There were over 30 Netflix stand up specials released in 2023, so forgive me if I can’t keep up. Did Kay produce his out of pocket then allow Netflix to distribute it, or did Netflix approach him to finance his stand up special?
And I see Netflix has doubled down on stupid with another Chappelle one today and a Gervais one released last week. Kevin M. (RPCV) On Sun, Dec 31, 2023 at 1:17 PM M-D November <mdnovem...@gmail.com> wrote: > Maybe it's because I listen to a lot of standup, but Jo Kay is hardly > "unheralded". He's done a number of Netflix specials (the modern > equivalent the old 1hr HBO special), has done some TV and VO and has a few > film credits to his name, including fronting the file "Easter Sunday" last > year. He was also romantically linked to Chelsea Handler for about a year. > > On Sunday, December 24, 2023 at 10:09:19 AM UTC-5 Mark Jeffries wrote: > >> The relatively unheralded standup is fronting the Globescast on Jan. 7 on >> CBS, since the strategy of a relatively-unknown standup hosting worked so >> well last time (in case you forgot, Jarrod Carmichael tore the Hollywood >> Foreign Press Association a new one for their many years of improprieties >> on the last telecast): >> >> https://www.thewrap.com/golden-globes-host-2024-jo-koy/ >> >> Guess neither Wayne Brady, Drew Carey, Colbert nor Cedric the Entertainer >> was available (and Penske/dcp didn't want "Entertainment Tonight" people >> hosting like the Daytime Emmys this year), Lorne told Tina and Amy not to >> go on CBS and no way in hell is Ricky getting the gig again. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/35faab00-b41e-4a18-b20e-a33a1acd26d5n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/35faab00-b41e-4a18-b20e-a33a1acd26d5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Cit23WJGxv4%3Dg08pZATn3YCHad0hUOhsHSCPzCu_QmLA%40mail.gmail.com.