Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater (2011) on Netflix
A comedian performs stand-up at Manhattan's Beacon Theatre for the New York Comedy Festival. He asks people to put away phones, then moves to rental cars and smoking dope in his forties.
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Plot summary
The comedian takes the stage at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan for a performance recorded during the New York Comedy Festival. He opens by asking the audience to turn off their cell phones and to avoid texting or tweeting during the show, telling them to just live their lives. The material that follows includes a method for returning a rental car at an airport and a case against smoking marijuana in one's forties.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater (2011)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- C.K. reported that 220,000 people bought the special, giving a gross of $1.1 million, and said he reimbursed his company $250,000 for production costs, gave $250,000 in bonuses to those who work for him, donated $280,000 to charities, and joked he would spend the remaining $220,000 on a new penis.
- The special's success led other comedians, including Jim Gaffigan, Bill Burr and Aziz Ansari, to release their own specials with a similar business model.
- The end credits dedicate the film to comedian Patrice O'Neal, who died two weeks before the special was released and whom C.K. counted among his favorite comedians.
