BA #235: Amy Rhodes
On the two-hundred and thirty-fifth Box Angeles writer Amy Rhodes (Bad Judge, The Ellen DeGeneres Show) stops by Studio 309. She discusses her superstitions when performing improv, smoking weed with her mine troop in high school, hating auditioning for commercials, and more!
the BA #235 breakdown
– Box rants sharing donuts.
– Drinking and rituals and superstitions.
– Growing up in Des Moines and being in a mime troop.
– Performing improv / theatre in school and attending Tufts in Boston.
– Going hard with the freedom and double majoring in drama & english.
– Moving to NYC to put up a Scooby Doo inspired play off-broadway and Samuel French publishing it.
– Discovering UCB early and quitting commercial auditioning.
– Writing a solo show and moving to Los Angeles after selling a pilot.
– Being the first director of content at Funny or Die and landing Ellen via Craigslist.
– Amy the Reporter and landing Bad Judge right after leaving Ellen.
For more Amy, @iamamyrhodes on Instagram.
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