The Riff Lounge w/ Nick Tello

Juan ‘Sancho Pancho’ Villa is a comedian from Seguin, Texas, whose path to comedy has been shaped by discipline, service, education, and a willingness to take big risks. Sancho Pancho graduated high school at 17 and joined the Marines the same year after originally considering the Navy, choosing the Marines because he did not want to let his brother down. After getting out of the Marines at 21, he went to college and graduated from Texas State, Summa cum laude; at the top of his class. He later worked as a supervisor at a manufacturing plant, became heavy-equipment certified for a cement plant at 22, moved into a six-figure job, and attended acting school while working. His acting work earned him Best Male Actor of the Year and three agency offers, and he has appeared in commercials as well as the Tubi movie The Voice of The Comforter. Although Villa says he has technically been doing comedy since sixth grade, he began taking it seriously in 2019 in San Antonio before eventually quitting his full-time job to pursue comedy full time.
 
Nick Tello sits down with Juan Sancho Pancho Villa. During the interview, Nick Tello and Juan Sancho Pancho Villa talk through several major moments in Villa’s comedy journey, including his recent arrest that was recorded live and the chance to clear up what happened. Villa also discusses being selected three times on Kill Tony, the discipline it takes to trim a joke down to one minute for the show, and some of the pet peeves many comedians share. He talks about introducing Uncle Lazer to Chingo Bling, critiques Nick’s first-ever joke, explains how to write a proper joke, and shares gambling stories along the way.
 
Video is available on https://www.youtube.com/@nicktelloguitar/videos
 
 
 
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