Andrew Sleighter (comedian)

Episode 87- Comedian Andrew Sleighter!  Andrew has appeared on Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing and more. He also wrote on Norm MacDonald’s sports show, but his main focus is performing stand up comedy, which he excels at. He has an album out now you can listen to everywhere titled “The Great Backsby.”  We’ll talk about all this plus opening for Dennis Miller, being Leonardo DiCaprio’s stand in, living in Portland, and much more!

0:00:00 - Intro
0:00:59- Sleighter Last Name
0:02:05 - Tantrums & Drugs
0:06:05 - High School & Sports
0:09:02 - Breaking Nose
0:11:55 - Comedy Influences & Start
0:14:10 - Graveyard Shift Working Radio
0:15:55 - Protests
0:17:30 - Early Stand Up Career in Seattle
0:20:30 - Moving to Boston
0:22:55 - Doing Crowd Work
0:24:55 - Moving to L.A. & Central Casting
0:28:25 - Stand In For Leonardo DiCaprio
0:30:40 - Working with Norm MacDonald
0:38:10 - Opening for Dennis Miller
0:43:39 - Performing on Conan O'Brien
0:48:58 - Last Comic Standing & Doing Stand Up
0:51:50 - Scheduling Gigs Around Seahawk Games
0:53:20 - Craig Gass, Jeff Dye, Fahim Anwar & Group Tour
0:56:47 - Podcasts and Comedy Albums
0:58:26 - Living in Portland & Having Kids
1:02:42 - Future Comedy Plans
1:04:10 - The People Concern & Homelessness
1:07:00 - Wrap Up

Andrew Sleighter Website:
http://www.andrewsleighter.com/

The People Concern:
https://www.thepeopleconcern.org

Chuck Shute Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/andrewsleighter/

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