Hi I'm Andy, and I believe in comedy.

I do stand-up, sketch, and improv comedy out of Memphis, TN, and when I'm not doing that, I'm usually sitting in front of my DVD shelf obsessing over my movies.

My favorite people are people with strong opinions on movies. It doesn't matter that much what you like, so long as you have opinions about why you like what you like.

I come up with a lot of ideas which I do not have the means to produce. When I smoke out with someone new, it's like I have a new Pokemon card. (Gotta catch 'em all!) I hope to one day finish a screenplay. I also hope one day to find a big box marked "money and fame."

I'm clawing away at a comedy career while working in radio. (Which is just a fancy way of saying I put up tents.) I also now work as a box office technician* at Comedy Tennessee for their weekend shows.

I strive to be original.

*This is a made-up job title.

coming up with punchlines for "99 _____s walk into a bar," making mean-spirited yet warm-hearted jokes about other comics, telling you how many movies Tim Robbins and John Cusack have been in together and other useless trivia, etc.

is how awesome I am.

I'm starting with movies, as that's pretty much what means the most to me out of all these things. I've always been a visual learner.

I love movies, and own over 500. But these are the ones that really mean something to me, or that I never get tired of, or that I just think are absolutely perfect: 12 Angry Men (1957), Alice in Wonderland, Almost Famous, American Beauty, Before Sunrise, Blues Brothers, Borat, A Christmas Story, City of God, Closer, Comedian, Comedians of Comedy, Dawn of the Dead (1978), Dog Day Afternoon, Dogma, Fight Club, The Godfather, High Fidelity, The Jungle Book (1967), Kill Bill, Krush Groove, Magnolia, Me And You And Everyone We Know, Mean Girls, Meet The Robinsons, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Pulp Fiction, Punch-Drunk Love, The Royal Tenenbaums, Run Lola Run, Rushmore, Shaun Of The Dead, The Shawshank Redemption, Sin City, Snatch, State and Main, Super Troopers, Superbad, Tommy, True Romance, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, Yellow Submarine

I also love TV shows on DVD. It's pretty much the only way I watch TV, with a few exceptions. These are my favorites: 30 Rock, Angel, Arrested Development, Big Train, The Boondocks, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Chappelle's Show, Clone High, Coupling, Deadwood, Dinner For Five, Extras, Family Guy, Firefly, Heroes, Home Movies, The Larry Sanders Show, Mr. Show, The Muppet Show, The Office (UK), The Office (USA), Pushing Daisies, Saturday Night Live, The Sopranos, Spaced, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Upright Citizen's Brigade, Weeds, Wonder Showzen

I don't read as much as I want to, need to, or should. When I was a kid, I was a mad reader.. an Accelerated Reader, one might say. But in my adult life, the moving pictures medium seems to have taken over. I am, of late, though, trying to get back into reading. I have a stack of about twenty books on my dresser that I'm working my way through.

These are my favorite books: Fight Club, The Giver, The Godfather, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Harry Potter, High Fidelity, Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story, Sex Drugs & Cocoa Puffs, Survivor, The Watchmen

Currently reading: Good Omens

I'm having the same trouble with music that I do with books. I'm just not getting into as much new stuff as I always have. I think this is something that happens as one gets older. Or maybe working in radio just makes you hate everything new that comes out.

These are my favorite bands or artists: Beatles, Cowboy Mouth, David Bowie, Detroit Cobras, Flight of the Conchords, The Hives, Hootie and the Blowfish (guilty pleasure), John Lennon, Johnny Cash, Louis Prima, Nickel Creek, Northern State, OK Go, Oracle & the Mountain, Otis Redding, Outkast, Paul McCartney, Prince, Sublime, Tenacious D, White Stripes

Food has always been my one vice, though now I have several. These are my favorite places in Memphis to eat: Chinese Sub Shop, Yum's, Huey's, Little Italy, The Cupboard, QDoba, Memphis Pizza Cafe, Ubee's

stage time, hoodies, my left knee (the right one is dead to me), TV on DVD, my dog, and "Abbey Road."

Usually, in the moments right before I fall asleep, I'm writing sketches in my head and hoping I remember them when I wake up.

As a bonus, my two most common dreams are zombie attacks and opening night of the play for which I forgot to learn my lines.

either performing in, selling tickets to, or watching a comedy show. sometimes all three.

I own at least one Justin Timberlake album. I will not, however, admit here the number of Hootie & the Blowfish albums I own.

-if you like guys who describe themselves as "good people"
-if you looked at my "books, movies, music, food" section before the other sections
-if you want me to come up with a punchline for "99 ______s walk into a bar." Just fill in the blank.
-if you have anything listed under "most private thing" other than "Well if I put that here then it wouldn't be private LOL"
-if you wanna debate any of my interests
-if you wanna talk to a guy who's good people