Entry Level with Brooks Wheelan

Carmen Christopher (The Bear/Joe Pera Talks with You/English Teacher) comes back to talk about going to the University of Iowa the same time as Brooks, being killer salesman in Chicago, and almost joining the military.

Check out Carmen's new special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoHTvTrfB2g

Check out Carmen's old special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-HUeu0QjLY

See Brooks on tour: brookswheelan.com/dates

Charlotte McKinney (model/acrtess/comedian) talks about growing up outside Orlando and modeling for her dad's car dealership, dropping out of high school and moving to Miami to pursue modeling, and ending up in a viral Carl's Jr. Super Bowl commercial.

Check out Charlotte's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-do-they-know-with-lovitz-mckinney/id1783673107

Mike Hanford (Birthday Boys/Sloppy Boys/Comedy Bang Bang!) talks about finding rooms to hide in at work, living with a bunch of other comics, and getting a sketch show made on IFC.

See Mike live: https://www.instagram.com/mikehanford/?hl=en

See Brooks live: brookswheelan.com/dates

watch pool jumpers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GIZ3cN4JwA

Karl Hess and Brooks went and made a proof of concept episode of a new podcast they're working on where they go to every national park and get in way over their heads. It's Earth Day so I felt like we might as well share it!

Chris Estrada (This Fool, Comedy Central) joins Brooks to talk about growing up in Los Angeles, working at Dominoes, a movie theater, and construction sites. All before deciding to start stand up when he was 30.

Check out This Fool on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/series/18ea1265-5978-41d7-b619-2ad23e075a71

James Pumphrey (Key and Peele/Arrested Development/old roomamte) talks about growing up in Kentucky, joining UCB, and getting into the car game!

Check out Jame's new channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@SpeeedCo

Boosh (rad friend/rad skater) joins Brooks to talk about what happened during their 18 day trip through The Grand Canyon.

For info on how to enter the lottery to raft the colorado go here: https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/noncommercial-riv-docs.htm

Liam Cullagh (Almost Friday) is on to talk about working at a gas station, growing up next to the Patriots dynasty, and moving to LA to make sketches.

Check out Almost Friday here: https://www.youtube.com/@AlmostFridayTV

Whitmer Thomas (HBO/FOX/BROOKS' FRIEND) hops on to discuss selling Brooks his car, hating parades, and making a special.

Check out whit's Auto Talk video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2psW-Em2Ow

Brooks talks to the director (Isaac Rentz) and director of photography (Martin Vielma) about the making of his upcoming special, Alive in Alaska.

Dan Licata (Seth Meyers/Joe Pera Talks with You) discusses growing up on Jackass and Tom Green. We also find out about the origins of Joe Pera's show on Adult Swim, and overall have a nice hang.

Check out Dan's new special HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrCb9rntbv0

Chris Fairbanks (Comedy Central/Conan/Last Comic Standing/Jimmy Kimmel) and Brooks are about to do some shows in Brooks' favorite state that happens to be Chris' home state so they talk about it!

Get tickets to the shows here: brookswheelan.com/dates

Shane Torres (Comedy Central/New special out now) talks to Brooks about growing up the son of an Irish mom and a Hispanic dad in Texas.

Check out Shane's new special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9mHurqZh_0

Joe Pera (Joe Pera talks to you) comes on to discuss being a paperboy, becoming welcomed into the world of brick laying, and working on advertising for Dog The Bounty Hunter. 

Check out Joe's new special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_97zE4GRZk

Check out Joe's MTV pancake show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDI8ULxJYOU&t=50s

See Brooks on the road here: brookswheelan.com/dates

Karl and Brooks ramble. That's about it.

Caitlin Cook (Off Broadway play "The Writing on the Stall") talks about going to kindergarten with Nic Cage's son, being a camp counselor, and wanting to leave LA for a small city.

Check out Caitlin's play: http://www.thecaitlincook.com/

Join the patreon: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan

Will Angus (Almost Friday) talks about growing up doing nothing in Dallas, switching back and forth between business and theater, then graduating exactly as the pandemic hit giving him nothing to do but make sketches. 

Check out Almost Friday: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCgK6peZI5-FKDCWzMIFk2A

Join the patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/entrylevelwithbrookswheelan

See brooks live here: brookswheelan.com/dates

Kara Klenk (Comedy Central/Magic for Humans) talks about babysitting a 2 week old when she was 12, moving to Italy to teach English to Italians without knowing how to speak Italian, being an NBC page for Conan, and running into Brooks in Puerto Rico.

Check out Kara's new podcast here! https://www.exactlyrightmedia.com/thats-messed-up

See Brooks on tour here: Brookswheelan.com/dates