It’s been a banger year for comedy specials so far, with great new stuff popping up everywhere. Here’s the best of the best.
We’re only halfway through 2024, and already it feels like a banner year for comedy. We here at thehad a difficult time narrowing things down to the ten best comedy specials of 2024 , and unfortunately had to leave some greats on the cutting room floor that are still very much
worth your time. Our honorable mentions for best comedy specials of the year so far go to Liz Miele’sThis is the smartest special about blowjobs you will likely see in your lifetime. Novak wanders on well-worn ground for female comedians—dicks and women’s magazines and a boyfriend’s father reprimanding her for overusing the word “like.
There are George Carlin-isms as she deconstructs the sounds of various words we use to describe male appendages. This kind of analysis, like a scientist with a microscope, can be tricky, but Novak knows not to spend too much time analyzing the Petri dish. There are larger topics to discuss, like whether she could bite off someone’s dick if the opportunity arose, a particularly good tangent. Her words are carefully weighed, and positioned in very specific parts of her sentences.
Licata performs as a heightened, blustering version of himself, his persona coming across like a stoner friend of AJ Soprano’s who never quite grew up. Sprinkled with malapropisms and his unofficial catchphrase “You know I had to do it to ‘em,” Licata’s hour is made up of once-off stories that are all hyperbole and unbridled vulgarity. The high-achieving, ambitious high school students further highlight Licata’s own waywardness.
During his Powerpoint, Richard repeatedly assures us “Let’s not get political!”—even though in reality O’Malley’s special is packed with social and political commentary. On the surface, it’s all so puerile and silly and chaotic that there doesn’t seem to be a message of sorts. You’re distracted by the photos of bowel movements or Richard hypnotically tracing his neighbor’s leg with a laser pointer, but that’s just how O’Malley’s fucked-up genius works.
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