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<v Speaker 1>Kalaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with your

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<v Speaker 1>daily comedy news. Today. It is the twenty five best

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<v Speaker 1>stand up specials of the year, and let's just dive in.

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<v Speaker 1>Why are you doing this now, John? The year is

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<v Speaker 1>not over. Well. You see, I hired a publicist and

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<v Speaker 1>she needs to get the lists out to everybody else

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<v Speaker 1>who's doing their year end recap. So I can't wait

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<v Speaker 1>until New Year's Eve to put this out, so I

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<v Speaker 1>have to jump in now. So with that said, there

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<v Speaker 1>are at least five notable specials not part of this

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<v Speaker 1>list because as I recorded this on Tuesday, they were

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<v Speaker 1>not available yet. They include Sarah Sherman Live and In

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<v Speaker 1>the Flesh, which was on HBO last night tomorrow, Robbie

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<v Speaker 1>Hoffman's wake Up is on Netflix coming up on the nineteenth,

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<v Speaker 1>Kamil nan Gianni's Night Thoughts, which Vulture says is the

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<v Speaker 1>best special of the year based on the trailer. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't believe that, but okay. Tom Sigora has a Netflix

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<v Speaker 1>special on Christmas Eve, and Ricky Gervais has Mortality on

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<v Speaker 1>Netflix on December thirtieth. So there's a good chance all

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<v Speaker 1>five of those or at least four of the five

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<v Speaker 1>of those make my revised end of the year list,

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<v Speaker 1>which I'll put out around New Year's Day. But for

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<v Speaker 1>right now, these are the top twenty five stand up

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<v Speaker 1>specials of the year. I'm gonna jump right in, not

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<v Speaker 1>mess around, not tease you, just tell you what it is.

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<v Speaker 1>The answer is the top stand up special love twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five is Mark Maren's Panicked from HBO Max. This is

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<v Speaker 1>Maren at his absolute best. He found a way to

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<v Speaker 1>channel all the anxiety of the current movement into something

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<v Speaker 1>both deeply personal and universally relatable. This was the year

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<v Speaker 1>Mark Maron walked away from his podcast sadly, but he

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<v Speaker 1>handed it in his best work. Mark Maren's Panicked easily

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<v Speaker 1>the best stand up special of the year. Number two

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin Hart's Acting My Age on Netflix. Sorry haters, this

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<v Speaker 1>one's just funny. It's Kevin Hart doing material about getting

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit older. Laugh or laugh. It's there. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a guy sitting on the couch. Kevin Hart made me laugh.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the mission. Mission accomplished. Same note from my number

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<v Speaker 1>three special of the year, Matt Rife Unwrapped, a Christmas

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<v Speaker 1>crowd work special. I know you like to hate on

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<v Speaker 1>Matt Rife. I'm sorry, he's funny. I posed it in

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<v Speaker 1>the Facebook group Daily Comedy News Podcast Group that Matt

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<v Speaker 1>Rife Special's funny and people are like, really, Johnny mag

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<v Speaker 1>you might be, as they say in Queens, are you

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<v Speaker 1>on crack? And no, I'm not on crack. I'm on

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<v Speaker 1>the couch watching Matt Rife and laughing. And most of

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<v Speaker 1>the people who took my word for it clicked on

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<v Speaker 1>it and went, oh wow, that was really funny. Bit

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<v Speaker 1>of a drop to the rest of the top tier here.

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<v Speaker 1>So those three, I think stand alone a bit of

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<v Speaker 1>a gap here down to number four. Jim Jeffries to

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<v Speaker 1>Limb Policy on Netflix. Jim Jeffries being Jefferies. Edis goes

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<v Speaker 1>for it, always funny, always delivers. Number five Justin Willman's

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<v Speaker 1>Magic Lover on Netflix. Did you watch this one? It's

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<v Speaker 1>a comedy show plus magic. Yeah, I know you're like, what,

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<v Speaker 1>trust me? Watch it? Justin Wilman Magic Lover, blending magic

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<v Speaker 1>in comedy. It works. Number six and one of these

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<v Speaker 1>years this guy's going to top the list. This is

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<v Speaker 1>someone in ascendency. Longtime listeners of this program know what

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<v Speaker 1>a fan I am. We are still at the point

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<v Speaker 1>where I can somewhat easily get him to come as

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<v Speaker 1>a guest on this show. We'll see how long that laughs,

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<v Speaker 1>or if he's the new Jim Gaffigan. I think he'll

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<v Speaker 1>still come on. He's John Marcos Sareisi Thief of Joy

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<v Speaker 1>on YouTube. Fantastic. People are noticing how good he is.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw he as a million three followers on Facebook. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>like I said, one of these years, he's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be number one on the list. Number seven kind of

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<v Speaker 1>under the radar came and went, but I watched it

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<v Speaker 1>and it was really good, and it was someone who

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<v Speaker 1>had something to say. Moe Amer's Wild World on Netflix

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<v Speaker 1>even did a bit of a Carlin esque thing at

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<v Speaker 1>the end there. Really like that one a lot. On

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<v Speaker 1>number eight. One of my favorite working comedians these days,

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<v Speaker 1>Dusty Slay's Wet Heats, also from Netflix, quote unquote Southern comedy, working, clean,

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<v Speaker 1>shucking jokes, love Dusty Number nine Netflix again. Bert Kreischer

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<v Speaker 1>is lucky, Bert being Bert. Take your shirt off, tell

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<v Speaker 1>a couple fun stories, be chartismatic. My note on this

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<v Speaker 1>specially you come right down the middle. Burt Kreischer knows

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<v Speaker 1>what his fans want, he delivers. That's a good one.

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<v Speaker 1>Number ten Brett Goldstein for the second best night of

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<v Speaker 1>your life. That's nominated for a Golden Globe. You might

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<v Speaker 1>be like the guy from ted Lasso. He's good at

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<v Speaker 1>stand up. Yeah, he's good at stand up. Number eleven

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<v Speaker 1>Michelle Wolf's The Well Netflix Again. I have in my

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<v Speaker 1>notes here not hilarious, but, as I'm always say, for

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<v Speaker 1>this next bunch of specials, good company. Enjoyed just staring

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<v Speaker 1>at it and having my brain tickled. I wasn't like

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<v Speaker 1>ah for an hour, but I thought that was really good.

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<v Speaker 1>That's my number eleven special Michelle Wolf At twelve Sarah

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<v Speaker 1>Silverman's post Mortem, also on Netflix. Netflix had a hell

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<v Speaker 1>of a year here, very thoughtful comedy, which is a

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<v Speaker 1>weird thing to say. I really enjoyed spending an hour

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<v Speaker 1>on the couch with Era, so to speak, very very enjoyable.

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<v Speaker 1>All right. One night when I was diving around Netflix,

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<v Speaker 1>I came across Matt McCusker's Humble Offering and I wrote,

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<v Speaker 1>poor Man Sheen gillis. Yeah, maybe, but the special works.

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<v Speaker 1>The audio could be better. This is a little bit homebrew,

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<v Speaker 1>but the material lands. Number fourteen, our first Hulu special,

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<v Speaker 1>Mateo Lane's Al Dente, same note as I'm a one

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<v Speaker 1>trick pony, I wrote, maybe not hilarious, but Mateolane is

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<v Speaker 1>a nice company for an hour and sometimes that's enough.

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<v Speaker 1>And number fifteen the last of the top tier specials,

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<v Speaker 1>Tim Dillon's I'm Your Mother. If you like this podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll like this special. If you don't like Tim Dillon's podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>you won't. Simple as that, take a break here and

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<v Speaker 1>I'll tell you about the middle tiers. We take a

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<v Speaker 1>look at Johnny Max's top twenty five comedy specials of

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<v Speaker 1>the year, not including the five that didn't come out yet.

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<v Speaker 1>Earlier I said there was that top three of Marin

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<v Speaker 1>Hart and Rife, and then a bit of a gap.

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<v Speaker 1>Then I had the rest of my top tier. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the middle tier. This is still the top twenty five,

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<v Speaker 1>but these aren't quite on par with everything that came before.

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<v Speaker 1>The commercial break. Number sixteen special of the year, Mike

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<v Speaker 1>Kaplan's Reenie. You'll find that on YouTube. Clever writing, clever execution,

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<v Speaker 1>definitely worth your time. Seventeen Hulu again, Chinado Unaka's LOL

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<v Speaker 1>Live that's a part of the Kevin Hart Brand. Nice

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<v Speaker 1>debut special, Very funny eighteen Drad Carmichaels Don't Be Gay

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<v Speaker 1>on HBO and here's the thing. For twenty minutes, it's

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<v Speaker 1>brilliant Carmichael at his best. Then it kind of gets tired.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a talented storyteller with something to say, but

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<v Speaker 1>it just doesn't land. And after like twenty minutes, I'm like, oh, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen Roywood Juniors at your age on Hulu. I know

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<v Speaker 1>solid pro doing solid pro work. Twenty yachtsco at Kotska's father.

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<v Speaker 1>because I loved her previous special so much. I was like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>this is gonna be amazing, and it was solid, not amazing,

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<v Speaker 1>but definitely put eyes on that. Twenty one Ian Edwards untitled. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't even know this existed. You'll fund it on

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<v Speaker 1>YouTube until Vulture put it in their top ten. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a nice club set. It's nothing special, there's nothing wrong

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<v Speaker 1>with it. There are a few individual chunks that are

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<v Speaker 1>quite memorable, a few individual jokes that are even more memorable,

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<v Speaker 1>But you know to compare this to some of the

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<v Speaker 1>things higher up on the list. No way. It's a nice,

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<v Speaker 1>solid club set, but it's the sort of thing that

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<v Speaker 1>night at the Late Show, not if you went to

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<v Speaker 1>the arena and if he and Edwards handed that in,

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<v Speaker 1>if that makes sense. Arii Shafeer America's Sweetheart on Netflix.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of people really like that one. I just

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm starting to pull teeth a little bit here.

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<v Speaker 1>This was not the strongest year for comedy specials. Twenty

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<v Speaker 1>three Gabriel Iglesias Legend of Fluffy from Netflix back in January.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's the problem. It's an hour forty one. I can't

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<v Speaker 1>I have comedy add I can't watch one guy for

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<v Speaker 1>an hour and forty one minutes. No way, Gabe is funny,

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<v Speaker 1>but this needed editing. Hey Gabe, maybe this was two

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<v Speaker 1>really good fifty minute specials. I don't know why they

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<v Speaker 1>went an hour forty one. He too much. Number twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four Mike Birbiglia is The Good Life on Netflix. My note,

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<v Speaker 1>civilians will like it Bverbiglia does his storytelling thing well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's well crafted, it's a good version of what it

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<v Speaker 1>but I understand the civilians like it. Twenty four is

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Burbigulia running out the top twenty five. Jessica cursons,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm the man, hilarious, same note, civilians are gonna like this.

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<v Speaker 1>It's fine. I'm a comedy snob. It's fine. Some others

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<v Speaker 1>that were on par with that, but I had a

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<v Speaker 1>hand in a top twenty five, not a top twenty

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<v Speaker 1>eight for the Publicist. So you can rank these twenty six, seven,

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<v Speaker 1>and eight however you want, but these are among the

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<v Speaker 1>better specials of the year. Larry the Cable Guys It's

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<v Speaker 1>a Gift on Amazon. Cable guy knows what you want

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<v Speaker 1>and cable Guy gets here done. Kathleen Madigan The Family

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<v Speaker 1>Threat on Amazon. Kathleen is a pro, always hilarious, always

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<v Speaker 1>puts a smile on your face. And Leanne Morgan's Unspeakable

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<v Speaker 1>Things on Netflix, totally fine comedy stobbing me went, yep,

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<v Speaker 1>this is good, but it's just not my cup of tea.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know I got it. Her audience loves her.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not her audience. That's all fine. So those are

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<v Speaker 1>Johnny max twenty five best stand up specials of twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five so far, not including the ones that aren't

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<v Speaker 1>rut yet. Tomorrow we'll take a look at six of

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<v Speaker 1>the funniest things of the year there weren't stand up specials,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll fly down what didn't make the list, and

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<v Speaker 1>i will comment on the Golden Globes and nominations and

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<v Speaker 1>meet you back here tomorrow