What's Up Fool? Podcast

If you want to have a discussion on comedy and specifically black comedy, you have to include D Militant. He is a comedy historian, a writer and a stand-up comedian. One of the most interesting things about D is his history with Katt Williams as his writer and opener on the road at the height of Katt's fame. Listen as he breaks down the history of black comedy, hollywood and how he narrowly escaped becoming "Whoopsie Wooly". Please rate or review the podcast and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Darryl "D Militant" Littleton: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/mr.dmilitant?fref=ts TWITTER: @D_Militant Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www.Facebook.com/FelipeEsparzaFanPage TWITTER: @FunnyFelipe INSTAGRAM: @FelipeEsparzaComedian www.felipesworld.com Rodrigo Torres: TWITTER: @RodrigoTorresJr INSTAGRAM: @RodrigoTorresJr Voodoo Glowskulls (they do our theme song) www.VoodooGlowskulls.com Ernesto Yerena (he designed our podcast logo) INSTAGRAM: @ernestoyerena Lesa ODaniel (Producer, editor, "What's Up F

This guy was the original inspiration for our Cholos: Where Are They Now? series we did a while back but he was always so busy working… Finally, this week we got to talk to actor (and comedian) Emilio Rivera. The realest guy you'll ever meet. He may play unflinching, menacing characters on TV shows and in movies but, yes, Emilio started as a stand-up comedian. I met him when I was starting out in comedy 17 years ago. We lived on the same block. I stayed in comedy and he went on to become a highly sought out character actor. He's currently portraying Marcus Alvarez in Sons of Anarchy and talks about what it's like to go from being a regular guy from the hood to portraying one on the big screen. Watch the series finale of Sons of Anarchy - Tuesday, December 9th, 2014. Please rate or review the podcast and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Emilio Rivera: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/emilioriverafanpage TWITTER: @EmilioRivera48 INSTAGRAM: @EmilioRivera48 Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www.Fac

Last week when we had Flaco as a guest with Gracie, we felt like we didn't get enough Flaco so we had him on by himself this week. Because we find Flaco interesting. He's only been in comedy for 5 years and I believe that he's funnier than most of the other comics out there with more experience. It's not a character - it's who he is even when he's playing Madden at my house. Listen as he breaks down his Marfans Syndrome (and corrects my pronunciation every time) and his experience in stand up comedy so far. Please rate or review the podcast and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Isaac Flaco Martinez: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/jisaac.martinez?fref=ts TWITTER: @FlacoSeagulls INSTAGRAM: @FunnyFlaco Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www.Facebook.com/FelipeEsparzaFanPage TWITTER: @FunnyFelipe INSTAGRAM: @FelipeEsparzaComedian www.felipesworld.com Rodrigo Torres: TWITTER: @RodrigoTorresJr INSTAGRAM: @RodrigoTorresJr Voodoo Glowskulls (they do our theme song) www.VoodooGlowskulls.com Ernesto Yere

We had some extra audio so we're putting up this bonus episode. Last week I walked around the tailgate parties at the Charger-Raider game in San Diego. No Rodrigo, no guests, just me talking to football fans and crazy tailgaters. We started on a mission to find lot D4 but I got stopped too many times along the way so we never made it there. But it's all about the journey, right?? Buy a What's Up Fool? podcast poster at www.FelipesWorld.com/SHOP - 100% of proceeds go to Starts with Arts Foundation in El Centro, CA, which provides extra-curricular art experiences and classes for underpriveleged kids. Please rate or review the podcast and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www.Facebook.com/FelipeEsparzaFanPage TWITTER: @FunnyFelipe INSTAGRAM: @FelipeEsparzaComedian www.felipesworld.com Rodrigo Torres: TWITTER: @RodrigoTorresJr INSTAGRAM: @RodrigoTorresJr Voodoo Glowskulls (they do our theme song) www.VoodooGlowskulls.com Ernesto Yerena (he designed our podcast logo) I

Gracie has been in comedy for a long time… but she's been doing the open mic rooms that whole time. She's kept her day job the whole time. She's a mom. She's 58. She's also one of the few women in comedy who will put up with all the nonsense from the male comics. Most female comics don't like to hang out with a bunch of dudes bagging on each other and dishing it out. Nothing we say to her affects her - or at least she doesn't show it. She's a true soldier. Listen as she breaks down her history of "trying" to get into show biz, and listen as 4 Mexican-Americans try to remember what M.E.C.H.A. stands for. Flaco also makes a return appearance to cheerlead on the side. We meant to have him on more during this episode but we got sidetracked. We'll have Flaco on again for his own episode. At the end of the episode, listen to the premiere of the new "Taco Tuesday" parody of Drake's "Tuesday" with I Love Makonnen. Video will be coming soon! Buy a What's Up Fool? podcast poster at www.FelipesWorld.com/SHOP - 100% of p

Today, comedian Carlos Oscar stops by to talk about all things Hollywood in the brand new All Things Comedy podcast studio. Carlos has been in comedy for over 20 years - longer than me. He knows the industry and he tells it like it is. Listen as we share all the ins and outs of the stand-up comedy and TV business, the false starts, the "latinoism", and the changes to come. This is a great episode if you've ever wondered how Hollywood all works - the Cliff's Notes version. We're going to have to have Carlos back for more Hollywood insights. Please rate or review the podcast and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/whats-up-fool-podcast/id853118658?mt=2 Check out on All Things Comedy: http://allthingscomedy.com/channels/44/what%27s-up-fool%3F **Check out some behind-the-scenes and other photos related to this episode: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.858421744191171.1073741852.104630766236943&type=1&l=2e42ec6d09 LINKS Carlos Os

Today, we welcome… no one. We're in between guests and about to go on a road trip to the Bay Area so we're just sitting down, talking a lot of shit in this episode, spreading some rumors, discussing some celebrity deaths and trying to break the code in Gabriel Iglesias' eulogy to himself. Are you famous enough to have a rumor started about your death? Can you troll your own family online and still be anonymous? And who IS that shady guy with the Jaguar trying to charge fans to get in to see Gabriel's grave? Listen as we just sit around being unproductive today. Please rate or review the podcast and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS **Check out some behind-the-scenes and other photos related to this episode: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.854844417882237.1073741851.104630766236943&type=1 Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www.Facebook.com/FelipeEsparzaFanPage TWITTER: @FunnyFelipe INSTAGRAM: @FelipeEsparzaComedian www.felipesworld.com Rodrigo Torres: TWITTER: @RodrigoTorresJr INSTAGRA

I met comedian Josh Nasar about 7 years ago at the Hollywood Laugh Factory. He was "douchebagged" out, Ed Hardy, Von Dutch, all that stuff… but I remembered him. He made an impression on me as someone who went after what he wanted and who worked hard and just was an all-around nice guy. Over the years, he lost that douchebag image and came into his own as a comedian. He also got further into acting and just got a role on this final season of Sons of Anarchy. Seems like things are looking up for old Joshy…Listen as he describes his upbringing in sales, his experience as a door-to-door salesman, comedian and actor and listen as we discuss for the first time EVER - the origin of the phrase "What's Up Fool?" Please rate or review the podcast and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Check out some behind-the-scenes photos of this episode here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.851369204896425.1073741850.104630766236943&type=3 Josh Nasar: TWITTER: @JoshNasar INSTAGRAM: @JoshNasar WEBSIT

I met Mariano this year while we were working on a commercial together. He's got quite a story… taken from his abusive home as a young child, Mariano then bounced around in and out of a series of foster homes and schools, never finding any real roots. Throughout this time, however, he was forging a strength of his own and found his calling in the military and eventually professional fighting. Eventually, Mariano began acting in movies and TV and is headed for a new challenge in life. Listen as Mariano breaks down professional (and unlicensed) fighting, "juicing" (not your fruits & veggies) and being a tough guy in Hollywood. Please rate or review the podcast and if you like it subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. Thanks for listening! **Check out some behind-the-scenes and other photos related to this episode: [srizonfbalbum id=15] LINKS Mariano Mendoza: TWITTER: @marianobigdawg INSTAGRAM: @MexicanBigDawg WEBSITE: www.MarianoMendoza.com Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www.Facebook.com/FelipeEsparzaFanPage TWITTER:

I've known these guys for a long ass time… I met Mando (Armando Cosio Sr.) when he was an exterminator at the projects where I lived in Boyle Heights. I found out he did comedy on the side. We became friends. He now owns his own exterminating business (La Cucaracha Pest Control) in Los Angeles and still does comedy on the side. He's funny! He and I used to tour with Gabriel Iglesias (Fluffy) for a while too. He has his son "Pops" (Armando Cosio Jr.) working for him in the office and eventually hired my friend Rodrigo Torres to work for him as an exterminator while Rodrigo is touring with me on the side AND going to law school. They have a long history with me, a lot of stories and a lot of jokes. We'll probably have Mando back again soon since we have so much history together, but sit back and listen to this first one. Please rate or review the podcast and if you like it subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. Thanks for listening! **Check out some behind-the-scenes and other photos related to this episode: https://

I met Sin Quirin a couple years ago at one of my comedy shows in L.A. He turned out to be cool - a real rock and roll guy. This interview is raw and unfiltered and just exactly the way he is. Had a lot of fun talking about the hood, growing up Latino in an all white neighborhood, loving hard rock and punk and being Latino inside that whole world. And with so many things in common, I still can't figure out how we didn't run into each other in the East L.A. area back in the day… Don't let it fool you that he has never smoked or had a drink in his life - this guy has a vice! But let he who is without Sin cast the first stone. BIG shout out to E-Dub and KhoolAid at Pocos Pero Locos for letting us use their studio. Listen to their Latino hip-hop station at http://www.last.fm/music/Pocos+Pero+Locos and follow them on TWITTER: @PPLSTATION Please rate or review the podcast and if you like it subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. Thanks for listening! LINKS Sin Quirin: FACEBOOK: www.Facebook.com/Sin.Quirin INSTAGRAM: @SinF

I met Desiree about 8 years ago when she started coming to my comedy shows. Found out she was a BBW porn star. She moved away for a while so I didn't learn much more about her after that. Luckily we stayed in touch and when I stopped by Vegas to do a show, I asked her if she would sit down with us and talk about her experience in porn and life in general. Listen as this bright, level-headed creator of BBW Con breaks down the porn industry, Japanese men, and all the fetish categories you can think of. Please rate or review the podcast and if you like it subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. Thanks for listening! LINKS Desiree Devine: TWITTER: @DesireeDevine or @BBWCon WEBSITES: www.BBWCon.com www.Printing4Pets.com www.DoggieDoOvers.com Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www.Facebook.com/FelipeEsparzaFanPage TWITTER: @FunnyFelipe INSTAGRAM: @FelipeEsparzaComedian www.felipesworld.com Rodrigo Torres: TWITTER: @RodrigoTorresJr INSTAGRAM: @RodrigoTorresJr Isaac "Flaco" Martinez: TWITTER: @FlacoSeagulls INSTAGRAM: @FunnyFlaco Vo

I've known and worked with comedian Keith Manning for about 10 years. He opens for me in a lot of different cities on the road. I like working with him because he's laid back and cool and easy to get along with. From the deep south, Savannah Georgia, he talks about growing up in the south, idolizing Blood In, Blood Out, black fraternities in college, and how he's never met a black person who went to school with the help of the United Negro College Fund… He also talks about his side of the crazy Houston story that my friend Theo told on our 3rd episode of the Kidnapped series. If you haven't heard that one yet, go listen to it first. Thanks to everyone who is listening to our podcast. We love doing it. Please rate or review the show (even if you hate it) and if you like it, subscribe! LINKS Keith Manning: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/keith.manning.967?fref=ts TWITTER: @keithmanning WEBISODE SERIES: www.seismictv.com Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www.Facebook.com/FelipeEsparzaFanPage TWITTER: @FunnyFelipe INS

The final episode in our "Cholos: Where Are They Now?" series brings us to this guy, Franky Carrillo, who I met while walking down the street. He told me he liked my comedy and that he had watched me on Last Comic Standing… while he was in prison - wrongfully. At age 17, mistakenly identified as a murderer, railroaded into life in prison and then 20 years later, Franky was released with the help of the Innocence Project. An unbelievable story of hope and perserverance in the face of an impossible situation and a young man who finally found his voice and remains positive to this day. By the way, Rodrigo was missing from this episode because he lost his phone and we couldn't get in touch with him. Go follow him on his social networks anyway. Shoutout to my friend Juan Romero who let us do this recording at his coffee shop in Boyle Heights - Primera Taza Coffee House. Go visit them and get a chocomil. Thanks to everyone who is listening to our podcast. We love doing it. Please rate or review the show (even if yo

Special bonus episode for Labor Day! Flashback to Kidnapped - Where we revisit the story of our very first podcast episode (the kidnapped episode with Chepo and his story of our trip to El Centro California). Well, these 2 guys were there with us, too. Comedians Richard Chang and Herman Sherms Cubillo tell their side of that story plus some other interesting stories of their lives. By the way, Rodrigo is missing from this episode because I forgot we were going to record until the guys showed up at my house. My bad. Actually, my assistant's bad... Please rate or review the show (even if you hate it) and if you like it, subscribe! LINKS Richard Chang: https://www.facebook.com/changstercomic Herman "Sherms" Cubillo: https://www.facebook.com/bigsherms Felipe Esparza: TWITTER: @FunnyFelipe INSTAGRAM: @FelipeEsparzaComedian www.felipesworld.com Voodoo Glowskulls (they do our theme song) www.VoodooGlowskulls.com Ernesto Yerena (he designed our podcast logo) INSTAGRAM: @ernestoyerena Lesa ODaniel (Producer, "What's U

This is the second episode in our "Cholos - Where Are They Now?" mini-series. Birdman is an interesting character. Pretty laid back kind of guy who will sometimes tell a shocking story as if he's just telling you the weather. After growing up feeling "like a human garbage can" and then getting a 2nd and 3rd chance in life, Jaime is finally living on his own terms and learning how to adjust to life on the outside while avoiding the call of the streets. Please rate or review the show (even if you hate it) and if you like it, subscribe! LINKS Jaime "Birdman" Acosta email: jaimea2010@gmail.com Instagram: @jaimebirdmanacosta   Felipe Esparza TWITTER: "@FunnyFelipe" "http://www.twitter.com/funnyfelipe" INSTAGRAM: @FelipeEsparzaComedian Rodrigo Torres TWITTER: @RodrigoTorresJr INSTAGRAM: @RodrigoTorresJr Voodoo Glowskulls (they do our theme song) http://www.voodooglowskulls.com Ernesto Yerena (he designed our podcast logo) INSTAGRAM: @ernestoyerena Lesa ODaniel (Producer, "What's Up Fool?" podcast) TWITTER: @whatsup

This episode kicks off our "Cholos - Where Are They Now?" series. A few episodes that will explore what happens to some of those guys you thought were a lost cause when they were younger; the fools that were drunks, drug addicts, thugs, delinquents… not all of them end up dead or in prison. Some of them become artists. I'm living proof that you can always come back from even the darkest times in life if you have something in life that you're passionate about. So is my friend, artist, Juan Carlos Munoz Hernandez (aka "Heaven"). I've known him since 2nd grade and we grew up following the same bad path in life. Eventually, after years of tagging all over L.A., he turned things around and ended up getting through a rigorous process to become an assistant to sculptor Robert Graham. Today, he still runs the gallery and creates his own sculptures and paintings and continues to do commissioned murals and other work. We had another visitor during the episode - writer Rodrigo Rivera D'Ebre, who is filming his directori

What a great day this was… My friend Baby Bash (rapper, "Suga Suga", "Cyclone") invited me to the set of his video shoot for his new single, "Certified Freak" and I decided it would be good to do a podcast with him. Little did I know that his friend Kid Frost (rapper, "La Raza", "No Sunshine") was on set hanging out and bringing the crew BBQ from the restaurant he owns in Los Angeles, Little Max's BBQ (http://www.yelp.com/biz/a-taste-of-the-county-fair-lil-maxs-bbq-los-angeles). He was kind enough to give us some time and share his story, too. Thanks to everyone who is listening to our little show. We love doing it. Please rate or review the show (even if you hate it) and if you like it, subscribe! Baby Bash (follow him and tell him you heard him on the show) TWITTER: twitter.com/babybash INSTAGRAM: @BabyBash To see more Baby Bash, check out www.bashtown.com for updates on appearances and new music releases. Kid Frost (follow him and tell him you heard him on the show) TWITTER: twitter.com/ogkidfrost1 INSTAGR

A few months ago, I heard that Fred Stoller was looking to return to stand up after a long break of acting and writing in Hollywood. He's been in a ton of TV shows and movies and I didn't think he would want to open for me but it turned out he did. He was so funny and nice and had so many great stories of his experiences during the stand-up comedy boom of the 80s and being in so many shows and movies that I knew I had to get him on the podcast. Listen as Fred breaks down "comedy bringer shows", how Hollywood treats you if you're not the star, why you should never pay for acting classes and retells some stories from his book "Maybe We'll Have You Back". As Fred says, "life is so much better when there's no hope" #NoChiclets #NoRockettes Fred Stoller WEBSITE: www.fredstoller.net TWITTER: @FredStoller INSTAGRAM: @FredStoller BUY FRED'S BOOK: http://www.amazon.com/Maybe-Well-Have-You-Back/dp/1620877066 WATCH FRED'S MOVIE (FRED & VINNIE) ON NETFLIX. Here's the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJH2cShv8g

Joey and I have known each other for almost 20 years. We have lots of stories and hope you like these. On today's episode of "What's Up Fool?" podcast, Uncle Joey, aka Joey "Coco" Diaz, legendary comedian, podcaster and all-around badass stops by and drops some SCIENCE! We find out where the Devil is from, Joey's version of the alphabet that helps toughen up his daughter and why he feels character is THE most important thing to anyone's career and life. #CharliesGettingStrongerEveryDay