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Paul C. Morrissey is a favorite comedian of Late Night TV shows and comedy clubs around the world. He's also a former TV Sports Anchor, college basketball player and coach. Paul also earned a Master's Degree in English from NYU and is a music and film fanatic, so this podcast combines a wide range of topics with sports discussions. The former point guard keeps the show moving and sets up his eclectic guests --writers, actors, directors, comedians, musicians and of course people from the spor ...
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This Alley Oop podcast episode takes place Live From Vietnam! (Or I guess recorded) Comedian Paul Morrissey is in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) for the Magner's Comedy Festival and he talks with fellow comedians Matthew Giffen (United Kingdom) & Martin Mor (Ireland) about the shows in Singapore & the days spent in Vietnam so far. This conversation take…
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A special episode of the Alley Oop Podcast with the great Artie Lange. This is an except from an episode the Artie Lange Uncensored podcast, to subscribe go to www.artiequitter.com You know Artie Lange from his days at Mad TV and movies like Beer League and Dirty Work. He became beloved as the sidekick on the Howard Stern show and proved he is one …
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Nate O'Neil: Playing For the Washington Generals
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Paul talks with childhood hoops buddy, Nate O'Neil on this episode of the Alley Oop Podcast. After a successful college career at Colgate University, Nate went on to play professional basketball for the Washington Generals (I.E. the team that loses to the Harlem Globetrotters) They talk about how he ended up there, and also about how close Paul was…
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Dan Woike: Covering the LA Clippers
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An actual full-on sports episode, we get some great basketball insight with LA Clippers beat reporter, Dan Woike, of the Orange Country Register. Dan and Paul become friends on the set of a the Nike Chris Paul Commercials last summer where they were both actors playing reporters. The two love talking hoops and Dan talks about day-to-day life and tr…
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It's about 3am in New York City a few nights before Paul makes his debut on "The Late Show with David Letterman." After running a few sets, Paul meets up with Ari Shaffir at The Stand Comedy Club, and they walk around the East Village eating pizza and cookies. Now back at Ari's apartment the two discuss Ari's recent tour of China, his TV show on Co…
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Carlos Kotkin: Author & Accidental Studio Executive
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The Alley Oop podcast returns with a great episode with comedian, author, former Fox Studio Executive and 12 Moth Storyslam winner Carlos Kotkin. Comedian Paul Morrissey and Carlos are old friends from standup comedy and have performed with each other many times over the years and produced a show together called "Funny Writers Reading Stories." Pau…
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Stephen Tobolowsky: It's A Wonderful Life
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After an introduction by Paul from the Montreux Comedy Festival in Switzerland, special guest Stephen Tobolowsky talks about his career in film, TV and his recent writing endeavors including his book "The Dangerous Animals Club."
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Dwayne Perkins: Life, Comedy & Basketball
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Dwayne Perkins is a New York born and now Los Angeles based comedian. He makes frequent appearances on Conan, and travels the world spreading his comic views. Paul and Dwayne perform together often and cross paths outside of comedy at concerts, film festivals and sporting events. Dwayne talks about his competitive nature and philosophy of life with…
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Paul's guest this week is Emmy-Award winning writer, comedian, Executive Producer and Showrunner Mike Royce. A fellow upstate, New York native, Royce grew up near Syracuse and attended Ithaca College before heading to NYC to pursue comedy as a career. Mike gives a lot of background on the New York City comedy scene post-boom when he was the house M…
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Josh Thompson: Robot Sidekick to Craig Ferguson
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Our guest this week is Josh Thompson, who is the mastermind behind the robot sidekick Geoff Peterson on "The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson" on CBS. He was also the voice of Arnold Schwartzeneggar on the Howard Stern Show when MSNBC and George Takei were both tricked into thinking he was really the former Governor of California. Paul Morrissey…
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SPECIAL CLIP! Arnold Schwarzeneggar talks about the Alley Oop Podcast
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Marsh McCall:Original Conan O'Brien Writer
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Marsh McCall was one of the original writer's of Late Night with Conan O'Brien and became head writer of the show. He's also a showrunner, Executive Producer and writer of funny things on the New Yorker online. Marsh is Beatles expert, and also plays basketball with Paul every once in awhile. The two talk about their love of Monty Python, the TV sh…
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Ken Levine: Talks Zach Braff, Kickstarter, MLB Announcing and TV
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Emmy-Award winning TV writer, director, producer, screenwriter and major league play-by-play announcer Ken Levine is my guest. Ken has packed in a few lifetimes of dream-chasing and it's all paid off; from writing on TV shows like MASH, Cheers, Frazier to announcing baseball games for the Seattle Mariners, Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres. Pa…
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For this episode, Paul catches up with his old buddy, comedian Jim Gaffigan, and they discuss Jim's new book "Dad Is Fat" which was released on May 7th, and available at bookstores now! Jim discusses the inspiration of the book, his life with his wife raising 5 children in New York City. The two reminisce about doing shows years ago in NYC and tour…
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We go back to the future in a way with Larry Miller. This special bonus episode is an interview I did with Larry Miller a few years back in the green room of the Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach. Larry had just returned to doing standup on a regular basis and was preparing for an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. Paul and Larry …
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Larry Miller: Put Moron #2 on the phone
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The great comedian, actor, and writer Larry Miller joins Paul on this episode of the Alley Oop. The two became close friends since working at the Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach together a few years back. Larry told Paul's parents he was one of the good ones, which made his mom and dad feel good about his path as a comedian. Paul gives Larry a…
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This episode features our guest, two-time Emmy Award winning writer and comedian, Jeff Cesario. Paul gets the scoop on what sports Jeff played as a kid in Kenosha, WI, and how he went from playing in the school band, earning a living playing in bands and his leap into standup comedy. Jeff won two emmy award writing for HBO's Dennis Miller Live, was…
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W Earl Brown Pt 2: Bloodworth, Franks & Beans
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Actor W Earl Brown continues his talk with Paul Morrissey about the fine show "Deadwood", which Earl played Dan Dority and also joined the writing staff during the 2nd season with show creator and writing guru David Milch. The fellas discuss the language of Deadwood, how Earl got his buddy Steve Earle a part in the show which is not so flattering w…
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W Earl Brown Pt 1: To Deadwood & Back
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Actor, producer and writer W Earl Brown sits down with Paul Morrissey for this episode of the Alley Oop Podcast. The fellas discuss growing up in rural towns and early comedy influences like John Belushi, SCTV, Robin Williams, Andy Kaufman, Eddie Murphy and Franklyn Ajaye. Earl also talk about what it's like to work with people that he idolized as …
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Kevin Rooney Part 2: Comedy Heliotrope
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In Part 2 of the interview with Kevin Rooney, we begin with Paul digging up a clip of Kevin in the movie "When Harry Met Sally." Rooney talks about his move from NYC to California, his first TV spot on Evening at The Improv, getting on the Tonight Show, and his long relationship with Jay Leno. Paul also asks Kevin about his move from standup to TV …
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Kevin Rooney Part 1: Low hanging Fruit
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In this episode, Paul sits down with Emmy Award Winning TV Writer, Actor and Comedian Kevin Rooney. The two have quite a lot in common, including a working class background, attending many different colleges, and both of them also truly enjoyed working as a custodian before pursuing standup comedy as a career. Paul digs into the archives and finds …
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Ari Shaffir Part 2: The Knuckling Volleyball Serve
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Comedian Ari Shaffir continues his chat with host and teammate Paul Morrissey for Part 2. The episode begins with Ari's reaction to the "Greatest Round Of Boxer Ever"- Ron Lyle vs George Foreman Round 4. The boys discuss performing in the clutch. Check out all the videos they talk about on www.alleyooppodcast.com Raul Ibanez, Larry Bird's clutch fi…
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Ari Shaffir Part 1- The "Get Ari on Boardwalk Empire" Holiday Special (Ari Shaffir, Paul Morrissey)
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Comedian Ari Shaffir joins Paul Morrissey for a Holiday Episode of the Alley Oop Podcast. Ari discusses his little league and volleyball career, Bill Burr on Breaking Bad, Paul's quest to get Ari in the Rothstein Mafia on the TV Boardwalk Empire. They also discuss how Ari says,"Mark Maron helped Paul's career even though he swore he wouldn't." Ari …
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Gerry Bednob: Swearing at a 40 year old Virgin (Paul Morrissey, Gerry Bednob)
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Your host, Comedian Paul Morrissey interviews comedian/actor Gerry Bednob- most famous for his role as Mooj, the foul mouthed employee in the movie "40 Year Old Virgin." Gerry has been in over 20 comedy feature films directed by such Comic geniuses as Judd Apatow and Kevin Smith. Paul and Gerry are old friends on the comedy circuit and reunite for …
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Steve Mazan: Dying To Do Letterman (Paul Morrissey, Steve Mazan)
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In this episode, Paul Morrissey interviews Steve Mazan about his project "Dying To Do Letterman." It started when Steve was diagnosed with cancer six years ago when Doctors gave him a minimum of 5 years to live. Steve decided to chase his comedy dream to perform standup on "The Late Show with David Letterman." Miraculously, Steve achieved that goal…
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