When was your last great comedy film?
This is a question that has been circulating recently among comedians, comedy actors and writers, as well as the “Joe Rogan Experience.” I'll give you an episode.
Comedian Steve Byrne, who just sold out five shows at Logan's New Club during the South by Southwest (SXSW) annual comedy festival, has the answer.
If you don't know about Logan's comedy Mothership's Byrne, you certainly know him from his “Sullivan & Son” days, or from the virus clips on social media. The veteran comedian focused on Fox News Digital in Austin, Texas last weekend, screaming about his most notable career flops and friendship with Vince Vaughn.
However, for comics, the recent trajectory of the film industry is not a laughing matter. The last few “Handcore, R-Rate, No Hold Barred” movies are raided into theaters, citing films such as “The Bridesmaid”, “Wedding Crusher”, “Superbad”, and “Hangover”.
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The latest “bridesmaid” on the list came out in 2011 14 years ago. Others preceded it, reinforcing Byrne's claim that entertaining films from the 2000s are a thing of the past, for the frustration of many.
“Hollywood [today] You can do a better job allowing comedians to be interesting,” Byrne told the outlet. “…I fear my kids are growing up in a generation that doesn't have the kind of kind of varieties like co-jokes and collaborative scenes. And knowing that there are generations of kids that aren't like that now. Hollywood doesn't make comedy. They're not taking the chance.”
Comedian Steve Byrne will perform at the 2025 SXSW Comedy Festival at the Joe Rogan Club, a comedy mothership in Austin, Texas. (Troyconrad)
Byrne described Hollywood's “failure” as the likely reason behind the sudden rise of stand-up comedy “burying falsehoods” in Hollywood comedy.
“Codians never sold out arenas, and to the extent that there are multiple comedians that arena acts right now, because Hollywood failed in terms of filling the Boyds with comedy.
And mathematics proves that. According to Pollstar Revenue from stand-up shows doubled between 2022 and 2024, with the top 25 comedians totaling $582.7 million over the past year.
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The comic has issued some advice on the figures of Hollywood that may be keeping up with recent trends, claiming that if they were “smart,” they would just make sure that today's top-selling comedians would just “go for it.”
“I think they are them [Hollywood] If they were smart they let some of these guys go for it and obviously wasn't too restrictive in terms of what Bill Barr did, what Shane Gillis did. These are blueprints. Obviously there is a desire for someone to make a film using it as a story. ”
Treatment? Byrne decides to write and instruct him to write the script himself. And while his latest efforts aren't necessarily “hard R,” he still can't reveal attachments to the project, but he tells Fox News Digital that he is currently “contracted” (maybe he's on “The Office” or not).
Known to include everything from monologue-style jokes to crowdwork (a comedy term for interacting with the audience), Byrne takes pride in being able to tease everyone, including both sides of the political aisle.
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He recently told his latest comedy special, “The Violent Moderate” (including his “most risky” joke to date – Fox News Digital that he wanted to be “more central,” which he called the entertainment industry “progressive and left… as a whole.”
“I think that's why people leave behind traditional outlets to leave. Your mom's house Or, like the Rogan podcast, they don't get any modifications from these mainstream elements, so as you know, they're just pretty much in favor of people who agree with them and perform in the same sandbox. ”
Logan himself agreed, I'll take you to his podcast “Are people who woke up making comedies? Are there even attempts to make politically correct comedy films?”
Despite his dissatisfaction with the industry, Byrne told Fox News Digital that there's nothing better than being involved in comedy.
“I think being stand-up is the biggest job in the world,” he said. “The fact that you can take something relevant or something that can be pulled out of the ether, and then bring it to a stranger's room and bring it out only one emotion. It's a laugh… nothing more.”
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Who is it? this Comedian's favorite comedian, you may wonder? Well, Byrne has a few things in mind.
“Brian Cullen makes me laugh the same way,” he said. “He's so smart, so talented, so talented… he really makes me laugh.”
Byrne also pointed out famous comedian Sebastian Maniscalco, claiming that his “difference to humanity” was “f—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-
Byrne shares a similar enthusiasm of rage by the well-known Curmudgeon Bill Burr.
“invoice [Burr] He doesn't even call me and say hello. “How are you?” He's been in touch for just three minutes and is tired of something. ”
“What you can hear from a closed room until today… [are] Some of the funniest conversations. ”
Finally, the funny guy cited the longtime Palvinsvaughn, who produced the 2010s sitcom “Sullivan & Son” and other titles written by Byrne.
“Vince Vaughn is not a comedian – he is a comedian, but he is certainly one of my best friends.
“Vince has the most innate ability to go straight to where gold is. He just bypasses it all. I have to work very hard. I'm not wired that way… [But] He can do this tonight tonight more than I can do it tonight and I've been doing it for 25 years. ”
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Byrne brought it to a perfect circle – it made it clear that without Vaughan he would not have started writing for films or television.
“He said, 'You should write something for yourself,' I said, 'I've never written anything but a joke.' He said, “You can do that. So I bought all these books and gave him the script for “Sullivan and the Son.” He's like, “I'm going to read this tonight.” And that's how “Sullivan and his son” happened… I could get emotional, but I wish everyone had a friend like him.”
Byrne, who described as a “master's in comedy” in his 20s and started out as “refined” in “squeezing” in NYC comedy seller, suffered from “one of the worst bombs” of his career when he followed the artists, actors, actors, actors and actors like Ray Romano, Chris Rock, the late Robin Williams and Dave Chappel. However, he told the outlet that his biggest role was his father.
“I pray every night. I don't thank God that I have two wonderful children.”
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Kayla Bailey of Fox News contributed to this report.
