Brent Pella

His sketch work and celebrity impressions found a massive digital audience, landing him a recurring spot on MTV’s Wild ‘N Out. On the club circuit, he draws crowds by bridging a very specific cultural gap: the middle ground between fraternity basements and ayahuasca retreats.

His act relies on physicality and a willingness to break format. He prefers a multimedia approach, mixing standard stage work with cutaway sketches and visual effects. He gets the most consistent laughs detailing his experiences with psychedelics or the physical indignities of his thirties. He occasionally pivots to political observations, aiming at blind spots he feels mainstream comedy ignores. When he leans into pure character work, the pacing is relentless. If he attempts a grander societal thesis, the room sometimes quiets down, but he usually rescues the silence by abruptly mocking his own intelligence.

Raised in Davis, California, Pella hosts a podcast focused entirely on psychedelics, a project that feeds directly into the worldview he presents on stage.