Ritch Shydner

In the 1980s, Ritch Shydner made numerous appearances on TV, including Late Night with David Letterman and The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He did an HBO half-hour special, One Night Stand. You may also recognize him as Al Bundy’s co-worker on Married with Children and from guest appearances on many other TV shows, such as Designing Women and Roseanne. He wrote for sitcoms such as Roseanne, The Jeff Foxworthy Show, and HBO’s The Mind of the Married Man. Shydner translated 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 in smaller pictures. 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, Shydner was co-author with Mark Schiff of a book on stand-up, I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America’s Tom Comics. Four years later, he produced and performed in Jordan Brady’s award-winning documentary on the world of stand-up comedy, I Am Comic. For more information, please visit http://www.RitchShydner.com Twitter: @ritchshydner Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ritchs