Danny Jolles is a stand-up comedian, actor, and writer you've seen on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Ramy, Ted, and in sketches with his comedy group Chess Club Comedy, whose work has built a strong online following. He's one of those comics who makes it look effortless - sharp, self-aware, and just uncomfortable enough to be hilarious.

In this episode, Danny and I talk about his move from New York to LA, the culture shock of dating in a city where everyone looks like they're waiting to be cast, and why he chose to keep a framed picture of Jesus in his nearly empty Koreatown apartment. We get into his early years in stand-up, including the brutally honest admission that he wasn't good at first - and how working a mindless but oddly perfect job assembling electronics kits at Adafruit helped him develop material without losing his sanity. We also dive into sketch comedy discipline, killing your own work when it's not good enough, New York vs LA comedy audiences, drinking with no consequences, ghosts in college apartments, and the eternal shame of not having seen The Godfather.

It's a loose, funny, slightly chaotic conversation about starting over, getting better, and figuring out who you actually are on stage - which, as it turns out, is way more interesting than trying to be "cool."

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