JEFF RYAN IS A “MOOCH!”

The Roundtable with Robert Bannon · Aug 24, 2026 · 16m

Someone once told Jeff Ryan he was going to fail in life because he was a “mooch.”

So naturally... he made a movie about it.

Jeff Ryan joins Robert Bannon at The Roundtable to talk about Mooch, the new New Jersey-set crime comedy he wrote, directed and stars in — and yes, the title comes from a very real insult that somehow stuck with him long enough to inspire an entire film!

Jeff plays Shane, a struggling almost-30 caddie who gets caught stealing from a wealthy nightclub owner. Instead of calling the cops, the guy gives him a job: become his private investigator and dig up dirt on his wife…