2016 in stand-up comedy

Years in stand-up comedy
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This is a timeline documenting events and facts about stand-up comedy in the year 2016.

Events

• On January 7, NBCUniversal launched its comedy streaming subscription service, Seeso.^[1]
• On May 10, George Carlin's daughter, Kelly Carlin, announced the donation of her late father's archives to the forthcoming National Comedy Center's museum, set to open in 2017.^[2][3]
• On July 20, Mike Ward was ordered by Quebec’s Human Rights Tribunal to pay $35,000 to Jérémy Gabriel, a French Canadian singer with Treacher Collins syndrome, and $7,000 to Jérémy's mother, for jokes he performed in regards to Jérémy's handicap and singing in his shows from 2010 to 2013.^[4]
• On September 18, Patton Oswalt won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special for his Netflix special, Talking for Clapping.^[5]

Deaths

• On March 24, Garry Shandling died at the age of 66 in Los Angeles, suffering from hyperparathyroidism.^[6]
• On April 20, Victoria Wood died at the age of 62 in London, suffering from terminal cancer.^[7]
• On October 21, Kevin Meaney died at the age of 60 in Forestburgh.^[8]

Stand-up comedy special releases

January - March

Month	Day	Comedian	Title	Filming Location	Distribution	Source
J A N	7	Matt Besser	Besser Breaks the Record	UCB Theatre in Los Angeles	Seeso	[9]
		Rory Scovel	The Charleston Special	Woolfe Street Playhouse in Charleston	Seeso	[9]
	8	Tom Segura	Mostly Stories	Neptune Theatre in Seattle	Netflix	[10]
	15	Tony Hinchcliffe	One Shot	The Ice House in Pasadena	Netflix	[11]
	23	Whitney Cummings	I'm Your Girlfriend	The Broad Stage in Santa Monica	HBO	[12]
F E B	5	Hannibal Buress	Comedy Camisado	Varsity Theater in Minneapolis	Netflix	[13]
	19	Alonzo Bodden	Historically Incorrect	The Vic Theatre in Chicago	Showtime	[14]
	26	Theo Von	No Offense	Civic Theatre in New Orleans	Netflix	[13]
M A R	18	Jimmy Carr	Funny Business	Hammersmith Apollo in London	Netflix	[13]
		Steve-O	Guilty as Charged	The Paramount Theatre in Austin	Showtime	[15]
	21	Stephen Lynch	Hello, Kalamazoo!	The Little Theatre in Kalamazoo	Vimeo	[16]
	24	Cameron Esposito	Marriage Material	Thalia Hall in Chicago	Seeso	[17]
	25	Chris Garcia	Laughing And Crying At The Same Time	Punch Line in San Francisco	AST Records	[18]

April - June

Month	Day	Comedian	Title	Filming Location	Distribution	Source
A P R	1	Frankie Boyle	Hurt Like You’ve Never Been Loved	Citizens Theatre in Glasgow	Netflix	[19]
	8	Geoff Tate	Again	Go Bananas Comedy Club in Cincinnati	Rooftop Comedy Productions	[20]
	9	Nikki Glaser	Perfect	Gerald W. Lynch Theater in New York	Comedy Central	[21]
	13	Garfunkel and Oates	Trying to Be Special	Neptune Theater in Seattle	Vimeo	[22]
	17	Daniel Tosh	People Pleaser	Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles	Comedy Central	[21]
	22	Patton Oswalt	Talking for Clapping	The Fillmore in San Francisco	Netflix	[13]
	23	Rachel Feinstein	Only Whores Wear Purple	Gerald W. Lynch Theater in New York	Comedy Central	[21]
	29	W. Kamau Bell	Semi-Prominent Negro	Roulette Intermedium in New York	Showtime	[23]
	30	Chris Hardwick	Funcomfortable	Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco	Comedy Central	[21]
M A Y	1	Gary Gulman	It’s About Time	Highline Ballroom in New York	Netflix	[24]
	6	Ali Wong	Baby Cobra	Neptune Theater in Seattle	Netflix	[25]
	13	Michael Ian Black	Noted Expert	John Jay College in New York	Epix	[26]
	20	Brad Williams	Daddy Issues	Alex Theatre in Glendale	Showtime	[27]
	21	Dan Soder	Not Special	Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia	Comedy Central	[28]
J U N	2	Quincy Jones	Burning the Light	The Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles	HBO	[29]
	3	Bo Burnham	Make Happy	Capitol Theatre in Port Chester	Netflix	[25]
		Ben Gleib	Neurotic Gangster	Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara	Showtime	[30]
		Matt Dwyer	Inside Looking Out	BAR 107 in Los Angeles	AST Records & Literally Figurative Records	[31]
	15	Pete Johansson	You Might Also Enjoy Pete Johansson	Toomler in Amsterdam	Netflix	[32]
	17	Big Jay Oakerson	Live at Webster Hall	Webster Hall in New York	Comedy Central	[33]
	25	Deon Cole	Cole Blooded Seminar	Lincoln Theatre in Washington	Comedy Central	[34]

July - September

Month	Day	Comedian	Title	Filming Location	Distribution	Source
J U L	1	Willie Barcena	The Truth Hurts	The Comic Strip in El Paso	Netflix	[35]
		Jim Jefferies	Freedumb	James Polk Theater in Nashville	Netflix	[25]
		Dwayne Perkins	Take Note	Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles	Netflix	[36]
	4	Brendon Burns	Selfies in the Grand Canyon	Tiger Lounge in Manchester	YouTube	[37]
	8	Aparna Nancherla	Just Putting It Out There	Comedy Attic in Bloomington, Indiana	Secretly Canadian	[38]
	22	Brian Posehn	Criminally Posehn	House of Blues in San Diego	Seeso	[39]
	26	Josh Blue	Delete	University of Denver in Denver	Hulu	[40]
A U G	1	Luke Capasso	Talkn' Loud & Sayn' Nothin'	Yellow Springs Art Center in Yellow Springs	Gumroad	[41]
	5	David Cross	Making America Great Again!	The Paramount Theatre in Austin	Netflix	[42]
	11	Henry Phillips	Neither Here Nor There	The Lyric Theatre in Los Angeles	Vimeo	[43]
	12	Godfrey	Regular Black	UP Comedy Club in Chicago	Showtime	[44]
	26	Jeff Foxworthy & Larry the Cable Guy	We’ve Been Thinking...	Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis	Netflix	[25]
S E P	2	Drew Michael	Funny To Death	Timothy O'Toole's in Chicago	Comedy Central	[45]
	9	Martin Lawrence	Doin' Time: Uncut	Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles	Showtime	[46]
	15	Doug Stanhope	No Place Like Home	Bisbee Royale in Bisbee	Seeso	[47]
	16	Cedric the Entertainer	Live from the Ville	Ryman Auditorium in Nashville	Netflix	[48]
	23	Iliza Shlesinger	Confirmed Kills	The Vic Theatre in Chicago	Netflix	[25]
		Maria Bamford	20%	UCB Theater Franklin in Los Angeles	Comedy Central	[49]

October - December

Month	Day	Comedian	Title	Filming Location	Distribution	Source
O C T	1	Sebastian Maniscalco	Why Would You Do That?	Beacon Theatre in New York	Showtime	[50]
	7	Lewis Black	Black to the Future	Marquis Theatre in New York	Comedy Central	[51]
		Russell Peters	Almost Famous	Massey Hall in Toronto	Netflix	[48]
	14	Kevin Hart	What Now?	Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia	Universal Studios	[52]
	15	Kyle Kinane	Loose in Chicago	Metro in Chicago	Comedy Central	[53]
	18	Jay Larson	Human Math	Laughing Skull Lounge in Atlanta	AST Records	[54]
	20	Jena Friedman	American Cunt	The Slipper Room in New York	Seeso	[55]
	21	Joe Rogan	Triggered	The Fillmore in San Francisco	Netflix	[48]
		Wanda Sykes	What Happened...Ms. Sykes?	The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles	Epix	[56]
	23	Barry Crimmins	Whatever Threatens You	Lawrence Arts Center in Lawrence	LouisCK.net	[57]
	27	Janeane Garofalo	If I May	The Independent Theatre in San Francisco	Seeso	[55]
	29	Pete Davidson	SMD	Skirball Center in New York	Comedy Central	[53]
N O V	1	Christopher Titus	Born with a Defect	Center for the Arts in Escondido	ChristopherTitus.com	[58]
	2	Bill Maher	Whiny Little Bitch	Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles	Facebook	[59]
	3	Mo Mandel	Negative Reinforcement	Gothic Theatre in Englewood	Seeso	[55]
	4	Dana Carvey	Straight White Male, 60	Wilbur Theatre in Boston	Netflix	[48]
	10	Kathleen Madigan	Bothering Jesus	Pabst Theater in Milwaukee	Netflix	[60]
	11	Bert Kreischer	The Machine	The Improv in Irvine	Showtime	[61]
		James Fritz	Still Together	Bar Lubitsch in Los Angeles	AST Records	[62]
	15	Loyiso Gola	Live in New York	House of Yes in New York	Vimeo	[63]
	17	Dan Levy	Lion	Neptune Theater in Seattle	Seeso	[55]
	18	Ben Bailey	Ben Bailey Live and Uncensored	UP Comedy Club in Chicago	VHX	[64]
		Colin Quinn	The New York Story	Schimmel Center in New York	Netflix	[48]
	24	Aries Spears	Comedy Blueprint	Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia	Seeso	[55]
	25	Michael Che	Michael Che Matters	Greenpoint Terminal Warehouse in New York	Netflix	[48]
D E C	1	Joe Matarese	Medicated	The Village Underground in New York	Seeso	[55]
		Lachlan Patterson	Live from Venice Beach	Venice Ale House in Los Angeles	Seeso	[55]
	2	Tony Roberts	Motorcity Motormouth	Music Hall in Detroit	Showtime	[65]
	3	Pete Holmes	Faces and Sounds	The Vic Theatre in Chicago	HBO	[66]
	6	Reggie Watts	Spatial	Soundstage in Los Angeles	Netflix	[48]
	9	Joey "CoCo" Diaz	TBA	Zanies Comedy Club in Rosemont	Seeso	[55]
		Jim Florentine	A Simple Man	George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick	VHX	[67]
		Tom Papa	Human Mule	Hanna Theatre in Cleveland	Epix	[68]
	20	Gabriel Iglesias	I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry	Allstate Arena in Chicago	Netflix	[48]
	22	Nick Thune	Good Guy	Star Theater in Portland	Seeso	[55]
	29	Ian Harvie	May the Best Cock Win	Revolution Hall in Portland	Seeso	[55]
		Laurie Kilmartin	45 Jokes About My Dead Dad	The Lyric Theatre in Los Angeles	Seeso	[55]

Comedians with material in production

Comedian	Title	Source
Ahmed Ahmed	The United Shades of Ahmedica	[69]
Rory Albanese	TBA	[70]
Cristela Alonzo	TBA	[71]
Tom Ballard	The World Keeps Happening	[72]
Maria Bamford	TBA	[73]
Owen Benjamin	Huge Pianist	[74]
Mike Birbiglia	Thank God for Jokes	[75]
Creed Bratton	TBA	[76]
Kurt Braunohler	Trust Me	[51]
Neal Brennan	3 Mics	[77]
Bill Burr	TBA	[78]
Steve Byrne	TBA	[79]
Nick Cannon	TBA	[80]
Jerrod Carmichael	TBA	[81]
Rodney Carrington	TBA	[82]
Dave Chappelle	TBA	[83]
Nore Davis	TBA	[84]
Joe DeRosa	You Let Me Down	[51]
Mark Forward	TBA	[85]
Pablo Francisco	TBA	[86]
Jim Gaffigan	Fully Dressed	[87]
Todd Glass	TBA	[88]
Ian Harris	ExtraOrdinary	[89]
Corey Holcomb	The Book of Coreythians	[90]
Rhys James	Forgives	[91]
Ron James	What Just Happened	[92]
Jonathan Kite	Back to School	[93]
Jo Koy	TBA	[94]
Jay Larson	Me Being Me	[95]
Al Madrigal	Shrimpin' Ain't Easy	[96]
Pat McAfee	TBA	[97]
Julian McCullough	TBA	[98]
T. J. Miller	Meticulously Ridiculous	[81]
Trevor Moore	TBA	[99]
Mark Normand	Don’t Be Yourself	[51]
Jim Norton	Mouthful of Shame	[100]
Gary Owen	I Got My Associates	[101]
Evan Sayet	TBA	[102]
Ari Shaffir	TBA	[103]
Taylor Williamson	TBA	[104]
Roy Wood Jr.	Father Figure	[51]

See also

• List of stand-up comedians

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