Best of Stand-up 2020

Josh Gondelman just wants everyone to have a good time. People Pleaser, his debut comedy special, hilariously explores the pressures of appearing in friends' dreams, having new enemies, and choosing the right wedding DJ.

In his first one-hour stand-up special, funnyman Aaron Karo raises the comedy bar as he uncorks his witty observations on bridesmaids' speeches, tanked-up friends who always start fights and the perils of being a 30-year-old bachelor.

Self-deprecating comic Don Friesen delivers the laughs in a big way in this stand-up special shot live in front of a packed house. Friesen's outrageously physical style of comedy keeps the audience in hysterics as he willingly exploits his flaws.

Ricardo O'Farrill brings his sharp, observational humor to the stage with a relentless sarcasm and specific Mexican sensibility. Prepare for mockery.

Nothing in life is black and white, except Take It Easy, Anirban Dasgupta's stand-up special. His material deals with hate and love in the hostile internet era, and why both these intense emotions need to be told to take it easy. In this set he comprehends events from the past year at home and at work; events he would rather forget unless he wrote jokes on them.

Life has been full circle for Jackie Fabulous who's now found herself living back in the Bronx. Watch Jackie navigate her New York heart through life's biggest hurdles.

Henry Rollins waxes at a high rate of speed about the brilliance of RuPaul, meeting David Bowie, his weirdest shows, why women should rule and more in a live performance from Portland, Oregon.

Comedy special featuring comedian Andrew "Dice" Clay. In his third HBO special he discusses Barbra Streisand, Kenny G., life with his son, a trip to the doctor's office and sex.

Performing in his Cleveland hometown, David A. Arnold jokes about marital spats and entitled kids as he shares a behind-the-scenes look at his family.

Comedian and former backup dancer Kim McVicar riffs about crawling for rappers, pranking her brother in prison, and getting hit on at her estranged father's funeral. And that's not all - this comedy special has something no one else has - dance breaks!

Fridges, birthday parties and cockroach baba cults. In his latest special, Naveen Richard brings together some tasty observational comedy that has proven to be relatable 9 out of 12 times.

King of Comedy Steve Harvey will perform his final stand-up comedy show on Thursday, August 2 at 11PM EST LIVE on Pay-Per-View. The final show will mark the end of 27 years of stand-up comedy.

Standup comedian Aziz Ansari ("Parks and Recreation") headlines his third standup special, where he shares his uniquely hilarious perspective on fears of adulthood, babies, marriage, and more. Ansari's look at life on the cusp of 30 years old is smart, unfiltered, and hysterical.

In her first-ever HBO solo special, Sarah Silverman takes the stage for an evening of adults-only stand-up comedy. Taped live in front of an intimate audience of 39 fans at Largo, a music and comedy club in Los Angeles, Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles features Silverman taking aim at such subjects as cell-phone porn, crazy religions, specialty deodorants, terrible roommates, eyebrow waxing, her 19-year-old dog, Obama and Republicans, having babies, Pixar movies, the miracle of existence, and more.

This groundbreaking comedy special is presented in one continuous shot of witty stand-up from the Ice House in Pasadena, California.

Louis C.K.'s first comedy special, filmed live at the Fillmore in San Francisco.

Robin Williams stand up special.

Emmy(R)-winning comedian Jeff Cesario keeps a San Francisco audience in stitches with his stand-up routine.

The gleefully irreverent Jefferies skewers “grabby” celebrities, political hypocrisy and his own ill-advised career moves in a brash stand-up special.

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