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Stand-up & sketch comedy Videos Recommended on Hacker News (244)
Stand-up & sketch comedy is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 244 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2007 and 2026 — 205 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Comedy: stand-up specials, sketch comedy, Monty Python, Mr. Show, comedians, improv, comedy clubs, talk-show comedy, funny bits and absurdist humor.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Harder Drive: Hard drives we didn't want or need: “recommend this video to anyone here.” — an HN commenter, 2025.
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9 mo on HNHarder Drive: Hard drives we didn't want or need
suckerpinch
12 HN recommender · 2022–2025
8 mo on HNJackie Chan - How to Do Action Comedy
Every Frame a Painting
9 HN recommender · 2015–2022
7 mo on HNGeorge Carlin Talks About "Stuff"
CappyNJ
7 HN recommender · 2010–2026
5 mo on HNCaptain Disillusion: World's Greatest Blenderer - Live at the Blender Conference 2018
Captain Disillusion
4 HN recommender · 2019–2022
6 mo on HNWhere in the world is it easiest to get rich? | Harald Eia | TEDxOslo
TEDx Talks
5 HN recommender · 2016–2023
5 mo on HNPatrick Stewart interview - Parkinson - BBC
BBC Studios
5 HN recommender · 2012–2022
4 mo on HNJohn Cleese vs Extremism
eroosters
4 HN recommender · 2018–2024
4 mo on HNIt's Not About The Nail
Jason Headley
5 HN recommender · 2014–2026
4 mo on HNTalking Funny - HBO
Ken Jones
3 HN recommender · 2014–2022
4 mo on HNGeorge Carlin - Euphemisms
poyani
4 HN recommender · 2014–2025
4 mo on HNLouis C.K. Hates Cell Phones | CONAN on TBS
Team Coco
5 HN recommender · 2013–2021
3 mo on HNLook Around You: Season 1 Pilot - Calcium
DocShadow660
3 HN recommender · 2016–2024
3 mo on HNThe Fall of The Simpsons: How it Happened
Super Eyepatch Wolf
9 HN recommender · 2017–2026
4 mo on HNLouis CK Everything Is Amazing And Nobody Is Happy
Lisa Zielinski
5 HN recommender · 2018–2026
3 mo on HNJim Jefferies -- Gun Control (Part 1) from BARE -- Netflix Special
Jim Jefferies
3 HN recommender · 2016–2022
3 mo on HNEdgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy
Every Frame a Painting
3 HN recommender · 2015–2024
3 mo on HNJames Mickens on JavaScript
tablet reader
3 HN recommender · 2018–2025
3 mo on HNBill Hicks - It's Just A Ride
Bill Hicks
3 HN recommender · 2016–2025
3 mo on HNyoutube YouTube Stewart Lee 9 Political Correctness 41st Best Stand Up ever
MrSenseisnotcommon
3 HN recommender · 2014–2022
3 mo on HNWhat Shopping On Amazon Feels Like
Ryan George
2 HN recommender · 2022–2025
3 mo on HNJon Stewart On Vaccine Science And The Wuhan Lab Theory
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2 HN recommender · 2021–2024
3 mo on HNPachelbel Rant from 2006 [Official High Quality Re-Post]
RobPRocks
3 HN recommender · 2022–2024
3 mo on HNCraig Ferguson Speaks From The Heart
Monke96ify
3 HN recommender · 2014–2026
3 mo on HNPachelbel Rant
RobPRocks
3 HN recommender · 2012–2023
3 mo on HNBuster Keaton - The Art of the Gag
Every Frame a Painting
3 HN recommender · 2019–2025
3 mo on HNPrinciples of economics, translated
Yoram Bauman
3 HN recommender · 2009–2023
3 mo on HN4 Chords | Music Videos | The Axis Of Awesome
The Axis of Awesome
3 HN recommender · 2012–2025
2 mo on HNRocker Jack White - Serious Jibber-Jabber with Conan O'Brien | Team Coco
Team Coco
2 HN recommender · 2014–2023
2 mo on HNBeats That Defy Boxes | Reggie Watts | TED
TED
2 HN recommender · 2013–2022
2 mo on HNPAUL TAYLOR - #FRANGLAIS - FULL SHOW
Paul Taylor
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
2 mo on HNTom Lehrer Full Copenhagen Performance
Tom Lehrer
2 HN recommender · 2020–2025
2 mo on HNLouis CK honors George Carlin
Bromista5
2 HN recommender · 2011–2025
2 mo on HNDon't Buy Stuff - Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
2 HN recommender · 2016–2026
2 mo on HNThey're Made Out Of Meat
Stephen O'Regan
2 HN recommender · 2023–2026
2 mo on HNGeorge Carlin - Germs, Immune System
Geen Naam
2 HN recommender · 2018–2022
2 mo on HNAamer Rahman (Fear of a Brown Planet) - Reverse Racism
FEAR OF A BROWN PLANET
3 HN recommender · 2013–2016