{"id":22032,"date":"2014-08-15T07:40:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T23:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=22032"},"modified":"2014-08-14T22:43:10","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T14:43:10","slug":"netflix-goes-for-laughs-with-stand-up-comedy-specials-by-bill-cosby-chelsea-peretti-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/15\/netflix-goes-for-laughs-with-stand-up-comedy-specials-by-bill-cosby-chelsea-peretti-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix goes for laughs with stand up comedy specials by Bill Cosby, Chelsea Peretti and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22033\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2D11401420-140122-bill-cosby-nbc-1957.nbcnews-ux-720-480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22033\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2D11401420-140122-bill-cosby-nbc-1957.nbcnews-ux-720-480.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Cosby. Photo by Victoria Will \/ nbcnews.com.\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2D11401420-140122-bill-cosby-nbc-1957.nbcnews-ux-720-480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2D11401420-140122-bill-cosby-nbc-1957.nbcnews-ux-720-480-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Cosby. Photo by Victoria Will \/ nbcnews.com.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NEW YORK\u2014You can have Bill Cosby in the palm of your hand. And Jim Jefferies will tickle you at your discretion.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix is announcing performances by both comics and three more, set to roll out this fall. It\u2019s the latest in the original-content initiative from this subscription Internet channel.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the lineup, unveiled Thursday, with each program going online at 3:01 a.m. Eastern:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cJim Jefferies: BARE,\u201d premiering Aug. 29. Taped at Boston\u2019s Wilbur Theatre, it finds Jefferies weighing in on diverse topics such as politics, new fatherhood, orgies and Neil Diamond. (It will join the first season of Jefferies\u2019 FX comedy series \u201cLegit,\u201d now streaming on Netflix.)<\/li>\n<li>Chelsea Handler in her previously announced \u201cUganda Be Kidding Me Live\u201d appearance, premiering Oct. 10. It\u2019s the culmination of an international stand-up tour by Handler (who exits her E! talk show later this month, headed for a new series on Netflix in 2016) as she recounts tales of her global travels and the ridiculous characters in her life.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cChelsea Peretti: One of the Greats\u201d premieres Nov. 14. Originating from San Francisco\u2019s Palace of Fine Arts, it\u2019s a dark but silly exploration by the \u201cBrooklyn Nine-Nine\u201d star showcasing her talents as an actress, stand-up comic, writer and motorcycle enthusiast.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBill Cosby 77,\u201d premiering Nov. 28. Taped July 12 (Cosby\u2019s 77th birthday) at the San Francisco Jazz Center, it\u2019s an hour-plus of comedy from Cos dealing with such topics as relationships, marriage and, of course, kids.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBill Burr: I\u2019m Sorry You Feel That Way,\u201d premiering Dec. 5. Burr is onstage at Atlanta\u2019s Tabernacle exploring subjects such as how nothing ruins great sex like a rom-com and how too many childhood hugs could be the downfall of man.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cStand-up comedy is a category of original content that we\u2019re very focused on,\u201d said Lisa Nishimura, Netflix\u2019s vice-president of original documentary and comedy programming. \u201cThere\u2019s a really huge scope of types of comedy within stand-up, and we have the ability to provide that entire scope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Going forward, Netflix expects to keep introducing stand-up specials, she said.<\/p>\n<p>And while other networks regularly air stand-up programs, Nishimura said Netflix has its own appeal: \u201cOur flexibility and ubiquity of access is a really important component, specifically for comedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jefferies noted that he\u2019s done specials for HBO, Showtime and FX. But he hailed the Netflix model, which presents his concert at its original length (about 77 minutes) and will keep it available to viewers for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you tell people you\u2019re doing a special for a cable channel, you say they\u2019re going to air it at 8 o\u2019clock on Saturday and again at 2 in the morning on Tuesday,\u201d he explained. \u201cBut here, all you have to say is, \u2018It\u2019s on Netflix.\u2019 It\u2019s easier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople can watch it over and over again,\u201d he pointed out, then added with a laugh, \u201cand fast forward through the bits they don\u2019t like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the Cosby program, Netflix is staging a hasty encore for the comedy legend, who made a celebrated return to TV stand-up after 30 years last fall with his \u201cFar From Finished\u201d special on Comedy Central.<\/p>\n<p>Cosby said he\u2019s even more pleased with his new special. For one thing, there will be no commercial breaks, allowing the flow of his performance to be uninterrupted.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent conversation, he couldn\u2019t help marveling at the pace of technology that will soon deliver him anytime, on demand, from Netflix servers to countless consumer devices. When Cosby burst on the scene a half-century ago, he won widespread exposure thanks to broadcast television and his comedy LPs.<\/p>\n<p>And now?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople can get a plug-in and put my show on their huge flat-screen TVs,\u201d he said, \u201cwhile other people are watching on their i-This and i-That.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When \u201cBill Cosby 77\u201d goes online, he said with a chuckle, \u201cYou will have Bill Cosby in the palm of your hand.\u201d Another chuckle. \u201cJust as he has YOU in the palm of HIS hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>EDITOR\u2019S NOTE\u2014Frazier Moore is a national television columnist for The Associated Press. He can be reached at fmoore(at)ap.org and at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/tvfrazier\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/tvfrazier<\/a>. Past stories are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/content\/frazier-moore\">http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/content\/frazier-moore<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h6>Online<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netflix.com\/\">http:\/\/www.netflix.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK\u2014You can have Bill Cosby in the palm of your hand. 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