Christmas Bonus. Bam.

Now I realize my last post of the year was supposed to be a Friday Laziness but I was watching TV last night and saw the first promo for the new season of Louie. Then I came across something else that I felt needed to be shared during this Christmas season. Two weeks ago Louis CK did a little special called "Louis C.K. Live at the Beacon Theater". Now keep in mind this was a full on comedy special like you see Friday night on Comedy Central, except it was funny.

What did the funniest ginger in the world (Sorry Carrot Top) do with this comedy special? Did he air it in HBO and make his fans pay subscription fees to watch it? Did he put it on Comedy Central between the 5th consecutive airing of the Colbert Report and South Park? Nay. Hell nay.

Louis CK distributed the entire special online for the low low price of $5.00 American.

Smash cut to today and "Louis C.K. Live at the Beacon Theater" has made over a million dollars renewing my faith in humanity by demonstrating the drawing power of one of the funniest comedians in the business today. And since it was distributed online Louis CK was able to avoid all of the fees and surcharges that normally accompany a dvd release.

So what did he do with the money, you ask?

The first $250,000 covered the expenses (website fees, etc.), then he gave the second $250,000 to his staff as a big fat Christmas bonus. On top of that, he gave $280,000 to charities recommended to him by friends and on Twitter. Warming Glow

And here's what he said about all of this:

That leaves me with 220k for myself. Some of that will pay my rent and will care for my childen. The rest I will do terrible, horrible things with and none of that is any of your business. In any case, to me, 220k is enough out of a million...

The thing is still on sale. I hope folks keep buying it. If I make another million, I'll give more of it away. I'll let you know when that happens because I like you getting to know what happened to your 5 dollars and bringing awareness to the bla bla bla. Louisck.net

We tried to get a comment from Carlos Mencia but his publicist said he was too busy lighting piles of money on fire and transcribing old Bill Cosby albums for his upcoming tour.

Have a great holidays and a Happy New Year folks!