In just over a month, John Early‘s very first HBO hour special, Now More Than Ever, will debut. As we’ve said before, this is long overdue for Early who has given us years and years of outstanding stand-up, characters, and TV appearances, etc. etc.

True to form, Early is transcending the form of a traditional stand-up special, not unlike his longtime comedy partner, Kate Berlant, by blending his real life stand-up with a rock mockumentary special for the fictional(?) band The Lemon Squares for Now More Than Ever, all in front of a live audience. So, expects bits and bits within bits and bits about the bits within bits and general John Early comedic revelry for what looks to be one of the more fun specials of 2023.

Also, this appears to be a return to form for HBO doing atypical specials as they were doing right up until the pandemic started.

Get a look at it for yourself with this first official full trailer here, then look for it on HBO on Sat. Jun. 17th.