Louis C.K. On ‘Howard Stern’: My New Show Put Me Millions In Debt

Louis C.K. On ‘Howard Stern’: My New Show Put Me Millions In Debt

Louis C.K. arise on Monday’s “Howard Stern Show” that his new web series, “Horace and Pete,” has put him millions of dollars in debt.

C.K.’s new show, which stars him and Steve Buscemi as co-owners of an Irish bar, was arise online in backward January after any above-mentioned apprehension or promotion. Each adventure is priced randomly, costing amid $2 and $5 to view, and accessible to acquirement on the comedian’s official website. The actor told Stern that he has no backers on the beginning project, and alone spent $2 actor to accomplish it through his own assembly company. “It will hurt, and it will leave me with no beanbag in life, but I’m accommodating to do that,” C.K. told Stern about self-financing the show. “I’ll go on the alley [doing stand-up] afterwards, and I’ll accomplish it back.”

As far as why he didn’t initially advance the series, C.K. explained, “I got so aflame about accepting the appearance arise from nothing. So I fabricated the aboriginal four, and I didn’t acquaint cipher and it fabricated a nice little bulk of money.” But the actor again noted, “When I got to adventure four, I was like, ‘Hey gang, I don’t accept any money.’ So I had to yield out a band of credit.”

C.K. went on to accept he’s “millions of dollars in debt appropriate now,” which is why he’s assuredly absitively to appropriately advance the series. “I did Jimmy Kimmel… The sales exploded,” the banana revealed, afore cogent Stern, “So now you’re gonna advice me advertise copies of this show.” C.K. aswell acclaimed he’s appointed accessible appearances on Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight Show” and “Charlie Rose,” adding, “I’m gonna hit harder like I would never advance it before… By the summer, the accomplished appearance would accept paid itself off.”

The actor aswell explained to Stern that if he had went to investors for money, as against to extensive into his own pocket, he couldn’t accept fabricated a appearance “where if you’re watching it, you don’t apperceive what’s gonna happen.” C.K. added, “You don’t apperceive if you’re gonna see addition one. You don’t apperceive who’s in it. You don’t apperceive anything… I anticipate it’s the best affair I anytime did.”

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