Craig To Release Comedy Specials Remember at the start of the Hobo Fabulous Tour, when Craig Ferguson sent out a press release announcing the tour dates, he said he wanted each of his stand up comedy shows to be a unique experience in each city, and that the tour would quote, “never be recorded for any form of broadcast or streaming outlet”? That news release was dutifully reported by BroadwayWorld.com, and echoed in newspapers in Indiana, the Daily News in Los Angeles, and the Register-Guard in Oregon, which he pointedly told, “I also think there are too many stand-up specials,” he continues. “It’s not special if everybody does it. It’s not special if it’s done too often. I want each show to be unique and special. Special in the sense that is has no agenda other than to exist in the moment that it does. One and done.” Not so fast. As Deadline reported today, some of the tour was indeed recorded and will be available on all kinds of streaming platforms soon. But instead of being a typical hour-long stand up special, it will be in a documentary form, split into six half-hour episodes, titled simply Hobo Fabulous. The article says it’s being called a “new kind of stand-up special;” a mixture of a stand up show and a behind-the-scenes rock tour documentary. The series will be distributed by Comedy Dynamics, the company that helped produce Craig’s previous special I’m Here To Help and his History Channel show Join Or Die, and distributes shows for a wide variety of comedians. The channel will be available on iTunes, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, Comcast, Spectrum, Dish and other platforms. We’re excited about the series because although Craig has toured extensively in North America, he has many fans in the U.S. and around the world who aren’t able to easily travel to see him in person. Now, they’ll have a chance to get a taste of what the tour was like. The series is directed by Craig’s radio sidekick and erstwhile front end of Secretariat the pantomime horse, Malibu Joe Bolter, and produced by Czech vampire and tour road manager Tomas Zakopal. So far, a release date for the series has not been announced but we’ll be sure to let you know as soon as we hear.   Want more news about Craig Ferguson? Like our page on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

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