If you’re like me, then you would have been proven wrong or severely let down by too many of 2025’s stand-up comedy specials. Which made those who did step up this year stand out that much more. I’ve ...

Streaming has become a great home for stand-up comedy, and Netflix's lineup in particular includes 15 of the best stand-up ...

The time has finally come: We’re back with our year-end list on the emerging comics you need to know. It’s been another hugely dynamic year for comedy, with 29 stand-up specials from Netflix, 12 ...

Hundreds of Beavers is an inventive comedy movie that generated a lot of buzz in 2024. Hundreds and hundreds of stand-up comedy specials?! That’s a lot to chew on, even for the most ardent comedy nerd ...

Kid Cudi takes on stand-up comedy for the first time, sharing his debut at Mi’s Westside Comedy Theater in Santa Monica and ...

Travelling comedy nomad Victor Pãtrãşcan brings his European tour to Cyprus once again, sharing laughs and real stories. Two shows are planned for January in Cyprus as the comedian presents his ...

In October 1983, the Friars Club, that bastion of American comedy royalty, held a roast of comic legend Sid Caesar. Some 2,000 men laughed appreciatively, and among them was not one single woman.

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There, a listless, middle-aged salaryman named Alex (played by Will Arnett) rediscovers himself as a stand-up comic. Based ...