2016 in stand-up comedy

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This is a timeline documenting events and facts about stand-up comedy in the year 2016.

Events

Deaths

Stand-up comedy special releases

January - March

Month Day Comedian Title Filming Location Distribution Source
J
A
N		 7 Matt Besser Besser Breaks the Record UCB Theatre in Los Angeles Seeso [9]
Rory Scovel The Charleston Special Woolfe Street Playhouse in Charleston Seeso [9]
8 Tom Segura Mostly Stories Neptune Theatre in Seattle Netflix [10]
15 Tony Hinchcliffe One Shot The Ice House in Pasadena Netflix [11]
23 Whitney Cummings I'm Your Girlfriend The Broad Stage in Santa Monica HBO [12]
F
E
B		 5 Hannibal Buress Comedy Camisado Varsity Theater in Minneapolis Netflix [13]
19 Alonzo Bodden Historically Incorrect The Vic Theatre in Chicago Showtime [14]
26 Theo Von No Offense Civic Theatre in New Orleans Netflix [13]
M
A
R		 18 Jimmy Carr Funny Business Hammersmith Apollo in London Netflix [13]
Steve-O Guilty as Charged The Paramount Theatre in Austin Showtime [15]
21 Stephen Lynch Hello, Kalamazoo! The Little Theatre in Kalamazoo Vimeo [16]
24 Cameron Esposito Marriage Material Thalia Hall in Chicago Seeso [17]
25 Chris Garcia Laughing And Crying At The Same Time Punch Line in San Francisco AST Records [18]

April - June

Month Day Comedian Title Filming Location Distribution Source
A
P
R		 1 Frankie Boyle Hurt Like You’ve Never Been Loved Citizens Theatre in Glasgow Netflix [19]
8 Geoff Tate Again Go Bananas Comedy Club in Cincinnati Rooftop Comedy Productions [20]
9 Nikki Glaser Perfect Gerald W. Lynch Theater in New York Comedy Central [21]
13 Garfunkel and Oates Trying to Be Special Neptune Theater in Seattle Vimeo [22]
17 Daniel Tosh People Pleaser Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles Comedy Central [21]
22 Patton Oswalt Talking for Clapping The Fillmore in San Francisco Netflix [13]
23 Rachel Feinstein Only Whores Wear Purple Gerald W. Lynch Theater in New York Comedy Central [21]
29 W. Kamau Bell Semi-Prominent Negro Roulette Intermedium in New York Showtime [23]
30 Chris Hardwick Funcomfortable Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco Comedy Central [21]
M
A
Y		 1 Gary Gulman It’s About Time Highline Ballroom in New York Netflix [24]
6 Ali Wong Baby Cobra Neptune Theater in Seattle Netflix [25]
13 Michael Ian Black Noted Expert John Jay College in New York Epix [26]
20 Brad Williams Daddy Issues Alex Theatre in Glendale Showtime [27]
21 Dan Soder Not Special Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia Comedy Central [28]
J
U
N		 2 Quincy Jones Burning the Light The Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles HBO [29]
3 Bo Burnham Make Happy Capitol Theatre in Port Chester Netflix [25]
Ben Gleib Neurotic Gangster Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara Showtime [30]
Matt Dwyer Inside Looking Out BAR 107 in Los Angeles AST Records & Literally Figurative Records [31]
15 Pete Johansson You Might Also Enjoy Pete Johansson Toomler in Amsterdam Netflix [32]
17 Big Jay Oakerson Live at Webster Hall Webster Hall in New York Comedy Central [33]
25 Deon Cole Cole Blooded Seminar Lincoln Theatre in Washington Comedy Central [34]

July - September

Month Day Comedian Title Filming Location Distribution Source
J
U
L		 1 Willie Barcena The Truth Hurts The Comic Strip in El Paso Netflix [35]
Jim Jefferies Freedumb James Polk Theater in Nashville Netflix [25]
Dwayne Perkins Take Note Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles Netflix [36]
4 Brendon Burns Selfies in the Grand Canyon Tiger Lounge in Manchester YouTube [37]
8 Aparna Nancherla Just Putting It Out There Comedy Attic in Bloomington, Indiana Secretly Canadian [38]
22 Brian Posehn Criminally Posehn House of Blues in San Diego Seeso [39]
26 Josh Blue Delete University of Denver in Denver Hulu [40]
A
U
G		 1 Luke Capasso Talkn' Loud & Sayn' Nothin' Yellow Springs Art Center in Yellow Springs Gumroad [41]
5 David Cross Making America Great Again! The Paramount Theatre in Austin Netflix [42]
11 Henry Phillips Neither Here Nor There The Lyric Theatre in Los Angeles Vimeo [43]
12 Godfrey Regular Black UP Comedy Club in Chicago Showtime [44]
26 Jeff Foxworthy & Larry the Cable Guy We’ve Been Thinking... Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis Netflix [25]
S
E
P		 2 Drew Michael Funny To Death Timothy O'Toole's in Chicago Comedy Central [45]
9 Martin Lawrence Doin' Time: Uncut Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles Showtime [46]
15 Doug Stanhope No Place Like Home Bisbee Royale in Bisbee Seeso [47]
16 Cedric the Entertainer Live from the Ville Ryman Auditorium in Nashville Netflix [48]
23 Iliza Shlesinger Confirmed Kills The Vic Theatre in Chicago Netflix [25]
Maria Bamford 20% UCB Theater Franklin in Los Angeles Comedy Central [49]

October - December

Month Day Comedian Title Filming Location Distribution Source
O
C
T		 1 Sebastian Maniscalco Why Would You Do That? Beacon Theatre in New York Showtime [50]
7 Lewis Black Black to the Future Marquis Theatre in New York Comedy Central [51]
Russell Peters Almost Famous Massey Hall in Toronto Netflix [48]
14 Kevin Hart What Now? Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia Universal Studios [52]
15 Kyle Kinane Loose in Chicago Metro in Chicago Comedy Central [53]
18 Jay Larson Human Math Laughing Skull Lounge in Atlanta AST Records [54]
20 Jena Friedman American Cunt The Slipper Room in New York Seeso [55]
21 Joe Rogan Triggered The Fillmore in San Francisco Netflix [48]
Wanda Sykes What Happened...Ms. Sykes? The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles Epix [56]
23 Barry Crimmins Whatever Threatens You Lawrence Arts Center in Lawrence LouisCK.net [57]
27 Janeane Garofalo If I May The Independent Theatre in San Francisco Seeso [55]
29 Pete Davidson SMD Skirball Center in New York Comedy Central [53]
N
O
V		 1 Christopher Titus Born with a Defect Center for the Arts in Escondido ChristopherTitus.com [58]
2 Bill Maher Whiny Little Bitch Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles Facebook [59]
3 Mo Mandel Negative Reinforcement Gothic Theatre in Englewood Seeso [55]
4 Dana Carvey Straight White Male, 60 Wilbur Theatre in Boston Netflix [48]
10 Kathleen Madigan Bothering Jesus Pabst Theater in Milwaukee Netflix [60]
11 Bert Kreischer The Machine The Improv in Irvine Showtime [61]
James Fritz Still Together Bar Lubitsch in Los Angeles AST Records [62]
15 Loyiso Gola Live in New York House of Yes in New York Vimeo [63]
17 Dan Levy Lion Neptune Theater in Seattle Seeso [55]
18 Ben Bailey Ben Bailey Live and Uncensored UP Comedy Club in Chicago VHX [64]
Colin Quinn The New York Story Schimmel Center in New York Netflix [48]
24 Aries Spears Comedy Blueprint Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia Seeso [55]
25 Michael Che Michael Che Matters Greenpoint Terminal Warehouse in New York Netflix [48]
D
E
C		 1 Joe Matarese Medicated The Village Underground in New York Seeso [55]
Lachlan Patterson Live from Venice Beach Venice Ale House in Los Angeles Seeso [55]
2 Tony Roberts Motorcity Motormouth Music Hall in Detroit Showtime [65]
3 Pete Holmes Faces and Sounds The Vic Theatre in Chicago HBO [66]
6 Reggie Watts Spatial Soundstage in Los Angeles Netflix [48]
9 Joey "CoCo" Diaz TBA Zanies Comedy Club in Rosemont Seeso [55]
Jim Florentine A Simple Man George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick VHX [67]
Tom Papa Human Mule Hanna Theatre in Cleveland Epix [68]
20 Gabriel Iglesias I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry Allstate Arena in Chicago Netflix [48]
22 Nick Thune Good Guy Star Theater in Portland Seeso [55]
29 Ian Harvie May the Best Cock Win Revolution Hall in Portland Seeso [55]
Laurie Kilmartin 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad The Lyric Theatre in Los Angeles Seeso [55]

Comedians with material in production

Comedian Title Source
Ahmed Ahmed The United Shades of Ahmedica [69]
Rory Albanese TBA [70]
Cristela Alonzo TBA [71]
Tom Ballard The World Keeps Happening [72]
Maria Bamford TBA [73]
Owen Benjamin Huge Pianist [74]
Mike Birbiglia Thank God for Jokes [75]
Creed Bratton TBA [76]
Kurt Braunohler Trust Me [51]
Neal Brennan 3 Mics [77]
Bill Burr TBA [78]
Steve Byrne TBA [79]
Nick Cannon TBA [80]
Jerrod Carmichael TBA [81]
Rodney Carrington TBA [82]
Dave Chappelle TBA [83]
Nore Davis TBA [84]
Joe DeRosa You Let Me Down [51]
Mark Forward TBA [85]
Pablo Francisco TBA [86]
Jim Gaffigan Fully Dressed [87]
Todd Glass TBA [88]
Ian Harris ExtraOrdinary [89]
Corey Holcomb The Book of Coreythians [90]
Rhys James Forgives [91]
Ron James What Just Happened [92]
Jonathan Kite Back to School [93]
Jo Koy TBA [94]
Jay Larson Me Being Me [95]
Al Madrigal Shrimpin' Ain't Easy [96]
Pat McAfee TBA [97]
Julian McCullough TBA [98]
T. J. Miller Meticulously Ridiculous [81]
Trevor Moore TBA [99]
Mark Normand Don’t Be Yourself [51]
Jim Norton Mouthful of Shame [100]
Gary Owen I Got My Associates [101]
Evan Sayet TBA [102]
Ari Shaffir TBA [103]
Taylor Williamson TBA [104]
Roy Wood Jr. Father Figure [51]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "National Comedy Center Acquires George Carlin Archives". Rolling Stone.
  3. ↑ "National Comedy Center Acquires the Archives of Comedian George Carlin". National Comedy Center.
  4. ↑ "Comedian Mike Ward ordered to pay $35K to Jérémy Gabriel". CBC News.
  5. ↑ "Patton Oswalt Dedicates His Emmy to Late Wife Michelle McNamara". IndieWire.
  6. ↑ "Garry Shandling and the Disease You Didn't Know About". The Atlantic.
  7. ↑ "Victoria Wood dead: Comedian and actress dies from cancer aged 62". The Independent.
  8. ↑ "Kevin Meaney Dead: Stand-Up Comic Was 60". Hollywood Reporter.
  9. 1 2 "Seeso: 'UCB Show,' Rory Scovel Special Among Jan 7 Launch Shows". Variety.
  10. ↑ "Feast your eyes on the trailer for "Tom Segura: Mostly Stories" hitting Netflix January 8". The Laugh Button.
  11. ↑ "You Don't Know Tony Hinchcliffe... Yet". The Interrobang.
  12. ↑ "Whitney Cummings: I'm Your Girlfriend". HBO.
  13. 1 2 3 4 "Hannibal Buress, Patton Oswalt, Jimmy Carr, and Theo Von Land Netflix Standup Specials". Splitsider.
  14. ↑ "Showtime Comedy Club Alonzo Bodden: Historically Incorrect". Showtime.
  15. ↑ "Showtime Comedy Club Steve-O: Guilty As Charged". Showtime.
  16. ↑ "Hello Kalamazoo". Vimeo.
  17. ↑ "Cameron Esposito proves she's 'Marriage Material' for NBC's Seeso". Wisconsin Gazette.
  18. ↑ "Out Today - Laughing And Crying At The Same Time". virb.
  19. ↑ "Watch and listen: April is not the cruellest month on Netflix". Independent.ie.
  20. ↑ "Comedian Geoff Tate To Release Again Via Rooftop Comedy Productions". AXS.
  21. 1 2 3 4 "PRESS – Comedy Central Becomes Stand-Up Central This April". Comedy Central.
  22. ↑ "Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to be Special". Vimeo.
  23. ↑ "W. Kamau Bell: Semi-Prominent Negro Preview". Showtime.
  24. ↑ "Gary Gulman's stand-up special, "It's About Time" premieres on Netflix May 1st". The Laugh Button.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 "Netflix Announces Premiere Dates for New Line-Up Of Original Stand-up Comedy Specials". Netflix.
  26. ↑ "Michael Ian Black: Noted Expert". EPIX.
  27. ↑ "Showtime Comedy Club Brad Williams: Daddy Issues". Showtime.
  28. ↑ "PRESS – Dan Soder Not Special Premieres May 21 at 11p". Comedy Central.
  29. ↑ "Quincy Jones: Burning the Light". HBO.
  30. ↑ "Showtime Comedy Club Ben Gleib: Neurotic Gangster". Showtime.
  31. ↑ "Out Today - Inside Looking Out". AST Records.
  32. ↑ "Pete Johansson: You Might Also Enjoy Pete Johansson on Netflix USA". NewOnNetflixUSA.
  33. ↑ "PRESS – Big Jay Oakerson Live at Webster Hall Premieres Friday June 17 at Midnight". Comedy Central.
  34. ↑ "PRESS – Deon Cole Cole-Blooded Seminar Premieres June 25 at Midnight". Comedy Central.
  35. ↑ "Willie Barcena: The Truth Hurts on Netflix USA". NewOnNetflixUSA.
  36. ↑ "Dwayne Perkins: Take Note on Netflix USA". NewOnNetflixUSA.
  37. ↑ "Free Comedy Special - Selfies in the Grand Canyon". YouTube.
  38. ↑ "Aparna Nancherla To Debut Album In Bloomington". Indiana Daily Student.
  39. ↑ "TV to Watch Online: Brian Posehn, Criminal Justice and More". Playboy.
  40. ↑ "Josh Blue's new special "[Delete]" out July 26th". The Laugh Button.
  41. ↑ "Luke Capasso: Talkn' Loud & Sayn' Nothin'". Gumroad.
  42. ↑ "David Cross Making America Great Again!". Netflix.
  43. ↑ "Henry Phillips: Neither Here Nor There". Vimeo.
  44. ↑ "Showtime Comedy Club Godfrey: Regular Black". Showtime.
  45. ↑ "THE HALF HOUR" RETURNS! COMEDY CENTRAL'S SUPER-SIZE STAND-UP SERIES FEATURING COMEDY'S FRESHEST, DIVERSE VOICES PREMIERES FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 AT MIDNIGHT ET/PT AND 12:30 A.M. ET/PT". Comedy Central. line feed character in |title= at position 24 (help)
  46. ↑ "Martin Lawrence: Doin' Time: Uncut". Showtime.
  47. ↑ "See My Brand-New Comedy Special FOR FREE". Doug Stanhope.
  48. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Netflix Announces Premiere Dates for New Line-Up Of Original Stand-up Comedy Specials". Netflix.
  49. ↑ "Maria Bamford's New Album 20% Is Out Next Week". splitsider.
  50. ↑ "Sebastian Maniscalco: Why Would You Do That? Tease (Short)". Showtime.
  51. 1 2 3 4 5 "PRESS – Comedy Central Stand Up Fall Premieres". Comedy Central.
  52. ↑ "'Kevin Hart: What Now?' Concert Film Slated For Release In 2016". Deadline.
  53. 1 2 "PRESS – Comedy Central Announces Fall Programming Schedule". Comedy Central.
  54. ↑ "New Album - Human Math Now Available". jaylarsoncomedy.
  55. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "GET YOUR STAND-UP FIX WITH SEESO'S FIRST ANNUAL STAND-UP STREAMING FEST". NBCUniversal.
  56. ↑ "What Happened...Ms. Sykes?". EPIX.
  57. ↑ "Purchase 'Barry Crimmins: Whatever Threatens You'". LouisCK.net.
  58. ↑ "Born With A Defect: Day 1 Edition". ChristopherTitus.com.
  59. ↑ "Bill Maher: Whiny Little Bitch". Facebook.
  60. ↑ "Kathleen Madigan: Bothering Jesus on Netflix USA". NewOnNetflixUSA.
  61. ↑ "Bert Kreischer: The Machine". Showtime.
  62. ↑ "OUT TODAY - "STILL TOGETHER"". virb.
  63. ↑ "Watch Loyiso Gola: LIVE in New York Online". Vimeo.
  64. ↑ "Pre-Order Ben Bailey Live and Uncensored". VHX.
  65. ↑ "Tony Roberts: Motorcity Motormouth". Showtime.
  66. ↑ "Pete Holmes: Faces and Sounds". HBO.
  67. ↑ "Pre-Order Jim Florentine's "A Simple Man"". VHX.
  68. ↑ "TOM PAPA LETS THE LOAD OFF HIS BACK IN HIS LATEST EPIX COMEDY SPECIAL TOM PAPA: HUMAN MULE". EPIX.
  69. ↑ "Ahmed Ahmed - The United Shades of Ahmedica". Riverside Live.
  70. ↑ "Hasan Minhaj Touring His One Man Show, Rory Albanese is Working on a Special, Luenell Headlines Gotham and More News From NY Clubs". The Interrobang.
  71. ↑ "Cristela Alonzo Event in San Antonio". Eventhint.
  72. ↑ "Tom Ballard - The World Keeps Happening - Comedy Theatre - Buy Tickets, Packages, Melbourne". Marriner Group.
  73. ↑ "Maria Bamford is doing a free, surprise stand-up set this afternoon". TimeOut.
  74. ↑ "Comedy: Owen Benjamin". Higher Ground Music.
  75. ↑ "Mike Birbiglia to tape "Thank God For Jokes" stand-up special for Netflix in November". The Laugh Button.
  76. ↑ "Win Tix: Creed Bratton (The Office) Live Comedy Special Taping - The Chapel". Funcheap.
  77. ↑ "Neal Brennan: 3 Mics". The Black List NYC.
  78. ↑ "Bill Burr at Ryman Auditorium 10/21/2016". NashvilleStandUp.
  79. ↑ "Steve Byrne to tape his 4th special in Chicago early 2016". The Laugh Button.
  80. ↑ "Nick Cannon is doing his homework". SouthFlorida.
  81. 1 2 "HBO announces new stand-up specials from Jerrod Carmichael, Pete Holmes, and T.J. Miller". The Laugh Button.
  82. ↑ "Rodney Carrington Shoots New Comedy Special In Nashville". Country Music Pride.
  83. ↑ "Dave Chappelle will grace the small screen again on 3 new Netflix specials". AXS.
  84. ↑ "Comedian Nore Davis to tape new special this November". AXS.
  85. ↑ "Comedy Underground – Mark Forward Comedy Special Taping". Ticketfly.
  86. ↑ "Comedian Pablo Francisco 'back to having fun'". El Paso Times.
  87. ↑ "Jim Gaffigan". Sunny 95.
  88. ↑ "TODD GLASS IS TAPING HIS NEW ONE-HOUR STANDUP COMEDY SPECIAL". TheComedyBureau.
  89. ↑ "Ian Harris "ExtraOrdinary" - Live taping of comedy TV special!". Rio Theatre Santa Cruz.
  90. ↑ "Make a Scene: Comedian Holcomb talks 'Black Jesus'". Tacoma Weekly.
  91. ↑ "Rhys James: Forgives - Soho Theatre Live". Soho Theatre.
  92. ↑ "RON JAMES - 'What Just Happened'". Kingston Grand Theatre.
  93. ↑ "Comedian Jonathan Kite's Back Home Taping a Comedy Special! Check Out His Tom Hanks Impression!". WGN-TV.
  94. ↑ "Interview: Jo Koy to film his next comedy special at The Moore Theatre". AXS.
  95. ↑ "Jay Larson: Me Being Me". On Camera Audiences.
  96. ↑ "Al Madrigal – Tickets – The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever – Los Angeles, CA – December 3rd, 2016". Ticketfly.
  97. ↑ "Pat McAfee - Live DVD Taping". Morty's Comedy Joint - Indianapolis.
  98. ↑ "STAND UP SPECIAL TAPING, NOV 12". TheComedyBureau.
  99. ↑ "Comedy Central announces 2016-2017 development slate including five series pick-ups, ten new specials, and eleven pilot orders". Comedy Central.
  100. ↑ "Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame". The Black List NYC.
  101. ↑ "Comedian performing at Fairmont Southampton". The Royal Gazette.
  102. ↑ "FREE LIVE TAPING AUGUST 27TH". Evan Sayet.
  103. ↑ "Ari Shaffir from 'This Is Not Happening' and 'Comedy Central Presents'". Cap City Comedy Club.
  104. ↑ "Interviewing Taylor Williamson: 'America's Got Talent' runner-up, coming to Sands Bethlehem Event Center, still smiling at what show's done for him". The Morning Call.
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