Carol Zoccoli On Her New Album “Legal,” Doing Comedy In 2 Languages, Future Plans & More

Carol Zoccoli is a comedian, actor and writer who made her name in comedy in Brazil, later found success in Canada, and now resides in New York. She got her start writing jokes as a break from her Master’s thesis in Philosophy and never looked back. 6 months after her first stand-up performance, she was named by the Brazilian magazine Época a “Break out comic in São Paulo,” and in 2015 — in English — she was 1 of 8 finalists of Jokenation in 2015, an international comedy competition hold by Montreux Comedy Festival in Switzerland. She was also a finalist at Sway’s Comedy Search in 2016, a recipient of the 2015 Tim Sims Encouragement Award, and a Toronto Star cover story subject.

Zoccoli returned to Toronto to record her new stand-up album Legal. The album, as released by influential Canadian comedy label Comedy Records, is now available on all key streaming and downloading platforms. This makes Zoccoli a rostermate alongside other current comedy greats like Clare Belford, K. Trevor Wilson, Mark DeBonis, Adrienne Fish, Garrett Jamieson, and Forrest Shaw.

On January 25, 2022, I had the pleasure of speaking with Carol Zoccoli via Zoom, as embedded below. More on Zoccoli, Comedy Records and Legal can be found by clicking here, here, here and here.

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Tags: Brasil, Canada, Carol Zoccoli, Comedians, Comedy Records, Netflix, New York, SNL

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Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."