2023 Comedy Awards! Here Are Your Winners (As Voted For By You!) For the TENTH Annual Comedy Awards
Best of Everything in Comedy 2023 as Chosen by You
You’ve been voting for the last two weeks for the best of everything in comedy, and now its time to tell you all the big winners! It’s been an exciting year. It’s our tenth year of the Best of Everything in Comedy, and this was a big year with more of you voting than ever before.
Our top ten lists were full of some brilliant comedy, some really funny comedy and some brilliantly funny comedy. Congratulations to all the amazing creators who made our lists and so many who didn’t. As always, we chose all our favorite comedy things this year, put them into lists, and let you choose the winners of the 2023 Readers Poll of The Best of Everything in Comedy this year.
Thousands of voters representing 42 different countries voted in our comedy categories including Stand Up Comedian of the Year, Best Comedy Album, Best Hour Stand Up Special, Best Book Written by a Comedian, Best Comedy Movie, Best Comedy TV Show or Series, and Biggest Comedian of the Last Ten Years. You also voted on the LOCKIES, for the best video by our favorite sports prognosticator, Chris Stanley of the Bennington Show. And of course, Marty Younge’s 10 Canadians Who Crushed Comedy in 2023 You can see all our year-end lists– right here. Now onto the winners!
Scroll down below the graphic to see a more readable version of this year’s winners and past winners.
Or read the results from 2022, results from 2021 results from 2020, results from 2019, the results from 2018 as well as from 2017, from 2016, our 2015 and 2014 awards posts here.
In the category of BEST COMEDY TELEVISION SERIES, this year’s most voted show was RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES season three, which aired on HBO. It was a big year for third seasons, and all of the third season shows grabbed plenty of votes but none could catch up with Danny McBride’s latest masterpiece. It’s Succession, if Succession was a comedy, exploring the world of high powered businessmen and their ill equipped progeny who all think they are worthy of taking on the big chair when daddy retires. Danny McBride undoubtably changed comedy and every swing he takes is a grand slam. Gemstones also won this award in its first season, and has been renewed for a fourth. See all the nominees here.
Best Series Winner 2022: flatbush misdemeanors
Best Series Winner 2021: The Ms. Pat Show
Best Series Winner 2020: Schitt’s Creek
Best Series Winner 2019: TIE: The Righteous Gemstones
Best Series Winner 2018: TIE: Crashing, Barry
Best Series Winner 2017: Better Things
Best Series Winner 2016: Baskets
Best Series Winner 2015: The Jim Gaffigan Show
Best Series Winner 2014: Last Week Tonight
BEST COMEDY MOVIE went to underdog and late entry, TAPAWINGO, undoubtedly due in part to how much everyone loves Chad Dukes. No other movie came even close to the votes Tapawingo grabbed- its the little movie that could. Tapawingo feels like a 90’s indie comedy with a large brush of 80’s hijinx. See all the nominees here.
Best Movie Winner 2022: Fourth of July
Best Movie Winner 2021: Coming 2 America
Best Movie Winner 2020: Borat 2
Best Movie Winner 2019: My Name is Dolemite
Best Movie Winner 2018: Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Best Movie Winner 2017: Gilbert
Best Movie Winner 2016: Deadpool
Best Movie Winner 2015: Trainwreck
Best Movie Winner 2014: Grand Budapest Hotel
The BEST COMEDY BOOK category was a big win for JOEY COCO DIAZ. This is Diaz’s first time on The Interrobang Comedy Awards, and he came in swinging. Coco has always been a disrupter, and that hasn’t changed here. The book is a great read, a page turner, and fascinating story. If this isn’t made into a movie, Hollywood isn’t paying attention. See all the nominees here
Best Book Winner 2022: Tom Segura: I’d Like to Play Alone Please
Best Book Winner 2021: Tom Scharpling: It Never Ends, A Memoir With Nice Memories
Best Book Winner 2020: Colin Quinn: Overstated A Coast to Coast Roast of the 50 States
Best Book Winner 2019: Judd Apatow: It’s Garry Shandling’s Book
Best Book Winner 2018: Jim Florentine: Everybody is Awful (Except You)
Best Book Winner 2017: Doug Stanhope: This is Not Fame
Best Book Winner 2016: Doug Stanhope: Digging Up Mother
Best Book Winner 2015: Colin Quinn: The Coloring Book
Best Book Winner 2014: Joan Rivers: Diary of a Mad Diva
In the stand-up categories, BEST COMEDY ALBUM has become a more complicated story, as most albums are now also filmed and considered specials. And this year’s winner was a strong entry from BOB THE DRAG QUEEN with WOKE MAN IN A DRESS. Bob is a fabulous podcaster, musician, a beloved television personality, drag personality, and an all around artist known for his appearances on countless television shows including RuPaul’s drag race. He’s also hilarious, incredibly poignant and a great storyteller. In his latest release, recorded at the legendary Comedy on State in Madison Wisconsin, he shares his experiences as a black and queer man growing up in the south, talks about religion, why we need lesbians, stupid laws, karens, and much more. Do yourself a favor and get to know Bob. Read all the nominees here.
Best Album Winner 2022: Jen Kirkman: Ok Gen-X
Best Album Winner 2021: James Mattern “The Check Spot”
Best Album Winner 2020: Bonnie McFarlane “Bird Calls”
Best Album Winner 2019: Rich Vos ‘When I Saw Hamilton’
Best Album Winner 2018: Adam Ferrara ‘Unconditional’
Best Album Winner 2017: Joe DeRosa ‘You Let Me Down’
Best Album Winner 2016: Rich Vos ‘V’
Best Album Winner 2015: Jay Mohr ‘Happy and a Lot’
Best Album Winner 2014: Big Jay Oakerson: The Crowdwork Series
We thought last year had a ridiculous amount of comedy specials, but this year, that rose exponentially, and we had a real tough time keeping our list to ten. All ten of our specials were outstanding and could have won the award. But one hour jumped ahead of the pack very early, and never lost its lead. The BEST COMEDY SPECIAL award goes to our first female comedian to hold the spot, KATHLEEN MADIGAN who crushed it with HUNTING BIGFOOT. Read all the nominees here.
Best Special Winner 2022: Chris Distefano Speshy Weshy
Best Special Winner 2021: Shane Gillis Live in Austin
Best Special Winner 2020: Mark Normand: Out to Lunch
Best Special Winner 2019: Dan Soder: Son of a Gary
Best Special Winner 2018: Gad Elmaleh: American Dream
Best Special Winner 2017: Judah Friedlander: America is the Best Country in the United States
Best Special Winner 2016: Barry Crimmins: Whatever Frightens You
Best Special Winner 2015: Jim Norton: Contextually Inadequate
Best Special Winner 2014: Jim Jefferies: Bare
The coveted STAND UP COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR goes to BERT KREISCHER . Bert dominated the year in comedy in every single way, with his first feature film, based on his viral stand up story, a huge Netflix special, a gigantic tour, a traveling festival, a cruise, multiple massive podcasts and more. And Bert isn’t slowing down. Expect to see him at the top of the comedy game for years to come. Read all ten of our amazing Comedian of the Year nominees here.
Stand Up Comedian of the Year 2022: Chris Distefano
Stand Up Comedian of the Year 2021: Nate Bargatze
Stand Up Comedian of the Year 2020: Colin Quinn
Stand Up Comedian of the Year 2019: Shane Gillis
Stand Up Comedian of the Year 2018: Bert Kreischer
Stand Up Comedian of the Year 2017: Judah Friedlander
Stand Up Comedian of the Year 2016: Jim Jefferies
Stand Up Comedian of the Year 2015: Nate Bargatze
Stand Up Comedian of the Year 2014: Bill Burr
Because its our TENTH ANNUAL YEAR IN COMEDY awards, we added a bonus category for BIGGEST COMEDY ICON OF THE LAST TEN YEARS. This was a true dog fight with the last deciding votes coming in during the last hour. The win goes to BILL BURR, who started off this ten year run winning our Comedian of the Year award in 2014 and became a comedy giant. He helped build the concept of a comedy podcast and maintained his position at the top, started a podcast network, crushed year after year with killer specials, toured like a king, had really impressive performances as a legitimate actor, created his own animated tv series, and finally rounded out the ten year run producing, directing and starring in a feature film. And Burr has big plans for the future. Expect to see a lot more.
