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Kalea McNeill is an actor/standup comedian from the bay area. She was named a JFL New Face in 2022, has appeared on Don't Tell Comedy, Comedy Central, Netflix is a Joke Festival, the LMAOF Comedy Series, and has headlined around the country in addition to opening for George Wallace and Arsenio Hall. Her Grammy considered debut comedy special, Sma'am is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.

Mo Mandel is a writer, comedian, and actor who has appeared on some of your favorite TV shows as well as a few you probably hate. He's even created a few himself (hopefully those are the ones you liked). Most recently, he released his third comedy special, starred in a major film role, and wrote commercials for a slew of top brands.

Anal springs to mind, because I was doing a show in Limerick in Ireland and the stage manager genuinely thought my name was Anal. He called me over the Tannoy [PA system]: Could Anal please come to the stage door? But there must be a bigger word than that.

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It's where everyone from bored office workers to celebrities with too much time on their hands compete to deliver the funniest one-liners, clapbacks, roasts and jokes - in 280 characters or less. The best tweets slap like a digital lightning bolt. Short, sharp and unexpected. From observations about daily life to chaotic shower thoughts or brutal honesty, the platform is filled with comedy gold.

It's why the "hidden talent" trend is the perfect mix of funny and relatable. All the busy, tired, 9-to-5 workers of the world are taking to the app to record themselves singing their own rendition of "Stay With Me" by Sam Smith. The goal? To see if they have a hidden singing talent that would allow them to quit their job and live a life of luxury.

After some de rigeur prefatory Carson Wentz Chat, we got right to the stuff that would make up most of the episode, which was a conversation about the business and practice of doing comedy that was frequently interrupted or derailed when one of us thought of something stupid or funny that we wanted to bring up. There's some substance in there about the hidden and less-hidden economics of comedy, how Instagram has upended every long-established aspect of that industry,