Today we’d like to introduce you to Chance Nichols.
Hi Chance, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
I was born and raised in Nixa, Missouri. When I was three years old my grandpa showed me the movie The Mask starring Jim Carrey and after that, I became obsessed with trying to make people laugh the way I laughed at that movie. I played football and did theatre all throughout school and when I realized (pretty early on) that I was no great athlete, I decided a career in entertainment made the most sense. I did my first stand-up comedy open mic at age 18 the summer before freshman year of college. I studied acting at Missouri State University and was also very active as a member of the campus Improv team Missouri State Improv. While in college, I was hired as a comedy writer/performer on the regionally syndicated late-night talk show The Mystery Hour, where at age 21 I won a Mid-America Emmy award for my work on the show as a writer. After graduation, myself and some friends from college moved to Chicago to pursue comedy. I worked and performed at The Second City and produced a lot of my own shows while in Chicago. When the pandemic hit, I decided to move to LA where I could at least avoid contact with other people in some nice weather. That brings us to now.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey have been a fairly smooth road?
It hasn’t always been smooth sailing. My mom had me pretty young and there’s all kinds of struggles that come from that. I’m definitely not a person who benefitted from parents who paid my bills or anything like that. We didn’t have much money growing up, and what little the family did have saved up ended up going towards my grandpa’s hospital expenses. My grandpa was my hero, the best person I’ve ever known. When I was very young he was diagnosed with COPD, a nasty disease that attacks your lungs. He actually died in the hospital when I was a kid but they were able to bring him back to life. Each year it got a little bit harder for him to breathe and move around, a stark contrast to the man who would take me on long walks and let me help him with yard work. He passed away in 2018 while I was living in Chicago. I actually said my final goodbyes to him while sitting on the front steps of The Second City on my way to work. I come from a place that you’re not really supposed to leave, it’s not some dangerous place filled with crime or anything like that, it’s just a real slow-paced place where you’re almost subliminally taught to aim low in life and settle down as quickly as you can. Which certainly works for some people but not for me.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
I am a comedian/writer/YouTuber. You can see me performing around LA, especially at my favorite place in town, The Haha Comedy Club. I am currently working as a writer for a few YouTube channels as well as working on my own channel ChanceIsLoud (please subscribe). I am also a creative consultant for the RoomieOfficial YouTube channel where you can sometimes see my face in the videos. I also host a podcast called We Didn’t Peak, available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. I believe that YouTube and online content creation is the future and I feel fortunate to have gotten in at what I still consider to be the ‘ground level’ of this new wave in entertainment.
How can people work with you, collaborate with you or support you?
The best way is to hit me up on Instagram @chanceisloud or via email [email protected] for collaborations. Also, subscribing to my YouTube channel goes a very long way.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chanceisloud/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@chanceisloud
