Funny In Failure

Albert Bramante is the CEO of Bramante Artists, where he’s guided talent across Broadway, film, and television. He’s also a psychology professor and certified hypnotist, blending mental performance tools with creative strategy. Lately, he’s been teaching creators how to harness AI tools like ChatGPT to boost productivity and content creation. His book, "Rise Above the Script," focuses on breaking through fear and building success. With over 20 years of experience at the intersection of psychology, entertainment, and education, Albert has helped countless performers and creators overcome the mental blocks that hold them back. He’s worked with actors, educators, and students to push through fear, imposter syndrome, and self-sabotage while building sustainable, purpose-driven careers.  We chat about mindset shifts, hypnosis, collaboration, his new book, mastermind groups, combining being a talent agent with psychology, imposter syndrome, Brian Weiss, people pleasing, accountability, being let go and moving forward, spirituality plus plenty more!   Check Albert out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dralbramante/ [https://www.instagram.com/dralbramante/] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertbramante/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertbramante/] Rise Above the Script: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CY1XJMKM/?bestFormat=true&k=rise%20above%20the%20script&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-pd-bk-d_de_k0_1_17&crid=2M3QW4QS9LC27&sprefix=Rise%20Above%20The%20Sc [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CY1XJMKM/?bestFormat=true&k=rise%20above%20the%20script&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-pd-bk-d_de_k0_1_17&crid=2M3QW4QS9LC27&sprefix=Rise%20Above%20The%20Sc] Website: https://albertbramante.com/ [https://albertbramante.com/] Bramante Artists: https://bramanteartists.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMXfUNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE0dGJhemFLVlM4ZUZBcHhaAR6KF40V_DDLwp_lAuCpRI_bGKk13G2eMtBFa8S94n50Hmy8EuMv0NJfD2n1kQ_aem_H9vwyyo_-K1uyeJ9t2-7sw [https://bramanteartists.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMXfUNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE0dGJhemFLVlM4ZUZBcHhaAR6KF40V_DDLwp_lAuCpRI_bGKk13G2eMtBFa8S94n50Hmy8EuMv0NJfD2n1kQ_aem_H9vwyyo_-K1uyeJ9t2-7sw] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/albert.bramante/ [https://www.facebook.com/albert.bramante/] ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ [https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/] https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ [https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/] and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ [https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/] https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan [https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan]

Anthony Brandon Wong is an award winning actor, who has worked for 40 years in movies, TV and theatre all over the world, a singer-songwriter and one of Australia’s most sought- after acting teachers and coaches. His numerous film and TV credits include: the role of Ghost in “The Matrix Reloaded”, “The Matrix Revolutions” and the “Enter the Matrix” video game, opposite Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jada Pinkett Smith and Hugo Weaving, Steven Soderbergh’s “Haywire” opposite Channing Tatum and Antonio Banderas, “Guns, Girls and Gambling” opposite Gary Oldman and Christian Slater, “Hemingway and Gellhorn” opposite Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen, “Queen of Oz” opposite Catherine Tate, “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire”, “Glee”, “NCIS”, “Hawaii Five-0”, “Flight of the Phoenix”, “Harrow”, “Upright” and “The Twelve” Season 2 as series regular Winston Hang.  Anthony played the role of Danny Law in “The Family Law” and he and his fellow cast won 3 consecutive Equity Ensemble Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. On stage, Anthony has played lead and major roles for Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, The Malthouse and State Theatre Company of South Australia and he won The Victorian Green Room Award for Best Actor in “Sex Diary of an Infidel”. Anthony played the role of the outrageous maid/butler Jacob in the stage musical "La Cage Aux Folles".  As an acting teacher, Anthony has taught at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Actors Centre Australia, Screenwise and the Q Theatre in Sydney, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), Melbourne’s 16th Street Studios, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP), as well as in Los Angeles at TVI Studios, in Brisbane at the Australian Acting Academy, on the Gold Coast at The Warehouse Workshop Screen Acting Studio and in Byron Bay at the Actors Room.  Anthony's thousands of acting students over his 30 year teaching and coaching career include Magda Szubanski, Delta Goodrem, Angus McLaren (Packed to the Rafters), Aaron Glenane (Snowpiercer), Shareena Clanton (Wentworth), Natalie Mendoza (Moulin Rouge) and Stef Dawson (The Hunger Games). Anthony is the most senior Certified Teacher of the Ivana Chubbuck Technique in Australia. Ivana Chubbuck is the world renowned coach of Oscar winners Halle Berry, Charlize Theron and Jared Leto, and Oscar nominated actors Brad Pitt, Jake Gyllenhaal, Catherine Keener, Djimon Hounsou, Kate Hudson, America Ferrera, Elisabeth Shue, Terrence Howard and Sylvester Stallone. Ivana personally trained Anthony over a period of 14 years in Los Angeles and in Australia. Anthony has also worked extensively with master teacher Larry Moss, who is the coach of Leonardo di Caprio, Hilary Swank, Tobey Maguire, Helen Hunt and Austin Butler. In addition, Anthony has studied with Eric Morris (Jack Nicholson’s coach), Elisabeth Kemp (Bradley Cooper, Hugh Jackman and Lady Gaga's coach), Margie Haber (coach of Vince Vaughan and Tea Leoni), Rowena Balos (voice trainer to Judy Davis), the Steppenwolf Company and in the Meisner and Strasberg Techniques.  As a singer-songwriter, Anthony released a dance pop single "Emancipate", which can be played on all music platforms. The music video can be seen on YouTube and Vevo. We chat about the Matrix, not working for periods, handling rejection, his amazing acting classes, food, mindset, his win spreadsheet, being who you are, learning new things, gratitude plus plenty more!   Check Anthony out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthony_brandon_wong/ [https://www.instagram.com/anthony_brandon_wong/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Anthony-Brandon-Wong-100063593643833/ [https://www.facebook.com/p/Anthony-Brandon-Wong-100063593643833/] Actors Room Byron Bay (Masterclass workshop): https://www.actorsroombyronbay.com/august-23rd-24th-chubbuck-with-anthony-brandon-wong?fbclid=IwY2xjawMJULdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE4TGVRTVNCTWtvaGJYdGRPAR71_DVmVHvzhlfXPlx0j1JXiY8X1iq8r_RfnXTwUtqk33bc0b__lK5KtZcKJg_aem_xD0UJ0YlVdDoP6P_N5gFuQ [https://www.actorsroombyronbay.com/august-23rd-24th-chubbuck-with-anthony-brandon-wong?fbclid=IwY2xjawMJULdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE4TGVRTVNCTWtvaGJYdGRPAR71_DVmVHvzhlfXPlx0j1JXiY8X1iq8r_RfnXTwUtqk33bc0b__lK5KtZcKJg_aem_xD0UJ0YlVdDoP6P_N5gFuQ] Anthony Brandon Wong's Acting Troupe: https://www.facebook.com/groups/55344248581 [https://www.facebook.com/groups/55344248581] Food Blog: https://www.instagram.com/universe_of_taste/ [https://www.instagram.com/universe_of_taste/] ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ [https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/] https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ [https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/] and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ [https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/] https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan [https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan]

Episode 300! thank's so much. Emmy, Peabody, and Writers’ Guild of America Award winning writer/producer Mike Scully has written many forms of comedy: animation, single-cam, multi-cam, hidden-cam, award shows, and live performance. After seven years of writing for shows you’ve never heard of, he joined The Simpsons writing staff as a producer in 1993. He was promoted to showrunner in 1997 for Seasons 9 thru 12 (considered the four most consecutive seasons of the show) and co-wrote and co-produced The Simpsons Movie, released in 2007. He was a consulting producer on the show until 2021 and recently wrote a new episode. Mike also served as writer/producer on the Emmy-winning Everybody Loves Raymond, as well as Parks & Recreation, starring Amy Poehler. (He also appeared on the show several times as a disgruntled citizen asking stupid questions at town meetings.) He was a writer/producer on the critically acclaimed NBC series “The Carmichael Show” starring comedian Jerrod Carmichael. He co-created (with wife Julie Thacker-Scully & Amy Poehler) the animated Fox/Hulu show Duncanville starring Poehler, Ty Burrell, and Rashida Jones, which ran three seasons. He also co-created some quickly cancelled shows such as “The Pitts”, “Complete Savages”, and an animated version of Napoleon Dynamite.” He and Julie wrote the pilot for the ABC/Hulu show Shifting Gears. He is a Consulting Producer on the upcoming second season of the Netflix series, A Man On The Inside starring Ted Danson. He has written jokes for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler when they hosted the Golden Globes and for their current live Restless Leg tour. In 1998, he organized writing staffs of all the Fox animated shows to win Writers Guild of America union coverage for the writers, who had previously been underpaid and without healthcare and pension contributions, unlike their live action counterparts. He has five daughters who provide him a never-ending financial reason to keep working. We chat about the Simpsons and being a show runner, leadership style and empowerment, moving to LA, his many ‘odd’ jobs, cancelled shows and rejection, false promises, Everybody loves Raymond, creating shows, art vs the business, doing comedy after Robin Williams, point of view, working on Parks and Recreation, moving forward plus much more! Check Mike out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mike_skullzz [https://www.instagram.com/mike_skullzz] Twitter / X: https://x.com/scullymike [https://x.com/scullymike] ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ [https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/] https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ [https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/] and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ [https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/] https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan [https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan]

Matt Tilley is a former comedian and radio presenter and now the CEO of FightMND. He was one of Australia’s most respected radio personalities, with more than 20 years on air on major stations like FOX FM and Triple M. Many remember from his famous Gotcha Calls which were a national hit across Australia. Matt’s Melbourne breakfast shows have consistently reached number one for over 14 of his 20 years in breakfast radio. The Matt and Jo Show on Fox FM was a long running breakfast show that was known for holding the highest ratings over many years between 2003 and 2013. In 2014 Matt moved to Triple M to take on National Drive time for the Triple M network alongside Joe Hildebrand in a ground-breaking news and entertainment show The One Percenters. Matt has also brought his comedy appeal to screen through his television appearances. He has been featured in Comedy Inc, Fast Forward and The Late Report. He has also co-hosted Channel 9’s show “Surprise, Surprise Gotcha!” and Channel 10’s “Thank God You’re Here”. Matt’s voice has also featured as Zeke on the award-winning kids cartoon and movie feature Dogstar. His many character voices and impersonations have also featured on various platforms – from Neighbours to beer ads to inflight entertainment. Matt’s engaging manner, versatility and quick wit have also made him a much sought-after MC and host. Matt transitioned to non for profit. He previously served as Chief Communications Officer at Foodbank Victoria and was the Founder and CEO of the Aussie Dollar Drop which supported homeless Australians. Matt has also held several Board positions across the NFP sector. Check out his great work at FightMND (links below). We chat about being at the top of the game, life changing moments in urinals, chopping wood (surprisingly funny), riding, public scrutiny, charity work and FightMND, his famous gotcha calls, his drive plus plenty more.   Check Matt out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vegetative.state/ [https://www.instagram.com/vegetative.state/] About FightMND: https://fightmnd.org.au/about/what-is-mnd/ [https://fightmnd.org.au/about/what-is-mnd/] Donate to FightMND: https://support.fightmnd.org.au/donate [https://support.fightmnd.org.au/donate] FightMND: https://fightmnd.org.au/ [https://fightmnd.org.au/] ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ [https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/] https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ [https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/] and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ [https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/] https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan [https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan]

Brennan Brown is a stage and screen actor known for portraying complex and multifaceted characters. After graduating from Yale School of Drama, he landed roles on Broadway in revivals of Shaw’s Major Barbara, and Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound and The Fifteen Minute Hamlet, and in leading theatres throughout America. On screen Brennan has worked with such visionary directors including Tim Hooper on HBO’s “John Adams”, John Requa and Glenn Ficarra on both of their films, I Love You Phillip Morris, and Focus, State of Play (dir. Kevin Macdonald), Detachment (dir. Tony Kaye), Midway (dir. Roland Emmerich), The Wolf Hour, and Not Okay. He has appeared in dozens of primetime shows most notably as antique dealer Robert Childan on the acclaimed Amazon series “The Man in the High Castle”, Edward Biben on "Mozart in the Jungle", Agent Donnelly on "Person of Interest", and for the past ten seasons as Dr. Sam Abrams on "Chicago Med". He also appears in the upcoming Netflix series “The Beast In Me”. Other appearances on long running shows including ”Madam Secretary","Elementary","The Blacklist",“Damages",“Bull”, "Ugly Betty","The Good Wife”, "Breaking Bad” and others. We chat about being an introvert, flow state, his medallion on circle cinemas walk of fame, moving around a lot as child, sobriety, auditioning, the Man in the High Castle, Chicago Med, perfectionism and wanting to get it ‘right’, unlearning, meditation + plenty more! Check Brennan out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebrennanbrown [https://www.instagram.com/thebrennanbrown] ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ [https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/] https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ [https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/] and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ [https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/] https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan [https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan]