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Topic: stand-up

Louis C.K. performs during the 2025 New York Comedy Festival in New York City (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Louis C.K.'s "redemption" is complete

Melanie McFarland
Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This? (Greg Endries/HBO)

Bill Maher, the coastin' elite

Melanie McFarland
Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall (Clifton Prescod/Netflix)

7 fearless comedy specials of 2024

Melanie McFarland
Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats (Troy Conrad/Netflix)

Platforming misinfo & panic for laughs

Melanie McFarland
Close-up of actor/comedian Bob Newhart in his office at home, September 1972. (Getty Images/Bettmann Contributor)

Unbuttoning Bob Newhart's stand-up mind

Melanie McFarland
Steven Wright (Photo illustration by Salon/Jorge Rios/Getty Images)

Steven Wright loves talking about lint

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Padma Lakshmi (Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)

Padma Lakshmi eyes stand-up comedy

Michael La Corte
Hasan Minhaj attends the "Polite Society" New York screening at Metrograph on April 24, 2023 in New York City. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

Hasan Minhaj: "I'm not a psycho"

Nardos Haile
John Mulaney: Baby J (Netflix)

John Mulaney's cancellation comedy

Jacques Berlinerblau
Jane Lynch as Sophie Lennon and Rachel Brosnahan as Midge Maisel in "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Prime Video)

The true Maisel-Lennon rivalry backstory

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel
Sam Jay: 3 in the Morning (Netflix)

Sam Jay brings raw SNL humor to Netflix

Ashlie D. Stevens
Roy Wood Jr. and Joyce Dugan Wood in "Call Your Mother" (Comedy Central)

Comics honor mom in "Call Your Mother"

Gary M. Kramer
"Jenny Slate: Stage Fright" (Netflix)

Jenny Slate's silly Netflix bat mitzvah

Ashlie D. Stevens
"Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones" Netflix Special (Netflix/Mathieu Bitton)

Sticks & Stones: Chappelle doubles down

D. Watkins

D.L. Hughley's surprising role

D. Watkins
Dave Chappelle on "Saturday Night Live"

Chappelle's "SNL" monologue

Salon Staff
(Comedy Central)

Noah tackles police brutality

Anna Silman, Sonia Saraiya
(AP/Chris Pizzello)

Chris Rock in NY Mag

Anna Silman