No, I’m not ordering you to stand up or shut up. I’m here to tell you about a new micro series airing on the Starz Network every Friday evening.
The show began on July 21 and features stand up comic students that are attending the American Comedy Institute in New York City and each episode chronicles the students being interviewed, performing and talking about their struggles to make it in a difficult and changing industry.
Hosted by comic Michael Somerville, the first episode had each comic talking about and, of course, poking fun at political figures. Most of the poking centered around George W. Bush, and Steve Rosenfield from the ACI dissected the reasons why Bush and other figures are so easy to poke fun at.
What this show lacked, at least in episode one, is laughs. Aussie Josh Zepps seemed to me to be the only one to be remotely funny, and the show itself had a very serious tone. Maybe that’s what they were going for, but if you’re going to be a show about stand up comics, it makes sense to inject more laughs.
We’ll see what happens, but for a 10 minute show, it’s certainly worth checking out and keeping an eye on.
