Mr. Media Interviews By Bob Andelman

Today's Guest: Ritch Shydner, comedian, author, Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life as a Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom   Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Ritch Shydner by clicking on the video player above!  Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of comedy road dogs who went straight to the index of Ritch Shydner’s new book to see what secrets he told` about them… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Kicking Through the Ashes: My Life As A Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Boom" by Ritch Shydner. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above! Comedian Ritch Shydner made a career onstage painting pictures with words, so it should be no surprise that he transitioned easily to doing the same in book form. What might be surprising is that more comics haven’t told their stories in this way. RITCH SHYDNER podcast excerpt: "Rodney Dangerfield once said, 'Listen to what the audience is laughing at.' I tape myself not just to help structure the