10PM on HBO.
Quincy Jones’ dream coming true is about to be complete tonight as a recently hour stand-up special shot in the face of being diagnosed terminal cancer almost a year earlier will make its debut on HBO tonight.
Be sure to watch it tonight (or on HBO NOW or HBO GO as soon as it starts streaming there) .
Next month, Quincy Jones’ dream of a stand-up special will come true when HBO premieres Quincy Jones: Burning the Light on Thursday, June 2nd at 10PM.
You can see a condensed version of Quincy’s amazing story of how all of this came to be in this featurette.
When Quincy Jones the comedian was diagnosed with cancer, he wanted to shoot a comedy special before his time was up.
His goal has been realized to its fullest potential and, as a bonus, it’s going to premiere on HBO.
Quincy Jones: Burning the Light premieres on Thursday, June 2nd at 10PM on HBO and you can your first preview of it right here.
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer last year, comedian Quincy Jones has gotten more than he might have imagined in the time since then.
In the last few months, he has gotten a stand-up special crowdfunded and shot, been on Ellen twice, got his special picked up by HBO, and now, a Conan set that marks his late night stand-up debut. Also, it was just announced that his special Burning the Light will premiere on HBO on Thursday, June 2nd at 10PM.
For someone that was given a year to live, he seems to be doing alright.
Quincy Jones got to return to The Ellen DeGeneres Show for an even bigger surprise than he got last time.
Last time, Ellen gave Quincy an appearance on the show to share his story and a plea to Netflix or HBO to air his special as well as a $10K donation from Shutterfly.
This time, Quincy got the news that HBO will indeed air his special and also received an additional $15K from Shutterfly.
So, in total from the Kickstarter and Shutterfly, Quincy has received $75,273 in donations for the special and living expenses.
His special is set to tape on Monday, April 4th at the Teragram Ballroom, which is in Westlake, just west of Downtown LA. There is a 7PM and 10PM show that you can attend. Tickets are $10-$20.
We’re guessing tickets are going to go fast, FYI.
Facing the diagnosis of terminal cancer, Quincy Jones has been more determined than ever to get a stand-up special done before he leaves this mortal coil, whenever that may be.
A Kickstarter campaign started by his friends to shoot that special has gotten over $46K raised as of this post when they were only seeking just under $5K.
This story has caught the attention of Ellen Degeneres who had Quincy on her show yesterday for several surprises including a $10,000 check from Shutterfly as well as an endorsement to HBO and Netflix brass to pick up his special to air or stream.
Watch Quincy’s whole amazing appearance here..
Quincy Jones (the comedian and not the legendary music producer) made his way to LA to pursue his dreams in stand-up comedy in the early 2010s. While he was grinding his way through the LA scene as hard as anyone could be, Quincy was unfortunately diagnosed with Stage Four Mesothelioma Cancer and an estimate of about a year to live.
Fortunately, before Quincy’s time runs out, he might get to see his dream come true as a crowdfunding campaign for an hour stand-up comedy special has raised over 6 times the amount of money he needs. As of this post, the campaign was looking for $4,985 and has $29,263 with 24 days to go.
The special is set to tape on Apr. 3rd and you can get more info and donate here.