Andy Andrist

Infobox Comedian
name = Andy Andrist


imagesize = 210px
caption = From Andrist's 2008 Headshots
birth_name = Andrew J. Andrist
birth_date = birth date and age|1965|08|19
birth_place = Eugene, Oregon
medium = Stand-up, television
nationality = United States
genre = Observational humor, Black comedy
influences = Doug Stanhope, Dave Attell, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, and Bill Hicks
notable_work= Writing on "The Man Show"
web site = www.andyandrist.com

Andrew J. Andrist (born August 19, 1965 in Eugene, Oregon), is an American stand-up comedian and former writer for Comedy Central's The Man Show.

tand-Up

Andrist's stand-up is notable for his brutal takes on subjects ranging from drug use to being sexually molestated by a man who was confined to a wheelchair.

Andrist is also one of the original members of Doug Stanhope's comedy group known as The Unbookables. Other members of the Unbookables include Sean Rouse, Henry Phillips, Otto & George, James Inman, Tom Rhodes, Auggie Smith, Lynn Shawcroft, Neil Hamburger, Travis Lipski, Brendon Walsh, Joey "Coco" Diaz, Norman Wilkerson, Brett Erickson, and others.

Discography

Both Andrist's debut CD Dumb It Down for the Masses and follow-up benefit CD Morbid Obscenity with fellow Unbookables Doug Stanhope, Sean Rouse, and Lynn Shawcroft was recorded and put out by Dan Schlissel's Stand Up! Records.

Television Appearances

Following the departure of Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla from Comedy Central's The Man Show in 2003, Andrist was hired as a writer and performer alongside comedians Doug Stanhope and Joe Rogan.

In May 2008, Andrist filmed a set for an episode of HBO's "Down and Dirty with Jim Norton". The four-part special features young comedians as well as several established headliners, including Artie Lange, Patrice O'Neal, Andrew 'Dice' Clay, Bill Burr, Jim Florentine, Ari Shaffir, and fellow Unbookable Sean Rouse among others.

External links

* [http://www.andyandrist.com Andy Andrist's official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/andrewandrist Andy Andrists's MySpace page]
* [http://www.morbidobscenity.com The Morbid Obscenity website]
* [http://www.dead-frog.com/blog/entry/morbid_obscenity_a_benefit_from_comics_who_dont_care Dead Frog article "Morbid Obscenity: A Benefit from Comics Who Don't Care"]
* [http://www.stagetimemag.com/stm4104.html Stage Time review of Morbid Obscenity]
* [http://www.standuprecords.com Stand Up! Records]
* [http://www.theunbookables.com The Unbookables' official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/unbookables The Unbookables' MySpace page]