STREET SPECIAL

Last weekend, I went to a comedy show that began at 10:30 PM. Going in, I was genuinely afraid I’d fall asleep before the show started, but fortunately a hilarious set from Carmen Christopher kept me wide awake. I hadn’t heard of the stand-up comedian before, so I looked up his work and found his half-hour STREET SPECIAL (trailer here), released earlier this year. In the special, Christopher drags a speaker around New York City, performing stand-up for anyone within earshot. The results are…mixed. Many “audience members” recoil at his intentionally mediocre material, frequently berating him and asking him to leave. Christopher perseveres through the rejection, determined to find a laugh. Stream the special on Peacock to see if Christopher ever manages to bring joy to the streets of New York. And, if you’re in LA, he has another live show on Monday as well, because surely I’ve convinced you to go check him out by now. 

—Nolan Russell, Executive Assistant