The best stand-up comedy on Netflix includes new specials from Jimmy Carr, Fern Brady, Neal Brennan, Demetri Martin, Steve Trevino, and Brian Simpson.
Even if you live in a city with a thriving stand-up comedy scene like Los Angeles, New York, or Chicago, you’re still never going to get a better seat than by staying at home and watching stand-up comedy specials on Netflix. You, the viewer, don’t have to go anywhere. Netflix is bringing some of the biggest names in comedy to you for new specials every month. That’s almost worth the price of Netflix’s subscription fee by itself.
The most recent additions to Netflix’s library of stand-up specials are Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer, Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen, and Neal Brennan: Crazy Good. You can find those specials and more in our roundup of the best stand-up comedy on Netflix right now.
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Has becoming a dad dulled Jimmy Carr’s edges as a comedian? That’s the central question of his latest special, Natural Born Killer. Carr still delights in being politically incorrect, but part of the punchline is that he keeps offering warnings about getting canceled only to deliver a payoff that is deliberately tame.
One thing that hasn’t changed is Carr’s ability to read and control a room, which comes in handy when he starts interacting with the audience during the strongest part of the special. In verbal jousts, Carr’s always the winner.
Despite the image that may come to mind from the title of Autistic Bikini Queen, Fern Brady’s comedy special is not that kind of show — although she is very open about being autistic and a former stripper. In fact, one of her funniest jokes imagines the world’s greatest superhero using his autism as a power to defeat criminals.
Brady also amusingly tears down the rom-com views of London while grappling with the trials of aging, even though it’s difficult to think of her as old at only 36. For the most part, Brady is comfortable with herself. But that won’t stop her from telling a few jokes at her own expense.
