{"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 Tom Ryan joins host Rich Stein","slug":"comedian-tom-ryan-joins-host-rich-stein","published_at":"2026-06-19T09:18:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catching-up-with-comedians-7071369/comedian-tom-ryan-joins-host-rich-stein","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catching-up-with-comedians-7071369","url":"https://richscomedy.podbean.com/e/comedian-tom-ryan-joins-host-rich-stein/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/96y6x8r7i29fhzpf/ep63_Tom_Ryan9eew0.mp3","summary":"Tom Ryan has been a full-time standup comedian for over thirty years. He made two appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman and recently performed at Carnegie Hall.Since he was about 10 years old, Tom wanted to be a standup comedian. The first standup comedy he ever heard was from David Brenner and George Carlin. At 26, he left an insurance job in his hometown of Philadelphia to move to Florida where he landed a job at a local golf course. The job lasted only 3 weeks. Ryan says, “Losing that job was the best thing that ever happened to me because it forced me to confront exactly what I wanted to do with my life.” He took a job as a doorman at the newly opened Comedy Corner in West Palm Beach. It was the lowest paying but most valuable job he ever had. It provided him with a complete comedy education watching acts such as Jerry Seinfeld, Dennis Miller and Bill Hicks.It was not long before Tom made his stage debut. Within two years he was working full time as a comedian. Since then, Tom Ryan has worked steadily at comedy clubs, concert venues and corporate functions across the U.S. In addition to his Letterman appearances, he has also been featured on Showtime, A&E, Comedy Central and NBC. He has performed as the opening act in concert for B.B. King, Natalie Cole, Jeff Beck, Earth, Wind and Fire, Aretha Franklin, Tim Allen, Steven Wright, Brian Regan, Gary Gulman, Jerry Seinfeld, and Dennis Miller just to name a few. Tom’s comedy can be heard regularly on Sirius XM radio. His original style makes it easy for him to write for special events. He regularly headlines corporate events including Citigroup, HP, Morgan Stanley and Church and Dwight.Tom believes that the best comedy comes from the most unlikely sources. Here is an example from his act: “I was driving…","meta_description":"Tom Ryan has been a full-time standup comedian for over thirty years. He made two appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman and recently performed…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3802,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/catching-up-with-comedians-7071369/episodes/comedian-tom-ryan-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-tom-ryan-joins-host-rich-stein.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}