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Four Stories

Josh Wolf

YouTube · 2024 · 80 min

An unvarnished hour of storytelling, edible paranoia, and crowd disruptions.

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Josh Wolf leans hard into extended, self-deprecating anecdotes, structuring his performance around exactly what the title promises. He stays away from rapid-fire observational setup-punchline structures, choosing instead to let four massive, highly detailed narratives carry the hour. The centerpieces of the set are prolonged misadventures: getting the police called on him at an IKEA over an emergency diaper change in the women’s restroom, and experiencing an intense wave of drug-induced paranoia in an airplane’s emergency exit row after eating a strong edible.

Filmed at Rick Bronson’s House of Comedy in Vancouver, the special has the loose, unvarnished energy of a typical weekend club set. Rather than polishing away the rough edges, the production leans into them—including a moment where Wolf has to eject a disruptive audience member from the front row. This interruption temporarily stalls the performance, but his off-the-cuff response to the crowd work keeps the room on his side. Released in October 2024 by 800 Pound Gorilla Media, the hour captures Wolf in his element as a touring storyteller, showcasing the same conversational delivery that made him a staple on late-night panel shows like “Chelsea Lately.” He caps the night with an acoustic guitar, performing a comedic song about airplane digestive issues.

The set list

4 bits

  1. Arrested At IKEA

    Recounts having to take his three kids into the women's restroom at IKEA to change a diaper, resulting in women calling the police on him.

  2. Sex With A Deaf Girl

    Details a situation in college where his roommate brought home a deaf woman, leading to an increasingly awkward sexual encounter.

  3. Too High On A Plane

    Details consuming a potent edible before boarding an airplane and the ensuing paranoia after being seated in an emergency exit row.

  4. The Giddy-Up

    Recalls inventing a special dance move during spring break in his youth to impress a girl, which yielded unexpected results.

How it plays

Tone
Lively, naughty, and candid.
On stage
A charming, highly likable storyteller, monologist, and raconteur with stoner and naughty comedic sensibilities.
Pace
Lively, spontaneous, and adaptable, willing to let the room breathe and ride with real-time interruptions.
About
true personal stories, parenting, marijuana and edibles, youth and dating

What the critics said

Praised by Mike Binder as a lively, 'warts-and-all' special that showcases Wolf's storytelling strengths, charm, and natural crowd command.

In the room: An intimate comedy club taping dynamic where Wolf had to eject a disruptive audience member sitting near the front, choosing to keep the unvarnished exchange in the final cut.

Summed up from reviews, articles and listings. Sources: imdb.com, standupworld.substack.com, allmovie.com, comedianjoshwolf.com, standupsnobs.podbean.com, weownthelaughs.com.

Details

Released
Runtime
80 min
Where
YouTube
Director
Josh Wolf
Topics
After
The Campfire Special (2025)

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