Calm Down Gurrl

2013 live album by Kathy Griffin

Calm Down Gurrl

Live album by

Kathy Griffin

Released

August 6, 2013 (2013-08-06)^[1]

Recorded

June 4, 2013 (2013-06-04)

Genre

Comedy

Length

43:01

Label

Back Lot Music

Producer

Kathy Griffin

Kathy Griffin chronology

Kennedie Center On-Hers
(2013)

Calm Down Gurrl
(2013)

Record Breaker
(2013)

Calm Down Gurrl is the sixth album and seventeenth Bravo stand-up comedy special by stand-up comedian Kathy Griffin and nineteenth overall. It was televised live from the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa, California, on June 4, 2013 (2013-06-04), on Bravo.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introduction"	1:20
2.	"The Jodi Arias trial"	8:10
3.	"Jane Fonda's birthday party with Barbra Streisand"	10:00
4.	"Justin Bieber and paparazzi"	3:30
5.	"Sizzurp"	2:00
6.	"Lil Wayne's coma"	4:00
7.	"Boyfriend meeting the family"	5:30
8.	"New dog"	1:30
9.	"Amanda Bynes"	3:00
10.	"Redbook"	4:01
Total length:		43:01

Personnel

Technical and production^[2]

Kathy Griffin – executive producer
Jenn Levy – executive producer
Paul Miller – executive producer
Kimber Rickabaugh – executive producer
Jeff U'ren – film editor
Bruce Ryan – production design
Cisco Henson – executive in charge of production
Lesley Maynard – associate director / stage manager
Davi Crivelli – technical supervisor

Visuals and imagery

Ashlee Mullen – hair stylist / make-up artist
Simon Miles – lighting designer

Award and nominations

The live Bravo performance special won the Grammy for Best Comedy Album in the 56th Grammy Awards.

References

^ "Calm Down Gurrl" Release Date at iTunes
^ "TV Archives". 20 April 2022.

External links

Kathy Griffin's Official Website

Kathy Griffin

Comedy specials (list)

HBO Comedy Half-Hour (1996)
Hot Cup of Talk (1998)
The D-List (2004)
Allegedly (2004)
Kathy Griffin Is... Not Nicole Kidman (2005)
Strong Black Woman (2006)
Everybody Can Suck It (2007)
Straight to Hell (2007)
For Your Consideration (2008)
She'll Cut a Bitch (2009)
Suckin' It for the Holidays (2009)
Balls of Steel (2009)
Does the Bible Belt (2010)
Whores on Crutches (2010)
50 and Not Pregnant (2011)
Gurrl Down (2011)
Pants Off (2011)
Tired Hooker (2011)
Seaman 1st Class (2012)
Kennedie Center On-Hers (2013)
Calm Down Gurrl (2013)
Record Breaker (2013)
Look at My Butt Crack (2014)
A Hell of a Story (2019)

Television shows

Kathy's So-Called Reality (2001)
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (episodes, 2005–2010)
Kathy (2012–2013)

"I'll Say It"

v t e Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
1950s	"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" – Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1958) The Battle of Kookamonga – Homer and Jethro / Inside Shelley Berman – Shelley Berman (1959)
1960s	Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris – Jo Stafford & Paul Weston / The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! – Bob Newhart (1960) An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May – Elaine May & Mike Nichols (1961) The First Family – Vaughn Meader (1962) "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)" – Allan Sherman (1963) I Started Out as a Child – Bill Cosby (1964) Why Is There Air? – Bill Cosby (1965) Wonderfulness – Bill Cosby (1966) Revenge – Bill Cosby (1967) To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With – Bill Cosby (1968) Sports – Bill Cosby (1969)
1970s	The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress – Flip Wilson (1970) This Is A Recording – Lily Tomlin (1971) FM & AM – George Carlin (1972) Los Cochinos – Cheech & Chong (1973) That Nigger's Crazy – Richard Pryor (1974) ...Is It Something I Said? – Richard Pryor (1975) Bicentennial Nigger – Richard Pryor (1976) Let's Get Small – Steve Martin (1977) A Wild and Crazy Guy – Steve Martin (1978) Reality...What a Concept – Robin Williams (1979)
1980s	No Respect – Rodney Dangerfield (1980) Rev. Du Rite – Richard Pryor (1981) Live on the Sunset Strip – Richard Pryor (1982) Eddie Murphy: Comedian – Eddie Murphy (1983) "Eat It" – "Weird Al" Yankovic (1984) Whoopi Goldberg (Original Broadway Show Recording) – Whoopi Goldberg (1985) Those of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand – Bill Cosby (1986) A Night at the Met – Robin Williams (1987) Good Morning, Vietnam – Robin Williams (1988) P.D.Q. Bach: 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults – Peter Schickele (1989)
1990s	P.D.Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities – Peter Schickele (1990) P.D.Q. Bach: WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio – Peter Schickele (1991) P.D.Q. Bach: Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion – Peter Schickele (1992) Jammin' in New York – George Carlin (1993) Live from Hell – Sam Kinison (1994) Crank(y) Calls – Jonathan Winters (1995) Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations – Al Franken (1996) Roll with the New – Chris Rock (1997) The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000 – Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner (1998) Bigger & Blacker – Chris Rock (1999)
2000s	Brain Droppings – George Carlin (2000) Napalm & Silly Putty – George Carlin (2001) Robin Williams: Live on Broadway – Robin Williams (2002) Poodle Hat – "Weird Al" Yankovic (2003) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents ... America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction – Jon Stewart and the cast of The Daily Show (2004) Never Scared – Chris Rock (2005) The Carnegie Hall Performance – Lewis Black (2006) The Distant Future – Flight of the Conchords (2007) It's Bad for Ya – George Carlin (2008) A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! – Stephen Colbert (2009)
2010s	Stark Raving Black – Lewis Black (2010) Hilarious – Louis C.K. (2011) Blow Your Pants Off – Jimmy Fallon (2012) Calm Down Gurrl – Kathy Griffin (2013) Mandatory Fun – "Weird Al" Yankovic (2014) Live at Madison Square Garden – Louis C.K. (2015) Talking for Clapping – Patton Oswalt (2016) The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas – Dave Chappelle (2017) Equanimity & The Bird Revelation – Dave Chappelle (2018) Sticks and Stones – Dave Chappelle (2019)
2020s	Black Mitzvah – Tiffany Haddish (2020) Sincerely Louis CK – Louis C.K. (2021) The Closer – Dave Chappelle (2022) What's In a Name? – Dave Chappelle (2023)