To further their mission in delivering comedy on a global level, 800 Pound Gorilla has proudly announced they’ll be releasing content from Anjelah Johnson-Reyes , Matt Rife and Michael Yo in Spanish and in French to encourage additional viewership from an international audience. Anjelah Johnson-Reyes will release a Spanish-dubbed version of her hit comedy special, Say I Won't, on November 13th via 800 Pound Gorilla's YouTube channel. She is the first comedian from the 800 Pound Gorilla catalog to dub a full special, making it more accessible to a Spanish speaking audience.
Content localization and dubbing allows for these comedians’ audience to fully engage with content, despite not understanding the original language, and only enhances relatability as it becomes available in additional markets.
Ryan Bitzer, 800 Pound Gorilla Media Co-Founder, shares “These specials are another part of our global comedy mission to bring laughter to the world. We worked with each artist from these projects that we believe everyone can enjoy no matter where they are in the world or what language they speak.” Damion Greiman, Co-Founder of 800 Pound Gorilla Media shares,“We hope that by dubbing these specials, Spanish and French speakers can find a new favorite comedian while the comics can reach a whole new audience.”
Anjelah Johnson-Reyes shares “There will come a day when I don’t need to dub my own special in Spanish, however, that day is not today. Until then I’m grateful to have found someone who could capture my sass and personality and translate that all into Spanish for me! Espero que disfrutes de mi especial en español!”
Michael Yo adds "I Never Thought" my comedy would be in French—literally! C’est incroyable to have my jokes dubbed for a whole new audience. Comedy is universal, le rire is universal, and now people can laugh with me en français too.”
With a combined 2.3M followers, The 800 Pound Gorilla network reaches over 20 million comedy fans a month. The company is laying the foundation for a multi-format comedy home where stand-up is just the beginning. As the platform expands into scripted, unscripted, and documentaries, 800 Pound Gorilla’s goal is to tell comedy stories in all of their forms, partnering with comics to help create what’s next, with a comedy-first approach to the artist and fan in all they do.