Honestly Lisa

Lisa Orkin feat. Jennifer Vally I admit that this episode is ripe with name dropping, and might not be very deep. But it was good to talk to someone who I feel is a contemporary of mine as well as someone who was in the same shoes.  Ye Olde News starring Robbie Rist as Benjamin Franklin We've known each other at least 20 years. We met at LA Cabaret. "We were both young mothers who wanted to be comedians." - Lisa "I had so much more energy when I had little kids to get me up on stage" - Lisa "If my butt can stick out farther than my belly, I'm good." - Lisa Trying to find contemporaries. Young brunette mothers. Not a lot of women in the comedy venues. We felt like we were pretty unusual. "Will you drive me to my gig? I'll let you be my opening act" - Jennifer on how she got her first paid comedy gig. "You get up when it's dark, don't you?" - Jennifer  Thinking about doing Roast Battle at the Comedy Store Jennifer was in theatre when she was growing up, moved and did some summer theatre, then moved to LA and di