Most of the time, an audience is just there for reaction shots, but in my special the whole focus is the drama of the reaction shot. I subject unaware gay guys to my observations about what’s wrong with gay marriage or paper straws, but with the power and authority to run and manipulate the city of Palm Springs over the course of four days. I do my entire act as incidental conversations with strangers.
The city of Palm Springs is run by Republicans, and they will sell out a government for anything. I’m renting the city of Palm Springs and installing hidden cameras throughout the city for their Pride weekend in November. Guy Branum’s Gay-for-Pay Palm Springs Takeover We asked nine comedians to spend $250 to $400 million on the stand-up special of their dreams. So what would a stand-up special with a Marvel-movie budget look like? Will comedians of the future don capes and blow up metropolises? Or will they dump the money into getting chiseled abs, creating stunningly realistic holograms, and erecting ornate sets that are built to be burned to the ground? If some comedians are earning as much as Marvel leads, it’s not that crazy to imagine the future of stand-up specials might include wildly escalating budgets. That’s right up there with Chris Hemsworth’s paycheck for Thor: Love and Thunder. All you need is a comic, a mic, and a willing audience.īut these days comedy specials are big business, with Netflix offering some comics as much as $20 million per special. In the world of production, a stand-up special is one of the most affordable things you can shoot.