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Every other week on Beginnings: Field Guide, creators deconstruct their favorite projects - from conception to finished product - in order to explore the many different paths the creative process can take.




Jamie Lee is a writer and stand-up based in New York City. She was on the final season of Last Comic Standing, performs all over the country and has created a number of webseries including College Humor’s “Kid Farm” and “Edna”, which we discuss on this episode of Field Guide. And don’t forget to check out last week’s Beginnings interview with Jamie!

Plus, Beginnings: Live at UCB East on February 12th at 6pm! Come on down!

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Where do creative people come from? On Beginnings, two fledgling comedians talk origins with professional creators and others just starting out, and hopefully answer their parents’ question, “What are you doing?”




Jamie Lee is a writer and stand-up based in New York City. Maybe you’ve seen her on the last season of Last Comic Standing? Or maybe on “Kid Farm” the College Humor webseries she co-created? Or when she co-hosted VH1’s Critics Choice Awards? Or the MTV show Ridiculousness that she wrote for? No matter where you’ve seen her or her writing, she’s hilarious and great! Jamie stopped by the Wrestling Team apartment last week and we talked about her ZZ Top photographer parents, overcoming your hatred of other performers and how dating other comedians affects one’s creativity. Plus we debut a new segment, “Making a Breakthrough”!

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Every other week on Beginnings: Field Guide, creators deconstruct their favorite projects - from conception to finished product - in order to explore the many different paths the creative process can take.




On today’s show, we talk to Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, the creators and stars of the great webseries Broad City. The two have been performing comedy in New York for many years before starting their show, and after two seasons and growing buzz, it’s now in development at FX with Amy Poehler as one of the executive producers. While hearing Ilana and Abbi’s inspiring story of their hard work paying off, we also found time to discuss the sadness of strip clubs, sneak attack feminism vs. stealth feminism and Uncle Scrooge’s Dick Bin! Also, find out if I’ve ever seen Mark’s penis!

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Where do creative people come from? On Beginnings, two fledgling comedians talk origins with professional creators and others just starting out, and hopefully answer their parents’ question, “What are you doing?”




Halley Feiffer is an actor and playwright from New York City. She’s been in many films including The Squid and the Whale, Margot at the Wedding, and You Can Count on Me and guested on a number of television shows including Flight of the Conchords and Bored to Death. This last year, she made her Broadway debut in The House of Blue Leaves with Ben Stiller and Edie Falco and in 2012, she’ll release her film He’s Way More Famous Than You, which she co-wrote and stars in. Earlier this week, Halley stopped by the Wrestling Team apartment, and this is what happened! We learned what you can say if you have a black sister! Mark debuted his new stand-up persona, Mr. Hate! Halley takes us on a tour through the (in?)famous Stagedoor Manor! All this and moooooooore!

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Every other week on Beginnings: Field Guide, creators deconstruct their favorite projects - from conception to finished product - in order to explore the many different paths the creative process can take.




Jesse Moynihan is a storyboard artist/writer on the amazing Cartoon Network show Adventure Time. He’s also an amazing comic artist and has been making his own comics for years. On last week’s Beginnings episode, we talked about how his past has opened him up to new ways of seeing the world, and on this week’s Field Guide, we talk to Jesse about his latest collection of comics Forming vol.1, now out on Nobrow Press!

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Where do creative people come from? On Beginnings, two fledgling comedians talk origins with professional creators and others just starting out, and hopefully answer their parents’ question, “What are you doing?”




Jesse Moynihan is a bit of a Renaissance man. He’s a storyboard artist/writer on the amazing Cartoon Network show Adventure Time. He’s also a comic artist who’s been making hilarious, weird and thoughtful comics for years, and his latest collection Forming vol. 1 was just published on Nobrow Press. Jesse’s also a musician and plays in the experimental pop group Make a Rising, who have two fantastic albums with a third on the way. Jesse sat down with us in the Wrestling Team apartment a few weeks ago while he was in town for an indie comics convention and: Jesse talked about chilling with The Dead Milkmen! He also told us about how his father’s Christian visions and his mother’s involvement in Aum Shinrikyo made him more receptive to the world. We even discussed David Lynch’s contradictions! All this and mooooooooooore!

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Every other week on Beginnings: Field Guide, creators deconstruct their favorite projects - from conception to finished product - in order to explore the many different paths the creative process can take.




Jared Logan is one of the most jovial, friendly stand-ups you might meet. He’s been on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, tours colleges all over the country, and co-hosts a fantastic weekly stand-up show called Righteous Kill. On last week’s Beginnings, we talked to Jared about growing up in West Virginia and about his theatrical roots. On this week’s Field Guide, we discuss one of his favorite recent jokes.


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Where do creative people come from? On Beginnings, two fledgling comedians talk origins with professional creators and others just starting out, and hopefully answer their parents’ question, “What are you doing?”




Jared Logan is a hilarious stand-up who got his start in Chicago. After being featured on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham in 2008, he moved to New York and has been tearing up the Big Apple ever since, especially with his weekly show Righteous Kill, which he co-hosts with fellow stand-up Joe DeRosa. A few weeks ago, Jared sat down with us in the Wrestling Team apartment. What transpired? Jared taught us that gay stereotypes are true if you only know one gay person! Andy explained his narcissistic crooked cop fantasy! Jared, like Sartre and Nike, tells us to “Just do it!” (it = your act)! Mark and Andy are delirious from exhaustion in the midshow and post-show segments!

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Every other week on Beginnings: Field Guide, creators deconstruct their favorite projects - from conception to finished product - in order to explore the many different paths the creative process can take.




That’s right, friends, we’re doing something special on this week’s Field Guide: we interview ourselves! Or, as many might call it “simply having a conversation”. Coming up in the next month, we’re going to do some special Field Guide episodes where we talk about specific shows and videos that we both enjoy with their creators. To kick that off, we thought we’d discuss a sketch that we perform called “The Newlyweb Game”. Our discussion though quickly turns into a referendum on the state of Wrestling Team! Are Mark and Andy actually friends? Why do we write complex things? What kind of Troll books did we order as children? Whose fault was Wrestling Team’s avant-garde period? How do you deal with death anxiety and eating disorders? All this and more on Beginnings: Field Guide!


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