Ryan Sickler Talks Comedy, Family & Real Life | Whiskey Ginger
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What is the opening banter and tour schedule that sets the tone for the episode 0?
Welcome to Whiskey Ginger, a wave series, and welcome to the new year. 2026 is here. Hope it's a good year. We'll find out. I'm on the road. I'm jumping around a little bit. You guys gotta come see me. Uh Windsor, Ontario, Canada, January 16th and 17th. I'm in Bethlehem, PA. The 23rd, I'm in Hanover, Maryland. Come on out, Baltimore. Then I go down to the Borgata, Atlantic City, New Jersey, dirty Jersey. Uh then Valley Center, which is basically San Diego, January 30th at the end of the month. Then on uh Lover's Day, Valentine's Day, I'm up in Canyonville, Oregon. Oregon. Bad friends, we're doing one show for fun to start the year in March. Uh we're doing uh Lincoln, California, which is basically Sacramento.
Then I'm in Las Vegas at the Wynn, March 21st, and then at Little Roadie Fest out there uh in Providence, Rhode Island in March. 27th end of March. I'll be bouncing some new dates in and out and we'll see. I'm gonna keep traveling around. I can't wait to come see you. I love ya. Thank you for being around enough rambling from me. Let's go to the episode.
In here. We pour whisk, whisk, whisk, whisk, whisk. Oh that creature in the ginger beard! Sturdy ginger. Like that. The ginger gene is a curse. Gingers are beautiful. You owe me five dollars for the whiskeys and $75 for the horse. Gingers, oh hell no. This whiskey is excellent. Ginger. I like gingers.
Let it jump, welcome back to Whiskey Jr. My guest today is one of my favorite people on earth. I say that for all my guests but to me once again today. It is the return of my dog, Ryan Sickler. Man, you
have
me back. I've said this every time. You have such a uh you have a jersey name. Ryan Sickler, he feels Jersey? Sickler. Sickler's a phenomenal jersey name. Well you're do you are you joking about that or do you know about it? Oh, what do you mean? Okay, so it's a great jersey. I've had this sent to me a ton of times. Uh there's a Siclerville, New Jersey. You don't are you fogging with me? No, no. I'm saying for the back of a jersey
I thought you said talking about New Jersey New Jersey, no dude. No But there just so happens
to be a sicklerville, a sickler pond, a sickler bike shop, people snapshot it to me all the time. No dude, I mean Now I get it. Sickler is a great jersey name. Like some people have great jersey names. And like w I remember in high school you'd see guys had perfect you were you were like they're bit they should have gone pro. The name was better than the athlete. But sickler is a good jersey name. Like corkery, not as good. No, not as good. How do you spell that? C C O R K E R Y Corcre. It's too Irish. Santino, good jersey name. It's good jersey name. We could go through some of our friends. Who has probably the best jersey name of everyone uh anyone that we know? A good question. Lee's not a good one. No, no, no, no.
No, Bobby, Lee is not good. Lee is not good. Um I mean it may be on a pitching staff of the Dodgers now. It's all it's all Asian dudes. It's amazing. It's a
great coming out of the
bull
Dude, I
would love it that every bullpen is all is all Asian now. That's what I'm looking for, dude. I mean, w
we're
working on it. Well, Chrysler's the terror, but like Bert Chrysler's not a great Segura's okay. I'm just trying to figure out who's got that strong one, like Yeah, who has the toughest one? Swartzon's a Swartzon's a good one. Yeah, Swartzen's really good. Swartzen's good. But no, Sickler's got a telly. It's got a great jersey in it. I asked you before the show, who is this dog? How come I
know? Hong Kong
Fui right here. You
don't remember him? I'm 52. How old are you? 42. All right, so I got 10. God damn, you look younger than me. I appreciate it. I'm so burnt out. I don't. Wait, but Hong Kong Fui was it.
Look at me. See the difference between making money and not making money? Look at it. You look young.
Younger than
me, bro. Hong Kong Fui was what? A cartoon from one? He was a cartoon I would have to say probably the late seventies. I would see it as a kid. Uh he drove a little Kung Fu mobile and um I think it was What's his name? Scatman or Catman's Crothers. I don't know his name.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the opening banter and tour schedule that sets the tone for the episode 0?
0:00–6:46
2
Why do comedians love quirky jersey names and how did Ryan’s ‘Sickler’ nickname come about?
6:46–14:23
3
When should kids get their first smartphone and how does Ryan handle his daughter’s tech use?
14:23–21:08
4
What was Ryan’s first crush and how did that early experience influence his storytelling?
21:08–28:40
5
How did middle‑school relationships and teenage drama shape Ryan’s comedic voice?
28:40–36:07
6
What mental‑health challenges do pilots face on the job and how does Ryan compare them to his own touring life?
36:07–43:48
7
How have skiing injuries impacted Ryan’s life and his perspective on staying active?
43:48–51:48
8
What went into creating the Live & Alive special and how did Ryan turn personal pain into comedy?
51:48–53:58
Speakers
3 identifiedMore from Whiskey Ginger with Andrew Santino
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