Special↕ | Comedian↕ | Year↕ | Platform↕ | Style↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Delirious | Eddie Murphy | 1983 | HBO | High-energy storytelling | Red leather suit, ice cream man bit, arguably the template for modern specials |
Raw | Eddie Murphy | 1987 | Theatrical release | Observational | Purple leather outfit, relationship material, highest grossing stand-up film ever |
Bring the Pain | Chris Rock | 1996 | HBO | Social commentary | Niggas vs Black People routine, cemented Rock as generational voice |
Killin' Them Softly | Dave Chappelle | 2000 | HBO | Racial, political | Washington DC crime bit, Sesame Street drug bit, launched Chappelle era |
Sticks and Stones | Dave Chappelle | 2019 | Netflix | Provocative | Cancel culture commentary, polarized critics and audiences, Grammy winner |
Nanette | Hannah Gadsby | 2018 | Netflix | Deconstructed stand-up | Memoir turning into indictment of the form itself, global viral moment |
What | Bo Burnham | 2013 | Netflix | Musical meta comedy | Left Brain Right Brain bit, piano comedy, precursor to Inside |
Inside | Bo Burnham | 2021 | Netflix | Pandemic solo musical | Welcome to the Internet, filmed alone in a room, Emmy winning special |
Make Happy | Bo Burnham | 2016 | Netflix | Musical comedy | Kanye-style finale about performance and meaning |
Never Scared | Chris Rock | 2004 | HBO | Political, cultural | Follow-up to Bring the Pain, husband bits, bullet control joke |
Old Dogs New Jokes | George Carlin (final Jammin' in NY) | 1992 | HBO | Counterculture rant | Seven Words You Can't Say framing, Carlin at peak disdain |
Mitch All Together | Mitch Hedberg | 2003 | Comedy Central | One-liner surrealism | I used to do drugs...I still do, hallmark of stoner surrealist comedy |
Hot Streak | Ali Wong (Baby Cobra) | 2016 | Netflix | Raunchy pregnant | Performed seven months pregnant, trapping men bit, launched Wong |
Tamborine | Chris Rock | 2018 | Netflix | Confessional | Rock's comeback after divorce, bullet vs bullet, tamborine analogy for marriage |
Stand-Up at the Store | Louis CK (Hilarious) | 2010 | Theatrical then Epix | Observational, dark | Cell phone bit, first stand-up film to be accepted at Sundance |
Homecoming King | Hasan Minhaj | 2017 | Netflix | Theatrical memoir | Immigrant kid story, prom date rejection, visual storytelling stand-up hybrid |
Jerry Before Seinfeld | Jerry Seinfeld | 2017 | Netflix | Observational | Return to the Comic Strip NYC club where he started, career retrospective |
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