Never Better Than Late
Comedian Bill Lake began performing standup at age 53. On Never Better Than Late, Bill talks to fellow comics who also started their comedy journey when they should have been old enough to know better. Funny, insightful conversations about the challenges and rewards of making a change later in life.
Episodes
12 episodes
Never Better Than Late Ep. 10 with Harri Soinila
On this episode of Never Better Than Late, I welcome my first international guest … Finnish comedian Harri Soinila. Harri talks about the relatively recent birth of standup comedy in Finland, which meant he grew up only able to see comedy on TV...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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42:59
Never Better Than Late Ep. 9 with Chris Alan
On this episode of Never Better Than Late I talk to comedian Chris Alan. Chris is a headliner who also opens on the road for Mark Normand and Neal Brennan. Chris's standup career began while he was in the military, when unhappiness and frustrat...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:05:52
Never Better Than Late Ep. 8 with Brett Singer
On this episode of NBTL I talk to New York City-based comedian Brett Singer. Brett began his comedy journey at age 47 by taking a standup class as a way of pulling himself out of a dark period in his life. After cracking open a notebook he’d be...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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41:26
Never Better Than Late Ep. 7 with Dan Geurin
On this episode of Never Better Than Late, I talk with comedian Dan Geurin. Dan began doing comedy at age 40 as a married father of two with a full-time job as a teacher. Despite that busy life, Dan’s work ethic and sense of urgency to get bett...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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47:04
Never Better Than Late Ep. 6 with Jonathan Flanagan
On this episode of Never Better Than Late I’m joined by comedian Jonathan Flanagan. Despite growing up in the L.A. area as a big fan of comedy, shyness kept Jonathan from trying standup until age 29. We talk about his ultimate goals in comedy, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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49:15
Never Better Than Late Ep. 5 pt. 2 with Al Park
Welcome to the second half of my two-part chat with Boston comedian Al Park, where he talks about working toward the ultimate goal of any comic: merging the parts of comedy that make you money with the parts that make you happy.Al...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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31:16
Never Better Than Late Ep. 5 pt. 1 with Al Park
Al Park is a Boston-based comedian who began performing standup at age 36.Within a few years he won both the Cleveland and Boston Comedy Festivals. He was also a finalist in the prestigious Seattle International Comedy Competition.<...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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49:53
Never Better Than Late Ep. 4 with E.J. Masicampo
North Carolina-based comedian E.J. Masicampo set foot on stage for the first time at age 37 and has not looked back since. E.J. is easily the most well-adjusted comedian I have ever met, and he shares his refreshingly positive take on a number ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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36:23
Never Better Than Late Ep. 3 with Dewayne White
Dewayne White began performing standup as a 44-year-old, married father of two after a long career in the military. Dewayne talks about the influence his military background has on his comedy, and how he has been able to give back to that commu...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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40:26
Never Better Than Late Ep. 2 with Adam Muller
Adam Muller is a transplanted Canadian who moved to New York City, not for comedy, but for a career on Wall Street. Adam talks about how he first dipped his toe into the comedy world when he took a standup class to improve his business presenta...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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41:53
Never Better Than Late Ep. 1 with Jeremy Alder
Jeremy Alder began performing stand up at age 35 after working as a preacher. We talk about how growing up in a religious household without a TV affected the comedy he was exposed to, how a divorce led him to stepping on stage for the first tim...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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44:07