2021 in stand-up comedy

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This is a timeline documenting events and facts about English-language stand-up comedy in the year 2021.

January

• January 8: Cliff Cash's album Half Way There on Stand Up! Records. ^[1]
• January 10: Tig Notaro's special Drawn on HBO.
• January 12: Chris Rock's special Total Blackout: The Tamborine Extended Cut on Netflix.
• January 15: Mike Lebovitz's album Two Slob Household on Stand Up! Records. ^[2]

February

• February 2: K-Von's special Women Can Make Anything An Insult on Dry Bar Comedy.
• February 20: Ed Hill's special Candy and Smiley on Comedy Dynamics.
• February 21: Rose Matafeo's special Horndog on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer.
• February 23: Brian Regan's special On the Rocks on Netflix.
• February 26: Richard Pryor's albums Richard Pryor and Craps (After Hours) reissue on Omnivore Recordings. ^[3]

March

• March 5: James Acaster's specials Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 and Make a New Tomorrow on Vimeo.
• March 9: Fern Brady's special Power & Chaos on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer.
• March 16: RebellComedy: Straight Outta the Zoo on Netflix.
• March 18: Nate Bargatze's special The Greatest Average American on Netflix.
• March 19: Chris Knutson's album Rewound on Stand Up! Records. ^[4]
• March 23: Loyiso Gola's special Unlearning on Netflix.

April

• April 16: Jim David's album Gay Jokes for Straight Cruisers on Stand Up! Records. ^[5] 2020

May

• May 8: Dylan Moran's special Dr Cosmos live-streamed on DICE.
• May 14: Simon Bird's special Debrief on All 4.
• May 27: Soy Rada's special Serendipity on Netflix.
• May 30: Bo Burnham's special Inside on Netflix. ^[6]

June

• June 3: Alan Saldaña's special Locked Up on Netflix.
• June 3: Josh Johnson's special #(Hashtag) on Comedy Central.

July

• July 9: Lee Su-geun's special The Sense Coach on Netflix.
• July 16: Dave Losso's album A Careless Whisper of a Man on Stand Up! Records. ^[7]
• July 23: Richard Pryor's album Live At The Comedy Store, 1973 reissue on Omnivore Recordings. ^[8]

August

• August 10: Phil Wang's special Philly Philly Wang Wang on Netflix.
• August 12: Lokillo's special Nothing’s the Same on Netflix.
• August 19: Marlon Wayans's special You Know What It Is on HBO Max.
• August 31: Drew Lynch's special Concussed on YouTube chanel.

September

• September 3: Doug Mellard's album I'm Worried About Me on Stand Up! Records. ^[9]
• September 7: Shane Gillis's special Live In Austin on gillyandkeeves.tv.
• September 17: Bill Bailey's special Larks in Transit on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
• September 27: Jo Firestone's special Good Timing With Jo Firestone on Peacock.

October

• October 5: Dave Chappelle's special The Closer on Netflix. ^[10]
• October 6: Arnor Dadi's album Big, Small Town Kid on Stand Up! Records. ^[11]
• October 14: One Night in Paris on Netflix.
• October 19: Theo Von's special Regular People on Netflix.
• October 23: Ricky Velez's special Here's Everything on HBO.
• October 27: Haroun on Netflix.
• October 29: Roy Wood Jr.'s special Imperfect Messenger on Comedy Central.

November

• November 4: Aida Rodriguez's special Fighting Words on HBO Max.
• November 5: Jake Flores's album Bad Omen on Stand Up! Records. ^[12]
• November 5: Joyelle Nicole Johnson's special Love Joy on Peacock.
• November 16: Michael Che's special Shame the Devil on Netflix.
• November 18: Carlos Ballarta's special False Prophet on Netflix.
• November 23: The Jonas Brothers Family Roast on Netflix.
• November 30: Mo Amer's special Mohammed in Texas on Netflix.

December

• December 4: Drew Michael's special Red Blue Green on HBO Max.
• December 7: Nicole Byer's special BBW (Big Beautiful Weirdo) on Netflix.
• December 8: Carolin Kebekus's special The Last Christmas Special on Netflix.
• December 17: Darryl Lenox's album Super Bloom on Stand Up! Records. ^[13]
• December 18: Louis C.K.'s special SORRY on his website.
• December 21: Jim Gaffigan's special Comedy Monster on Netflix.
• December 25: Jimmy Carr's special His Dark Material on Netflix.

See also

• List of stand-up comedians
• List of Netflix original stand-up comedy specials

References

1. "Half Way There, Cliff Cash". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
2. "Two Slob Household, Mike Lebovitz". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
3. Marchese, Joe (2021-01-22). "Heart and Brain: Omnivore Preps Spoken Word Releases from Richard Pryor, Allen Ginsberg". The Second Disc. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
4. "Rewound, Chris Knutson". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
5. "Gay Jokes for Straight Cruisers, Jim David". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
6. Carson, Erin. "Bo Burnham's Inside: Why I'm still hopelessly obsessed with the Netflix special". CNET. Archived from the original on 2021-11-03. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
7. "A Careless Whisper of a Man, Dave Losso". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
8. Marchese, Joe (2021-07-23). "I Hope I'm Funny: Omnivore Reissues Richard Pryor's "Live at The Comedy Store, 1973"". The Second Disc. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
9. "I'm Worried About Me, Doug Mellard". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
10. Edwards, Nathan (2021-10-05). "Dave Chappelle releases new comedy special 'The Closer' on Netflix". WRGT. Archived from the original on 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
11. "Big, Small Town Kid, Arnor Dadi". Allmusic . Retrieved 2025-04-14.
12. "Bad Omen, Jake Flores". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
13. "Super Bloom, Darryl Lenox". Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-04-13.