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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello, Johnny mag with your Daily Comedy News. Today it is the rest of the top twenty three top stand up specials of the year. If you missed yesterday’s episode, I went over the top eleven, which really quickly was number one is Gary Goleman too, Todd Berry, three, Shing Gillis, Tom Sigora, Kyle Cranane, Nate Bergantcy Gervais, Michelle Wolf, j McBride, Jim Jefferies, and Pete Holmes. At number eleven.
You can listen to yesterday’s episode to catch up on that. At number twelve, Harry Condo Bolu’s Vacation Baby. You’ll find that on YouTube. Really strong special for the first two thirds. The last third’s a little soft.
This would have ranked higher, just I don’t know, just didn’t land number thirteen. This one was a big deal. You may have heard of it. Chris rock Is live on Netflix. Did you know about this?
He got slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars and then reacted to it. Selective outrage is the name of that one. That one was like a roller coast. There were points where it was like, Okay, Chris, get to it, get to it. Gets to it, and then he got to it and it was really great, and then he’d kind of take his foot off the gas and it was up and down.
Solid special. Not Chris Rock’s best work by any means, but a really good one. Number fourteen. You’ll find this one on Amazon. Jimmy O Yang’s Guess how much I love Jimmy O Yang.
Jimmy talks about loser friends and negotiating with his Asian parents.
Also some really solid jokes about BTS.
I surprised he didn’t get roasted by the BTS Army for that one. I wouldn’t mind getting roasted by the BTS Army. I’ll take the publicity. Number fifteen. This one came out in December.
Trevor Noah is Where was I Now? Despite it being all the way down at fifteen, I gotta say I liked the special a lot. Trevor’s one of those folks that I find just great company, easy on the ears. I think I just like his accent, but I like the way he thinks. I like the way he speaks and he’s trying to do something.
It’s not just joke joke joke joke jokes. So this one, too, allows you to breathe a time, and that’s something Carlin was great at. Ricky at times reminded me of George Carlin, and I don’t say that lightly, but the points he was making very Carlin esk and I think the beard cut helps. Trevor’s also great at developing characters by doing different voices. His accent work is fantastic.
Trevor Noah on Netflix. Where was I? Number sixteen? I know when I say this one, people think I’m nuts until they actually watch it. It’s the roast of mister Peanut.
So this showed up in commercial form during the Super Bowl, but there’s a full version on YouTube. Jeff Ross is Your Host, also appearing Natasha Laziro, Otsko at Coontzka, Yamanika Saunders, David Lucas, Sarah Tiana, Frank Castillo, and it’s exactly what it’s claiming to be. Jeff Ross is Your Host, and then everybody gets up and does a couple of minutes about mister Peanut. But it’s funny. You’ll find the whole thing on YouTube.
I know I sound like a crazy person, trust me. Number seventeen, Big Jay Okerson’s Dog Belly. That one, also on Netflix. Filmed at Skankfest twenty twenty two in Las Vegas. Jay having a good time on stage, doing some CrowdWork, some storytelling.
That’s a fun one. Love this guy. Number eighteen Mark Norman Soup to Nuts. Norman is one of those comedians in ascendency. Each special you just find him refining it and refining it.
I wouldn’t be shocked if he had a huge twenty twenty four well liked by his fellow comedians. Good description here from deadand dot Co. March delivery is awkward and affable, goofy even he talks like he’s just some guy the kanude apologize to a table for bumping into it, Except that guy happens to be making some of the most vicious, mean spirited remarks you’ve ever heard, in the same tone he’d used to wish somebody a pleasant morning. It’s black comedy tinged with hot pink and vivid tangerine. He’s saying all these horrible things, but he’s also suggesting to you that he doesn’t mean any of it.
It’s number eighteen, Mark Norman Soup to Nuts Number nineteen and Nimesh Patel. You’ll find that one on YouTube. Lucky Lefty. Can someone create an entire hour out of being diagnosed with testicular cancer? Yes, the answer is yes.
Nimesh Patel Lucky Lefty Number twenty on the Top twenty three stand up Specials of twenty twenty three. Sarah Silverman Someone you Love on HBO Max or Max or HBO or Max Max whatever we’re calling it these days. Sarah’s really good about setting up a premise and then taking a right turn. Really like that one’s number twenty one. Chris Fleming’s Hell.
This one on Peacock, and it’s one of those specials that as soon as you hit play, you go, oh, okay, this is different. How do I describe this one? Fleming is super animated, singing and dancing and using the entire stage. It’s another one of those shots in a small club, specifically Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles. He has characters, there are sketches.
Can’t put this one into words, and that’s a good thing. Chris Fleming’s Hell on Peacock, Number twenty one. Similar one that Broke the Mold. John Early is Now More than Ever on HBO, a faux documentary about a musical act, but with sketches, and some funny songs. Jason Zenniman and The New York Times nailed it as he always does.
It’s generally mixing cringe and cabaret. Really fun. Special here and number twenty three of the top twenty three Ralph Barbosa’s Cowabunga. That one on Netflix. I expected more out of this one.
I was following Barbosa all year and I thought he was about to step up in class, and he didn’t quite come to that level. It’s fun, but it’s not amazing. I think Barbosa has more to come, and we’ll keep an eye on him. I think he’s really going to move up the list in future years. All right again, real quick.
The Top twenty three Number one, Gary Goleman two, Todd Barry three, Shane Gillis four, Tom Siguera five, Kyle Kanaan six and eight, Berganzi seven, Urky Gervais eight, Michelle Wolf nine, j McBride ten, Jim Jefferys eleven, Pete Holmes twelve, Harri Condobolu thirteen, Chris Rock fourteen, Jumio Yang fifteen, Trevor Noah sixteen, The Roast of Mister Peanut seventeen, Big Jay Okresen eighteen, Mark Norman nineteen to Mishpateel twenty, Sarah Silverman twenty one, Chris Fleming twenty two, Joan Early twenty three, Ralph Barbosa, And those are your top twenty three specials of the year. Some big, big names not on the list who put out stuff this year, and that’ll be tomorrow’s episode. I’ll explain why they didn’t make the list. But there are some huge names who did not make the list. If you enjoy the show, a couple of ways you can support the show.
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