In this episode, we interview Kevin Amarillo who is a comedy sketch artist, filmer, and appears in Danny’s videos. We talk to Kevin about how he got started making comedy sketches and who inspired him. We get into Kevin’s struggles with mental health as well as his past with being homeless. Danny and Kevin also share stories from their many years of being friends together. Now, Kevin continues to work on comedy sketches for his YouTube channel and various other platforms.
Available on all major podcast platforms:
Spotify: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/happyendingspod
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happy-endings/id1720122256
About The Hosts:
Danny Duncan is a top YouTuber with 7M+ subscribers and $150M+ in merch sales. He's also the co-owner of the popular frozen yogurt chain 16 Handles, founder of Good Sport, and Danny's Cream Pies.
Jon Youshaei worked inside Instagram and YouTube for 8 years where he was Head of Creator Product Marketing before becoming a creator and journalist for Forbes, TIME, and more.
0:00 - 0:30 Intro
0:31 - 6:02 How Danny and Kevin met
6:03 - 14:11 When Kevin almost joined the Navy
14:12 - 15:36 The first apartment Danny had in LA
15:37 - 17:19 Danny and Kevin sleeping in Chris Chann’s driveway
17:20 - 20:53 Story of Danny’s apartment flooding
20:54 - 25:04 The safe story
25:05 - 28:25 Kevin lived in a closet
28:26 - 31:08 Kevin coming here from the Philippines
31:09 - 32:53 Who Danny likes to work with and be friends with
32:54 - 35:02 Creators that Danny likes
35:03 - 37:16 How Kevin creates his style of videos
37:17 - 43:22 Craziest video Danny and Kevin have filmed together
43:23 - 49:27 Videos that Kevin is most proud of
49:28 - 49:57 Marlowe
49:58 - 51:59 Working with companies
52:00 - 53:26 How much money would it take to be satisfied
53:27 - 55:11 Kevin’s goals/SNL stealing ideas
55:12 - 56:17 Danny gifts Kevin Marlowe
56:18 - 57:27 Danny and Kevin’s old ads they did
57:28 - 58:25 Danny and Kevin working out
58:26 - 01:00:33 Kevin on working people in his videos
01:00:34 - 01:06:16 Kevin’s advice for filming sketch comedy
01:06:17 - 01:06:27 Outro
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