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Ep 154 - Erik Griffin

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Our guest today is the very funny Erik Griffin who started as a stand-up comedian around the same time I did. His acting career took off with his role on Comedy Central's "Workaholics". We have Erik on today talking about his new 1 hr Showtime special and his work on the new Showtime series, "I'm Dying Up Here", a comedy-drama series produced by Jim Carrey and following the lives of several up and coming comedians in Los Angeles in the 1970s. Premieres Sunday, June 4th at 10pm on Showtime and every Sunday after that. Can't wait to watch it! Please take 5 seconds to rate or review the podcast on itunes and if you like it subscribe! Thanks for listening! LINKS Erik Griffin: INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: @ErikGriffin www.ErikGriffin.com Felipe Esparza: FACEBOOK: www.Facebook.com/FelipeEsparzaFanPage TWITTER: @FunnyFelipe INSTAGRAM: @FelipeEsparzaComedian www.felipesworld.com Rodrigo Torres: TWITTER: @RodrigoTorresJr INSTAGRAM: @RodrigoTorresJr TUMBLR: RodrigoTorresJr.Tumblr.com Lesa Esparza (Producer, editor, "What's Up Fool?" podcast) TWITTER: @WhatsUpFoolPod Voodoo Glowskulls (they do our theme song) www.VoodooGlowskulls.com Ernesto Yerena (he designed our podcast logo) INSTAGRAM: @ernestoyerena #Comedy #StandUpComedy #LatinoComedy #MexicanAmerican #Belize #multiethnic #Workaholics #ComedyCentral #OneDayAtATime #ImDyingUpHere #Showtime

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