{"podcast":{"title":"Catching Up With Comedians","slug":"catching-up-with-comedians-7071369","podcast_index_feed_id":7071369,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/richscomedy/feed.xml","website_url":"https://richscomedy.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18297050/CUWC.jpg","author":"Rich Stein","episode_count":66,"summary":"Rich Stein, a long time standup comic, took a few years off the road to teach high school, get married, and have a kid. Now, retired from teaching, he is back on stages and reconnecting with old friends and trying to Catch up with Comedians. Plenty of funny stories, anecdotes and tributes to the greats both famous and infamous!","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T06:18:54.878489+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catching-up-with-comedians-7071369"},"episode":{"title":"Comedian George Hamaty joins host Rich Stein","slug":"comedian-george-hamaty-joins-host-rich-stein","published_at":"2026-02-27T05:55:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catching-up-with-comedians-7071369/comedian-george-hamaty-joins-host-rich-stein","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catching-up-with-comedians-7071369","url":"https://richscomedy.podbean.com/e/comedian-george-hamaty-joins-host-rich-stein/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rhtgs336igu792am/Ep_55_George_Hamatybtnbx.mp3","summary":"George Hamaty started as a stand up comedian at Penn State and continued for twelve years developing an act while also studying acting. After college, he decided to head west to Los Angeles, which is where I first ran into George. He was only in LA for the years 1985 through 1991, but he rose up the ladder from opening act to feature act and met many people and definitely made his mark. George is proud to say that as an Arab American, he relied heavily on his ethnicity. Personal drama forced him to leave the business but currently he is writing a book on his experiences which is part cathartic, part humorous and ALL TRUE; Entitled: “I Could Have Been A Great Comedian, But Took Myself Too Seriously.” Please welcome my guest and old friend,George Hamaty","meta_description":"George Hamaty started as a stand up comedian at Penn State and continued for twelve years developing an act while also studying acting. After college, he…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4132,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/catching-up-with-comedians-7071369/episodes/comedian-george-hamaty-joins-host-rich-stein/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catching-up-with-comedians-7071369/comedian-george-hamaty-joins-host-rich-stein.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}