Million Dollaz Worth Of Game - Million Dollaz Daily: KEVIN HART ON HOW TO GET ON NETFLIX

Episode Date: October 16, 2025

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Hey, million dollars worth of game listeners. You can find every episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Prime members can listen, ad free on Amazon Music. Right. How do you get a show on Netflix? How do you get a show on Netflix? A stand-up comedy joint. Everybody wants a show on Netflix, but I would say why.

No, no, I'm just asking you because... I'm saying like it's... In getting that, right? It's not, it's not about getting it. You can get on any platform, but what's your reason, right? Like, what's your, what's the reason for it? So with this younger generation of comedians, you got to understand that the comedy special game and world is not what it once was, right?

Everything changes. There's, there's obstacles and there's periods. When you think about, there was a time where the HBO special was the biggest thing you can get, right? And when you look at the comedians that were fortunate and blessed enough to get an HBO special back in the day, it was the don't. biggest thing ever for them. The HBO specials then changed and Comedy Central got into the face.

Comedy Central gave out half-hour specials and our specials. If you got a half-hour special, our special on Comedy Central, you would be in a rotation and you'll be seeing. It propels some careers. Okay, wow, the world of special seems like it's growing. Now, Netflix came and Netflix gave a different idea of what a comedy special should be. And the comedians that did specials on that platform, in the beginning, It was a lot.

Some were seen. Some weren't. But Netflix's identity was all based off of the foundation of stand-up comedy in the beginning. They were redefining the world of stand-up comedy. And then they started to get a whole bunch of other content, right? But then they said, fuck it. We're going to go out. We're going to get the biggest comedians.

We're going to get them to do specials. And we're going to make the special again. Not that they weren't. They said, we're going to make them special again. So they threw this money at them. And a bigger comedian said, fuck it, we're going to do it. So they got Chappelle, Rock, myself. Louis C.K., Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes, Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres.

Like, the biggest names of comedy went there and they started doing them. But now, everybody else started getting specials. So now the world of comedy specials, it's there, but they're not as special. They're not as special because everyone isn't in demand. That's not a bad thing. Like, you work to get in demand. You need to be seen to put asses in the seats. But where do you go that has the best?

impact for you so for the for the younger generation of comics that net fix pleasure that they may want it may not be the best decision for them because they're in a more they're in a much more valuable position today because owning your material your IP is easier to do because of the the freedom and how you control your content right like you're talking about like when you go down just hilarious and dc young fly and uh ha ha davis you're talking about desi banks you're talking about um people who embrace the world of social media built the following off of social media and did it by managing and operating and controlling the content that they put out so now going to the stand of special space they could

mimic that maybe they could shoot it themselves maybe they could sell it license it there's a different type of conversation so they don't have to go the route that most win their decisions now are a little different because there are opportunities that present themselves are different. So I would say for them, it's about understanding the business more for them. And I talk to them. I give them all these tidbits. I'm the guy

that wants them to win. So you know, when you had that following that they developed and they have the dollar because they go out and they make their money as well, shooting it, completing it, and going and packaging it and licensing it or seeing if you

can sell it, whatever it is for you, that becomes the road to victory. It's not just about being on Netflix, just to be on Netflix. Right now, the business of the business is just as important as the talent. So you have to make sure

you weigh those options properly. And, you know, maybe your first special sets up the next one. But there's several different platforms that you can go to. That's why I'm always one to say, no, let's shoot this shit ourselves. Yep.

And because how many platforms out here is begging for content? And they're throwing money around. Oh, he's a kind of. So if you could pay for your own content and take it to the places, your money is a lot different. If you have an audience, right, what you guys have here is so dope because you now develop the brand. What started off is just a dope-ass podcast with a name in the back of it has now become a brand. So the brand, this is a brand.

A million dollars worth a game becomes a brand. And you can elevate that brand however you choose, right? And the brand has tentacles and it becomes tiered. So now the podcast of YouTube, it's here. But if you think you guys underneath ball stools, bar stools started off as a podcast or a radio show with. And then they got bigger and they kept on putting other shows underneath it. So now bar stools, the brand is a hub that embeds the media of all this stuff under here. This is growing into the same.

So when you understand the business and the business that you're creating, you got a following. Well, now your bargaining chips are different. Everybody can't have the same conversation at the table. Everybody wants to, but they can't. Right? So your conversation is different. And my conversation that I can have is different because we come with different value. So our leverage within the value is where we negotiate at a high level.

To the younger talent that has the following in social media, there's value because they have an audience. So if they do things and they embed it and finish it and can completely, And say when my audience shows that they'll show up to see this, I would much rather license it and own it now you can get a licensing fee or you can say I want to sell it Whatever it is you're making a better decision for you and your brand But it's the understanding of how to do that and there's never been a more valuable time to do it in than now You know, I'm a full-fledged media business Yeah, I'm into the business more than I'm into being a talent now