Comedy: Santina Muha Takes Us From The Shores Of Jersey To The Halls of UCB
Comedian/writer Santina Muha discusses hosting her monthly UCB show Rolling With My Homies, best practices for people getting into improv comedy and her hard-boiled days as a reporter for Tiger Beat Magazine.
We’d love to introduce Santina Muha but you likely already know about her from shows like the impossible to spell Spontaneanation, the strangely punctuated Comedy Bang! Bang!, the slightly difficult to spell and slightly strangely punctuated Assscat! and the easy to spell and punctuate One Day At A Time. Santina walks us through her early life in New Jersey, her college career studying sociology and her early jobs before moving to LA (including her time reporting for Tiger Beat Magazine). When she got to LA, she went straight to UCB to try her hand at comedy and hasn’t looked back since. From hosting her own shows (the always well-photographed Rollin’ With My Homies and Aunt Tina & Deena Celebrate) to stand-up to one-woman shows to this very podcast, Santina brings a singular wall-of-energy aesthetic to everything she creates. Does that include the show Pretty that is currently in development over at CBS? Well, you’re going to have to listen to find out. As always, thanks for tuning in!
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Season 03 Episode 05
Comedy: Santina Muha Takes Us From The Shores Of Jersey To The Halls of UCB
Recorded on January 15, 2020
Released on February 11, 2020
Episode Duration: 01:11:28
Santina Muha can be found on Twitter & Instagram @SantinaMuha.
Jesse can be found on Instagram @jjkoester and on the web at www.sunshinepicturesllc.com.
Swinky can be found on Twitter & Instagram @swinkymusic and on the web at www.swinkymusic.com.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Comedy - Madeline Wager Takes Drip Dry Dracula And Runs With It
Madeline Wager is a singularity who contains multitudes and we got many of her on the show!
We know Madeline Wager first as Greasy Bouffanti and second as Krafty Karen and third as Tammercising Tammy. Today, we finally get to sit down and know the woman behind all of the characters. Madeline walks us through her time in Chicago and her move out to LA as well as her insight into developing characters. To find out which of her characters were birthed from an oddly-pronounced word, which was birthed from a thrift-store find, and which comes from the world of arm wrestling, you have to listen. When we turn to the Fishbowl, we pull questions about film role usurping and what you’d like to be remembered for. As always, thanks for listening! #dripdrydracula
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Season 02 Episode 46
Comedy - Madeline Wager Drips & Dries Dracula
Recorded on October 16, 2019
Released on November 11, 2019
Episode Duration: 01:07:26
Madeline Wager can be found on Twitter @MadelineWager, Instagram @madwages and on the web at www.madelinewager.com.
Swinky can be found on Instagram @swinkymusic and online at www.swinkymusic.com.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Comedy - Kristen Studdard Takes Us To The Magical Church Of Michael
In which Kristen Studard takes over The Hollywood Fishbowl.
You’ve heard Part I of the II-Part conversation with Kristen Studard. Now, it’s time for Part II of the II-Part conversation! We’ve given the reins to Kristen and she makes the most of her time as host of the show by showering praise on Magical Michael II: Extra Extra Large. Always the contrarian, Jesse runs a vibrant campaign for the dominance of Madeline Maxine III: Furious Roads as the most feminist film of all time. Because that’s what men do. When we get to The Fishbowl, we pull questions about solution, memories (courtesy of @phoeborama), love and loss (courtesy of @rrybrator) and friendly regrets. As always, thank you for listening!
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Season 02 Episode 43
Comedy - Kristen Studard Takes Us To The Magical Church Of Michael
Recorded on September 21, 2019
Released on October 17, 2019
Episode Duration: 01:01:22
Kristen Studard can be found on Twitter & Instagram @kstud and on the web at http://www.hellokristen.com/.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Comedy - Kristen Does Her Best (And It’s Damn Good)
In which we meet the comedian behind the mad-cap brilliance of Ricky Burbank.
You know Kristen Studard from her appearances on Tim Robinson’s Has This Ever Happened To You (fun fact, Kristen’s episode also had Fishbowl Alumn Morgan Eliza Hill in it!) and Modern Family. But, we know her as the brilliant mind behind Ricky Burbank, The King Of the Valley Bros. In this conversation, Swinky and Jesse track the evolution of Kristen’s career from her childhood to landing in LA to finally cracking the shell and finding a life and career here. Also, great news! Kristen was in no rush so there’s a second part coming to this interview! As always, thank you for listening!
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Season 02 Episode 42
Comedy - Kristen Does Her Best (And It’s Damn Good)
Recorded on September 21, 2019
Released on October 15, 2019
Episode Duration: 01:17:56
Kristen Studard can be found on Twitter & Instagram @kstud and on the web at http://www.hellokristen.com/.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Comedy - Ryan Barton Joins Us In Blowing Out The Mics
In which we welcome improv comedian, drag racer and filmmaker Ryan Barton to the program.
We wanted him! We got him! Welcome to the show, Ryan Barton! After working together for over a year on UCB Drag Race, we’re thrilled to get to know the man behind the all-star-status queen Bottomless Mimosa. With a year of history and hardly 3 prior conversations between Jesse and Ryan, there’s a lot to get into. The conversation winds from Ryan’s early years finding his way in comedy to a shocking revelation that co-host Jesse never saw coming (hint: not all comedians want to be actors). Swinky’s along for the ride on this one and she brings her own set of enthusiastic questions and concerns to the conversation. As always, thank you for listening!
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Season 02 Episode 41
Comedy - Ryan Barton Joins Us In Blowing Out The Mics
Recorded on September 14, 2019
Released on October 8, 2019
Episode Duration: 01:08:22
Ryan Barton can be found on Instagram @rrybrator.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Comedy: In Which Elizabeth McIrvin Takes Over The Hollywood Fishbowl
We hand the reins over to improvisor, producer, podcaster and comedian Elizabeth McIrvin, host of the much-loved podcast Mystery On The Radio Waves.
Elizabeth takes over The Hollywood Fishbowl and introduces the strangest game of 2 Truths And A Lie ever played. After that, we turn to The Fishbowl and pull questions from @whostheross (who’s your first celebrity crush), @ms.spentyouth (how do you seduce), our guest herself (what’s your go-to shower song) and a very special final appearance of “Baby Writers” from Hilliard Guess. This is the last time that question will appear on the program. As always, thank you for listening!
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Season 02 Episode 33
Comedy: In Which Elizabeth McIrvin Takes Over The Hollywood Fishbowl
Recorded on June 5, 2019
Released on July 11, 2019
Episode Duration: 01:19:09
Elizabeth McIrvin can be found on Instagram @elizabethmcirvin.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Comedy: Elizabeth McIrvin Podcasts, Acts, Produces and Comedies
We sat down with Elizabeth McIrvin, improvisational comedian and host of Mystery On The Radio Waves, to talk about her arrival in LA, producing podcasts and, because we’re in LA, weed.
We sat down with Elizabeth McIrvin, improvisational comedian and host of Mystery On The Radio Waves, to talk about her arrival in LA, producing podcasts and, because we’re in LA, weed. Her show, Mystery In The Radio waves is a diptych podcast (not unlike this one) with half being the performance of an old radio play and half being an improv deconstruction of that play. If you’d like to hear what that sounds like, bust on over and listen to her show! If you want to listen to her program without getting too disoriented, listen to the episode that I was on. As always, thanks for listening... to everything!
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Season 02 Episode 32
Comedy: Elizabeth McIrvin Podcasts, Acts, Produces and Comedies
Recorded on June 5, 2019
Released on July 9, 2019
Episode Duration: 01:15:27
Elizabeth McIrvin can be found on Instagram @elizabethmcirvin.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Comedy: Nicole Feenstra Takes Over The Hollywood Fishbowl
In which The Hollywood Fishbowl makes the transition from documentary to narrative.
Once in lifetime, there comes a Hollywood Fishbowl so epic... So singular... So bonkers that it will make you question everything you know about The Hollywood Fishbowl. Are we a long-form interview show? Or, are we a narrative radio show? Or, are we an improv theatre of the mind? The answer is and only can be yes. And, we’re also The Hollywood Fishbowl where-in we pull questions from a bowl and then answer them. As always, thanks for listening!
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Season 02 Episode 21
Comedy: Nicole Feenstra Takes Over The Hollywood Fishbowl
Recorded on April 19, 2019
Released on May 9, 2019
Episode Duration: 00:59:31
Nicole Feenstra can be found on the web at https://www.nicolefeenstra.com/.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Comedy: Nicole Feenstra Made A Very Funny Web Series
Nicole Feenstra works in the world of marketing and data analysis. Jesse is a font of ignorance on those topics so the episode is instead about comedy and first kisses.
Nicole works in marketing, specifically data and analytics. Which led her to the world of podcasting as she prepared to launch her own. Which, in turn, led her to The Hollywood Fishbowl (because we love helping people launch their own podcasts). She’s also made the web series Broken Hearts Division. In this episode, we talk about Nicole’s childhood, her move to (and retreat from [and subsequent move back to]) LA and the genesis of her web series. Then, Jesse bails on the episode so that Nicole can host. Stick around for her episode and, as always, thanks for listening!
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Season 02 Episode 20
Comedy: Nicole Feenstra Made A Very Funny Web Series
Recorded on April 19, 2019
Released on May 7, 2019
Episode Duration: 56:36:15
Nicole Feenstra can be found on the web at https://www.nicolefeenstra.com/.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Comedy: Chris Grace Takes Over The Hollywood Fishbowl
Grace Chris with our Chris Grace conversation in 2 parts in part 2 of our 2-part conversation with Chris Grace!
Comedian Chris Grace has got magic to do... and also magic to do. The former is in reference to his weekly improv show, Magic To Do (which can be seen at UCB Sunset on Mondays) and the latter is in reference to the fact that he has recently started doing magic as a hobby (which can be seen at his Instagram account @ambitiouschris). If you like what you hear in this episode (and there’s a lot to hear and to like), you can also find Chris on Fresh Off The Boat, Baby Wants Candy and the very well-catered Superstore. When we turn to The Fishbowl, we pull nightmares, worst qualities and even a surprise guest spot by Swinky!
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Season 02 Episode 13
Comedy: Chris Grace Takes Over The Hollywood Fishbowl
Episode 1 Released on April 2, 2019
Episode 2 Released on April 4, 2019
Episode 1 Duration: 00:49:34
Episode 2 Duration: 01:01:03
Chris Grace can be found on TikTok @chrisgracecomedy, Twitter @chrisgrace and on Instagram @chrisgracecomedy.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
