![]() So he sits in front of a goddamn camera and just Theos it for an hour, and people love him to death. He’s always been funny as s**t, but if you leave it up to Comedy Central, they may not get it and they may edit him weird. ![]() But I think podcasting for comics gives them control of their own narrative of how they want to be represented to their fans. KREISCHER: During the pandemic, it saved our lives. Over the last decade, podcasts have become increasingly meaningful to comics, as both a creative outlet, a means of bypassing gatekeepers, and a financial lifeline…. I think people got to hear you and know you, and feel like they’re your friends, and that’s why people loved Roseanne and Tim and all of them. But when they kind of clicked, I think people fell in love with comics’ voices. Live performance had never shut down like that, and so I think it made comics appreciate it more and we were like, “Oh, we want to be out there as much as possible.” We’re all getting something we need out of it.īERT KREISCHER: I think podcasting changed the game, podcasting and social media. I think we also found a new appreciation for it when everything shut down in the pandemic. People need to laugh probably more than they have in a long time. Where else can you do that?įORTUNE FEIMSTER: I think also, there’s a lot of bad stuff happening all over the world at any given moment. So as things get a little restricted, it inflates the comedy scene because it’s exciting. People just feel like they’re walking on eggshells, and comedy is the last place where you can really just be a little reckless because it’s a safe space for ideas and fun, and no one really means what they say. JEREMIAH WATKINS: I think we get so stuck zoning out, looking at our phones, or in our Netflix queue, being spat stuff in our face over and over, that it’s refreshing to see somebody do something live and in the moment that maybe never will be repeated again.įAHIM ANWAR: It feels beaten to death, like, “Oh, you can’t say anything anymore.” But there is a little bit of truth to, especially in the workplace and stuff. Below, they outline their thoughts on what has led comedy to this point and the most interesting facets of the way their business is functioning now. “The way people were excited to discover bands, people are excited to discover new comedians,” he explains, “and that never existed before.”ĭeadline caught up with Wallace, Anwar, and six other prominent comedians last night at an event at the Hollywood Improv, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Improv comedy clubs. “But now it’s like all these clubs are packed every night.”įellow up-and-comer Fahim Anwar, who unveiled his latest special Hat Trick on YouTube last summer, finds that the way consumers are now engaging with comics is akin to the way many engage with their favorite musicians. “I feel like 10, 15 years ago you would kind of go, ‘Oh, there’s comedy on the cruise. What this all says to comedian Trevor Wallace, whose debut special Pterodactyl debuts on Prime Video November 14th, is that stand-up comedy is cool again. Pollstar’s top touring comic of 2022 was Sebastian Maniscalco at over $44.9M, and this isn’t to speak of the money that stand-ups now stand to make from podcasts, film and TV, brand deals, merchandise sales, and more. ![]() Steve-O Sets November Release For New Stand-Up Special ‘Steve-O’s Bucket List’Īccording to German data gathering platform Statista, yearly revenue stemming from the comedy event market in the United States has increased from $1.7B in 2017 to $3.1B in 2023. Also operating at the highest level is Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, who after becoming the first comic to sell out Dodger Stadium, went back for a second show. Or Matt Rife, a young up-and-comer with 10+ years under his belt, who hit the upper echelons of comedy seemingly overnight after blowing up on TikTok, selling out a global tour encompassing some 600,000 tickets in less than 48 hours, before going on to land his own forthcoming Netflix special, Matt Rife: Natural Selection. Take Nate Bargatze, for example, who earlier this year set an Amazon streaming record with his special Hello World, before going on to sell a record number of tickets to an April show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, and bringing SNL its highest-rated episode of the season. In truth, stand-up has never been bigger, with one story after another rolling out of comedians setting records for attendance and viewership. ![]() ![]() If the film and television industries have been challenged like never before in a year of double strikes, in the world of comedy, the story is very different. ![]()
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