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 Dave Merheje as they discuss fist fighting in Windsor, grandpa’s made-up words and the road to success as an actor/comic.
Dave Merheje: Dave Merheje is considered to be one of the most original stand-up acts on the comedy scene today. His multiple award-winning act has gained a loyal following across in North America with his “no fear” approach on stage and a comedy style best described as aggressive in-your-face funny. Dave had his first comedy special air in Australia on ABC2, and has made appearances on Comedy Network’s Match Game, was a regular contributor on MTV Live, recurred on CBC’s Mr. D, and he co-stars in the comedy series Ramy on Hulu.
As a stand-up, Dave won the Just For Laugh’s 2011 Homegrown Comic Competition and NOW Magazine’s 2011 Best of Toronto Award for Best Male Stand-up. In 2012 he was a part of the NBC Standup for Diversity tour, and a Canadian Comedy Award-nominee for Best Stand-up. In 2013 he was nominated for another Canadian Comedy Award, this time for best taped live performance, and was a finalist at the Seattle Comedy Competition. Dave has made multiple appearances at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, JFL42 in Toronto, Winnipeg Comedy Festival, the Halifax Comedy Festival, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in Australia, and tours clubs and theatres regularly. In 2018 Dave released his comedy special “Good Friend Bad Grammar” which is available on iTunes and Amazon Prime, and won the 2019 Juno Award for Comedy Album of the year. His most recent comedy special, Beautifully Manic, can be seen on Netflix as part of Comedians of the World, right now.
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