August 27, 2010

  • Does Andy Kindler Kindle?

    Friday's Asbury Park Press

    HERE COMES THE JUDGE    !

    By Ed Kaz !
    Comedy Correspondent

    Comic Andy Kindler is a regular TV phenom these days.  He’s been featured on Comedy Central’s new hit show, "Tosh.0," Fox’s "The Kilborn File," and most prominently on this summer’s Last Comic Standing, where he shares judging duties on that NBC show with fellow comics Greg Giraldo and Natasha Leggero.   With all this quality big-time exposure you’d think Amazon’s Jeff Bezos would give him a call.  But nooo!

    KINDLER:  I’m eating a bagel.  Actually I’m not feeling that well.  I’m nauseous.  

    KAZ!:  Oh really?  Well, hopefully this interview will not make you more nauseous.  You’ve been a busy guy, Andy.  You deserve to be nauseous.  You’ve earned it!
     
    KINDLER:  Finally, right?  It’s been a good year, for a change.

    KAZ!:  You were big for a while and then you kind of evened out and now all of a sudden BOOM!  NBC!

    KINDLER:  Yeah.  Up and down.  I love that up and down:  Maybe you can’t pay your rent, maybe you could buy a house!  

    KAZ!:   My readers want to know: Does Andy Kindler Kindle?  

    KINDLER:  You know, when the [Amazon’s digital e-book reader] Kindle first came out, my friend who’s a writer …he actually knows Jeff Bezos [head of Amazon] and he emailed Jeff Bezos and said “Andy Kindler--his name is very similar--he should do commercials for you.”  And I never heard anything about it again.  [laughs]  But yeah, every time I see it in the paper.  I see “Kindle” and I think it’s my name.  That’s how excited I get; that it’s even close to being my name.

    KAZ!:   I wonder what Gary iPad thinks about all this.

    KINDLER:  [laughs]  Yeah!  What’s his problem with it?  What does Sam Mobile Device think when he sees the thing?

    KAZ!:   I've noticed on Last Comic Standing, that virtually every audience cutaway contains at least three good-looking women.  Why is that?

    KINDLER:  It’s part of my rider.  Because when I’m watching the show at home, I’ve already done the show.  I need to enjoy the show now.  So I had put in my rider “Please show hot babes.”  I put in my rider “scantily clad.” I never had a rider though.  I’d like to get into that kind of ball park.

    KAZ!:  Would it kill Greg Giraldo to shave?

    KINDLER:  It’s his look.  Greg Giraldo has a look of kind of a sexy disheveled man.  I can achieve half of that.  I can be disheveled.
     
    KAZ!:   This runs in the Asbury Park Press and Bruce Springsteen may be reading this.  Could you please say something nice about him?

    KINDLER:   Our lives are almost virtually connected. There’s no reason why Bruce should not come down to the club and I will do an act just for him.  Routines all about obscure music references.  Like I do a “Dr. Rhythm” chunk.  I do a fantastic bit about an MXR distortion pedal.  [Instead of] “What’s the difference between men and women?” what’s the difference between a Phase Shifter and a Chorus?

    KAZ!:   He’ll love that.

    KINDLER:  It’s fantastic.  

    KAZ!:   There are a lot of great comics turning up on Last Comic Standing.  Do you feel threatened by any of these people?

    KINDLER:  [laughs]  My thing was never being threatened by comics.  I think it’s more about envy about people doing extremely well, who bug me. [laughs]   Envy and jealousy as opposed to I’m afraid someone’s gonna come up and there won’t be enough room for comedy.

    KAZ!:  Well it seems like there’s enough room.  And just like there’s always room for Jello, there’s always room for Andy Kindler.

    KINDLER:  I agree with that. That’s a good tag.

    KAZ!:  You can add that to your resume.

    KINDLER:  I sure will.
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    Have a great weekend and please remember to laugh responsibly.

    Asburykaz@aol.com

     
    ANDY KINDLER
    Friday & Saturday
    Stress Factory Comedy Club
    90 Church St. New Brunswick
    Showtimes: Tonight and Saturday  8 & 10:30pm
    Tickets: $23
    (732)-545-4242
    www.stressfactory.com
    www.nbc.com/last-comic-standing