25: Hollywood Improv Artistic Director Jamie Flam gives Rachael the inside scoop

Be Here For A While

Education, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, Self-improvement

4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2016

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Rachael has the unique opportunity to sit down and pick the brain of one of the main gatekeepers in the LA comedy scene. In this episode of Be Here For A While, she's uncovering all the advice any up-and-coming artist is dying to know. Hollywood Improv Artistic Director Jamie Flam is here to share his intimate insight into the world of comedy -- sharing what he looks for when booking new talent, a day in the life of a booker at one of the biggest clubs in LA, and what characteristics Jamie believes make comics successful.

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0:00.0	What's up everyone?
0:15.0	Welcome back to another episode of Be here for a while.
0:18.0	I'm really really excited about my guest today.
0:21.0	Although this is kind of the first time we're meeting in person, which is creepy that I invited him over to my home. guest today. My guest today is
0:22.6	a person, which is creepy that I invited him over to my house.
0:26.5	Thanks for having me.
0:28.5	Who's the creep?
0:29.5	Probably me.
0:32.2	My guest today is Jamie Flam.
0:34.2	He's the, do you prefer artistic director or Booker?
0:37.3	I think it depends.
0:38.3	I think artistic director sounds cooler.
0:40.0	It is jazzier for sure.
0:41.7	Yeah, I mean, to put it on your, like on a business card. It does sound better than just booker. You know, so he's the artistic director of the Hollywood Improv and
0:51.1	You know if you don't know what that sort of entails, it's basically like he's sort of the gatekeeper
0:56.4	to a lot of comedians' careers, which is also why he has a podcast on iTunes called Gatekeeper which I listen to religiously because you get so much insider
1:06.2	information.
1:07.2	Thanks for listening.
1:08.2	Yeah.
1:09.2	Did you have one before called a long shot?
1:11.9	Is that what you're? What was that one based're? Yeah I still do that.
1:13.4	What was that one based on?
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