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

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 ...

From Hollywood hits to raw Kenyan stories, 2025 was a year of ambition, missteps, and moments that showed local pop culture finding its bold rhythm.

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 ...

Blazing Saddles, Mel Brooks' iconic Western parody starring Gene Wilder, is riding to a new streaming home. Read on for more.

This final guide of the year includes a new stand-up special, classic comedy, zany action flick and picturesque thriller.

Will Arnett on his new movie, 'Is This Thing On,' doing stand-up, friendship with Amy Poehler, 'SmartLess,' 'Arrested Development,' 'BoJack' and more ...

Bradley Cooper's Is This Thing On? is the latest fictional film to mine humor and pathos from life on the stand-up stage—but ...

Kevin Hart has revealed how he decides which jokes are worthy of making it into a stand-up special, stressing that comedy works best when it connects with a global audience. The comedian explained ...

At the age of 16, Rob Reiner came up with this joke. He passed it along to his father, the pioneering director and comedian Carl Reiner, who passed it to Mel Brooks. Soon, the joke found its way into ...

In the late 1980s and early '90s, as TV fans were being presented with the new Wild West of basic and premium cable, two channels were available for comedy junkies: The Comedy Channel and the simply ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Wow, 2025 — in the race to dismantle civilization, you certainly outdid yourself. And it took some brilliant stand ...