How Denver Native Troy Walker Went From Law School to Standup to Jimmy Kimmel

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Troy Walker and other 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' writers show their chops at Comedy Works South this weekend!

, my agents told me to move to L.A. So in January 2015, I moved out for the pilot season. I hit the city and was auditioning pretty much right away. I did commercials and classes, and I was just trying to meet people. Every once in a while, people get really lucky and instantly take off as soon as they get to town. For me, it was a lot of ups and downs. Times were hard for six years or so; I just couldn’t seem to figure out how to make stuff catch fire for me. ...

One of the things that helped convince me to stay in L.A. was advice I got from my agent, who said,"If you feel like you need to go back, that's okay. We’ll figure that out, but I think you should bet on yourself." And she was right. The pandemic hit while I was working at this bank. I was lucky to be working at the bank because we were essential, so I was employed during the whole pandemic. As the pandemic started to let up, they started to send out writing packets again.

Troy Walker stands in costume as the Kwanzaroo in between Joe Tracy, Gary Greenberg as the Chanucorn and Jimmy Kimmel for a sketch onWhat is your favorite joke you’ve written for the show? Individual jokes are hard for me to say because you write so many that it's kind of like sending them off and letting them go, you know? I think. My favorite bit that I got to co-write and be a part of wasWe do this bit every year called the Chanucorn, which one of the head writers, Gary Greenberg, created a long time ago.

 

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