Jo Koy and Fluffy's sold-out SoFi show marks a turning point for stand-up comedy

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Running free during a game of catch on the empty field at SoFi Stadium is a fantasy most Angelenos will never experience.For comedians Jo Koy and Gabriel Iglesias, it’s just a warm-up to a dream that’s been a lifetime in the making.Gripping the football with fingers covered in Filipino tribal tattoos extending in a sleeve up his arm, Koy looks across the expanse of emerald green turf at his son jogging toward the south end zone of the Inglewood stadium on a recent afternoon.

“To be able to throw at SoFi is crazy,” Koy said with a sparkling grin of bright white veneers.The 54-year-old comedian with a beard full of gray stubble drops back to pass, launching a tight spiral underneath SoFi’s massive technicolor halo scoreboard hovering above a sea of empty stands.Joseph Jr.

— a wiry 22-year-old with a head full of curly dark brown hair — runs briskly toward the goal line with a black cast on his left arm.He raises his right arm just in time to scoop it into his chest for a touchdown.

The imaginary crowd goes wild.“Yes!!!” Koy shouts, his excitement echoing in the stadium.

He jogs over to Joseph in his navy blue coverall jumpsuit and L.A.Dodgers cap to deliver a satisfying father-son chest bump.A few yards away, Iglesias is watching Roka, his tiny black chihuahua, dart around the field like four pounds of rambunctious entitlement.

The plus-sized comedian — better known as “Fluffy” — is sporting his typical loose-fitting vintage Hawaiian shirt, denim shorts and black flat cap.Whenever they stand together, the duo’s dynamic is like a modern-day Laurel and Hardy.“The fact that we’ve known each other as long as we have is wild ...

we’ve known each other since we both had hair,” Iglesias, 49, says as they both lift up their caps in unison, laughing and exposing their shiny bald heads.On March 21, this stadium will be filled with more tha...