Ben Marshall’s first meeting in Hollywood did not go as expected. It was only a year after college, during the early days of his comedy career, when he and friends Martin Herlihy and John Higgins were starting to make names for themselves with their sketch videos on YouTube. The three had just signed a manager, who’d arranged a meet-and-greet with executives at Comedy Bang Bang, the influential podcast and production company in L.A., so the trio hopped on a plane assuming they were about to hit it big. “We came in and pitched a bunch of ideas,” he recalls. “Like, ‘We want to do this and this.’ And the guy very kindly patted us on the back and said, ‘That’s not how this works. I’m just getting to know you.’ ” It took a bit more time, but Marshall, 31, ultimately got known.…