Hank Green’s ‘Pissing Out Cancer’ Stand-Up Special to Launch ‘Dropout Presents’ Comedy Series
variety.comSelome Hailu Dropout has set a new series of live recorded comedy specials titled “Dropout Presents.” The series will launch on June 12 with Hank Green‘s “Pissing Out Cancer,” taped at Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles Green is a YouTuber best known for the “Vlogbrothers” channel he runs alongside his brother, John Green, with whom he also produces educational shows such as “Crash Course.” He is also the author of the novels “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing” (2018) and “A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor” (2020).
Green was diagnosed with cancer in May 2023 and has thoroughly documented his experiences with the illness on the internet. “There are good parts of cancer,” Green jokes in a trailer for “Dropout Presents.” “I was thinking I was maybe gonna get that Jeremy Allen White situation going on.
I got the Mark Zuckerberg situation instead.” Six more specials will debut on Dropout as part of “Dropout Presents” throughout the year.
All were recorded in L.A and will be accompanied by behind-the-scenes featurettes depicting the performers’as they prepare to take the stage.
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