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Comedy specials that changed the way I talk
Some bits are so good they literally rewire your brain. These bits changed the way I and even my family talk to each other, sometimes making entire conversations a series of references.
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The incomparable Eddie Izzard creates a tour de force of historical, linguistic, and cultural jokes that offered endless bits to pull from and quote at will. This special is intellectual in such a sil…
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John's storytelling is bar-none some of the best around, and despite how personal the stories are, the bits remain endlessly quotable. Despite his cherubic smile, he contains a gremlin inside (that fr…
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There are multiple specials from Craig Ferguson that could make this list, but what seems so impossible to me was how he made a late night talk show format feel like a bespoke special every night for…
