Premium Blend: Wanda Sykes (S6E4)

Wanda Sykes hosts the fourth episode of Premium Blend’s sixth season, bringing her trademark energy to a 2002 Comedy Central showcase. Sykes was having a major television year at the time, balancing stand-up with regular appearances on Inside the NFL. Here, she acts as the emcee for four working comics looking for national exposure on a basic cable platform.

The lineup features an early television appearance by Kyle Dunnigan, performing a year before landing his breakout role on Reno 911!. He is joined by Aron Kader, developing the material that would later anchor the Axis of Evil comedy tour, and the late Todd Lynn, a cynical fixture of the tough New York club scene. Texas-born road veteran Becky Pedigo takes the final slot, delivering her grounded material to a studio audience.