Comedy Now!: Winston Spear - Smaller Than Life

Winston Spear operates as a deliberate anomaly in the late-nineties stand-up scene. Performing with a booming deadpan voice, he routinely halts his own act to execute his own brand of modern dance, launching into physical routines set to foreign music. The approach is profoundly strange, earning him a long-standing reputation in local clubs as the King of the Obscure.

Filmed for the second season of the CTV series Comedy Now!, the 1998 broadcast catches the performer well before his tenure on the sketch show Comedy Inc. The television format highlights the sheer commitment required to bring deadpan choreography into a basic comedy club environment.