Film
Andrew Schulz: Infamous
Andrew Schulz is a comedian who builds his material around the idea that nothing—no topic, no person, no sacred cow—should be off-limits for comedy. Infamous captures him at full throttle, taking risks that land as often as they miss, in a special that doubles as a manifesto. It's for people who believe comedy's power lives in its ability to unsettle.
Should you watch it?
Watch it if you like stand-up that goes for the throat, where the comic is willing to say the risky thing and trusts a loud room to keep up with him through every detour and provocation.
Skip it if you want gentle, tidy observational material or get tired of a performer who leans hard on profanity, bluntness and crowd interaction, since that is the whole texture of the hour.
What it asks of you: It runs a brisk fifty-seven minutes of one man on one stage, so you give it full attention and a tolerance for the sharp edges rather than background noise.
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The wildcard
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Dave Attell: Road Work2014
Both Schulz and Attell reject the idea of a 'message' in comedy. But Attell does it through formal chaos rather than topic selection—he's the wildcard version of the same impulse.
Attell built a decades-long career on the principle that comedy is about the comedian's obsessions, not the audience's comfort. He's chaotic, digressive, and genuinely anarchic in a way that has nothing to do with topics—it's about structure and control.
But Rambling and circular; the punchlines don't always land traditionally. Some bits feel like you're watching someone process trauma in real time rather than perform.
People
Cast
Andrew SchulzSelf
Directing
- AlexxMediaDirector
- Mark GagnonDirector
Writing
- Andrew SchulzWriter
Production
- AlexxMediaExecutive Producer
- Andrew SchulzExecutive Producer
- Brian Volk-WeissExecutive Producer
- Dov MamannExecutive Producer
- Mark GagnonExecutive Producer
- Davina DobrovechProducer
Recommended by
Louis C.K.: Hilarious, Joe Rogan: Strange Times, Jim Jefferies: Bare, Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room, Bill Burr: Let It Go, Bill Bellamy's Ladies Night Out Comedy Tour, Ricky Gervais: Armageddon, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail