2021 in stand-up comedy
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This is a timeline documenting events and facts about English-language stand-up comedy in the year 2021.
January
[edit]- January 10: Tig Notaro's special Drawn on HBO.
- January 12: Chris Rock's special Total Blackout: The Tamborine Extended Cut on Netflix.
February
[edit]- February 2: K-Von's special Women Can Make Anything An Insult on Dry Bar Comedy.
- February 20: Ed Hill's special Candy and Smiley on Comedy Dynamics.
- February 21: Rose Matafeo's special Horndog on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer.
- February 23: Brian Regan's special On the Rocks on Netflix.
March
[edit]- March 5: James Acaster's specials Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 and Make a New Tomorrow on Vimeo.
- March 9: Fern Brady's special Power & Chaos on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer.
- March 16: RebellComedy: Straight Outta the Zoo on Netflix.
- March 18: Nate Bargatze's special The Greatest Average American on Netflix.
- March 23: Loyiso Gola's special Unlearning on Netflix.
May
[edit]- May 8: Dylan Moran's special Dr Cosmos live-streamed on DICE.
- May 14: Simon Bird's special Debrief on All 4.
- May 27: Soy Rada's special Serendipity on Netflix.
- May 30: Bo Burnham's special Inside on Netflix.[1]
June
[edit]- June 3: Alan Saldaña's special Locked Up on Netflix.
- June 3: Josh Johnson's special #(Hashtag) on Comedy Central.
July
[edit]- July 9: Lee Su-geun's special The Sense Coach on Netflix.
August
[edit]- August 10: Phil Wang's special Philly Philly Wang Wang on Netflix.
- August 12: Lokillo's special Nothing’s the Same on Netflix.
- August 19: Marlon Wayans's special You Know What It Is on HBO Max.
- August 31: Drew Lynch's special Concussed on YouTube chanel.
September
[edit]- September 7: Shane Gillis's special Live In Austin on gillyandkeeves.tv.
- September 17: Bill Bailey's special Larks in Transit on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
- September 27: Jo Firestone's special Good Timing With Jo Firestone on Peacock.
October
[edit]- October 5: Dave Chappelle's special The Closer on Netflix.[2]
- October 14: One Night in Paris on Netflix.
- October 19: Theo Von's special Regular People on Netflix.
- October 23: Ricky Velez's special Here's Everything on HBO.
- October 27: Haroun on Netflix.
- October 29: Roy Wood Jr.'s special Imperfect Messenger on Comedy Central.
November
[edit]- November 4: Aida Rodriguez's special Fighting Words on HBO Max.
- November 5: Joyelle Nicole Johnson's special Love Joy on Peacock.
- November 16: Michael Che's special Shame the Devil on Netflix.
- November 18: Carlos Ballarta's special False Prophet on Netflix.
- November 23: The Jonas Brothers Family Roast on Netflix.
- November 30: Mo Amer's special Mohammed in Texas on Netflix.
December
[edit]- December 4: Drew Michael's special Red Blue Green on HBO Max.
- December 7: Nicole Byer's special BBW (Big Beautiful Weirdo) on Netflix.
- December 8: Carolin Kebekus's special The Last Christmas Special on Netflix.
- December 18: Louis C.K.'s special SORRY on his website.
- December 21: Jim Gaffigan's special Comedy Monster on Netflix.
- December 25: Jimmy Carr's special His Dark Material on Netflix.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Carson, Erin. "Bo Burnham's Inside: Why I'm still hopelessly obsessed with the Netflix special". CNET. Archived from the original on 2021-11-03. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ^ Edwards, Nathan (2021-10-05). "Dave Chappelle releases new comedy special 'The Closer' on Netflix". WRGT. Archived from the original on 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-11-25.