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Business time... Flight of the Conchords. Photograph: Colin Hutton for HBO

Flight of the Conchords

Live in London Now TV

The best musical comedians in the world toured in 2018 with this blissfully
entertaining show, stuffed with old favourites, beautifully wrought newbies and
deadpan banter. As this Hammersmith Apollo recording proves: age does not wither
them.
Best bit: “You just never know how love will end / But never ever introduce her to
your handsomest friend” from the song Father and Son. BL

Hannah Gadsby
Nanette Netflix

This is the hour that brought a small-town Tasmanian global recognition. Others
deconstruct the form, do biting satire or emotional vulnerability, but few combine all
three. Plus there is something here that none of those “Kings of Comedy” could
muster: Gadsby’s invaluable perspective.
Best bit: “I may as well come out now … I identify as tired.” EEJ

Hannibal Buress

Comedy Camisado Netflix

Buress became notorious in 2014 after his Bill Cosby routine reignited legal interest
in the sex pest. This 2016 special touches briefly on that fallout but mostly explores
the Chicago standup’s appealingly languid interests.
Best bit: “I don’t have fuck-you money, I’ve got strongly-worded-email money.” GV

Hans Teeuwen

Live in London NextUp

Good luck working out what’s going on when Teeuwen takes to the stage. Here as
elsewhere, the in-yer-face Dutch absurdist keeps you perpetually off-balance as he
tinkles the ivories, bellows a Scandinavian war song and recounts sex with a water