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He Quit Comedy for 20 Years… Then Came Back at 48 | Chris Ryan, Comedian
On today's show I shared some laughs with Westfield-based comedian Chris Ryan, who returned to stand-up after a 20-year break.
Ryan got his start in IU's Full Frontal Comedy in the mid-'90s alongside Straight No Chaser, training in Chicago improv at ImprovOlympic, and moving to Los Angeles in 1998 with $2,000 from a near-fatal car accident. In LA he worked at Paramount while pursuing stand-up, auditioned for MadTV, and waited alongside Seth Meyers, who was offered SNL the same week.
The setback helped prompt Ryan's exit, grad school in journalism at Illinois, and a move to Indianapolis. After…
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