2020 in stand-up comedy
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This is a timeline documenting events and facts about English-speaking stand-up comedy in the year 2020.
January
[edit]- January 3: Ilana Glazer's special The Planet Is Burning for Amazon Prime Video.[1]
- January 14: Leslie Jones's special Time Machine on Netflix
- January 21: Fortune Feimster's special Sweet and Salty for Netflix.[2]
- January 26: Vir Das's special For India on Netflix.[3]
- January 28: Alex Fernándezs special The Best Comedian in the World on Netflix.[3]
- January 28: Maria Bamford's special Weakness Is the Brand on Comedy Dynamics.
February
[edit]- February 4: Tom Papa's special You're Doing Great on Netflix.
- February 11: Sam Morril's special I Got This on YouTube.[4]
- February 22: Whitmer Thomas's special The Golden One on HBO.
- February 25: Pete Davidson's special Alive From New York on Netflix.
March
[edit]- March 3: Taylor Tomlinson's special Quarter Life Crisis on Netflix.
- March 10: Marc Maron's special End Times Fun on Netflix.
- March 17: Bert Kreischer's special Hey Big Boy on Netflix.
- March 24: Tom Segura's special Ball Hog on Netflix.
- March 27: Fancy Ray McCloney's album The Best Lookin' Man in Comedy on Stand Up! Records.[5]
April
[edit]- April 4: Louis C.K.'s special Sincerely on his website.
- April 14: Chris D'Elia's special No Pain on Netflix.
- April 14: Christopher Titus's special Born With A Defect on christophertitustv.
- April 17: Amber Preston's album Sparkly Parts on Stand Up! Records.[6]
- April 24: Derek Sheen's album Macho Caballero on Stand Up! Records.[7]
May
[edit]- May 1: Tim Harmston's album The Whim of Tim on Stand Up! Records.[8]
- May 1: Tom Walker's mime show special Very Very on Amazon.[9]
- May 5: Jerry Seinfeld's special 23 Hours to Kill on Netflix.
- May 8: Jimmy O. Yang's special Good Deal on Amazon.
- May 12: Mark Normand's special Out to Lunch on YouTube.[10]
- May 19: Patton Oswalt's special I Love Everything on Netflix.[11]
- May 19: Doug Stanhope's special The Dying of a Last Breed on Vimeo.
- May 26 Hannah Gadsby's special Douglas on Netflix.
June
[edit]- June 12: Dave Chappelle's special 8:46 on YouTube.
- June 23: Eric Andre's special Legalize Everything on Netflix.[12]
- June 30: George Lopez's special We'll Do It For Half on Netflix.
July
[edit]- July 3: Hannibal Buress's special Miami Nights on YouTube.
- July 7: Jim Jefferies's special Intolerant on Netflix.
- July 17: Esther Povitsky's special Hot for My Name on Comedy Central.
- July 21: Jack Whitehall's special I'm Only Joking on Netflix.
- July 24: Jim Gaffigan's special The Pale Tourist on Amazon.
- July 24: Frankie Boyle's special Excited For You To See And Hate This on BBC 2.
- June 26: Wendy Maybury's album She's Not From Around Here on Stand Up! Records.[13]
- June 27: Luiki Wiki's album #StandupConMadre on Stand Up! Records.[14]
- July 31: Kelly Pryce's album Life with a Pryce on Stand Up! Records.[15]
August
[edit]- August 4: Sam Jay's special 3 in the Morning on Netflix.
- August 6: Joe List's special I Hate Myself on YouTube.
- August 20: Beth Stelling's special Girl Daddy on HBO Max.
- August 25: Dante Powell's album The Squirrels Get Fat on Stand Up! Records.[16]
September
[edit]- September 1: Felipe Esparza's special Bad Decisions on Netflix.
- September 12: Michael McIntyre's special Showman on Netflix.
- September 18: Bil Dwyer's album Am I Yelling? on Stand Up! Records.[17]
- September 25: Glenn Wool's album Viva Forever on Stand Up! Records.[18]
October
[edit]- October 2: Chris Maddock's album Country Music Legend on Stand Up! Records.[19]
- October 6: Lewis Black's special Thanks for Risking Your Life.[20]
- October 23: Tim Heidecker's special An Evening With Tim Heidecker on YouTube.
- October 23: Chelsea Handler's special Evolution on HBO Max.[21]
November
[edit]- November 17: Kevin Hart's special Zero F**ks Given on Netflix.[22]
- November 20: Doug Mellard's album Fart Safari 3: Fart Hard with a Vengeance on Stand Up! Records.[23]
- November 27: Firesign Theater's album Dope Humor of the Seventies on Stand Up! Records.[24]
December
[edit]- December 17: James Acaster's special Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 is live-streamed on DICE.
- December 22: London Hughes's special London Hughes: To Catch a D*ck on Netflix.[25]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Feay, Suzi (27 December 2019). "The Planet is Burning, Amazon Prime — Ilana Glazer is naturally warm, shrewd and very New York". Financial Times.
- ^ "Fortune Feimster: Sweet & Salty" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ a b Aswell, Sarah. "All The New Netflix Comedy Specials, Movies And Series Coming In January 2020". Forbes.
- ^ "Sam Morril: I Got This - Full Special". YouTube. 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ "The Best Lookin' Man in Comedy, Fancy Ray McCloney". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
- ^ "Sparkly Parts, Amber Preston". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
- ^ "Macho Caballero, Derek Sheen". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
- ^ "The Whim of Tim, Tim Harmston". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
- ^ "Watch Tom Walker: Very Very - Season 1 | Prime Video". www.amazon.co.uk.
- ^ "Mark Normand: Out To Lunch - Full Special". YouTube. 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ "Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything | Netflix Official Site". www.netflix.com.
- ^ "Eric Andre: Legalize Everything | Netflix Official Site". www.netflix.com.
- ^ "She's Not From Around Here, Wendy Maybury". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
- ^ "#StandupConMadre, Luiki Wiki". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
- ^ "Life with a Pryce, Kelly Pryce". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
- ^ "Dante Powell: The Squirrels Get Fat". Allmusic. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ^ "Am I Yelling?, Bil Dwyer". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
- ^ "Viva Forever, Glenn Wool". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
- ^ "Country Music Legend, Chris Maddock". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
- ^ Thanks for Risking Your Life
- ^ "Chelsea Handler's personal 'Evolution' inspires new stand-up special".
- ^ "Kevin Hart: Zero F**ks Given | Netflix Official Site". Netflix.
- ^ "Fart Safari 3: Fart Hard with a Vengeance". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
- ^ "Stand Up! Records Presents The First New Firesign Theatre Record In 35 Years". Cave Hollywood. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
- ^ Wright, Megh (11 December 2020). "London Hughes Knows Why Male Comedians Are 'Treated Like Gods'". Vulture. Retrieved 13 February 2021.