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Funniest People (You’ve Never Heard Of) w/ Peter Murphy Feat. Matt O’Brien [Podcast]

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Funniest People (You’ve Never Heard Of) is a comedy podcast bringing you weekly interviews with hilarious comics, writers, content creators, and artists who aren’t household names.

Peter Murphy: Authentic, unpretentious, and fun, Peter takes a comedic look at the world through the lens of a reformed Floridian. You may recognize Peter from his work as a host on “NFL Tuesday Night Gaming” or at Tastemade Media. Peter has also been proudly featured on MTV and in various national commercials, tv shows, and feature films. He is also a co-producer of Never Ending Comedy at the Hollywood Improv.

In this episode of Funniest People (You’ve Never Heard Of), host Peter Murphy sits down with the man, the myth, the mustache— Canadian comedian Matt O’Brien. Matt relives his early days in entertainment interning for MTV Canada, then landing a job on Conan with a little help from identity theft. Matt also discusses what it’s like being married to a comedian and how he and his wife decide who gets to turn their real life stories into material for their acts.

Matt O’Brien: Matt O’Brien has been featured on MTV, Variety, Comedy Network, CBC, Odd Squad on PBS, MuchMusic, and San Francisco Sketchfest. He wrote and performed his own hour long special on The Comedy Network in Canada and in 2017 he performed his third TV gala at the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal. He is the winner of Sirius XM Radio’s Top Comic, and was recently nominated for Best Break Out Artist at the Canadian Comedy Awards and Best Comedian by COCA (Canadian Organization of Campus Activities).

His debut album “Live in a basement in front of 20 people” hit #1 on the iTunes Comedy charts. 

He also hosts and films his own YouTube late night talk show “Late Night Talk Show on a Subway” that recently featured Scott Thompson of Kids in the Hall.