EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Mo Welch announced on Tuesday that her stand-up special/documentary hybrid Dad Jokes will premiere on YouTube via 800 Pound Gorilla on June 14th.
Filmed at the Lodge Room in Highland Park and all over Illinois, Welch’s debut special follows her as she explains her lifelong obsession with dad jokes as a way to process the aftermath of her own father’s abandonment.
Welch travels to Illinois in search of her father while acerbically unpacking his absence in her life and what that has meant for her comedy and her journey as a new mother.
Dad Jokes is written, performed, and co-directed by Welch, who is currently on tour opening for Ted Lasso‘s Brett Goldstein and was previously on the road with Anthony Jeselnik and Chelsea Handler.
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