The Lou Perez Podcast Episode 79 - Matt Thornton
Check out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy https://www.amazon.com/dp/1637582455
On this episode of The Lou Perez Podcast, I talk with Matt Thornton, founder of Straight Blast Gym and author of The Gift of Violence. https://mattthornton.org/
Support me at thelouperez.locals.com
Join my newsletter www.TheLouPerez.com
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../the-lou-perez.../id1535032081
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2KAtC7eFS3NHWMZp2UgMVU
Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/.../2b7d4d.../the-lou-perez-podcast
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb5trMQQvT077-L1roE0iZyAgT4dD4EtJ
Who am I?
Lou Perez, author of THAT JOKE ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE: ON THE DEATH AND REBIRTH OF COMEDY.
I produce the Comedy Is Murder series with Free the People. I was the Head Writer and Producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel We the Internet TV. During my tenure at WTI, I made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical.”
In addition to producing sketch comedy, stand-up, and opinion writing, I am on the advisory board of Heresy Press and host the live show The Wrong Take with Lou Perez andThe Lou Perez Podcast.
How’d I start out?
I began doing improv and sketch comedy while an undergrad at New York University, where I was part of the comedy group the Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz.
For years, I performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and my comedy duo, Greg and Lou. G&L are probably best known for our sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views across online platforms.
I was a writer for Fox Sports' @TheBuzzer; produced The Attendants with the Above Average Network; produced pilots for FOX Digital and MSN Games; and was a comedy producer on TruTV's Impractical Jokers.
I hosted the stand-up show Uncle Lou's Safe Place in Los Angeles, performed at the Big Pine Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and co-created the political comedy podcast Unsafe Space.
I taught creative writing at the City College of New York, "writing the web series" for Writing Pad, and comedy writing workshops for the Moving Picture Institute.
-
55:54
Comedian
8 months agoThe Lou Perez Podcast Episode 81 - Malcolm Clark
172 -
1:13:50
Lee Camp
5 hours agoLIVE: 3 Mysterious Events Benefit US This Week! (& much more)
24K -
1:04:12
Barstool Chicago
6 hours agoThe Mid Show LIVE | Tuesday, May 21st, 2024
23.3K1 -
2:07:33
Tucker Carlson
5 hours agoErik Prince: CIA Corruption, Killer Drones, and Government Surveillance
129K312 -
2:04:54
Due Dissidence
8 hours agoICC Seeks ARREST WARRANT for Netanyahu, Assange WINS New Hearing, Trump to Rally in SOUTH BRONX
33.2K29 -
1:59:47
Barstool Yak
6 hours agoThe Yak with Big Cat & Co. Presented by Rhoback | The Yak 5-21-24
30.1K3 -
1:27:05
TheAlecLaceShow
7 hours agoGuests: Nick Searcy | Hung Cao | Cohen Testimony | Butker Speech | J6 Doc | The Alec Lace Show
34.9K7 -
2:55:29
The Charlie Kirk Show
6 hours agoDems' College Conundrum + Voter Fraud Loophole | Farage, Engelbrecht, Dr. Carson | LIVE 5.17.24
107K40 -
3:05:34
Russell Brand
10 hours agoTrump Trial: Cohen Admits Stealing THOUSANDS From Trump! - Stay Free #370
171K229 -
49:08
TENET Media
5 hours agoCan Protesters Pass ‘Gaza 101’ Quiz? | Dave Rubin & Isabel Brown
34K19