Rob Riggle
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And so we went and had coffee and he took the time to kind of let me tell my story.
Like, I'm trying real hard and I don't know what to do.
And what do you suggest?
And I'm taking client.
I just tried stand up and I hated it.
It's not what I thought it would be.
And he was like, well, let's figure this out.
And he kind of said, well, I've got some friends who just moved here.
Amy Poehler and Matt Besser and Matt Walsh and Ian Roberts.
And they're kind of the UCB from Chicago and they're doing long form improv and you might like it.
Check the show out.
Tell them I sent you.
So he got me pointed in that direction.
And then when I went to UCB, I really enjoyed what they were doing.
And then took all their classes and went through, you know, ended up teaching there and doing the whole thing.
And then eventually came back to stand-up.
Because I started stand-up, I hated it.
I wasn't any good at it.
I didn't like anything about it.