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TigerBelly w/ Bobby Lee & Khalyla Feat. Neal Brennan (Episode 377) [Podcast]

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TigerBelly is a no-holds-barred arena for half-truths, social no-nos, and animal behavior-featuring comedian Bobby Lee and his best friend Khalyla. In this week’s episode, comedian Neal Brennan joins the podcast to discuss various topics including Neal Brennan’s Mr. Burns Burn, Bobby and Neal’s Deal Breakers, Dating Red Flags, and Bobby and Khalyla Navigating The Dating Scene.

Tigerbelly’s Bobby Lee & Khalyla Kuhn: Bobby Lee is an American stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster. From 2001 to 2009, Lee was a cast member on MADtv, and he co-starred in the ABC single-camera sitcom series Splitting Up Together alongside Jenna Fischer and Oliver Hudson between 2018 and 2019. Khalyla Kuhn (@khalamityk) a famous youtuber with a mysterious backstory, Kuhn worked as a private tutor, teaching microbiology, physiology and anatomy. At one point in time she also worked as a waitress. Khun became famous after her relationship with comedian Bobby Lee was made public. After being admitted to the hospital for a heart condition, Khalyla decided to launch the now famous TigerBelly podcast with Lee. The podcast focuses on the issues of the Asian American community – the hosts discuss various subjects such as the entertainment industry, adolescence, sexuality, ethnicity, racism, and politics. Currently, Tiger Belly Podcast has more than 56 million YouTube viewers and over 300,000 subscribers.

This Week’s Special Guest:
Neal Brennan: Neal Brennan is a director, writer, actor, and comedian known for co-creating and co-writing the Comedy Central series Chappelle’s Show with Dave Chappelle. Chappelle and Brennan wrote and produced virtually every sketch themselves. In the second season, Brennan was allowed to officially direct, and helmed such sketches as “Charlie Murphy/Rick James,” “The Racial Draft,” “Charlie Murphy/Prince,” and the “John Mayer Sketch.” Brennan received three Emmy nominations for Chappelle’s Show; one for directing “Rick James,” the other two for writing and producing. Chappelle’s Show is the number one selling television show DVD of all time, selling nearly nine million units. Ask your parents what DVDs are.

Brennan continues to perform stand-up regularly in the Los Angeles area as well as nationally. His first one-hour stand-up special Women and Black Dudes premiered on Comedy Central in 2014. In 2017, Brennan released his second one-hour stand-up special 3 Mics on Netflix to widespread critical acclaim. 3 Mics features Brennan switching between three different microphones symbolizing three different styles of comedy. On January 1st, 2019 Brennan released an all new half hour of material on Netflix as part of the Comedians of the World series. Brennan has also performed stand-up on Last Call with Carson DalyLate Night with Jimmy FallonLopez Tonight, and Conan.

As a film director, Brennan has helmed feature films, television episodes, documentaries, stand-up specials and nationally syndicated commercials. His directing credits include the feature film The Goods starring Jeremy Piven, multiple episodes of Inside Amy SchumerJAY-Z’s 4:44 documentary series that featured Will Smith, Chris Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Michael B. Jordan, Trevor Noah, and other celebrities, comedian Michelle Wolf’s critically acclaimed one-hour HBO special Nice Lady, a series of commercials for the ESPY’s, and several nationally syndicated commercials for major brands featuring celebrities and athletes including Lebron James.

In 2011, Brennan, comedian Moshe Kasher, and DJ Douggpound, started a podcast called The Champs which ran until 2016Guests on the show included actor/comedians Wayne Brady, Chris Rock, Mario Joyner, Shawn and Marlon Wayans, and David Alan Grier, adult film star Lexington Steele, rapper Too $hort, and professional basketball player Blake Griffin.

Brennan co-wrote the cult classic film Half Baked with Chappelle as well as episodes of SNL that featured Chappelle and Aziz Ansari as hosts. He also wrote comedy material for the 83rd Academy Awards and for Seth Meyers’ speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner in 2011. In that speech, Meyers infamously poked fun at Donald Trump, who was in the audience.

Starting in 2016, Brennan became a contributor to The Daily Show with Trevor Noah as “Trevor’s friend Neal.”

Checkout previous episodes of TigerBelly featuring Brendan Schuab, Andrew Schulz, Jo Koy, Annie Lederman, Ari Shaffir, Bill Burr and more HERE