# On Location (TV series)

On Location is a series from HBO. The series premiered on New Year's Eve 1975 with a one-hour performance by Robert Klein and became a source for uncensored stand-up comedy performances from performers such as George Carlin, David Brenner, Redd Foxx, Rich Little, Robin Williams, Phyllis Diller, Buddy Hackett, Billy Crystal, Pat Cooper and others. In addition to showing select comedians, On Location featured comedy shows such as the annual Young Comedians Show and comedy club shows. From 1982 to 1986, a version of the "HBO In Space" program opening sequence was used to introduce the series.

## HBO On Location episodes
### Partial list of specials

| Title | Premiere |
| Robert Klein: An Evening with Robert Klein | December 31, 1975 |
| David Steinberg | March 20, 1976 |
| On Location Rodney Dangerfield | April 09, 1976 |
| Freddie Prinze & Friends | May 14, 1976 |
| Mort Sahl | July 5, 1976 |
| David Brenner | September 10, 1976 |
| Myron Cohen | October 16, 1976 |
| Steve Martin | November 19, 1976 |
| Henny Youngman | December 10, 1976 |
| John Byner | January 20, 1977 |
| Pat Cooper | February 18, 1977 |
| Phyllis Diller | March 11, 1977 |
| George Carlin: George Carlin at USC | April 8, 1977 |
| Jackie Gayle | May 20, 1977 |
| Robert Klein Revisited | June 17, 1977 |
| Shelley Berman | July 15, 1977 |
| Norm Crosby | August 20, 1977 |
| Soupy Sales | October 22, 1977 |
| Frank Gorshin | November 18, 1977 |
| Shecky Greene | December 16, 1977 |
| George Kirby | January 6, 1978 |
| Jackie Mason On Location | February 17, 1978 |
| Myron Cohen Revisited | March 10, 1978 |
| The Catskill Comedians feat. Joey Bishop | April 7, 1978 |
| David Brenner Returns | May 26, 1978 |
| Redd Foxx | July 14, 1978 |
| Chevy Chase & Friends | August 18, 1978 |
| George Carlin: Again! | September 8, 1978 |
| Robin Williams: "Off the Wall" | October 27, 1978 |
| Alan King | November 24, 1978 |
| Martin Mull | April 27, 1979 |
| Rich Little and the Great Pretenders | July 13, 1979 |
| Billy Crystal | October 27, 1979 |
| George Segal's "Best Bets" | January 18, 1980 |
| The Best of 'On Location' feat. Robert Klein | August 9, 1980 |
| Don Rickles and His Wise Guys | September 19, 1980 |
| The 2nd Annual Rich Little and the Great Pretenders | November 7, 1980 |
| The 3rd Annual Rich Little and the Great Pretenders | October 23, 1981 |
| Robert Klein at Yale | May 24, 1982 |
| Rich Little | September 17, 1982 |
| Catch a Rising Star's 10th Anniversary | September 30, 1982 |
| Carlin at Carnegie | January 8, 1983 |
| An Evening with Robin Williams | March 12, 1983 |
| Campus Comedy feat. Joe Piscopo & a performance by Jeff Dunham | June 11, 1983 |
| Buddy Hackett: "Live and Uncensored" | June 18, 1983 |
| The Comedy Store's 11th Anniversary Show | July 17, 1983 |
| Eddie Murphy Delirious | October 15, 1983 |
| Billy Crystal: A Comic’s Line | February 10, 1984 |
| George Carlin: Carlin on Campus | June 22, 1984 |
| Rich Little: Come Laugh With Me | July 29, 1984 |
| Robert Klein: Child of the 50's, Man of the 80's | August 24, 1984 |
| The Joe Piscopo Special | September 22, 1984 |
| A Steven Wright Special | September 7, 1985 |
| Rich Little & a Night of 42 Stars | November 16, 1985 |
| Buddy Hackett II: On Stage at Caesar's Atlantic City | February 15, 1986 |
| Richard Belzer in Concert | April 5, 1986 |
| Howie Mandel: North American Watusi Tour | May 10, 1986 |
| George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head | June 14, 1986 |
| Robert Klein on Broadway | July 26, 1986 |
| Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started | August 9, 1986 |
| Rodney Dangerfield: "It's Not Easy Bein' Me" | September 06, 1986 |
| Robin Williams: An Evening at the Met | October 11, 1986 |
| Paul Rodriguez Live!: "I Need the Couch"" | January 24, 1987 |
| An Evening with Bobcat Goldthwait: Share the Warmth | February 21, 1987 |
| Emo Philips Live! At the Hasty Pudding Theatre | March 28, 1987 |
| Sam Kinison: Breaking the Rules | April 21, 1987 |
| Uptown Comedy Express feat. Arsenio Hall, Chris Rock, Barry Sobel, Robert Townsend, and Marsha Warfield | May 9, 1987 |
| An Evening of Alan King at Carnegie Hall | June 9, 1987 |
| Women of the Night feat. Martin Short | July 11, 1987 |
| Jerry Seinfeld: "Stand-Up Confidential" | September 5, 1987 |
| The Roseanne Barr Show | September 19, 1987 |
| Spalding Gray: Terrors of Pleasure | November 28, 1987 |
| Paul Reiser: "Out on a Whim" | December 5, 1987 |
| Jackie Mason's The World According to Me! | February 6, 1988 |
| Rodney Dangerfield: "Nothin’ Goes Right" | February 13, 1988 |
| Mr. Miller Goes to Washington Starring Dennis Miller | February 27, 1988 |
| Women of the Night II feat. Andrea Martin | May 21, 1988 |
| Richard Lewis: I’m Exhausted | June 18, 1988 |
| The Louie Anderson Show | September 10, 1988 |
| The Twelfth Annual Young Comedians Show feat. Paul Rodriguez | September 17, 1988 |
| The Kids in the Hall | October 16, 1988 |
| Bobcat Goldthwait: Is He Like That All the Time? | November 26, 1988 |
| Andrew Dice Clay: The Diceman Cometh | December 31, 1988 |
| Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place | May 6, 1989 |
| Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow | October 21, 1989 |