Zach Galifianakis: “Who’s the Boss Now?” - Full Special

Zach Galifianakis describes his ideal reality show, how to know when you have a drinking problem and the appropriate movie theater etiquette.
Original airdate: 9/17/2001
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These half-hour specials showcased some of the best up-and-coming comedians of the moment. The show was a pivotal stepping stone for many of today’s stand-up stars, including Dave Chappelle, Patton Oswalt, Amy Schumer, Jim Gaffigan, Kevin Hart, Zach Galifianakis, Dane Cook, Bill Burr, Wanda Sykes and Maria Bamford.
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[@Harrylymon]

I remember as a 13yr old taping this special. I had seen it before and got the heads up from CC that it was going to be on. I watched this one stand up piece of his over and over, thinking I might never see him perform anywhere else. So glad he caught on and now get to enjoy his humor everywhere. You go girl.

[@sbrons1]

Same. Taped this on VCR. Lol

[@user-be6jf2pq4l]

That cackle throughout this entire video literally added a good texture on Zach's stand up 😂

[@cmb6087]

Every single thing he says is hilarious. I've loved this guy for years!

[@hydrodwarf]

Zach delivers a comic technique that's so unique

[@ZootSuitNewt]

Nice poem.

[@micahhawkins8233]

This is what genius looks like. He has always been like this and the crowd loves him for a reason.

[@johnnie543]

The first time I ever saw Zach Galifianakis and I've been laughing at his material ever since!! 😅😅

[@seanosmond185]

I remember watching this when it came out and it still holds up. I also realized how much of this special i quote on a regular basis 22 years later still.

[@TheUnfriendlyfire]

The camera man really messed up on that last bit

[@FredWallace18]

Probably was originally full screen (special is from 2001) and was cut down to wide screen. Blame editors who butchered it for KZbin.

[@routhy46]

@@FredWallace18 yes, exactly

[@blazeface591]

And Zach messed up the whole thing

[@baffledbybullshit805]

Was demoted to the Ellen DeGeneres show.

[@eddieeclark314]

Ungrateful swine

[@Lord_OTD]

His style of comedy and sense of humor are just so different, it’s refreshing 😂👏🏿.

[@jordu2702]

nope

[@Lord_OTD]

@@jordu2702 shame.

[@davidsherrill9121]

​@@jordu2702 He's f-ing garbage

[@mousenmcclintock]

Refreshing after 13 years...this is super old.

[@jordu2702]

@@mousenmcclintock outdated is the word you were looking for

[@michealknight9303]

The ironic Henna tattoo that says "Forever" 😆 🤣

[@pavelkish7142]

Zach is 1 of my favorite humans ever.

[@mmechrizma]

The timid pimp. 😂

[@southparkfan01]

Zach is hilarious and Between Two Ferns is one of the BEST things to EVER be created!

[@U2too]

This aired 6 days after 9/11😮 Aired of 9/17/2001

[@michaelhamilton2921]

The timid pimp 🤣

[@shukriaapso8404]

This is therapy on another level. Nice piano sound and than laughter after laughter. Thanks Z 😂

[@himdotcom]

This is exactly the kind of comedy that I would expect from Zach, and I'm here for it. 😂

[@TheREALQueenJay]

"Shhh, I can't hear Keanu!" 🤣

[@ThePeoplesMachamp]

One of my favorite CCPs ever. So glad this is on here now. It's unreal how much I still say quotes from this special. I exclusively say "I'll take it!" like he does every time.

[@SDXStudio]

SAME! I still to this day, 20 years later, like to sing Eternal Flame while doing that little dance. I'm honestly shocked how much of it I still remembered.

[@Petey0707]

It is nuts how I remember this entire set, think of the jokes for years and years, and now seeing it again realizing how surreal it was I saw this twenty years ago. Again in college fourteen years ago where it was a "classic". And now where.. it's legitimately a classic of classics.

[@KSW_HeavyChest]

What the dick is a CCP?

[@spencerdokes6056]

chinese communist party?

[@Alwayshicommentswontmakesense]

What is a CCP?😊

[@ytivarg5371]

A zach standup what a treat

[@sKitZoBonKa]

Lol felt like there was an applause sign 😂

[@mrfoxydoodles]

hes such a great actor.

[@Siggi395]

Different kind of comedy in a Andy Kaufman way. Thinking man's comedy. Well done!!!!

[@shawnodell8389]

Honestly took a lot of obvious inspiration from Demetrius martin. You should check his stuff out

[@ejyounggun08]

I know this was the first time I saw Zac but I don't recall this airing just 6 days after 9/11. I wish I could remember what relief this special brought at that time; to myself and the country.

[@briseboy]

That would be 9/17... Were you constipated for SIX days? Or just itchy? Countries are not relieved - their children just get old, desperately grumpy and conservative, then dead. (Oh, is THAT what you mean by relieved? Since i don't see any dead fat golfers just now, the country is obviously still constipated)

[@ejyounggun08]

@@briseboy What? I'm talking about the towers going down on 9/11 and how this aired just a few days later. It must have brought some needed laughter to the US.

[@LukeRileyA]

​@@ejyounggun08 I'm glad that you pointed out that was the air date, not the recording date. When I read that I thought this set was actually taking place a week after 9/11, and I was confused about the tone of the crowd.

[@ejyounggun08]

@@LukeRileyA Oh man, what a different experience this would've been then. 😂

[@yogijaya2897]

This country needs an enema! Drain the swamp!

[@poupdujour]

I remember when I first saw it blew me away with how different it was. Then maybe 10 years later the hangover came out. He’s been funny forever man Just noticed this came out a week after 9/11, wow

[@koutaibaalabd9602]

I loved the bit about moving to Pakistan or India and becoming a cab driver 😂

[@JonnyBaryshnikov]

Masterpiece! When you're good, you're good. Cracks me up just as much as it did back in the day.

[@numbergreen2145]

This is a masterpiece in every sense

[@chadaustin7381]

Funny as hell laugh till I cried 😢

[@robertdavezac]

I wonder if Chappelle took that “Three white guys in the Bronx reality show” premise and turned it into the Mad Real World.

[@nikolaygrozdanov4903]

The balance between his way of being a troll and having a few people in the audience that are very fake made it great!

[@KameKai]

17:00 i’m ngl the musical number was beautiful.

[@evandillion2685]

Still one of my favorites! 😂

[@RustinChole]

Classic. Jesus this was from a while back.

[@jenniferturi5927]

He is a giving man who helps people he is totally down to Earth good man

[@cudomoney]

"Oh, you're out of that one? Just give me the man that's afraid of vampires with long fangs."

[@Nate-cg9mm]

This is what the "old timers" meant when they said just be yourself and dont worry about what others think of you... Food for thought

[@gamaliertoro8502]

I love his comedy style, he's in his weal house, Sign me up!

[@shukriaapso8404]

I did that at concert once. All girls were screaming to this hot singer with amazing voice. They yelled LOVE YOU And I called out his name and he actually responded to me and I asked: DUDE, WHY ARE YOU WAILING 😂 HE ACTUALLY LOVED MY JOKE AND INVITED ME ON A STAGE TO DANCE

[@PsychRick]

I lost it on the "gay snake" 😂

[@MyDeceptionOfficial]

They are such good singers that I couldnt laugh the whole segment of the "a capella".

[@christianhitt1196]

This guy reminds me of the actor Tairy Greene. His impersonations would benefit from altering the nose!

[@talcum22]

Dude has to be Andy Kaufman's love child!

[@hasskratz2104]

Nice!

[@TheMoonwillow23]

Love him! 😂

[@DataJuggler]

4:25 What are you going to do with your Camaro? 20:30 Do I have ...

[@PavelKish]

I love this guy LOL Zach can say nothing and I'll be laughing like hienna myself

[@user-js9jd5gn7b]

That cab driver joke xD

[@reddevil211287]

Brilliant! ❤

[@user-ru7vt3qm2y]

Thank you. Your really appreciated

[@jf7098]

A classic

[@skinnybuddha8988]

I pulled feta cheese out my fridge and this video was the first recommended one

[@jamieboland7724]

He is so talanted!

[@Steppinonshii]

The young santaclause 🤣

[@dustyn7717]

Levels above

[@Chancetherocker]

The Asian piano joke was really all that made me laugh

[@sphincterSplasher]

So you have a very limited sense of humor... we were all feverishly waiting for your announcement. Thank you. Please update regularly!

[@CTB2580]

Dude being a comic and absolutely killing it must feel insanely powerful. It’s like giving people mental orgasms and you put them under a spell

[@PluribusProject]

Takes work to be that good. Looking forward to future work

[@meathandsmans]

He's already got a lot of work. He's got his own show

[@Nitro_us]

Love him.

[@nicolecopland461]

Video store!!😂

[@DanielRuben-xg5me]

Hello Nicole, how are you?

[@StTrizzy]

Anyone know that piano music is so calming for story teller

[@hedhuntervizo6749]

Hahahaha love it

[@KingZook_MusicTX]

Original airdate 6 days after 9/11.

[@ghostinthepeonies]

WTF? Who cropped the 4:3 so bad you can't read the signs?

[@koutaibaalabd9602]

It's benign, smart but pleasant

[@buddha3870]

Best crowd ever

[@briseboy]

Methinks i see lean and hungry lesbians - before the tat and nosering vendors reaped massive profits.

[@Pedro-tl7jg]

Imagine telling that cab driver joke today...

[@sparkythancztwise]

A lot of those jokes would be at a much higher risk of landing very differently now, then back then.

[@ghost9-9ghost]

Yep....thats cuz human beings weren't fragile mental patient sissies back then .........

[@TonyKimCre]

Multitalented

[@JustinCoasters]

Dang it, You zoomed it and we missed the bits

[@pacificnorthwestnative5050]

This validates his later sucess

[@JulianQuinn]

Why did you guys zoom this in? Should have left the format as it was!!!

[@nancyr3810]

Oh Zachy..........you’re so funny.......

[@Bmanritchie]

CC really needs to archive the comedians that made their way. These classic standups are being lost to time.

[@timmartin8191]

God, I wish he would be sitting next to me the next time I have to spend 2 hours waiting to get new tires installed on my car. Amen.

[@MonkeMane]

This guy is nuclear if he released a special now it would destroy

[@alistairborthwick2031]

Even if I wasn't high, I don't think I'd get this.

[@gorkmusic]

I wonder if he'll ever do another special

[@selfproclaimednobody4614]

He did one, not to long ago... Live at the Purple Onion. It was later than this one anyways...

[@gorkmusic]

@@selfproclaimednobody4614 that came out in 2009 lol

[@thomascoleman7301]

Camera guy is horrific

[@Nitrogen24]

Its six days after Sep11

[@JamenLS]

I think Zach would appreciate this, YOU'RE NOT TELLING ANY JOKES I LIKE!

[@borp6912]

Almost as good as that one Fugees cd

[@aturpen11]

Just fugees and funyuns

[@user-fq7jg4dt6n]

well it was a little bit " must be purple

[@acurarl9929]

A new special that’s only 20 mins long???

[@1972TJJ]

Apparently, this is an old one dated back before 9/11 someone said.

[@ghost9-9ghost]

​@1972TJJ well...yeah ....it's not obvious that he's like 28 years old here?,.....

[@hvyhttrs]

that's fromunda cheese

[@brianespinoza7331]

Womp womp womp

[@Itsant33]

Hes like a better early Demetri Martin. Nick Thune like as well.

[@dw3808]

Zach... Shoot the med ball like a basketball

[@DEVELOPER__YT]

❤

[@Jack_Nack]

Actress Caroline Dhavernas at 1:22

[@user-fq7jg4dt6n]

2:20

[@larry-om9tg]

😊

[@ahandl3]

The Lone Wolf is back

[@Starshine2007]

He's got to be a fan of Laurie Anderson. :) 😅

[@bornagain5234]

You started the Karen movement😅.

[@borednow]

7:24 can someone tell me what that song actually is?

[@jamesfryman6134]

Kung fu fighting

[@sparkythancztwise]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_riff

[@borednow]

​@@sparkythancztwisethanks

[@lukecarey613]

Well that’s upsetting.

[@mugnuz]

this feels like he brainstormed half an hou before

[@jackya]

The Universe just keeps on delivering the goods. I'm doing so much laughing today after yesterday's indictment. woot! #FreedomNotFascism. Can't wait to watch this tonight :)

[@tylerphillips503]

No one asked

[@jackya]

@@tylerphillips503 This is what you do with your time? Might want to think about that. BE BEST.

[@johnbrown5662]

SHHHHHHH! I can't hear Keanu.

[@loganswiss6903]

Is it too much to ask Comedy Central to respect the correct frame ratio of Zach Galifianakis' Special so we could enjoy it without missing the visual comedy bits? It's disrespectful to the viewer and more so to Zach Galifianakis himself! You'd think that, with a name like Comedy Central, they would know what comedy is! Please stop being obsessed with that "full frame" nonsense! What a waste of... comedy!

[@matthewmonteagudo679]

Good thing lots of women liked your jokes

[@maskedvillainai]

What'?

[@worryphree]

Have he loss weights?

[@Tonyhouse1168]

This was filmed 22 years ago.

[@worryphree]

@@Tonyhouse1168 Ahh, cool.