The Brilliant Idiots Co-Host Andrew Schulz Releases Debut Album 5:5:1 - A COMEDY EXPERIENCE on June 8

By: May. 25, 2018
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The Brilliant Idiots Co-Host Andrew Schulz Releases Debut Album 5:5:1 - A COMEDY EXPERIENCE on June 8

800 Pound Gorilla Records announces the June 8 release of 5:5:1 - A Comedy Experience, the debut album from MTV's Guy Code star and The Brilliant Idiots podcast co-host Andrew Schulz.

"It's the greatest comedy city in the world, New York City," Schulz explains at 5:5:1's onset. "It's normal for us to perform at five different clubs and do five different sets, all in one night. And that's exactly what I'm about to show you right now: a true New York City comedy experience."

Capturing Schulz's performances at Comic Strip Live, Stand Up NY, the Comedy Cellar, NY Comedy Club, and the Village Underground,5:5:1 addresses the great outdoors, relationships, female roommates, atheism, gay sex, and gender equality.

Named SiriusXM's June 8 Raw Dog Album of the Week, 5:5:1 is currently available for preorder on iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play.

"Our whole team loves this album," says 800 Pound Gorilla co-founder Damion Greiman. "Andrew jumps head first into controversial topics that most comedians shy away from, and gets the entire crowd behind him laughing all the way. This record is going to make a lot of noise and people are going to be talking about it for a while."

A native New Yorker and internationally touring stand-up, Andrew Schulz is known for his hilarious and unapologetic comedy. Schulz challenges conventional wisdom with an NYC tone that is often idiotic, at times brilliant, but always hysterical. He recently starred in the sitcom Benders (now available on Netflix), can be seen in Amazon's Sneaky Pete and the new season of HBO's Crashing, co-stars in the new Hulu dramedy There's Johnny, and appears in the feature films Feast of the Seven Fishes, The Female Brain and David Gordon Green's Halloween reboot. Schulz additionally starred in numerous shows for MTV including Guy Code, Girl Code and Uncommon Sense.

In the podcast realm, Schulz can be heard on the wildly popular The Brilliant Idiots - co-hosted by nationally syndicated radio and television personality Charlamagne tha God - the hilarious sports commentary podcast Flagrant 2, and the film and TV analysis podcastWesterbros. On social media, Schulz maintains a high level of engagement with his fan base of over 100,000 Instagram followers and 200,000 YouTube subscribers. His YouTube stand-up clips have over five million views.

This September Schulz headlines theaters across London, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Oslo, Copenhagen, and Stockholm. All tour dates and tickets are available at www.TheAndrewSchulz.com.

Founded in 2016, 800 Pound Gorilla Records distributes comedy albums to more than 100 digital retail partners in the United States, and an additional 300 partners in nearly 200 countries internationally. In addition to working with the estate of Richard Pryor, 800 Pound Gorilla artists include George Lopez, Jim Jefferies, Kathleen Madigan, Demetri Martin, John Heffron, Ms. Pat, Felipe Esparza, Chad Daniels, and more. 800 Pound Gorilla Records comedians are regularly featured on Pandora's New Comedy Alerts as well as SiriusXM programming including Laugh USA's Comedian of the Month, Raw Dog's Album of the Week, and Kevin Hart's LOL Backstage.



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