Want to know what it takes to be a warmup guy for Jimmy Kimmel? Run 3 Podcasts? Close the Comedy Store each night? From the Comedy Store to Jimmy Kimmel Live, Don Barris tells us all about being a comedian and the work behind it.
Don Barris is most known as the audience warmup for Jimmy Kimmel Live, the movie Windy City Heat and the Big 3 podcast as well as the longest running show in Comedy Store´s history= The Ding Dong Show.
During this chat with Don, we discuss the comedy, music, Hollywood and other topics like:
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Fistbumping Paul McCartney
- Playing airguitar with Dave Grohl
- Coldplay, Kelly Clarkson, John Fogerty and the Sound City Players
- Windy City Heat phenomenon
- The Ding Dong Show, longest running show at the Comedy Store
- The Comedy Store and its legacy
- Don Rickles always remembering his name
- Sam Kinison and Roseanne starting out
- Jim Carrey tanking to not to be known as an impressionist
- Eddie Murphy working on RAW
- Hollywood in the 80´s vs. Now
BEST GIG
Auborn Hills arena gig in front of 12,000 people while touring with Andrew Dice Clay
WORST GIG
First standup experience at the Comedy Store
CHALLENGE
Getting the guts to move to Hollywood
Promotion, getting people to his Ding Dong Show
RESOURCES
Comedy Store
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Simply Don, The Big 3 and The Ding Dong Show Podcasts
http://simplydonthepodcastnetwork.com/cat/shows/
MUST SEE MOVIE
CONTACT
Don Barris
Twitter
Instagram
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