Comedy Dynamics To Release Mentally Al, A Documentary About Beloved Comedian, Al Lubel

LOS ANGELES, CA – Comedy Dynamics is pleased to announce they’ve acquired the documentary film, Mentally Al, and will distribute it through their hybrid distribution system composed of Comcast, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Spectrum, Peacock, Dish, Google Play, Vimeo, YouTube and more on August 24, 2021. 
"Mentally Al" is an intimate portrait of Al Lubel, the greatest comedian you’ve never heard of. Following an aging artist still struggling to find the audience his successful peers know he deserves; the film captures both the exhilarating highs and excruciating lows of a life devoted to the pursuit of comedy for comedy’s sake. 

Directed by Joshua Edelman and produced by Joshua Edelman, Jordan Service, and Daniel Marino, the documentary features interviews with comedy A-listers Sarah Silverman, Kevin Nealon, Judd Apatow, Andy Kindler, and more. 

Al’s career in comedy began when he won Star Search in 1988. He has opened for Bill Hicks and Jerry Seinfeld, and been a guest of David Letterman, Jay Leno, and Johnny Carson.  He captured the Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s "Amused Moose Award" (2013), and was featured in the Showtime/PBS special “A Standup Life”, the ESPN series “Bill Walton’s Long Strange Trip”, and the animated Comedy Central show “Dr. Katz’”

“We are excited to finally share the story of one of the comedy world’s most singular and enigmatic figures” said Joshua Edelman, director of Mentally Al.

"This documentary will go a long way in introducing Al, a true comedian’s comedian, to a new generation of comedy fans worldwide,” said Brian Volk-Weiss, Founder and CEO of Comedy Dynamics.
The deal was negotiated by Anna Roberts on behalf of The Nacelle Company.

About Comedy Dynamics:

Founded by Brian Volk-Weiss, Comedy Dynamics, a Nacelle company, is the largest independent comedy production and distribution company. The company has produced Netflix’s Down to Earth with Zac Efron, The Movies That Made Us, The Toys That Made Us, Behind The Attraction for Disney +, Sony’s Mad About You reboot, Netflix’s Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History, The CW’s Discontinued, All The Way Black for BET+, Animal Planet’s Animal Nation with Anthony Anderson, the scripted comedy on Hulu There’s… Johnny!, History’s Join Or Die with Craig Ferguson, MTV2’s Wild ’N On Tour, History’s Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek, and more. In 2017 the Comedy Dynamics Network (CDN) launched and currently distributes specials, television shows and films to all major transactional platforms such as iTunes, Amazon, Google, PlayStation, Xbox, Tubi, Peacock, Pluto TV and most major telco & satellite providers, including AT&T, Comcast, Charter, Dish, Verizon, and Samsung TVs.  The company has worked with a wide range of established and emerging comedic talent including Ali Wong, Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart, Aziz Ansari, Jim Gaffigan, Pete Davidson, and many more. The company was nominated for an NAACP Spirit Award in 2019 for Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History and an Emmy Award for Down to Earth with Zac Efron. 20 Comedy Dynamics releases have been Grammy-nominated (with four wins), including all 5 in the Comedy Album category for the 61^st  Annual Grammy Awards in 2019.