Tuesday Night Live! with Vicki and Vinnie
57 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsVinnie Brand's The Proving Ground Podcast is a weekly podcast by comedian and owner of the Stress Factory Comedy Club, Vinnie Brand along with his long time friend Anthony Villa, who also produces the show. Listen in as Vinnie tells tales of The Stress Factory past and present, his 400 MPH life as a comedy club owner, father and farmer. Yes, thats right, we said farmer.
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S2-E11
March 19, 2016 18:54 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBThis week Vinnie and Anthony discuss more behind the scenes at the Stress Factory including which comics love the little blue "green" room and which ones hate it. Namely Dice Clay. Vin tells some terrific stories about the Dice Man and his interactions with him over the years. Vin even reaches out via text during the show to congratulate Dice on his appearance in the hit new HBO show Vinyl. Dice being the consummate professional gets right back to Vinnie and we talk about the conversation. M...
S2-E10
March 10, 2016 02:36 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBVinnie's back from vacation and the boys talk a little politics and alot about comics that have come through the stress factory, from Colin Jost, Otto & George, Gerry Red Wilson and Lewis Black...hang on at the end for some special bonus content...Vinnie singing. WARNING: You Cannot Un-hear This. :) You've been warned.
S2-E9
February 28, 2016 02:16 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBAnthony's back from his cruise and apparently Vin is busier than a one legged man in an ass kicking contest (credit Mike Galvin from Hazlet with that one). So we catch Vin between shows at the Stress Factory while in his car and do the show for ya from there...THATS how dedicated Vin is to you people. Listen in as Vin tells more funny stories from his days booking comedy shows and some behind the scenes dirt from the Stress Factory Green Room.
S2-E8
February 21, 2016 23:56 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBVinnie and Anthony are back with another great episode. This week Vin discusses the music history at The Stress Factory and how he chooses tunes to open and close the shows. Then he talks about some of his favorite comics and why they are his favorites and he tells a few stories about them. He tells his famous Marc Price, Skippy from Family Ties story...and why he's the biggest douche in the biz. He then tells his famous fire marshal story from when he first started booking shows. It's class...
S1-E3-Re-Release - Vinnie talks with Kevin Meaney, RIP
January 23, 2012 05:00 - 1 hour - 39.7 MBThe comedy world lost a true legend and genius this past week in Kevin Meaney. Kevin known for delivering the famous line "Thats not right", passed away at the much too early age of 60. We here at A Comics Tale Podcast would like to honor this legend by re-releasing an interview that Vinnie Brand did with him in 2015 on Season 1 of ACT Podcast. Godspeed Mr. Meaney, someone up there is going to see a great set tonight. It's just NOT right.
S1-E2-Vinnie Brand with Special Guest Bret Ernst
January 14, 2012 21:37 - 1 hour - 33.2 MBBorn in NJ and relocatong to south Florida at an early age, childhood found Bret moving from town to town and school to school,landing him in and out of trouble. Bret eventually graduated from Plantation High School and went on to college at C.W. Post, where he played football and graduated with honors. Being the "new kid" in town constantly, Bret had to literally "fight or flight" to survive as an adolescent. This ability to adapt and overcome at a young age is what gave him the fearlessne...
S1-E1-Vinnie Brand with Special Guest Robert Kelly
January 11, 2012 20:35 - 1 hour - 30.5 MBWant to know what makes comedian Robert Kelly tick? This week on The Proving Ground we get to meet comedian Robert Kelly. During his candid discussion with Vinnie we find out how Robert first landed on stage as a comic and what keeps him there. From his beginnings in the Boston comedy scene, coming up in a "freshman" class with names like Bill Burr, Dane Cook and Patrice Oneal, we find out how he got his first laugh, what it made him feel like, and how that laugh let him know instantly th...