← Dark Side of Comedy

Season 1

10 episodes · 2022

  1. 1Chris Farley

    16 Aug 2022 · 44 min

    7.8 (4)

    Struggling with addiction and a dangerously low self-image, Chris Farley’s old friends at Saturday Night Live conspired to help save the falling star.

  2. 2Andrew Dice Clay

    23 Aug 2022 · 44 min

    7.0 (3)

    In the late 80s Andrew Dice Clay was one of the biggest comedians on the planet. His controversial brand of comedy found a huge base with white men in America... but at what cost?

  3. 3Roseanne Barr

    30 Aug 2022

    7.3 (3)

    Brash, bold, and hilariously funny, Roseanne Barr made a name speaking her mind. And that very same impulse may have cost her her career.

  4. 4Artie Lange

    06 Sep 2022

    7.7 (3)

    Artie Lange enjoyed mainstream success as a comedian on TV and radio, but his addiction to heroin, coupled with childhood traumas, threatened to thwart his ambition... and his life.

  5. 5Richard Pryor

    13 Sep 2022

    7.7 (3)

    Richard Pryor confronted America with brutal honesty like no other comic. But while he fought for a voice on stage, he was losing his own battle to drugs and family trauma.

  6. 6Dustin Diamond

    20 Sep 2022

    7.5 (2)

    Dustin Diamond found fame as a lovable geek on Saved By The Bell. But when it ended, Dustin was lost, descending into one tragic chapter after another.

  7. 7Greg Giraldo

    27 Sep 2022

    7.0 (1)

    How comedian Greg Giraldo's career, and life, is sabotaged by a toxic mix of addiction and self-loathing.

  8. 8Brett Butler

    05 Oct 2022

    8.0 (1)

    How Brett Butler gained everything, only to lose it all.

  9. 9Freddie Prinze

    11 Oct 2022

    7.5 (2)

    A working class Peurto Rican kid, Freddie Prinze exploded onto the comedy scene but his overnight fame came to an abrupt end.

  10. 10Maria Bamfordfinale

    18 Oct 2022

    6.5 (2)

    How Maria Bamford channels her mental illness into comedy, and encourages others to do the same.