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Episode #398

• Starting stand-up at 36 after a comedy class
• Hitting nearly 40 comedy festivals while racing to check off all 50 states
• Her Kill Tony weight loss challenge and the Moody Center New Year's Eve prize on the line
• Hosting for Nicole Byer, Usama Siddiquee, all while inspiring future moms with her pregnancy bits

Follow Kandyce

• TikTok - @just_kandyce
• YouTube - Youtube.com/@Kandyce1978
• Instagram - @just_kandyce
• Facebook - Facebook.com/Just.Kandyce
• Threads - @just_kandyce
• Dot - dot.cards/just_kandyce

Kandyce can be seen and heard:

• LMAOF special #93 - https://of.tv/v/B3zyR
• Kill Tony episodes 701, 726, and 766
  • Kill Tony Weigh-in Challenge - Results Coming Soon!!
• Kandyce & Friends - 8:00pm November 5, Upstage Comedy Lounge, San Antonio - Tickets

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Episode #399

• Trading chilly Bismarck for Austin, bombing at early open mics, and finally taking a comedy class
• Teaching hundreds of comics to write jokes and launching Smile More, her all-women showcase
• Building her own pandemic MFA and publishing the poetry collection Snacks for the Love Hungry
• Half Empty, Half Full, her monthly literary comedy show pairing comedians, writers, optimists, and pessimists

Follow Valerie

• Website - valerienies.com
• Linktree - linktr.ee/valerieknees
• TikTok - @valerieknees
• YouTube - youtube.com/freeneurotica
• Instagram - @valerieknees and @_halfemptyhalffull
• X - @valerieknees
• Threads - @valerieknees

Valerie can be seen and heard:

• Snacks for the Love Hungry - Collection of poems (Amazon, Bookshop)
• Half-Empty Half Full - a literary comedy show (monthly on 1st Saturdays at ColdTowne Theater)
• Standup comedy and writing classes (see valerienies.com)

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Episode #400

• How Lara's famous "no" sent Valerie to Comedy Wham and sparked 400 episodes of conversations
• Valerie's favorite pinch-me moments with Scott Thompson, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Dana Gould, with a dose of back alley dumpster-dodging to bring us down to earth.
• Heartfelt notes from comics who found stages, festivals, and friends through Comedy Wham - Brendan K O'Grady & Duncan Carson, Holly Hart, Rita Patterson, Nikki Coleman, Robert May, Danna Kiel & Gretchen Dietz.
• A retrospective on hundreds of episodes and memorable experiences
• How Travis grew up a junior comedy fan, from Sure Thing showcases to Letterkenny interviews.

Follow Comedy Wham

• Website - comedywham.com (oh wait, you're already here!)
• TikTok - @comedywham (not super active)
• YouTube - @ComedyWham (all the audio and occasional video podcast episodes, the CCPP Comedy Class, and more)
• Instagram - @comedywham (tag us in your show promos & we'll share. Follow us! We live here)
• Facebook - comedywham (not active except when Instagram cross-posts)
• Twitch - comedywham (see archives of our online shows when some big names weren't so big)

Comedy Wham can be seen and heard:

• Weekly podcasts drop every Sunday (twice a month in summer)
• Monthly ImproVintage comedy show - 1st Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m. at Fallout Theater
• Sporadic stand-up showcases
• Valerie's articles for the Austin Chronicle, The Barbed Wire, the San Antonio Current can be found in our Columns tab and by visiting their web sites and searching "Valerie Lopez"

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Episode #396

Vanessa Gonzalez returns to talk with Valerie about

• Self-funding her Hulu special, Mamona, after a manager lied for a year about shopping it.
• Landing her first writers' room job and feeling like an imposter at Warner Brothers.
• The anxiety medication that changed how she handles online hate and self-doubt.
• Why Austin will always be her comedy home, no matter where LA takes her.

Recorded September 2026

Follow Vanessa

• Website - VanessaComedy.com
• Instagram - vanessagcomedy
• Tiktok - @vanessagcomedy
• Youtube - youtube.com/@vanessagcomedy

Vanessa can be seen and heard:

• Hulu special Mamona (2026)
• Comedy Central Special
• HBO Latino special Entre Nos
• TruTV's Laff Mobb Laff Tracks
• Debut Album - My Birthday's Tomorrow (Available on all platforms)
• I'm Not Busy Podcast - Co-hosted with Michael Foulk

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Episode #397

• Turning TV paychecks into Under Covers, a silly web series pitched as Brooklyn Nine-Nine meets Cheaters
• Flipping Perfect Strangers into Strange, But Perfect, his award-winning Hill Country film starring Ed Begley Jr. and Beth Grant (and Austinites Garrett Rojas and Irielle Wesley)
• Weaving his late father's voicemails into a screenplay, and why you should write down loved ones' stories
• Directing the political satire A Million More to Go
• His surprising nemesis: tinfoil touching metal fillings

Follow Carlo

• Website - carlogarcia.com
• YouTube - youtube.com/@CarloLorenzoGarcia
• Instagram - @carlolgarcia
• Facebook - facebook.com/carlolorenzogarcia
• X - @carlogarcia

Follow A Million More to Go

• Website - amillionmoretogo.com
• Instagram - @amillionfilm

Follow Strange, But Perfect

• Website - strangebutperfect.com
• Instagram - @strangebutperfectfilm

Carlo can be seen and heard:

• Screenplay author and actor - Strange, But Perfect (upcoming release)
• Director - A Million More to Go (upcoming release) - Trailer
• Actor - Empire, Walker, Chicago P.D.
• Web series writer and actor - Under Covers

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Episode #395

• Getting engaged, co-hosting Quackin Jokes, and juggling comedy with her 2027 wedding planning
• Retiring her "single girl" jokes and learning to write fresh material as a newly engaged comic
• Teaching special ed adults and finding classroom humor without punching down at anyone
• The annual FPIA contest and having the introspection that fun beats chasing a trophy every time

Recorded August 2026

Follow Katie

• Instagram - @kabbagepatchkatie
• TikTok - @itsmekatiefelton
• YouTube - youtube.com/@katiefelton

Katie can be seen and heard:

• Quackin' Jokes - Monthly 8:00pm, Captain Quack's Soundspace
• The 3 Minute with Katie Podcast
• Comedy Wham Presents
  • Katie Felton: Talk Softly and Carry a Big Shtick

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Episode #394

• Getting their start in Houston alongside a young, pre-fame Sam Kinison and Bill Hicks
• Why LA sketch comedy and short sets never beat an hour alone with strangers
• Reviving the legendary Texas Outlaw Comics brand for a new Houston film taping
• Surviving brutal one-nighters, empty casinos, and what actually makes a comic great

Follow Outlaw Comics

• Website - outlawcomics.com
• YouTube - youtube.com/@TheOutlawComics
• Instagram - @outlawcomics
• Facebook - facebook.com/theoutlawcomics

See the Outlaw Comics

• Outlaw Comics special taping (October 16 at MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center, Houston)

Follow Slade

• Website - sladeham.com
• Linktree - linktr.ee/sladeham
• TikTok - @slade-ham-comedy
• YouTube - youtube.com/sladeham
• Instagram - @sladeham
• Facebook - facebook.com/sladehamcomedy

Slade can be seen and heard:

• Signal/Noise - comedy special
• Until All the Dragons are Dead - collection of stories
• Whiskey Brothers Podcast (retired, 1086 episodes)
• Outlaw Comics special taping (October 16 at MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center, Houston)
• The One that Got Away special (available November through Comedy Dynamics)

Follow Jimmy

• Instagram - @jimmypineapplecomedy
• Facebook - facebook.com/jimmy.pineapple

Jimmy can be seen and heard:

• Outlaw Comics special taping (October 16 at MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center, Houston)

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Episode #393

• Juggling five-plus Austin comedy shows at once and somehow still adding more to his plate
• Landing a spot on the brand-new UCB Harold team after a wild 96-person audition
• His "directionless" 20s, and why finding performance turned everything around for him
• Launching Clown Carbonara, an immersive clown-run restaurant show premiering this September at the ColdTowne Cabaret

Follow Xander

• Instagram - @xandy_newman

Xander can be seen and heard:

• Austin Sketch Fest: Larry McMurtry's Cowboy Cavalcade - 9:30pm, Friday, August 21, 2026, ColdTowne Theater: Tickets
• Clown Carbonara Presents Pantalones - Sundays in September 2026, 8:00pm, ColdTowne Theater
• Secret Stash - Weekly on Saturdays, 8:30pm, Fallout Theater
• UCB Harold Night - Weekly on Thursdays, 7:00pm, ColdTowne Theater
• Teenage Dirtbag - Monthly on Last Wednesdays, 8:30pm, Fallout Theater
• Guts! - Monthly on Third Fridays, 10:00pm, Fallout Theater
• Silly Billies - Monthly on Third Wednesdays, 8:30pm, Fallout Theater