Watch John-Luke Roberts: Stdad-Up (2026) Official Trailer

The “Dead Dad Show” has become a bit of a stand-up comedy trope. “Stdad-Up” is John-Luke Roberts’ attempt at that.

How do you make a show about your recently deceased father, when you didn’t like him much? Probably not by dressing up as him in a huge suit filled with balloons and performing him as a furious insult comic, but that’s what this show is.