BA #024: Greg Edwards

May 6, 2014

On the twenty-fourth Box Angeles podcast, comedian Greg Edwards stops by Studio 309. He discusses how he found stand up through doing mystery dinner theatre, the origins of the web series Thug Notes of which he stars in, his writing process and more!

 

 

the BA #024 breakdown —
– Box rants measurement of calories.
– Growing up in Hampton Virginia and dabbling in both sports & arts.
– Doing mystery dinner theatre and moving to the Bay Area.
– First time doing stand up at Java Source and moving to Los Angeles.
– Favorite part of LA and the lack of a mass-transit system.
– The origins of the YouTube series Thug Notes and his dream scenario for his career.
– Finding an agent and the writing process (and working out).
– Working odds job while trying to make it, like at a place that has a water menu.
– Greg describes what he does in three words and gives his logline.
– Greg discusses who / what he enjoys to watch and who he’d like to work with.
– Greg’s favorite thing he has done and how he defines success.
– Closing line / sign-off.

For more Greg, follow him on Twitter @GregtheGrouch.

 

Guest Beer — Stone, Ruination IPA