba-do-30-minutes-of-stand-up
Comedian Maria Heinegg ends this episode of Between Awesome and Disaster with a sentence that Will says he would get a tattoo of. Before that they discuss Seattle, Hip Hop and R&B, Coping with her brother's cancer diagnosis while living abroad in Spain, Soccer in Spain, and while the world may need a hard reset what can still get you out of your house and living.
Maria on Twitter
@MariaHeinegg
Maria's Podcast The Worst Thing on iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/worst-thing-maria-heinegg/id1079010987?mt=2
Will Care on Twitter
@Comicwillcarey
Get Tickets to See Will and Tyler Richardson perform 30 minutes each 2/28 at the People's Improv Theater in NYC
https://thepit-nyc.com/event/2017-02-26-will-carey-and-tba-do-30-minutes-of-stand-up
Comedian Kaytlin Bailey found control over her own life through comedy and sex work. She sits down with Will to discuss growing up in a military family, the side of sex work that doesn't get talked about often, finding stand up comedy, building a solo show, and the need for audiences to support and help fund independent performers.
Kaytlin on Twitter
@KaytlinBailey
Donate to Kaytlin's Independent Comedy Tour
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/426829862/cake-comedy-tour-philadelphia?token=331510a5%2C
Cake Comedy on Twitter
@cakecomedy
Will Carey on twitter
@comicwillcarey
See Will Carey and Tyler Richardson do 30 minutes of stand up on 2/28 at the Pit in NYC
http://thepit-nyc.com/event/2017-02-26-will-carey-and-tba-do-30-minutes-of-stand-up
Comedian/ Actress and Violinist Rachel Green was a club kid on Long Island who was going to be the first white Jewish Female rapper. She talks to Will about the need to rebel early, and how both 9/11 and the Enron Scandal Made her realize that she needed to be on stage, her slam poetry days, her beginnings in music and tells Will how she got into voice over.
Rachel Green on Twitter
Rachel's Early music
https://myspace.com/rae/music/songs
Will Carey on Twitter
@comicwillcarey
get tickets to see Will Carey and Tyler Richardson do 30 minutes each at the Pit in NYC. Tix are $7
http://thepit-nyc.com/event/2017-02-26-will-carey-and-tba-do-30-minutes-of-stand-up
Comedian Chris Calogeo grew up with the idea of the apocalypse being a concievable reality. He talks to Will about growing up in New Jersey, Sci fi, College Hockey, futures betting, Stand up Comedy, and how letting go of traditional masculine ideals can make you a happier person.
Chris on twitter
@RealChrisCal
Will Carey on Twitter
@comicwillcarey
See Will Carey and Tyler Richardson Co Headline the Peoples Improv Theater in NYC on 2/26 !
$7 Tix here
http://thepit-nyc.com/event/2017-02-26-will-carey-and-tba-do-30-minutes-of-stand-up
Comedian Samantha Ruddy sits down with Will to talk growing up in small towns, the importance of your favorite punk rock bands in high school, getting into comedy, writing for Collegehumor and Reductress and the sense of accomplishment that comes from being able to do a half hour of comedy solo.
Samantha Ruddy on Twitter:
@samlymatters
Jan 31st NYC get Tickets to Samantha Ruddy's headlining show at Caroline's on Broadway
Will Carey on Twitter
@comicwillcarey
www.willcareyisfunny.com
Chris Migliaccio's path to comedy started in competitive karaoke. Chris and Will discuss their personal reactions to the 2016 presidential election then tells Will about growing up in Flushing, New York, Tax Law, live music, and how the elaborate world of competitive karaoke led him to discover and pursue sketch comedy, and also Stryper lots of talk about Stryper.
Chris on Twitter
@themigs
Chris's Comedy Group
https://www.facebook.com/backdoorbarbecue/?fref=ts
See Backdoor BBQ Live at the Pit in NYC on January 25th at 7:30PM
Will Carey on Twitter
@comicwillcarey
www.willcareyisfunny.com