More stand up comedy announced for Netflix

Netflix have announced four new exclusive stand-up comedy specials today, joining the previously announced Chelsea Handler one hour special Uganda Be Kidding Me Live. Added to the line up are Jim Jefferies, Bill Cosby, Bill Burr and Chelsea Peretti.

“Jim Jefferies, Chelsea Handler, Bill Cosby, Bill Burr and Chelsea Peretti are some of the funniest comedians of our time who will have our viewers in stitches, we are thrilled to bring this diverse slate of talent and their unique, multi-faceted and hilarious points of view exclusively to our members around the world.” – Lisa Nishimura, vice president of original documentary and comedy programming at Netflix

Netflix will exclusively premiere Jim Jefferies’ stand-up comedy, Jim Jefferies: BARE. Filmed live at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, Jim Jefferies is back and fired up as ever in his newest comedy special. No-one is safe from Jim’s hilarious and shocking observations about politics, new fatherhood, orgies and Neil Diamond. The show follows Jefferies’ successful live, international Day Streaming Tour.

Chelsea Handler headlines her first stand-up special exclusively for Netflix in Uganda Be Kidding Me Live, the culmination of Handler’s wildly popular international stand-up comedy tour. Using personal photos to enrich her stories and comedy, Handler regales the audience with absurd tales of her global travels and the ridiculous characters in her life, all the while offering her signature unabashed opinions on subjects ranging from her expectations of sexual partners, to the very real problem of dolphin rape.

One of the Greats sees Chelsea Peretti bring a exclusive special to Netflix. With her own unique delivery, writing, physicality and mind  the show is a dark yet silly with tightly-constructed material, filmed live at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. The production opens a new window into the singular voice of the Brooklyn 99 star and showcases her diverse talents as an actor, standup, writer, and motorcycle enthusiast.

In Bill Cosby’s latest special, Bill Cosby 77, he brings his singular point of view and comedy to his favourite topics, relationships, marriage and children. Recorded at the SF Jazz Center in San Francisco on Cosby’s 77th birthday.

Bill Burr takes the stage of the Tabernacle in Atlanta for his fourth hour-long special, I’m Sorry You Feel That Way. Join him as he escapes the zombie apocalypse in his getaway helicopter, explores how nothing ruins great sex like a rom-com, and explains how too many childhood hugs may be the downfall of man.

The air dates for the programmes are as follows: Jim Jefferies: BARE at 12:01 a.m. PST on Friday, 29th August, Uganda Be Kidding Me Live 12:01 a.m. PST on Friday, 10th October, One of the Greats at 12:01 a.m PST on Friday, 14th November, Bill Cosby 77 at 12:01 am PST on Friday, 28th November and I’m Sorry You Feel That Way at 12:01 a.m. PST on Friday 5th December.