REVEL AT DANIEL TOSH'S UNAPOLOGETIC OUTLOOK AT EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING!
COMEDY CENTRAL RECORDS® TO RELEASE "DANIEL TOSH: HAPPY THOUGHTS" CD
ON TUESDAY, MARCH 8
CD To Include Extended And Uncensored Material
World Premiere Of The COMEDY CENTRAL® Original Stand-up Special
"Daniel Tosh: Happy Thoughts" Premieres On Sunday, March 6 At 9:00 P.M. ET/PT
On Tuesday, March 8, "Daniel Tosh: Happy Thoughts" Stand-Up Special Will Be Released
On DVD On March 8 By COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment® With Extended Uncensored
And Bonus Material
Also Available On Download-To-Own On Tuesday, March 8
On iTunes, Amazon Video On Demand, Xbox LIVE Marketplace, Zune And PlayStation Store
NEW YORK, February 14, 2011 – Breakout star Daniel Tosh, host of COMEDY CENTRAL hit series, "Tosh.0," tackles religion, racism and politics with his exceptionally cutting comedic deftness in the COMEDY CENTRAL Records release of "Daniel Tosh: Happy Thoughts" CD on Tuesday, March 8.
The World Premiere of "Daniel Tosh: Happy Thoughts," a one-hour COMEDY CENTRAL Original Stand-up Special, debuts Sunday, March 6 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.
"Daniel Tosh: Happy Thoughts" DVD will also be released on March 8 by COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment. The CD and DVD will include extended and uncensored material not included in the broadcast version. The DVD also features over 60 minutes of bonus material including: Tosh's post-show, encore performance; "A Day in the Life," a featurette filmed exclusively for the DVD that takes fans behind-the-scenes for a day on the set of "Tosh.0," performances by Tosh's opening act comedians Jasper Redd and Matt Fulchiron; as well as the as-seen-on-television cut of the special.
"Daniel Tosh: Happy Thoughts" will also be available, extended and uncensored, on download-to-own platforms including iTunes (pre-order Monday, February 28) and Amazon Video On Demand, as well as in standard and high definition versions on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, Zune and PlayStation Store.
"Daniel Tosh: Happy Thoughts," a one-hour COMEDY CENTRAL Original One-Hour Stand-Up Special, is produced by Irwin Entertainment and executive produced by Daniel Tosh, John Irwin and Christie Smith and directed by Emmy® Award-winning director Beth McCarthy-Miller. Elizabeth Porter and Jonas Larsen are the executives in charge of production for COMEDY CENTRAL.
"Tosh.0" premiered on June 4, 2009 and features razor-sharp humor and biting commentary from Daniel Tosh as he delves into all aspects of the Internet from the absolutely absurd to the incredibly ingenious in this weekly, topical series. Currently, in its third season, the series, which averages nearly 3.5 million viewers each week, airs on Tuesday nights at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
The comedian has a long history with COMEDY CENTRAL having hosted the network's "Live at Gotham" stand-up series and performed on "Premium Blend" and "Friday Night Stand-Up." Tosh has also been featured on the all-comedy channel in a half-hour stand-up special "Comedy Central Presents" (2002) and on his first hour-long stand-up special, "Completely Serious" (2007). His premiere CD, "True Stories I Made Up," was released in 2005 through COMEDY CENTRAL Records. Recently, Tosh wrapped up a sold-out national stand-up tour, "Tosh Tour Twenty Ten: A COMEDY CENTRAL Live Event" which saw him perform in front of more than 200,000 people across more than 50 cities.
Previously released recordings by COMEDY CENTRAL Records include: Dane Cook's "Greatest Hits," Bo Burnham's "WORDS, WORDS, WORDS, "Mitch Hedberg's "Do You Believe in Gosh?," Dane Cook's platinum-selling "Harmful If Swallowed" and double-platinum "Retaliation," Grammy Award-winning "Lewis Black: The Carnegie Hall Performance," among others.
"Daniel Tosh: Happy Thoughts" is sponsored by DirecTV.
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