Misery Loves Comedy

Kevin Pollak
2015-01-23

Kevin Pollak explores the dark side of comedy in this fascinating documentary.
6.077
94 min

Do you have to be miserable to be funny? More than sixty comedians—including stand-ups, writers, actors, and directors from the US, Canada, and abroad—take on this question, sharing anecdotes and insights with lively enthusiasm.

Cast

Name	Character	Team
Jon Favreau	Self	Unowned
Kevin Smith	Self	Unowned
Bobby Cannavale	Self	The Free Refills
Freddie Prinze Jr.	Self	Unowned
Matthew Perry	Self	Unowned
Whoopi Goldberg	Self	Calvin and Nobbs
Martin Short	Self	Unowned
Jimmy Fallon	Self	Unowned
Christopher Guest	Self	Unowned
Janeane Garofalo	Self	Unowned
Judd Apatow	Self	Unowned
Stephen Merchant	Self	Unowned
Kevin Pollak	Self	Unowned
Matt Walsh	Self	Unowned
Jason Alexander	Self	Unowned
Joe Lo Truglio	Self	Unowned
Jason Reitman	Self	Unowned
Chris Hardwick	Self	Unowned
Samm Levine	Self	Unowned
David Koechner	Self	Unowned
Nick Swardson	Self	Unowned
Andy Richter	Self	Unowned
Bob Saget	Self	Unowned
Richard Kind	Self	Unowned
Amy Schumer	Self	Unowned
Kevin Nealon	Self	Unowned
Paul Feig	Self	Unowned
Laraine Newman	Self	Unowned
Jim Gaffigan	Self	Unowned
Maria Bamford	Self	Unowned
Paul F. Tompkins	Self	Unowned
Larry Miller	Self	Unowned
Jim Jefferies	Self	Unowned
Kumail Nanjiani	Self	The Free Refills
Mike Birbiglia	Self	Unowned
Richard Lewis	Self	Unowned
Greg Proops	Self	Unowned
Dave Thomas	Self	Unowned
Lewis Black	Self	Unowned
Marc Maron	Self	Unowned
James L. Brooks	Self	Unowned
Penn Jillette	Self	Unowned
Michael Ian Black	Self	Unowned
David Wain	Self	Unowned
Robert Smigel	Self	Unowned
Scott Aukerman	Self	Unowned
Michael Showalter	Self	Unowned
Jim Norton	Self	Unowned
Andy Kindler	Self	Unowned
Rob Delaney	Self	Unowned
Dana Gould	Self	Unowned
Wayne Federman	Self	Unowned
Kathleen Madigan	Self	Unowned
Anthony Cumia	Self	Unowned
Dov Davidoff	Self	Unowned
Todd Glass	Self	Unowned
Gregg Hughes	Self	Unowned
Bobby Slayton	Self	Unowned
Bret Ernst	Self	Unowned
Alan Zweibel	Self	Unowned
Kelly Carlin-McCall	Self	Unowned
Jake Johannsen	Self	Unowned
Eddie Brill	Self	Unowned
Jeremy Hotz	Self	Unowned
Nick Griffin	Self	Unowned
Lynn Shawcroft	Self	Unowned
Jimmy Pardo	Self	Unowned
Jordy Elner	Self	Unowned
Steve Coogan	Self	Goutbreak
Jemaine Clement	Self	Goutbreak
Tom Hanks	Self	Goutbreak