List of episodes of the series «Dark Side of Comedy»

Chris Farley

• User score: 7.5
• Episode number: 1
• Episode duration: 44 min.
• Episode description:
  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.

Andrew Dice Clay

• User score: 8
• Episode number: 2
• Episode duration: 44 min.
• Episode description:
  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?

Roseanne Barr

• User score: 8
• Episode number: 3
• Episode description:
  Brash, bold, and hilariously funny, Roseanne Barr made a name speaking her mind. And that very same impulse may have cost her her career.

Artie Lange

• User score: 8
• Episode number: 4
• Episode description:
  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.

Richard Pryor

• User score: 8
• Episode number: 5
• Episode description:
  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.

Dustin Diamond

• User score: 8
• Episode number: 6
• Episode description:
  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.

Greg Giraldo

• User score: 7
• Episode number: 7
• Episode description:
  How comedian Greg Giraldo's career, and life, is sabotaged by a toxic mix of addiction and self-loathing.

Brett Butler

• User score: 8
• Episode number: 8
• Episode description:
  How Brett Butler gained everything, only to lose it all.

Freddie Prinze

• Episode number: 9
• Episode description:
  A working class Peurto Rican kid, Freddie Prinze exploded onto the comedy scene but his overnight fame came to an abrupt end.

Maria Bamford

• Episode number: 10
• Episode description:
  How Maria Bamford channels her mental illness into comedy, and encourages others to do the same.