RitchShydner
@ritchshydner.bsky.social
Stood up, said some funny things. Sat down, wrote more funny things.
Meet the first MC ever.
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May 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Meet the first MC ever.
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #comedyhistory, #comedyclubs, #palacetheatre, #EdWynn
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #comedyhistory, #comedyclubs, #palacetheatre, #EdWynn
Sometimes stolen material is returned to its rightful owner.
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #comedyhistory, #comedyclubs, #bobnewhart, #donadams, #grammywinner, #GRAMMYs, #GrammyAwards
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #comedyhistory, #comedyclubs, #bobnewhart, #donadams, #grammywinner, #GRAMMYs, #GrammyAwards
May 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Sometimes stolen material is returned to its rightful owner.
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #comedyhistory, #comedyclubs, #bobnewhart, #donadams, #grammywinner, #GRAMMYs, #GrammyAwards
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #comedyhistory, #comedyclubs, #bobnewhart, #donadams, #grammywinner, #GRAMMYs, #GrammyAwards
Standup comics have to hustle for a living… and to a hungry hunters, pretty much everything is a target.
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #comedyhistory, #comedyclubs, #lordbuckley, #tubbyboots, #conartist
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #comedyhistory, #comedyclubs, #lordbuckley, #tubbyboots, #conartist
May 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Standup comics have to hustle for a living… and to a hungry hunters, pretty much everything is a target.
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #comedyhistory, #comedyclubs, #lordbuckley, #tubbyboots, #conartist
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #comedyhistory, #comedyclubs, #lordbuckley, #tubbyboots, #conartist
Some people work years to build a brand. Others, it just comes to them.
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #lennybruce, #donrickles, #comedyhistory, #1950sHistory, #StandUpLegend
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #lennybruce, #donrickles, #comedyhistory, #1950sHistory, #StandUpLegend
May 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Some people work years to build a brand. Others, it just comes to them.
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #lennybruce, #donrickles, #comedyhistory, #1950sHistory, #StandUpLegend
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #lennybruce, #donrickles, #comedyhistory, #1950sHistory, #StandUpLegend
Andy Kauffman put the surreal into standup comedy.
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #andykaufman, #SalvadorDali
#comedyhistory, #1980scomedy
Thank you, good thank you
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #andykaufman, #SalvadorDali
#comedyhistory, #1980scomedy
Thank you, good thank you
May 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Andy Kauffman put the surreal into standup comedy.
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #andykaufman, #SalvadorDali
#comedyhistory, #1980scomedy
Thank you, good thank you
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #andykaufman, #SalvadorDali
#comedyhistory, #1980scomedy
Thank you, good thank you
Funny woman, Belle Barth, had a certain charm.
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#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #bellebarth, #lasvegas, #dirtycomedian, #workingblue
May 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Funny woman, Belle Barth, had a certain charm.
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #bellebarth, #lasvegas, #dirtycomedian, #workingblue
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #bellebarth, #lasvegas, #dirtycomedian, #workingblue
Crazy funny.
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #samkinison, #HBO, #mentalhealth, #CrazyFunny
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #samkinison, #HBO, #mentalhealth, #CrazyFunny
May 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Crazy funny.
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#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #samkinison, #HBO, #mentalhealth, #CrazyFunny
Sam Kinison even had an effect on Cocoa Puffs.
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#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #samkinison, #HBO, #youngcomediansspecial, #rodneydangerfield
May 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Sam Kinison even had an effect on Cocoa Puffs.
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #samkinison, #HBO, #youngcomediansspecial, #rodneydangerfield
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #samkinison, #HBO, #youngcomediansspecial, #rodneydangerfield
Orlando Reyes faced a most dangerous heckler.
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#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #Chicago, #OrlandoReyes.
May 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Orlando Reyes faced a most dangerous heckler.
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #Chicago, #OrlandoReyes.
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #Chicago, #OrlandoReyes.
Artificial funny.
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#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #artificialintelligence
May 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Artificial funny.
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#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #artificialintelligence
The search for the funny can be risky business.
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #JoanRivers, #rodneydangerfield
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #JoanRivers, #rodneydangerfield
May 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The search for the funny can be risky business.
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #JoanRivers, #rodneydangerfield
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #JoanRivers, #rodneydangerfield
Lord Buckley - Al Capone’s favorite comedian.
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#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #lordbuckley, #alcapone
May 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Lord Buckley - Al Capone’s favorite comedian.
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#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #lordbuckley, #alcapone
The cultural wars we started 100 years ago are still being fought today… with or without humor.
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#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history
May 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The cultural wars we started 100 years ago are still being fought today… with or without humor.
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history
If only the truth was funny, every historian would have a Netflix special.
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#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #RichardLewis
May 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If only the truth was funny, every historian would have a Netflix special.
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #RichardLewis
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #RichardLewis
Redd Foxx and Don Rickles shared a stage in the late 1950’s…. And nobody got hurt.
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#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #ReddFox, #donrickles, #atlanticcity
May 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Redd Foxx and Don Rickles shared a stage in the late 1950’s…. And nobody got hurt.
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #ReddFox, #donrickles, #atlanticcity
#standupcomedyhistory, #standupcomedy, #comedians, #standup, #history, #ReddFox, #donrickles, #atlanticcity
There is so much diversity, so many more voices heard from the stage today than when a barely closeted Paul Lynde did standup in the 1950’s.
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#standupcomedy, #standup, #history, #Standupcomedyhistory, #comics, #comedians, #paullynde #diversity
April 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
There is so much diversity, so many more voices heard from the stage today than when a barely closeted Paul Lynde did standup in the 1950’s.
#standupcomedy, #standup, #history, #Standupcomedyhistory, #comics, #comedians, #paullynde #diversity
#standupcomedy, #standup, #history, #Standupcomedyhistory, #comics, #comedians, #paullynde #diversity
I open my heart. You open your wallet. We all get a laugh.
April 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I open my heart. You open your wallet. We all get a laugh.
If it was good enough for King Richard…
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April 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
If it was good enough for King Richard…
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#standupcomedy, #standup, #history, #Standupcomedyhistory, #comics, #comedians, #richardpryor
Let’s shake the comedy tree and see who falls out. (This video was shot October, 2021)
April 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Let’s shake the comedy tree and see who falls out. (This video was shot October, 2021)
Meet the new Boss. Not the same as the old boss.
April 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Meet the new Boss. Not the same as the old boss.
Standup comedy can change a person. Peewee could make it look like a werewolf transformation.
April 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Standup comedy can change a person. Peewee could make it look like a werewolf transformation.
Give it up for a hall of fame street comic.
April 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Give it up for a hall of fame street comic.
In 1940, thirty-year-old Victor Borge really had to take his show on the road.
April 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In 1940, thirty-year-old Victor Borge really had to take his show on the road.
There are a lot of ways to kill a joke.
April 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
There are a lot of ways to kill a joke.
Trying to get a laugh while Death is staring you down is not easy.
April 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Trying to get a laugh while Death is staring you down is not easy.