Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion

Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion (2007) is a stand-up special you can watch online on iFILM, filmed at the San Francisco club of the same name two years before The Hangover made him famous. Director Michael Blieden caught him at exactly the right moment.

Sixty-one minutes of his signature off-kilter comedy: deadpan monologues that slide into surrealism without warning, long deliberate silences that somehow land as punchlines, and an unannounced detour to the piano. The style was already fully formed — the fame just hadn't caught up yet. Stream Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion (2007) online on iFILM.