PODCAST · comedy
Live from the Big Apple
by Ben Cassil & July Diaz
Live From the Big Apple is the unofficial oral history of Big Apple Live, everyone’s favorite TV sketch show (that is definitely not SNL). Former cast members Billy Rockwell (Ben Cassil) and TJ Hunterscap (July Diaz) interview cast members, hosts, and musical guests from Big Apple Live’s 50-year history to hear stories about how sketches were made, Tinseltown gossip, and how much popcorn Bjorn Nigel can actually eat!If you still don’t get what this is, it’s a fully-improvised comedy interview show where comedians play characters and make you laugh, okay?
Episodes
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Luke Benson (Tadgh “Sully” O’Sullivan, 3x Cast Member)
Tadgh “Sully” O’Sullivan (Luke Benson) has good reason to say the third time’s the charm, as he was fired three times as a cast member on Big Apple Live, and the third time it finally stuck. Billy and TJ chat with Sully about some of his catchphrases, such as “Check Please” and “Please Don’t Eat...
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Ross McCarney (Ciaran Dwyer, Cast Member)
Ciaran Dwyer (Ross McCarney) came to the show all the way from Ireland with dreams of making a big splash, but despite being fired and rehired twice from Big Apple Live, he never quite found his footing as a performer. Billy and TJ talk about old sketches with Ciaran and try to figure out why…
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Janine Hogan (Jazzy the Backup Musician)
Jazzy (Janine Hogan) has been with Big Apple Live since the very first episode in the 70’s, but she has never been on camera…intentionally. Jazzy is an understudy for the BAL band, and has had the wild misfortune of never breaking into the actual band, despite several "accidents" happening to…
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Dave Theune (Rayclon the Centaur, Cast Member)
Rayclon (Dave Theune) was not only the first Cyprian centaur on Big Apple Live, he was also a hilarious cast member responsible for characters like Calvin the Clairvoyant Convenience Store Clerk. Billy and TJ have a great time with Rayclon and talk about his love of his home on Mount Olympus, his...
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Tyler Scnhupp (Tommy Tri-Polar, Musician)
Tommy Tri-Polar (Tyler Schnupp), the lead singer of the first-ever punk band on Big Apple Live joined Billy and TJ to talk about his band SCHMEAR and their infamous BAL performance that resulted in a life-long ban for them and 14 slam dancers. They also talk about Tommy’s signature of putting a...
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Matt Apodaca (Cobrin Drench, Former Cast Member/Writer)
Former Big Apple Live cast member and Weekend Bulletin host Corbin Drench (Matt Apodaca) joins TJ and Billy to talk about his time behind the news desk at BAL, his characters like Trevor the Emo I.T. Guy, seeing Bjorn Nigel in a spooky mask, and of course his hilarious sketch “The Sopranos but in...
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Isabella Roland (Tanya Burke, Former Cast Member)
Former Big Apple Live cast member Tanya Burke (Isabella Roland) joins Billy and TJ to talk about her blockbuster movie success, her philosophy that the audience’s opinions don’t matter, how she got her start at the Chase Bank Sketch program, and her audition in which Bjorn actually LAUGHED! Along...
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Zach Olsen & Charlie Mihelich (Ricky Tarper & Jay Vulken, Former Writers/Cast Members)
Former Big Apple Live cast members and writing team Ricky Tarper (Zach Olsen) and Jay Vulken (Charlie Mihelich) join Billy and TJ to chat about their problematic activism in the “manosphere,” their standup acts, some of their favorite sketches like “Darth Maul at a Club,” Charlie Mihelich and…
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Isabella Escalante (Randy Upmost, Former Cast Member)
Former Big Apple Live cast member Randy Upmost (Isabella Escalante) joins Billy and TJ to chat about his time on the show, his experiences with Marc Maron and Jerry Seinfeld, his thoughts on the news, and his signature catchphrase “crap!” Check out Isabella Escalante’s podcast “Anna and Isabella…
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Billy and TJ's First Episode (with Ben Cassil & July Diaz)
In this very first episode of Live from the Big Apple, hosts Billy Rockwell (Ben Cassil) and TJ Hunterscap (July Diaz) introduce themselves and tell how they ended up on the Big Apple Live sketch show. They also talk a bit about current events and catch up on the funny pages. And finally they…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Live From the Big Apple is the unofficial oral history of Big Apple Live, everyone’s favorite TV sketch show (that is definitely not SNL). Former cast members Billy Rockwell (Ben Cassil) and TJ Hunterscap (July Diaz) interview cast members, hosts, and musical guests from Big Apple Live’s 50-year history to hear stories about how sketches were made, Tinseltown gossip, and how much popcorn Bjorn Nigel can actually eat!If you still don’t get what this is, it’s a fully-improvised comedy interview show where comedians play characters and make you laugh, okay?
HOSTED BY
Ben Cassil & July Diaz
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Live from the Big Apple currently has 10 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Live from the Big Apple about?
Live From the Big Apple is the unofficial oral history of Big Apple Live, everyone’s favorite TV sketch show (that is definitely not SNL). Former cast members Billy Rockwell (Ben Cassil) and TJ Hunterscap (July Diaz) interview cast members, hosts, and musical guests from Big Apple Live’s 50-year...
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Live from the Big Apple is created and hosted by Ben Cassil & July Diaz.
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