All Growz Up with Melinda Hill
| All Growz Up with Melinda Hill | |
|---|---|
 Host Melinda Hill and guest Maria Bamford posing and smiling in front of a brick wall on the set of All Growz Up with Melinda Hill | |
| Created by | Melinda Hill |
| Directed by | Adam Scott Franklin |
| Starring | Melinda Hill |
| Country of origin |
 United States |
| No. of episodes | 20[1] |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Melinda Hill Adam Scott Franklin Jason Cilo |
| Running time | 3 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel |
YouTube Chuckler |
| Original airing | September 18, 2013 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
All Growz Up is a 2013 web series created by Melinda Hill and directed by Adam Scott Franklin. In each episode, Hill interviews a comedian about his or her childhood aspirations and solicits advice for young comedians.[2]
The first webisode features Andy Dick.[3] Other interview subjects include Maria Bamford, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jon Dore, Kyle Kinane,[1] and Karen Kilgariff.[4]
According to critics, Hill "burrows down to the core" of and elicits "solid advice" from its guest comedians [5] with "weird, offbeat, dry humor".[6] Critics have described All Growz Up as "gritty," "hysterical"[4] and "unconventional"[7] and compared it to the work of Woody Allen and Judd Apatow.[8]
The series is based on Eat My Podcast, Hill's earlier collaboration with Jillian Lauren - Hill describes the move to short-form video content as "a practical progression to a post podcast era."[9]
All Growz Up is filmed in single takes[9] in a Los Angeles alley[6] after performances of Hill's live comedy show What's Up Tiger Lily?.[4][9] It is produced by New York's Meetinghouse Productions, a New York television production company.[3][10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Carrie, Stephanie. "Steph's LA Weekly Feature Series – Melinda Hill's Romantic Encounters". Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ↑ Chestang, Raphael. "Andy Dick Talks Making Out with an "Old" Lady". Entertainment Tonight Online. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Horgan, Richard. "Chuckler.com Launches in an Alley with Andy Dick". Mediabistro. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Karen Kilgariff Reveals What She Wanted to Be When She Grew Up, During Interview in an Alley After a Comedy Show". The Comedy Bureau. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ↑ "We are Obsessed with Melinda Hill’s ‘All Growz Up’ Web Series". Comedy Cake. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Balthazar, Brian. ""All Growz Up" Talks To Maria Bamford in a Back Alley". Pop Goes the Week. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ↑ Carrie, Stephanie. "Interviews with Comedians About Their Childhood Aspirations". LA Weekly. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ↑ Berry, Melissa. ""All Growz Up" - Quirky interviews hosted by comedian Melinda Hill in an alley". Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Carrie, Stephanie. "Interview with Melinda Hill about her new show All Growz Up". The Tangled Web We Watch. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ↑ Carrie, Stephanie. "Interview with Jason Cilo – President of Meetinghouse Productions". The Tangled Web We Watch. Retrieved 28 January 2014.