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Beginnings


We all know the stories of how creative people get into the business of creating for a living, but how did they start using their imaginations in the first place? On the Beginnings podcast, writer and performer Andy Beckerman asks well-known and up-and-coming comedians, musicians, writers and artists about their earliest creative acts and about other formative childhood experiences.

Jul 30, 2011

Eddie Brill is an incredibly friendly and thoughtful guy, in addition to being a beloved veteran of the stand-up stage in America and abroad. We met Eddie briefly at this year's ECNY awards, and even with the frenzied pace of the red carpet he managed to draw us in and make us feel like old pals having a liesurely conversation. For the last thirteen years, Eddie has been the warm-up comedian and talent coordinator, as well as a frequent guest on The Late Show with David Letterman. In 2008, he received the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award from ECNY. He founded the Emerson Comedy Workshop at Emerson College, and he booked the legendary Paper Moon comedy club in New York City. Earlier this month, Eddie welcomed us into his home to discuss booking comics, vulnerability and truth, collaborative environments, parental expectations, religion, Black Sabbath and giraffe comedians.