Last month, Netflix announced an upcoming standup special from Sarah Silverman, and today the streaming network released the trailer. Titled A Speck of Dust, the special marks the Netflix standup debut for Silverman, who also has her own talk/variety show I Love You, America in the works at Hulu. Check out the trailer above featuring […]
Continue ReadingEllen DeGeneres just signed on for her first standup special in over a decade. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the streaming network has officially added a special from DeGeneres, which the talk show host confirmed on Twitter today: Looks like it’s been 15 years since you did a stand-up special, @TheEllenShow. How about one for […]
Continue ReadingWhen I first stumbled across Hasan Minhaj’s YouTube videos back in 2012, I was at a strange point in my evolution as a comedy consumer, where my identity as a budding comedy nerd and my identity as an Indian-Canadian were somewhat at odds. For as much as I loved standup and was fascinated by the […]
Continue ReadingT.J. Miller heads to HBO next month with a brand new special, and today the network released the first promo. Titled Meticulously Ridiculous, the special was taped at the Paramount Theatre in Denver and makes Miller’s HBO standup special debut. Check out the promo above, and watch the rest when Meticulously Ridiculous premieres Saturday, June 17th at […]
Continue ReadingT.J. Miller heads to HBO next month with a brand new special, and today the network released the first promo. Titled Meticulously Ridiculous, the special was taped at the Paramount Theatre in Denver and makes Miller’s HBO standup special debut. Check out the promo above, and watch the rest when Meticulously Ridiculous premieres Saturday, June 17th at […]
Continue ReadingProbably the greatest significance of Norm Macdonald’s new Netflix standup special Hitler’s Dog comes with the sparklingly succinct way Macdonald answers the industry’s political correctness controversies, at least from a comedian’s perspective, by situating some of the most repugnant and inflammatory remarks possible in the mouth of a made-up character, the titular dictator’s canine. Of […]
Continue ReadingSince leaving New Orleans for New York City nearly ten years ago, Mark Normand has been honing his joke writing and delivery to a fine point. That fine point has earned him appearances on nearly every late night show, a steady opening spot for Amy Schumer, and honors like being one of our “10 Best […]
Continue ReadingDaily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj is having a very busy 2017. Fresh off his gig hosting this year’s Trump-free White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Minhaj heads to Netflix later this month for his brand new special Homecoming King, which “follows Minhaj’s arrival in the U.S., interracial love, racism, bullying, and his family’s quest to achieve the […]
Continue ReadingRory Scovel has a new standup special premiering on Netflix next month. Scovel revealed on Twitter today that the special, titled Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up for the First Time, will debut on the streaming network Tuesday, June 20th. Scovel’s debut standup special from 2015, The Charleston Special, is currently available on Seeso.
Continue ReadingIn the opening minutes of his new HBO special, Chris Gethard regrets that he doesn’t have some inciting incident that he can blame for his lifelong depression. “I hate to say it,” he says, “but sometimes people just break.” Afterwards, he pauses for a moment, and you can almost hear people in the audience thinking […]
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