Andy Huggins is a 45-year veteran of stand-up comedy. He was, along with Bill Hicks, Ron Shock, and others, one of the original Texas Outlaw Comics, a group of Houston-based comedians who famously convened at Houston’s Comedy Workshop in the 1980s. Along with Huggins, the cadre included names like Ron Shock, Jimmy Pineapple, Sam Kinison and Bill Hicks. They set their own individual legacies but helped put Houston on the comedy map as a group.

Most Americans know 74-year-old Andy Huggins from his standout appearance on America’s Got Talent in 2018. We all gasped a little when Howie Mandell recognized him from their days starting out together at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles. All of Houston’s comedy looked on as one of their own took center stage in one of the nation’s largest talent competitions.

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