Jerry Seinfeld doesn’t play by today’s comedy rules. He spent 22 years touring before presenting this hour of jokes on Netflix. Which means if you’re a Seinfeld fan, you’ve heard some of this stuff two decades ago now. As I wrot…
Continue ReadingJerry Seinfeld doesn’t play by today’s comedy rules. He spent 22 years touring before presenting this hour of jokes on Netflix. Which means if you’re a Seinfeld fan, you’ve heard some of this stuff two decades ago now. As I wrot…
Continue ReadingLong-form improv doesn’t have much of a track record onscreen, because it’s so difficult to translate a completely ad-libbed show that exists in the moment and capture it for future audiences. So Netflix gave Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schw…
Continue ReadingI don’t know why Netflix keeps giving Chris D’Elia stand-up comedy specials, when his talents aren’t stand-up related. And I certainly don’t know why this bit is highlighted in the trailer, because it wasn’t great then and…
Continue ReadingIn ordinary times, I’d dismiss much of this stuff as all a bit too ordinary. But we’re decidedly not living through those times right now. Which means hearing Segura imagine death squads come for trivial slights, or later, hearing his mother try to con…
Continue ReadingBert Kreischer is often hilariously out of step with the times, so having this party guy’s newest Netflix special show up just as America had stopped partying in March seemed apt. What I wrote then: For any personal failings he may cop to, Kreisc…
Continue ReadingThere’s an extra bittersweet poignancy already to Marc Maron’s 2020 Netflix special, End Times Fun, which came out in the second week of March, just as the coronavirus pandemic began sweeping across America. Lynn Shelton, his girlfriend at …
Continue ReadingTaylor Tomlinson has an old-school stand-up comedy approach that belies her young age. It’s jarring to hear a twentysomething make jokes about kids these days, and yet, here we are. Tomlinson must’ve just made the generational cutoff of kids who got sp…
Continue ReadingPete Davidson has become both a star and a caricature on Saturday Night Live, which is a shame because there’s a lot going on below the surface for Davidson. He gets to showcase that now in movies, including the semi-autobiographical King of Stat…
Continue ReadingTom Papa and Fortune Feimster co-host a radio show for Netflix’s SiriusXM radio channel, so not long after Feimster’s Netflix special aired, here came Papa in February. Telling us we’re doing great in February is one thing. Reminding …
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