Find out what your favorite comedians were like back in the day with host John Roy. Just like high school, it's funny, absurd, dramatic, and traumatic.
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Aug 24, 2017
Caleb Synan
01:04:25
Caleb Synan talks about growing up in Royston, Georgia - a town with more churches than stoplights. He also describes how to speak in tongues at a Pentecostal church, avoiding having his first kiss in a school play, and being named “wittiest” in the Franklin County High School yearbook.
Mike Maronna stops by to discuss living in Queens while going to Hunter High School on the Upper East Side. He also dives into growing up on television, the true meaning of his last name and how dating him in high school often led to a career as an lawyer, doctor or economist.
Ben Roy stops by to talk about growing up in Winthrop, Maine, redneck disapproval of skaters, answers the music vs. comedy question and explains the origins of the name Sun Chicken.
Comedian Jerry Rocha regales John with tales of Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, the finer points of The Penis Game, and the importance of finding your passion and doggedly pursuing it.
Still in a state of matrimonial bliss, John has Dave Stone on the podcast to talk growing up in northern Georgia, his high school football team’s abysmal record, and finding comedy in high school.
Comedian Myq Kaplan discusses growing up as an only child in New Jersey, going to Buck’s Rock summer camp, and how music led him to comedy. Also, John’s getting married!!!
Actor Thomas Middleditch stops by to talk about growing up in Nelson, British Columbia, doing community theater, and the correct amount of dickishness required to pursue a career in comedy.
Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe talks about growing up in Youngstown, Ohio, a tough area with incredible athletes, being a disruptive student in high school, and the movie that make him want to get into comedy.
Comedian Ian Abramson talks about growing up in the Inland Empire in California, shifting music tastes, and high school fashion that involved a fedoras and trench coats.