I work with kid comedians and enjoy making and posting little films and parodies like this...
Life of C’Ryan
I was born in in Buffalo, NY, and I was cold, so I grew up and moved to Los Angeles.
I wrote The Weekly Top 40 Countdown for Rick Dees at KIIS-FM where I dulled the pain by co-founding Premiere Radio Networks with Tim, Ed, Steve and Kraig. We successfully grew the company and sold it to Clear Channel.
This felt like a good time to take some giant steps backward and become a comedian.I perform stand-up in and around Los Angeles, I teach comedy to children at The Boys & Girls Club, I co-host a podcast called Talk It Over with Diane Dimond and Lee Jay Berman.
I’m producing and directing a documentary on The Cowsills, (the real life family behind The Partridge Family)
I finished my first documentary, "We Played Marbles: Remembering a Stolen Childhood" which premiered in 2008 at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.
Our radio show, Talk it Over, which I co-host with Diane Dimond and Lee Jay Berman can be heard on KERI Radio 1180 in Bakersfield/Fresno and at our website, talkitoverradio.com.
What else? Oh, I produce two weekly live comedy shows in Santa Barbara.
I Wrote a book called "Journals" which is available on Amazon.com, by clicking right here Journals
I have a cool stand up comedy program for kids called Kids Comedy Club which you can find by clicking on The Youngbloods of Comedy in my top friends. (I let them name themselves. Bad idea)
I also tithe, floss and try to remember to call my Mom.
And that’s enough about me. Go read your email.
Website
LouisePalanker.com
Influences
David Letterman, Bob Newhart, Ellen Degeneres, Carol Burnett, The Smothers Brothers, Mom, Dad, Uncle Bernie
TV Shows
"Your L.A," "It’s a Miracle,"
"Anderson Cooper," "Court TV," "Paula Zahn," "Celebrity Justice," and I was re-enacted on The E Channel," but most of this had to do with the Michael Jackson Trial where I was a prosecution witness which has nothing to do with me being entertaining and/or funny.
Films
I am highly prone to video blogging and far too searchable on You Tube.
For example:
Para Gliding
Fiesta: The Mystery of the Eggs Monopoly: Like The Game But Faster
And this Piece which went on to become a Santa Barbara Film Festival Feature, "We Played Marbles: Remembering a Stolen Childhood"
Albums
I own a lot of them.
Louise Palanker's Interests
General
Music, writing, reading, drums, guitar, song writing, comedy, stand-up comedy, history, teaching, hiking, life, kind humans, blogging, pod casting, My Space Tom
Music
Good music, almost everything, but I am hugely into melody and harmony
Movies
Character driven stories that explore who we are and make us think and feel.
I also love good comedies, so my tastes range from This is Spinal Tap and What's Up Doc to Ordinary People, and Secrets and Lies
Letterman, Jon Stewart, anything smart and funny like those two guys. I also love documentaries because I love to learn without reading, although I also love to read
Books
Right now my favorite book is Angela's Ashes, but I also love The Secret Life of Bees and To Kill a Monkingbird and Huck Finn and I could keep typing but I would rather go and read.
Suny College At Brockport
Brockport,New York
Graduated: 1979
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Education, Physical Education
Minor: Elementary Education
Clubs: I was on the golf team, I wrote for the student newspaper
1977 to 1979
Rollins College
Winter Park,Florida
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Major: Teaching
Clubs: I joined Alpha Phi and then I de-pledged because it felt like a cult and I didn't want to attend secret ceremonies dressed in white. No offense to those who did.
I was also on the golf team.
1975 to 1977
Williamsville South Hs
Williamsville,New York
Graduated: 1974
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Chorus, Plays, Yearbook, Newspaper
Louise Palanker is an accomplished writer/producer/performer in the arenas of radio, television, stage and stand-up comedy. As Senior VP of Creative and co-founder of Premiere Radio Networks, the nation’s largest radio syndicator and a division of Clear Channel Communications, Louise wrote, produced, performed in and/or executive produced over 20 programs and services for Premiere Radio while overseeing a large staff of talented writers, producers, engineers and performers.
The company was founded in 1986 by Louise and three partners with $30,000 seed money. Premiere went public in 1992, trading on the NASDAQ exchange. Early in 1997, Louise and her partners sold Premiere to Clear Channel for $185 million.
Prior to forming Premiere, Louise was a writer and segment producer for PM Magazine and then spent three years as head writer for Rick Dees’ syndicated radio show, “The Weekly Top 40.”
After leaving Premiere in 2000, Louise launched a charitable foundation dedicated to benefiting children’s causes. She began a stand-up comedy program at Los Angeles Boys & Girls’ Clubs and the Santa Barbara Jewish Federation where kids learn to write and perform comedy. The advanced class now performs monthly at Hallenbeck’s in North Hollywood, California and at special shows in Santa Barbara.
Louise produces “Comedy Nights,” stand-up comedy shows in and around Southern California, including two weekly Santa Barbara shows on Tuesdays at Stateside Restaurant & Lounge and on Thursdays at Bricks Café.
She is currently directing and producing a documentary about the famed 60s family pop band, The Cowsills. Her fist documentary effort, “We Played Marbles: Remembering a Stolen Childhood” explores the lives of Holocaust Survivors. This film premiered at the Santa Barbara Film festival in 2007.
Louise produced a Fritz Coleman hit one-man play, and she has been developing a television pilot with Henry Winkler.
With co-hosts Diane Dimond and Professional Mediator Lee Jay Berman, Louise hosts a weekly pod-cast called “Talk it Over” that deals with resolving conflicts. It can be heard at talkitoverradio.com and on iTunes.
Louise performs stand-up comedy at clubs in and around Southern California.
And she has written and published a young adult novel called “Journals” which is available on on Amazon.com.
Thank you for reading this far, especially if you are not Louise's Mom.
Back To The Less Obnoxious First Person
I like to blog, podcast, take photos, make films, write books and self indulgently unite my assorted endeavors at My Web Site
Who I'd like to meet: Humans... kind ones, interesting ones, funny ones, Robert Redford, My Space Tom, so I can call him a friend and mean it.
Hey weezie! My summer has been and is fantastic. Currently working on 2 plays, one being the Scotland one, and doing the other fun typical summer activities haha. how are you?
Hello Louise. This is Dan Banic again. I just spent 20 minutes typing my detailed message about my Bubblerock T.V. series in your message box. Like before it did'nt go through. Whew !!! Can you send me your e-mail. That would be easier. I'll type up the long message tomorrow again knowing it will go through. For some reason Mypsace messages cant handle long messages. My e-mail will explain everything about my Bubblerock project and your envolvement. Thanks Dan
Ahhh unfortunately i was too ill I would have loved to go did the power go out? Sometime next week for sure im still not completely better but by that time if im not ill do it anyways because ill only be her till august
Sometime in the near future I want to see you and some stand up I dont know when because at the moment my mom thinks i have sun poisoning (I think i just ate too much sugar) but sometime soon ~Morgan
Thanks so much for adding me! It's great to reconnect. Really appreciate the support and the hookup in Santa Barbara... I'll look into it and will let you know what happens. Keep in touch!
