If you spend most of your life hanging out at one of the most recognizable comedy venues in the world, you’re bound to learn different forms of truth from many legendary comedians. Son of famous HaHa Comedy Club owner Jack Assadourian and a premier comedian headlining numerous marquee comedy clubs throughout the U.S., Jack Assadourian Jr. has been seen on the shows Epix Sex Life as well as Amazon Laugh After Dark and Make America Laugh Again. Jack was the 2019 finalist on the NBC show Stand Up. He created the NoHo Comedy Festival, which attracted some of the country’s most talented comedians. Assadourian guest-starred in movies like 50 Shades of Black and participated in popular podcasts like The Church of What’s Happening Now with Joey Diaz and About Last Night with Adam Ray. Now, the comedian known to many as Jack Jr. is sharing some of comedy’s funniest true stories in the form of his podcast entitled Comedy Club Confessions.
Eager to create noteworthy click-bait material for his YouTube channel, Comedy Club Confessions will be featured as a weekly testimonial between Jack Jr. and your favorite comedy superstars and legends.
In this week’s episode, Assadourian is joined by comedian/actor Rell Battle. The East Coast comedian joins Jack Jr to talk about his start in theater and how Michael Lenoci stole his rug.
Considering his last name, it comes in some ways as no surprise that comedian Rell Battle would become the writer and producer behind “Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle” (Comedy Central, 2016-). Born Terrell Battle in Washington D.C., Battle enrolled at the University of Maryland in 2000 to study theater, and soon began hosting a late night radio show on local station WJFK 106.7 FM-a gig that later led to a job at MTV Radio. After graduating in 2004, Battle moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. He landed his first big break when he was featured as a “New Face” at Jamie Foxx’s Laffapalooza comedy festival, and later landed a spot on the stand-up release “Chocolate Sundaes Comedy Show: Live on Sunset Strip!” (2010) alongside Kevin Hart and Katt Williams. In 2016, Battle brought his live show-a comedy roast presented in the style of a rap battle-to Comedy Central, executive producing the series while veteran roaster Jeff Ross took over hosting duties. Meanwhile, Battle took his skills as an on-screen comic to an even wider audience joining the cast of the sitcom “Superior Donuts” (CBS, 2017-), co-starring with Jermaine Fowler and Judd Hirsch as the lead character’s sketchy best friend Sweatpants.
