By Nick A. Zaino III Globe correspondent,Updated April 2, 2020
Comedy is a communal experience. There is nothing that compares to seeing a good comedy show live in your favorite venue. With clubs and theaters closed for the foreseeable future, that’s not an option right now. But you can still see a variety of specials taped in Boston on Netflix, Amazon, and elsewhere, from comedians with Boston roots like Gary Gulman and Myq Kaplan or favorites like Tig Notaro and Jim Gaffigan. Here is a sample of what’s available.
Gary Gulman at the Wilbur (“In This Economy?,” 2012; Amazon)
Peabody native Gulman turned a corner with this Comedy Central special. Money is a running theme here. He loves Netflix, he says, but now he feels he has to binge because the more he watches, the cheaper the price per movie. There’s a routine about Bill Gates taunting Donald Trump over their relative worth and chiding Trump for naming everything after himself. “It’s not underwear,” Gulman imagines Gates saying. “You’re not going off to camp. Stop it.”
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10 hilarious comedy shows taped in Boston that you can watch right now