Stand-up comedians who are ready to take the world by storm have many early historic stops along the road to verging superstardom, and this podcast is one of the most important.
Ready Set Blow w/ Randy Valerio is a weekly podcast hosted by Los Angeles comedian Randy Valerio as he sits down with comedians, entertainers, professionals, and friends to discuss life, relationships, careers, opinions, and current events.
Randy Valerio: Randy is a Los Angeles-based comedian and podcaster originally hailing from Queens, New York. After going to a fancy Ivy League university and spending over a decade as an investment banker, Randy decided he was tired of being able to pay his bills on time and jumped head-first into stand-up comedy. Randy’s style of comedy reflects his diverse upbringing in New York City by an immigrant father from the Dominican Republic and a German-Irish mother, his experiences as a single man in his 30s, and the everyday absurdities we all take part in but never seem to notice. He got his start in the Boston comedy scene in 2016 and began taking his act on the road opening for Jeff Dye (The Tonight Show, NBC’s Better Late Than Never, Last Comic Standing) beginning in the summer of 2018, performing in over 35 cities across the country. Randy has also opened for such other comics as Donnell Rawlings, Chris Franjola, and Dean Delray. In January 2020, Randy had the opportunity to perform internationally for the first time in Australia at the Fringe World Festival, and in 2021, he was featured at the Idaho Comedy Fest. During the pandemic, Randy was able to grow a nascent Instagram following to over 39K followers, having his jokes reposted by BuzzFeed.com, TheChive.com, and various meme accounts with a combined 50M+ following. He is also the host of the weekly Ready Set Blow podcast, which was included in the first annual Boston Podfest at Laugh Boston comedy club in 2018.
This week, Randy has the great Laura Severse back on the show. The two open up talking about their old comedy haunts in Boston. Randy dives in and asks Laura about her move out to LA from Boston. Randy informs Laura that apparently, dogs get depressed. Laura talks about the transition to the west coast for her kids. Laura shares a tale about how she got busted by her kids rekindling her love life with her husband. The two talk about going to the late night L Street fights in Boston. Randy asks Laura about what she misses most about back home. They close the show talking about how to deal with LA audiences.
Laura has opened for Tim Dillon, Iliza Schlesinger, Big Jay Oakerson, Jay Larson, and Erik Griffin. She has performed with Gary Gulman, Lenny Clarke, and Jimmy Tingle. Laura regularly headlines Nick’s Comedy Stop, The Comedy Scene, The Attic, and venues all over New England and beyond. She is a featured performer at Laugh Boston and WooHaHa. Laura has participated in the Rogue Island Comedy Festival, Boston Comedy Festival, HBO’s Women in Comedy Festival, Thunderfest and the CinderBlock Festival. She has participated in talent showcases for Comedy Central and Just for Laughs Montreal as well as multiple Best of Boston Comics Showcases. Laura is a former Comic-In-Residence at the Comedy Studio in Cambridge, MA. She has performed for WGBH Stories from the Stage and acted in several Tres Gatos Productions. Her most recent video, Tim Dillon’s, “The Wallet” was viewed by over 4 million people. She has performed all over the country from Los Angeles to New York City and is a beloved staple of New England comedy.
Checkout previous episodes of Ready Set Blow w/ Randy Valerio featuring Bee Gutierrez, Jeff Dye, Justin Elliott, Audrey Stewart, Janelle Draper, and more HERE
