Comedian and UCB co-founder Matt Besser talks with Andy Richter about wild improv parties from their early days in Chicago, foraying into stand-up via a college contest, humiliation as a driving force, and overcoming the inertia of being unknown. Plus, Matt discusses the steady escalation of the Upright Citizens Brigade, his new special Pot Humor, and the big picture lessons in comedy he’s learned over the years.




Check out Matt Besser’s new comedy album Pot Humor here.







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Matt Besser

Host Andy Richter asks the same three questions to each guest: Where do you come from? Where are you going? What have you learned? These three simple questions, when answered honestly and thoughtfully, are enough to provide a pretty complete picture of who a person is. The answers are what Andy always wants to know about people. This will not be a one-sided process, as Andy won’t shy away from getting personal himself.

Comedy

Comedian and actor Bobby Lee joins Andy Richter to discuss the family wig shop, laughing through trauma, trying crystal meth around 12 years old, why persistence can be more valuable than talent, bombing so hard you cry, how one amazing AA sponsor led him to comedy, why 2024 has been the best year of his life, dinner with Jamie Lee Curtis in Hungary, and much more. 
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Bobby Lee

Comedian and writer Jon Lovett, host of “Pod Save America” and “Lovett or Leave It,” joins Andy Richter to discuss balancing comedy and politics, playing Mario on prom night, writing speeches for President Barack Obama, why Jon believes “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” was inherently progressive, some of Jon and Andy’s favorite dad aphorisms, leaving the White House for Hollywood, and more.

Jon Lovett

Actor and podcaster Jake Johnson joins Andy Richter to talk the secret to a good call-in show, the confidence of old men in locker rooms, performing for absolutely no-one, their other names (Mark Weinberger and Andy Swanson), feeling smarter than your teachers in school, laughing at self-serious actors, his path to “New Girl" and "Self Reliance," and much more.

Jake Johnson

Actress and comedian Caitlin Reilly joins Andy Richter to discuss the L.A. transplants that inspire many of her characters, her complicated relationship with social media, why women are more interesting, why Caitlin thinks she may have helped Andy out at her family’s kids clothing store, her dad’s career in soap operas, growing up as the princess of Hancock Park, and much more.

Caitlin Reilly

Actor Jon Cryer joins Andy Richter to discuss his early days in show business, running into each other at the Warner Bros. gym, Jon’s character in “Andy Richter Controls the Universe,” getting dragged into the “first internet sh*t storm,” going to film school boot camp in his thirties, how he ended up playing Lex Luthor, and his new sitcom, “Extended Family.”

Matt Besser

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