GrowinUp.com is a user-generated website which revolves around story telling. Any user who signs up can post their favorite stories from life and see how they match up to the rest of the community. All stories are sorted by popularity so only the best make it to the front page. They coined their site as being one that has Short Stories for Big Kids. GrowinUp.com was launched in 2009 when Chad Cline, a local San Diego entrepenuer connected with Gregory Santos, Renato Santos and Reed Hahn, San Diego transplants originally from Las Vegas. They are also avid comedy fans who spend their free time writing and shooting sketches, performing stand-up Comedy, and producing any other type of comedic work.
Every Monday from 7pm - 8pm you can listen to the guys from GrowinUp.com highlight the week's best stories from their website while they provide their comedic perspective. Each week there will also be special guests from the comedy scene in San Diego, and guests related to the themes of the stories.
Show Times: Mondays at 7PM
Archives
06/21/201This week we have local comedian and winner of San Diego's Funniest Person Contest, Billy Bonnell, join in on the hilarity. We featured a story from our website about Nokia Cell Phones, Snake, and Fights at Parties! The story can be found here: http://stories.growinup.com/profiles/blogs/snake-in-a-hotel-room-party
6/14/2010GrowinUp.com interviews Feraz Ozel, a local San Diego Comedian, and he also plays some comedy songs about losing his virignity to his grandmother. Featured story this week is about defacing Mike Tyson's property, the story can be found here: http://stories.growinup.com/profiles/blogs/what-we-do-in-vegas We also introduce a new bit: "Soop's Weird Sexcapades!" Where Jared talks about h is awkward interactions with the ladies of San Diego. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7669034
6/7/2010Jared Sooper takes over the show while Greg was out. This week they feature the story "1 Jew 1 Brazilian 1 Indian Brit 1 Honduran and a Cuban," a story about stumbling into a white supremacist party with non white people! The story can be found here: http://stories.growinup.com/profiles/blogs/1-jew-1-brazilian-1-indian Special guests this week were Kalvin from Kal's Crib and Jesse Egan, local comedian and manager at Winstons Bar in Ocean Beach
5/30/2010This week the crew talks about the story "If I can Refinance You, I Can also Kick in your Windshield!," a story about a girl who liked to Rufee herself and ends up kicking in a windsheild! The gang also interviewed local comedian Dallas McLaughlin, who is DJ on FM94/9, Writer/Actor for The Aquabats!, Alaska and Nickelodeon's Yo Gabba Gabba! And has performed with Charlene Yi, Seth Rogen, Jason Seigel and Ron Lynch!
5/24/2010 Crew welcomes their new Co-Host Jared Sooper and has local San Diego Comedian, Billy Bonnell in the house. They highlight a story on their website titled "The Sleeper Hold" which is about Jared Sooper's loss of virginity at age 14! From there the stories turn into 3Some talk! You can read the story here: http://www.facebook.com/l/74e45;stories.growinup.com/profiles/blogs/the-sleeper-hold"
5/17/2010 The guys at GrowinUp.com featured a story from their site titled "Cocaine Ass" and then interviewed two lovely strippers from Larry Flynt's Hustler Club to hear their best stories. To close the show, they brought in (Download This - .MP3) two comedians, Jimmy Ouyang and Guam Felix, to join the hilarity of interviewing strippers.
