EXCLUSIVE: Rickey Smiley, anchor and host of the #1 nationally syndicated city radio present in America, has taken again to the stage for Idiot-ish, his first comedy particular in over a decade, which is ready to premiere on Hulu on Could 30.
The particular landed on the streamer following a bidding battle, we’re informed. Taped on the Lyric Theater in Smiley’s hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, it’s stated to be infused together with his trademark humor, characters, and satire on life and popular culture.The particular is Smiley’s first since his 2011 hour Open Casket Sharp, in addition to the primary ever for director David E. Talbert, who reunited with Smiley following their work on the movies Baggage Declare and First Sunday.
“I knew after over ten years I needed to provide one thing that may fulfill my followers,” Smiley stated of the particular. “I’ve been via plenty of transformation and trauma these previous few years and I used to be decided to get via it and suppose that I’ll have a deeper reference to my viewers from my experiences. We will discover humor in a lot of life. FOOL-ISH is for folks of all ages, from those that grew up enjoying with Etch A Sketch to those that had been raised on iPads.”
Together with Talbert and Sisson-Talbert for Golden Woman Inc., Idiot-ish is government produced by Laura Lizer, Judi Marmel, Matt Beales, and John Bravakis.
Previously the host of BET’s Comedian View, in addition to the star of actuality collection Rickey Smiley For Actual, Smiley has anchored The Rickey Smiley Morning Present out of Atlanta for 20 years. Along with his work as a comic book, actor and radio character, he’s an writer whose Sideshow: Dwelling with Loss and Transferring Ahead with Religion — tapping into his expertise with shedding his eldest son from a drug overdose and its results on his life and his household — was revealed final fall.
Smiley is repped by Levity Stay!, Workhouse Media, and UTA.
