This is a timeline documenting events and facts about English-speaking stand-up comedy in the year 2023.
Deaths April 16: Darryl Lenox dies of an aortic dissection in Vancouver, Canada.
January January 5: Nick Whitmer's special Always Hungry on YouTube. January 10: Andrew Santino's special Cheeseburger on Netflix. January 12: Ron Ervin's special Prodigal Son on YouTube. January 19: Joe Hill's special Somebody's Gotta Hear This on YouTube. January 26: Phil Pointer's special Sweat it Out on YouTube. January 29: Louis CK's special Back To The Garden on Louisck.com. January 29: Seaton Smith's special Live at Madison Square Garden on YouTube. January 31: Nate Bargatze's special Hello World on Prime Video.
February February 2: Brandon Brickz' special Live at The Comedy Store on YouTube. February 9: Chase O'Donnell's special People Pleaser on YouTube February 11: Marc Maron's special From Bleak to Dark on HBO Max. February 13: Roseanne Barr's special Cancel This! on Fox Nation. February 14: Natalie Cuomo's special Shut Up You Loved It on YouTube. February 14: Jim Jefferies's special High n' Dry on Netflix. February 14: Matt Rife's special Matthew Steven Rife on Moment.co. February 21: Kathleen Madigan's special Hunting Bigfoot on Prime Video. February 21: Sommore's special Queen Chandelier on Netflix. February 23: John Franklin's special The Specialist on YouTube. February 24: Drew Lynch's special And These Are Jokes. February 28: Jamie Demetriou's special A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou on Netflix.
March March 2: Marlon Wayans's special God Loves Me on HBO Max. March 2: John McCombs' special Make a Way to Estonia on YouTube. March 4: Chris Rock's special Selective Outrage on Netflix. March 9: Kelsey Cook's special The Hustler on YouTube. March 9: Josh Means' special Josh Means Business on YouTube. March 10: Bill Young's album Eat the Cake! on Stand Up! Records. March 13: Russell Brand's special Brandemic on Rumble. March 14: Bert Kreischer's special Razzle Dazzle on Netflix. March 15: Kyle Kinane's special Shocks & Struts on YouTube. March 16: Ossia Dwyer's special Knockout on YouTube. March 23: Jeremiah Watkins's special DADDY on YouTube. March 23: John Grimes' special Going For Broke on YouTube. March 24: Mike Vecchione's special The Attractives on YouTube. March 28: Mae Martin's special SAP on Netflix. March 30: Zack Hammond's special Welfare In Disguise on YouTube.
April April 1: Louis C.K.'s special Live at the Dolby Theater on LouisCK.com. April 1: Maz Jobrani's special The Birds & The Bees on YouTube. April 4: Matt Rife's special Matthew Steven Rife on YouTube. April 4: Mo'Nique's special My Name is Mo'Nique on Netflix. April 5: Ryan Sickler's special Lefty's Son on YouTube. April 5: Big Jay Oakerson's special Dog Belly on YouTube. April 6: Papp Johnson's special Timeless on YouTube. April 11: Leanne Morgan's special I'm Every Woman on Netflix. April 12: Celeste Barber's special Fine, Thanks on Netflix. April 13: Brian Roe's special That's My Vibe on YouTube. April 14: Auggie Smith's album Taste the Lightning on Stand Up! Records. April 18: Alex Borstein's musical comedy special Corsets & Clown Suits on Prime Video. April 23: Ashley Gavin’s special Live in Chicago on YouTube. April 23: Chris Porter’s special There's No Money In Babies on Helium Comedy Studios. April 25: John Mulaney’s special Baby J on Netflix. April 27: Jason Salmon's special Biscuits & Gravity on YouTube. April 29: Iliza Shlesinger’s present Iliza's Locals on 800 Pound Gorilla Media.
May May 2: Jimmy O. Yang's special Guess How Much? on Prime. May 4: Eunji Kim's special Live From The Raven Room on YouTube. May 2: Lewis Black's special Tragically, I Need You on YouTube. May 6: Dave Stone's special Pack a Lunch on YouTube. May 9: Hannah Gadsby's special Something Special on Netflix. May 11: Tabari McCoy's special Be Happy on YouTube. May 15: Anjelah Johnson-Reyes's special Say I Won't on YouTube. May 18: Handren Seavey's special XI YRS on YouTube. May 23: Wanda Sykes's special I'm An Entertainer on Netflix. May 22: Jason Banks's special Light Skinned on YouTube. May 24: John Crist's special Would Like to Release a Statement on YouTube. May 25: Renee Gauthier's special High Blood Italian on YouTube. May 26: Richard Pryor's albums Richard Pryor, Craps (After Hours), and Live At The Comedy Store, 1973 vinyl reissue on Stand Up! Records. May 27: Sarah Silverman's special Someone You Love on HBO. May 29: JC Currais's special Tequila Werewolf and the Taco Bell Maniac on Don't Tell Comedy.
June June 1: David Nihill's special Cultural Appreciation on YouTube. June 4: Nigel Ng's special THE HAIYAA SPECIAL on Moment.co. June 5: Ali Siddiq's special The Domino Effect 2: Loss on YouTube. June 9: Drew Lynch's special SHORT KING on YouTube. June 12: Matteo Lane's special Hair Plugs & Heartache on YouTube. June 13: Amy Schumer's special Emergency Contact on Netflix. June 15: Vik Pandya's special Impromptu Conversations on YouTube. June 17: John Early's special Now More Than Ever on HBO. June 18: Rob Schneider's special Woke Up In America on Fox Nation. June 20: 85 South's special Ghetto Legends on Netflix. June 22: Tuxford Turner's special Live From The Raven Room on YouTube. June 24: Matt Rife's special Walking Red Flag on YouTube.
July July 4: Tom Segura's special Sledgehammer on Netflix. July 6: Kevin Hart's special Reality Check on Peacock. July 8: Leonard Ouzts's special The Big Joker on YouTube. July 13: Vince Carone's special Bad Father on YouTube. July 20: Dwight Simmons' special Who's The Master? on YouTube. July 21: Geoffrey Asmus's special The Only Funny White Man on YouTube. July 25: Mark Normand's special Soup to Nuts on Netflix. July 25: Jim Gaffigan's special Dark Pale on Prime. July 27: Jamal Guichon's special Down To Clown on YouTube.
August August 2: Matt McCusker's special The Speed of Light on YouTube. August 3: Ashley Leisten's special Live From The Raven Room on YouTube. August 10: Nathan Lund's special Soup's On on YouTube. August 15: Jared Freid's special 37 and Single on Netflix. August 17: Tracy Morgan's special Takin' It Too Far on HBO. August 17: Erick Esteban's special Miscellaneous Brown on YouTube. August 19: Adam Ray's special Live From Portland on YouTube. August 19: Joe List's special Enough For Everybody on YouTube. August 22: Gus Tate's special Top Gus on YouTube. August 28: Todd Barry's special Domestic Shorthair on All Things Comedy. August 30: Sasheer Zamata's special The First Woman on 800 Pound Gorilla Media.
September September 1: Bob The Drag Queen's special Woke Man in a Dress on YouTube. September 2: Ian Bagg's special Comedian OFFENDS the Audience on YouTube. September 5: Shane Gillis's special Beautiful Dogs on Netflix. September 6: Luis J. Gomez's special 30 Minutes on YouTube. September 12: Michelle Wolf's special It’s Great To Be Here on Netflix. September 13: Colum Tyrrell's special 30 Minutes on YouTube. September 14: Django Gold's special Bag of Tricks on YouTube. September 19: Kountry Wayne's special A Woman's Prayer on Netflix. September 21: Patrick Hastie's special I Will Fight All Of You on YouTube. September 22: Tim Slagle's album Bachelorette Party on Stand Up! Records. September 23: Sam Jay's special Salute Me or Shoot Me on HBO September 26: Chappelle's Home Team – Luenell's special Town Business on Netflix. September 28: Will Abeles' special The Pride of Hagerstown on YouTube.
October October 3: Beth Stelling's special If You Didn't Want Me Then on Netflix. October 6: Gag Reflex's special Live From The Raven Room on YouTube. October 6: Joe Pera's special Slow & Steady on YouTube. October 12: Tristan A. Smith's special Live From The Raven Room on YouTube. October 13: Sage Huston's special Live From The Raven Room on YouTube. October 17: Heather McMahan's special Son I Never Had on Netflix. October 19: Gabe Kea's special Vaxxed & Waxed on YouTube. October 20: Louis Katz's special The Best Comedian You've Never Heard Of on Youtube. October 24: Pete Holmes's special I Am Not for Everyone on Netflix. October 25: Noel Miller's special Stop Crying on YouTube. October 27: Sam Miller's special and album Round Trip on Stand Up! Records October 31: Ralph Barbosa's special Cowabunga on Netflix.
November November 1: Tyler Ross's special Useless Millennial on YouTube. November 2: Cody Hughes' special Hello Fellow Human on YouTube. November 7: The Improv: 60 and Still Standing on Netflix. November 10: Dina Hashem's special Dark Little Whispers on Amazon Prime. November 13: Matteo Lane's special The Advice Special Part 2 on YouTube. November 14: Trevor Wallace's special Pterodactyl on Amazon Prime. November 15: Whitney Cummings's special Mouthy on OnlyFans. November 15: Matt Rife's special Natural Selection on Netflix. November 18: Tony Daro's special After A Certain Age They Shouldn't Ask For ID on YouTube. November 19: Clint Hall's special When You Have A Really Uncommon Name on YouTube. November 20: Ali Siddiq's special Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover on YouTube. November 21: Mike Birbiglia's special The Old Man & The Pool on Netflix. November 23: Stratton Smith's special Child of Divorce on YouTube. November 24: Jim Breuer's special Country Boy Will Survive on YouTube. November 24: Armando Anto's special The Divided States of America on YouTube. November 27: David Cross's special Worst Daddy in the World on Veeps.com. November 28: Verified Stand-Up on Netflix.
December December 1: Gwen Sunkel's special A Two Person Job on YouTube. December 4: Nick Mullen's special The Year of the Dragon on YouTube. December 5: Stavros Halkias's special Fat Rascal on Netflix. December 10: Shane Torres's special The Blue Eyed Mexican on YouTube. December 12: Maria Bamford's special Local Act on Apple TV. December 14: Mark Chalifoux's special Mark Chalifoux's Christmas Special on YouTube. December 16: Leo Reich's special Literally Who Cares?! on HBO. December 19: Trevor Noah's special Where Was I on Netflix. December 21: Gary Gulman's special Born on Third Base on HBO. December 25: Ricky Gervais's special Armageddon on Netflix. December 27: Sam Tallent's special The Toad's Morale on YouTube. December 31: Dave Chappelle's special The Dreamer on Netflix. December 31: Aaron Naylor's special Born Illiterate on YouTube.
See also List of stand-up comedians List of Netflix original stand-up comedy specials
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