Don't Sit in the Front! is a podcast about the love of standup comedy, alternative comedy, and keeping it all alive through a difficult time. Host James Hillmer (@jdhillmer) interviews comedians, writers, and general fans of standup about their favorite comedians and personal connection to this unique art form we love so much!
Host: James Hillmer is a Los Angeles based researcher and standup lover.
Music: @chrishellking on IG
Art: @memorybloomstudio on IG
1. Always punch up.
2. Keep swinging.
Kari Assad (Twt: @kariassad; IG: @assadkarirocks) came back to help me wrap up the year and talk about some of our favorite moments from the year standup returned from quarantine. We talk a LOT about Pen15's final season just cause I like it a lot. We talk about new live booked shows we liked, specials/albums that stood out, and finish it all up with new year's resolutions for our experience of standup in 2022.
Happy New Year!
1. Always punch up
2. Keep swinging
17 Dec 2021
Ep 69 - A Very Thicc WI Christmas
I racked my brain thinking of a Christmas-related standup special or album to talk about and the closest thing I could come up with is David Sedaris's reading of "Santaland Diaries," a humorous essay about his time working as a mall Santa's elf (link below). I talked to my friend Michael back in WI about it and a little about fun standup things just on the horizon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5XLjG_S6eE
1. Always punch up
2. Keep swinging
10 Dec 2021
Ep 68 - British Comedy, Fringe Festival, and Ahir Shah's "Dots" w/ Victoria Caudle
I talked to my friend Victoria (@nureonjongi) who is an encyclopedia of current British standup. We talked about Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Korean standup comedy and its potential, and a bit about Ahir Shah's "Dots" (HBO Max).
Here is a list Victoria provided of comedians she saw at the 2018 Fringe Festival, many of whom are now putting out specials and the like:
Kiri Pritchard-McLean — twitter: @kiripritchardmc | Instagram: @kiri_pritchard_mclean | podcast + twitter: All Killa No Filla @killnofillpod
Suzi Ruffell — twitter: @suziruffell | Instagram: @suziruffellcomedy
Sindhu Vee — twitter: @sindhuvfunny | Instagram: @sindhuvee
Mawaan Rizwan — twitter: @MawaanR | Instagram: @mawaanr
Nish Kumar — twitter: @MrNishKumar | Instagram: @mrnishkumar
Graham Dickson — twitter: @GDogged | Instagram: @grahamdickson
Abigoliah Shamaun — twitter: @abigoliah | Instagram: @abigoliah
Steen Raskopoulos — twitter: @steenrasko | Instagram: @steenrasko
Athena Kugblenu — twitter: @athenakugblenu | Instagram: @athenakugblenu
Nina Conti — twitter: @athenakugblenu | Instagram: @theninaconti
Special Mention: Sofie Hagen — twitter: @SofieHagen | Instagram: @sofiehagendk
Ahir Shah — twitter: @AhirShah
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