{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/339736e5-b21f-4af2-ada6-2d48cb8a1581/2ebb6d29-b4af-4f7d-90d6-5641d3653cba?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"134 - Andy Kindler","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611ee35c06c05e6c01f40f42/611ee403fbda3b0013c3bad8.jpg?height=200","description":"Perhaps the nearest the USA has to a true \"comedian's comedian\", Andy Kindler has been railing at audiences (and his own supposed lack of performance ability) for nearly 30 years. A regular at the \"Just For Laughs\" Comedy Festival in Montreal, where he annually gives his scathing \"State of the Industry Address\", Andy occupies a unique and hilarious position as the industry's conscience.  We discuss identifying and overcoming the many formulae of comedy detailed in his \"Hack's Handbook\", why he's mad at Jerry Seinfeld; as well as exploring the lingering fear of abandonment that drives a comic to be \"always on\"...Support the podcast by pressing \"donate\" at <a href=\"http://www.comedianscomedian.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">www.comedianscomedian.com</a>, and see the show live at <a href=\"https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedian-s-comedian-podcast-live\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Edinburgh</a> 2015.  NY Times, Zach Galifianakis, Steven Wright, Mitch Hedberg, Leno, Letterman, James Adomian, Richard Gere, Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, Robin Williams, Brian Posehn, Billy Crystal","author_name":"Stuart Goldsmith"}