Recently, Ari Shaffir came to the end of two journeys — one spanning seven months off the grid in South America, the other decades in the making.
A comedian known for disappearing abroad for extended stretches — who chronicles his escapades on his podcast You Be Trippin’ — Shaffir resurfaced in late March following his latest trek. Weeks later, he launched The End, a direct-to-consumer comedy series in which top stand-ups deliver some of their most memorable longform stories.
For Shaffir and collaborator Eric Abrams, The End represents the culmination of more than 15 years spent building platforms — whether live, digital, for television — dedicated to storytelling-driven comedy. The most prominent of those was This Is Not Happening, which began as a grassroots live show before evolving into a digital hit and, ultimately, a beloved Comedy Central series running four seasons. A show that major comics like Ali
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