In May 2021, after 19 years in Los Angeles, comedians and married couple Tom Segura and Christina Pazsitzky (aka Christina P), moved to Austin with their two young children. Segura says that he felt that Los Angeles, in the midst of a pandemic, was falling apart.
About a month after moving in, Pazsitzky suffered a fall in her new home. And, unsurprisingly, Segura ended up turning the (non-life-threatening) accident into a bit, appearing in "Tom Segura: Sledgehammer," his upcoming stand-up special premiering July 4 at worldwide on Netflix.
Director: Ryan Polito
Star: Tom Segura
In "Sledgehammer," Segura recounts his awkward call to 911 that night for help. “I realized that while what I'm about to say is true, it sounds…suspicious! But I have to say it. So I said, 'My wife fell down the stairs.' Pazsitzky, who miscalculated a step when she got up in the middle of the night to see one of the children in her new home, broke her ankle and part of her tibia as a result of her fall. . (She has since made a full recovery.) Segura recalls that she was disturbed when she told the paramedics not to assume he had hurt her. “It was quite an ordeal,” she recalls.
When asked what the special's title, "Sledgehammer," means, Segura says, "Oh, you don't want to print this in the article." Then, without missing a beat, he proceeds to explain, "It's a nod to one of the jokes about my penis."
It is Segura's fifth Netflix comedy special, following 2014's "Completely Normal," 2016's "Mostly Stories," 2018's "Disgraceful," and 2020's "Ball Hog." Last year, Segura confirmed a special deal for two with Netflix, of which "Sledgehammer" is the first.
Of the special, Segura says, "It's funny, it's outrageous, and I'm sure it's going to offend people, but if you're not doing that, you're not doing your job." He has no patience with comedians who mince words out of fear of being attacked online. “Backlashes are not real! Is not true. The moment you get into deeper stuff is when you, the comedian, decide to participate in the backlash,” he says. "Guess what? It always disappears."
“Sledgehammer” was recorded in November 2022, in the middle of Segura's 21-month tour that had begun in August 2021. “You can rush to put out a special,” she says. "But when you sit on it and marinate it, you get better material."
In the special, Segura displays his own brand of family man. In addition to the account of Christina falling down the stairs, Segura offers stories about "my father on his deathbed"; raising the couple's two young children ("It's Like Raising Wild Donkeys"); "Put my mom on for the first time in her life" with gummies; and his “admiration” for Brad Pitt. "It's a real tasting menu," says Segura.
“Tom Segura: Sledgehammer” was shot at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix and was directed by Ryan Polito. The crew filmed four different performances in Phoenix, hoping to piece together the best parts of each night, but ended up using only footage from the first performance. “It was such a crazy, energetic, fun environment,” he says.
Segura's next special for Netflix will come out of his next tour, scheduled to begin in February or March 2024; he expects shooting to happen in late 2025 at the earliest.
Meanwhile, Segura has plenty of irons in the fire at YMH Studios, his podcast production and entertainment company. For starters, Segura and Pazsitzky co-host the popular weekly comedy podcast "La casa de tu mamá," which they have produced since 2010 and now has more than 700 episodes.
YMH Studios' podcast lineup comprises eight shows, with the ninth, "Not Today Pal," hosted by "The Sopranos" stars Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Rob Iler, premiering in July. YMH has an exclusive podcast ad sales agreement with SiriusXM and its podcasts have more than 23 million subscribers on YouTube and social media. The company, which has 12 full-time employees, operates a 7,000-square-foot recording studio in Austin. YMH has over 1,300 hours of library video content.
Additionally, YMH Studios is building a slate of low-budget comedy films, an effort led by Segura and President Ryan P. Hall (formerly Rooster Teeth studio head). That includes "Fat Astronauts," a comedy in development at Legendary. Scripted by Segura and Bert Kreischer (who co-hosts the "2 Bears 1 Cave" podcast with Segura), "Fat Astronauts" centers on two brothers who live a debauched lifestyle on a lunar colony and decide they never want to go back. the earth.
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