5-4.5 Ian Ira Rousso

Hey zealots. Travis, Katie, and I have Ian Ira Rousso join us in the studio this week. He is about as inside baseball for LA comedy as one can get. He crashed onto the scene in LA some 7 years ago, and almost instantly made a name for himself. He is a self-proclaimed troll. He is at just about every open mic in LA that exists. And he just performed is first hour in LA. I tell Ian just what I thought of it in this episode.

In all honesty, Ian is an LA open mic icon. When I first arrived in LA to start standup, there was basically one website that had all the information one needed regarding open mics and independent shows in and around LA: The Comedy Bureau. The Pandemic hit and The Comedy Bureau was one of its victims. Ian filled that void with a list that he put together on his website: https://www.ianirarousso.com/la-open-mic-lists. Just about every new comic I have spoken to references Ian's list. He has also seen fit to rank his peers in Top 100 lists the last few years, which is something that most LA comics do...we just don't write it down and publish it.

Find Ian on the socials at @ianirarousso. His website is www.ianirarousso.com. Follow him. He will be taking his hour on the road after performing it one last time in LA in March. He films his hour in New York in April. Look for his next ranking in 2024...we'll see if I make his list in 2024...I might have to remind him I had him on my podcast...and that I went to his show...Luke, help me make Ian's list.

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