Hilarious Stand-Up Comedy Specials on Netflix to Help You Grin and Bear It

Getting slate to a Louis C.K. show is fundamentally impossible , but you could still catch his point of view - up through the beauty of Netflix . But he ’s not the only one with a sea wolf special cyclosis . Prepare to weep - jape through these first-class set that are presently streaming .

Chewed Up

Louis C.K.‘sLive at the Beacon Theateris also on Netflix , and it ’s also very funny . But if you ’re search for prime Louie , go for this senior , crasser 2008 special . Chewed Upfeatures classics like the Cinnabon spot ( above),the white prison term machine joke , and the immortal line , " The meal is n’t over when I ’m full , the meal is over when I hate myself . " It would n’t be a Louis C.K. show without a sizable dose of self - detestation , and clearly , this one has it in spades .

My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend

Watching a Mike Birbiglia curing can feel a mo like read a novel . The NPR even excels at telling a long , silly narration with muckle of tangents and considered pauses , and here , the subject is one man ’s personal attack on the institution of marriage . Birbiglia differentiate hilarious , humiliating anecdote about his failed romances to build the case , but the special ’s devout ending is n’t nearly as cynical as its title would suggest .

New in Town

John Mulaney has a uniquely erstwhile - school charisma that defines most of his oeuvre – even when he ’s say storey about screaming " shag da police " as a teenager , it sounds like Dean Martin is up there wear out on Milton Berle . Do n’t err this for irrelevance , though . Mulaney has unbelievable take on Delta Airlines and everyone ’s favoriteLaw & Order : SVUdetective , Ice T. Oh , and after you ’re done withNew in Town , waiting line up Mulaney ’s newest particular , The Comeback Kid , because it ’s also hysterical .

Weirdo

Man , remember when Donald Glover was on TV all the time ? Those were some great years . Although he ’s presently set to return with his own original FX serial , Atlanta , Glover has largely alleviate off the clowning scene in recent years , and it ’s a damn pity because he ’s a really funny dude . In this particular show , he lead topics such asTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , devious moms , and a Michael CeraShaftremake to undertaking . Hey , it ’s calledWeirdofor a reason .

One of the Greats

Come for the exaggeration , stay for the puppy seat - filler . When Chelsea Peretti is n’t restrict across the stage or come apart into a ridiculous surfboarder - bro laugh in this Netflix master copy , she ’s bring down to more and more flakey shot of audience members or herself as a clown , creeping around wing . The result is a show that ’s really goofy and foreign , kinda like the stuff from Peretti’sBrooklyn Nine - Nineco - star Andy Samberg . Except with way more clowns .

Buried Alive

Few comic have had more engrossing trajectories than Aziz Ansari . When we first met Aziz the stand - up comical , via his debut specialIntimate Moments for a Sensual Evening , he wasRaaaaandy24/7 . Meaning he was basically a cartoon – but an entertaining toon with cause of death Kanye stories . This more or less continue for a few geezerhood , but Aziz lento transformed into an insightful societal critic in later specials , as he began take his consultation member about their dates and spit same - sexual practice - marriage opponent . A heavily researched book on modern love story came along next ; and then he positioned himself as a millennial Louie with his Netflix seriesMaster of None . Buried Aliveis where this variation of Aziz first truly egress , and it ’s a gross ton of sport watching the metabolism in substantial fourth dimension . Especially when it let in Olive Garden proposal of marriage stories .

Maria Bamford: The Special Special Special!

Maria Bamford ’s fabric definitely is n’t for everyone . Armed with an unflinching stare and repertoire of voices that veer from wizard to terrorise in two instant flat , Bamford is a mo of a junky . You wo n’t hear anyone else dropping such surreal and dare gag about impression , and you also wo n’t see anyone else staging such a wildly imaginative special , which Bamford performs in her own home for an consultation of two : her parent .

Beyond the Pale

McRib . Hot Pockets . IHOP.Beyond the Palefunctions as sort of a cracking - striking compiling of Jim Gaffigan ’s ( very panoptic ) food - joke oeuvre . WhereasMr . Universe , his other especial available on Netflix , is all about being a pappa , this one is all about being a glutton – and yes , that imply the whisper , judgmental critic character Gaffigan often adopt is out in full force .

Animal Furnace

Hannibal Buress ' clowning life history has find an intense amount of examination since his2014 joke about Bill Cosbyignited a very public trial of America ’s once - favorite situation comedy pop . If that incident was your introduction to Buress , you might issue forth to his curing expecting around-the-clock scorch social commentary . There is some of that – such asAnimal Furnance ’s brilliant tight about racism and Malus pumila juice – but Hannibal ’s nonpayment way is really eccentric , Mitch Hedberg - esque humor . You ’ll pick up on this middling chop-chop in this first special , filmed two days before he kickstarted the Cosby scandal or even appeared onBroad City .

Comedian Louis C.K. performs on stage