The week's comedy on demand

The week's comedy on demand...

Jerk

Tim Renkow is the latest sitcom man behaving badly. Lazy, self-centred and borderline sociopathic, he causes chaos and upset wherever he goes – but gets away with it because no one wants to be the person who calls out the guy with cerebral palsy. And of course that also allows him to utter some very harsh – and funny – jokes.

Four well-well-received episodes dropped on iPlayer this week.

Stuart Goldsmith: Like I Mean It

Stuart Goldsmith has released his 2017 special for free online. The 'freemium' model offers the 55-minute stand-up show for free, then invites fans to purchase a 82-minute 'director's cut' version for £5 if they want to support the venture. Read our review from the Edinburgh Fringe here, or watch below:

What Most People Think

With this provocatively named new podcast, Conservative voting, Brexit supporting comic Geoff Norcott is subtly proclaiming himself the voice of the not-so-silent-anymore majority. 'Honest and blunt, but without being a dick,' is what he promises. Judge for yourself here

Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape

In his sixth TV special, the everyman US comedian discusses man-boobs and Japanese toilets, then some more personal and emotional material as he discusses how his wife's brain tumour means he'll never win another argument. Watch here

Doug Stanhope's The Unbookables

Outspoken comic Doug Stanhope sends his similarly contentious comedy pals on a road trip across the Midwest in this 2017 stand-up film, freshly landed on Amazon Prime. Featuring James Inman, Andy Andrist, Brett Erickson, Sean Rouse, Brendon Walsh, Kristine Levine, Travis Lipski and Norm Wilkerson. Watch here

I Feel Pretty

Any Schumer's 2018 film comes to Netflix, playing woman plagued by self-doubt who wakes up with newfound body confidence, happy to twerk in a bikini. However it didn't get a great reception on its cinema release, with critics saying the jokes undermined the message it was trying to get across. Watch here  

Published: 2 Mar 2019