"Believe in Dog": Phil Hanley's newest short takes off overnight
The Comedy Cellar regular's Utah crowd-work clip, about a young man still single at 24, drew the week's busiest comment section.
Phil HanleyStory of Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
Believe in Dog
"Believe in Dog" is the newest short on Phil Hanley's channel, and its title is the only clue to what is in it: no hashtags, no description, just a pun. Thirteen hours after it went up it had passed 90,000 views, and it is moving faster than anything else he has posted lately.
The week's other two uploads followed his usual pattern. "Utah is for Lovers" is crowd work in the purest sense. Phil talks to a man in the audience whose answers keep landing him deeper in it, and the clip has passed 118,000 views. Viewers keep returning to the same setup: whatever the man says, he gets roasted. Several point out that 24 counts as late for marriage by Utah standards. A mother and daughter laughing nearby get their own mention, and more than one commenter thinks the man looks like Tom Cruise. "Amusement Park", a more traditional bit, went up two days later.
Two older crowd-work clips are also still busy. "Let's Step Outside" and "Homeland Security" are both past 700,000 views and still pick up thousands a day. It suits a comic whose about text says no two of his shows are the same.
Daily views ran below his usual level, about a million a day instead of nearly one and a half, and subscribers barely moved. Even so, no other stand-up channel close to his size added more views over the week, ahead of ISMO and Hot Water Comedy Club. Denny love was the one channel in that group running above its usual daily pace.
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What viewers say
The comments under "Utah is for Lovers #standupcomedy #standup #comedian #jokes #crowdwork"
No matter what you say, you will be roasted 🤣
@michaelruss1123See it on YouTubeThe mom and daughter were getting a great laugh. Well done once again sir!
@tdware33See it on YouTubeSkilfully navigated Phil. 😂
@M4sterPl4nSee it on YouTube
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The videos drawing views on Phil Hanley right now
Utah is for Lovers #standupcomedy #standup #comedian #jokes #crowdwork118,442 views · 2026-09-30
Amusement Park #standupcomedy #standup #comedian #jokes57,006 views · 2026-10-02
Let’s Step Outside #standupcomedy #standup #comedian #jokes #crowdwork702,260 views
Homeland Security #standupcomedy #standup #comedian #jokes #crowdwork761,721 views
- Channel
- Phil Hanley
- Subscribers
- 728,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 9,728,619
- Videos published this week
- 3
- Video published
- October 5, 2026
- Video views so far
- 91,574
The numbers
Here is how Phil Hanley's week looks in numbers.
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Phil Hanley is a regular at which famous New York comedy club?
His channel's about text says he can be seen regularly at The Comedy Cellar in New York City.
