Comedian Eric D'Alessandro joins me at Carolines on Broadway for a funny and serious talk. We get into:
- Mispronouncing his name
- Driving on the Autobahn
- Anxiety and his diagnosis
- Therapy
- Mental illness in his family
- A hit and run accident
- How he made it in stand-up comedy
- Improv classes where he was totally out of place
- Odd jobs, like at Newark Airport
- Pounding the pavement
- Emailing Taylor Swift’s booking agent
- Doing open mics
- Comedy club gatekeepers
- Social media comedians
- Young comedians vs. old comedians
- Trying to get to the next level vs. being a dinosaur
- His creative process
- How he edits his videos
- How he tests his comedy material
- Dressing like a woman and how he feels about it
- Why people think he’s gay
- Who he really is beneath the façade
Links:
Carolines on Broadway https://www.carolines.com/
Eric’s website https://www.ericdalessandro.com/
Eric’s IG https://www.instagram.com/ericdalessandro/
Eric and me on YouTube
- Old school stand-up comedy is dead: https://youtu.be/M9oGEBKF1vU
- Struggles growing up: https://youtu.be/VoqEKYMWdhM
- Secret to Instagram + YouTube success: https://youtu.be/oYras84oSkE
Five Miles from the Spotlight https://youtu.be/w3cQbZfofGU
Eric's hilarious Walmart video https://youtu.be/ciYFgVpya5k
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Celebrity interview by Kara Mayer Robinson
Music credit:
Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod incompetech - Creative Commons