Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution

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Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution
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Genre Stand-up comedy
Created by Gabriel Iglesias
Presented byGabriel Iglesias
StarringGabriel Iglesias
Martin Moreno
Composer Ozomatli
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes19
Production
Executive producersGabriel Iglesias
John Bravakis
Joel Meloche
Stu Schreiberg
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesFluffy Inc.
Levity Entertainment Group
Triage Entertainment
Original release
Network Comedy Central
ReleaseOctober 6, 2011 (2011-10-06) 
November 8, 2014 (2014-11-08)

Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution is an American stand-up comedy television series airing on Comedy Central in the United States. Hosted by comedian Gabriel Iglesias, who is best known for his stand-up specials, the show features new material by both himself and other comedians. Each episode opens with a stand up by Iglesias before several other comedians perform, each of whom Iglesias usually introduces with an encore. The show debuted on October 6, 2011, and is executive produced by Iglesias. The program features Gabriel Iglesias as an emcee features new material and introduces two or three lesser known comedians looking for a big break on television. Each comedian presents a short set of jokes, which is edited to last about five minutes on the airing of the show.

Contents

Production

Before a season would start, Gabriel and the other comedians would perform on a bigger stage than the normal comedy clubs they would usually perform whenever the season starts. As the show started becoming more and more popular, Comedy Central decided to let Gabriel and his friends perform on television. For each season the show will have a different setting for example, the first season took place in Phoenix, Arizona. Iglesias' friend Martin Moreno appears as his sidekick similar to Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter's relationship. Gabriel also got Ozomatli to serve as the house band and got to write the show's theme song. Gabriel wanted his show to be similar to John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show but rather than having comedians people already knew, he wanted to introduce his lesser known friends who are comedians.

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 7October 6, 2011November 11, 2011
2 6October 4, 2012November 8, 2012
3 6October 4, 2014November 8, 2014

Season 1 (2011)

No. in
series
No. in
season
ComediansOriginal air date
11Alfred Robles, Rick GutierrezOctober 6, 2011 (2011-10-06)
22Dillon Garcia, Rudy Moreno, Paul Varghese October 13, 2011 (2011-10-13)
33 Thea Vidale, Dennis Gaxiola, Noe GonzalezOctober 20, 2011 (2011-10-20)
44Shaun Latham, Tommy Chun, Carlos OscarOctober 27, 2011 (2011-10-27)
55Zhivago Blea, Cleto Rodriguez, Edwin San JuanNovember 3, 2011 (2011-11-03)
66 Cristela Alonzo, Larry Omaha, Maz Jobrani November 10, 2011 (2011-11-10)
77Rick Gutierrez, Thea Vidale, Joey CoCo Diaz November 11, 2011 (2011-11-11)

Season 2 (2012)

No. in
series
No. in
season
ComediansOriginal air date
81 Dov Davidoff, Trevor Noah October 4, 2012 (2012-10-04)
92Nick Guerra, Gina Yashere October 11, 2012 (2012-10-11)
103Dillon Garcia, Wil SylvinceOctober 18, 2012 (2012-10-18)
114 Dustin Ybarra, Thai RiveraOctober 25, 2012 (2012-10-25)
125Tony Baker, Alfred RoblesNovember 1, 2012 (2012-11-01)
136 Ian Bagg, Pablo Francisco November 8, 2012 (2012-11-08)

Season 3 (2014)

No. in
series
No. in
season
ComediansOriginal air date
141Kabir Singh, Lance Patrick October 4, 2014 (2014-10-04)
152Mark Viera, Barry BrewerOctober 11, 2014 (2014-10-11)
163Shaun Latham, Jerry RochaOctober 18, 2014 (2014-10-18)
174 Steve Simeone, G ReillyOctober 25, 2014 (2014-10-25)
185 Ian Bagg, Mike MerrillNovember 1, 2014 (2014-11-01)
196Gina Brillon, Alfred RoblesNovember 8, 2014 (2014-11-08)

Awards and nominations

In 2012, the series was nominated for an ALMA Award for Favorite TV Reality, Variety, or Comedy Personality or Act. [1] [2]

Reception

A positive review came from Hector Saldaña of the San Antonio Express-News who praised Iglesias and the other comedians he assembled for the show, calling it "one of the all-time funniest comedy package tours" and Iglesias a "comedy genius". [3]

Home video

On November 15, 2011, Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution was released on DVD and Blu-ray containing the 7 episodes of Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution season one. Another DVD and Blu-ray release was released on December 26, 2012, with the six episodes of the second season.

See also

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References

  1. "ALMA Awards 2012 - Nominees".
  2. "ALMA Awards 2012 - Winners". Archived from the original on 2012-09-22.
  3. Saldaña, Hector (February 3, 2012). "Review: ‘Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution’" Archived 2013-07-27 at the Wayback Machine . My San Antonio.