Acting
Though he began in stand-up comedy, Andre Allen hit the big-time as the star of a trilogy of action-comedies about a talking bear but now he wants to be taken seriously. His passion project about the Haitian Revolution, a movie called Uprize, was panned by the NY Times film critic. A couple days before the wedding to his reality star fiancée, he's forced to spend the day with Chelsea Brown, a profile writer for the New York Times. Unexpectedly, he opens up to her, and as they wind their way across New York, he tries to get back in touch with his comedic roots.
Jackie Martling just may be America's last great joke teller. His savant-like ability to remember every joke he's heard since he was 8 years old, combined with his lightning fast wit and infectious laugh helped established him as a comedy icon.
Comedian Bonnie McFarlane dons her investigative journalist's hat to find out once and for all if women are funny and report her unbiased findings in what some are calling the most important documentary of our generation.
Shot in 2004, the Roast of Jim Norton was held at the world-famous Caroline's Comedy Club in New York, NY. It features some of the greatest comics of the New York scene, and is part of comedy history. Produced by Comedy Anatomy's own Masavia Greer, along with Yumi Akiyama, the Roast of Jim Norton was hosted by Rich Vos, and featured comedians Jim Florentine, Vanessa Hollingshead, Nick DiPaolo, Greg Giraldo, Laurie Kilmartin, Colin Quinn, Rev. Bob Levy, Ross Bennett, Ben Bailey, Opie & Anthony, the late Patrice O’Neal and Greg Giraldo (rest in peace), and of course, guest of honor Jim Norton.
“Silenced” is a film about the state of free speech in America.
Caustic comedian and best-selling author Jim Norton pulls no punches in his first EPIX comedy special, going after jaw-dropping laughs not intended for the faint of heart. Among his targets: the national hypersensitivity epidemic - leading celebrities, talking heads and regular Joes alike to get offended by just about anything. Norton's got a message for those people, and it's in the title.
