Waiting on Brad

Louis C.K. meets Woody Allen in this sitcom based loosely on the life of comedian Brad Zimmerman.

Brad is a stand-up comedian waiting tables while seeking his big break. When not on the road he plies his trade as a New York waiter – a waiter who has seen too many knives, forks, overfed and under-tipping customers.

He is joined at his Uncle Mortie’s restaurant by a cast of characters only the City of New York could produce.

When not on the road with his sporadic comedy gigs, Brad’s waiting job gets him through. He dreams of the big time  - while serving veal piccata – of leaving the one-bedroom on Riverside Drive he’s inhabited for 30-years – all the while dealing with a most hilarious life and characters that swirl around him.

Outside of work is Brad’s landlord, Albert Weiner, who would love nothing more but to get rid of him to get more rent, his eccentric doorman Leon who is Brad’s personal life coach and organizer, his African-American psychiatrist Dr. Dixon who keeps Brad on the straight and narrow and finally his irascible 81-year old mother, Barbara who lives in Boca Raton, Florida and who, for her son, “is an endless source of material”.

Brad is always up-to-date on all the comings, goings and undoing’s of every tenant at every moment via Leon – or as Brad says “everything I always didn’t want to know delivered in a Borsche-Belt-Entertainment-Tonight sorta way”.

Finally, Brad’s life would not be complete without his Uncle Mortie – aging, annoying and arthritic, but a constant reminder of who he is and where he came from.

Along with a few more odds and ends, Brad negotiates the avenues of his life deftly and with great humor and pathos.

Less affluent than Seinfeld, more poignant than Curb Your Enthusiasm,“Waiting On Brad” brings energy, laughs and a great deal of heart . In other words – we’ll all know the difference between Cabernet and a Cote du Rhone….”a dollah”.