"Five years ago, I played Staples Center, and I thought at that time, where do I go from here?" Iglesias said. He started out playing dives and garages in his home base of Long Beach. He also feels it's an appropriate setting to mark his 25th year in show business. But I'm not really scared of the performance. "I'm usually very comfortable onstage, but I know this will have a bit of a different element to it. "This was a huge gamble - it's the biggest place ever I've performed," he added. He was in Fluffy garb - a beret, spacious Hawaiian shirt, shorts and sneakers. "It's still not real," Iglesias said as he sat high up in the stadium near the press box in late March, accompanied by an entourage and his two chihuahua pups, Vinnie and Risa. And even for a comedian who's drawn capacity crowds at Madison Square Garden and the Sydney Opera House, the idea of playing the L.A. Primarily, it's been iconic artists such as Elton John, Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, the Three Tenors and Simon & Garfunkel who have played (and easily filled) the 56,000-seat ballpark. A "Funko Pop!" exclusive, right, will be available at his Dodger Stadium show, on the weekend of May 6. Iglesias, left, with his beloved dogs Risa, left and Vinnie. It's also the first time in a long time that these comedians will be together." Now it's about people in Los Angeles finally getting out and being able to laugh and have a good time together. "Two years later, this thing has taken on a different meaning.
"We had worked with so much amazing talent, and we wanted to have a celebration of comedy," said Robbie Praw, vice president of stand-up and comedy formats for Netflix. It's an even larger realization of the event first planned for 2020 but postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hollywood Bowl, Arena, the Kia Forum, the Hollywood Palladium, the Wiltern and the Laugh Factory are among the venues. The sprawling lineup is crammed with elite entertainers, including Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer, Hasan Minhaj, Amy Poehler, Larry David, Lil Rel Howery, Seth Rogen, Bill Burr, Patton Oswalt, Pete Davidson, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. The 12-day festival is a presentation by the streaming giant, which in recent years has become a dominant force in the comedy universe. His sold-out stand, which is being taped for a special, is one of numerous highlights of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival, a star-studded, citywide cavalcade of comedy that launches Thursday, with a preview night Wednesday. Iglesias, or Fluffy, as he’s more commonly known, will be the first comedian to perform at Dodger Stadium.
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