She’s played practical jokes on some of your favorite celebrities, performed insane sketches with comedic legends, and continues to make audiences laugh all night long in the Los Angeles comedy scene. Not Cool w/ Sarah Hyland is a weekly podcast where comedian/actress Sarah Hyland sits down with her favorite friends, comedians, and entertainment figures to give you all of their opinions on the coolest and uncoolest topics and trends from the 90’s through today.
Sarah Hyland: Born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. Sarah grew up performing and creating characters for her family to make them laugh. It worked and she knew that was her mission in life, to make people laugh. Hyland’s comedy career started when she was living in Chicago while attending The Art Institute. She worked at a juice bar next to Zanies Comedy Club. Sarah was inspired by the comedians that would come into her work like Doug Stanhope, Lewis Black and Victoria Jackson.
She started at Second City Chicago and quickly moved to LA after dropping out of art school to pursue comedy. Upon arriving in Los Angeles, Hyland continued her improv education at Second City LA, UCB and The Groundlings. She scored a series regular role on MTV’s Punk’d and Fox MADTv. Sarah been performing stand-up regularly at the World Famous Comedy Store in West Hollywood. Opeing for Margaret Cho and The Kims of Comedy with Bobby Lee. Hyland continues to perform at clubs all over Los Angeles and the country.
In this week’s episode, Sarah is joined by comedian and friend Kevin Nealon.
Comedian, actor, artist and Saturday Night Live alum Kevin Nealon joins Sarah to talk butt slaps, famous friends, comedy and his new book “I Exaggerate: My Brushes with Fame.”
Kevin Nealon: Best known as a long-running cast member of “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 1975- ) and the show’s “Weekend Update” anchor for three seasons, actor, comedian and writer Kevin Nealon got his start working the trenches of the L.A. stand-up comedy scene and was fortunate enough to land on “SNL” at the start of one of its most revered eras – one that included fellow Not-Ready-for-Primetime-Players like Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Jan Hooks and Dana Carvey. But after nearly a decade in the show’s acclaimed ensemble cast, Nealon’s career seemed to lack direction, unlike many of his co-stars who left “SNL” for greener Hollywood pastures. Following several failed sitcom attempts and seemingly endless cameos in teenage mall comedies, Nealon finally came into his own with winning roles on Showtime’s dark comedy series “Weeds” (Showtime, 2003-2012), playing a client-turned-cohort to a suburban pot dealing mom, and the antic older brother on Matt LeBlanc’s family comedy “Man With A Plan” (CBS 2016- ). Having established himself as a dependable supporting player and stand-up comedian in his own right, Nealon had largely moved beyond his notoriety as merely an “SNL” alumni.
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