Comedy isn’t pretty. Comedian Richard Jeni died last weekend of a self-inflicted gunshot due to mental illness. For someone so talented and so funny, its a real tragedy. My wife reminded me of other comedians with other problems from depression to alcoholism, so she wasn’t surprised.
Here’s a YouTube clip of Jeni’s last HBO Special, “a Big Steaming Pile of Me,” shot at the Barclay Theater at UCI last year. It’s an R-rated clip for language that covers political extremism on the left and the right. Enjoy!
this is truly tragic. it is very sad that those who wish for success do not really know what success is. i bet mr jeni would trade all he has accomplished for happiness and the ability to appreciate it.