Having pioneered the five-dollar price point for buying comedy specials to download or stream online, Louis CK has released his second such program exclusively on his website, titled Louis CK Live at the Comedy Store.
http://youtu.be/acWdh0a_92A
As CK said in a “long winded, unedited coffee-addled, had to shit the whole time while my kids yelled at me to take them sledding-written” e-mail to fans, he didn’t record a stand-up special last year and missed doing so.
CK has become successful enough to now perform in theaters, but as he put it nightclubs and comedy clubs are “where comedy is born and where comedy, standup comedy, truly lives,” and wanted to record his next hour-long special from one. The Comedy Store in Los Angeles held particular meaning for him.
The Comedy Store is really show biz. As in Milton Berle with his bow tie undone around his neck show business. Mop your brow and say “tough crowd” show business. A guy being beaten up in the parking lot show business. The Comedy Store is where Pryor cut his teeth. Letterman fought to get spots there. George Carlin. Eddie Murphy. Marc Maron told me stories about living in the apartment behind the Store and how Sam Kinison pissed on his bed one night. This is the Comedy Store. The wonderful dark side of comedy.
The Comedy Store is the only club in the country that NEVER passed me when I auditioned. I auditioned at many clubs where I didn’t pass but I always went back and finally did pass. The Comedy Store NEVER passed me. I just wasn’t right for them. I didn’t start working there until I became well known enough to circumvent the audition process. Until I became one of those guys who can just walk into a nightclub and go on stage.
You can purchase Louis CK Live at the Comedy Store for download or streaming for $5.00. That will have to be enough to tide us over until Louie comes back for its fifth season on FX April 9.
