2018 in stand-up comedy

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This is a timeline documenting events and facts about stand-up comedy in the year 2018.

Contents

Releases

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See also

References

  1. "Unsportsmanlike Comedy with Rob Gronkowski". January 10, 2018.
  2. "What's New on Netflix in January". Vanity Fair . January 10, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "2018 Netflix Premiere Schedule: Dates For New And Returning Shows". December 12, 2017.
  4. Mills, Josh (January 8, 2018). "COMEDY NEWS: Tommy Ryman's Having the Time of My Life out January 19 on Stand Up! Records". It's Alive Media. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  5. 1 2 3 "Netflix January 2018 New Releases, Schedule: 'Cars 3,' 'Death Race: Beyond Anarchy,' and More". www.christianpost.com. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  6. Chua, Dennis (January 5, 2018). "Netflix debuts Harith Iskander in first regional comedy special". New Straits Times. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  7. Husband, Andrew (January 26, 2018). "Comedy Now: Netflix Travels To Mexico And South America". UPROXX. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  8. Cohn, Gabe (February 6, 2018). "What's on TV Tuesday: "Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers" and "The Trade"". The New York Times. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  9. Rivera, Joshua (January 31, 2018). "What's New on Showtime: February 2018". Vulture. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  10. Rock, Chris (February 13, 2018). "Tomorrow. Tamborine". Twitter.com. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  11. "Ali Siddiq Returns to Jail for His First One-Hour Special". Comedy Central Press. February 1, 2018. Archived from the original on February 7, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  12. Martin, Garrett (February 15, 2018). "Marlon Wayans Gets Woke-ish in the Trailer for His New Netflix Stand-up Special". Paste. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  13. Hawkes, Rebecca (February 19, 2018). "Netflix to launch first Arabic original on 1 March". Rapid TV News. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  14. "And You Will Regret It, David Heti". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  15. Schwartz, Dana (February 21, 2018). "Gad Elmaleh is living the 'American Dream' in a new Netflix standup special". EW.com. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  16. Vallejo-Lopez, Abdiel (January 18, 2018). "Netflix Announces New Ricky Gervais Special, Ricky Gervais: Humanity". Paste. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  17. "Jokes, Corey Adam". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  18. "James Acaster confirms four Netflix specials". Chortle. February 16, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  19. "Bad Comedy for Bad People, Keith Lowell Jensen". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  20. Martin, Garrett (April 6, 2018). "Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity Brings Laughs and Alzheimer's Awareness to Netflix". Paste. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  21. Otterson, Joe (March 22, 2018). "Seth Rogen's 'Hilarity for Charity' Netflix Special to Feature Tiffany Haddish, Kumail Nanjiani". Variety. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  22. "Netflix confirms release of Greg Davies's special". Chortle. April 2, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  23. Arthur, Kenneth (April 13, 2018). "Here's the Trailer for the New Kevin James Standup Special for Netflix". Vulture. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  24. "...Not if You Were the Last Man on Earth!, Ross Bennett". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  25. "Belongs in a Bar, Dwight York". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  26. Chuba, Kirsten (April 30, 2018). "John Mulaney Talks New 'Kid Gorgeous' Special; Future of 'Oh, Hello'". Variety. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  27. "Hey, Sailor!, Kristine Levine". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  28. Husband, Andrew (May 5, 2018). "Hari Kondabolu Wants To Warn Your Relatives In First Netflix Special". Den of Geek. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  29. Nawara, Jason (April 30, 2018). "Kevin Smith's Comedy Special From The Night Of His Heart Attack Gets A Trailer And A Title: 'Silent But Deadly'". UPROXX. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  30. Seitz, Matt (May 9, 2018). "Ali Wong's 'Hard Knock Wife' Is a Hilarious, Cathartic Follow-up to 'Baby Cobra'". Vulture. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  31. "Employee of the Day, Aaron Aryanpur". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  32. Nero, Dom (June 4, 2018). "Steve Martin and Martin Short Take Comedy Nerds to Heaven With Their Netflix Special". Esquire. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  33. "Funny Bones, Daniel Humbarger". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  34. "Egghead, Adam Quesnell". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  35. "Watch the New Trailer for Jim Jefferies' Netflix Stand-Up Special, This Is Me Now". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  36. Truitt, Brian (May 3, 2018). "See an exclusive trailer for Jim Gaffigan's very personal comedy special 'Noble Ape'". USA TODAY. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  37. McCarthy, Sean (July 24, 2018). "'Iliza: Elder Millennial' On Netflix: Nevertheless, Iliza Shlesinger Persists". Decider. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  38. "'Stewart Lee: Content Provider' Programme information". BBC. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  39. Greene, Steve (July 26, 2018). "'The Overthinker' Trailer: Demetri Martin Pitches Netflix on Advertising Ideas for His New Standup Special — Exclusive". IndieWire. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  40. Matt (August 5, 2018). "This week in comedy: "Wrecked" returns". The Laugh Button. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  41. Verma, Amit (3 September 2018). "Being Gay In India". seenunseen.in.
  42. Cogen, Sari (August 13, 2018). "Bert Kreischer's 'Secret Time' is about to debut on Netflix". AXS. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  43. "Fart Safari 2: Fart Harder". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  44. Husband, Andrew (September 11, 2018). "Daniel Sloss On Opening For Dave Chappelle And Wanting To Upset His Audience". Forbes. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  45. "Adam Quesnell – Despair II: Social Justice Warlord". Discogs. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  46. Yenisey, Zeynep (September 26, 2018). "Here's Everything Coming and Going from Netflix in October". Maxim. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  47. Windsor, Rachel (October 15, 2018). "'If You Quit Listening, I'll Shut Up': Ron White's Netflix special lands the right punches". Meaww. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  48. "Trevor Noah's Story About Obama In His 'Son Of Patricia' Special Will Make You Cringe So Hard". Bustle. 20 November 2018.
  49. "Bummin' with the Devil, Johnny Taylor". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  50. "...America....Great..., David Cross". Allmusic . Retrieved 2025-04-14.