Best Comedy of 2020
Comedians like Leslie Jones, Chelsea Handler and Hannibal Buress adjusted to the new abnormal, turning to Zoom, YouTube, rooftops and parks.
The pandemic halted most live performance but comedians adjusted and adapted. Clockwise from bottom left: Leslie Jones, Eddie Pepitone, John Wilson and Ziwe Fumudoh.Credit.Clockwise from bottom left: Rahim Fortune for The New York Times; Troy Conrad; HBO; Chase Hall for The New York Times
Dec. 15, 2020
The comedy boom finally busted. Not only did the pandemic shut down comedy institutions, but New York clubs like Dangerfield’s, which was half a century old, and the stalwart The Creek & the Cave closed for good, as did the city’s branches of the improv powerhouse, the Upright Citizens Brigade. At the same time, comedians adjusted to the new abnormal, transitioning to Zoom and Instagram Live, and to shows in parks and on rooftops. It was a period of experimentation and stagnancy, contraction and accessibility, despair a
It was a full-circle moment on Wednesday when Leslie Jones appeared on Joy Reid s
The ReidOut on MSNBC, after going viral on social media for her hilarious commentary on the network s various shows.
The comedian and former
Saturday Night Live cast member has gotten much attention for her Twitter videos, in which she muses about various MSNBC commentators.
Some highlights, which Reid went over tonight, include Jones worshipping at the altar of the magnificent, of the geometrical Joe Scarborough, and weighing in on whether map wiz Steve Kornacki was wearing the same khakis or he has a whole bunch of these pants (which honestly, a lot of people were wondering).