Cally Beaton on Going From Boardrooms to Treading the Boards, Passing On South Park & "Namaste Motherf*ckers"

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Cally Beaton discusses her transition from corporate executive to comedian and shares insights on her book and experiences in the industry.

This week Marc and Steve are joined by comedian Cally Beaton. Cally explains how she came from a life in corporate boardrooms as an executive for the likes of MTV & Comedy Central to becoming a comedian herself... after some encouragement from a stand-up legend. Plus, Cally recounts nearly passing up the opportunity to get South Park on British TV, giving keynote speaking advice to the likes of Chris Sutton, and how she's channelled her "Namaste Motherf*ckers" approach to life into a successful book and stand-up tour. You can find links to Cally's 'Namaste Motherf*ckers' book and tour dates here: https://callybeaton.com/ Sign up to our Patreon for fortnightly bonus eps plus footage from all the Some Laugh Live shows: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/somelaugh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Some Laugh Merch Available Now: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://visualanticsapparel.com/collections/some-laugh-podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stuart is on tour throughout April & May: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/StuartMcP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can watch the boays' stand-up specials for…

People in this episode

Hosts: Marc, Steve

Guest: Cally Beaton

Topics covered

• comedy
• stand-up
• career transition
• South Park
• keynote speaking
• book promotion

Keywords

• Cally Beaton
• comedy
• South Park
• Namaste Motherf*ckers
• keynote speaking
• stand-up

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MTV, Comedy Central, South Park

Books & works: Namaste Motherf*ckers

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