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There are some comedians that tell jokes, and then there are those who bring something more than just a string of one-liners to their audiences. Chris Fleming certainly falls into the latter category, albeit with an additional caveat his material is sometimes so out there that you never quite know where it is going to go. For his recent Peacock special, Chris Fleming: Hell, the task of capturing Fleming’s live stand-up routine fell to director Cat Solen, who also worked on bringing to life some surreal puppets that feature in some of the sketches within the special.

In an exclusive interview with MovieWeb, Solen discussed working on the special with Fleming, as well as her inspirations and puppet design techniques.

The Shivering Truth of Hell

First off, here's how the collaboration between Colen and Fleming came to be. “So Chris and I were internet friends first, and then I...

When Dane Cook appeared on an episode of Louie in August and the two comics shocked viewers by hashing out their real-life joke-stealing feud over Lady Gaga tickets, fans didn’t know what to think. Sure, it was brilliant, surreal theater, but what was real and what was fake? How did this encounter come to be, and did this on-screen rapprochement represent an off-screen conciliation? Well… sort of. In an expansive interview with the The A.V. Club, Louis C.K. revealed the circumstances that brought he and Cook together. (Watch it again here.)

Dane and I have this weird conflict...