New documentary follows comics seeking their big break

Amazon is to release a six-part series following up-and-coming comedians as they audition for Montreal’s Just for Laughs festival.

Inside Jokes will follow six New York and Los Angeles-based comics around the comedy clubs and their jobs as they try to land a slot at the festival’s New Faces showcase and the hope of being spotted by a TV executive.

Those taking part are Rosebud Baker, Robert Dean, Kellen Erskine, Simon Gibson, MK Paulsen, Alzo Slade and Daphnique Springs.

The show will also feature comics who have previously taken part in New Faces, including Hannibal Buress, Gabriel Iglesias  and Chelsea Peretti. 

It drops on Amazon Prime Video on Friday, November 30, in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

According to the show’s blurb, viewers ‘will get unprecedented access into the exhaustive annual nationwide search and what it takes to be chosen for this exclusive showcase’.

Published: 15 Oct 2018