Chris Rock, Trevor Noah, Mark Normand and the (other) Top 23 Comedy Specials of 2023 #12-23

In this episode, Johnny Mac shares the second half of his top 23 Stand-Up Comedy specials of the year, with brief reviews of each. The comedians ranked from 12 to 23 are Hari Kondabolu, Chris Rock, Jimmy O. Yang, Trevor Noah, The Roast of Mr. Peanut,...
In this episode, Johnny Mac shares the second half of his top 23 Stand-Up Comedy specials of the year, with brief reviews of each. The comedians ranked from 12 to 23 are Hari Kondabolu, Chris Rock, Jimmy O. Yang, Trevor Noah, The Roast of Mr. Peanut, Big Jay Oakerson, Mark Normand, Nimesh Patel, Sarah Silverman, Chris Fleming, John Early, and Ralph Barbosa.
Check out yesterday's episode for the Top 11.
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Callaroga Shark Media. Hello, Johnny
mag with your daily comedy news. Today
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it is the rest of the top
twenty three top stand up specials of the
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year. If you missed yesterday's episode, I went over the top eleven,
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which really quickly was number one is
Gary Goleman too, Todd Berry, three,
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Shing Gillis, Tom Sigora, Kyle
Cranane, Nate Bergantcy Gervais, Michelle
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Wolf, j McBride, Jim Jefferies, and Pete Holmes. At number eleven.
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You can listen to yesterday's episode to
catch up on that. At number
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twelve, Harry Condo Bolu's Vacation Baby. You'll find that on YouTube. Really
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strong special for the first two thirds. The last third's a little soft.
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This would have ranked higher, just
I don't know, just didn't land number
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thirteen. This one was a big
deal. You may have heard of it.
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Chris rock Is live on Netflix.
Did you know about this? He
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got slapped by Will Smith at the
Oscars and then reacted to it. Selective
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outrage is the name of that one. That one was like a roller coast.
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There were points where it was like, Okay, Chris, get to
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it, get to it. Gets
to it, and then he got to
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it and it was really great,
and then he'd kind of take his foot
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off the gas and it was up
and down. Solid special. Not Chris
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Rock's best work by any means,
but a really good one. Number fourteen.
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You'll find this one on Amazon.
Jimmy O Yang's Guess how much I
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love Jimmy O Yang. Jimmy talks
about loser friends and negotiating with his Asian
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parents. Also some really solid jokes
about BTS. I surprised he didn't get
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roasted by the BTS Army for that
one. I wouldn't mind getting roasted by
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the BTS Army. I'll take the
publicity. Number fifteen. This one came
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out in December. Trevor Noah is
Where was I Now? Despite it being
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all the way down at fifteen,
I gotta say I liked the special a
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lot. Trevor's one of those folks
that I find just great company, easy
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on the ears. I think I
just like his accent, but I like
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the way he thinks. I like
the way he speaks and he's trying to
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do something. It's not just joke
joke joke joke jokes. So this one,
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too, allows you to breathe a
time, and that's something Carlin was
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great at. Ricky at times reminded
me of George Carlin, and I don't
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say that lightly, but the points
he was making very Carlin esk and I
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think the beard cut helps. Trevor's
also great at developing characters by doing different
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voices. His accent work is fantastic. Trevor Noah on Netflix. Where was
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I? Number sixteen? I know
when I say this one, people think
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I'm nuts until they actually watch it. It's the roast of mister Peanut.
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So this showed up in commercial form
during the Super Bowl, but there's a
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full version on YouTube. Jeff Ross
is Your Host, also appearing Natasha Laziro,
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Otsko at Coontzka, Yamanika Saunders,
David Lucas, Sarah Tiana, Frank
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Castillo, and it's exactly what it's
claiming to be. Jeff Ross is Your
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Host, and then everybody gets up
and does a couple of minutes about mister
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Peanut. But it's funny. You'll
find the whole thing on YouTube. I
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know I sound like a crazy person, trust me. Number seventeen, Big
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Jay Okerson's Dog Belly. That one, also on Netflix. Filmed at Skankfest
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twenty twenty two in Las Vegas.
Jay having a good time on stage,
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doing some CrowdWork, some storytelling.
That's a fun one. Love this guy.
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Number eighteen Mark Norman Soup to Nuts. Norman is one of those comedians
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in ascendency. Each special you just
find him refining it and refining it.
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I wouldn't be shocked if he had
a huge twenty twenty four well liked by
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his fellow comedians. Good description here
from deadand dot Co. March delivery is
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awkward and affable, goofy even he
talks like he's just some guy the kanude
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apologize to a table for bumping into
it, Except that guy happens to be
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making some of the most vicious,
mean spirited remarks you've ever heard, in
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the same tone he'd used to wish
somebody a pleasant morning. It's black comedy
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tinged with hot pink and vivid tangerine. He's saying all these horrible things,
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but he's also suggesting to you that
he doesn't mean any of it. It's
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number eighteen, Mark Norman Soup to
Nuts Number nineteen and Nimesh Patel. You'll
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find that one on YouTube. Lucky
Lefty. Can someone create an entire hour
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out of being diagnosed with testicular cancer? Yes, the answer is yes.
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Nimesh Patel Lucky Lefty Number twenty on
the Top twenty three stand up Specials of
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twenty twenty three. Sarah Silverman Someone
you Love on HBO Max or Max or
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HBO or Max Max whatever we're calling
it these days. Sarah's really good about
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setting up a premise and then taking
a right turn. Really like that one's
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number twenty one. Chris Fleming's Hell. This one on Peacock, and it's
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one of those specials that as soon
as you hit play, you go,
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oh, okay, this is different. How do I describe this one?
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Fleming is super animated, singing and
dancing and using the entire stage. It's
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another one of those shots in a
small club, specifically Dynasty Typewriter in Los
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Angeles. He has characters, there
are sketches. Can't put this one into
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words, and that's a good thing. Chris Fleming's Hell on Peacock, Number
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twenty one. Similar one that Broke
the Mold. John Early is Now More
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than Ever on HBO, a faux
documentary about a musical act, but with
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sketches, and some funny songs.
Jason Zenniman and The New York Times nailed
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it as he always does. It's
generally mixing cringe and cabaret. Really fun.
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Special here and number twenty three of
the top twenty three Ralph Barbosa's Cowabunga.
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That one on Netflix. I expected
more out of this one. I
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was following Barbosa all year and I
thought he was about to step up in
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class, and he didn't quite come
to that level. It's fun, but
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it's not amazing. I think Barbosa
has more to come, and we'll keep
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an eye on him. I think
he's really going to move up the list
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in future years. All right again, real quick. The Top twenty three
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Number one, Gary Goleman two,
Todd Barry three, Shane Gillis four,
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Tom Siguera five, Kyle Kanaan six
and eight, Berganzi seven, Urky Gervais
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eight, Michelle Wolf nine, j
McBride ten, Jim Jefferys eleven, Pete
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Holmes twelve, Harri Condobolu thirteen,
Chris Rock fourteen, Jumio Yang fifteen,
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Trevor Noah sixteen, The Roast of
Mister Peanut seventeen, Big Jay Okresen eighteen,
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Mark Norman nineteen to Mishpateel twenty,
Sarah Silverman twenty one, Chris Fleming
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twenty two, Joan Early twenty three, Ralph Barbosa, And those are your
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top twenty three specials of the year. Some big, big names not on
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the list who put out stuff this
year, and that'll be tomorrow's episode.
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I'll explain why they didn't make the
list. But there are some huge names
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who did not make the list.
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