Lucky
Netflix · 2025 · 67 min
A shirtless storyteller balances loud party antics with unexpected sentimentality.
Bert Kreischer spends the opening minutes of this hour doing something different: wearing a custom Versace suit. The change of attire is short-lived. Once the blazer and silk shirt are tossed aside, landing with accidental perfection on the microphone stand, he returns to his familiar, bare-chested routine of celebratory oversharing. This time, however, the frantic party-boy energy is balanced by a sentimental streak, culminating in a closing story about a family dog that shifts the tone from loud antics to genuine emotion.
Released in March 2025 on Netflix, the special was filmed over seven sold-out nights at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida. At this point in his career, Kreischer was riding a massive commercial wave, fresh off a globally lucrative arena tour and his 2023 feature film, The Machine. The material here centers on his efforts to shed forty-five pounds, standard marital fatigue, and an encounter where he received parenting advice from Snoop Dogg. Critical response was split, with some reviewers pointing out that the show is built strictly for his existing fanbase, while long-time viewers highlighted the emotional range of the finale as a high point in his catalog.
The set list
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Throwing off his shirt at the top of the set.
Kreischer wears a custom Versace Miami-style suit only to rip his shirt off and toss it in the air, inadvertently landing it perfectly onto the mic stand.
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Losing 45 pounds and body image.
Self-deprecatingly admits he is still fat despite the weight loss, explaining how a slightly trimmer physique changed his physical perspective on sex.
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Getting parenting advice from Snoop Dogg.
After discovering his daughter was caught smoking weed, he consults his Go-Big Show co-star Snoop Dogg for guidance, only to completely misunderstand the rapper's solution.
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Aging into his 50s and marital intimacy.
Details how entering his 50s altered the physical logistics and dynamics of sex between him and his wife, incorporating energetic physical act-outs.
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Airplane seating dilemma.
Recounts the lengths he considered going to avoid swapping his first-class airplane seat with his wife to sit next to a passenger with special needs.
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The loss of a family dog.
A rare emotional and grounded moment where Kreischer recounts the grief and shared family experience of losing their dog.
How it plays
- Tone
- Raunchy, irreverent, self-effacing, jovial, and personal.
- On stage
- Perennially shirtless, self-deprecating party animal turned devoted family man who openly giggles, snorts, and shrieks in delight at his own material.
- Pace
- High-exuberance, scattershot, and jovial storytelling that shifts between loud physical antics and occasional sincere vulnerability.
- About
- Weight loss and body image, Aging into his 50s and marital sex logistics, Fidelity and family life, Parenting teenage daughters, Losing a family pet, Personal luck and accidental success
What the critics said
Reviews noted that the special is crafted purely for Kreischer's established fanbase, featuring his trademark shirtless delivery and self-amused laughter, offering few surprises for critics but solidifying his brand of relatable, unpretentious fun.
In the room: Raucous and celebratory, featuring fans and men in the audience taking their shirts off in solidarity with Kreischer.
Backstory
Filmed across sold-out shows in his Florida hometown area following a 45-pound weight loss and the release of his feature film The Machine, Kreischer explores transitioning his hard-partying persona into middle-age fatherhood and marriage.
Details
- Released
- Taped
- 2024, Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg
- Runtime
- 67 min
- Where
- Netflix
- Director
- Jeff Tomsic
- Topics
- Before
- Razzle Dazzle (2023)
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Razzle Dazzle
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Hey Big Boy
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Secret Time
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The Machine
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