The coming-of-age of comedy will forever be a staple of comedy film and television as it both continues to resonate with audiences across the generations and also, well, time only goes one direction as far as we experience it. With that in mind, American High has carefully built an empire around feature length comedies that focus in on this very popular niche and have done so well that they've assembled a plethora of digital teams including Barely Adult. We got to talk with the brains and cast and boss of this very popular off-shoot of American High to see what goes into expanding the American High cinematic universe.

Follow all the fine folks on this ep. as follows:

• Axelle Azoulay: @axelleazoulay
• Julianne Lang: @juli_can_ne
• Jill Young: @jillisyoung
• Max Castillo: @bigtimemaca
• Matt Newman: @mattsnewmans
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barelyadult/
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@barelyadult
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@barelyadult
• Website: https://americanhigh.com/
• YouTube Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/@americanhighshorts
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/americanhighshorts/?hl=enA
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@americanhighshorts?lang=en

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With so many specials and hours of comedy already in existence and dozens of them getting put out every month, how could you possibly turn the form on its head? Well, we found out exactly how when we talked to the amazing, description-defying Joey Greer and he's wholly unique and unprecedented special, Teeny Tiny, freshly served on YouTube, and how it turns every trope of a comedy special inside out in the best way possible.

Watch Teeny Tiny on YouTube here and follow Joey @godblessjoeygreer on IG.

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger

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Such are the times that being a a brown-skinned comedian, much less one from a country South of the U.S. border, is, shall we say, dicey. That's only one of a myriad of reasons why Chilean comedian, now U.S. citizen Fabrizio Copano made sure to secure his status as an American citizen before releasing his latest special (given Trump's penchant for wanting kick everyone who isn't licking his boots out of the country). Fabrizio walked us through the whole, precedent setting, comedy history making journey on this week's TCB Field Report.

Follow Fabrizio @fabriziocomedian on IG and watch From The Future on YouTube here.

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger

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The comedy of Beth Stelling offers up a warmth and a joy that feels rarer and rarer in this world. Even when she does a whole special about a toxic landlord, Stelling's voice is such a great relief. We chit chat in-depth with Beth about the journey to such a unique special (and how you'd even go about making a special focused on how much of a nightmare one person can be when they're in charge of your living situation), all on this week's TCB Field Report.

Follow Beth @bethstelling on IG, watch The Landlord Special on YouTube here, and get tix for upcoming dates and more at bethstelling.com.

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger

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4319 Melrose Ave. in Los Angeles has long been a home for alt comedy and despite the insanely chaotic times we live in, it will continue to be that way, in large part due to the efforts of Isaac Landfert. Formerly the YARD Theater, that venue will live on as The Stray Theater and continue on to be a space even more dedicated to its mission in the LA comedy scene. We talk about the preservation of the venue and the ins and outs of running a small comedy theater with Landfert in the vast LA comedy scene on this week's TCB Field Report.

Follow The Stray Theater @thestraytheater and Isaac @isaaclandfert on IG

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger

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Much of the pervasive strangeness of these times is that there is palpable feeling of everything coming to an end, all while many, small everyday things in many people's lives weirdly continuing for the time being. We get into the thick of doing/talking about/philosophizing about comedy in such an obtuse moment in history with the marvelous, internationally touring Lisa Curry just as she is about to release her latest hour of comedy, Emotionally Edging.

Follow Lisa @olympianlisacurry across socials and please watch her special Emotionally Edging on YouTube on Sept. 17th.

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger

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Building an hour of stand-up, especially the first time you do it, is already hard enough with having no experience doing so. In 2025, with the ways of the world, both actual and of comedy, the consideration and craft that has to be put into an bonafide great first hour of stand-up comedy can feel near infinite. That's why we chatted all about this very process with the endlessly funny Bri Pruett who is shaping up what should be an amazing first hour.

Follow Bri @bripruett across platforms and get tix to Bri Pruett: Pleasure Champion @ Lyric Hyperion 8/22 here.

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger

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In such dire times, the roles of comedy being both offering a salve to reality and speaking truth to power can seem to be at odds with each other. However, there are ways to walk such a tight line and we talk with celebrated veteran indie comedy producer Ali Hart (Peacock, The Frogtown Show, Slick Burn) on the intersection of comedy and trying to get folks to come around to making a better world.

Follow Ali @trahila

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger

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