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Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

417 - Bryan Callen (Comedian, Actor, Podcaster, Bon Vivant)

Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

Chris Ryan

Society & Culture, Arts

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2020

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Bryan Callen is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster. He is most known for his recurring role as “Coach Mellor” on ABC’s Schooled and The Goldbergs; which he has played since 2014. Callen has also appeared in such TV and films as Kingdom, 2 Broke Girls, Ride Along, Hangover 1 & 2, Sex and the City, Old School, MADTv, Entourage, Californication, and many more.

Callen performs in theaters and comedy venues across the world, but most often can be seen at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles. His third one-hour comedy special, “Complicated Apes”, topped the iTunes charts upon its release in March, 2019, and is also available on Amazon.

Callen is co-host of the top-rated iTunes podcast, The Fighter & The Kid alongside Brendan Schaub. Bryan is also a regular on The Joe Rogan Experience and Fight Companion podcasts.

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Music: “Brightside of the Sun,” by Basin and Range; “Civilized to Death” by Colby Kent and the Stomping Ground; “Smoke Alarm,” by Carsie Blanton.



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0:00.0

Radio Mano, Papa Tzango

0:02.5

90

0:29.2

Oh all right ladies and gentlemen welcome to another

0:31.7

edition of tangentially speaking this is a good one.

0:36.3

This is with my buddy Brian Callan.

0:38.5

You may have heard of him.

0:39.6

He's a well known actor, comedian,

0:44.9

Bon Vivont.

0:46.4

I think it's safe to say he's a Bon Vivont.

0:50.4

Although I'm probably pronouncing that wrong since it's French.

0:54.0

Very worldly dude, literally worldly in the sense that he has been all over

0:59.7

this planet.

1:00.9

He's lived in lots of different cultures.

1:02.9

He speaks different languages.

1:05.7

He looks at things from lots of different perspectives and you know,

1:10.0

that is the sure sign of true intelligence, someone who can triangulate.

1:16.3

Although triangulate suggests two perspectives and I think what Brian does is

1:22.1

far beyond two perspectives.

1:24.1

So I appreciate him.

1:25.3

I appreciate him as a friend, as a man, as a thinker and certainly as a comedian.

1:31.5

His latest special is free.

1:35.1

If you have Amazon Prime, if you don't have Amazon Prime, I think it's a couple

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