Ep. 228: Comedy & Tragedy (Ft. Cameron Altman)

My guest is a powerful spiritual entity in human form & one of the kindest souls to join us in our humble Top Shelf Studios, please welcome the first guest to endure our new “hot” lights — Cameron Altman!How would I describe him??Despite surviving a hellish adolescence fraught with abuse, his positive glimmer — the light he brings the world — continues to shine bright, casting his strong luminous beams of humanity onto anyone willing to hear his story.  Cameron is someone willing to go ‘All-In’ on himself.  Even if going ‘All-In’, once meant crashing out, driving 14 hours to sign up for Kill Tony in an arena, & being pulled from the bucket to follow comedy legend, Andrew Dice Clay.  He was booed off the stage by thousands..Cameron was born legally blind, but could foresee his name getting pulled on NYE. I fivesee him continuing to find meaning in a sometimes seemingly meaningless world.  I’m grateful for getting to know him & for this hang. Cameron Altman is someone who inspires me to not give up. You can follow him on Instagram @crosseyedcomic111EATIN’ smoked chicken wings with Cam is uncut in its full glory for our supporters — Patreon.com/InTALLerableOnly $2 and you will be supporting smoked meat put into the mouths of future guests.Come join the fun & get I will send you our first run of merch: InTALLerable keychains!FO & BW0:00 — Guest Intro2:00 — Growing up3:30 — Following Dice on Kill Tony in an arena4:30 — Matured Perspective Toward Life5:30 — Crashing out & driving 14 hours to KT7:00 — Handled with Grace8:00 — Bucket of Destiny10:00 — Timer says: ‘Live’11:00 — Born Legally Blind11:45 — EATIN’12:00 — After-Hours Show & Wing Review!13:00 — Going ‘All-In’ on Cam14:00 — 7 sets to 7,000 people15:00 — Living with Roomates16:00 — Standing up for Women18:00 — Trying to find ‘Cam’ in the chaos20:00 — Comedy as a tool to carve out who you are21:00 — Comedy & Tragedy22:15 — Finding Individual Purpose23:00 — You go or you don’t24:00 — Working in the Cannabis Industry25:00 — Service Industry26:30 — Privilege coupled with Uppity-Lens27:00 — Cam’s Dad30:00 — Changed name to (allegedly) get inheritance money31:00 — Mr. Change Your Name // Classic “Cool-Guy”31:30 — Limited Knowledge of his Lineage32:45 — Grandma Tutu33:30 — Not getting to say goodbye35:00 — Irish People terrible at lineage36:00 — Cam’s Mom explains what “Snitches get Stitches" means37:00 — Mentality & Growing up in dysfunctional family38:00 — Weird Story Time39:15 — Backward/Reflective Thinking Loop40:00 — Relationships with Women41:30 — Importance of Teachers & Growing42:00 — Not your job to heal other people43:00 — Crash out spillovers44:00 — Trying to get some help45:00 — Figuring it out45:45 — Trying to make connections & reach out46:30 — Semi-Pro Comedian Semi-Pro Stripper47:00 — One Day at a Time48:00 — From Tears to Hacky Joke49:00 — If any of us were awake we would be helping each other.49:45 — ‘Heighting’51:00 — Plugs52:00 — FO & BW