Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stand-up comedy has a crowd work problem, and I don’t see it letting up any time soon. Crowd work used to be one of many tools of ...

There’s a reason Nate Jackson’s debut Netflix special arrives during barbecue season. Perched on a stool under the spotlight at his shows, the comedian spends most of the evening delivering ...

Matt Rife is a “comedian” who, often, uses his crowd work to make people think he’s good at stand-up. So when his stand-up specials inevitably failed, people realized quickly that he isn’t as funny as ...

Nate Jackson: Super Funny is a very good special by all the usual standards, but it’s fascinating in one specific, new-ish way. Bookended by perfectly funny and serviceable written material, its ...