Amazon can deliver packages to you, and if you let it, Amazon can make you laugh. In addition to its movies and TV shows, Amazon Prime's video streaming service includes plenty of hysterical comedies available to subscribers, from original Prime specials to oft-cited comedy classics.
We've gone through all the stand-up comedy Prime has to offer and found the best of the best. Whether you're looking for fragrant humor to ruthless social commentary, both hilarious and confessional comedy, or just some good old-fashioned laughs that get you stomping in your seat, Prime has a stand-up special for you. .
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Maria Bamford: weakness is the mark
Maria Bamford's comedy is awesome, and there's no better proof than her 2020 special Weakness is the Mark. One of his overwhelming strengths as a comic book is his ability to pass off the most brilliantly constructed jokes as neurotic improvisation, and that's never more fully on display than here. From hearing about the bizarre role-playing game she enjoys with her husband, to stories about negotiating with her alma mater, to her deceptively adorable callback that if it isn't acceptable. to hurt some politicians, it is perfectly legal to lead them "in a bramble," Weakness is the mark is a delightful and hilarious watch.
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Chris Porter: a Kansas man
Chris Porter is angry. He's a straightforward man with simple tastes, living in a world increasingly populated with aioli instead of mayonnaise, gourmet cheese instead of favorite American brands' 40% plastic 'and cows' with hopes and hopes. dreams ". In his 2019 Kansas man Special, Porter's acerbic commentary targets the flat earthlings, the men who do not know how to use the tools and the spread of hipsters. His simple but precise take on what's wrong with the world is as funny as it is compelling.
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Josh Blue: Broccoli
Quoting a declaimed man in Reno who strongly accused the comic book of having no hobbies, Josh Blue describes himself as a mad magnet in his 2020 special. broccoli. Dressed in a black T-shirt bearing the special title veggie and stepping out like a time-lost hippie, Josh Blue reveled in making his audience uncomfortable as much as he made them scream. Whether it's bemoaning the choice to go downwind of a dog food factory to the comic book self-deprecating humor about his cerebral palsy, Blue will have you laughing and asking you questions. annoying benefits of using your lips to point rather than your fingers.
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Eddie Pepitone: For Masses
Eddie Pepitone is the good cop and the bad cop, the doom prophet and the soothing voice of, well, still pretty much doomed. In his special 2020 For masses, Pepitone creates a perfect, crazy opera - which lashes out with anger one moment and then boils down to a soft-spoken observational comic in the next. Either he turns the gags in directions you never expect, or he goes exactly where you knew he was going, but still manages to shock you. As much as his subject revolves around heavy and depressing subjects, For masses will make you laugh whether you like it or not (you will).
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Jayde Adams: Serious Black Sweater
In its Amazon Original 2020 special, Serious black sweater, Jayde Adams wants to educate you. She gives you a crash course in the history of feminism, 'cries' for the over 50 crowd, and skillfully shows how all you have to do to make the world take you seriously is wear a collar. black rolled. The very witty and brilliant British comic book offers a hilarious hour of social commentary mixed with good, simple entertainment.
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Sinbad: Where have you been?
Prior to 2010, the popular comic Sinbad hadn't been on its own stand-up special since 1998. Nothing but the funk. He returns on stage with Where were you? The comic addresses the eponymous question before the curtains even parted, causing audiences to laugh with references to rumors of his death as well as his public issues with the IRS over his own version of the Prince hit. and the Revolution of 1984. Let's do it crazy. What follows is a triumphant reminder of why the comic had audiences rolling in their seats in the '90s.
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Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh
The great Depresh isn't Gary Gulman's only special streaming on Amazon Prime. The service also offers its specials Male boy, In this economy?, and It's time to its members and all of them are worth watching. But The great Depresh is unique. Interspersed with scenes of Gulman with his partner, mother and therapist, the special is an excellent fusion of comedy and confessional. Gulman is candid about his disappearance from the stand-up scene, his mental health issues, and what it takes to get back to the mic. Surprisingly, he does all of this without seeming to sacrifice a single laugh.
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Al Madrigal: Shrimp is not easy
Do you know Al Madrigal's work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart or not, you will want to see his special 2017 Shrimp is not easy. Although it is not too surprising that a Daily show veteran's comedy weaves its way into political arenas here and there, for the most part its subjects are universal. With sharp insight and flawless delivery, Madrigal will have you breaking a stomach with his Tooth Fairy bits, Mexican cilantro stain rumors, and the weird world of Yelp reviews.
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George Carlin: Jammin in New York
When George Carlin died in 2008, we lost a satirical genius. Fortunately, its work remains and Amazon Prime has a good number of its specials available for streaming. Any of these specials could easily find a home on this list, but 1992 Jammin in New York stands out as one of his most eloquent performances. In equal parts of anger and joyous apathy, Jammin in New York sees Carlin lay siege to the sport of golf, give more great ideas about solving roaming than we've heard in years, celebrate some newsworthy carnage and end the stage with his still infamous attack on the environmentalists.
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Jim Gaffigan: quality time
In the first moments of Jim Gaffigan's 2019 Quality time Special, the comic pats him on the stomach and says, "This is what I look like." It's mostly my fault. And that sets the tone for the charming, childish humor of the comics. Still obsessed with food, Gaffigan takes things to a new level with Quality time. He takes to the rarely explored areas of cannibalistic humor and discusses what it's like to try reindeer meat right after Christmas. As usual, we don't just get Gaffigan's stand-up, but his hilarious, whiny-voiced internal reviewer responding to his jokes.
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