I love Zach Galifianakis’ videos online “Between Two Ferns” because they are awkward and hilarious, so I wanted to see more of Zach’s stand up. In 2005 when he performed at the Purple Onion in San Francisco, his routine was recorded (the filming of which seemed a bit scrambled), and Michael Blieden directed this feature including a scene involving Zach playing his own twin brother Seth being interviewed. This show was originally produced by Netflix and I watched it on DVD. If you like Zach’s comedy, you know that he balances between rambling and dropping a punchline, and in this show he accents his show with playing a piano. Some moments were a bit tough to sit through, feeling slow paced, maybe not too many laughs, but then that is how Galifianakis sets up his jokes, and soon enough the punchline hits. Some of the language was a bit crude, the filming was distracting from Zach, and his jokes aimed at specific audience members could be found rude, but I was laughing!

2006, 1h 30m
Distributor – Netflix

Cast & Crew
Zach was previously in 2 seasons of Tru Calling (2003-2005 fantasy with Eliza Dushku), Out Cold (2001 comedy at a snowboard park), and was next seen in all 9 episodes of Dog Bites Man (2006 comedy with Matt Walsh, who was also in Due Date with Zach in 2010), episodes of Reno 911! (2005-2007 comedy as the character Frisbee), Into the Wild (2007 adventure with Emile Hirsch), and was soon to appear in The Hangover franchise, beginning with the first part in 2009. Director Michael Blieden previously directed Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine (2005 music documentary), and The Comedians of Comedy (2005 comedy documentary with Patton Oswalt), both projects also starred Zach. Michael next directed Joe Rogan: Live (2006 comedy), and Super High Me (2007 documentary about marijuana).

Links
IMDB – 7.4
Wikipedia