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Tommy Savitt chats with The Cheese this week. He’s an award-winning comedian, performance artist and actor. Tommy has appeared on WGN’s THE BOB & TOM SHOW, Sports Illustrated TV’s FUNNY IS FUNNY and several other shows. He’s also done several commercials for companies like Adidas, Monster.com and Lowe’s. He currently has a comedy album available on his website called WHO WANTS ME NOW!
Tommy enjoys performing for our service men and women and has been doing so for over a decade. His comedy is described as eclectic and unorthodoxed. And he’s performed it all over the world from Japan, to the UK, Germany, Honduras, the Netherlands and even Guantanamo Bay.
In 2007 he won the Boston Comedy Festival, 2008 the Seattle Comedy Competition and in 2009 was honored at the LA Comedy Awards for the “Best In Comedy” category.
He gives a very — honest — interview to Charlie filling him in on the ups, downs and people you have to deal with when working in stand-up. For more information on Tommy Savitt including his schedule, Twitter and where to buy his CD, check out his website below.

SHOW LINKS:
HeyTommy.net
Follow Tommy on Twitter @tommysavitt

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Today’s Interview is a two-fer… so it’s actually Interviews. Charlie meets up with Brett Walkow and Mike Marino. Both are in the room while the other is getting interviewed. You can even hear Brett chuckling in the background while Mike talked to Charlie.
Brett has been doing this whole comedy thing for over 15-years. Just reading Brett’s bio on his website, you can see he’s done a ton of TV and film work too. He’s appeared on THE TONIGHT SHOW, SEINFELD, the E! network and HBO just to name a few. Brett co-wrote, produced and co-starred in a short film called FIGHT NIGHT, which was shown at Sony’s Tropfest and the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival for which Brett hosted that year. Charlie talked to him while he was performing here in Las Vegas, but Brett also appeared on the NBC series LAS VEGAS where he was written into 2 different episodes.
Currently Brett is touring and doing stand-up. You can also see him in the YouTube web series, A GUY WALKS INTO A BAR.
The second conversation goes to Mike Marino, New Jersey’s Bad Boy Of Comedy. As you might have guessed, Mike was born in New Jersey. He got his show-biz start in theater. The TV bug soon bit Mike and as of today, he’s appeared in over 200 national commercials. He recently got a Clio Award nomination for “Best Actor” as well.
Besides commercials, Mike has acted in several TV shows like, AS THE WORLD TURNS, ONE LIFE TO LIVE, FRASIER, BECKER and more.
Mike often uses his family roots in his comedy material. In fact, those jokes spawned a TV pilot called MARINO’S. Like Brett, Mike appeared on THE TONIGHT SHOW and many other comedy programs including COMICS UNLEASHED, THE BOOMER SHOW and WILD PITCH. And in the Fall of 2008 Mike was inducted into the New Jersey Comedy Hall of Fame. He’s currently a top headliner at both the world famous Laugh Factory and The Comedy Store in Hollywood.
For more information on Brett Walkow and Mike Marino, be sure to check out the Show Links. There you can follow them both on Facebook and Twitter, see Brett’s YouTube series and check out each of their websites.

SHOW LINKS:
BrettBrett.net
Wave Your Freak Flag
“Guy Walks Into A Bar” YouTube Channel
Brett Walkow on Facebook
Follow Brett on Twitter @BrettWalkow
Mike Marino’s Website
Mike Marino on Facebook
Follow Mike on Twitter @mikedmarino

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Dennis Blair is Charlie’s guest on this Interview. Aside from being a comedian, Dennis is also an accomplished actor, screenwriter and award-winning song writer. Early on in his career Dennis became the protégé of Rodney Dangerfield! The two toured the country for a few years before Dennis co-wrote EASY MONEY, a film that starred Dangerfield. Dennis himself made 2 cameo appearances in it. Dennis then went on to co-write and co-star in 2 specials for ABC alongside Rodney. The title song Dennis co-wrote for Dangerfield’s RAPPIN’ RODNEY album even garnered a Grammy nomination!
For over 18 years Dennis Blair toured with George Carlin! He also opened for Tom Jones, The Beach Boys, Garry Shandling and Joan Rivers just to name a few. He wrote a book called “Me First” describing what it was like to be the opening act for many of those big names. He also has 2 comedy albums and 1 music CD available.
You can find links to Dennis’ website, Facebook and the music video for “Rappin’ Rodney” in the Show Links below.

SHOW LINKS:
DennisBlair.com
Dennis Blair on Facebook

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For 30-years Rondell Sheridan has been headlining comedy acts at clubs, colleges and cruise ships. He’s no stranger to TV either. You’ve seen Sheridan perform on THE TONIGHT SHOW with both Johnny Carson and Jay Leno. He’s had specials on SHOWTIME and COMEDY CENTRAL and he’s appeared on POLITICALLY INCORRECT WITH BILL MAHER.
Rondell is also a successful writer, director and actor. He was a co-creator of the show, MINER ADJUSTMENTS. And you’ve probably seen him on the DISNEY CHANNEL as well. He had roles on shows like THAT’S SO RAVEN where he played Raven’s father, Victor. He also played on its spin-off series COREY IN THE HOUSE.
Besides acting on TV, Sheridan has also done his share of hosting talk shows. You may remember he co-hosted with Dr. Drew, MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS. And since he’s a funny guy, he’s hosted some comedy related shows too like, THAT’S FUNNY and SHOW ME THE FUNNY.
Now his latest credit is ‘answerer of Charlie’s questions’ as our bearded inquisitor sits down to chat about Sheridan’s career.

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Once again Charlie enters the Tropicana Resort on the world-famous Las Vegas strip in search of comedians to talk with. This time around he found Tymon Shipp! Clean, corporate comedy is how Tymon describes his material. He’s been performing stand-up for over 20-years. In 2006 he won “Best Male Comedian” at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival. When he’s not making folks laugh, Tymon works for the Los Angeles County Probation Department… a good source for his comedy material, he says. Shipp has appeared on THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO 9 times! He’s also done numerous commercials and stage work.
Tymon tells Charlie about what it’s like being an entertainer and how it’s really like being an entrepreneur. He explains his writing style, how the theater helped his stand-up act and what it was like growing up in St. Louis.
Be sure to check out TymonShipp.com for more information on him, as well as merchandise and his upcoming schedule.