Achieve Your Goals with Hal Elrod

450: How to Be a Stand-Up Comedian with Brent Pella

Oct 5, 2022
Ask episode
AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
INSIGHT

Choose Variety Over Fast Followers

  • Brent intentionally avoids planting a single ideological flag to keep creative freedom and broader appeal.
  • He accepts slower growth in exchange for doing the material he finds fun and varied.
ANECDOTE

From Cheesecake Factory To PA On Set

  • Brent cold-called a production company, pretended to be an assistant, and relentlessly followed up until he got an unpaid PA spot on a Lonely Island shoot.
  • That PA work led to more set jobs, quitting Cheesecake Factory, and learning on real productions at age 22.
ADVICE

Do Stand‑Up To Improve Fast

  • Do stand-up even if you think you're bad: Andy Samberg told Brent stand-up helped him improve and prompted Brent to start open mics.
  • Use live performance to get comfortable on stage and accelerate growth.
Get the Snipd Podcast app to discover more snips from this episode
Get the app