Fun Size

Brad Williams · 2015 · Showtime

Fun Size

High-energy stories about sex, dating, and life as a dwarf.

May 07, 2015 TV Special

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Brad Williams turns his physical reality into immediate comedic leverage. The energy is high, the pacing is fast, and the premises center on his life as a dwarf. He talks about dating, sex, and specific oddities like the social hierarchy among little people. The core of the set relies on physical movement and direct stories about operating in a world built for people twice his height. A major segment focuses on the mechanics of pleasing women in bed, using his own dimensions to map out the punchlines.

Filmed at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, the hour premiered on Showtime in 2015 and became the network’s highest-rated comedy special of the year. Williams had already built a steady following from television appearances and a heavy touring schedule, but this was his first full hour. The show captures him making the jump to a theater act, relying on volume and motion to command the room. He bounds around the stage, building momentum out of self-deprecation without ever asking for sympathy.