Inside Comedy
David Steinberg interviews comedians with clips from their careers.
Inside Comedy is a Showtime series hosted and directed by David Steinberg, where he chats with well-known comedians from stand-up, TV, and film, weaving in career clips. The first season aired from January 26 to March 29, 2012, followed by a second season from February 11 to April 15, 2013, and a third from February 3 to April 7, 2014. Each of those three seasons had ten episodes. A fourth season, with six episodes, ran from May 5 to June 9, 2015.
Quick Facts
- Creator
- David Steinberg
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Seasons
- 4
- Episodes
- 36
- Executive producers
- David Steinberg
- Steve Carell
- Vance DeGeneres
- Charlie Hartsock
- Runtime
- 30 minutes
- Company
- Carousel Productions
- Sunset Point Productions
- Showtime Networks
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Did You Know?
- The show was initially intended as a feature-length documentary produced by Steve Carell and David Steinberg.
- Steinberg and Carell's company, Carousel Productions, raised several million dollars before the project became a TV series.
- The first season's premiere episode spliced together separate interviews with Jerry Seinfeld and Don Rickles, which critics praised.
- Steinberg has filmed interviews with comedians including Stephen Fry, Bonnie Hunt, and Tommy Smothers that were not part of the four aired seasons.
Reception
The first season of Inside Comedy received generally positive reviews from critics. Nancy deWolf Smith of The Wall Street Journal praised Steinberg's interviewing approach, noting that he does not focus on himself and is exquisitely tuned in to his subjects, many of whom he knows well, which relaxed some guests to appear more natural. Eric Gould of The Phoenix commented that Steinberg's sly, understated style provided a brilliant glimpse into comedy minds put on the spot. At the start of the second season, Don Steinberg of The Wall Street Journal commended the host's easy rapport with subjects, stating that Steinberg stays out of their way as they jump to the good stuff.
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