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.
The Thrilling Conclusion of The Inaugural Annual 2019 Hollies Woodies Fishies Bowlies!
Goodbye 2019! Goodbye Season 2 of The Hollywood Fishbowl! Hello Longest Episode Ever! Part II!
CONGRATULATIONS! You’ve found the second installment of the Inaugural Annual 2019 Hollies Woodies Fishies Bowlies Awards Ceremony! New and returning guests abound on this year-end spectacular including first-timer Alan VanDyke, a two-header with our two most aliased guests ever, Miss Spent Youth and Solar Yellow Human, and a close-out conversation with Jacquie Waldman. The categories are hotter than suns colliding as we finally give out our awards for Best Scene To Take Place In A Moving Vehicle, the Most Hippy Thing Solar Yellow Human Has Done This Year, Best Drug Story and, of course, Best Picture. Jesse’s got an ax to grind with Solar Yellow Human and Jacquie Waldman and he does-so, leaving all of his axes as ax dust at the end of the year. As always, thanks for listening!
The Hollywood Fishbowl can be found…
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hollywood-fishbowl/id1382358699?mt=2
On Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jesse-koester/the-hollywood-fishbowl
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Season 02 Episode 54
The Thrilling Conclusion of The Inaugural Annual 2019 Hollies Woodies Fishies Bowlies!
Released on: December 31, 2019
Episode Duration: 03:08:09
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Silent Moly! Holy Moly! It’s The Holiday Spectacular! PART I
Dust off those tuxes and evening gowns! It’s the Hollies Woodies Fishies Bowlies!
CONGRATULATIONS! You’ve found the Inaugural Annual 2019 Hollies Woodies Fishies Bowlies Awards Ceremony! To celebrate, we bring on the best guests of the last two years and a couple of new voices (in this episode, we check in with Aaron Ross, Kat Street and Dave Perloff). These are the biggest, best and most competitive categories to date. What’s the best street in LA? Who made the best cup of coffee? Where do you get the best falafel? All this AND more categories AND the very hottest takes of 2019 can be found here! Well, half of them at least. With the rest landing in Part 2. As always, thanks for listening!
The Hollywood Fishbowl can be found…
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hollywood-fishbowl/id1382358699?mt=2
On Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jesse-koester/the-hollywood-fishbowl
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Season 02 Episode 53
Silent Moly! Holy Moly! It’s The Holiday Spectacular! PART I
Released on December 28, 2019
Episode Duration: 01:40:58
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.
Wrestling - Darwin Finch Teaches Vocabulary (Like A True Punk Rock Poindexter)
In which Wrestling Pro Wrestling Nerd-Weight Gladiator gives us the skinny on locker-room talk.
Darwin Finch, The Punk Rock Poindexter who got his start with Wrestling Pro Wrestling, steps out of the squared circle and into our podcast studio to spill the beans on the … ehem … evolution of his stage persona (#allpunsintended). Over the course of the conversation, Darwin shares stories from his early (and considerably wilder) days and how he matured into the hyper-athletic comedy wrestler we know today. Darwin also gives us a behind-the-scenes peek into the world of wrestling-specific vocabulary before we turn to The Fishbowl. As always, thank you for listening!
On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hollywood-fishbowl/id1382358699?mt=2
On Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jesse-koester/the-hollywood-fishbowl
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Season 02 Episode 45
Wrestling - Darwin Finch Teaches Vocabulary (Like A True Punk Rock Poindexter)
Recorded on October 13, 2019
Released on November 5, 2019
Episode Duration: 01:15:11
Darwin Finch can be found on Twitter @darwinfinch3 and Instagram @punkrockpoindexter.
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.
Wrestling: Derek Smith Invites Us To Enjoy His Dark Secret Hole
Whether it’s JFK, Godzilla, werewolves, Adderall or ghosts, we’ve got conspiracy theories. Hell, our conspiracy theories have conspiracy theories! When we turn to The Fishbowl, we pull questions about kissing (courtesy of @elizabethmcirvin), movie characters (including the the John Travolta/Fred Durst classic, The Fanatic), Jokes and how we’d like to be remembered. All this and more on today’s Hollywood Fishbowl! As always, thanks for listening.
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Season 02 Episode 38
Wrestling: Derek Smith Invites Us To Enjoy His Dark Secret Hole
Recorded on June 14, 2019
Released on September 17, 2019
Episode Duration: 01:01:16
Wrestling Pro Wrestling can be found on Instagram @wrestlingprowrestling and on the web at https://www.facebook.com/WrestlingProWrestling/.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
Wrestling: Derek Smith Fought In The Great Diabestie Boys Wars
Derek Smith, also known as Cereal Man, was there from the beginning at Wrestling Pro Wrestling. Now, he’s on The Fishbowl.
The deep-dive dialog into the world of comedy wrestling continues in this conversation with Derek Smith, who performs as Cereal Man (among other characters). Cereal Man can be seen monthly at Wrestling Pro Wrestling and always as a background player in the John Travolta/Fred Durst hit drama “The Fanatic”. Derek tells the story of how he got into wrestling and his involvement in the early days of WPW. Eventually, the conversations ends but that’s only to make way for the episode where Derek hosts the show. This episode is dropping on Thursday, so get your bottles of hydro filled! As always, thanks for listening!
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Season 02 Episode 01
Wrestling: Derek Smith Fought In The Great Diabestie Boys Wars
Recorded on June 14, 2019
Released on September 17, 2019
Episode Duration: 01:21:33
Wrestling Pro Wrestling can be found on Instagram @wrestlingprowrestling and on the web at https://www.facebook.com/WrestlingProWrestling/.
Hollywood Fishbowl can be found on Instagram and Twitter @HWFishbowl and at www.hollywoodfishbowl.com.
