Matt Besser

The Three Questions with Andy Richter

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.5 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2019

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Comedian and UCB co-founder Matt Besser talks with Andy Richter about wild improv parties from their early days in Chicago, foraying into stand-up via a college contest, humiliation as a driving force, and overcoming the inertia of being unknown. Plus, Matt discusses the steady escalation of the Upright Citizens Brigade, his new special Pot Humor, and the big picture lessons in comedy he’s learned over the years. Check out Matt Besser’s new comedy album Pot Humor here. This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp (www.betterhelp.com/threequestions code: THREEQUESTIONS), Mack Weldon (www.mackweldon.com code: THREEQUESTIONS), and Linkedin (www.linkedin.com/threequestions).

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0:00.0	Hello podcast world, it's the three questions with Andy Richter and I'm friendly with most
0:20.6	of the people that come on this show.
0:22.4	I mean, some of them I don't know very well, but I don't know that there's been anyone
0:27.3	that's like an absolute stranger that's been on.
0:30.8	But this is, I'm actually talking to somebody who's a very dear friend of mine today and
0:35.8	whom I've known, I feel like since birth, Matt Besser.
0:41.1	Comedy birth.
0:42.1	Hey man.
0:43.1	How are you?
0:44.1	I was listening to Scott Thompson's episode and you call him an old friend.
0:46.6	I'm like, oh, I'm way older.
0:48.0	Yeah, you are.
0:49.0	You are.
0:50.0	You're like, no, really, you and I knew each other before we were even slightly grownups.
0:57.1	Like we, I think we were still kind of like kids, I would think.
1:00.2	Well, I think we're about the same age.
1:02.3	Yeah, I'm 52.
1:03.3	What are you?
1:04.3	I'm 52.
1:05.3	Yeah, it's funny because when I, when I, you were born in Chicago or raised there and I
1:12.4	moved there and you were already part of the whole improv scene when I moved there.
1:18.8	Yeah.
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