Chicago comedian Ricky Gonzalez is set to record his debut live comedy album this weekend. Ricky is an associate producer and regular performer at Comedians You Should Know (CYSK), the powerhouse of a weekly showcase that’s been holding it down at Timothy O’Toole’s since 2010.

Chris Hamilton is one of those comics who doesn’t just do stand-up — he lives it. At the time of this interview, I was a young comic writing for Best Comedy Tickets and trying to shine a light on performers I respected. Chris gave me my first show in New York while I was still in college. I had no "material" and I had been on stage four times. Thanks Chris.

This was one of my favorite interviews because it happened in person. Most of my interviews were conducted over the phone or through email. At the time, I was just an open mic comic and fledgling actor and I hadn’t even performed on a showcase in the city yet. Sean White was one of the veterans I looked up to and learned from. Sean took the time to recommend some books and gave me genuinely valuable insight into both comedy and the craft. I’m pretty sure I was the worst inte

Thanks to the democratization of digital media, comedians and creators no longer need a greenlight from Hollywood to make something funny. Just ask the teams behind Workaholics, The Lonely Island, Broad City, or Drunk History.

This was a promo piece I wrote for Colorado comedian Brent Gill in 2016. It was the last blog I did for Best Comedy Tickets before stepping away to focus on my own stand-up career and trying to survive in Chicago. At the time, I was unpaid and couch surfing, and while I loved interviewing and writing about comics, I needed to pivot toward paid work and live performance. I felt this article—alongside the rest of the writing I had contributed—served as a solid portfolio to show

Conducted by Gary Miller — Originally Published January 27, 2016 on BestComedyTickets.com I n January 2016, I had the opportunity to...

Angotango Picture's short film "Trumpocalypse" was nominated in the Short Narrative category at this years Colorado Film and Video Association's (CFVA) Awards show.

This is the first time I've ever been involved in a stop motion film, and it was a hell of an experience. Doing stop motion is kind of like holding an intense yoga pose while someone snaps your picture—over and over and over. It’s physically demanding in the most surprising way.

In Episode 209, titled “Kickin' it Old School”, I play a football fan — easy role for me, since it basically meant rocking my Broncos Tebow jersey.

I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to be nominated for Best Actor at the Austin Comedy Short Film Festival. Recognition like this means a lot, especially for a project as offbeat and fun as The Runs. Huge thanks to the festival team for supporting indie comedy and giving weird little films (and performances) a spotlight.

Writing has always been my first creative love. Improv is a very close second, but writing is the one I come home to. I can do it anywhere and at anytime. When Heath asked if I’d write this thing, I said yes immediately. It felt good to be trusted with someone else's idea and to see it brought to life. We met at a bar after I completed the scripts and then Heath was happy and he put it into production with his crew.

I performed a week of shows at the 15th Annual Boulder International Fringe Festival this year, and I was thrilled to see so many familiar faces there. Though this photo makes me look like a decent human being with at least an ounce of decorum, I want to officially go on record and say that all performances were fully savage. I take no responsibility for how reckless I actually was on stage.

In 2017, a film I was part of called Army & Coop hit streaming. It was a low-budget, late-night, raunchy, testosterone-fueled comedy set in Boulder, Colorado. I played the bad guy — the kind of antagonist you'd boo at a midnight screening. Looking back, it was my first feature-length role, and I learned a lot, fast. Here are five lessons I took from playing a guitar-strumming, self-absorbed, pink-polo-wearing villain in a film that, for all its absurdity, taught me real th