meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Three Questions with Andy Richter

Sam Richardson

The Three Questions with Andy Richter

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.53.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2020

⏱️ 91 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Actor Sam Richardson talks with Andy Richter about splitting time between Detroit and Ghana growing up, the power of live improv, pitching Detroiters with longtime friend and collaborator Tim Robinson, and why niceness can be both an asset and a trap.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hello, Internet. This is Andy Richter and you are listening to the three questions, which

0:18.2

is a podcast, which you probably, you know all this. I don't even know why I'm wasting

0:22.8

your time. But I mean, considering that there's a pandemic on you probably have lots of time.

0:27.6

I know I do. I mean, I'd rather be doing something else. I'd rather be outside, live in my life.

0:34.2

Well, anyway, I got Sam Richardson here.

0:39.7

I'm very happy. I'm very happy to have a fellow, a fellow, you know, midwesterner, a Genaean citizen,

0:50.7

you know, like yourself here. Yeah. I'm so happy to be here.

0:55.6

Do you do you have Genaean citizenship? I just got my, I just like sent in for my dual citizenship,

1:02.6

like this week. Nice. Yeah. Because I'm timely. Oh, yeah. It's definitely like looking for that

1:09.1

rip-cord if need be. Yeah. Because you know, because I mean, I mean, up for people that don't know

1:18.2

your mother's from Ghana, correct? Your mom? And Roland Cohnin did one of the, the, his,

1:26.2

we couldn't without borders. Yeah. Whatever the fuck you call.

1:32.0

He went to Ghana. And so that was, that must have been pretty fun, you know. It really was.

1:36.5

I hadn't been back to Ghana in years and years, over 10 years. Oh, wow. Yeah. And so that was a

1:43.9

change for me to get back. And then they could do it with with Cohnin and like a full crew. I

1:48.6

felt like a big shot coming home. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Now you're legit. People think you're, you know,

1:54.7

he's real showbiz they can tell. At least I'm going just the whole time.

2:00.5

And I mean, yeah, it's always nice to have somebody foot the bill for you to go, you know, like

2:07.6

yes, it is. To take a, to get to like a trip that has the personal side of the, you know,

2:12.6

outside side side, you know, benefits. Did, and did you stay longer than, or did you kind of come

2:20.6

and go with the Cohnin crew? I came in what with the Cohnin crew. Yeah. I had to get back to a movie

2:29.1

that was filming. So I had to like, the timing worked out perfectly. I'm also a big shot movie star.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Team Coco & Earwolf, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Team Coco & Earwolf and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.