Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents: Andy Haynes

Andy Haynes walks on stage looking like a senator’s nephew and proceeds to deliver a deeply laid-back set about weed, being broke, and daytime television. The contrast works. He uses his clean-cut Pacific Northwest appearance to ground jokes about his questionable life choices, leaning into a casual delivery that makes his punchlines feel like conversational afterthoughts.

The thirty-minute spot was filmed at Royale in Boston as part of the second season of Comedy Central’s The Half Hour. Taped in early 2013, the showcase caught Haynes as he was gaining traction in the Los Angeles comedy scene, having secured a spot at the Montreal Just for Laughs festival’s New Faces showcase. Aside from his financial grievances, he gives a rundown of his reasons for consuming heavy amounts of marijuana and offers an extended breakdown of Heidi Klum’s E! True Hollywood Story.