Stand-up transcripts

Marc Maron: Thinky Pain

Marc Maron: Thinky Pain (2013) | Transcript

Marc Maron returns to his old stomping grounds for an intimate special in which he takes stock of himself. More than ever, Maron is raw and hilariously honest as he dissects his own neuroses and self-loathing while providing outrageous anecdotes from his personal life, in which he starts to realize the hurt isn’t real, it’s just “Thinky Pain.”

Chelsea Handler: Evolution (2020)

Chelsea Handler: Evolution (2020) | Transcript

Chelsea Handler is back and better than ever – and not just because she started going to therapy and consuming cannabis. Marking her much-anticipated return to stand-up after six years

Fortune Feimster: Good Fortune

Fortune Feimster: Good Fortune (2022) | Transcript

Fortune reflects on her own good fortune, including some big life events she’s experienced the last couple years like falling in love with her wife and the extravagant proposal she planned that didn’t go as expected, and much more.

Neal Brennan: Blocks (2022)

Neal Brennan: Blocks (2022) | Transcript

Follows Neal Brennan as he talks about the emotional and cultural issues that make him feel like something’s wrong with him in a humorous way, from drugs and alcohol, liberalism, to his small chances of finding real love.

Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would (2022)

Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would (2022) | Transcript

In his third special show, comedian Trevor Noah talks learning German, speaking ill of the dead, judging people in horror movies, dealing with modern communication, and ordering Indian food in Scotland.

Kate Berlant: Cinnamon in the Wind

Kate Berlant: Cinnamon in the Wind (2022) | Transcript

Kate Berlant performs an intimate, absurdist set in front of an audience, and a mirrored reflection of herself. Kate’s special finds her exploring her clairvoyant connection to the crowd, and her inability to stop performing.

Patton Oswalt: We All Scream (2022)

Patton Oswalt: We All Scream (2022) | Transcript

Oswalt discusses what happens to our bodies as we get older, who he could have been had he just followed the list he created during the lockdown, the Baby Boomer’s last temper tantrum and much more.

Bill Burr: Live at Red Rocks (2022)

Bill Burr: Live at Red Rocks (2022) | Transcript

Comedian Bill Burr performs a stand-up routine at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Colorado in 2021. He sounds off on cancel culture, feminism, getting bad reviews from his wife and a life-changing epiphany.