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The James Altucher Show

829 - Reinventing Josh Peck with Josh Peck!

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Being famous early on in life doesn't necessarily mean you will do well from that point on, especially with so many shows being produced and developed, and also even more actors trying to be on the air!Another great choose yourself person,  Josh Peck, an American actor, comedian, and YouTuber came on to talk about his origin story, how he started stand-up comedy at 11, him getting cast in Drake and Josh, and the obstacles and journey after the series ended!Immediately after Drake and Josh ended, how he reinvented himself by getting into social media's game, vine, and now tiktok!We also talked about his new book, Happy People Are Annoying!Visit Notepd.com to read more idea lists, or sign up and create your own idea list!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotify Follow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.8

This is the James Altiger Show.

0:12.8

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:16.0

Happy people are annoying and I think that's true.

0:18.6

If you're first off that's the title of a book by my next guest, Josh Peck.

0:22.8

You may have heard about Josh if you had watched the Nickelodeon Show Drake and Josh,

0:27.5

which is the most popular Nickelodeon show ever and he was the star of it.

0:31.4

He's been in a ton of movies and he's got amazing stories to tell about his experiences.

0:36.8

And now he's a huge successful YouTuber, Tik Toker, social media guy.

0:42.0

But he really has an amazing story which is worth reading about and listening to.

0:49.0

At first it seems like almost the classic Hollywood success child star sort of story that

0:55.5

he gets into drugs, he recovers from it, he reinvents himself as a YouTuber.

1:00.8

I mean he's a really interesting guy.

1:04.3

He started doing stand-up comedy at the age of eight and then it's interesting to see

1:08.3

how he morphed that into a Hollywood career at such a young age and how he continues to

1:13.0

reinvent himself each time despite all the things that were holding him back.

1:18.1

And of course these stories are in his book.

1:20.4

Happy people are annoying.

1:21.9

We talk about some of these stories and then some and the podcast that you're about to listen to.

1:26.6

I really enjoy talking to him.

1:28.8

So here he is.

1:38.3

When I made the deal for this I said, listen, I don't want to go strider but I know that

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