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.
This week, Peter is joined by the incredibly talented stand-up comic and voiceover actress Zara Mizrahi!
Zara has lent her distinctive voice to shows like FAMILY GUY, AMERICAN DAD, and Marvel’s MODOK. She takes us behind the scenes of a recording session and shares what it’s like to perform on stage, drawing humor from her unique Middle Eastern and Hispanic heritage. And, being a true LA native, she of course has an unforgettable story about a close call with Scientology.
Zara has voiced over 30 episodes of Fox’s hit animated series Family Guy and TBS’s American Dad!. She is also a recurring character on Marvel’s MODOK on Hulu (starring Patton Oswalt), where she was also a writers’ assistant.
Zara is an LA native who grew up in a bilingual home with a tabloid reporter mother and clothing designer father. She wrote three pilots based on real stories from her life. XPOSED is a half-hour comedy about a young political speech writer who unexpectedly inherits her estranged uncle’s porn company. FOR THE STORY focuses on a mother and daughter who team up on tabloid investigations in the 90s. And NORMALIZED is an animated half-hour comedy about a disillusioned actress who starts working at a sketchy advertising agency to escape her unwanted and accidental fame.
Her latest feature mockumentary script, DRENCHED was optioned by Dana Brunetti (THE SOCIAL NETWORK, HOUSE OF CARDS), and follows a hapless CEO of a marine mammal park as she fights to contain a string of scandals that threaten to take down the company.
Zara’s goofy catchphrases like “Iz okayyy” and her worship of Chipotle burritos and raccoons helped her nurture a strong relationship with her cult-like followers whom she connects with daily — sharing standup clips, stories, sketches, jokes, and reviews of her favorite movies and products.
She now performs on several storytelling shows, and is always working on new material, producing off-the-wall social media content and writing new scripts.
Checkout previous episodes of Funniest People (You’ve Never Heard Of) featuring Maddi Mays, Saul Trujillo, and more HERE
