# Comedienne, Writer, Actress Brenda Pontiff joins host Rich Stein

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Podcast: [Catching Up With Comedians](https://stenobird.com/podcast/catching-up-with-comedians-7071369)
Published: 2026-01-05T02:26:27+00:00
Episode link: https://richscomedy.podbean.com/e/comedienne-writer-actress-brenda-pontiff-joins-host-rich-stein/
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My guest today is Comedian, writer, actress: Brenda Pontiff.A Texas, Gal, born and raised in Bay City.She was in the second generation of comics who started at Houston's Comix Annex which began the famed careers of Sam Kinison, Bill Hicks and the Texas Outlaws.One of these Outlaws has had a rebirth of late: Andy Huggins, of AGT fame. Brendaworked with Andy many years ago and now is opening for him at select clubs on the West Coast.Brenda, who refers to herself as a TEX-A-CORNIAN, proud of her Texas roots and moved to California in 1993, just four years after starting her stand-up career.Before stand up, she had worked for many years after college as an actress doing Cabaret shows while getting her masters. She also was an executive for Deloitte and Ernst & Young selling professional services.When Brenda‘s Mother became ill in the mid 2000's she returned to Texas to help her family navigate Mom‘s Health.While in Texas, she developed and grew her own consulting business and still has that business today while she pursues her comedy career as well.Please help me welcome a woman who is helping to establish a high mark in comedy for not only women but anyone who takes the stage and the microphone: Brenda Pontiff

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