Billy and Chet: Comedic Origins, Early TikTok Days, Friday Beers Hype House

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Society & Culture, Comedy, Business, Stand-up, Improv, Entrepreneurship, Comedy Interviews

4.6 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

00:00 - Intro 02:31- "I Didn't Want to Hire You." 03:29 - How Did Billy and Chet Meet? 06:55 - Friday Beers Hype House 11:20 - Comedic Origins 17:15 - What Career Path Were You Planning to Take? 23:22 - Early TikTok Days 29:38 - History of the Characters 35:16 - Comedic Inspirations? 43:15 - Favorite Character? 44:54 - Rusty DMing Billy and Chet 47:15 - Initial Impressions of Working for Friday Beers? 55:22 - Bigger Aspirations? 57:08 - Personal Questions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Girls will comment that they want to do things to Shidead.
0:05.9	I get DMs about Shide.
0:07.6	See, it's all the Shide Dad.
0:09.4	It's like it's a little scary.
0:11.1	Now, those are the girls you want to hang out with.
0:13.6	The girls want to do things to Shide Dad that would really shake him to his core.
0:20.9	Introducing today's guests on the Friday beers podcast.
0:25.4	A couple funny guys straight out of the Big Apple, aka New York City.
0:34.5	After exceptionally unremarkable college careers at UVA and Emory, they figuratively took a shit on their degrees by deciding to pursue sketch comedy and make jokes online.
0:47.2	But just like Caroline from the song Roses by Outcast turned out their shit don't stink.
0:54.0	Because they became viral sensations, quickly growing to over half a million followers on
0:59.6	TikTok by creating beloved characters like Shy Dad, 19th century oil tycoon, and the
1:06.2	Hogwarts lawyers.
1:09.5	They recently moved to L.A. to join Friday Beer's quest to create the Avengers of
1:14.7	sketch comedians.
1:15.7	And while they both wear glasses, they ain't too hard on the eyes, if you know what I'm
1:21.5	saying.
1:24.2	Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Billy and Chet.
1:28.3	Wow.
1:29.3	Wow.
1:30.3	Wow.
1:31.3	So that's what happens when I have 10 minutes to write an intro.
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