Adam Devine. Photo courtesy of Comedy Central Press Room.
After three successful seasons of “Workaholics,” Adam Devine has released a new show called “Adam Devine’s House Party.”
In this show, Devine has created a unique dynamic between stand-up and sketch comedy.
“It’s kind of a hard show to explain when you’re trying to tell people what it’s like because there’s really nothing like it,” Devine says. “It’s sort of a sitcom, sort of a stand-up show and sort of reality.”
In “Adam Devine’s House Party,” viewers will find out what exactly happens when Devine gets an enormous budget and an L.A. mansion.
Viewers will also get to see the performances of up-and-coming comedians that Devine personally chose for the show.
In “Adam Devine’s House Party,” Devine play a fictional version of himself that is smarter than the Adam Demamp character he portrays on “Workaholics.”
Whereas he feels that Demamp is full speed ahead all the time, Devine says the fictional portrayal of himself is only 75 percent of that.
Being no stranger to house parties, Devine said beer pong is one of his favorite drinking games.
“I was never any good, but that was better because that meant I got to drink more beer. I was always kind of a little bummed when I would win at beer pong because then they got to drink the beer I poured into my cup,” say Devine.
When talking more about “Adam Devine’s House Party,” Devine stated he wanted to make a show “where you can to get to know the comedians outside of just their performance.”
“I wanted to give my buddies and people I thought were funny, an opportunity to be seen by more people in a different light than just a stand-up comedian,” says Devine
Part of what really makes the show stand out is how it brings more attention to lesser known, but very funny comedians and gives them a shot at showing off their acting and stand-up skills on television.
“I really wanted to get people who could act and be funny off screen as opposed to someone who is only funny when they’re telling jokes in front of a microphone,” says Devine.
Over the course of his efforts on “Workaholics” and “Adam Devine’s House Party,” Devine has built a very strong partnership with Comedy Central.
“They’ve been nothing but really cool from the start, even before Workaholics. They gave me my first shot doing stand-up on TV with ‘Live at Gotham.’ With season one of ‘Workaholics,’ we were totally unknown; we were just kids from the Internet. They really left us alone and just said write what you think is the funniest,” says Devine.
So naturally when it came to pitching the idea of “Adam Devine’s House Party,” things went expectantly smoothly.
“I came in, pitched them the idea in the room and they were like ‘yeah let’s do it.’ They let me cast all the comics and they had some suggestions too. Luckily they have pretty good taste,” says Devine.
When working on the production, there was a short window of time to film it in. “We did all the stand-up stuff at night and then we did a lot of the house stuff during the day because we have to fit it all in that space of time,” says Devine
Unlike “Workaholics,” “Adam Devine’s House Party” was easier production wise for the fact that I didn’t have to write 22 minutes of story. I only had to write like seven minutes of scripted stuff and the stand-up took up the larger portion,” says Devine.
While the production was comparatively easier than “Workaholics,” “The only tricky part was we tried to get some bands, but they were a little flaky. We tried to get cool music for the show, but that was difficult because we didn’t have a big budget,” says Devine.
Viewers looking for a show that offers a unique take on stand-up and sketch comedy should check out “Adam Devine’s House Party” on Thursday nights at 12:30 a.m.