Paul Elia - Ep 572
What's Up Fool? Podcast
FELIPE ESPARZA
4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 114 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Felipe welcomes Paul Elia. Paul is an LA based actor and stand-up comedian originally from Detroit, known for his sharp, culturally rooted humor and viral crowd work. A trailblazer in the comedy scene, Paul is one of the few Chaldean-Assyrian voices in Hollywood, with credits ranging from Ramy and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to recurring sketches on Conan. He’s hanging out with the crew this week to talk about his transition from the D to LA and his brand new YouTube special, Good Son, which is out now.
Connect with us on Instagram
Felipe - @ felipeesparzacomedian
Rizo - @ comicMartinRizo
Paul - @ pauleliacomedy
Hear about Felipe's tour dates, new merch drops & more by signing up @ http://felipesworld.com
Felipe Esparza is a comedian and actor, known for his stand-up specials, “They’re Not Gonna Laugh at You”, “Translate This”, and his latest dual-release on Netflix, “Bad Decisions/Malas Decisiones” (2 different performances in two languages), his recurring appearances on Netflix’s “Gentefied”, NBC’s “Superstore” and Adultswim’s “The Eric Andre Show”, as well as winning “Last Comic Standing” (2010), and his popular podcast called “What’s Up Fool?”. Felipe continues to sell out live stand-up shows in comedy clubs and theaters around the country.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Don't try to run, don't try to hide. |
| 0:02.0 | You'll steal your side without thinking twice. |
| 0:06.0 | Stop the party, hide your shit. |
| 0:10.0 | Believe this is the hell tonight. |
| 0:13.0 | Whoa! |
| 0:16.0 | And me, man. |
| 0:18.0 | Go! |
| 0:20.0 | A, boom! Grow! What's a food? Go! What's a food? |
| 0:21.6 | Go! |
| 0:22.6 | We're also a lot of food podcast's Not Full Podcast? Do you really? He forgets. We got fucking Martin Rizzle, man, straight up from Tijuana. What's up, bro? We got Lisa Sparzer right here, man. We just thought to change it up and shit. Maybe we'll change her. |
| 0:54.9 | Change it up. |
| 0:55.5 | Put a chola there with a child with only thumbs. |
| 0:59.3 | Also, man, we are going to come in here from the 80s. |
| 1:02.4 | Yacos Mirnov. |
| 1:04.8 | You look good, bro. |
| 1:08.9 | Yeah, man. |
| 1:09.8 | I don't know if he's jokes. |
| 1:10.6 | I was trying to do one. Yeah, man. In my country, we have American Express cars, but you don't leave country. Russia. And he's like, just don't leave home. Yeah. What's up? People, we got Paul Elia. Matt, here. The new special coming out. There he is. It's out already. There you go. Hilarious. You think this guy was like the first Eastern European comedian like to bust out of the scene? In America, probably. Or was there other fools? In America? You mean you're talking about Yaakov? You got to watch myself. You're talking about Yaakov? |
| 1:45.0 | Yeah, Jakoff. |
| 2:02.6 | Yeah, Jakoff probably was. Okay. That's you, bro. Every comic starts out with that jacket. That's a nice jacket. I ain't going to lie. I have that jacket. I had that one too. I have that one too. Yeah, I still have a year. Fucking, my homie, Nick Gera. |
| 2:04.4 | Right, a pad. Right, or pass it? That was his jacket. He keeps getting passed down. And then you get, after you get comfortable, you stop listening to your age. You don't what the fuck I want, right? Yeah, I don't wear a tracks suit. I'm going to wear you? You don't dress me no board. That's it. Where'd you film this at? Den Theater. What's that? It looks nice. It looks cozy. Oh, Chicago. Dude, hell yeah. Yeah, bro. Congratulations. Everybody. That looks nice. It's on YouTube, right? Man, it's on YouTube. It's on Facebook. Also, I just put on watermelon plus. What's the watermelon? I'm putting it. |
| 2:37.8 | It roll. It's on YouTube, right? Man, it's on YouTube, it's on Facebook. Also, I just put on watermelon plus. What's the watermelon? I'm putting it everywhere. It's watermelon. We have a lot of listeners out there, but we don't want to offend them with those type of words, bro. Oh, watermelon? What's watermelon? You just call it BET, bro. Oh, yeah, damn! All right, I'm leaving. I'm leaving. I'm going back to you. I'm just kidding. What a country. We're going to edit this up. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from FELIPE ESPARZA, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of FELIPE ESPARZA and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.