Ritch Shydner’s new book, “Kicking Through The Ashes: My Life as a Stand-up in the 1980s Comedy Explosion”, has just been published. In the 1980s, Ritch made numerous appearances on TV, including “Late Night with David Letterman” and “The Tonight Show” with both Johnny Carson and Jay Leno. 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 obscure film career, appearing in Steve Martin’s, “Roxanne,” and Eddie Murphy’s, “Beverly Hills Cop II,” before moving on to minor roles on smaller pictures.

Ritch wrote for sitcoms such as “Roseanne”, “The Jeff Foxworthy Show,” and HBO’s “The Mind of the Married Man.” He wrote material for Jeff Foxworthy’s Grammy-nominated comedy albums, “Totally Committed,” and “Big Fun.” He also wrote for Ron White and Jay Leno.

In 2006, Ritch was co-author of a book on stand-up, “I Killed”. In 2010, Ritch produced and performed in an award-winning documentary on the world of stand-up comedy, “I Am Comic”. Currently Ritch is writing a movie adaptation for HBO of Bill Maher’s book, “True Story”.

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