Funny How?
Comedy expert Kliph Nesteroff travels across North America to meet veteran comedians and newcomers alike who help reveal the craft, process, and humanity of stand-up.
- 2017-2017
- 1 season
- Documentary, Comedy
- TV-14
Comedy expert Kliph Nesteroff travels across North America to meet veteran comedians and newcomers alike who help reveal the craft, process, and humanity of stand-up.
Season 1 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 2017
Episode 1
For the Love of God
22 mins
Christian comedy is big business, but exists outside the mainstream. We visit with some of the comics at the top and on the road who are trying to bring laughs in His name.
Episode 2
Queer Now
22 mins
Queer comics have historically been hidden from sight. Kliph wants to find out where the scene is at now, if things have changed and what it's like working as an LGBTQ comic today.
Episode 3
Started from the Bottom
22 mins
We visit comedy veteran and man of 10,000 noises, Michael Winslow and some young talent to trace the struggles and roadblocks facing comedians on their journeys to the top.
Episode 4
The Art of the Bomb
22 mins
Bombing strikes fear in the heart of every stand-up. But what does it mean to bomb? Kliph hits the open mic scene for answers. With help from Attell, Lange, Birbiglia - and Hedberg.
Episode 5
Nature vs Nurture
22 mins
Can comedy be taught in a classroom? Funny How? explores this question with the help of iconoclastic comic Doug Stanhope and visits with those trying to teach the craft of comedy.
