One of our favorite guests, Mike Murray, is in the Acement this week. Mike goes with Behind The Funny like bourbon and chocolate milk. Mike is an amazing story teller on and off the stage. He has a such a unique viewpoint, we love having him

Ep 345 Bill and Bethany Simas from Funny 4 Funds "One Chin, Brown Hair, & Hope; $10 Million Laughs"

14 days ago 1h 13m

Bill and Bethany Simas join us in the Acement this week to talk about their comedy night fundraising company Funny 4 Funds and their recent acheivement, $10 million raised in 10 years. The company started with a conversation between two comics,

Ep 344 Doug Guertin "Open Mics, Beer, and Belly Laughs"

21 days ago 1h 26m

Doug Guertin joins Scott and Ace in the Acement for a discussion on starting comedy in Worcester MA, his favorite headliners, amazing moments, and his funny bad gigs. What hugely popular show has Doug never watched? Listen and find out/. Chec

Ep 343 Max Dolcelli & Linda Belt "Brewing Up City Steam Memories"

28 days ago 1h 14m

Ace and Scott found out that CT club City Steam's Brew Ha Ha Comedy Club was closing so decided to reminisce about the club with friends Max Dolcelli and Linda Belt. The club opened in the late 80s and has been a staple of CT Comedy ever since

Ep 342 Derrick Fonseca "Here Just To Get F**k Up in the Acement"

Mar 21st, 2024 1h 26m

Derrick Fonseca joins Ace in the Acement while Scott is in Vegas. Derrick always is a great conversation and has really good insight on comedy and performing. Derrick started comedy at 17 yo, so he was already a veteran in his 20's. A staple

Ep 341 Roddy Thomas "Don't Let Anyone Take Your Dreams"

Mar 14th, 2024 1h 8m

Roddy Thomas joins us in the Acement this week. Roddy is a long time friend and veteran of the New England comedy scene. He is a comedian and show producer through his Northeast Comedy Review production company. Roddy is one of the most like

Ep 340 Mike McCarthy "The Comedy Barbarian Returns"

Mar 7th, 2024 1h 32m

Mike McCarthy returns to the Acement for a discussion on all things stand up comedy. Mike is one of the best storytellers out there. He has spent 30 plus years entertaining people nationwide and has the gig stories to go with it, good and fun

Ep 339 Derek Furtado "Swinging Some Big Comedy Energy"

Feb 29th, 2024 1h 13m

Derek Furtado joins us in the Acement this week. Derek is a long time friend of the podcast and always and great conversation. His insight into comedy and performing is always intriguing. We get into Derek's move to NY from RI and the differ

Ep 338 Dan Boulger "How To Start Comedy, Win The Boston Comedy Festival"

Feb 22nd, 2024 42m 6s

Dan Boulger is our guest this week in the Acement. We wanted to talk to him for awhile. Dan is one of those comics who is loved by audiences and comics alike. Known for his witty writing and sarcastic delivery, we knew he'd be a great conver

Ep 337 Brad Mastrangelo "Comedy's Best Kept Secret"

Feb 15th, 2024 1h 16m

Brad Mastrangelo joins us in the Acement this week to discuss his new comedy CD. We also discuss some old school Boston comics and comedy shows. Brad's a great story teller so you know we got a great funny bad gig story. Check out Brad and h

Ep 336 Doug Key "Rogue Island Comic"

Feb 8th, 2024 1h 16m

Doug Key joins us in the Acement this week. Doug's debut comedy special “Mother of the Year” presented by Mark Normand recently premiered on Normand’s YouTube channel, garnering nearly 100K views in less than one month. Doug founded the Rogue I

Ep 335 Rob Pierce "I Don't Like Attention"

Feb 1st, 2024 1h 21m

Rob Pierce joins us in the Acement tonight. Rob is a comic that doesn't like attention. He tried comedy to say he could do it and has been doing it over a decade. Working at a comedy club, Rob experiences comedy from both sides of the stage. It

Ep 334 Brian LaFontaine "From Periwinkle"s RI To Netflix's Ozarks"

Jan 25th, 2024 1h 16m

What is an actor who has been in Netflix's Ozarks with Jason Bateman and the movie The Contractor with Chris Pine doing in the Acement. Brian LaFontaine started comedy with Ace Aceto at Periwinkle's Comedy Club back in the day in RI. Ace and Br

Ep 333 Brad Pierce "His Legend Continues"

Jan 18th, 2024 1h 2m

Brad Pierce joins us in the Acement to update Ace and Scott with his latest gig stories. One thing we knew with Brad, he is guaranteed to have put himself in some unique and uncomfortable situations. Tune in and find out what pain he's caused h

Ep 332 Brian Mulhern "Writing Plays Or Punchlines, Always Entertaining"

Jan 11th, 2024 1h 10m

Scott and Ace welcome friend of the podcast Brian Mulhern to the Acement. Brian recently had a successful run of his play "The Butterfly Boys" and is currently working on a new play, a comedy. Another friend, Brad Pierce, sits in on the convers

Ep 331 BTF 2023 Best Moments

Jan 4th, 2024 53m 35s

This week is some of our favorite moments from 2023. We talked with some of our idols this year including Roger Kabler, Jonathan Groff, Bob Nelson, and Craig Shoemaker. Plus we pulled some moments where Ace made Scott laugh hard and we also deb

Ep 330 2023 Best of The Funny Bad Gig Stories

Dec 30th, 2023 1h 27m

Ace and Scott always love to ask guests for their funny bad gig stories. Comedians love to listen to each others stories of horrible gigs, so why not put them all together for one great episode of funny bad gig stories. These are some of our fa

Ep 329 Best Of Scottober 2023

Dec 21st, 2023 1h 19m

This week we go over some of Ace and Scott's (mostly Ace's) favorite moments from 2023's Scottober. Honorary cohost Tom Stewart joined us once again this year with amazing guests Tony Moschetto (MUFON), Steve Gonsalves (Ghosthunters), Ken DeCos

Ep 328 SNL Season 10 Discussion w/ Brian Mulhern, Dan Smith, & Brendan Kirby

Dec 14th, 2023 1h 38m

This was one of our favorite discussions, the magical season 10 of SNL. Brian Mulhern, Dan Smith, and Brendan Kirby join us in the Acement to talk about the great characters and sketches that came out of that season. All three of our guest have

Ep 327 Mark Riccadonna "Discussing Dry Bar & Downey Dollars"

Dec 7th, 2023 1h 12m

Mark Riccadonna is in the Acement this week. Mark is an old friend of the show and co-host of one of our sister podcasts Drinks, Joke, & Storytelling! Mark calls in from the green room of a gig to talk about his Dry Bar special that was just re

Ep 326 Aaron Leidecker "Everyone Killed, Almost Everyone"

Nov 30th, 2023 1h 17m

Aaron Leidecker is in the Acement this week. Aaron got on stage for the first time only a few years ago, but has proven to be one of the hardest working new comics. He can be seen on multiple shows each night, accomplishing 222 performances las

Ep 325 Uzair Malik "GettIng Laughs And Bombing In Two Languages"

Nov 23rd, 2023 1h 36m

Uzair Malik is a Muslim Indian immigrant stand-up comedian, newly based in Boston. He was born and raised in India, and moved to United States about a year ago. He has previously performed at San Jose Improv and Alameda Comedy Club in the Bay a

Ep 324 The Boston Comedy Choice Awards

Nov 16th, 2023 41m 41s

Ace and Scott discuss their nomination for a Boston Comedy Choice Award in the Best Podcast category and go through all the categories and the nominees. Go to https://www.bostoncomedychoiceawards.com/ to vote for Behind The Funny or any of the

Ep 323 Kevin Bartini " The Marvelous Mr. Bartini"

Nov 9th, 2023 1h 30m

Kevin Bartini is our guest in the Acement this week. After proving himself in the NY comedy scene he was discovered by Jon Stewart and hired as the warm up comic for The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. He can also be seen in ABC's hidden cam

Ep 322 "The Butterfly Boys" Brian Mulhern, Frank O'Donnell, Rita Maron

Nov 2nd, 2023 1h 25m

Last time Brian Mulhern was on Behind The Funny he talked about the play he wrote called The Butterfly Boys. A play that tackles the subject of a family dealing with the loss of a loved one from Covid and how they all deal with not only the los