by We saw a record number of hour-long stand-up comedy specials released on video in 2017. Were they all worth your time? Probably not.
But I can recommend more than a few. A few dozen, in fact. These are the comedy specials from the year just passed that I’d watch with you again (and in some cases, again and again and again).
In alphabetical order:
- Orny Adams: More Than Loud (Showtime)
- Cristela Alonzo: Lower Classy (Netflix)
- Fahim Anwar: There’s No Business Like Show Business (Seeso)
- Judd Apatow: The Return (Netflix)
- Maria Bamford: Old Baby (Netflix)
- Mike Birbiglia: Thank God For Jokes (Netflix)
- Neal Brennan: 3 Mics (Netflix)
- Jerrod Carmichael: 8 (HBO)
- Dave Chappelle: Equanimity (Netflix)
- Louis CK: 2017 (Netflix) *(of course you probably cannot watch now the same way)
- Vir Das: Abroad Understanding (Netflix)
- Judah Friedlander: America is the Greatest Country in the United States (Netflix)
- Jim Gaffigan: Cinco (Netflix)
- Chris Gethard: Career Suicide (HBO)
- Erik Griffin: The Ugly Truth (Showtime)
- Tiffany Haddish: She Ready: From the Hood to Hollywood (Showtime)
- Ryan Hamilton: Happy Face (Netflix)
- Jen Kirkman: Just Keep Livin’? (Netflix)
- Lynne Koplitz: Hormonal Beast (Netflix)
- Norm Macdonald: Hitler’s Dog, Gossip and Trickery (Netflix)
- Al Madrigal: Shrimpin’ Ain’t Easy (Showtime)
- Marc Maron: Too Real (Netflix)
- Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King (Netflix)
- Tracy Morgan: Staying Alive (Netflix)
- Adam Newman: Fuzzies (Seeso, now on Amazon)
- Mark Normand: Don’t Be Yourself (Comedy Central)
- Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame (Netflix)
- Oh, Hello! On Broadway, by John Mulaney and Nick Kroll (Netflix)
- Patton Oswalt: Annihilation (Netflix)
- Christina P.: Mother Inferior (Netflix)
- Brian Regan: Nunchucks and Flamethrowers (Netflix)
- Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up For the First Time: (Netflix)
- Jerry Seinfeld: Jerry Before Seinfeld (Netflix)
- Sarah Silverman: A Speck of Dust (Netflix)
- Brent Weinbach: Appealing to the Maintream (Seeso, coming soon to Amazon)
- Michelle Wolf: Nice Lady (HBO)
- Roy Wood Jr.: Father Figure (Comedy Central)
- Sasheer Zamata: Pizza Mind (Seeso)
Mark Normand’s was called “Don’t be Yourself” -not “Just Be Yourself”
Great list!
Momentary brain fart. Thanks for catching that!