Comic Con Minisode! Brian O'Halloran and Thomas Ian Nicholas

This week we have a cou­ple of twists for lis­ten­ers: my first time host­ing the inter­views, and we’re on loca­tion at Wiz­ard­World’s Austin Com­ic Con!

Fans of com­e­dy films will imme­di­ate­ly rec­og­nize the two actors we were lucky to grab time with on the show floor: Bri­an O’Hal­lo­ran, and Thomas Ian Nicholas.

O’Hal­lo­ran is prob­a­bly best known for his role in the first Clerks movie, cre­at­ed by Silent Bob him­self, Kevin Smith. He’s far from a one trick pony though, hav­ing been in mul­ti­ple addi­tion­al films in the ​“View Askewni­verse”, and just wrapped on a new film with Jason Mewes (the oth­er half of Jay and Silent Bob.) In the inter­view, we also learn about his love and pur­suit of stand-up com­e­dy, and some of the past and future projects he’s work­ing on both on and off stage.

Thomas Ian Nicholas is anoth­er face you’ve prob­a­bly grown up along­side, with roles in clas­sic sit­coms like Who’s The Boss, Par­ty of Five, and of course the Amer­i­can Pie series. In addi­tion to his act­ing, he’s also a well-known musi­cian with albums and ongo­ing tours with the Thomas Nicholas Band. (They played a set at the High­ball the day after the inter­view.) It was great to sit down with Nicholas and learn more about how he came to com­e­dy, how it inter­sects with his musi­cal life, and some of the sur­pris­es he has in store for us in the future.

Thanks again to Wiz­ard­World, Bri­an O’Hal­lo­ran, and Thomas Ian Nicholas, for tak­ing time out of their busy Con to share a bit about their lives and careers with us. Fol­low O’Hal­lo­ran on Twit­ter, Insta­gram, and Face­book, and Thomas Ian Nicholas on Twit­ter and TIN​Band​.com.