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Ballgame’s Laugh Lounge: The Podcast Edition

by Brendon Mulvihill on May 20, 2009 in Stand-Up

My podcasting career is up to a whopping 7 interviews now. I have really enjoyed each one of them and appreciate the time the comedians have given me. On Tuesday, 5 of the 7 people who I have interviewed were at Ballgame’s Laugh Lounge…either performing or playing DJ (Matty Ballgame…yeah…he’s a hedge fund manager, a [...]

Matty “Ballgame” Balaker has been putting on Ballgame’s Laugh Lounge for 3 years now.  That’s a pretty incredible number.  There are very few live comedy shows in Los Angeles that last that amount of time.  The success of the show stems from Matt’s unwaivering passion for stand-up comedy, his professionalism, and his understanding that the [...]

Double Review: Laugh Lounge/Comedy Juice Ice House

by Brendon Mulvihill on April 10, 2009 in Stand-Up

Thought I would combine the two comedy shows that I went to this week in the greater Los Angeles-area into one condensed post – Ballgame’s Laugh Lounge at Red Rock on Tuesday night and Comedy Juice at the Ice House on Thursday night. Quick review of the Laugh Lounge line-up: Matty Balaker, Karl Hess, Nadine [...]

Podcast: Matty “Ballgame” Balaker

by Brendon Mulvihill on April 7, 2009 in Podcast

The Live Comedy L.A. podcasts will be conversations with comedians, producers, bookers, managers, venue operators, and other people in the L.A. comedy scene. Simple. Direct. And no bullshit. I use Skype to record the call and post it using GCast. The first podcast is with Matty “Ballgame” Balaker, producer of Ballgame’s Laugh Lounge at Red [...]

Chelsea Lately Gang at Ballgame’s Laugh Lounge

by Brendon Mulvihill on February 10, 2009 in Stand-Up

Sorry for the late recap on last week’s special edition of Ballgame’s Laugh Lounge: The Chelsea Lately Special. The concept of having a comedy show tied to a TV program is a stroke of genius by show producer Matt Balaker. I can see him continuing to do this with other TV shows that have writing [...]