Sep 21, 2022
Vladimir Caamano and Hollie Harper visit Friends and discuss what it means to have Queen behavior in tense moments and more with host Marina Franklin.
Vladimir Caamano - With the name “Vladimir,” few people expect a Dominican from The Bronx to take the stage. His comedic style is the fruit of an immigrant Dominican family living in the cultural mecca that is New York City and is described as an elegant combination of urban grit and intellect. He began polishing his wit in the concrete jungles of The Bronx and Washington Heights and after graduating from Wesleyan University launched into Stand Up Comedy. After his stand out performance at Just for Laughs (JFL) in 2015, Vlad entered into a put pilot development deal to co-write, and star in a pilot based off of his comedy for NBC with Bill Lawrence and WB supervising. Vlad co-wrote the script with UNDATEABLE writer, Adam Styzikiel and recently shot the pilot directed by Phill Lewis. Vlad was the only one of his New Faces class to be chosen to perform as part of the CW Gala hosted by Howie Mandel. In 2016, Vlad was named one of the Top 10 Comics to Watch by Variety and was honored at JFL. In 2017 Vlad made his late-night standup debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and performed again at the prestigious Just for Laughs Gala hosted by Lilly Singh. Vlad has been seen on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Marvel’s Runaways, and NBC’s Superstore. He is currently developing television shows with top comedy producers and networks.
Hollie Harper is a comedy nerd from South Jersey. She is
currently the creator and co-exec producer of Hella Late! with
Hollie Harper on BRIC TV and a co-host of the nationally trending
Twitter Storytelling Chat “BlerdDating.” Hella Late! with Hollie
Harper was recently in the 2021 NYC Web Fest where she was
nominated as Best Actress.
Hollie was a semi-finalist in the 2019 NBC
Standup Competition and has been featured on NY1, and in Black
Enterprise Magazine, Thrive Global, Confessional Magazine and Black
San Diego Magazine. Her popular sketch comedy show AMERICAN CANDY
has played the Comic Strip, Gotham Comedy Club, BAM Café as well as
the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival. Time Out Chicago named them one
of the five groups to watch. Hollie is a regular host for West Side
Comedy Club in NYC and works with Gold Comedy and Stand Up Girls,
two programs that empower young women by teaching them standup
comedy. She was recently the talent coordinator and casting for
“Blood Lassi” on Spotify, written by Pratima Mani, and moderated
the panel for the Emmy Award winning, WOC editing team of Black
Lady Sketch Show for The Black TV and Film Collective. She is also
the Creative Consultant for the very successful Black Women in
Comedy Laff Fest.
Always hosted by Marina Franklin - One Hour Comedy Special: Single Black Female ( Amazon Prime, CW Network), TBS's The Last O.G, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Hysterical on FX, The Movie Trainwreck, Louie Season V, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, HBO's Crashing, and The Breaks with Michelle Wolf