🎤netflix specials i'd make a comic sit through

not what's trending, what actually teaches you something about structure or timing

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tight 5 energy stretched to an hour and it never sags, watch it for the act-outs alone

everyone talks about the ending but the setup in act one is a clinic on tension and release

Bo Burnham: Inside

barely stand-up, still homework. shows you what happens when someone actually edits their own special instead of just filming a set

Ali Wong: Baby Cobra

Mo Amer: Mohammed in Texas

less quoted than the others on this list but the structure around home and Houston is doing more work than the jokes get credit for

Iliza Shlesinger: Elder Millennial

Chris Rock: Selective Outrage

killed it on crowd work, worth it just for how he handles a heckler-adjacent moment

Kevin Hart: Irresponsible

Dave Chappelle: The Bird Revelation

controversial pick for a homework list, I know. still one of the better examples of a comic just talking for 75 minutes and holding a room

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