Funny In Failure

Rob Paulsen is an award-winning voice-over artist, coach, and author of Voice Lessons. With over 2,000 half-hour programs, dozens of films, video games, and other animated media to his credit, Rob has been one of the industry’s hardest-working, most in-demand, and most beloved voice artists, earning him a Daytime Emmy, Peabody, and three times winning the Annie Award.  For nearly three decades Rob has voiced some of the most beloved animated characters such as Pinky from Pinky and the Brain, Yakko Warner and Dr. Scratchansniff from Animaniacs, Raphael and Donatello (2012) from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Carl Wheezer from Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius, and many many more. From the start of his career voicing the character, Snow Job from G.I. Joe to his most current job reprising his characters in Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs on Hulu, Rob’s voice has reached millions of people worldwide. In his memoir Voice Lessons, Rob talks about how he won the biggest fight of his life, defeating cancer of the throat a

Emmy Award-winning producer/writer Al Jean has worked on THE SIMPSONS since it became a series in 1989. He has a credit on over 600 episodes and been showrunner for 22 seasons. In addition to nine Emmy Awards, he has won two coveted Peabody Awards and was nominated for two Golden Globes. Currently he serves as executive producer and showrunner. He also served as writer and producer on “THE SIMPSONS MOVIE” (which took in over $525 million worldwide), working heavily on the film throughout its entire four-year production and was producer and writer on the Oscar-nominated short film “THE LONGEST DAYCARE” and 2020 short “PLAYDATE WITH DESTINY”. In 2021 he wrote and produced the Disney+ shorts “The Force Awakens From Its Nap” (nominated for an Emmy) and “The Good, the Bart and the Loki.” Al also co-created “The Critic” and “Teen Angel” and served as producer of “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show,” for which he won three CableACE Awards. Other television credits include “The PJ’s,” “Alf” and “The Tonight Show Starring

Mircea Monroe is an actor who is perhaps best known for her stand-out series regular role as “Morning” in Showtime’s critically acclaimed comedy EPISODES, created by David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik and starring opposite Matt LeBlanc for five seasons. She also starred as Tansy Truitt on The CW’s HART OF DIXIE and was a series regular on TV Land’s IMPASTOR opposite Michael Rosenbaum.  Most recently, Mircea appeared in a recurring role on ABC’s THE ROOKIE with Nathan Fillion, CBS’s DINNER WITH THE PARENTS and the BBC/Amazon series THE OUTLAWS. Her feature film credits include THE CHANGE-UP opposite Ryan Reynolds, MAGIC MIKE with Channing Tatum, directed by Steven Soderbergh and BOOK CLUB opposite Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, and Andy Garcia. Across her career, Mircea has starred in numerous network pilots and appeared in a wide range of television and film projects, excelling in both comedic roles (on shows including SCRUBS and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER) as well as dramatic performances (SONS OF ANARCHY and MADSO’S WAR,

Jonathan Frakes is a prolific director, producer and actor. He is best known to audiences for his portrayal as ‘Commander William Riker’ on “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Frakes has most recently returned to the Star Trek family by directing episodes of “Star Trek: Discovery", "Star Trek: Picard," and "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" for CBS All Access as well as the new LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION for ELECTRIC ENTERTAINMENT on IMDB TV.   He discovered his love and talent in directing during his seven years starring on “Star Trek: Next Generation” and ended up directing eight episodes of the series and was also invited to direct episodes from the spin-off series “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and “Star Trek: Voyager.”   His other directing roles include “NCIS: Los Angeles,” “The Orville,” “Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce,” “Castle,” ”Falling Skies, “Leverage,” ”The Glades,” “Burn Notice,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Hit the Floor” among others. In addition, he was a producing director for seasons three and four of the

Albert Bramante is the CEO of Bramante Artists, where he’s guided talent across Broadway, film, and television. He’s also a psychology professor and certified hypnotist, blending mental performance tools with creative strategy. Lately, he’s been teaching creators how to harness AI tools like ChatGPT to boost productivity and content creation. His book, "Rise Above the Script," focuses on breaking through fear and building success. With over 20 years of experience at the intersection of psychology, entertainment, and education, Albert has helped countless performers and creators overcome the mental blocks that hold them back. He’s worked with actors, educators, and students to push through fear, imposter syndrome, and self-sabotage while building sustainable, purpose-driven careers.  We chat about mindset shifts, hypnosis, collaboration, his new book, mastermind groups, combining being a talent agent with psychology, imposter syndrome, Brian Weiss, people pleasing, accountability, being let go and moving forwa

Anthony Brandon Wong is an award winning actor, who has worked for 40 years in movies, TV and theatre all over the world, a singer-songwriter and one of Australia’s most sought- after acting teachers and coaches. His numerous film and TV credits include: the role of Ghost in “The Matrix Reloaded”, “The Matrix Revolutions” and the “Enter the Matrix” video game, opposite Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jada Pinkett Smith and Hugo Weaving, Steven Soderbergh’s “Haywire” opposite Channing Tatum and Antonio Banderas, “Guns, Girls and Gambling” opposite Gary Oldman and Christian Slater, “Hemingway and Gellhorn” opposite Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen, “Queen of Oz” opposite Catherine Tate, “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire”, “Glee”, “NCIS”, “Hawaii Five-0”, “Flight of the Phoenix”, “Harrow”, “Upright” and “The Twelve” Season 2 as series regular Winston Hang.  Anthony played the role of Danny Law in “The Family Law” and he and his fellow cast won 3 consecutive Equity Ensemble Awards for Outstanding P

Episode 300! thank's so much. Emmy, Peabody, and Writers’ Guild of America Award winning writer/producer Mike Scully has written many forms of comedy: animation, single-cam, multi-cam, hidden-cam, award shows, and live performance. After seven years of writing for shows you’ve never heard of, he joined The Simpsons writing staff as a producer in 1993. He was promoted to showrunner in 1997 for Seasons 9 thru 12 (considered the four most consecutive seasons of the show) and co-wrote and co-produced The Simpsons Movie, released in 2007. He was a consulting producer on the show until 2021 and recently wrote a new episode. Mike also served as writer/producer on the Emmy-winning Everybody Loves Raymond, as well as Parks & Recreation, starring Amy Poehler. (He also appeared on the show several times as a disgruntled citizen asking stupid questions at town meetings.) He was a writer/producer on the critically acclaimed NBC series “The Carmichael Show” starring comedian Jerrod Carmichael. He co-created (with wife

Matt Tilley is a former comedian and radio presenter and now the CEO of FightMND. He was one of Australia’s most respected radio personalities, with more than 20 years on air on major stations like FOX FM and Triple M. Many remember from his famous Gotcha Calls which were a national hit across Australia. Matt’s Melbourne breakfast shows have consistently reached number one for over 14 of his 20 years in breakfast radio. The Matt and Jo Show on Fox FM was a long running breakfast show that was known for holding the highest ratings over many years between 2003 and 2013. In 2014 Matt moved to Triple M to take on National Drive time for the Triple M network alongside Joe Hildebrand in a ground-breaking news and entertainment show The One Percenters. Matt has also brought his comedy appeal to screen through his television appearances. He has been featured in Comedy Inc, Fast Forward and The Late Report. He has also co-hosted Channel 9’s show “Surprise, Surprise Gotcha!” and Channel 10’s “Thank God You’re Here”. Ma

Brennan Brown is a stage and screen actor known for portraying complex and multifaceted characters. After graduating from Yale School of Drama, he landed roles on Broadway in revivals of Shaw’s Major Barbara, and Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound and The Fifteen Minute Hamlet, and in leading theatres throughout America. On screen Brennan has worked with such visionary directors including Tim Hooper on HBO’s “John Adams”, John Requa and Glenn Ficarra on both of their films, I Love You Phillip Morris, and Focus, State of Play (dir. Kevin Macdonald), Detachment (dir. Tony Kaye), Midway (dir. Roland Emmerich), The Wolf Hour, and Not Okay. He has appeared in dozens of primetime shows most notably as antique dealer Robert Childan on the acclaimed Amazon series “The Man in the High Castle”, Edward Biben on "Mozart in the Jungle", Agent Donnelly on "Person of Interest", and for the past ten seasons as Dr. Sam Abrams on "Chicago Med". He also appears in the upcoming Netflix series “The Beast In Me”. Other appearance

Maurice LaMarche is a Canadian comedian and voice actor from Toronto. He is most well-known for voicing The Brain from Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky and the Brain (for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy), Kif, Lrrr, Morbo and Calculon from Futurama (for which he has won two Primetime Emmys and been nominated for a third), Mr. Big from Zootopia, King Agnarr from Frozen, Mr. Freeze from Batman: Arkham City, Yosemite Sam from The Looney Tunes Show, Abradolph Lincoler from Rick & Morty, Toucan Sam for thirty three years in commercials for Froot Loops, and Orson Welles from The Critic. He was also the Voice of Lexus from 2009-2016. We chat about meeting the Dalai Lama and the impact he had, his many voices, sobriety and moving forward, Futurama, professional autograph seekers, journey with live action, losing weight, voice over world post c0vid, listening plus plenty more! Check Maurice out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maurice_lamarche/ Twitter/ X: https://x.com/MAURICELAMARCHE ------

Jena Friedman is an Academy Award-nominated writer, comedian, and creator behind critically acclaimed series such as TRUE CRIME STORY: INDEFENSIBLE on AMC+, SOFT FOCUS on Adult Swim, and co-writer of BORAT 2: Subsequent Movie Film, which garnered her an Oscar nomination. Her writing credits include Netflix’s NOBODY WANTS THIS, ABC’s THE CONNERS, and she served as a field producer for THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART and writer for THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN. A contributing writer to THE NEW YORKER, Jena’s bestselling debut book, Not Funny: Essays on Life, Comedy, Culture, Et Cetera., was published by Simon & Schuster in 2023. She has appeared on THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT, CONAN, THE NIGHTLY SHOW WITH LARRY WILMORE, and in the Sundance hit film PALM SPRINGS. Her first stand-up special and Edinburgh show, AMERICAN C*NT, was named one of the Top Ten Comedy Specials by Paste Magazine in 2016, and her sold-out follow-up, MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE, was critically-acclaimed. Her 2022 show, LADYKILLE

Mike de la Rocha is visionary strategist, acclaimed artist and compelling voice for change. He is the co-founder of Revolve Impact, a globally recognised creative agency that merges art, activism and storytelling to drive social change, and Tepito Coffee, a company dedicated to providing meaningful jobs for formerly incarcerated individuals through its partnerships with Homeboy Industries, the largest gang intervention and rehabilitation organisation in the world. Celebrated as one of the most influential change makers of our era, Mike has been instrumental in some of the largest policy victories and cultural shifts in modern history. He has been recognized as one of GOOD Magazine’s 100 people reshaping the world, a recipient of the AFL-CIO’s Justice, Peace & Freedom Award, a Shorty Social Good Award for Social Justice. His debut book, Sacred Lessons: Teaching My Father How to Love (Simon and Schuster) was just released! The book explores how inherited definitions of manhood profoundly impacted Mike's abi

Liz Guterbock is an American born British citizen stand-up comedian, award-winning actor, improviser and voice over artist. In 2023 she made The Guardian’s 10 Best Jokes of Edinburgh Fringe and Dave Joke of the Fringe lists. Her 2023 Edinburgh Fringe debut show Liz Guterbock: Geriatric Millennial 4-star reviews from Funny Women, The Mumble and Pepper & Salt, and complimentary press from The Scotsman, Festmag and Chortle. In 2022, Liz was nominated by some of the country’s best promoters as one of 10 stand-up comedians on Union Jack Radio’s ‘Ones to Watch’ list. She was a finalist in the 2021 British Comedy Guide Pro Performance Awards and a nominee in the 2021 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Awards. In 2019 she was a finalist in the Funny Women UK Awards and a BBC Radio 4 New Comedy Award nominee. Liz’s television highlights include Armando Iannucci’s hit sci-fi comedy series Avenue 5 on HBO, Channel 4’s ‘For the Love of Cars,’ and CBBC’s Victorian Drama series ‘Hetty Feather.’ Stage highlights inc

Sergio Perera is a chef & nutrition expert. Having trained as a professional chef in some of Spain’s most respected restaurants and then training in Japan, a serendipitous moment saw Sergio become the go to private chef to Hollywood actors (such as Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr, Leonardo DiCaprio, Chris Hemsworth), athletes, royalty and politicians. Growing up in Spain he was naturally an advocate for the healthy Mediterranean diet, but it was working with actors which prompted him to study and learn more about nutrition and during his time with Chris Hemsworth he helped prepare him for the role Thor, optimising his nutrition to support his exercise and muscle building regime. He was an integral part of the successful training app known as CENTR by Chris Hemsworth, writing recipes, diet programs and meditations, offering subscribers a holistic wellness approach. Sergio has an international upbringing, born in Spain to a Mexican/American and Spanish Parents and growing up on a US Airforce base, has given Se

Adriano Zumbo is a chef and TV presenter. He is one of Australia’s most celebrated pâtissiers and the star of the Netflix TV shows Zumbo’s Just Desserts and Sugar Rush. As a popular figure in the pastry world he has garnered many nicknames including, ‘The Sweet Assassin’, ‘Pâtissier of Pain, ‘Dark Lord of the Pastry Kitchen’ and has been lauded as ‘Australia's answer to Willy Wonka’. Adriano is a regular guest judge on MasterChef Australia and has appeared on Dessert Masters on Network 10. This country boy’s first taste of the sweet life was raiding the lollies and cake mix from his parent’s Coonamble supermarket. Adriano began his apprenticeship at the age of 15 where his love affair with pastry flourished. An appearance on the first series of MasterChef Australia was instrumental in introducing the croquembouche to an even wider audience and made Adriano – and macarons – a household name.  Adriano has released three bestselling cookbooks, has competed in several prominent international competitions includin

Troy Kinne is an award-winning comedian, actor, writer, producer and director. In the early days of his stand-up comedy career, Troy won almost every new comic competition in Australia. The Comic’s Lounge ‘You Gotta be Joking’ competition saw him receive the prize of a trip to New York to attend the American Institute of Comedy. He went on to perform at several well-known clubs in the U.S. including Caroline’s on Broadway, Stand Up New York, Gotham Comedy club, the Laugh Factory, The Hollywood Comedy Store and The Comedy Cellar.  On returning to Australia Troy became a sought-after headline act for The Australian Armed Defence forces, Mining camps and Comedy clubs around the country. In 2010 Troy added some steady work alongside the comedy club circuit, becoming a content producer for the Fifi and Jules radio show and hosting his own regular segment interviewing celebrity guests such as Seth Rogen, Josh Lawson, Simon Pegg and DJ Havana Brown. Troy has made guest appearances on TV and radio including Nova FM’

Cindy Busby is an actor who has been a prominent presence in Hollywood for over two decades, making her mark in both film and television. The television mainstay is best known for her series regular role as ‘Ashley Stanton’ on Heartland, one of the most successful Canadian television shows ever produced. Syndicated in over 81 countries and a fan favorite on Netflix, the series has solidified her as a beloved actress among audiences worldwide. She is now making the jump to When Hope Calls on Great American as series regular ‘Nora Anderson.’ In its second season, the series is now streaming on Pureflix and Great American Family. Over the years, Cindy’s dedication and talent have earned her over twenty lead roles, including her standout performance in Unleashing Mr. Darcy (2016), which premiered to over three million viewers and broke the network’s social media record. She also starred in Royal Hearts, filmed in Romania alongside James Brolin.  Cindy has worked with some of Hollywood’s biggest names, making her

Stuart Laws is a comedian, actor, writer, producer, editor and director. He performs sketch comedy and stand-up comedy. He supported James Acaster on his UK tours and has appeared on and written for Radio 4, has two specials on NextUp Comedy, one on American label 800 Pound Gorilla Media, and has written a play The Journey, that debuted at The Edinburgh Fringe at The Pleasance in 2018. In 2021, he was nominated for Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show and in 2022 he was nominated for Comedians Choice Best Show. In 2023, his Fringe show was awarded 4.5 stars by Chortle. ​Stuart runs his own production company, Turtle Canyon Comedy, and writes and directs sketch shows, sitcoms, live shows and specials that have been shown on Netflix, Prime, BBC, Sky, ITV, Channel 4 and more. Stuart has directed Sindhu Vee, Nish Kumar, Rosie Jones, Suzi Ruffell, Paul Foot, Ivo Graham, Jess Fostekew, Jen Brister and Ian Smith’s Specials. Stuart had a breakout year at Edinburgh Fringe 2024 for review with 9 x 4-star reviews and a B

Garrett Millerick is an acclaimed stand-up comedian, writer, and director whose unique and versatile style has made him a favourite on the UK and international comedy circuits. A frequent Critics’ Choice, he has appeared on Conan, SiriusXM, and more. His breakout live show Sunflower became one of the most talked-about performances of 2018. Garrett recently wrote and starred in Do Gooders a workplace sitcom for BBC Radio 4 that takes audiences behind the curtain of the charity industry alongside a cast that includes Frank Skinner, Fay Ripley, Lisa McGrillis, Ahir Shah and Ania Magliano. Critically acclaimed comedian Garrett Millerick’s 2022 smash hit show, Just Trying to Help, is making its eagerly awaited debut as a streamable comedy special on the prestigious 800 Pound Gorilla platform. Following a celebrated run at the Edinburgh Fringe and sell-out performances at the Soho Theatre, Garrett’s intensely funny take on modern life is more relevant now – three years after it debuted - than ever before.  Garrett

Kirsten Vangsness is an actor, YouTuber, podcaster, graphic novelist & playwright. She is most known for playing Penelope Garcia on the long running CBS crime drama Criminal Minds, for which she co-wrote 5 episodes, including the series finale. In 2020, Kirsten launched her YouTube series KIRSTEN'S AGENDA as a way to promote mental health, wellness and civic duty. Her first season featured such guests as Aisha Tyler, Pauley Perrette and Karen David. She enjoyed the interviews so much she decided to spin them off into the KIRSTEN'S AGENDA Podcast, available wherever podcasts live. Kirsten has long been deeply involved in the L.A. theatre scene, scoring two Ovation Best Actress nominations (for "FAT PIG" at the Geffen and "Everything You Touch" at Boston Court), LA Weekly Best Playwright of the Year nomination (For her Theatre of NOTE production of "Potential Space") and winning the Los Angeles Drama Circle Best Comedic Actress. She is a long-time member of Hollywood’s Theatre of NOTE where she serves on t