The second season of the Comedy Gladiators stand-up comedy show starts tonight, July 1st, 2019, at 5:00 p.m. Sansar time/Pacific time. Host Steve Hofstetter is joined by stand-up comedian Chris Bowers and special guest Josh Wolf (Chelsea Lately, Raising Hope, My Name is Earl)
The best part is, tickets are free! Here’s the link to the event listing. You will need to have Sansar installed on your computer to attend, here are some step-by-step instructions.
This is tragic news. A comedian who appeared as part of last week’s episode of the Comedy Gladiators stand-up comedy series in Sansar has been found dead. Police are treating the case as a suicide.
Brody Stevens, a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian, who had been very open about his issues with depression in the past, had confided in friends recently that
After hearing of his passing, comedian Patton Oswalt said, “If you are depressed or feeling suicidal please please please please please reach out to ANYONE. I never get to see Brody Stevens again I can’t stand this.”
Fellow comedian Steve Hofstetter, who hosted the show in Sansar, posted a series of tweets about his friend:
I had this VR show we were doing live from my house. It was the second time we’d ever done it, but after a few comedians asked me about how it works, I invited everyone over to hang before the next show. Brody was one of the first people to tell me he was coming…
Brody somehow figured out that if you sat down in real life and pushed forward on the hand control[lers], your avatar runs around on its butt. It was hilarious. And he did that of the next two minutes, just crushing with how goofy it looked.
As somebody who has dealt with chronic clinical depression in his own life, and who has sometimes had to fight back against thoughts of suicide, this is heartbreaking. As Patton Oswalt says, you need to seek help if you are suffering. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. It is not a solution.
I’m going to repeat a list of resources from an earlier
If you are currently experiencing a mental health or addictions related crisis:
If you are not in crisis, but still need help, here are some other good places to get started:
When you absolutely need someone to talk to online, one of the best places to try is The KindVoice subReddit and Discord channel, both of which are staffed by volunteers:
“Sometimes we need to hear a human voice on the other end of the line telling us that everything’s going to be ok. This subreddit is for people that aren’t in a suicidal crisis, but feel depressed, alone, or want someone to talk to.”
A similar service is called The Haven, another Discord channel for people who need someone to talk to. Both Kind Voice and The Haven are free, volunteer-run services.
Whatever you do, don’t give up. NEVER. Give. Up! There is always hope, even when things look their bleakest.
In December, the first ever Comedy Gladiators show was held in Sansar, its first ever ticketed event—a stand-up comedy show hosted by Steve Hofstetter and starring Ben Gleib, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Alonzo Bodden, and Maz Jobrani. Here are some highlights from that first show:
Turns out that Comedy Gladiators is going to be a regularly scheduled series. The next four shows will be held:
Tickets are only US$4.99 and are available at http://www.Sansar.com/Gladiators
In addition, the SF Sketchfest (the San Francisco Comedy Festival) is presenting a series of live stand-up comedy shows in Sansar. The next one is this coming Saturday, January 26th at 1 pm PST:
So if you’re like me, and could use a few laughs, come and experience some live stand-up comedy in Sansar!