Andrew Frank is a comedian based out of Chicago. His cerebral, imaginative style and relentless ethic have earned him three nationwide tours spanning a total of 42 cities. His love of language, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and cosmology are on full display each time he takes the stage. He has had the privilege of working alongside great comedic minds such as Anthony Jeselnik, Kevin Nealon, Jake Johannsen, Bobcat Goldthwait, Chad Daniels, Tommy Johnagin, and many more. He was the Winner of Make Me Laugh 2015, The Winner of Go Bananas Comedy Club's Funniest in Cincinnati 2016, the Runner Up in Trial By Laughter 2015, and the Runner Up of Helium's Funniest in St. Louis 2016 Competition. His first independently filmed hour special entitled Macrocosm was released in February 2017. Andrew continues to explore his mind and the minds of others at clubs, independent venues, and colleges all over the country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArIhbqw1Rvo

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am pursuing my dream. My art takes me all over the world, and I often need a place to lay my head.

Interests

• literature
• philosophy
• nature
• film
• stand up comedy

Music, Movies, and Books

Film: Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966)
The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
Embrace of the Serpent (Ciro Guerra, 2015)
Days of Heaven (Terrence Mallick, 1972)
Inside Llewyn Davis (Coen Brothers, 2013)
Samsara (Ron Fricke, 2011)
Mullholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
Aguirre, The Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972)

Books: Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace, 1996)
White Noise (Don Dellilo, 1985)
Cat's Cradle, (Kurt Vonnegut, 1963)
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad, 1899)
The Stranger (Albert Camus, 1942)
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1880)
Life and Fate (Vasilly Grossman, 1960)
Against the Day (Thomas Pynchon, 2006)
Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind (Yuval Noah Harrari, 2015)
Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle, 2009)

Music: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, J Dilla, Madlib, MF DOOM, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Kendrick Lamar, Radiohead, Tame Impala, Ariel Pink, The Avalanches, Jorge Ben Jor, Astrud Gilberto, Thelonious Monk, McCoy Tyner, Rotary Connection, Shuggie Otis, Sly and the Family Stone.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxoSn5e8Alk

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share time, knowledge, experience, curiosity, kindness, and food.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Dominican Republic, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States