Ron Funches on comedy, losing 140 pounds, his love of wrestling, Joe Rogan

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Sports, Wrestling

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Ron Funches is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor known for his work on Trolls, Curb Your Enthusiasm, New Girl, Undateable, Transparent, and numerous other TV shows and films. He joins Chris Van Vliet from his home in Los Angeles to talk about how he broke into comedy, getting his first big break in the business, performing on Conan O'Brien, his voice acting work, how he was able to lose 140 pounds, his experience attending wrestling school, his podcast called "Gettin' Better with Ron Funches" and much more! Support the show by supporting our sponsors! Get your energy back, sleep better, and block out the unhealthy effects of blue light with BLUblox. Get free shipping worldwide and 15% off by going to https://blublox.com/CVV or enter code CVV15 at checkout. If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to https://chrisvanvliet.com Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up y'all? It's Druski, and I've teamed up with Mountain Dew to produce a hilarious new basketball podcast called The Do Zone with Drewski. Learn the backstories of your favorite ballers and celebrities like Jamal Murray. Did you have like a favorite team? Was it the Raptors at the time or no? Was the Raptors even started around that time? Come on, bro. I ain't that old, fam. You're talking like I'm 50. Taylor, Rokes, A.J. Wilson, and many more. You won't want to miss this.
0:03.4	Listen to The Do Zone with Drusky on Apple Podcast. I ain't that all, Phil. You're talking like I'm 50. Taylor, Rokes, Asian Wilson, and many more.
0:21.8	You won't want to miss this.
0:23.0	Listen to The DoZone with Drewski on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:31.3	Welcome to the show.
0:36.2	Good to see you.
0:37.3	I'm Chris Van Fleet. If you happen to be a regular listener of Ron Func's podcast, getting better with Ron Funcess, and this happens to be your first time here, thank you so much for joining us. I'm an Emmy Award-winning TV host, and I'm fascinated with finding out how people are wired to achieve greatness.
0:59.2	On each episode, we have in-depth conversations and reverse engineer the habits and techniques of the world's top.
1:01.0	Athletes, actors, entrepreneurs, comedians, you name it.
1:05.5	If they're the best at what they do, I want to get their insight so we can all apply it
1:10.6	to our own life.
1:11.7	And it's hard not to love Ron Funches.
1:15.5	I mean, he's one of the funniest people on the face of the planet.
1:18.5	And then you realize how big of a wrestling fan he is, which makes you love him even more.
1:24.2	And I know you won't be able to see it here because this is the podcast version, but we talk about it. Don't worry. He's wearing a Brian Pilman t-shirt. Ah, what's not to love?
1:33.2	He also talks about how he went to wrestling school as part of his fitness journey. And on that fitness
1:38.5	journey, he's lost 140 pounds. Most importantly, he's kept the weight off. So if you or someone close to you is on
1:48.3	your own weight loss journey, this is going to be incredibly inspiring for you. Ron is at Ron
1:56.4	Funch's on Twitter. He's at Ron Funch on Instagram. So take a screenshot, tag him. Hey, tag me too. I'm at
2:03.7	Chris Van Fleet. And while you're doing things on your phone there, make sure to subscribe and
2:09.7	follow this podcast, whatever platform you're listening on. Although if that platform happens to
2:15.1	be Apple Podcasts, it'd be great.
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