Entry Level with Brooks Wheelan
271 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsThis is a podcast about all those jobs we've had that sucked. Each episode Brooks will interview a guest and find out what garbage they had to put up with before they got to the position they're in now. Plus if you have any hellish jobs of your own you want to share email [email protected]
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Episodes
Episode 20 - Kyle Mooney
March 05, 2018 08:30 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBKyle Mooney is this week's guest where he talks about working as a baseball umpire for one game, filing papers at his dad's work, being too nervous to work the popcorn machine at DisneyLand, and how he grew up wanting to be an underground hip hop artist. He had a rap group in high school called "Instruments of Intelligence" and we have a tiny snippet of their work at the end of the episode. He also talks about starting his sketch group Good Neighbor at USC with Nick Rutherford, Beck Bennett, ...
Episode 19 - Beth Stelling
February 26, 2018 08:30 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBBeth Stelling joins the podcast and this is a special episode because Brooks and Beth have known each other for 10 years and at one point they each worked shitty jobs down the street from each other. They remember the good old days when they would eat at Subway and be sad together. Beth also talks about always wanting to be a good employee and how she quit track to work at an ice cream shop in high school. Sidenote: there's a lot of Chicago comedy talk in this episode. Music by Drennon Davis ...
Episode 18 - James Adomian
February 19, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBJames Adomian stops by to talk about growing up doing odd jobs. He was fired from the first Quizno's in Los Angeles for weirding out customers and once helped drop a priceless fossil in an art warehouse. He's also one of the best impressionists in the world and throws down a few fun ones for this episode. Music by Drennon Davis Art by Barry Blankenship Follow Brooks for future Entry Level information on twitter and instagram: @brookswheelan Get Brooks' album here: www.brookswheelan.com
Episode 17 - Reggie Watts
February 12, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBReggie Watts is on to discuss growing up in Montana and winning a stand up comedy contest while he was still in high school. He left stand up behind to move Seattle in the early 90s to pursue music before ending up in New York City 12 years later during the emergence of the alternative comedy scene. He holds the prestigious records for least jobs bad jobs held so far as an Entry Level guest, but that's only because he was bumming on couches playing music. Art by Barry Blankenship Music by D...
Episode 16 - Taran Killam
February 05, 2018 08:30 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBTaran Killam is on to discuss starting out as a child actor. His resume includes non union commercials as a 10 year old, getting his only line in Naked Gun 33 1/3 cut, being on MADTV when he was 19, and much more. Taran explains most of his life decisions were based on what got him out of going to school which makes sense. He also talks about what it was like the week Trump hosted SNL and the sketch he wrote for him where Trump's only line was "I forgot the snakes." To see Taran's commercial ...
Episode 15 - The Lucas Brothers
January 29, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 58 MBKeith and Kenny Lucas are on this week to discuss only accepting jobs as a team. Somehow, lots of places were ok with this. They don't handle being told what to do well so none of these jobs lasted that long. From McDonalds (inside the hospital) to tricking people in a boiler room scam to living in their car in Brooklyn they've gone through a ton of shit to get where they are today.
Episode 14 - Jay Mohr
January 22, 2018 05:30 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBJay Mohr is on this weeks episode to talk about growing up in "The Soprano's" part of New Jersey. He started stand up at 15, but that didn't keep him from being terrible at a few jobs before he was a touring professional comic at 19. Jay and Brooks also talk way too much about Iowa wrestling, just a heads up. Music by Drennon Davis Art by Barry Blankenship
Episode 13 - Brendon Walsh
January 15, 2018 08:54 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBBrendon Walsh is on to talk about pranking his co-workers until one of them got arrested and also explains how much fun The Price is Right is. Please no one steal his movie rental store tv show idea either. Music by Drennon Davis Arty by Barry Blankenship
Episode 12 - Howard Kremer
January 08, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBHoward Kremer, AKA Dragon Boy Suede, is on to break to record for most jobs and longest episode! Howard's done it all and has been told countless times "we don't need you anymore." Listen to find out how Howard once chugged a bunch of Mr. T's sent back champagne and scooped up some early Beastie Boys notes. Music by Drennon Davis Art by Barry Blankenship
Episode 11 - Hampton Yount
December 31, 2017 21:19 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBHampton Yount comes on to discuss how he pretty much ran the pizza game in Northern Virginia for about a decade. He's also the first person to come on the podcast who has worked the same job as Brooks so naturally they compare stories to see who had it worse. Brooks and Hampton also used to be neighbors in the worst part of Hollywood where Hampton was recently mugged... Fun! Music by Drennon Davis Art by Barry Blankenship
Episode 10 - Nicole Byer
December 25, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBNicole Byer joins Brooks today for the historic 10th episode! Nicole gives us the details on how to steal from retail stores, and also what happens when you get caught three times. Is there a jail inside the Macy's in New York? Yes. Has Nicole been there? Listen to find out! Also, yes she has. Email [email protected] with your entry level job stories for an upcoming BONUS EPISODE! Art by Barry Blankenship Music by Drennon Davis
Episode 9 - Bobby Moynihan
December 18, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBBobby Moynihan joins Brooks today to recount his days as a 12 year old used toy store manager, abusing his lifeguard powers in high school, sneaking around the UConn campus with janitor keys, scamming Pizzaria Uno, and he even lets us know what happens when you have your nude photos developed at a sketchy 1 hour PhotoMart. Saturday Night Live might get brought up once or twice as well. Music by Drennon Davis Art by Barry Blankenship
Episdode 8 - Morgan Murphy and Robin Shorr
December 11, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBThe hosts of Los Feliz the Podcast (Morgan Murphy and Robin Shorr) are on this episode of Entry Level. Important questions get answered like "Does Baskin Robins always have EXACTLY 31 flavors?" and "How long did Morgan last as a waitress?" Also Brooks and Robin bond over being tour guides, only Robin's gig was slightly worse as she guided people to the fake gas chambers at the Museum of Tolerance as a 16 year old child. Music by Drennon Davis Art by Barry Blankenship
Episode 7 - Steve Byrne
December 04, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBSteve Byrne has a ton of jobs, and he's not been very good at any of them. From being the lifeguard at an ice rink until he was fired for passing out on the job, to delivering porn VHS tapes, to being a doorman at the coolest bar in Kent, Ohio. He ran though job after job until ending up in New York and becoming one of the best stand up comics working today. Music by: Drennon Davis Art by: Barry Blankenship
Episode 6 - Grace Helbig
November 27, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBGrace Helbig is on the podcast to discuss being the queen the suburbs when it comes to jobs. TJ MAXX, Chilis, Dave and Busters, Olive Garden, and "the bad Applebees" are just a small sample of the jobs she's had. She discusses lighting her hair on fire while filming a wedding, getting Conan O'brien apples, and how high school kids are usually assholes. Email [email protected] with your own bad job stories to be discussed in future episodes. Music by Drennon Davis Art b...
Episode 5 - Nikki Glaser
November 20, 2017 06:14 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBNikki is on the podcast to talk about studying hard for her California Pizza Kitchen text, speaking jiberish so she could talk shit on her boss at a pizza place, being too embarrassed to go back and pick up a pay-check, and how Brooks was pretty sure she got top 3 on Last Comic Standing. If you have any bad jobs of your own email [email protected] music by Drennon Davis art by Barry Blankenship
BONUS EPISODE - Songs that jobs have ruined
November 15, 2017 00:05 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBEntry Level's very first bonus episode focuses on songs that have been ruined from a job over playing them. Brooks tweeted out from @brookswheelan to see if listeners had any stories and it really hit a nerve causing lots of responses, so he decided to dedicate an episode entirely to those stories. From WHAM! to Outkast no genre of music is safe when it comes to hating a job. Also Brooks' roommate, Mike Burns, was just laid off yesterday so he joins him to discuss. If you have a song and wa...
Episode 4 - Barry Rothbart
November 07, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBBarry Rothbart is on to discuss the ins and outs of being a bookie at the age of 15, going insane to the band LFO while not really selling sunglasses in a mall, walking four hours to prove a point to no one, and constantly being asked by employers "what do you do here?" We also take our fist listener mail. If you want to tell us about your terrible jobs email [email protected] music by: Drennon Davis Artwork by: Barry Blankenship
Episode 3 - Jon Dore
October 31, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBJon Dore comes on and talks about trying to collect on newspaper money as a child, working in a haunted Dairy Queen, being fired from a job he physically couldn't leave for two days, and being too embarrassed to ride a bus his face was on. Artwork by Barry Blankenship Music by Drennon Davis
Episode 2 - Andrew Santino
October 24, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBIn Episode 2 Brooks welcomes his oldest friend in the LA comedy community Andrew Santino on to discuss having no patience for babysitting, getting fired from McDonalds, being WAY too good of a phone salesman, how to be "An Outbacker not a Slacker", stealing from a valet service, and finally making it big by hosting a daily show on the MSN homepage back in 2010. Artwork by Barry Blackenship Music by Drennon Davis Outro song: "Whirring" by Joy Formidable
Episode 1 - Nick Turner
October 17, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBWelcome to the first ever episode of Entry Level with Brooks Wheelan!! There could be no greater guest for a podcast about being fired or quitting jobs than the one and only Nick Turner who has been has gone through more jobs than anyone Brooks has ever met in his life. ENJOY! Music by Drennon Davis Art Work by Barry Blankenship