Dark Side of Comedy

Dark Side of Comedy
Genre	Docuseries
Narrated by	Dave Foley
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20
Original release
Network	VICE TV
Release	August 16, 2022 (2022-08-16) – present

Dark Side of Comedy is a documentary series that premiered on VICE TV August 16, 2022. ^{[1] [2] [3]} VICE renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on October 17, 2023. ^[4]

Summary

Narrated by Dave Foley, ^{[5] [4]} it features cautionary tales that are mainly about the lives and/or deaths of popular stand up comedians. ^[6] Some of the episodes are outliers that either have no real connection to stand-up comedy (the television sitcom Family Matters) or have a very tenuous link therein (the episode on Dustin Diamond covers how his stand-up career was brief and unsuccessful, but that takes up very little time in the entire show about his life and death).

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	10		August 16, 2022 (2022-08-16)	October 18, 2022 (2022-10-18)
2	10		October 17, 2023 (2023-10-17)	December 19, 2023 (2023-12-19)

Episodes

Season 1 (2022)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Subject(s)	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
1	1	"Chris Farley"	Chris Farley	August 16, 2022 (2022-08-16)	N/A
2	2	"Andrew Dice Clay"	Andrew Dice Clay	August 23, 2022 (2022-08-23)	N/A
3	3	"Roseanne Barr"	Roseanne Barr	August 30, 2022 (2022-08-30)	N/A
4	4	"Artie Lange"	Artie Lange	September 6, 2022 (2022-09-06)	N/A
5	5	"Richard Pryor"	Richard Pryor	September 13, 2022 (2022-09-13)	N/A
6	6	"Dustin Diamond"	Dustin Diamond	September 20, 2022 (2022-09-20)	N/A
7	7	"Greg Giraldo"	Greg Giraldo	September 27, 2022 (2022-09-27)	N/A
8	8	"Brett Butler"	Brett Butler	October 4, 2022 (2022-10-04)	N/A
9	9	"Freddie Prinze"	Freddie Prinze	October 11, 2022 (2022-10-11)	N/A
10	10	"Maria Bamford"	Maria Bamford	October 18, 2022 (2022-10-18)	N/A

Season 2 (2023)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Subject(s)	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
11	1	"Robin Williams"	Robin Williams	October 17, 2023 (2023-10-17)	N/A
12	2	"Sam Kinison"	Sam Kinison	October 24, 2023 (2023-10-24)	N/A
13	3	"Joan Rivers"	Joan Rivers	October 31, 2023 (2023-10-31)	N/A
14	4	"Carlos Mencia"	Carlos Mencia	November 7, 2023 (2023-11-07)	N/A
15	5	"Phil Hartman"	Phil Hartman	November 14, 2023 (2023-11-14)	N/A
16	6	"Tracy Morgan"	Tracy Morgan	November 21, 2023 (2023-11-21)	N/A
17	7	"Family Matters"	The 90s sitcom Family Matters	November 28, 2023 (2023-11-28)	N/A
18	8	"Ellen DeGeneres"	Ellen DeGeneres	December 5, 2023 (2023-12-05)	N/A
19	9	"Norm MacDonald"	Norm MacDonald	December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)	N/A
20	10	"Gilda Radner"	Gilda Radner	December 19, 2023 (2023-12-19)	N/A

References

1. Maas, Jennifer (July 5, 2022). "'Dark Side of Comedy' Ordered at Vice". Variety . Retrieved October 6, 2022.
2. Schager, Nick (August 15, 2022). "A New Docuseries Examines Why So Many Comedians' Lives End in Tragedy?". The Daily Beast . Retrieved October 6, 2022.
3. Schimkowitz, Matt (July 5, 2022). "Dark Side Of Comedy to explore comedy's supposed dark side". The A.V. Club . Retrieved October 6, 2022.
4. Maas, Jennifer (August 22, 2023). "'Dark Side of Comedy' Season 2 Premiere Date Set at Vice, Trailer Dissects Ellen DeGeneres, 'Scary' Robin Williams and 'Mean as Hell' Joan Rivers (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved September 12, 2023.
5. Wilstein, Matt (August 30, 2022). "Dave Foley Came 'Very Close' to Meeting a Tragic End". The Daily Beast . Retrieved October 6, 2022.
6. Gonzalez, Shivani (August 15, 2022). "What's on TV This Week: 'House of the Dragon' and U.S. Gymnastic Championships". The New York Times . Archived from the original on August 15, 2022.

External links

• Dark Side of Comedy at IMDb