''Patton Oswalt: Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time'' is a 2014
stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy is a comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up.
Stand-up comedy consists of one-liners, stories, ...
special written and performed by
Patton Oswalt
Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is known as Spence Olchin in the sitcom '' The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and for narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–present) as ...
, and directed by
Bobcat Goldthwait
Robert Francis "Bobcat" Goldthwait (born May 26, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter, known for his black comedy stand-up act, delivered through an energetic stage persona with an unusual raspy and high-pitched voice. ...
. The performance was recorded at
Spreckels Theater
Spreckels Theatre is a performing arts center located in San Diego, California. It was touted as "the first modern commercial playhouse west of the Mississippi". It was designed for philanthropist John D. Spreckels, and was meant to commemorate th ...
in
San Diego
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,
California
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.
It was to be released on January 16, 2014 via the online movie streaming website Epix HD but was pushed back by the company for unknown reasons. However, it did premiere on
Comedy Central
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on April 6 and became available for purchase on April 8 in both DVD and CD format.
Track listing
# "My Fitness Future" – 3:41
# "
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, a ...
" – 5:57
# "I Am a Great Dad" – 4:45
# "I Am an Awful Dad" – 5:04
# "Adorable
Racism
Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. It may also mean prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism ...
" – 5:14
# "Creative
Depression" – 6:38
# "Money and Pussy" – 2:42
# "
Sellout
"Selling out", or "sold out" in the past tense, is a common expression for the compromising of a person's integrity, morality, authenticity, or principles by forgoing the long-term benefits of the collective or group in exchange for personal gai ...
" – 10:52
# "
New Clothes" – 5:41
# "My Prostitute" – 4:29
# "
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
" – 5:14
# "Epilogue: Orudis Blamphfortt" – 8:27
References
External links
Official Epix HD site*
2010s American television specials
2014 in American television
Films directed by Bobcat Goldthwait
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