Ritch Shydner

Writer, Producer, Actor, Stand-up Comic...


Do you need a stand-up comedian?  Ritch can entertain most any type of crowd with a
clean and proven act.

Do you want to make a script, an act, or a speech funnier?  Ritch can write the humor
and coach you on its performance.

Do you need a suitcase packed with freshly minted twenty dollar bills taken to
Amsterdam?  Ritch has a passport and a desire to accumulate frequent flier miles.

Since 1978, Ritch Shydner has performed and written comedy.  Since 1999, he has
supported three children.  His love for the laugh got him into this business.  Now the
love for his children is going to keep him in it for years to come.  So, take advantage of
Ritch’s talents, experience and need for cash.  Hire him before foreign agents lure away
another American artist with promises of free land, exotic dancing and fat goats.

You've seen him on:
 The Tonight Show - Johnny Carson & Jay Leno
Late Night with David Letterman
The Arsenio Hall Show

 

Ritch Shydner Bio...

 Ritch Shydner, with thirty years experience as a standup comedian and television writer, can add, or improve the humor in the spoken word of politicians, entertainers, or any public speaker.

Ritch has made numerous appearances on the David Letterman and Jay Leno shows, and before that Johnny Carson.  He did an HBO half-hour special, “One Night Stand.”  He played Al Bundy’s co-worker on “Married with Children,” and made guest appearances on many other TV shows, such as “Designing Women” and “Roseanne.”  Ritch was able to translate his modest success on TV into an equally obscure film career, appearing in Steve Martin’s, "Roxanne," and Eddie Murphy's, "Beverly Hills Cop II," before moving on to smaller roles on more obscure pictures.

For the last few years, Ritch was a staff writer on such sitcoms as "Roseanne," "The Jeff Foxworthy Show," and “Titus.”  He wrote scripts for Becker and other shows.

Most recently, Ritch was the Co-Executive Producer and head writer for the HBO show, “The Mind of the Married Man.”

Ritch wrote material for Jeff Foxworthy’s Grammy nominated comedy albums, “Totally Committed,” and “Big Fun.”  He also wrote for singers Kenny Rogers and Pam Tillis, as well as internationally acclaimed ventriloquist, “David Strassman".  A nationally touring motivational speaker, Steven B. Wiley, used Ritch’s service to make his pitch funnier.

 In short, Ritch has worked very hard at avoiding work for over thirty years.