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• Posted Monday 4/09/18 at 6:11PM EDT

  Showtime sets Kevin Smith stand-up special from the night of his heart attack

  Smith was supposed to tape two shows for Kevin Smith: Silent But Deadly, but he experienced symptoms of what turned...

• Posted Friday 3/30/18 at 9:30PM EDT

  Ranking Netflix's 45 best stand-up comedy specials

  Chris Rock's Tamborine ranks No.

• Posted Wednesday 3/28/18 at 1:38PM EDT

  John Mulaney signs on for stand-up special deal with Netflix

  Mulaney's first special to come out of his new pact will be released on May 1 with the title: John...

• Posted Thursday 3/15/18 at 5:20AM EDT

  Ricky Gervais' new Netflix special is an example of "lazy punch-down humor"

  Gervais' Humanity standup special is mostly devoted to complaining "that the world keeps telling him what he can and can’t...

• Posted Tuesday 3/13/18 at 12:23PM EDT

  Ricky Gervais doubles down on transphobic jokes in his new Netflix special

  Gervais' new special, titled Humanity, includes three transphobic Caitlyn Jenner jokes that were rejected from his Golden Globes monologue for...

• Posted Tuesday 3/06/18 at 2:34PM EST

  Netflix signs Ray Romano for his first-ever standup special

  The hourlong special, featuring all-new material will mark the veteran standup comedian's first standalone comedy special.

• Posted Wednesday 2/28/18 at 2:03PM EST

  Billy Eichner sets his first Netflix stand-up comedy special

  Eichner's first special will feature some of his Billy on the Street signature segments.

• Posted Monday 2/26/18 at 6:26AM EST

  Kevin Smith: I survived a massive heart attack in the midst of taping a standup special

  The 47-year-old filmmaker and AMC Comic Book Men host and executive producer tweeted early this morning "I would’ve died tonight"...

• Posted Saturday 2/17/18 at 1:46AM EST

  Late-night talk shows use a formula for writing a generic monologue joke

  Slate made a video explaining the late-night joke writer's craft, identifying eight different triggers that result in audience laughter.

• Posted Saturday 2/17/18 at 1:46AM EST

  Chris Rock's publicist explains why his Netflix special is called "Tamborine," and not "Tambourine"

  Rock's first standup special in a decade was named after the Prince song, "Tamborine," which The Washington City Paper as...

• Posted Thursday 2/15/18 at 9:04PM EST

  How a comedian half Chris Rock's age ended up directing his Netflix Tamborine special

  Former MTV star Bo Burnham, 27, was tapped to direct the 53-year-old Rock's first standup special in 10 years thanks...

• Posted Thursday 2/15/18 at 4:30AM EST

  Chris Rock's Tamborine comedy special reveals a comic transformed

  "This special, his first in a decade, is more searching and confessional than his previous work, digging into the end of...

• Posted Tuesday 2/13/18 at 1:51PM EST

  Chris Rock announces his first standup special in 10 years is dropping tomorrow on Netflix

  The new special, titled Tamborine, is one of two standup specials Rock is set to deliver as part of a $40...

• Posted Monday 2/12/18 at 2:12PM EST

  Comedian Michelle Wolf lands a weekly Netflix late-night show

  After working on Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Daily Show, Wolf is ready to star in her own...

• Posted Friday 2/02/18 at 1:33PM EST

  Russell Brand signs on for a Netflix comedy special

  Much of the material in the stand-up special Re:Birth is in response to Brand becoming a father in November 2016.