Louis C.K. ran an interesting experiment late last year, one that I hope takes off. Louis C.K. is an American comedian who you may or may not have heard of. For the record I do enjoy his comedy styling but who he is is irrelevant, what he did is important. You see what he decided to do was to put together a comedy special featuring himself. Now this is not that odd, he had done it before, what made this time different is that he funded and distributed it all himself. This allowed him to keep costs down as he did not have to pay the normal ‘middle men’. Which meant he was able to sell it for only five bucks. (more…)