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“Quincy Jones: Burning the Light” (HBO 8pm) Quincy Jones (the comedian, not the record producer) performs his first one-hour stand-up show after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.
On July 3, 2015, L.A.-based comedian Quincy Jones received the kind of phone call that many of us have nightmares about: he was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given about a year to live.
Jones has been going through chemotherapy, but he’s also embarked on another journey: he wants to tape an hour-long special of his standup comedy, explaining that “would be [his] opus.”
Friend and fellow comedian Nicole Blaine volunteered to produce it along with her husband, Mickey Blain, and to help with the production costs they started a Kickstarter campaign. Their projected goal was $4,985. To date, with 21 days left in the campaign, they’ve already received pledges exceeding $35,000.
Originally from Seattle, Jones came to Los Angeles four years ago to further his stand-up career. He worked as a barista while pursuing comedy gigs at night. When he got the cancer diagnosis he’d just booked a comedy tour on the East Coast. Jones spoke with The Frame’s John Horn to talk about his goal, and what it’s like pursuing a lifelong creative dream while simultaneously battling stage 4 peritoneal mesothelioma.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJWQbpGKHjk
Agencies/Canadajournal
