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Road Stories with Comedian/Actor Rick Overton

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4.1529 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2016

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Comedian/Actor Rick Overton shares stories from the road as a working comic, and later in the show, Rick talks about his near drowning as a child. Plus, there is talk of The Bee Gees. Finally! Here's a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you're listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you'll see the episode notes, including the links. There is one to subscribe, http://bit.ly/2eSlJZw please do! There's one to our Facebook page and to our email address. We'd love to hear from you, either there, or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. You'll also find some special deals courtesy of our sponsors like Hello Fresh (promo code STORY30) Casper Mattress, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It's good karma guys! See our Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and our California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Storyworthy Media, the best in story-driven content.

0:07.2

Hey, it's Rick Overton, and you're listening to Storyworthy.

0:30.2

Welcome to the Storyworthy podcast.

0:35.6

Here are your hosts, Christine Blackburn and Hanna Sfini.

0:48.3

Welcome, you guys, welcome to Storyworthy.

0:50.3

My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm here with Hanna Spinney, and we are coming to you from The Lab, the Lab at the Fabulous Improv on Millers Avenue, the Hollywood Improv. Let's hear it for the Hollywood Improv. Woo! And you guys, we're so excited to be here. Hopefully it'll become a regular thing. We'll be doing these live shows of Storyworthy. Everybody's invited to come down. It's always free. It's always free. And there are snacks and drinks. Come on, people. Snacks and drinks. What more do you want out of your life? And the most exciting thing is our guest tonight. He's been on Storyworthy before. You've seen him all the heck over the place. He plays clubs and colleges all over the country.

1:45.0

And much more than that. But he's here tonight. Rick Overton, you guys. Let him here. When I think improv, I think Rick Overton. That's what I think. It's true, actually, because Rick Overton, it's not just that he's a comedian, but he is a big improv guy. He's a big improv guy. He's a big comedian. he's a big actor, he's a big man.

1:45.8

He's a big man.

1:46.7

With a giant heart.

1:47.5

And tonight. And tonight.

1:47.6

He says he needs to get a little smaller. His story is called road stories. Road stories. So that's the topic. And as you know, the show here, storyworthy, what we talk about each week is exactly what the guest wants to talk about. It's their story.

2:02.8

And that's what we base the show on. So it's not long form interview, Rick. Not that I don't care where you went to college, but I'm not going to ask you. I don't care. It's about road stories. That's what we're talking about. and Honest Finney, you guys, right here.

2:15.7

And I know this isn't just to you guys here at the improv tonight,

2:18.1

but this is to all of our fans across the world.

2:20.4

Across the nation and the world. We're going to be very excited to hear this news. Honest is going to tell us right now. Yes, as fans of the show would know, if they follow me on Instagram or Facebook, Sherry and I got married. Oh, my God.

2:35.1

Yay.

2:36.4

Wait, hang on.

2:37.1

Listen to this.

2:40.0

That's my ring up against the microphone.

2:40.6

You know what? It's a beautiful ring.

2:41.4

I haven't even seen the ring yet.

2:43.2

This is beautiful.

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