
Bill is one of three comedians I have given a second episode to as they had all achieved fifty plus years in the comedy business. In part two with Bill we discuss his 14 Tonight Shows as well as his introduction into...


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Rich Stein, a long time standup comic, took a few years off the road to teach high school, get married, and have a kid. Now, retired from teaching, he is back on stages and reconnecting with old friends and trying to Catch up with Comedians. Plenty of funny stories, anecdotes and tributes to the greats both famous and infamous!
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Catching Up With Comedians is hosted by Rich Stein. The show has published 71 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Comedian Bill Kirchenbauer joins host Rich Stein" (25 October 2026, 59 minutes), "Comedian John Kensil joins host Rich Stein" (27 September 2026, 58 minutes), and "Comedian John Kensil joins host Rich Stein" (13 September 2026, 53 minutes).
Catching Up With Comedians publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 57 minutes across 71 episodes.
Booking probability for Catching Up With Comedians is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Catching Up With Comedians requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Catching Up With Comedians's contact route on record: public web form.
Rich Stein hosts Catching Up With Comedians, a comedy podcast with 71 episodes published.
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Bill is one of three comedians I have given a second episode to as they had all achieved fifty plus years in the comedy business. In part two with Bill we discuss his 14 Tonight Shows as well as his introduction into...

Episode #70
This is part two of my two part episode with Comedian John Kensil. I re- ran the final 90 seconds of part one to create a smoother transition to parts one and two. We were chatting about comedians when we were young and...

Episode #69
John Kensil was an absolute pleasure to chat with on my podcast. He brings over thirty years of comedy chops to our mics at C.U.W.C. and he is unbridled about the comedy business and its evolution. Unlike many...

On my second visit with Comedy Director Linda Mendoza, we cover her extensive directing of the Gershwin awards for Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Burt Bacharach, Paul Simon, Paul McCartney and her equally expansive...

Chip Chinery‘s life and career should be a college course, a documentary or at least a footnote at the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York. Chip started Comedy as an amateur at just 15 years of age. He...

Bob Greenberg, conceived in the Catskills and born at New York Hospital in Manhattan was destined for the stage. Bob has done everything in this business from comedy clubs to television sitcoms, dramas, mini-series and...

Episode #65
Jimmy Shubert born and raised in Philadelphia was one of seven boys with a police detective Dad and a school teaching Mom. Jimmy attended a magnet high school for the creative and performing arts and he was a...

Episode #63
Tom Ryan has been a full-time standup comedian for over thirty years. He made two appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman and recently performed at Carnegie Hall. Since he was about 10 years old, Tom wanted to...

<p>This is Gene Hamm‘s third visit to my show. He brings a lifetime of art and animation to his third feature film Entitled:</p> <p> "Don’t Call Us, We’ll Kill You!" It will be on the Roku channel.</p> <p>In addition to...

Episode #61
<p>Andy Huggins:</p> <p>Andy Huggins always loved Comedy and has a vivid memory of the sound the audience made laughing hysterically in a huge movie theater, when he first watched the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup.</p>...

<p>My guest Joe Dalo was born in Philly and raised in South Jersey. He started out like most comics working open mics and progressed to the real comedy clubs like The Comedy works and The Comedy Factory Outlet.</p>...

Rhonda Shear grew up as the youngest of four kids in New Orleans. <br> Her Mom Supported her dancing and modeling while Dad instilled in her the Mind of the Business Model.<br> She left Louisiana with a College Degree...

<p>My guest today Ted Lange was born and raised in Oakland California. While most people would recognize Ted from his 10 seasons starring as Isaac the Bartender on THE LOVE BOAT; before that show he had already appeared...

Episode #57
<p>My guest today is Comedian Vince Harper.</p> <p>Vince was dancing a lot as a teenager and inspired by his older brother, he started pursuing it full time.</p> <p>From a young man, he had joined a dance group that...

Episode #56
<p> </p> <p><br> My guest on the podcast this week is Mr. Jay London. Raised in the Bronx, Jay’s two passions in life have both served him well: stand-up comedy and boxing.</p> <p>In both enterprises you are fighting...

Episode #55
<p>George Hamaty started as a stand up comedian at Penn State and continued for twelve years developing an act while also studying acting.</p> <p>After college, he decided to head west to Los Angeles, which is where I...

<p>Linda Marcus Smith joins me this week for her second appearance on the podcast. </p> <p>Linda gained much notoriety during the pandemic when she interviewed not less than 1000 comedians for her podcast "The Comics...

Episode #53
<p> </p> <p>Welcome Dan Rosenberg to the podcast .</p> <p>In 1992, Dan moved to Los Angeles to start a stand-up career at age 22. </p> <p> </p> <p>He sold cars in the daytime and did stand up at night.</p> <p>When the...

<p>My guest today is David Uhlfelder who was raised in Colorado and started his comedy career when he was barely 20 years of age and pursuing an engineering degree at Cal State University, San Luis Obispo.</p> <p>He...

<p>My guest today is Comedian, writer, actress: Brenda Pontiff.<br> <br> A Texas, Gal, born and raised in Bay City.<br> <br> She was in the second generation of comics who started at Houston's Comix Annex which began...
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