Episode 1056 - Byron Allen

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2019

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

How did Byron Allen go from teenage stand-up to highly successful media mogul and entrepreneur? Byron thinks it has everything to do with growing up in Detroit, watching his dad working at Ford and internalizing that factory worker mentality. Of course, his mom was a big help too, working as a tour guide at NBC Studios so young Byron could watch and learn from Johnny Carson, Redd Foxx, Richard Pryor and many others. Byron tells Marc how he found The Comedy Store, how he put in the hard work to get his own show on television, and how he came to own a media empire that includes The Weather Channel. This episode is sponsored by South Park and Crank Yankers on Comedy Central, the Hella Mega Tour, and BetterHelp.

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0:00.0	Block the game!
0:01.0	What's up?
0:02.0	What's up?
0:03.0	What's up?
0:04.0	What's up?
0:05.0	What's up?
0:06.0	What's up?
0:07.0	What's up?
0:08.0	What's up?
0:09.0	Alright, let's do this.
0:11.0	How are you?
0:12.0	What the fuckers?
0:13.0	What the fuck buddies?
0:14.0	What the fuck nicks?
0:15.0	What's happening?
0:16.0	I'm Mark Marren.
0:17.0	This is my podcast, WTF.
0:19.0	Welcome to it.
0:20.0	How's it going?
0:21.0	I'm on the road.
0:22.0	Where am I reporting from?
0:24.0	I'm about three stories up in a hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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