Patrice O'Neal: Elephant in the Room

Elephant in the Room is a stand up comedy special by comedian Patrice O'Neal, released by Comedy Central.[1] It premiered on February 19, 2011, nine months before O'Neal's death.[2] It is the comedian's only "hour-length" special and his first to be released on DVD or CD. The DVD was released by Comedy Central on February 22, 2011. Although the original televised version ran only 42 minutes (an hour with commercials), the full-length edit released on DVD and Netflix's streaming service runs at 77 minutes. The DVD includes additional "deleted scenes" as well as O'Neal's 2003 Comedy Central Presents, available on DVD for the first time. It has been named by Hasan Minhaj[3] and Reginald D Hunter[4] as some of the best stand up comedy they'd seen.

Elephant in the Room
Directed byBeth McCarthy
Produced byJohn Irwin
Patrice O'Neal
StarringPatrice O'Neal
Music byVondecarlo Brown
Edited byA.J. Dickerson
Production
company
Comedy Central Films
Distributed byComedy Central
Release date
February 19, 2011
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

References

  1. comedycentral.com
  2. Brawley, Eddie. "Truth Is a Feeling: An Oral History of Elephant in the Room". vulture.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. "Hasan Minhaj: 'Seinfeld is one of the best shows, probably of all time'". theguardian.com. Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. "Reginald D Hunter: 'I'm sorry baby, I don't eat funny food'". theguardian.com. Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved 15 December 2020.


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