No matter how quick the wit, no stand-up comic starts out a success. Forget the top: on the way to the bottom rung, comics need to endure endless open-mic tryouts, log thousands of miles for little or ...

After everything that happened in 2024, and heading into the five-year anniversary of the pandemic, you might have expected comedians to either reckon with the wreckage of the recent past and their ...

Netflix has become a premier platform for streaming modern comedy specials, with some of the biggest names in the business launching their shows on the service. This includes a growing number of ...

Stand-up comedy has been engrained in American television since practically the very beginning. Comics would emerge from the clubs, step out on late night TV, and deliver their best material in front ...

Every month, Netflix seems to have brand-new stand-up comedy specials ready to go. Now that we're four months into the year, ...

No other comedy special this year accomplishes quite the same mixture of emotion that Jordan Jensen’s does. It is so closely written, so thoroughly and carefully conceived as a window into Jensen’s ...

Blair Socci grew up surrounded by older boys in her San Juan Capistrano neighborhood, and she quickly learned that if she didn’t figure out how to deliver a joke, she’d end up being the punchline. “I ...

Sooner or later, nearly anyone who's made a name for themselves in stand-up comedy gets at least one shot at leading a movie (it’s now Matt Rife’s turn). But there are only a select few truly ...

Hrithik Roshan recently applauded comedian Vir Das' new show, Fool Volume, calling it the best stand-up ever. Vir Das is known for his evolving comedic style and honest takes on Indian society. He ...

Bo Burnham sings into a microphone while wearing sunglasses in a starry background in Bo Burnham: Inside - Netflix Netflix has become a premier platform for streaming modern comedy specials, with some ...