Ryan Sickler
Stand-up comedian

Ryan Sickler

Who Ryan Sickler is

Ryan Sickler is a stand-up comedian and podcaster best known as the host of The HoneyDew, in which stand-ups and storytellers explore the low points of life with humour, alongside The HoneyDew with Y'all and The CrabFeast. In January 2024 he launched The Wayback, which went straight to number one among comedy interview podcasts in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

His album Get a Hold of Yourself reached number one on the Billboard and iTunes comedy charts in 2018, following Above Ground Cool (2010). He directed and self-produced his 2023 special Lefty's Son, released as an album on Blonde Medicine, and self-produced his 2025 release Live & Alive, and his track Airbrushed Tailgates was played on SiriusXM's Raw Comedy channel in December 2024.

At a glance

Stand-up specials
Lefty's Son and Live & Alive
Albums
Above Ground Cool, Get a Hold of Yourself and Lefty's Son
Podcasts
The HoneyDew, The HoneyDew with Y'all, The CrabFeast and 1 more
On screen
Live at Gotham and This Is Not Happening
Official site
ryansickler.com ↗

On stage

No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: ryansickler.com ↗.

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Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

Albums

On screen

Podcasts

Comedians like Ryan Sickler

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Their stand-up

Ryan Sickler became a paid regular at The Comedy Store in its class of 2022. He performed on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham on 18 July 2008, and told a story in the Despair episode of This Is Not Happening on 29 March 2019.

Career timeline

  1. 2008Live at Gotham (Comedy Central, 2008) On screen
  2. 2010Above Ground Cool (2010) Album
  3. 2018Get a Hold of Yourself (Blonde Medicine, 2018) Album
  4. 2019This Is Not Happening (Comedy Central, 2019) On screen
  5. 2023Lefty's Son (2023) Special
  6. 2023Lefty's Son (Blonde Medicine, 2023) Album
  7. 2024The Wayback (host, 2024) Podcast or book
  8. 2025Live & Alive (2025) Special

Questions and answers

Where is Ryan Sickler performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: ryansickler.com ↗.

What stand-up specials have they released?

Lefty's Son and Live & Alive.

What podcasts have they been on?

The HoneyDew, The HoneyDew with Y'all, The CrabFeast and The Wayback.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Live at Gotham and This Is Not Happening.

Who are some comedians like them?

Jay Larson (also on The CrabFeast), Aaron Berg (also in Live at Gotham) and Sean Patton (also in Live at Gotham).

The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

Their SUCDb record →Their own site ↗

Sources

Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026