Everything's Funny With Helen Keaney
Everything’s Funny with Helen Keaney is a comedy podcast about the people, stories and experiences behind the laughs. After more than 30 years in stand-up comedy, and twelve years as a host on HSN, Helen Keaney sits down with fellow comedians, performers and people throughout the comedy industry for funny, candid conversations about life onstage and behind the scenes. From breaking into stand-up to navigating show business, this podcast is for anyone who's ever wondered, "What would a life of stand up comedy be like?" Helen uses her 30 years of experience to share tips she's learned, and talks with people sh...
#5 - Vanessa Graddick
Vanessa Graddick is a stand-up comedian, TV producer, and author from St. Paul, Minnesota. She is a producer on Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed, the late-night stand-up comedy talk show now airing on CBS, and before that she produced Funny You Should Ask. She also produces the podcast Say What You Mean with Aida Rodriguez, was a Top Ten finalist in NBC’s Stand Up for Diversity search, and has worked the road with Loni Love.
Helen and Vanessa first met when Helen taped Comics Unleashed. In this episode, Vanessa gives listeners a rare look behind the s...
#4 - Susan Haber
Susan Haber spent 30 years as a Hollywood talent agent, packager and brand strategist. She started at International Creative Management (ICM), assisting in the representation of Katie Couric, Larry King, Jay Leno, Connie Chung and Suze Orman. She went on to package and sell Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, build Ty Pennington’s career (including a multimillion-dollar Sears deal), and sell Chelsea Handler’s first book, My Horizontal Life. She also launched Mario Lopez’s run as host of Extra. Today she is still a licensed agent in Beverly Hills, and through The Haber Breakthrough she teaches women entrepreneurs the strategies she us...
#3 - Missy Hall
Missy Hall is a stand-up comedian, speaker, actress, and breast cancer survivor from Delaware, known as the “Queen of Happy Things.” She didn’t start stand-up until her mid-40s, while she was also teaching middle school. Her first stand-up performance was a one-woman show recorded live, released as the album Miss Representation, and it made the Grammy entry list for Best Comedy Album. Her albums since include Fifty Shades of Fifty, which has more than a quarter million streams, and Scoot Up, which plays on SiriusXM. She was named to Best of the Fest at the 2019 Burbank Comedy Festiv...
#2 - Carole Montgomery
Carole Montgomery is a stand-up comedian, writer, director, and producer with nearly 50 years in comedy and dozens of TV credits from the 1980s comedy boom, with her first big break coming on Showtime’s Comedy All Stars hosted by Don Rickles. After her son was born, she began a 10-year run in Las Vegas, first hired by Steve Schirripa at The Riviera and later at The Luxor. She’s performed at the Montreal Just for Laughs, Boston, and New York comedy festivals, and counts her 11 comedy tours for Armed Forces Entertainment as her proudest work. In 2017 she created Funny Wome...
#1 - Cathy Ladman
What happens when two comedians who have watched the comedy business transform over decades sit down and compare notes?
Helen Keaney welcomes award-winning comedian, writer, actress and comedy coach Cathy Ladman for a candid, funny and occasionally serious conversation about stand-up comedy, show business and what it takes to build a career that lasts.
Cathy’s career spans more than four decades across stand-up, television writing and acting. She has made 10 appearances on The Tonight Show and won the American Comedy Award for Best Female Stand-Up Comic; written for hit television series including Roseanne an...
