450: How to Be a Stand-Up Comedian with Brent Pella

Achieve Your Goals with Hal Elrod

Hal Elrod

Business, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 5 October 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Are you a fan of stand-up comedy? What I love about today's guest is that he uses his comedy to bring people together, rather than divide them.

You'll also hear the inspiring story of how he persisted to make his dream of being a stand-up comedian come true, which shows us all how we can do the same to achieve our dreams.

Brent Pella is a successful stand-up comedian and a cast member on Nick Cannon's VH1 show Wild N' Out. Brent's comedy sketches, parody videos, and celebrity impressions have more than 200 million views online.

In this episode, we discuss how he made a name for himself by never giving up on his dreams, the mindset that will make you better at any craft, and the relationship between comedy and spirituality.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

The advice that Andy Samberg gave Brent that made him a better comedian.
How being persistent in his goals got Brent from working in Cheesecake Factory to being a part of Hollywood music video sets and VH1 shows.
The creative process that allows Brent to consistently produce content loved by millions worldwide.
How an Eminem parody video led to a call from Nick Cannon and a role on his Wild N' Out show.
Why anyone (not just comedians) should be OK with sucking at their craft in the beginning.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Achieve Your Goals podcast, the show that empowers you to wake
0:06.1	up to your full potential and achieve your biggest goals and dreams.
0:09.5	I am your host, Hal Elrod, and I invite you to join us each week as we share actionable
0:14.2	strategies to take your life to the next level, as well as interview world-class experts
0:19.0	and entrepreneurs who have achieved extraordinary goals themselves and we ask them to give you
0:23.8	a peek behind the curtain and teach you exactly what you need to do to do the same.
0:28.2	Ready?
0:29.2	Hello, my friends, welcome to the Achieve Your Goals podcast, this is your host, Hal Elrod.
0:36.8	One thing you may not know about me is I am a huge fan of comedy, particularly stand-up
0:43.0	comedy.
0:44.0	In fact, I used to, for a couple of years, I used to watch stand-up comedy videos during
0:50.4	my lunch break every single day and not just for the enjoyment of that, but I was actually
0:56.4	doing it to develop my comedic timing as a keynote speaker.
1:00.0	So I'm a speaker, I tell jokes, and I feel like when people are laughing, they're learning,
1:05.0	they're listening, they're enjoying themselves.
1:07.2	So I used to watch stand-up comedy every single day just to kind of be in the mindset of how
1:14.4	jokes were delivered by people that delivered them for a living.
1:19.3	One of my favorite comedians is Brent Pella, and if you don't know who Brent is, he's
1:23.5	a 32-year-old comedian and current cast member on VH1's Wild and Out, best known for
1:29.6	his hilarious parody videos of American politics and pop culture, which have combined for
1:34.3	more than 200 million views across YouTube and his social media channels.
1:40.3	In fact, I am such a fan of Brent's comedy that my wife and I have actually seen him perform
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