The Ian Ira Rousso Show

Dan Ramos is a working comedian and actor from Montreal and has had a reoccurring role on Phantom Pups, currently streaming now on Netflix, as well as has appeared on Bobby Lee's Tiger Belly, available wherever you get your podcasts, and a poop-ton of commercials.

In this episode, me and Dan talk about his love for improv and sketch, stories of pilot season and testing with one of our favorite working actors, a fun story of working with Pauly Shore and meeting Dave Chappelle at his home in Ohio, acting in the rapidly-changing landscape of TV and film, and all of the dumb guy stuff. He even shows off his 9/11 commemorative paperweight a mutual friend, Nick Borsellino got at a goodwill!

This episode was a few months in the making and I am very glad to have finally had him.

Joel Madison is a veteran TV writer and WGA member whose resume is a mile long; having written for Roseanne, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Jackie Thomas Show, Undeclared, as well as having created Malcom & Eddie. In addition to all of this, he also was a working road comedian hailing from the great city of Minneapolis (home of jucy lucys and the almighty Dillinger Four). Upon moving to LA, he was a door guy at the La Jolla Comedy Store and eventually he became a paid regular at The World-Famous Hollywood Improv, passed by the late Budd Friedman himself.

Hailing from Queens, NY, Liam McEneaney is a comedian, producer and filmmaker nearly 30 years on the road. Having been on the road for many years, he has achieved notoriety on SiriusXM, WTF with Marc Maron, Showtime, HBO, as well as the hit show Premium Blend on Comedy Central. Great set, Liam!

This was the first episode with multiple guests since going multi-cam. Minus a few unrelated technical difficulties, it came out well and honestly, was one of the most fun episodes of The Ian Ira Rousso Show to date!

After Liam airs his grevences with me and Gary Cannon, we get into what it was like working for the sixth and final season of Fresh Prince as Will Smith was becoming a megastar, what it was like developing in Minneapolis along side the late Louie Anderson, the important role of SiriuXM in saving the stand-up comedy middleclass, helping me with my apperence on stage, as well as workshoping a one-liner that has since gone on to get a 15-second laugh break in the Belly Room of the World-Famous Comedy Store, and so much more. This is the longest episode of The Ian Ira Rousso Show in a very long time, we covered so much, and I am wildly appreciative for having them on. This was a fun one!

Originally hailing from the fine city of Spokane, WA, Drew Daly is an LA-based stand-up comedian who you can see regularly featuring for the great Hormoz Rashidi all over the country.

In this episode of The Ian Ira Rousso Show, me and Drew try to convince you to stop moving to LA and pursing the entertainment industry, talk about how great China is, our top 5 Adam Sandler movies, why comedy could be in store for another bust like in the early nineties, and so much more!

Nick Borsellino is a Chicago-born and raised, LA-based up-and-coming stand-up comedian who has Coster Comic, a YouTube channel for rollercoaster enthusiasts where he visits rollercoasters all over the WORLD! He is fun, silly, and I'm kind of glad to have him on the podcast.

If you're into the fine city of Chicago, and want to hear a good discussion about paying for mics in the current economy in LA, finding love, and so much more, you're gonna love this episode!