There’s a real lack of stability with COVID, with the President, and the civil rights struggle, which is so important. Taped in front of a live audience at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn, NY, Comedian and actor Gary Gulman stars in his first HBO stand-up comedy special in which he opens up about his mental health issues in a poignant and hilarious way. So, this is just the sweetest frosting, that it had gone onto HBO. Fortunately, he found that these fears were misplaced. I think that when people open up, they can make a very deep connection with the audience, and it also does make it way funnier when somebody doesn’t hold back. Having said that, this is surreal, that I’m even in consideration.Launch dates for broadcast, cable and streaming programsUp-to-date lists for broadcast, cable and streaming seriesPandemic-proof vs. pandemic-contingent broadcast lineupsGet our latest storiesin the feed of your favorite networksWe want to hear from you! Photo: Gary Gulman(Credit: Courtesy of HBO).Please note this is a promotional photo for press only.
https://www.amazon.com/Gary-Gulman-This-Economy/dp/B07LBSJBWS Before working with Gary, I worked with Chris Gethard on an HBO special called When we have great art and comedy and storytelling on this subject, it does become a lifeline for people, and it’s funny that I’ve felt so drawn to artists who want to discuss this. I always tell people, “Go on a walk for five minutes, and inevitably, you’ll want to walk longer. GARY GULMAN: THE GREAT DEPRESH, debuts SATURDAY, OCT. 5 (10:00–11:15 p.m. ET/PT).
I had terrible tremors, and I had this habit of biting my lip to the point where it would bleed. It really is very helpful to people during a very challenging time.So, I really admire this young generation for the risks they’re taking.
And now that my press tour for I feel like the reception has been great, and it does feel like an enormous amount of people have seen the movie. I look forward to making movies for the theater again, but what I have learned through this process is, you never know how you’re going to be distributed in the world anymore. I just got more and more confident in talking about it, and as I felt better, I got more and more encouragement from people saying, “It really moved me,” or “It really resonated with me, when you talked about being depressed and anxious, and even hospitalized.” There were people who would come up to me and say, “Wow, that was really helpful to me in feeling less alone.”So, I brought it up with the director of the special, Mike Bonfiglio, and my manager, and they assured me that if I was comfortable talking about this, it would be a very brave act, and it would help a lot of people. This was about telling a true story with heart, and making it funny, and I don’t know of anybody who does that better than Judd right now.There’s this myth that artists need to be depressed to create—and we have plenty of depressing experiences to draw on, once we’re healthy enough to write about it, and perform or release what we’ve written. This, people will laugh at.”So, that’s really how it started. It may be as a result of being a parent, and seeing how stressed out young people are these days. If I shut it off around dinner time the night before, and don’t check it in the morning, I might be able to disappear into my imagination. I mean, they’re literally risking their lives to make changes, as far as racism and civil rights, at a time when everybody would understand if they said, “Well, we’re just going to stay home. But I must say that it was worth it.I’m always a big supporter of people who want to go as personal as you can go. For any additionally questions about your tickets, please reach out to your point of purchase. Send us a tip using our annonymous form.Copyright © 2020 Penske Business Media, LLC. Gary Gulman: Peace of Mind Tour is being moved into 2021. The idea of needing to be depressed is a myth, and it’s a dangerous one. I think that’s something that our government has failed to address for too long, and I think it’s going to hopefully be something that people are starting to take more seriously.You know, I have to choose times to check in on the news. The hardest thing is overcoming the inertia.” Then, I say, “If you’re in therapy, continue with that, and be very committed, and be open with your therapist about how you’re feeling. Throughout the special, Gary also offers his hilarious observations on a number of topics, including: his admiration for Millennial attitudes toward bullying, the reasons he loves basketball (and why he tried to avoid playing football in high school), menacing TV news theme songs, how his mother's voice is always in his head, and much more. It’s poisonous.There hasn’t been an enormous amount of film and television on this subject. Michael Bonfiglio (HBO’s “May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers”) directs the special. Also, I wasn’t taking care of myself. So, I felt I needed to address what was wrong with me right of the bat, and then I could get into making jokes about sweet potato fries.I would tell a story about being recognized in the psych ward, and initially, it was, “Oh dear Lord, when I tell people this, they’re going to be horrified, and I’m going to lose them.” And then it became something I looked forward to telling every day, because the laughter was riotous.People would laugh at this idea because it’s so absurd, but that was a true story. Gary Gulman sits down with Collider's Jeff Sneider to discuss his new HBO special The Great Depresh and how he wound up in Todd Phillips' Joker movie. Information about the new show dates will be posted as soon as it is available. Winning an award for it would be a dream come true, but not necessary to my continuing mental health.
The Peabody-bred funnyman — who won comedian of the year … So, you do have to be flexible, based on what’s happening out there.With that success metric, I’ve been successful since I started writing it in 2017, because people were feeling better after seeing this. One is the COVID, of course, but I also think people are struggling with their mental health.