In this comedy special (officially titled “PRESENT/TENSE”) Louis Katz use his unique, punchline-heavy stand-up style to explore what happens when the hopes and dreams of the past conflict with the far-from-perfect reality of the present.
It’s also a comedy special about jokes. And it has A TON of them. Jokes about everything from heartbreak to hummus; from social issues to Scooby Doo.
This comedy special even has jokes about comedy specials. And he think it’s my best work yet.
Throughout his career, Louis’ stand-up has been featured on NBC, HBO, and 5 times on Comedy Central, including his own half-hour special and an appearance on their storytelling show This Is Not Happening, which has since been viewed over 2.9 million times on youtube.
His latest album KATZKILLS was named one of the top 5 comedy albums of the year by vulture.com, who called it “a raucous comedy party.”
Louis’ first one-hour special was released on Epix in 2022 as part of their Unprotected Sets series.
A true comedian’s comedian, Louis’ act has garnered praise from industry legends such as Dave Attell who called him, “one of the best joke writers working today” and Ali Wong who said Louis was, “one of the funniest and most prolific comedians I know.”
Marc Maron featured Louis on his WTF podcast saying, “His album and special are hilarious.” But perhaps Doug Stanhope put it best when he said, “Katz is funny to the point that Hitler would have given him a sleeper car on the train.”
