The Definitive Guide to Comedy
My gut instinct was to write a review based on his title: This is what he does. But Gary Owen’s 2019 special, which premiered on Showtime in September, isn’t about what he does, as much about what other comedians have done, and how he not only hasn’t done those things, …
At first glance, something seems amiss in Gary Owen: I Got My Associates. It’s Owen’s third Showtime stand-up comedy special, but for some reason, whether it be the venue (The Stardome in Hoover, Ala.,) or the lighting and production values, this hour feels as much of an underground production and introduction …
Gary Owen is the only white comic to host BET’s Comic View, and many years later, he’s bringing his whole family to the network in the reality series, The Gary Owen Show, debuting in October 2016. Not something you might have expected from a kid growing up in a trailer …
Congrats to stand-up comedian Gary Owen, who with his wife and children will have his life and career documented in a new reality series for BET called Gary Owen Family! UPDATED (Sept. 12, 2016): It’s now called The Gary Owen Show, debuting Oct. 11, 2016. And I spoke with Gary …
For all the grief I’ve given Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen for airing repeats five nights a week for the past seven years… Our long national nightmare of seeing Harland Williams stuck in his 2007 style are over! Comics Unleashed taped a batch of new episodes last week. Including Williams. …
Gary Owen has a small role in the new Kevin Hart and Ice Cube movie, Ride Along. But on Monday night, Owen had the stage all to himself to perform stand-up on Arsenio. Singing it. Twerking it. Reflecting on performing in Ohio on Election Night when Barack Obama was re-elected …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… FOX shut down production on Ben & Kate over the weekend. The network earlier last week announced it had pulled the rookie sitcom from the primetime schedule. Thirteen episodes aired. HBO has renewed Lena Dunham’s Girls for a third season, as previously reported …
