Brent Pella

Pella moves around the stage with the restless energy of a guy who just discovered mindfulness but still goes to raves. He builds bits on the friction between his natural bro instincts and his attempts to become spiritually enlightened. A typical routine involves him acting out a mundane physical failure—like pulling a neck muscle simply by looking to the left—and inflating the injury into a full existential crisis. He toggles between an aggressive posture and serene stoner philosophy in the same breath, frequently pausing to stare at the audience as if waiting for a revelation to drop.

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.