Andy Cowan

Andy Cowan

Biography:

Andy Cowan is the creator and host of the comedy/therapy podcast, The Neurotic Vaccine, launched by Benztown+McVay Media Podcast Networks in 2022. He's a Who's Who in America 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award-Winner, with multiple episode, staff and pilot writing credits reflecting over a dozen comedies and talk shows, the only writer collectively associated with Cheers, Seinfeld, and 3rd Rock from the Sun. His comedy memoir, Banging My Head Against the Wall: A Comedy Writer's Guide to Seeing Stars, with a foreword by Jay Leno, was acquired by The National Comedy Center in 2019. He produced, wrote and hosted his CableACE Award-winning 6 Minutes for Showtime, wrote/appeared in Knocked Down, a best comedy winner at the Southeast New England Film, Music & Arts Festival, and performs as lead vocalist and hand percussionist in jazz clubs throughout Los Angeles. He's penned dozens of humor pieces for the Los Angeles Times, Salon, Reader's Digest and The New Yorker and written 300 comic panels for Dan Piraro's award-winning internationally syndicated King Features panel, Bizarro. He earned his master's degree in broadcasting from Boston University and began his broadcasting career in radio and TV news in Pennsylvania.

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  • Humor & Neuroticism / Open Lines

    Podcaster and award-winning former Seinfeld writer Andy Cowan gave his humorous take on neuroticism, and discussed his new comedy/therapy podcast, The Neurotic Vaccine. Open Lines followed in the later half of the program.More »
  • Comedy & TV/ A Visit to Hell

    Andy Cowan talked about his experiences working in comedy and TV. Followed by Tamara Laroux on her near-death trip to "Hell."More »