Bryan Callen @ Stanford's This Weekend!!!

TKC Note: Our pal Craig Glazer shares first person perspective on one Bryan Callen - A comic you'll recognize from most of your favorite movies.

Bryan Callen: A Stand Out among Stand Ups

Bryan Callen has a list of credits as long as your arm. He has done more than many other comics put together. He’s been seen in ‘The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard’, ‘Old School’, ‘The Hangover’, ‘The Hangover II’ and is co-starring in the upcoming movie ‘Ride Along’ with Kevin Hart and Laurence Fishburne. On TV, he’s been seen on HBO’s ‘Oz’ ,’Sex and The City’, ‘Entourage’, MTV’s ‘Death Valley’, USA’s ‘In Plain Sight’, CBS’ ‘CSI: Miami’ and ‘How I Met Your Mother’ and TruTV’s ‘World’s Dumbest’; just to name a few.

In addition to his busy acting schedule, he is highly regarded as a stand-up comic and works the finest comedy clubs the world over. His bizarre, high-energy absurdist style is unique among comedians and he regularly leaves audiences howling with laughter.

Bryan first started working at Stanford & Sons about ten years ago out at the Overland Park Location, where we promoted him as a guy who had a recurring role on ‘Entourage’. I had just married Connie at the time and he was an amazing comic and an amazing draw then. He’s gotten better on both those ends since then.

This is Bryan’s fifth appearance here at Stanford & Sons because he is so hard to schedule around his many movie and television appearances. If you haven’t seen this amazing performer, now is the time to do it.

Callen has one of the better podcasts nationwide. He’s on Joe Rogan’s show almost every week he’s home in Los Angeles. The funniest one they did regarding KC was a few months ago. It was Joe Rogan, Dave Attell and Bryan. Too bad for me and Johnny Dare, Callen had to leave the podcast early to catch a flight. Callen mentioned he would be doing stand-up at Stanford’s in a few weeks after he finished shooting a TV pilot. The pilot has Callen as a pseudo ‘David Letterman’ type talk show host. After Bryan left, Joe Rogan began to talk about his experiences at Stanford’s years earlier. In fact, both men began to imitate my trademark line ‘Stanford & Sons, Think about it!’. At that point, he mentioned that Kansas City has one of his favorite DJ’s, he and Dave both tried to remember the DJ’s name and agreed that his name was ‘Johnny Blaze’. Dare has replayed this conversation many times on his show.

Having spoken with, hung out and worked with Callen over the last ten years I can tell you that he is not only a great actor and comic and in great shape, but he is also a warm and kind individual. He reminds me of TJ Miller in that he is a loyal, steadfast person and I can also say he is a good friend. Now,…wait for it…, yes, Callen informed me Wednesday that it was Stanford’s in Overland Park that gave him his first full-week headlining opportunity ten years ago. No, we didn’t discover Bryan Callen, but according to Callen we were the first ‘A’ Club to give him a full week as a headliner.

Bryan will be doing two shows tonight, and two Saturday before he heads back to LA. Look for his new movie ‘Ride Along’ in theaters this August. Do yourself a favor and make sure you take advantage of this opportunity to see this amazing and hilarious performer. Call (913)400-7500 for ticket prices and more information.
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