Deadair Dennis welcomes the hilarious Janelle Draper to the show. A bicostal comedian with roots in Boston and a career launch in LA, Janelle spills the beans on her time as an NBC Page on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. From behind-the-scenes secrets to the origins of this iconic program, this episode is a must-listen for fans of comedy and late-night television.

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KEEP UP WITH JANELLE!
Janelle Draper is a bicoastal comedian, actress, writer and producer. She’s been described as unapologetic, uncensored and unladylike. She started doing stand-up in LA when she was an NBC Page working on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”

She was named Winner of the Los Angeles based Burbank Comedy Festival, Runner-up of the Boston Comedy Festival, and was selected to showcase in the “Kenan Thompson Presents” series.

She performs all over the country and opens for a plethora of national headliners including Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall, Tiffany Haddish, Jeffrey Ross, Mark Normand, Jay Mohr, Brad Williams and many more. Janelle is a regular commentator on SiriusXM Raw Dog Comedy and has performed at the iconic Wilbur Theater in Boston three times.

She has been featured on a multitude of prestigious comedy festivals including The San Francisco Sketchfest, HBO's Women in Comedy, Laughing Skull, World Series of Comedy, and several of the country's best ones in a multitude of states, including Vegas, Atlanta, Rhode Island, Vermont, North Carolina, and Alaska… just to name a few.

Lastly, she's the first and only comedian to sign an overall licensing deal with Bumble, where she wrote, created, performed, and filmed several image spots, which launched across their social media platforms to great success.

She is originally from Boston, but only has an accent when drinking Chaaah-dawn-nay.

https://janelledraper.com/
Instagram:   / janellejokes  
Tik Tok: https://tiktok/@janellejokes

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Teaser
0:26 Intro
5:57 Geeking Out On Animals
10:22 Vet School is Crazy
58:05 Wrapping Up


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