Our guest, Brent Gill, is a stand-up comedian & Colorado-native who began performing comedy while attending CU Boulder. After years of being a well-loved staple of Denver’s comedy scene, the founder of the ‘Boulder Comedy Show’ & ‘Good Session’ has moved to the modern Mecca (arguably) for stand-up comedy: Austin, Texas. Brent is a seasoned storyteller with unlimited stage presence & pizzazz; we’re fortunate he made time to come on our silly, undiscovered, show to laugh & eat with us!
Follow Brent on Instagram @iambrentgill & check out his shows ‘Good Session’ @goodsession.comedy & his work with Hole Hecklers @holehecklers
AND please (for your own sake), watch his special — ‘Live From Gilladelphia’ — on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/NazbuSmAFaE?si=U0TnbkuwxL7T0In3
Brent brought his appetite for smoked meat to Top Shelf and he was eager to share some of the low-lights from the early days on the road, including his first ever headlining weekend in Questa, New Mexico. During this tale, we accidentally stumbled over an inspiring story of success for ‘The Best Impressionist in Albuquerque’ who was the scheduled feature act for Brent that weekend and has since gone on to “make it” on the silver screen (IMDb Page & all!). I’d bet it has to be, the greatest story of triumph for any performer at the Liquor Store/VFW/Pool Hall/Mexican Restaurant in unincorporated Questa, NM.
Grant Lucas joins us for EATIN’ over on Patreon & an ‘After-Hours’ segment full of Brent & I listening to him with our mouths agape. Grant taught us about sailing, the difference between car & boat racing, required mindfulness on the high seas, and the terrifyingly massive scale of the oceans. It’s planetary, yo! Don’t miss out.
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FO & BW
0:00 — Guest Intro
1:30 — Brent Crushing Smaller Shows
2:45 — 4-person Plano, TX party mindset
4:00 — Brent’s Comedy Origins (‘05)
5:30 — First Headlining Weekend Ever
6:15 — Liquor Store/VFW/Pool Hall/Mexican Restaurant
7:00 — “An Hour of Clean” in Questa, NM
8:00 — Stage presence
10:00 — He was available?!
11:00 — Nathan Augustson, the Best Impressionist in Albuquerque
12:00 — He Made It
13:30 — “You’re gonna go so far — & he DID!”
14:30 — From Monument, CO to Boulder, CO
16:15 — Meth, not even once.
17:00 — A Good Friend & American Pharma
18:00 — Open Mics in Boulder while at CU
18:45 — Math Major didn’t last
19:30 — His Pizzazz & First joke at Talent Show
21:15 — Who inspired him in Comedy
25:00 — Two-Night Talent Show
26:15 — Learning to find shows
28:00 — Three 21st Birthdays
29:00 — Used to be the King of Denver
30:00 — Where the “Art” is
31:45 — Bob Saget fired him for “Hot-Dogging”
33:30 — Brent Crushing a Show
35:00 — Free game
35:30 — Last time he did Shots with Wende
36:30 — A fun night w/ Bill Burr & Brian Regan
38:00 — Fricken Nuts!
39:30 — EATIN’ (Patreon.com/InTALLerable)
40:00 — After-Hours // Wing Review!
42:00 — Breakfast Champ Brent
43:00 — Teaching Brent Oven-Bacon
44:30 — Who’s not okay with Aluminum foil
46:00 — Cooming, brought to you by Hasbro
47:00 — You should FEAR the Ocean
48:00 — Rich guys & Sailboat Obsession
50:30 — Growing up Sailing
52:00 — Difference in Car & Boat Racing
54:00 — Schadenfreude
54:30 — Most Dangerous Sailing Race on Earth
55:30 — Naut for nothing
57:00 — Fallen Containers & sunk ships
58:00 — Sheer & Epic Size of the Ocean
1:00:00 — 3 oscillations & gone
1:02:00 — Planetary-sized Object
1:02:30 — Master & Commander
1:03:30 — City-Block-sized waves
1:04:00 — Wind, Water, Waves
1:08:00 — Wisdom on the Water
1:09:00 — Worldwide Sailing Race
1:12:30 — When a Sailboat Falls Over
1:14:15 — Old saying about sailors not learning to Swim
1:15:00 — Captain Cook Books Rule
1:16:30 — Death of Captain Cook in Hawaii
1:20:00 — ‘Hole Hecklers’
1:22:30 — Riverwalk in San Antonio
1:23:00 — Plugs