Huggins began his comedy career in a Charlottesville, Virginia coffee house. With his first step on stage, he knew comedy was what he wanted and needed to do for the rest of his life. Anything else was not an option.
The break of his life and career came when he met Houston transplants Bill Hicks, Jimmy Pineapple, and Riley Barber, talented young comics who became close friends. One by one they moved back to their hometown of Houston and in September of 1982 they called Huggins and told him he needed to join them; there was more stage time in Texas. The boom was on! More stage time was all he needed to hear. It was on to the fabled Comedy Workshop in Houston.
Over the next several decades Huggins traveled the country working clubs and colleges. He was an integral part of the much lauded stand-up troupe, The Texas Outlaw Comics, featuring among others, Bill Hicks and Ron Shock. Huggins was commissioned to write for Jay Leno (The Tonight Show) and Billy Crystal (The Academy Awards), as well as two children’s plays produced locally in Houston, Texas.
In recognition of Huggin’s accomplishments and his contribution to the comedy scene in Houston, Mayor Annise Parker has declared September 6, 2024 “Andy Huggins Day”. There will be a special show in his honor that night at the Joke Joint Comedy Showcase with Andy headlining.
