Kate Sweeney

An award-winning writer explores the patchwork American cultural history of grieving the departed. One family inters their matriarch's ashes on the floor of the ocean. Another holds a memorial weenie roast each year at a green-burial cemetery. An 1898 ad for embalming fluid promises, "You can make mummies with it!" while a leading contemporary burial vault is touted as impervious to the elements. A grieving mother, 150 years ago, might spend her days...

This comedy special follows Chris Gethard on the road performing at small venues across the country at the end of 2019. Half My Life explores the idea of what it is to be a comedian at 40 and the different ups and downs that come with self-discovery and life away from home.