My friend Rob Montz of Good Kid Productions stopped by to talk to me about his latest documentary, Paradise Abandoned: Inside the Pacific Palisades Fire, in which Rob tells the tale of losing his childhood home in the fires. The doc is <a href="https://www.robmontz.com/event-details/paradise-abandoned-inside-the-pacific-palisades-fire-documentary-screening/form?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email">screening on November 23, 2025 at Santa Monica’s Morgan-Wixson Theater in Los Angeles</a>. (<a href="https://www.robmontz.com/event-details/paradise-abandoned-inside-the-pacific-palisades-fire-documentary-screening/form?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email">RSVP here</a>)

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Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and the author of <a href="https://amzn.to/3NhFJnR">THAT JOKE ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE: ON THE DEATH AND REBIRTH OF COMEDY</a>. You may have seen him on <a href="https://youtu.be/iR5K1Kto77g">Gutfeld!</a> , <a href="https://youtu.be/Tg8yzXnzhFA">FOX News Primetime</a>, <a href="https://youtu.be/y4M23LO6tFg">One Nation with Brian Kilmeade</a>, and <a href="https://opentodebate.org/debate/is-wokeness-killing-comedy-live-debate-in-nyc/">Open to Debate</a> (with Michael Ian Black).

Lou was the Head Writer and Producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcX6BUZlEw4&list=PLNfeyqXaRNahC44D32P2lC9MMtNpinkQz">We the Internet TV</a>. During his tenure at WTI, Lou made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-i-became-a-far-right-radical-11609370135">How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical</a>.’”

As a stand-up comedian, Lou has opened for Rob Schneider, Rich Vos, Jimmy Dore, Dave Smith, and toured the US and Canada with Scott Thompson. Lou has also produced live shows with Colin Quinn, the Icarus Festival, and the Rutherford Comedy Festival.

For years, Lou performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and his comedy duo, Greg and Lou. Greg and Lou is best known for its sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views on YouTube alone.

In addition to producing sketch comedy like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL36_JCmmBwZo1VpgR9vhdI33iCyOxOIuV">Comedy Is Murder</a>, performing stand-up across the country, and writing for <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/u/louperez">The Blaze's Align</a>, Lou is on the advisory board of <a href="https://heresy-press.com/about/">Heresy Press</a>, a <a href="https://www.fairforall.org/fair-in-the-arts/">FAIR-in-the-arts fellow</a>, and host of the live debate series The Wrong Take and <a href="https://thelouperez.libsyn.com/">The Lou Perez Podcast</a> (which is part of the Lions of Liberty Podcast Network).
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