punchinglines OP t1_jeghr6p wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:04 PM

Like him or not, he's objectively a comedian, and a very successful one at that.

He is currently in the midst of a massive international comedy tour, stopping in 28 cities in the US, and already with 5x sold-out shows in Berlin, 2x sold-out shows in Paris and 2x sold-out shows in London
His comedy memoir, Born a Crime, has been a NYT best-seller for 176 weeks (for context, Obama's book maxed out at 23 weeks)
He has sold out comedy shows the Madison Square Garden in NYC, O2 Arena in London, Chase Center in California, Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam.
His comedy audiobook is one of Audible's Top 100 Best-Selling Audiobooks ever, with 206k ratings (for context, Atomic Habits by James Clear is at 115k)
He's had three Netflix comedy specials - his most recent (excl. the one released a few months ago) was nominated for a Grammy.
He has hosted the Grammy's, the most prestigious music event in the world, for three years in a row

anasui1 t1_jegsz4l wrote on March 31, 2023 at 10:24 PM

just chiming in to say that Ziggo Dome is such an amazing name

WarcraftFarscape t1_jefvqwl wrote on March 31, 2023 at 6:37 PM

For real, this guy has the appeal of drying paint

Chariotwheel t1_jegpby9 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:57 PM

Yeah, his life story is very interesting and whenever he talked about that it was interesting, but boy the show itself was dry. The best parts where the unscripted between-the-scenes segments on YouTube.

I don't think he was good in performing pre-written jokes.

Zarianin t1_jefytik wrote on March 31, 2023 at 6:58 PM

Agreed one of the least funny people I've ever heard. Only slightly better than Brendan Schaub

tomk40 t1_jeg5qbm wrote on March 31, 2023 at 7:44 PM

Boy's Blogbusser

Trevor Noah becomes first comedian in nearly 60 years to win Erasmus Prize

aethiestinafoxhole t1_jefooe4 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:51 PM