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“You look like I could use some company.” - Dave
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- 03/22/2012
Louis C.K. has been known to push boundaries with his raunchy stand-up, and now he’s pushing boundaries in a completely different arena — as an entrepreneur. Last December, C.K. released “Live at the Beacon Theater” on his website for $5, and the success of that has inspired other comedians, including Aziz Ansari, who released his own special online this week, to follow suit.
The C.K. special was self-produced and funded, allowing him complete control over its distribution. One of his first entrepreneurial decisions was to make the content accessible — which means it’s also easy to share or pirate — “against well-informed advice,” C.K. said on his website. “I want it to be easy for people to watch and enjoy this video in any way they want without any ‘corporate’ restrictions. Please bear in mind that I am not a company or a corporation. I’m just some guy. I paid for the production and posting of this video with my own money. I would like to be able to post more material to the fans in this way, which makes it cheaper for the buyer and more pleasant for me. So, please help me keep this being a good idea. I can’t stop you from torrenting; all I can do is politely ask you to pay your five little dollars, enjoy the video, and let other people find it in the same way.”
So far, the business experiment has paid off, with C.K. making $1 million in sales within 12 days, which he split between production costs ($250,000), bonuses to staffers ($250,000) and donations to charities ($280,000), keeping just $220,000 for himself. And now other comedians are following C.K.’s digital footsteps by applying the small-business model to their comedy acts, skipping the middleman and shaking up the studios and corporations that have traditionally profited from these comedy specials.
On Tuesday, comedian Aziz Ansari of NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” released his new special, “Dangerously Delicious,” on his website for $5. Both C.K. and Ansari have made not only ease of use but also fan interaction a priority, by doing a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) (C.K.’s AMA got nearly 10,000 comments) and even solving customer service problems via Twitter. “It seems like this is the thing to do at this moment when so much is changing and nobody’s really figured out how to do anything,” Ansari said. “In this era, the way people consume media, the way people release media has not caught up.”
Also joining the trend is comedian Jim Gaffigan, who will release “Jim Gaffigan: Mr Universe” next month digitally for $5, with $1 of each purchase going to charity. “If no one buys the special or if lots of people steal it, then I suppose I will lose a lot of money and have egg on my face,” Gaffigan said on his website. “But then again I have four kids so I am always losing money and usually have egg or some kind of food on my face so it might just feel normal.”
These comedians are taking a high-risk, high-reward chance on making a profit. And like all entrepreneurs, they’re depending on their fans/customers to prove the model is sustainable. But maybe the connection between comedians and serious business isn’t so unlikely after all. “It makes sense that comedians would embrace something like this,” Ansari said. “Comedians are used to being autonomous anyway.”
- Posted: 02/17/2012
When last we saw Dave, played with awkward charm by Louis C.K., he was the sweet and slightly uncomfortable police officer she was dating. But then he went to California and apparently went a little crazy without her. This week, he returned to “Parks & Recreation” (Thu., 8:30 p.m. EST on NBC) where he not only ran into the woman he still loves, but her new boyfriend.
To say that Dave didn’t handle this very well would be an understatement. He was never comfortable doing the faux interview segments on-camera, but he was even worse this time around. The more flustered he got, the more he seemed to be making up words. Add to that Ben’s admitted fear of policemen, and it was just two baskets of awkward fighting over Leslie.
It culminated in the bathroom — after a long discussion over who was going to get to talk to whom and in what order — where Ben said he wasn’t going to step aside to let Dave try and win Leslie back. So Dave, in a clear moment of desperation, handcuffed Ben to the urinal. Only he didn’t take his phone away, so Ben just called Leslie.
He may not have handled himself very well at all, but there’s still something charming about Dave’s earnest sincerity. With his admission that he was also interviewing for the retiring police chief’s position, there’s always the chance his character could come back. With C.K. finding so much success with his own show “Louie,” where he has complete creative control, it would be interesting if he should choose to recur on “P&R.”
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A taste of Louis C.K. on Parks and Recreation tomorrow, Thursday, at 8:30/7:30c
- Article by: Jesse Carp
Parks and Recreation. Saddled right in the middle of NBC’s scheduling and ratings woes, the show continues to deliver some of the best emotionally resonant comedy on the small screen. And emotional might be the best way to describe the return of Officer Dave Sanderson to Pawnee. That’s right, as reported a few months ago, Louis C.K. is coming back to the NBC sitcom and now we have our first look at his guest spot. NBC released this first look at Officer Dave’s reappearance next week and it couldn’t have come at a worse/better time. Worse in terms of Ben and Leslie’s budding relationship and better in terms of, well, adding conflict to Ben and Leslie’s relationship as well as some assuredly awkward laughs. Oh, and it is Louis C.K. so obviously it’s highly anticipated. Officer Dave Sanderson is perhaps a more important character for Parks and Recreation than first glance might suggest. His arc at the beginning of the second season really helped the show turn the corner from feeling like a retread of the The Office and into its own great series. Unlike a lot of other comedies that achieve their laughs at the expense of any semblance of heart, Parks and Recreation is hilarious and yet, still manages to be supremely sweet. Obviously, the main factor that makes the show so endearing is Amy Poehler’s Leslie Knope and all her various relationships in Pawnee, including and obviously the latest between her and Ben. However, that doesn’t mean I’m not looking forward to the ‘Louis C.K. wrench’ thrown in the works. And by looking forward, I mean I can’t wait.
Parks and Recreation airs Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
Episode description: Leslie and Ben run into Dave (Louis C.K.) while meeting with the Chief of Police. Andy searches for a song to represent Leslie’s campaign.
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By Rick Porter, January 9, 2012
When we talked to Schur in December, “Parks and Rec” had just wrapped shooting the episode in which Louis C.K. makes a return appearance as Leslie’s old boyfriend Dave, who left midway through Season 2. He comes back to Pawnee for the police chief’s (Eric Pierpoint) retirement party (the episode is likely to air in February), and Ben and Leslie run into him.
“Part of the fun of it is Ben — this has already been established on the show — is not super-comfortable around police officers,” Schur says. “So you can imagine when he’s around a police officer who’s also Leslie’s ex-boyfriend, it doesn’t go super smoothly.”
“Parks and Rec” returns at 8:30 p.m. ET Thursday on NBC
Even though he may be busy for much of the year now thanks to his own show “Louie,” Louis C.K. has found a way to take out enough time to guest-star in yet another episode of “Parks and Recreation.”
According to TVLine, The actor is set to come on board the show for an early 2012 episode as Dave — the police officer who has a romantic past with Amy Poehler’s Leslie. He previously left the show in the past to take a job in San Diego — so it will be interesting to see not only what brings him back, but also how he interacts with Leslie’s new main squeeze Ben.
“Parks” is in the middle of what some are calling its creative peak, so we can only hope it lasts for as long as possible.
