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Paul Ollinger

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423 total appearances

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Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

They do give it away, but it's, it's, you know, you have to put up collateral or, you know, you're paying 21% interest and at a certain point, you know, you got to pay the piper. And, and, and so look, look, I'm doing exactly what I want to do today. And I know we'll get to that, but I'm not making a million dollars a year. I'm not making, I'm making, you know, very, very little money.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

They do give it away, but it's, it's, you know, you have to put up collateral or, you know, you're paying 21% interest and at a certain point, you know, you got to pay the piper. And, and, and so look, look, I'm doing exactly what I want to do today. And I know we'll get to that, but I'm not making a million dollars a year. I'm not making, I'm making, you know, very, very little money.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

They do give it away, but it's, it's, you know, you have to put up collateral or, you know, you're paying 21% interest and at a certain point, you know, you got to pay the piper. And, and, and so look, look, I'm doing exactly what I want to do today. And I know we'll get to that, but I'm not making a million dollars a year. I'm not making, I'm making, you know, very, very little money.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

So it's a trade-off and I've earned the right, I've earned the right to be able to do it. But I also have to forego living like some jet setter lifestyle that we'd probably like to live if I was making a million bucks a year. I'd have a NetJets card if I was making a million bucks a year, but we're a long way from that.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

So it's a trade-off and I've earned the right, I've earned the right to be able to do it. But I also have to forego living like some jet setter lifestyle that we'd probably like to live if I was making a million bucks a year. I'd have a NetJets card if I was making a million bucks a year, but we're a long way from that.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

So it's a trade-off and I've earned the right, I've earned the right to be able to do it. But I also have to forego living like some jet setter lifestyle that we'd probably like to live if I was making a million bucks a year. I'd have a NetJets card if I was making a million bucks a year, but we're a long way from that.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

Yeah, well, there's two kind of inflection points. I made some money at Yahoo, but I'd always still had this thing in the back of my head. I want to be a standup comedian. And in 2004, I got to meet some people who were going to connect me with a way to be a standup comedian in LA. And I moved out to, I left Yahoo because I had money in the bank and I was still single.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

Yeah, well, there's two kind of inflection points. I made some money at Yahoo, but I'd always still had this thing in the back of my head. I want to be a standup comedian. And in 2004, I got to meet some people who were going to connect me with a way to be a standup comedian in LA. And I moved out to, I left Yahoo because I had money in the bank and I was still single.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

Yeah, well, there's two kind of inflection points. I made some money at Yahoo, but I'd always still had this thing in the back of my head. I want to be a standup comedian. And in 2004, I got to meet some people who were going to connect me with a way to be a standup comedian in LA. And I moved out to, I left Yahoo because I had money in the bank and I was still single.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

Thanks to Yahoo, I paid off my student loans and I put plenty of money in the bank, many years worth of expenses in the bank. And I was like, I'm going to go do stand-up comedy. That's what I'm going to do. And I moved to LA. My then girlfriend, now wife, followed me shortly thereafter. And I did stand-up comedy every weekend for two years, hosting at the Improbs in Orange County.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

Thanks to Yahoo, I paid off my student loans and I put plenty of money in the bank, many years worth of expenses in the bank. And I was like, I'm going to go do stand-up comedy. That's what I'm going to do. And I moved to LA. My then girlfriend, now wife, followed me shortly thereafter. And I did stand-up comedy every weekend for two years, hosting at the Improbs in Orange County.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

Thanks to Yahoo, I paid off my student loans and I put plenty of money in the bank, many years worth of expenses in the bank. And I was like, I'm going to go do stand-up comedy. That's what I'm going to do. And I moved to LA. My then girlfriend, now wife, followed me shortly thereafter. And I did stand-up comedy every weekend for two years, hosting at the Improbs in Orange County.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

And it was, it was, and I did, I had no idea how good that gig was while I had it, but I was doing the thing I really wanted to do at the mall.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

And it was, it was, and I did, I had no idea how good that gig was while I had it, but I was doing the thing I really wanted to do at the mall.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

And it was, it was, and I did, I had no idea how good that gig was while I had it, but I was doing the thing I really wanted to do at the mall.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

Yeah. The Brea, the Brea and Irvine improv. Now these were the old, both clubs have been, um, torn down and replaced since 2007 when I left, but I was doing that every weekend. And, I was opening for David Tell, Kevin Nealon, Norm MacDonald, like legit big-time headliners.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

Yeah. The Brea, the Brea and Irvine improv. Now these were the old, both clubs have been, um, torn down and replaced since 2007 when I left, but I was doing that every weekend. And, I was opening for David Tell, Kevin Nealon, Norm MacDonald, like legit big-time headliners.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

Yeah. The Brea, the Brea and Irvine improv. Now these were the old, both clubs have been, um, torn down and replaced since 2007 when I left, but I was doing that every weekend. And, I was opening for David Tell, Kevin Nealon, Norm MacDonald, like legit big-time headliners.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

I don't know, because it's the narcotic feeling you get when you make a room of 300 people wet their pants at the same time. There's nothing like it. There is no high I've experienced like making a whole room of people laugh at the same time. It's narcotic.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Paul Ollinger: From Sibling Rivalry to Comedy and Career Success

I don't know, because it's the narcotic feeling you get when you make a room of 300 people wet their pants at the same time. There's nothing like it. There is no high I've experienced like making a whole room of people laugh at the same time. It's narcotic.