Sebastian Maniscalo tours the ‘Wild West’ with Vince Vaughn
Sebastian Maniscalo has been pursing his stand-up career for ten years now, and his role as the new “golden boy” of comedy has come through a lot of hard work and sacrifice. Maniscalo has been on many late show programs but his recent role in the new documentary Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show has enabled Maniscalo’s star to grow. Although Maniscalo did not get to enough time to explore the cities toured or get sleep on the bus, he still made it out the Houston Improv where he recommended people invite their friends to come over and eat some Entenmann’s crumble cake. A humble Chicago native, Maniscalo was born to an Italian family which he uses as a main focus in his act. His jokes ranged from text messaging to a dog … Read entire article »
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Wil interviews Team Tiger Awesome
I recently got the chance to sit down with one of the members of the 13th most popular sketch comedy group, Team Tiger Awesome, an L.A.-based troupe made up of Clint Cage, Michael Truly, and interviewee Nick Mundy. Houston natives Mundy and Cage grew up in the same town and went to the same schools growing up. Mundy went to the University of St. Thomas for college and Cage went to Texas Christian Southern University where he met their third main player, Truly. Together they formed Team Tiger Awesome. Wil: What made you want to start a comedy troupe? TTA: After a couple of months of drinking and hanging out, we decided to be a little more productive. So then we started writing some shorts and started shooting after the New Year. … Read entire article »
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Playing “Rock Paper Scissors” with Ian Bagg
Ian Bagg, a Vancouver native, has had a prestigious career. He has risen through the ranks and earned the glorious Comedy Central Presents half-hour special. Bagg gained much success in Canada and has also been touring in the American comedy circuit (New York, L.A., Houston, etc.) for 12 years. He has even been a featured MySpace comedian. Having odd connections to Houston, as well as being a genius with words and hecklers, Bagg is a comic that does not leave any stone unturned. This past Saturday, Bagg gave a brilliant performance in Houston. His style is very playful and interactive with the audience, even nicknaming a pair of girls in the crowd Oprah and Gale. He also brings humorous observations to the table. In one situation a young women came up … Read entire article »
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One Night Standup with Nick Swardson
Trashwire is growing by leaps and bounds in 2007 and we’re happy to welcome our newest writer, Wil Chinchilla. Wil recently sat down with one of the hottest comedians around, Nick Swardson, to talk about standup, gay robots, and everyone’s favorite roller skating male prostitute. If you want to be cool like Wil and submit stories to Trashwire, click here to go to the submissions page. Nick Swardson has been doing standup since the age of 19. Since then Swardson has had two half-hour specials on Comedy Central, been a spokesperson for a soft drink, written/co-written three major motion picture scripts, and is currently on a “big standup tour” throughout all improv comedy clubs. On February 17, the very straight (not gay despite certain characters) Swardson performed for a full crowd … Read entire article »
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