36: Firecracker Annabelle Desisto on that time Rachael sparked a rage stroke and nearly killed her comedy aspirations to writing for legend Joan Rivers

Be Here For A While

Education, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 12 January 2017

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Firecracker Annabelle Desisto joins Rachael on this episode of Be Here For A While! They discuss everything from comedy to dating to working with the legendary Joan Rivers. Annabelle shares the story of her and Rachael's first meeting at a comedy show Rachael was on and Annabelle was hosting. She jokes that she had a rage stroke and questioned her comedy career after getting a glimpse of Rachael in her Louboutin's with her Chanel bag. Rachael chat with Annabelle about her current relationship status and dating in NYC and LA. Find Annabelle on social media and follow Annabelle's blog and podcast, Adderall and Compliments!

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0:00.0	Hey guys welcome back to the episode of Be here for a while I have one of my
0:17.1	favorite people on the podcast you guys probably already know who she is from
0:21.0	her very famous podcast Adirond-Oblements she is from her very famous podcast Adderon compliments. She is
0:24.7	hands down probably one of if not the funniest person I know and I am so proud of her for everything that she's doing with their podcast.
0:35.0	You guys are going to love her.
0:37.0	Annabel de Cisto.
0:38.0	Hi, that was such an unbelievably nice intro. I didn't even write write it I just said it on the spot that's what I think
0:45.8	man all those second city classes are paying off I mean listen they better it's been a year and
0:51.5	several thousand dollars I give you so much credit. You know I never even make it to my second improv class
0:57.2	Now is the is the story of the when you were wearing your improv clothes going to class was it to second city?
1:05.1	Yep. Do you want to tell that story? We need to explain where second city is
1:09.6	located on Hollywood Boulevard where if you don't live in LA you might think like oh my god it's cool. It's where the stars of the
1:16.7	Hollywood Walk of Famous it is the scariest place in Los Angeles just short of Skid Row like it's not a safe area.
1:24.6	Yeah imagine Skid Row but with off-brand Elmo's and Superman and a random H&M and a
1:31.4	hooters. Yeah there's a couple it's like Times Square but worse.
1:35.0	Yeah, it is more homeless people, which God bless them.
1:39.0	Good for them, they're free, but it's it's just dirty. It's the urinal cake of Los Angeles.
1:48.6	Basically. So that's what it looks like, but that's where Second City is located the school which is an
1:53.4	improv school that like a lot of the SNL people came out of more more so in like the
1:58.1	Chris Farley times but it's what I like to do so Annabelle signed up for a class there years ago. I signed up for an
2:07.5	improv class and the first rule of improv you know it's like say yes say yes to life and I was like yeah new
2:15.0	year new me yes to more things so in improv class you're moving around and you're
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