''Womp It Up!'' (stylized as ''WOMP It Up!'') is a comedy podcast hosted by

Jessica St. Clair Jessica St. Clair is an American actress and improvisational comedian from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. With frequent collaborator Lennon Parham, she co-created and co-starred in NBC's ''Best Friends Forever'' and USA Network's '' Playi ...

and

Lennon Parham Lennon Kathleen Parham (born October 26, 1975) is an American actress and improvisational comedian from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. With frequent collaborator Jessica St. Clair, she created and co-starred in NBC's ''Best Friends Forev ...

, in character as high school student Marissa Wompler and her Stars program teacher Charlotte Listler. The podcast premiered on the

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network in April 2015.

History

The characters of Marissa Wompler and Charlotte Listler originated on the ''

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'' podcast, with Wompler first appearing in 2010, and Listler joining her in 2012. After several ''Comedy Bang! Bang!'' appearances,

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suggested that the duo launch their own podcast. Other characters from ''Comedy Bang! Bang!'' have made appearances on ''WOMP It Up!'', including

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's "Joe Bongo" and Paul F. Tompkins's "Mike the Janitor" characters.

We had been doing the Womptacular specials, where we would just get, like, every single person, and everyone would play, like, four different characters, and it was insanity from the get-go. Those were doing really well, and so then we thought, "Well, we could just do it the way we do our show," which is, every week we have another of our incredibly funny friends play something that they think would fit into the world. — Lennon Parham

Episodes

References

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