by Mike Carlon | Jul 11, 2022 | Authors, Comics, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch Kelly Leonard is the Executive Director of Insights and Applied Improvisation at The Second City. He began his Second City career in 1988, eventually becoming producer of Second City in 1992 and Executive Vice President through 2015. He has produced...
by Mike Carlon | Aug 11, 2021 | Comics, Podcast, The Longs
I was introduced to Dani Klein Modisett by my friend Megan Harvist, who you might know as Autumn Harvist—the stage name she employs while making people laugh as a stand-up comedian around Connecticut and New York City (I like to refer to her as the harvester of ha...
by Mike Carlon | Apr 10, 2020 | Authors, Comics, Podcast, The Longs
Pat Oates is a comedian, author, podcaster and comedy advice writer. He has been performing stand-up comedy for over 12 years and has appeared on TLC’s Extreme Cheapskates, E’s Talk Soup, and The Anthony Cumia Show with Dave Landau. In this interview, Pat...
by Michael Carlon | Sep 22, 2019 | Authors, Comics, Entertainers, Podcast
Look up the definition of Renaissance man in the dictionary and I’m pretty sure you will find a picture of Aug Stone. He’s a singer/songwriter, author, and comic whose alter ego Young Southpaw has been described as a character who traffics in short, memorized bursts...
by Michael Carlon | Aug 4, 2019 | Comics, Podcast, The Longs
Nick Breen is a Connecticut Based comic who, on the surface, appears to be a passenger on the crazy train, but once you get to know him you realize he’s in complete control of the ride. He’s one of the most ambitious comics on the Connecticut circuit and perhaps one...
by Michael Carlon | Jul 27, 2019 | Comics, Podcast, The Longs
Sit tight and strap in because this inaugural episode of the Open Mike Podcast starts in Brooklyn, takes a trip to Paris Island, and involves hookers, practical jokes on a national scale, and an angry Russian woman who apparently doesn’t like horse racing in the...