Brandon Rizzuto
@brandonrizzuto.bsky.social
Writer and TV producer. Creator of the audio drama Dean’s Killer Joke. This baby photo is the most professional picture I have.
My podcast about a murdered, canceled comedian just hit a perfect score on Podnews. Honestly, given the state of entertainment, I hope my fictional story doesn’t get any closer to reality.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thanks to you, Dean’s Killer Joke is rocking a perfect score on Podnews. Listen before the next comic gets #canceled… or worse
September 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
My podcast about a murdered, canceled comedian just hit a perfect score on Podnews. Honestly, given the state of entertainment, I hope my fictional story doesn’t get any closer to reality.
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We made Dean’s Killer Joke as a satire of comedy, podcasts, and cancel culture (with some fun murder mystery hijinks). Adding a government conspiracy against free speech sounded too dramatic and unrealistic but little did we know…
September 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We made Dean’s Killer Joke as a satire of comedy, podcasts, and cancel culture (with some fun murder mystery hijinks). Adding a government conspiracy against free speech sounded too dramatic and unrealistic but little did we know…
All these Marc Maron clips going around… wild how fast comedy friendships can turn into vendettas.
I actually wrote a whole audio drama about that spiral — except mine ends in a murder. Check out @deanskillerjoke.bsky.social to see how it all unfolds
I actually wrote a whole audio drama about that spiral — except mine ends in a murder. Check out @deanskillerjoke.bsky.social to see how it all unfolds
Marc Maron is an absolute ACE!
In this clip, he articulates what “anti-woke” comics have done to our industry (and the Country)
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In this clip, he articulates what “anti-woke” comics have done to our industry (and the Country)
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August 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
All these Marc Maron clips going around… wild how fast comedy friendships can turn into vendettas.
I actually wrote a whole audio drama about that spiral — except mine ends in a murder. Check out @deanskillerjoke.bsky.social to see how it all unfolds
I actually wrote a whole audio drama about that spiral — except mine ends in a murder. Check out @deanskillerjoke.bsky.social to see how it all unfolds
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We’re in the top 5 on Apples Comedy Fiction charts in New Zealand making them one of our top 5 favorite countries! Thanks mate!
August 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
We’re in the top 5 on Apples Comedy Fiction charts in New Zealand making them one of our top 5 favorite countries! Thanks mate!
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Colbert has been a part of our comedy DNA since we were teenagers. Excited to see what he’ll do next. However, while we’re sometimes undecided when comedians get canceled for saying the wrong things, getting canceled for exposing those in charge? That may be even worse.
July 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Colbert has been a part of our comedy DNA since we were teenagers. Excited to see what he’ll do next. However, while we’re sometimes undecided when comedians get canceled for saying the wrong things, getting canceled for exposing those in charge? That may be even worse.
I wrote this show as a love letter (and roast) of the comedy podcast scene. Seeing it chart, even briefly, is surreal.
Thanks for listening
Thanks for listening
Dean Blackshaw: canceled in the States.
Charting in the UK.
That tracks.
Charting in the UK.
That tracks.
June 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I wrote this show as a love letter (and roast) of the comedy podcast scene. Seeing it chart, even briefly, is surreal.
Thanks for listening
Thanks for listening
Love seeing us getting recommended in the wild. Have you recommended @deanskillerjoke.bsky.social to anyone? Let us know!
June 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Love seeing us getting recommended in the wild. Have you recommended @deanskillerjoke.bsky.social to anyone? Let us know!
Comedy podcasts “felt like the perfect setup for a whodunnit where comedian suspects can all podcast their different alibis, while also joking about a murder they swear they didn’t commit.”
I talked to Canvas Rebel about @deanskillerjoke.bsky.social . Read it here:
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I talked to Canvas Rebel about @deanskillerjoke.bsky.social . Read it here:
tinyurl.com/3tavunun
Meet Brandon Rizzuto
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June 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Comedy podcasts “felt like the perfect setup for a whodunnit where comedian suspects can all podcast their different alibis, while also joking about a murder they swear they didn’t commit.”
I talked to Canvas Rebel about @deanskillerjoke.bsky.social . Read it here:
tinyurl.com/3tavunun
I talked to Canvas Rebel about @deanskillerjoke.bsky.social . Read it here:
tinyurl.com/3tavunun
Have a favorite episode of Dean’s Killer Joke? I’m planning what to make next, and would love to hear what landed
If you’ve listened to Dean’s Killer Joke, which episode hit you the hardest—and why? (without spoiling!)
June 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Have a favorite episode of Dean’s Killer Joke? I’m planning what to make next, and would love to hear what landed
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BREAKING: Authorities confirm canceled comedian Dean Blackshaw was found dead in a comedy club greenroom after a failed attempt to win back his stardom.
With that last joke, there was no way he was coming back.
Especially now.
Dean’s Killer Joke. Wherever you get your #podcasts.
With that last joke, there was no way he was coming back.
Especially now.
Dean’s Killer Joke. Wherever you get your #podcasts.
June 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
BREAKING: Authorities confirm canceled comedian Dean Blackshaw was found dead in a comedy club greenroom after a failed attempt to win back his stardom.
With that last joke, there was no way he was coming back.
Especially now.
Dean’s Killer Joke. Wherever you get your #podcasts.
With that last joke, there was no way he was coming back.
Especially now.
Dean’s Killer Joke. Wherever you get your #podcasts.
Why did I read this title in Mike Birbiglia’s voice?
June 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Why did I read this title in Mike Birbiglia’s voice?
I made this podcast after years of binging comedians-interviewing-comedians pods, where they often talked about each other on their own shows.
It felt like the perfect world for a whodunnit -- where everyone’s got a different take and a different punchline
It felt like the perfect world for a whodunnit -- where everyone’s got a different take and a different punchline
Every #comedy #podcast is either:
1. An interview show
2. Two guys talking
3. Comedians joking about true crime
Dean’s Killer Joke is all three.
(Except our two guys are usually a guy and a girl. What a twist.)
Check it out: open.spotify.com/episode/1dCw...
1. An interview show
2. Two guys talking
3. Comedians joking about true crime
Dean’s Killer Joke is all three.
(Except our two guys are usually a guy and a girl. What a twist.)
Check it out: open.spotify.com/episode/1dCw...
Episode 1: Set Up
Dean's Killer Joke · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I made this podcast after years of binging comedians-interviewing-comedians pods, where they often talked about each other on their own shows.
It felt like the perfect world for a whodunnit -- where everyone’s got a different take and a different punchline
It felt like the perfect world for a whodunnit -- where everyone’s got a different take and a different punchline
I wouldn’t have made this show without Marc Maron and WTFs influence on #podcasting and culture as a whole. All good things must end and that sucks
Dean’s Killer Joke was inspired by the comedians interviewing comedians genre, a format that wouldn’t exist without #WTF.
Marc Maron helped build the podcast space we all work in. Grateful for the legacy and excited to hear his final sign-off.
Boomer Lives!
Marc Maron helped build the podcast space we all work in. Grateful for the legacy and excited to hear his final sign-off.
Boomer Lives!
June 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I wouldn’t have made this show without Marc Maron and WTFs influence on #podcasting and culture as a whole. All good things must end and that sucks
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🕵️♀️ A comic dies in a green room.
🍸 His friend blacked out the night it happened.
🎤 Now she’s piecing together what went wrong… and if it was all her fault.
Dean’s Killer Joke is a 7-part audio drama about murder and comedy gone too far.
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🍸 His friend blacked out the night it happened.
🎤 Now she’s piecing together what went wrong… and if it was all her fault.
Dean’s Killer Joke is a 7-part audio drama about murder and comedy gone too far.
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Dean's Killer Joke
Comedy Fiction Podcast · Weekly Series · After a night of drinking, canceled comedian Dean Blackshaw is found dead in a comedy club green room. Now his friend and fellow comic, Anne-Marie, has to put ...
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May 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
🕵️♀️ A comic dies in a green room.
🍸 His friend blacked out the night it happened.
🎤 Now she’s piecing together what went wrong… and if it was all her fault.
Dean’s Killer Joke is a 7-part audio drama about murder and comedy gone too far.
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
🍸 His friend blacked out the night it happened.
🎤 Now she’s piecing together what went wrong… and if it was all her fault.
Dean’s Killer Joke is a 7-part audio drama about murder and comedy gone too far.
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Me after writing every day this week, mentally burned out, and seeing a productivity youtuber show up on my feed: Should I be doing.... more?
May 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Me after writing every day this week, mentally burned out, and seeing a productivity youtuber show up on my feed: Should I be doing.... more?
Improvised Seinfeld is probably the funniest and niche improv show I’ve ever seen
I used to sit in with this show frequently in the pre-pandemic UCB days -- tonight and tomorrow, Improvised Seinfeld returns to UCBNY, and I'll be sitting in with them again! Not that there's anything wrong with that!
Tonight:
ucbcomedy.com/show/improvi...
Tomorrow:
ucbcomedy.com/show/improvi...
Tonight:
ucbcomedy.com/show/improvi...
Tomorrow:
ucbcomedy.com/show/improvi...
May 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Improvised Seinfeld is probably the funniest and niche improv show I’ve ever seen
For other #TVproduction folk: what was the one thing you were glad not to do anymore once you moved up but now kinda miss it? For me it’s music cue sheets. Absolutely hated them but now sorta miss the “productive” podcast listening time
May 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
For other #TVproduction folk: what was the one thing you were glad not to do anymore once you moved up but now kinda miss it? For me it’s music cue sheets. Absolutely hated them but now sorta miss the “productive” podcast listening time
Me coming up with a new idea that’s totally doable and TOTALLY not just writers block in the middle of my current #wip
a cartoon character says ooh sparkly in a diner scene
ALT: a cartoon character says ooh sparkly in a diner scene
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May 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Me coming up with a new idea that’s totally doable and TOTALLY not just writers block in the middle of my current #wip
1 of the best pieces of #writingadvice I've gotten is that you don't need to write for hours. Sometimes writing for a max of 30 minutes a day will get you closer to a finished draft than waiting for a time block that you're too busy for.
But finding the perfect pen is a must. I don't make the rules
But finding the perfect pen is a must. I don't make the rules
May 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
1 of the best pieces of #writingadvice I've gotten is that you don't need to write for hours. Sometimes writing for a max of 30 minutes a day will get you closer to a finished draft than waiting for a time block that you're too busy for.
But finding the perfect pen is a must. I don't make the rules
But finding the perfect pen is a must. I don't make the rules
How are people finding writers groups these days?
May 20, 2025 at 5:07 AM
How are people finding writers groups these days?
This book is so freaking good that I’m mad/jealous that I didn’t come up with it
Well, I just got the latest royalty statement for Meddling Kids. I'm so grateful. This book turns 8 years old this summer, and you people still buy it, share it, and keep fresh printings on the shelves. To old readers and new, and especially to booksellers who keep pushing it, THANK YOU. :_)
May 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This book is so freaking good that I’m mad/jealous that I didn’t come up with it
Me while brainstorming: Ugh, this inciting incident is not impactful enough. I can't start a story with this.
*Watches #DragonballSuper Broly where everything happens all because Frieza wanted to be 5 cms taller.*
#amwriting #writer
*Watches #DragonballSuper Broly where everything happens all because Frieza wanted to be 5 cms taller.*
#amwriting #writer
May 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Me while brainstorming: Ugh, this inciting incident is not impactful enough. I can't start a story with this.
*Watches #DragonballSuper Broly where everything happens all because Frieza wanted to be 5 cms taller.*
#amwriting #writer
*Watches #DragonballSuper Broly where everything happens all because Frieza wanted to be 5 cms taller.*
#amwriting #writer
Very proud of this show and the audience it’s finding! Dream come true!
Some recent reviews! Very happy to see that the show is still finding an audience! #podcast #audiodrama #comedy #standupcomedy
May 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Very proud of this show and the audience it’s finding! Dream come true!